Realistic or Modern A Game of Greed (Open)

[RealisticFantasy]

Please keep all OOC here or in PMs

 

[Shireling]

I'm heeere.

 

[Shireling]

Was it by complete fluke our characters are the same height? @Teen Extraordinaire

 

[IndoWriter]

They are? Guess she's gonna be shorter now. :-/


@Shireling

 

[Shireling]

@Shireling[/URL]

Nothing wrong with them being the same height. 5'7 is a good height. Haha! I just thought it was funny.

 

[IndoWriter]

Ooooh.

 

[Shireling]

[QUOTE="Teen Extraordinaire]Ooooh.

[/QUOTE]
Yeah, you're good.

 

[IndoWriter]

Huh. Alright. Now practice the character's personality a bit more.

 

[RealisticFantasy]

I wanted to say that the current state of things in this universe has been about 25 years in the making, meaning that those under 25 have been born into the situation. The first fifteen years or so was the deterioration of the democratic system, etc. Next five was the implementation of their current zone system. And the last five has been just a consistent decline of things leading to less food, more crime, etc.

 

[Shireling]

I wanted to say that the current state of things in this universe has been about 25 years in the making, meaning that those under 25 have been born into the situation. The first fifteen years or so was the deterioration of the democratic system, etc. Next five was the implementation of their current zone system. And the last five has been just a consistent decline of things leading to less food, more crime, etc.

So Reverend Rutledge would've been exiting Seminary and entering the ministry during the decline.

 

[IndoWriter]

And...my character would have been born into this.

 

[Shireling]

[QUOTE="Teen Extraordinaire]And...my character would have been born into this.

[/QUOTE]
"Ya wouldn't remember the way things were before, ye wee wiper-snapper."

 

[IndoWriter]

So he's Scottish?

 

[Shireling]

[QUOTE="Teen Extraordinaire]So he's Scottish?

[/QUOTE]
No, he's American. I'm just trying and failing at modulating an old man voice.

 

[IndoWriter]

Think Nick Nolte and you should be fine.

 

[Shireling]

[QUOTE="Teen Extraordinaire]Think Nick Nolte and you should be fine.

[/QUOTE]
I imagine Reverend Rutledge having a pretty smooth voice, but with like a little vibrato.

 

[IndoWriter]

Oh...Morgan Freeman?

 

[Shireling]

[QUOTE="Teen Extraordinaire]Oh...Morgan Freeman?

[/QUOTE]
Yeah, but not quite as deep and more...white-guy-ey.

 

[IndoWriter]

Hmmm...Ian Mckellen?

 

[IndoWriter]

I don't even know what mine's sounds like. :-(

 

[Shireling]

Hm.. Kinda. And I dunno, probably feminine. Just an educated guess.

 

[mikaluvkitties]

Hi, hello, I just realized I haven't said I was working on my cs yet and I am so I thought I'd just say hi lol

 

[mikaluvkitties]

Also: Really silly question probably, but I was wondering just how much everything has changed?


Like, are you going to be barbers or schools or anything you couldn't do at home and if so what zone do those kinds of businesses stop appearing? Is zone one on the level of living as say an American suburb? Better? Worse? In what ways? Do they have grocery stores? Just how bad is zone four for getting an education? How does this new society view the lgbt+ community and other minorities? Does anyone have even rudimentary electricity?


How is plumbing or the lack of it? How much more dangerous is getting a cold? Can getting a piercing legit kill you? Are there even materials to do a homemade one? Are tattoos now a sign of age as no one below a certain age will ever be able to have one? How are hospitals in general? If you get stabbed, are you as good as dead? Just how much do people care about underage drinking? Is there still a problem with vice crimes? Do different families trade different valuable skills with each other?


There was probably at the very least a period where everything just didn't work right? I know the descent was 15 years, but do you have a general timeline of when what stopped working or when what country fell to anarchy etc?


Basically, I'm a just really big world building nerd haha.

 

[RealisticFantasy]

Zone 1

Hospitals: Several with skilled doctors that are passing on their medical knowledge


Grocery Stores: Farmer's market-style


Electricity: Run by generators


Education: Up to high school level


Plumbing: Yes

Zone 2

Hospitals: A handful with doctors that have some medical training


Grocery Stores: Ration stations, better than those of Zone 3


Electricity: For necessities only


Education: Military education


Plumbing: Run-off from Zone 1

Zone 3

Hospitals: Resident-run


Grocery Stores: Ration stations exist with goods transported out from Zone 1


Electricity: No


Education: Some education from parents, minimal formal education


Plumbing: Only if the Residents have jerry-rigged it

Zone 4

Hospitals: No, you can find a bandage here and there


Grocery Stores: No


Electricity: No


Education: Minimal, many Residents are largely illiterate


Plumbing: No

Zone 5

Hospitals: No


Grocery Stores: No


Electricity: No


Education: None


Plumbing: No

Everyone is fairly indifferent to the LGBT+ community and minorities as they're more concerned with survival in other zones and Zone 1 is concerned with keeping themselves protected from the other zones, etc. Underage drinking is frowned upon in Zones 1 and 2 but nothing will really be done about it. In Zones 3, 4, and 5, alcohol is often given to ease pain when little else can be done about injuries so they hardly care about underage drinking. Crude tattoos and piercings can be done but they're more painful and more expensive. Few people take interest in them due to the risk of injection and the fact that they're purely aesthetic.


I'll work on a more through timeline soon. I hope that answers the rest of your questions, though. Also, if any of this fails to make sense, let me know. I'm only one person and I'm making it all up on the fly xD


@mikaluvkitties

 

[mikaluvkitties]

Zone 1

Hospitals: Several with skilled doctors that are passing on their medical knowledge


Grocery Stores: Farmer's market-style


Electricity: Run by generators


Education: Up to high school level


Plumbing: Yes

Zone 2

Hospitals: A handful with doctors that have some medical training


Grocery Stores: Ration stations, better than those of Zone 3


Electricity: For necessities only


Education: Military education


Plumbing: Run-off from Zone 1

Zone 3

Hospitals: Resident-run


Grocery Stores: Ration stations exist with goods transported out from Zone 1


Electricity: No


Education: Some education from parents, minimal formal education


Plumbing: Only if the Residents have jerry-rigged it

Zone 4

Hospitals: No, you can find a bandage here and there


Grocery Stores: No


Electricity: No


Education: Minimal, many Residents are largely illiterate


Plumbing: No

Zone 5

Hospitals: No


Grocery Stores: No


Electricity: No


Education: None


Plumbing: No

Everyone is fairly indifferent to the LGBT+ community and minorities as they're more concerned with survival in other zones and Zone 1 is concerned with keeping themselves protected from the other zones, etc. Underage drinking is frowned upon in Zones 1 and 2 but nothing will really be done about it. In Zones 3, 4, and 5, alcohol is often given to ease pain when little else can be done about injuries so they hardly care about underage drinking. Crude tattoos and piercings can be done but they're more painful and more expensive. Few people take interest in them due to the risk of injection and the fact that they're purely aesthetic.


I'll work on a more through timeline soon. I hope that answers the rest of your questions, though. Also, if any of this fails to make sense, let me know. I'm only one person and I'm making it all up on the fly xD


@mikaluvkitties

Aaaaaahhhh thank you for answering my questions! Totally makes sense to me! Just! Thank you!