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It started few in number and far spread among the city. Psychologists threw it aside at first until more people starting giving the same stories. They see it in a dream and ever since that day they've begun feeling paradoid, twitchy, and dillusional durring the day. Only at night can their minds be at peace. Every test was run but nothing had ever come up, and the patients were placed under supervised watch in order to protect them, and the sanity of anyone they would come into contact with outside their padded walls. The asylums became dangerous places. These "Dreamers" became violent during the day. Some would sit in their room laughing all day until someone came to sedate them, as of which the laughter stopped and blood-curling screams filled the vacinity. Though it wasn't the patient screaming, it was the staff members. Any contact with other living beings would somehow make the Dreamers snap and retaliate. Extra precautions soon took effect, and after a while the laughing got quieter and quieter until the Dreamers would be reduced to a hollow husk.

As time went on the number of incoming Dreamers had reduced greatly and the ones already in the asylums were slowly dying in their sleep. Only one dreamer ever came back from the bounds of insanity, and he called himself the Daydreamer. He hardly had anything to tell about his dreams. He only ever told the psychologits one thing, "It's called the shift, and when your away from it you lose more sanity every day. The one who brought us to the shift in the first place is called the Endless Dreamer." The legacy of the Endless Dreamer and the Daydreamer became one of interest to many people over the world, but nothing had surfaced of the so-called Endless Dreamer in over three years. Just as everyone thought it was over, a group of people from the same city had their "first dream".

-=The First Dream=-
Your lying in your bed and you open your eyes. Your room looks dull and colorless. As you stand up and look out the window of your room you see a world of pain and fear. The streets are torn and every building is damaged. You feel as if something is pulling you to the window and once you reach it, your pulled outside, and you fall to the ground unharmed. Wandering the empty streets you feel as though someone or something is watching you. A voice echoes out from nowhere and everywhere, "Welcome to the shift, we'll have so much fun here! I hope you come visit me often. Hehe!" The laughter echoed out and disfigured bodies began crawling out of the ground around you, reaching out and moaning in pain. Everything suddenly goes black and in a wave of hot and cold you open your eyes again to find yourself sitting up in your bed.

-=Character Sheet=-

Send all characters to me with the title "The Shift"



(For a weapon, I'm not restricting it to melee, but I AM restricting it to SMALL ARMS only, so pistols, revolvers, bow and arrow, things like that.)

-=Accepted Characters=-

Gaia Name KillerWarrior13
Character name Jacob Fenix (The Daydreamer)
Age 26
Gender Male
Appearance Jacob is about 5'7" and 150 lbs. He's got short, spiky, blonde hair and dark blue eyes. His typical apparel is a pair of blue jeans, and a red t-shirt. He has a scar on his right shoulder from an encounter with a fiend.
Weapon Bardiche
History Jacob lived a typically average life. Through high school he was known to be the kid who fell asleep durring classes and would occasionally be late in the mornings. Though he liked to be active and outgoing, some blamed his playing soccer for his insatiable fatigue. He graduated with a decent average and had started college the following year, hoping to be an art major. He was a brilliant painter and loved to use a diverity of colors in much of his work. When he was 23, the dream turned his life around. He managed to somehow control himself durring the day and it became easier for him to walk among the population. His outlook on things have changed drastically since he was released from the asylum however. He's spent most of his time searching the shift for the one known as the Endless Dreamer. He's been searching for three years and hasn't found anything other than uninviting guests and the Nightmares of those who failed.
Other Most of his awake-time is spent painting thing's he's seen inside the Shift.

Gaia Name WithPain
Character name Caddy Smith
Age 20
Gender Female
Appearance Caddy has long, wavy, platinum blonde hair, with black underneath. Her eyes are a shade of vibrant green. She's about 5'5", has a slender figure but has some curves. Her usual outfit is a pair of faded black jeans, a black tank top, and some kick a** boots that could be considered a weapon in themselves
Weapon .50 Desert Eagle
History Caddy grew up in what some would call the typical family of the 21st century, where the divorce rate was through the ceiling. But if her mother even mentioned the passing thought of getting one, she'd be sure to be knocked unconscious or worse within a matter of seconds. Being beaten since she was a young child, Caddy would try to stay away from home as long as she could, and when she was home she'd go straight to bed and pretend to sleep until her father went to bed. It wasn't until the night of her 19th birthday that she had the dream. At first the sights seemed almost unreal, until she was unexpectedly attacked by a whelp. Barely returning to her room, and to awake in her own bed, she saw the scratches it left on her shoulders, realizing it was real. The days turned into a shore, and the nights a thrill. There were a few times when Caddy would lose her sanity, rocking back and forth in her room until she finally difted off to sleep. If her sleep didn't come fast enough, she would take pills that would invoke drowsiness so she could return to the only place that seemed like home.
Other When she can contain her anxiety during the day, Caddy can be found at the local coffee shop at the open mic, pouring her heart into the microphone and guitar; most say she's got quite the talent.

