reaper

Subject: reaper 1/9/2011, 7:04 pm

based off of Dead Like Me

reaper

When we died, we became someone else. We see how we were when we lived in the mirror, but no one but ones like us can see that visage. Everyone else sees a guise, one that ages and, when typical human should die, changes into a younger appearance. Our guise may change sooner, if our existence is close to being discovered. Someone else, unknown to us, takes care to the details and fakes our death with an illusion.

Some of us miss being alive, but there is no going back. We aren't even allowed to tell our families who we are, if they are still around that is.

how it works

Our job, as you can probably guess, is to guide the souls of the dead on to the next plane.

In each city there is a group of us, size varying depending on the odds of one of us being born. We were good people when alive so most believe that, that is the reason why we become reapers. I am not so sure about this.

In each group there is a leader. This leader is simply the oldest of us. We don't know who, but someone delivers him or her the names of people who will die each day. Each day he or she assigns us a few names each. In the assignment is a name, time of death, and location. It is our job to find each person and stick with them until...the time comes.

While they are still alive we must touch them, this is the touch of death. They soon are killed by death spirits, something only we can see. We do not know anything about them expect they take on many forms and cause our marks to die once we have marked them.

Then the spirit is separated from the body. Now we are the only one who can see each other and we explain the situation as much or as little as needed. Then the light appears.

Typically it is just a light near by, but sometimes it is something else. Like when once a child died, it was an amusement park so the child would eagerly go to it.

We are forbidden to enter this light, and we know very little about it. Perhaps it is Heaven, if you believe in such a place.

No matter how much we hate it, or are indifferent to it, this is our life, and, as far as I know, there is no way out of it.

an opposing force

Now, I wouldn't call them bad people, they are doing what they think is right, but they do make our jobs a lot harder.
They don't really call themselves anything, and my boss doesn't either. So, since I have to name everything, I'll call them The Saviours.
Apparently they can see into the near future, the next 24 hours to be more precise, and their visions normally entails someone dying. They believe they see these vision because it is their job to stop the death of whoever they see. Our boss says we must deliever the touch of death and keep the natural order of things running.
I suppose we got the upper hand since they see the people dying, but who can be sure? The future is always changing, even by the smallest of things.

"All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves. We must die to one life before we can enter another." -Anatole France

locations and the date

The town in which we live isn't a very large one. There's only one high school, one middle school, and one elementary school, all of which are located a little ways east of the Town Center. Buses provided for those who live far away.

In the Town Center are the political buildings and the public library.

To the North is mainly buildings such as the power companies, etc. Past the medows is a mountain surrounded by a forest. The townspeople often camp and hike there.

To the East are apartments which can be described as rundown.

To the west is a cluster of houses and stores. Just past them is the ocean.

And to the South are hotels, restaurants, and places of the like.

Current Date: December 20th, 2010

rules

1. No godmodding. Don't have your character pop out of nowhere to save someone. This is close to a real-life rp.
2. No powerplaying. (Ask other people for permission if you feel like you have to powerplay at some parts)
3. No autokill. If you create a person just to have them killed, or if you wish for them to be saved, you must make that clear.
4. Nothing above PG-13. That includes romance and violence
5. Use proper grammar. Periods and commas, complete sentences, etc.
7. Make at least 3-7 sentences for each post. If you get Writer's Block, that's okay. Just don't make it a habit.

profiles

For The Reapers:

Username:
Orginal Name: (The name they had when they were alive.)
Alias: (There must be a name they call their guise, and they can also have a 'reaper' name which is whatever they call themselves amongst other reapers and never changes no matter if their guise goes. This is optional.)
Age of Guise: (How old is their guise, the visage every nonreaper sees.)
Age of The Orginal: (At what age did they die.)
Age of The Reaper: (For how long have they been a reaper.)
Appearance: (How they looked when they lived and how their current guise looks.)
History:
Other:
Preview Post: (If you have more than one character than only one of them needs a preview post.)

