BreezyB
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Sunshine Falls, Arizona, was established as a gated community. It was designed to be completely self sustaining, producing it's own power and food and other necessities. It's exports were primarily lumber at the time, though the town now produces large quantities of metals, stone, and other valuable underground goods - though there is no know mine in the area.
Today, it seems like the perfect home for new families. It seems safe, well maintained, and full of friendly neighbors. Beautiful houses with dirt-cheap rent are plentiful, although upon closer look many of them are empty. In fact, the current population of Sunshine Falls is the subject of some debate, in part thanks to the refusal of the community to communicate with outsiders. There is one road in, and the same road is the only one out. It is guarded 24/7 to keep undesirables out.
What the world doesn't know is that Sunshine Falls is home to the largest cult in American history.
James May, a well educated man, came to the town decades ago. When he first moved into the community, he brought with him a massive influx of people whom he call his Family. Every one of these people voted for James May as mayor, and nobody has been able to run a campaign against him since. As the mayor, he worked tirelessly to bring followers into the town, expanding his Family (and voting pool) and driving out the well-meaning original inhabitants. Now the Family runs every aspect of the town, quietly pulling the strings and monitoring each other to keep out dissent.
In the month of August, an ad was put in the paper to attract new families to "the perfect home," a place where "families are welcome!" No amount of research could unearth the sickness growing in the heart of the town. And so, like every year before, one or two clueless families saw the ad and put their down payment on one of the beautiful houses in town.
They don't know it yet, but election day is coming.
So! This roleplay is for a small to medium group of people depending on interest. The town is run by a nearly omnipresent cult bent on expanding their numbers and keeping their secrets hidden. Will you pry where you're unwanted or give in to save yourself and your family? Will you fight back quietly, or would you rather poke the beehive? That's up to you.
I will write for James May and many of the cultists. There is room for a second in command, if somebody would like to help control the cultist forces.
It is in no way required, but I would like to see one or two "families" of two to three people, rather than complete strangers. I think that that will raise the stakes.
Ultimately I hope to keep this RP fairly realistic, although there may be some supernatural forces going on as well..
Please be willing to post at least once a day. There is no requirement to post length, I only ask that everybody have a good time!
P.S. this is my first interest check, feel free to ask questions or offer suggestions
Sunshine Falls, Arizona, was established as a gated community. It was designed to be completely self sustaining, producing it's own power and food and other necessities. It's exports were primarily lumber at the time, though the town now produces large quantities of metals, stone, and other valuable underground goods - though there is no know mine in the area.
Today, it seems like the perfect home for new families. It seems safe, well maintained, and full of friendly neighbors. Beautiful houses with dirt-cheap rent are plentiful, although upon closer look many of them are empty. In fact, the current population of Sunshine Falls is the subject of some debate, in part thanks to the refusal of the community to communicate with outsiders. There is one road in, and the same road is the only one out. It is guarded 24/7 to keep undesirables out.
What the world doesn't know is that Sunshine Falls is home to the largest cult in American history.
James May, a well educated man, came to the town decades ago. When he first moved into the community, he brought with him a massive influx of people whom he call his Family. Every one of these people voted for James May as mayor, and nobody has been able to run a campaign against him since. As the mayor, he worked tirelessly to bring followers into the town, expanding his Family (and voting pool) and driving out the well-meaning original inhabitants. Now the Family runs every aspect of the town, quietly pulling the strings and monitoring each other to keep out dissent.
In the month of August, an ad was put in the paper to attract new families to "the perfect home," a place where "families are welcome!" No amount of research could unearth the sickness growing in the heart of the town. And so, like every year before, one or two clueless families saw the ad and put their down payment on one of the beautiful houses in town.
They don't know it yet, but election day is coming.
So! This roleplay is for a small to medium group of people depending on interest. The town is run by a nearly omnipresent cult bent on expanding their numbers and keeping their secrets hidden. Will you pry where you're unwanted or give in to save yourself and your family? Will you fight back quietly, or would you rather poke the beehive? That's up to you.