Gaia Name (Serrenedy)
Character name (Serrenedy White)
Age (17)
Gender (female)
Appearance (Serrenedy has long dark hair with shots of hot pink running through it and she's only about five foot three. Her carmel colored skin is never seen without her ruby or onyx lipstick. Her eyes are a green shade somewhere between inquisitive and angry. She has taken to wearing a black and tattered trenchcoat to sleep. It makes her look like a nightmare from a distance, which is what she wants. Her weapon is carried by a belt over the jacket)
Weapon (an electric mace)
History (She was always a little...there. She'd stare into space for hours as a child but nothing bad ever seemed to happen. Her mother, a nurse, tried to keep her kids as healthy as possible and feared any forms of sickness. She makes them take an unnatural ammount of vitamins to protect them from harm. She's a good kid, spacy but reliable while her only and best friend is her sister. Her mother tires to protect them, so maybe that's why they were chosen to be dreamers)
Other (If you want to get on her good side help Sally. If you have a death wish, hurt Sally. She won't rest until you're gone)


Gaia Name (Serrenedy)
Character name (Sally White)
Age (11)
Gender (female)
Appearance (4'8 she's kinda tall, at least next to her sister. Her hair is light brown and it's a short pixie cut that fans her neck, occasionally dyed green at the tips. She's darker then her sister and never wears makeup. Sally's eyes are curious and scared shades of blue. She hides behind her sister. Sally has very large, square glasses, but takes them off before entering the shift.)
Weapon (a lara croftesque gun, she's unfortunatly nowhere near proefficient with it)
History (She switched schools a lot and used to get teased even more. That was until her sister, being overprotective, would go to her school and assualt half the kids as well as any parents that tried to stop her for that matter. She ended up being home schooled so she's really smart. Due to her mother and sister, especially, Sally hasn't been harmed or even scared scince she was seven. She never had a reason to be, her mother stopped the sickness while her sister stopped the pain. When Serrenedy was picked, she told her all about the shift; but even then she wasn't scared. Sally's almost an insomniac. On top of it she's very grounded in the 'real' world so there was no chance of anything happening. Somehow that didn't seem to stop the endless dreamer. Now she just wants to know...why them?)
Other (Besides the protection thing, Sally acts older then Serrenedy. People talking to them get mixed up sometimes)

Gaia Name Monsconie
Character name Orpheus Foster
Age 24
Gender Male
Appearance Orpheus is a tall, rather slim man with noticeably dark skin. He has long, jet-black hair styled with bangs. Orpheus has amethyst eyes. He is usually seen wearing a amethyst colored dress shirt, a form fitting black overcoat, black boots, and a amethyst stone around his neck. He also wears black manchettes with purple designs.
Weapon A war scythe with a gothic motif. Correlating with the color of his clothing the scythe has a black blade, adorned with purple gems and ropes.
History Orpheus made a living as a photographer, before the dream. His profession had been lacking for quite some time and feeling the pressure from the economy, he turned to drinking. One night, after getting a bit wasted, Orpheus had fell asleep in his living room the night of his first dream. Believing it to be the work of the alcohol he had dismissed it before he had become fatiguable. As time passed he appeared to be losing his sanity in the eyes of his clients, as well as others. Orpheus had begun to accept the reality that his life had changed due to The Shift and that he had to live with it, along with others.
Other Orpheus, being a photographer, always has his camera with him. It is more for security than taking photography as of now.

