Road Songs (A/O - Latest time skip: p 45)

You want to join a band?

Yes!	40.4%	[ 21 ]
Well, maybe doing some backstage work...	13.5%	[ 7 ]
Definitely just a groupie	9.6%	[ 5 ]
Nah... not feeling it	17.3%	[ 9 ]
Just here for the poll	19.2%	[ 10 ]
Total Votes:			[ 52 ]

[Mistress Overdone]

Ⓡoad Ⓢongs

Ⓖenres: Band, competition, romance, semi-lit to lit
Ⓒreator: Mistress Overdone
Ⓟhoto credit: http://www.speedhunters.com
Ⓢtatus: Closed, Accepting Profiles

Ⓣable of Ⓒontents
xxx➀ Intro & Table of Contents
xxx➁ Story/Background
xxx➂ Rules
xxx➃ List of Characters & Profile Skeleton
xxx➄ Calendar
xxx➅ Announcements & Links
xxx➆ Bus blueprint
xxx➇ Reserved

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Ⓣhe Ⓢtory

Ⓣwo bands have slowly begun to rise in popularity in the past year. Many of the band members know each other, but other than that, they have little in common. One, Red Robin, is a folk band focused largely on "natural" sound that follows after many of the the traditions of bands such as the Wailin' Jennys and Great Big Sea. The other, Fury, is a rock band heavily inspired by bands such as AC/DC and Guns n' Roses.

Ⓢo what brought Red Robin and Fury together? Their managers both had the same idea - having a television show would be the perfect way to promote their band. The two managers went back some time, friends since college, and while talking together one day, decided it might be fun to pitch a reality show to television networks: the two bands go on tour and perform shows together, taking turns opening for each other. And a network took to the idea. So now, here they are - two very different bands on the road together. Some are excited, some reluctant, but an adventure awaits.

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Ⓡules

1. Gaia ToS - Follow them. Obviously.

2. Romance - Encouraged, but if it starts to get graphic or excessive, time skip. Think of this as a pg-15 rp.

3. Cursing - Same as with romance. People curse, so naturally characters will do it. Just keep it tasteful. And make sure the cursing is in character, which leads us to...

4. Respect your fellow rp-ers - No need to curse them out or act catty in OOC, even if your characters don't get along with each other. If there's an issue with a fellow role-player, please do come to me.

5. Interact - If you notice that there's somebody who has nobody to talk to, and you can reasonably move your character into a good position - interact! Nobody likes roleplaying with themselves. Everybody loves having another character approach them, especially if they're struggling to find ways to get involved in the story.

6. Godmoding & Mary Sue-ing - It should be obvious, but avoid it like the plague. Don't control other characters without the relevant role-player's permission and try to avoid unrealistic actions and character traits (e.g an easy mistake to make: having your character anticipate somebody else's thoughts or actions because you, as the writer, know more about what's going on than your character realistically would). Give your character flaws! Make them do something stupid once in a while! Flaws are fun and interesting. Being a Mary Sue or Marty Stu is boring.

7. Profiles - Please pm them to me with the band and the role of the character you want in the title. I'll likely ask you to post it to the profile thread yourself once it's approved, but I want to make sure it's up to snuff and somebody else hasn't already claimed the position (and don't worry, I can work with you if something needs to be changed). And y'know what? Why don't you add this somewhere in your pm, just because I'm obsessed with this emoji: cat_4laugh

8. Reserves - I'm not going to make you do up some fancy reserve profile. I find those things excessive and annoying. However, if you wish to reserve a character, feel free to pm me with the band and position of the character you want. For a reserve, let's put this emoji in the message: cat_pirate

9. Post Decoration - Do it if you want, but there is absolutely no need to make your post excessively beautified. Dear lord, I have seen some serious over-the-top fancy stuff, and please don't kill yourselves just to make pretty posts unless you really want to. The one thing I do ask that you have your character's name at the top. Having a pic is nice, too, but definitely not mandatory, as long as you have a pic in your profile. Please try to avoid font that is below size 11 and colors that are light, bright, and hard to read (e.g. yellow, cyan, even peach).