I will write for James May and many of the cultists. There is room for a second in command, if somebody would like to help control the cultist forces.
It is in no way required, but I would like to see one or two "families" of two to three people, rather than complete strangers. I think that that will raise the stakes.
Ultimately I hope to keep this RP fairly realistic, although there may be some supernatural forces going on as well..
Please be willing to post at least once a day. There is no requirement to post length, I only ask that everybody have a good time!
P.S. this is my first interest check, feel free to ask questions or offer suggestions
1. James May's family home is a spacious and we'll guarded mansion at the top of a hill overlooking the wooded area to the west. When he isn't working on... managorial work around the community, he usually recouperates with his family here.
2. The community is fenced in to the north, but in every other direction all you can see is uncultivated forestry. Most of it is fenced off from the public, and there is no access permitted to outsiders.
3. The pride and joy of the community, thee Sunshine Fall Nurturing Center of Learning. School must be out, because you never see the buses picking up students. There is a few people milling around 24/7, they seem to be on guard?
4. The Gymnasium. This is where the vote for the next mayor is scheduled to occur. Apparently tyurnout around here is mental.
5. The Daily Paper. An entire paper made only for members of the community. It's a good way to keep track of what's going on around town. That is, if you trust the people writing it.
6. Many of the houses here are connected through the back by a series of grassy paths. Vehicles would be unable to move along these paths, though.
7. When you got here, you probably thought the community gate would have one pudgy guard every other day or something, right? Turns out it's a 24/7 regime of armed jackasses who think they're the army or something. They're very particular about who come in, and nobody is allowed out unless they approve the exit.
8. There is a paved path leading deep into the wooded area. It seems important, but the fence is locked up pretty securely.
9. There is a grassy path along the length of the fence and just out of view of the front gate. That being said, anbody spending too long over there might raise a lot of unwanted suspicion...
2. The community is fenced in to the north, but in every other direction all you can see is uncultivated forestry. Most of it is fenced off from the public, and there is no access permitted to outsiders.
3. The pride and joy of the community, thee Sunshine Fall Nurturing Center of Learning. School must be out, because you never see the buses picking up students. There is a few people milling around 24/7, they seem to be on guard?
4. The Gymnasium. This is where the vote for the next mayor is scheduled to occur. Apparently tyurnout around here is mental.
5. The Daily Paper. An entire paper made only for members of the community. It's a good way to keep track of what's going on around town. That is, if you trust the people writing it.
6. Many of the houses here are connected through the back by a series of grassy paths. Vehicles would be unable to move along these paths, though.
7. When you got here, you probably thought the community gate would have one pudgy guard every other day or something, right? Turns out it's a 24/7 regime of armed jackasses who think they're the army or something. They're very particular about who come in, and nobody is allowed out unless they approve the exit.
8. There is a paved path leading deep into the wooded area. It seems important, but the fence is locked up pretty securely.
9. There is a grassy path along the length of the fence and just out of view of the front gate. That being said, anbody spending too long over there might raise a lot of unwanted suspicion...
Character sheets, or, your housing applications.
~Welcome to Sunshine Falls! We here are happy to invite you into our family and away from the harsh, bad world out there. That being said, we can't have outsiders getting inside, can we? Just fill out this light paperwork and you'll be able to move in shortly. Please post it for everybody to see - there are no secrets allowed here!~
Name -
Age -
Description (or picture if you prefer) -
General Skills -
Areas of Knowledge -
Family Ties - (name, relation), (name, relation)
Please write an interesting anacdote about yourself in the space below -
Are you a criminal? Please answer in the space below.
Will you be voting for James May?
Haha, just kidding, I pencilled in that question on every single one of the tests myself! It's not an official question though, so don't bother answering yet...
Already filled out your application? ICC is here - Realistic/Modern - The Cult OOC/Character Sheets
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I'm also down to changing her last name, since really it was just a placeholder and Monday was the first thing that popped to mind. It's up to you!