Gaia Name XxReflective_ShadowxX
Character name Lucia Knight
Age 19
Gender Female
Appearance Lucia is 5'9", her body is rather curvey and delicate appearing despite that she had a very firm body tone. Her skin is a natural light tan, but her skin is always slightly darker do to the fact she's always outside. When people mess with her she glares at them with her hidden eyes, if you see then up close you can see the azure flecks that dance in her dark ,navy, blue irisis. Her eyes are hidden behind a length of jet black bangs, her hair is unusually long so she keeps it in a pony tail.... That reaches her mid back. When she keeps it down, it reaches just below her waist and is decorated with random curls and ringlets. Lucia's style in clothing is long sleeves that barely cover her finger tips and bottoms that at their longest come down just below her knees along with converse of many designs.
Weapon Multiple blades hidden with in her clothing and such. But in the beggining she only has one hidden in her sleeve.
History She never lived the normal way, she didn't go with the flow, she refused to look like everyone else. Lucia was indifferent from the world. She was raised in a well respected family in europe until she was ten and moved with her aunt to America. She was always exploring the towns and shops and such, plus , after one try, she took a very big dislike to fast food. Her aunt was a famous writer so she and Lucia travled the country a lot for the next five years, when Lucia was in Tennesse she came upon a sweets shop and feel in love. Not with a man though, with the sweets. It became her passion to bake, cook, and add her own creative spin. Two years later "it" happened. Lucia had her first Shift dream, unable to inderstand she became slightly scared and didn't sleep for a month. Though her worried and paniced aunt made Lucia sleep and she from then on she decided she would sleep for her aunt. They were only dreams right? Wrong. Lucia doesn't care anymore, she sees Shift as fun now. Lucia doesn't notice, but she has times when what she does isn't "normal" like constructing the Shift world out of graham crackers and icing then throwing a tantrum and destroying it while mumbling things such as 'Why can't I go back?!'. Her aunt has hired a shrink for Lucia.
Other Like stated, Lucia is indifferent, so she doesn't act like you would expect her to act. The terms "Ladies first" or "I don't hit girls" piss her off and she will show you exactly who the real "girl" is. When she isn't in Shift she is running her sweets shop or doing whatever outside in her free time.

Gaia Name XxReflective_ShadowxX
Character name Ian Hinders (call him I.Q if you want)
Age 22
Gender Male
Appearance Ian is 6'4" tall, his body is lanky and well built, but not iron pumping crazy built. His skin is a deeper tan and has a certain tone to it people can't seem to discribe. Despite that he wears black, thick, rimmed glasses that you would think he got from a clothing store as an accessory, but they are in fact real glasses for him to see out of. He looks through his glasses with gleaming amber eyes that can read almost anything and everything. Out of habit he tends to run a hand through his shaggy looking dark hazel hair that hangs almost to his neck. When he's doing a job he keeps it in a small hair tie to keep it out of the way. His bangs he just lets lightly hang in his glasses. Not a huge distraction to him.
Weapon Spiked brass knuckles -Shift Weapon- and a Beretta 96 Brigadier Inox -just something he keeps on him when he's "awake"
History Ian is a natural born genius, hence the nick name I.Q. He grew up lower class, but had planty of friends and family who loved and supported him. At two he took an interest in mechanics and other various things. Since he was out going and curious he wasted no time getting to know these things better. His eyes held knowledge just begging to be released from it's cage. By the time he was ten people from many places saw him as a one in a million stroke of genius and spent most of his teenage years running from people who craved what racked inside his head. When he was seventeen he opened his own auto shop with his grandfather and cousin, Ian also had a freelancer job. Being a freelancer meant he did different kinds of jobs for pay. When he was twenty he had his first Shift dream, being who he is he was highly fansinated and curious about said dreams. He has also noticed that over times he will snap and do something that lacks sanity such as the time he wrote 'Shifting is my sanity' in 100 different languages 100 times. He is realizing what is going on and trying to find a way to cure himself of his insanity. The family he lives with just tease him and say 'We knew all that studing was gonna drive ya nuts.' They do talk like that, accents and such.
Other Ian is always curious like a kid and has a knack fir fixing things absent mindedly. When he returns from a Shift he take his journal (one of many) and records his dreams. When Ian isn't in Shift he is doing his job(s) and just relaxing or at least trying.

Gaia Name Elvan God Kiero
Character name Jac Rogers
Age 16
Gender Male
Appearance He has blaring, unique, blue eyes and rough hair that stops right above his eyes. 5 ft 11 in tall, and average to slim in body mass. On the back of his neck are crossing twin snakes that are 6" long, to symbolize his twin brother who had died. He's normally seen in a green t-shirt and blue or black jeans. He also has a scar on the top of his forearm.
Weapon A brown Sword Cutlass with a 6.5 inch barrel. It has 2 six inch knives that swing out from the gun (1 from each side, just below the slider) to make it a melee weapon has well.
History Jac was born with a twin brother named James. They were best friends until James died in his sleep one night. The cause is unknown and Jac has missed him ever since, but that hasn't stopped him from trying to live a good life. Word spread in his school that his brother died, so everyone assumed he was dark and depressed. Nobody wanted to be friends with him because of the fact. So what did he do? He Dreamt. When he had his "First Dream" he just thought it was a bad dream, and continued on.
Other Has an extremly bad phobia of crowds and heights.

