~{Shades Of Gray}~}{~{Romance/Drama/Combat}~

[Amida Lune]

Man once called the battlefield a place of war. Now they call it a struggle for peace. Within the ranks of the soldiers, men and women on both sides see all of this as pointless bloodshed. But the Generals don't see it that way, and their opinions are the only ones that matter in the 'struggle for peace.' What is going to happen to this world when the struggle for peace becomes a fight for survival? Will the men and women fighting to simply end the war, whether they win or lose in the end, prevail over the cold-hearted generals? Will the struggle for peace end in . . . peace?

It is up to you to decide. Choose wisely, soldier. A single person could mean the difference between the salvation and damnation of the entire world.

 

[Amida Lune]

~The Setting~

When you look around, you see graves of nameless, faceless innocents killed in the so-called 'struggle for peace' that your superiors are making you fight. The year is 4029. It is the dead of winter and the barren landscape combined with the cold is giving you no hope. You think fondly of your loved ones back home and are strengthened. It is now charged to you to meet with the other Grays of the opposition and discuss a strategy for a less-than-bloody end to a less-than-peaceful struggle for peace.

 

[Amida Lune]

~The Makers of War~

The war has split the world into two forces. There is no such thing as race, no such things as different cultures and no such thing as national pride to separate the people. There is nothing but the solid line, thin as it is, that separates the entire world's population in two.

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~The Misaines~

The Misaines are classified as the 'White' side of the war. They fight for God and for the Eternal Salvation of the entire world. They seek to purge the world of non-believers and to save the souls of mankind. They are the Puritains of the fourth millenium. The Misaines are the warriors of God.


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~The Caamisens~

The Caamisens are classified as the 'Black' side of the war. They fight to get rid of everything that chains the people of Earth to the ancient ways. This includes killing off religion. The Caamisens are the freedom fighters of the fourth millenium.



But there are those who collaborate in secret. These are the Grays. They belong to both the Misaines and the Caamisens and are doing their best to silence the guns once and for all, and to finally finish the war that has raged on for two millenia. They want no more bloodshed and they want no more fighting. They just want everything to be over, whether they win or lose. They just want it done.

These are the soldiers whom you must plan, plot with. It is with these people you will secure the future of the world.

 

[Amida Lune]

~The Rules~
~1~ Obey ALL of the rules
~2~ Be Literate (no n00b spk lyke th!!ss#@^% *action like this*)
~3~ No killing characters. Period.
~4~ All kinds of love is accepted, so don't be shy about joining.
~5~ No god-modding characters. That is my job.
~6~ Keep it PG-13
~7~ DO NOT POST UNTIL I HAVE ACCEPTED YOU. To prove that you've read all of these rules, title your PM A Darker Time and add a burning emoticon in your profile.
~8~ If you do not post within two weeks of being accepted, you will be removed and notified. You are allowed to re-apply.
~9~ If you're going away for an extended period of time, let me know beforehand, please.
~10~ Scarlet is God. But her characters aren't, so have fun ^.~

 

[Amida Lune]

~The Skeleton~

Fill out the following in complete sentences, please.

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[b]My Shade of Gray:[/b] (Misaine or Caamisen)
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[Amida Lune]

~The Characters~

~Accepted Male Grays~

 

[Amida Lune]

~The Characters~

~Accepted Female Grays~

Username: The Scarlet Woman
Full Name: Charlie Camilla Abbot-Walker
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Bisexual
Likes: Candy, getting letters from home, cooking
Dislikes: Elitist Blacks and Nazi-like Whites
Personality: Charlie's a fire-spitting hellcat. If you get on her bad side, she will literally rip you to shreds. And have a hell of a lot of fun doing it, too.
Brief Biography: Charlie was born and bred to be a soldier. But she saw her parents and her youngest brother die when she was in training at the age of fourteen. She promised herself that she'd find a way to stop the war and end the fighting. She was such a strong spirit, the other Greys rallied behind her. Without really meaning to, she became their founder and leader.
My Shade of Gray: Misaine
Appearance:

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Username: Kat Kazetouhi
Full Name: Nyx Tarynn Howell
Age: 17
Gender: female
Sexuality: straight
Likes: food, sour candy, rain, nature, computers
Dislikes: super sweet things, the darkness inside of her, watching romantic scenes, people who do not claim responsibility for all of their actions
Personality: A tom-boy with a sarcastic sense of humour. Her personality is complicated to explain. She is full of righteous justice and mischief. But she aslo has a dark undertone to her personality and often goes into deep thought. There is much that cannot be explained about her, and one cannot understand her twilight of a personality unless they meet her, the sinner and the saint.
Brief Biography:
Tearing herself out of the realm of dreams, Nyx opened her bloodshot eyes. Her eyes slowly returned to their normal silver color from the dilated onyx they had been. The seven-year-old child sat up quickly, only to find that her horrible dream was true. Bodies of her family, friends, and fellow villagers were strewn across the large room which was now stained brownish red with blood. But that wasn't when the screaming started. At this point she was merely panicked. The screaming started when she looked down at her hands and saw the blood on them. Her own blood and the blood of others. Blood from the murders and blood which seeped from the gashes down the backs of each of her fingers that had sported gruesome claws in her dream.

Nyx had been found by a solitary monk that day, and taken away to recover and heal. She grew up in the monk's home, far away from the village slaughtered by unidentified soldiers. She learned all about the war, the reasons for it, the sides, and the secret society of people trying to stop it. Personally, she didn't care. She was content in her home. But the feeling of safety she felt around the monk quickly faded one night.

Black soldiers, convinced that the monk was a threat to their cause, came to Nyx's home and murdered her mentor and the man she'd come to see as a father-figure. Something in her changed that day. She became fierce and more dangerous, somehow. She hunted down the troupe of Caamisens that murdered her beloved mentor, and murdered them, too.

After that, she became a mercenary. She killed Caamisens whenever she caught them in small groups and hid out with the Misaines without really becoming one of them officially. But she slowly tired of killing. She had avenged the monk's death. Now she would make sure nobody else was tragically ripped from their loved ones. She'd help end the war.


My Shade of Gray: Misaine
Appearance:

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Username: StrawberryGizmo
Full Name: Willow Rhea Talbot
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Bisexual
Likes: music, cool weather, rainy days, chocolate
Dislikes: loudness, war, romance films, jelly beans
Personality: Quiet, but opinionated. If an argument arises, she will remain calm but will never back down. Violent when the time calls for it.
Brief Biography: Born to a very wealthy family, she was kidnapped by Caamisens and began training as a soldier at age 7. She made no attemps at creating realtionships with anyone, and became very untrusting towards everyone. Her hatred of people grew more and more profound as she grew up and became more invovled in the war. During one battle, all of her comrads were slaughtered; her being the sole survivor. She tires of the war and has devoted her life to finding a way to stop it.
My Shade of Gray: Caamisen
Appearance:

 

[Amida Lune]

Charlie paced the underground stone chamber in the mountains near the battlefield. She'd stolen things and furnished the room to be the base of the Gray's rebellion. There were maps along the far wall and torches burning, since she couldn't risk electricity use being traced this far into the mountain. There was a long table in the middle, and chairs scattered around that. There were three tunnels leading deeper into the mountain. One led to the pirated weapons storage facility Charlie had created, one went to the infirmary, and the other to the living chambers (for those who were on leave but didn't go back to their families to stay and anonymously help in the fighting.)

She'd sent out the encrypted missives three days ago, asking the other Grays to meet her here. She had been waiting restlessly for that long. She drained her mug of strong coffee and then went over to the wood-burning stove to pour herself another cup of the strong brew.

 

[Amida Lune]

"Yeah," Charlie snorted, pouring herself another mug of coffee. "We've been wondering who the vigilante was. My regiment is on a manhunt for you, but we have no muckin' clue who y'all are, so we can't rightly go after you, can we?" Charlie hopped up on the table and crossed her legs. She drained her mug and set it aside. "How rude of me," she said primly. "Can I get y'all anything? Coffee? Tea? Swift kick in the a**?"

She actually had to laugh. "Simplicity? Ha!" she snorted. "I tried that the first time 'round, but most of these soldiers barely have a third grade education, let alone have the brains to understand subtlety. Any other ideas, though? I'm at a complete loss."

It was true. Charlie had exhausted herself trying to hide the Grays' existance from the Generals, and play the Commanding Officer role in her own regiment.