For The Saviours

Username:
Name:
Age:
Gender:
History:
Other:
Preview Post:

For Those Destined To Die

Username:
Name:
Age:
Gender:
History:
Other:
When and Where They Will Die: (Give a time, date, and location. For the location you do not have to be speific.)
Preview Post:

For Everyone Else

Username:
Name:
Age:
Gender:
History:
Other:
Preview Post:

Username: Mammon
Orginal Name: Alley Bryan
Alias: Sarah Mathews; reaper name, Izanami
Age of Guise: 22
Age of The Orginal: 18
Age of The Reaper: 10
Appearance: Before Death and Current Guise
History: Alley never made any real friends, but had a nice family and was content with herself. She wasn't a lucky person persay though, as her death came young. It was a trip down a large stair case. She cannot remember anything from there to the point where she woke up in an unknown apartment room. It was provided for her by the unknown source that helps the reapers. Alley then walked out into town and soon met up with the leader who told her what she was. Since then she's done her job without showing how she feels about it personally, changing what she says about afterlife from one dead person to another.
Other: Will sometimes walk around in a dark cloak just for her inside joke. Is rather monotone with most things.

Subject: Re: reaper 1/9/2011, 10:09 pm

((YES! I was gonna make one too!XD))

Username: Viper
Orginal Name: Chance,Crow,sahppire
Alias: Lelsy,Blue
Age of Guise: 19
Age of The Orginal: 6
Age of The Reaper: 1 1/2
Appearance: http://xxpeanut-chanxx.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=48#/d2w2b4t
History: Chance was born and after becoming two, dropped off with her sister Nancy in poverty. Her mother not giving much care to her daughters. Chance admired her sister because she was brave,strong and very well minded. Though they lived in a rundown apartment, she loved her life with her sister and had no doubts about the future she hoped to be better. But tragedy broke when her and her sister found a ball on the sidewalked. They played for hours until the ball ran into the street, Chance ran to get it, and before she could hear it, a truck ran her over. When she awoke she found herself in another's house, a young woman there. The women told her walk out the house and talk a guy and Chance did. She found her self more afraid of everything, especially loud noises. And then she found him, the leader of the reapers in the area and was told her job. Chance hates the job, finding it cruel and depressing, but does it anyway in hopes to find her sister, and break rules. Or find another way for a second chance.
Other: Chance is very twitchy,cautious, and acts kinda immature(Seeing she died young)

I'll add a few more later.

Subject: Re: reaper 1/10/2011, 6:53 am

FFFFFFFFF- yeah. Do you know if any of the other members are interested?

Subject: Re: reaper 1/11/2011, 7:09 pm

I doubt it. Most probably haven't watched the show since its not really that known.

Subject: Re: reaper 1/11/2011, 7:21 pm

Well, I made it so that you don't need to watch the show to join the rp...

Subject: Re: reaper 1/11/2011, 8:02 pm

((Then we should advertise it!0)

Subject: Re: reaper 1/11/2011, 8:19 pm

How? D:

Subject: Re: reaper 1/11/2011, 10:21 pm

BY GIVING EVERYONE A PM FOR IT ASKING THEM TO JOIN!

Subject: Re: reaper 1/12/2011, 3:42 pm

~~MASS PM TIEM~~

ACCOUNMENT TIEM

Subject: Re: reaper 1/12/2011, 3:53 pm

WOOT! I...Isaw the banner XD

Subject: Re: reaper 1/12/2011, 4:05 pm

Ooooh yeah.

*stops spaming nao*

Subject: Re: reaper 1/12/2011, 5:49 pm

(( Should we rp anyways?))

Subject: Re: reaper 1/12/2011, 7:39 pm

I'll start tomorrow. Too tired to do so now... More so lazy, but still.

Subject: Re: reaper 1/12/2011, 8:03 pm

((K tomorrow))