Gaia Name explodingstaples
Character name Tommy Wright
Age 18
Gender Male
Appearance Tommy is about six feet and three inches tall and weighs about 125 pounds. He is extremely thin and has very fair skin. He has straight, shoulder length hair that he is constantly dying different colors. Currently, his hair is dark brown with light, almost blond roots. His typical outfit is rather bland and colorless. All of his clothes are either black or white, save his olive colored visor beanie that he was wears with his white t-shirts. He is usually wearing black converse, black skinny jeans, a band t-shirt, and one of his two beanies. In the Shift, he carries his gunblade in a holster that resembles a satchel bag.
Weapon A Gunblade
History Tommy's childhood was a good one. His parents didn't fight, he was an only child, he had plenty of friends, and he stayed in one town his whole life. At the end of middle school, Tommy's mother was killed in a car accident. Not too long afterward, his father committed suicide, leaving Tommy alone. The state took care of him, but life was still tough. As a way to both get away from his troubles and make a little extra money, he started writing music and started a band. Tommy drew his motivation and inspiration from System of a Down and Serj Tankian's solo work. Their songs always touched him and inspired him to write lyrics. Tommy hung on every word Serj Tankian said. He watched every interview, listened to every song, and even met the man in person backstage. The last thing Tommy heard or saw before the dream was the song Left of Center. At first, Tommy assumed the dreams were nightmares and began staying up all night to avoid them. Then, he passed out during a gig and went into the dream. His band mates took him home. When he woke up, he found a note from the band that they were quitting until he got help. Now, Tommy sleeps as often as possible in order to escape the pathetic thing his life has become.
Other Tommy keeps a record of how sane he thinks he is after every dream, but isn't frightened by the fact that he has been getting progressively less sane since starting out in The Shift.

Gaia Name Nikorasu Mugentsuki
Character name Zachary Thompson
Age 38
Gender Male
Appearance 6'1" with brown hair and grey eyes, clean shaven and kind of pale, wears buisness suits even on his days off, which are rare. Right arm is missing.
Weapon A robotic right arm with a three barrel spike launcher mounted on back of forearm; the spikes are 8 inches long with a diameter of half an inch. It fires one spike per barrel, then must be re-cocked. Also equipt with four inch by half inch diameter, retractable, spikes in the knuckles.
History Zachary joined the army as soon as he turned 18 and lost his right arm to a grenade during desert storm. Shortly afterwards he took a government job and slowly worked his way up to the position he is in today, the leader of a weapons and arms development agency. He was relocated into town about two months ago and has since become a dreamer.
Other

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Name: Rellin Kane. [a.k.a Rellik]
Age: 19.
Gender:Male.
Appearance:Height- 6'2. His eyes, are ice blue which look like they're glowing. Hair has a white base, with black streaks throughout it [kinda like avis]. His skin is a bit pale, from lack of sunlight. His body is fit, not too big of muscles but enough to get whatever he needs done. Normally is only seen in black clothing, and always has his ripped up black gloves cut-off at the second knuckles.
Weapon: Claw based weapons. [they come out of his gloves and form around the fingers.]
History:As a child Rellin had raised himself, living off of the streets and whatever he could steal. He got into alot of fights, but never lost. He began to join in illeagal street fights for money. He was always a loner, mainly because of his hatred for people, and his 'mental illness' As they called it. Doctor's believed he was schizophranic which made no sense, untill he had that dream. .
Other: If you wish to die, merely get in his way.

Gaia Name xXlolli_splicer
Character name Feidhlim "Felix" O'Byrn
Age 21
Gender Male
Appearance Felix is tall and rail thin; measuring in at about 6'6" with nearly translucent skin stretching over prominent bones. A punk rocker at heart, he is normally caught wearing camo pants and army-quality boots. Light freckles dot his face as an homage to his Irish heritage, even if his garishly dyed pink hair denotes otherwise. His hair that comes down to just past his shoulders is normally tied in a ponytail. Magenta contacts hide his normally emerald irises. A huge tattoo of a raven adorns his left shoulder, and a silver septum ring hangs from inside of his nose.
Weapon Double-barrel shotgun
History Originally a native of rural Ireland, Felix lived on a farm with his parents where he worked very hard to be like his father. However, his father died of lung cancer after a long bout with cigarette smoking, which caused their family to lose the farm. His mother decided to uproot their family and move to the United States, looking for an easier life that didn't constantly remind her of her husband's death. Felix quickly grew to become an angry and rebellious teenager. He died his hair, got a tattoo and a facial piercing, and joined a band. Up until the Shift started affecting him, he had been jamming with his band, trying to get a break into teh music industry.
Other Felix has hated his Irish identity ever since his father died, but he has never been able to shake the thick accent. His last name loosely translates to "Raven" in Gaelic, which is why he has a tattoo of one to commemorate his father. Despite his punk rock demeanor, he isn't fond of forward girls.