10. Literacy - No, this rule is not about length (shocker - that's not what literacy means). However, I do ask you to do your best to use good grammar and syntax and use complete sentences. Write like you're writing a short story or a book - txt tlk and *Sam does an action* are distracting and not acceptable. As long as you're doing your best, we all know that typos happen on occasion and that not everybody speaks English as their first language. Just as long as you're clearly putting in a good effort and your posts are easy on the eyes, you're gold.

11. Length - I will ask that you give enough in each post for other people to work off of, but that can change from post to post, and everybody deals with writer's block. So use common sense and good judgement for what qualifies as "long enough" (e.g. obviously more than just two sentences). However, I do ask that you try to avoid writing a novel. Nobody wants to come home at the end of the day to discover they have 10 five-paragraph-long posts to read before they're caught up on the rp. Intro posts may be a bit long out of necessity, but generally speaking, let's say a healthy post is one to three paragraphs long.

12. Absences - If you think you'll need to be gone for more than a couple of days, please pm me. If I don't hear from you for about a week, I'll assume you've gone AWOL and I need to find a replacement for you.

13. Respect All Types - Remember the earlier rule about respect? Well, that goes for everybody, no matter race, gender, sexuality, etc. That goes for both rp-ers and their characters. Most notably for this rp: I expect hope there will be some romance in this rp, and if you have a problem with there being queer romance, this is not the place for you.

14. I am God - Mwahaha. I make the rules, you listen. Easy as that. I will also change the rules as need be, although I will make sure to post something in the OOC thread if changes are made. On that note, though, if you're having any problems, whether it's with another role-player or with the layout of the rp or an issue with being able to post regularly, etc. please do pm me. I can and will help to the best of my ability.

15. Most importantly - have fun!

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Ⓟrofiles


Ⓒharacters

Ⓒodes
open - reserved - taken

Ⓡed Ⓡobin

Manager - Mistress Overdone - Siobhan Alva Donnovan
Lead Singer/Guitar Player
Accordion Player/Guitarist/Lead Singer - Mistress Overdone - Crispin Alexis Kedzierski
Violinist - dream angels fire - Giselle Alexandria Damons
Upright Bassist - Meta Magius - Gideon Ezra Seabold
Drummer

Bodyguard - Shats of Basson - Sam K. McDonugh

Groupie/Bus Driver - Sparkli3- Abigale "Abi" Bishop

Ⓕury

Manager - Meta Magius - Camden Darius Sicily
Lead Singer - Shats of Basson - Eleanor 'Ellie' Blackwood
Lead Guitar/Backup Singer - leka_liko - Adélaïde Aris Beaulieux
Bass Guitar/Backup Singer - Phoenix347 - Akira Carpere Spade
Drummer
Pianist - xXJadeTheifXx - Alyson Laine Paige

Groupie/Mentor/That-Guy-That-The-Producer-Brought-In - Shats of Basson - Frank E. Horrigan

Bus Driver - Thunderstorm_Dagger - Fay Aris

We may add groupies, if (by some miracle) we get enough role-players to have decent sized bands first. Also, please plot with each other and come up with relationships between members of both bands!

Skeleton:

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[list][b][color=color2]Ⓑ[/color][color=color3]and:[/color][/b] [color=color1](Red Robin or Fury)[/color]
[b][color=color2]Ⓡ[/color][color=color3]ole:[/color][/b] [color=color1](e.g. Manager, Pianist, Violinist, etc.)[/color]

[b][color=color2]Ⓖ[/color][color=color3]ender:[/color][/b] [color=color1](male, female, non-binary...)[/color]
[b][color=color2]Ⓐ[/color][color=color3]ge:[/color][/b][color=color1] (18 - 35)[/color]
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[b][color=color2]Ⓟ[/color][color=color3]uppeteer:[/color][/b][ color=color1](Your username)[/color][/list]

Sample:

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☽Crispin✯Alexis✯Kedzierski☾

Ⓑand: Red Robin
Ⓡole: Accordion Player/Backup Singer

Ⓖender: male
Ⓐge: 24
Ⓢexuality: bi
Ⓢtory: Crispin, or "Alex," as his friends call him, first fell in love with music on his grandfather's knee. His grandfather, a Polish immigrant named Aleksy, lived with Alex's parents and would often sing Alex and his sister, Kayla, to sleep when they were children. In many ways, their grandfather raised them, as their father was constantly on business trips and their mother was an army officer who spent long years out of the country.

