Multiple Settings YellowBrickRoad (5/6)

[Squad141]

Yellow Brick Road

The Path Unwound

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• Very Wise or Very Foolish

  In the year 1900, L. Frank Baum published The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. He would go on to write 13 more novels before his passing, ultimately spawning some of the most well-known cultural themes, images, and fictional worlds, which intrinsically connect to America unlike most other wonderlands.
  
  Among the games and movies and musicals, something else rose from Baum's work; the Traveler's Ritual. The origin is unknown, but it's been around for quite some time, many believing it to possibly originate during Baum's years working on the books (though he himself never mentioned it). It circulated online during the boom of supernatural games like the Elevator Game and Charlie Charlie, but has been found in other forms through books and notes.
  
  What is the game about? Simple: A journey. The steps of the ritual prepare the player to become a 'Traveler', and be whisked away to another world, presumably Oz, though some variations speak of the destination in darker strokes. Like many games about entering other worlds, there is very little knowledge of what one should do to return if at all possible; many posit that there is no way back, or if there is, nobody has spoken of it. Some posit that there is a treasure, or a wish, that will give the Traveler their deepest soul's desire. Others say that some Travelers never want to return in the first place.
  
  This is a story about Travelers on the Road.
  This is a story about breaking a curse.
  
• Let Us Bear With Eachother's Faults

  
  It's hard to describe what kind of RP this is; it plays on themes of internet rituals, as well as character flaws similar to media like Infinity Train or the Witches Road, but it also is an isekai in some form, though I will try to not lean heavily into the themes of the genre, if at al.
  
  You, the players, will create a character who lives in North America in any time period between 1950 to the dystopian future. For some reason of their choosing, they will follow the Traveler's Ritual; do they want the treasure at the end? Is it for a loved one? Are they being chased and can't think of anywhere else to go? Either way, detail the background of this person and why they would choose to complete the needed steps.
  
  For the Ritual itself, contextually, it's not super popular; in the late 1900s it was a distant urban legend, in the height of the digital age it was a spooky internet myth ala the Elevator Game, and further into the future very few may even recognize it.
  
  The characters will spend a majority of time in this other world; while elements from the Oz books are naturally going to come into play, you do not need knowledge of them to play along. In fact, limited knowledge may be helpful for character building; Depending on the year your characters may remember certain aspects, since the MGM classic, Return to Oz, and every adaptation we have in the real world will exist in this universe. There will be rules, but not too many to feel restricted. Some of the story will be built around the flaws of each character, while allowing them to be part of the overarching narrative.
  
  The length of the story won't be incredibly long, but a decent length, I hope. Characters may not be close to one another for some parts of the story, but that shouldn't hinder the narration if players don't mind.
  
  
• Rules

  
  

  • All standard RPN rules apply, as per usual. Any bigotry or other forms of personal hate will not be tolerated, too.
  • I'd prefer real or at realistic faceclaims for characters, please.
  • There will be 4-6 players, but if one leaves, anyone is free to join. The way the story and ritual works means people could join halfway and still make changes to the story.
  • OOC will be in RPN.
  • I'm not the biggest fan of numerous paragraph limits since that stifles my writing sometime, so as long as your post isn't super short (like 3 sentences), and is quality w/o grammatical error, then it should be okay.
  • If you have any questions, please reach out to me, since I know this is an odd idea for a check in the first place. Commonly asked questions will appear in this section.
  • When I mention the 'future' as a time period a character can be from, I'm not referring to one with flying mechs and healing nanomachines; this future would be bleaker and bereft of cyberpunk technology. I imagine things have progressed a little, but we're not writing Blade Runner.

  
  

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[Squad141]

Those interested earlier, in case you still are: BuggaBoo Orikanyo SavannahSmiles CHUUYAS_HAT

But this is open to all, and we are actively looking for 5-6 players to begin!

 

[Orikanyo]

You rang?

 

[BuggaBoo]

Hi!!

All goods here.

 

[Squad141]

Bump! Still looking for 2-3 more players!

 

[orpheus.]

I'd love to join.

 

[Squad141]

I'd love to join.

Wonderful! Glad to have you.

 

[Squad141]

Since we’re so close, and I was hoping for 5 at an original point, I’ll start working on a CS for the time being; but please still let us know if you’re interested!

 

[BuggaBoo]

Since we’re so close, and I was hoping for 5 at an original point, I’ll start working on a CS for the time being; but please still let us know if you’re interested!

Cool cool.. can you do OOc too?

 

[orpheus.]

How dark is the content gonna be? I have this amazing idea for an recovering addict to be a part of the game, but I can alter this for sake of censorship.

 

[Squad141]

How dark is the content gonna be? I have this amazing idea for a recovering addict to be a part of the game, but I can alter this for sake of censorship.

That’s a very interesting idea, and I’m sure that can be part of the story. What kind of addiction were you thinking?