Gaia Name kuroppoi_sumi
Character name Sam Avery
Age 20
Gender Female
Appearance Short blond boycut, green eyes, 5'6, 45 kilos, loves to wear loose baggy clothing, and sleeveless shirts. (wears same on the Shift.) Has tattoos on her arms, one cross on each. Her face is feminine, but body and torso like that of a gangly teenage boy. (Boobs are cleverly hidden) Very tomboyish, that is why sometimes it is hard to tell whether she is a boy or a girl.
Weapon A bowgun with exploding bowgun arrows. Conceals a combat knife near her ankle, just in case.
History She truly was the black sheep on the family, and was proud of it. After being disowned when she was 15 due to her eccentric character, she learned to live on her own, making a living on selling motorbikes, along with sideline grand theft auto with her gang. She lives in a room above the bike shop, but sometimes sleeps anywhere she parks with her bike. After yet another drinking session with buddies, she fell into a deep sleep, and had the 'First Dream'. She woke up, completely shocked, but blamed the alcohol in her system for the twisted visions. She never told anyone, but was still shaken with just the mere thought of it.
Other She smokes menthol or cinnamon cigarettes. She is gender-confusing. With the way she moves, it's hard to define her true gender. Oh yeah, she's bi.

-=Reserved=-

Jacob Fenix's Bedroom
Current time of day: Morning

Jacob slowly opened his eyes. He was cuddling with his pillow, and upon realizing it he picked it up and threw if off to the side. It managed to hit, and knock over the lamp on his nightstand. "Damn.." Grogilly he stretched and made his way over to the kitchen, making himself some pancakes. Last night was his night to sleep in the shift, so of course he hadn't achieved anything at all except keep his sanity in check. So far it was the only way he knew how. The idea of nothing ever entering the place of rest seemed to be sacred to all beings of the shift. They would only go as far as the front door before stopping in their tracks. Even nightmares would stake out thier prey, hoping they would take a walk outside or say hello. Something that could easily earn them a kill. JAcob finished his meal and progressed over to his room of easles. Currently two of them were blank, but four of them had progressive drawings on them. Two were in the process of painting. The room itself was a mess, full of black and white paints of various kinds. The walls were covered in writing and completed drawings. He never sold any paintings made from him visiting the shift, maybe he just didn't want people to seek him out. All of his days were this boring. He scheduled his nights in the shift like clockwork, making sure to fall asleep at the same time, and wake up at the same time. Every other day he would search for the endless dreamer, and on the days he wasn't, he cuddled with a colorless blanket and rested his eyes in the shift. He could have sworn he heard voices outside, but it's something he was used to. If another batch of dreamers had come about than they would have to figure out the shift like he had to. His only objective was the Endless dreamer. That's all there was to it.

((Is it morning or night?))

Sally sat in front of the door watching. After a moment the clock ticked. She cursed. The object of her anger came strolling in not a moment later. "WHERE THE F*CK WERE YOU" Sally demanded. Serrenedy blushed. "Sorry Sallster, I was just talking to this...really CUTE guy, I lost track of time" Serrenedy looked down asa Sally calmed herself. "You should call, I thought you fell asleap" She said worridly. Serrenedy waved off her sister's worries. "Sleep free, no worrying-that's my job!"Serrenedy finished coming inside the house and begain to put up the groceries. "I'm not even tired, supper perky actually-I think it's the energy drink...It might be the baked alaska I had for breakfast"She smiled before getting out some more sweet things. Sally took them from her. "Uh Uh, NO WAY-you already had to much sugar" The younger girl scolded. Serrenedy pouted

((Morning)

Fenix felt odd today.. He wanted to take a walk. THen again, he'd stayed in his house for the past two weeks. It was about time he got some fresh air and thought about something other than The Shift. He stepped outside and took a deep breathe of cool, refreshing air. Glancing skyward, he could see some of the fading stars among the morning blue skyline. He flew a pack over his shoulder and started walking. After a while he passed by a park. Nobody else seemed to be enjoying it, so he made his way over to a tree and sat beneath it while pulling out a book on art. It was all stuff he's read before, but at least it was something. He didn't have enough money to buy new books. He barely had enough for food. There were times where he considered finding a job, but the shift consumed him.. there was no way we'd be able to concentrate on work.