Alex was never the healthiest child. He had poor vision and dealt with back problems for most of his life, so music wasn't just something he grew up with. It was therapeutic for him. On days when Alex had hospital visits, or when his back was giving him trouble, his grandfather would teach him songs and sing with him, always accompanied by an old accordion that Aleksy had brought with him from Poland.

By age six, Alex was singing in elementary school plays and by age 10 he was taking formal accordion lessons. Even then, he knew that he wanted music to be a big part of his life. He ended up double-majoring in Music Performance and Music Composition in college, where he joined an Irish folk band called the Aos Sì. A talent scout heard the band perform and shortly after graduation, Alex was recruited to play accordion and sing for Red Robin.

When his grandfather died two years ago, Alex inherited his accordion, and to this day, that's the accordion he plays onstage.

Ⓣalents:

❧Playing Guitar
❧Singing
❧Writing/composing songs
❧Drawing & Painting


Ⓦeaknesses:

❧Organization - Alex can be very messy, and often loses things
❧Meeting new people - It makes him nervous
❧Cooking - Alex is a terrible cook, though not for lack of trying.
❧Stubborn & Emotional - Alex has... strong opinions. And lots of them. And he hates losing, even a simple disagreement over what songs to play in a set.


Ⓛikes:

❧Sweets
❧Performing
❧Folk Music
❧Beating competition


Ⓓislikes:

❧Losing
❧Extended conversations with people he doesn't know well
❧Silence - even when he's alone, Alex likes to have music playing in the background


Ⓟuppeteer: Mistress Overdone

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Ⓒalendar



Ⓜonth

January Ξ February Ξ March Ξ April Ξ May Ξ June Ξ July Ξ August Ξ September Ξ October Ξ November Ξ December

Ⓓay

Ξ 1 Ξ 2 Ξ 3 Ξ 4 Ξ 5 Ξ 6 Ξ 7 Ξ 8 Ξ 9 Ξ 10 Ξ
Ξ11 Ξ 12 Ξ 13 Ξ 14 Ξ 15 Ξ 16 Ξ 17 Ξ 18 Ξ
Ξ19 Ξ 20 Ξ 21 Ξ 22 Ξ 23 Ξ 24 Ξ 25 Ξ 26 Ξ
Ξ27 Ξ 28 Ξ 29 Ξ 30 Ξ 31 Ξ

Ⓦeather
Phew! It is hot! And perhaps a bit muggy... for Southern California, at least. Perfect day for a swim, though.


Ⓢpecial Ⓝotes
First day on the road for the reality show - the bands are meeting up settling in at their first hotel

Fury is rehearsing in their first performance space

Celebrating the aftermath of a great first concert at a beach/spa resort!

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Ⓐnnouncements & Ⓛinks


Ⓛinks

OOC Thread Ξ Red Robin Profiles Ξ Fury Profiles

Ⓐnnouncements

Ⓓec. 1 - RP created, accepting profiles
xxxxxxxxx- Profiles fixed to include age

Ⓓec. 8 - RP is open for business!

Ⓓec. 9 - Blueprint of tour bus added

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Ⓑlueprints

Bus Layout:

Current Hotel Suites Layout:
(Thank you, Meta Magius)

Upcoming Spa/Beach Resort Layouts:
(Thanks again to Meta!)

Main Entrance

Spa Area

Beach Area

Rooms

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Ⓐrt


❧Unless stated otherwise, all art is courtesy of the amazing leka_liko.

Ⓛogos

None yet

Ⓜerchandise

Ⓕanart & Ⓜiscellaneous

Sexy Times with Cam & Siobhan

Group Picture (finished)

Group Picture (rough)

Adélaïde (Addy) and Crispin Alexis (Alex)

Alyson and Sei by Anglespirit

Alyson and Sei... in the bath (wink wink, nudge nudge) by ThroneOfImmortals (title modified slightly by Mistress Overdone because, well, c'mon, you can't tell me it's in the bath and then expect me to be mature about it...)

Adélaïde (rough sketch) by Mistress Overdone