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 Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 4:59 pm
~Poppet House: School for the undisciplined ~
1. Radar Note
2. Back-story
3. Story synopsis
4. Setting
5. Character Skeletons
6. Character list
7. Class Rules
8. Black list/White list
9. Tack board
10. Reserved
11. Intro
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Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 5:03 pm
The talkings of an old fighter who saw too much:
The bomb has been dropped.
That’s right.
The war is over, World War 2 is over.
You’d think people would be a little nicer to each other, eh?
But we’ve still got plenty more little scattered bouts to deal with,
Korea, Vietnam, and lets not forget our paranoid struggles with the folks over in the colder east. That’s right, the Soviet Union.
But some of that is here-say and hereafter.
Because this story takes place right after World War 2 in a small Village in good old Britannia, in fact, this story has nothing to do with the U.S. It has more to do with…Uh…
What are the words I’m looking for?
The battle between Sanity and Insanity
Good and evil.
Right and Wrong.
The Cold dark future and the cold dark past.
Thought I was actually going somewhere with this, didn’t ya?
But I’m crazy now…at least that’s how it turned out for me.
I don’t know about the good guys (or good kids) or the bad guys (or big bad adults) really, anymore.
But if you wait a bit here in this little white room with me, and think a bit about what I’m saying, you’ll find some wisdom in it at least.
Just remember,
The only way you could ever know the whole story,
Is to look behind these cold eyes,
And tear your way through this disguise.
Than maybe…
Oh, well!
Might as well stop rambling and begin!
It all begins after World War 2 now…anyway, and…
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Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 5:07 pm
Back Story: Post WW2, in the 50’s, in a district of Britain still being repaired from bombings done by the Germans during their infamous attack. The district is known as Fax. And it was a small farming settlement dedicated to staying simple and feeding Britain through old traditional ways of raising cattle and veggies. But with the area being destroyed, politicians are trying to reconstruct it into something it never was. Trying to bring about an artificial industrial revolution. The land is next to sea, its perfect for housing, there’s lots of space and it’s a miracle it was untouched before now. But the original population is trying their best to fight back, making petitions, staging protests, writing parliament. And none of its working.
So the change is coming.
And it all starts with Poppet house…
No one of Fax remembers who was the original owner of Poppet house and its 13 acres, or what was the business of the original owner.
But now smack dab in the middle of the village of Fax is a humongous schoolhouse surrounded by an even bigger wall.
Now, the population of Fax is rising faster than ever with the introduction of the new schoolhouse. But it isn’t an ordinary schoolhouse.
Poppet house…as its called, only takes in the rudest, worst, most unrehabilitory children of Britain. If the parents don’t want them, send them to Poppet house! If they’ve reached teenager hood and are just unbearable, send them to Poppet house! If they’re just unreasonable and unwilling to cooperate, send them to Poppet house!
And if they have no place to go… (Bad luck for orphans), send them to Poppet house!!!
The problem is…
Every kid, and any kid whose been sent to Poppet house,
Has never returned home.
No matter how much the parents scream and shout, writes their parliamentary member, send petitions, walk outside the gates of poppet house. Nothing ever changes. The kids stay behind the mysterious walls of Poppet house. Never to be seen again.
But there is hope on the horizon. Though no one seems to want to help the poor parents and kids.
A hidden group of detectives from Scotland Yard have gathered together to figure out the disappearances of all the children from Poppet house in its existence since the end of WW2. Hoping to find indisputable evidence of malicious treatment towards the kids sent there, they have sent 5 plant children into Poppet house. With 5 plant substitute teachers as well. Hopefully with that and the help of the parliamentary members they know of NOT associated with Poppet house. They can finally bring sleep to the poor kids families.
That is.
If they survive.
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Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 5:10 pm
Story Synopsis:
In this story you can be a variety of characters,
A Kid whose being sent to Poppet house for various reasons.
(No kid actually wants to go to Poppet House; most children are smart enough to know that place reeks of bad mojo)
You can either be brought there by force, or voluntarily go (You are given one day too decide).
You are allowed only one suitcase to bring, containing any thing you want at all (the school assures you however that they’ll take care of you).
If you do not come voluntarily, a suitcase shall be provided for you.
Students are not to bring any clothing of their own kind; they are given a matching uniform. Bed clothes. Formal clothes. And an extra set of uniforms.
All other information will be delivered upon arrival at said Schoolhouse.
Also, you can be one of the staff at Poppet House.
There are a variety of subjects to teach.
Arts, Physical Education, History, Mathematics, Theater, Sciences, wood/metal shop teacher ECT…
Permanent teachers stay in the schoolhouse itself, and there are other jobs as well other than being a teacher.
Such as Janitor, groundskeeper, cook, principal, and the top position “School master”.
For anyone applying in the Roleplay to be a teacher, I will be offering a few pointers at the beginning to him or her Via Pm.
Certain extra rules are added onto the original staff of Poppet house.
Along with being either staff, or schoolchildren.
You can be any of the 5-police planted children sent into Poppet house who shall communicate with the 5-planted substitutes.
Though Scotland Yard was against the hideous idea of using children for their infiltration of the school, they had no choice for in order to observe the actual treatment of the kids, they needed kids.
So they scoured the streets and any place they could find for volunteers who would actually want to go into Poppet house with hopes of taking it down.
Any of the 5 kids or teenagers found for the job has actually volunteered to take down Poppet house.
Their reasons?
That is up to you…
Each of the 5 planted kids suitcases will be patched with communication equipment in cleverly hidden items, allowing them to talk to the outside world and their adult counterparts of the investigation.
Telling them about anything they find that can use as evidence.
The Planted police substitutes are actual teachers from other schools; they can leave the school whenever they want due to their non-permanent status with the school, they are there mainly to keep the safety of each child in mind.
At night when the substitutes leave Poppet house, they report back to Detectives with any other findings that are important.
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Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 5:11 pm
Setting:
Fax is a growing town with growing problems. Poverty and crime seem to be rising along with industry around here. Some of the farming lands still remain but are rapidly being demolished to make way for new development.
The school house has 13 acres of green grass flat land all dedicated to sports and exercises (as it says), the school it self is the size of a cathedral and goes high into the steam clouds that rise from factories surrounding the school itself. It is smack dab in the middle of the new industrial district. A huge brick wall surrounds the school, and a big black gate is the only thing letting people in and out. A paved road leads up to the school with the occasional pothole.
The time now for all Role-players in any part they are playing is…
For kids being sent to Poppet house:
They have just been alerted that they are being sent off to Poppet house, and its early morning in a gray gloomy February day. Their location is up to them and the decision for volunteering to go to Poppethouse or being forced to go there is up to them.
The 10 police plants are being informed of their duties by Scotland yards best at an abandoned factory nearby Poppet house. Getting prepared for the operation that will happen at this day’s night.
As for the teachers already working at the school. I will inform to what they doing in my intro post.
Basically it is one day till; new batches of kids come in and the police finally step in.
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Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 5:16 pm
Character skeletons:
New kids at Poppet House:
Gaian name:
Name:
Nickname
Gender:
Age: (6 yrs old to 17 yrs old)
Appearance: (Description or picture is fine)
Family:
Why you were sent to Poppet house:
Other background info:
Special qualities:
Weaknesses/fears:
Other:
Staff: (For those who want to be the original staff, I will need to keep some of their info hidden from public eyes until it is revealed. Thus I shall take special care with anybody who does become one of the staff by Pm'ing them information known only to them)
Gaian name:
Name:
Nickname:
Gender:
Age:
Appearance: (Description or picture is fine)
Subject:
(By the way, don’t bother trying to play the school master, that ones reserved)
Volunteered kids acting as plants
Gaian name:
Name:
Nickname
Gender:
Age: (6 yrs old to 17 yrs old)
Appearance: (Description or picture is fine)
Family:
Why you volunteered:
Other background info:
Special qualities:
Weaknesses/fears:
Other:
Substitutes acting as plants: (Substitutes cannot act as school master or principal, only lesser occupations, such as teacher)
Gaian name:
Name:
Nickname:
Gender:
Age:
Appearance: (Description or picture is fine)
Background:
Subject/occupation: (What you teach/do at the school)
Special qualities:
Weaknesses/fears:
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Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 5:17 pm
Character List:
New Kids at Poppet house:
1. azreal425 Gaian name: azreal425 Name: Robin Gann Nickname Robs of fingers Gender: female Age: 17 Appearance: RobinFamily: None, her mother died from illness and her father remarried abandoning her Why you were sent to Poppet house: stealing Other background info: When she was caught stealing her father denied her as his. He is quite well off now and refuses to help her. She took to stealing simply to live and quickly adapted to life as an undesirable. Special qualities: Robin is a leader, she is very smart and is incredibly nimble. Before Poppet school she could easily spot those who she would benefit from stealing from the most. Weaknesses/fears: She has a major abandonment issue, as well as being possessive of the things she owes (or takes). She is extremely over confident Other: Before getting sent to Poppet School she lead a small band of pickpockets that lived in the slums of London. She helped mold most of them into the thieves that they are, now that she has been picked up she doubts they will last longer. She seeks to gain some sort of way to get back to the outside. Not because she would be the first, simply because she wants freedom.
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Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 5:22 pm
Rules:
Rule number 1: Follow the rules.
Rule number 2: Follow Rule number 1
Rule number 3: If you do not want to follow rule number one because you do not UNDERSTAND rule number one, or two for that matter.
Than please follow all rules after 3.
4. No Taking control of MY Roleplay even if I’m gone for a million Kagillion years. Which if it happens (And it won’t) you are allowed to Pm asking where I am, but NOT too take control of a poor mans country.
5. Please make the best characters you can come up with. Try to use some of your most splendiferous ideas for this Rp.
6. Scratch rule 3, follow rule 1 please. By the way, put the words “Hey Piggy” in the subject line of the Pm.
7. Swear as much as you want (Just not every sentence), just keep the racial slurs and really bad words down in the deeper regions of the nether world. We try to keep that place nice and locked now don’t we?
8. No weapons at all are allowed…this may change later depending on what you can get your hands on. But this is England in the 20th century not the medieval or futuristic wasteland you be IMAGINING it is. So…No weapons.
9. Fighting and Romance I guess could be a part of this Roleplay, but this is more of a dramatic revolution (oops! Did I just say the R word!) Rp. So go ahead with whatever plot idea you’ve got in mind, but remember where were going with this whole mixed up story.
10. I need a few spots filled before the Roleplay can begin. And after their filled, I need to post an Intro to let more info on to where you guys and gals are all at.
11. Yes, Poppet house is a unisex school so both genders can apply for staff and student. Just in case any one was wondering.
12. Extra points to anybody who mentions historic references during their time in the Rp.
13. Pm Profiles, expect extra attention depending on what kind of character you're playing.
14. Literacy required. I must be able to read your first post. And than on.
15. I can’t think of any more rules, but I grant myself the power to add more with this rule here on out.
16. Please alert us all before you leave.
17. Have a great time.
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Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 5:24 pm
: (The Hall of not so great posters, and terrible roleplayers)
~White list~: (The Hall of heroes, and wonderful story creators)
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Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 5:27 pm
TACK BOARD Announcements: 2/15/07: Roleplay needs people. Once we get at the least....3 people. I'll post the intro and we'll begin. ((Or I'll just get impatient and do it anyway, but we don't want that to happen now do we?))
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Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 5:27 pm
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Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 5:28 pm
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