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Ahem. Well I'm back to RPing pretty regularly now, with a lot nations, including this one, and I was thinking of trying a sort of "sequel" to the old RP called A Saloon Story (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=382301). Some of you may remember it. I know a few of the people who participated are still around and active, and they are invited to participate in this one too. coughespeciallyHackyouoldgeezercough ;)

But this RP would be a little different. For one, I'm setting it in a different town, Engineton, to be exact. This means different characters, unless you want to write in a short backstory to explain how your old character(s) got there. Easy enough, really. Whatever works.

The old rules with regard to tech and number of characters and so on still apply, but there's yet another limitation applied. This is supposed to be the story of how Engineton became a "ghost town". So your characters will need to either leave the town (preferably in some dramatic or dastardly fashion, of course) or die. You can keep your characters alive and well for a long time in the RP, or kill them off fairly quickly. It's up to you.

The action, as in the previous RP, will center around the town saloon. The name of the saloon is Pit Stop. I'll take the bartender/owner character and the town ghost that goes around scaring folks. We don't need a doctor-type character, because that just gets in the way of killing folks off. Aside from that, do whomever you like, a sheriff, an outlaw, a rancher, etc.

Any interest? Comments? Suggestions? Sexual innuendo?

OOC: Oh this looks like fun. I haven't done a western before, but I am up for it. If allowed I will explain my character more, but here is the general idea. An young female, age of seventeen, is a runaway. Looking to be the barwench at the saloon. Like I said I will give more history is she is accepted.

Every self respecting saloon needs a saloon girl - not necessarily a full fledged soiled dove but some one to sing, dance, play the piano, cajole lonely cowboys into just one more drink, and sub for the dealer when he needed to take a break.


Edited to add that Theodrea got in ahead of me - I'm a slow poster -could the saloon support two? Or could I play the saloons dealer, run the faro and poker tables, if you feel that only one Saloon Girl is needed.
If it is acceptable might I offer

Name: Chastity Blain

Working Name: Heartless

Marital Status: Claims to be a widdow

Age: late 20's

Ht: 5'7" Wt: 120 ...http://www.atddm.com/chas.jpg

You coughed?

I don't mind, competition is always good. But I am waiting on my character to be approved.

Earl Barker

The Lawless Sheriff

An overweight, vicious slob and a cold-blooded killer, when Earl Barker was deputized, the people of Engineton knew there was going to be trouble. That's why when the old sheriff suddenly disappeared one night and Earl named himself the new sheriff, nobody was very much surprised. Since then, Barker has taken bribes from every outlaw in the west, and sells his alignment to the highest bidder. He's a crooked bastard, but even moreso he's a ferocious one. Barker is known to fly off the handle very easily, and has been seen beating the prostitutes he so often brings to bed with him many a time. Even scarier though are the rumors that he sodomizes his prisoners, female OR male. Only time will tell if Engineton can remove this tumor from their town.

http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/8388/bubbarogers2gv.jpg

I don't mind, competition is always good. But I am waiting on my character to be approved.

Your character is approved, Theodrea, as is Tanara's.

Since yours is a runaway, she can come to the saloon looking for employment. We'll have Tanara's character be the established saloon girl. You two can have a competition or not. Saloon girls, to my understanding, are there for entertainment purposes more than anything else, and the Pit Stop could always take your runaway on as a server/drink deliverer.

You coughed?

Hell yeah. You're up to play again, right?

Earl Barker

The Lawless Sheriff

An overweight, vicious slob and a cold-blooded killer, when Earl Barker was deputized, the people of Engineton knew there was going to be trouble. That's why when the old sheriff suddenly disappeared one night and Earl named himself the new sheriff, nobody was very much surprised. Since then, Barker has taken bribes from every outlaw in the west, and sells his alignment to the highest bidder. He's a crooked bastard, but even moreso he's a ferocious one. Barker is known to fly off the handle very easily, and has been seen beating the prostitutes he so often brings to bed with him many a time. Even scarier though are the rumors that he sodomizes his prisoners, female OR male. Only time will tell if Engineton can remove this tumor from their town.

http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/8388/bubbarogers2gv.jpg

Definitely approved. Very nice. Looking good so far. I'll give the thread until Friday to attract more players, then get an introductory post up with my characters. I have a veeeeery different bartender/owner this time.

That is one evil looking bushwacker we've for a sheriff!

"Earl Barker you ever so much as lay one finger on me and I'll use my Samuel Colt given right to defend myself and your boot tips will be pushing up daisys six feet from a tombstone."

http://www.atddm.com/m1sm.gif

Any objections to a card-shark/bounty hunter type?

Any objections to a card-shark/bounty hunter type?

None at all. It sounds good to me.

Name: William 'The Butcher' Black.
Age: 24
Height: 5'10"
Eyes/Hair: Blue/Brown(short), cleanshaven
Weapons: Knife, LeMat revolver (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeMat_Revolver), double-barrel Derringer, Winchester '76
Brief Bio: William Black was orphaned at a young age and adopted by his uncle, a notorious card shark. His uncle was teaching him the skills of a card- shark when an irrate, and sore loser pulled up a pistol and killed him. With the death of his uncle, William decided to bring down the scum who were responsible for his uncle's death, and all those like him by becoming a bounty hunter.

He quickly got the nickname of The Butcher as when there was the option of dead or alive, he almost invariably brought the men in as corpses, and usually missing a large section of thier chest.

Okay, good now I will explain a bit more.


And they called her Kitty...

It was a wet day, raining (chuckles) cats and dogs outside and that wind was a howling that the volunteers at the local orphanage could hear a small girl's whimpering. The wind died down a bit and they opened the door to find a small girl shivering with an orange kitten in her arms. The girl looked up at the couple that was volunteering and smiled.

Through her wet smile she asked in her meek voice, "Are you my mummy and daddy?"

Well, of course they weren't, but they watched that little brunette grow up and she did. She grew up like any other child did in that orphanage. As she got older to wanted to see what life was like outside the orphanage.

She had turned seventeen and ran off one evening in the heat of summer. She was severely dehydrated and passed out. When she hit the floor she hit her head and the fall damaged a portion of her brain. Well, to be exact her long term memory and some of her short term. When she awaken the next day she didn't remember her past or what she was planning on doing. So, she continued her journey to the next town.

Boy, was that far away.

Several days later, completely wasted of all strength, she came upon a town. To get a job at a saloon. And to find out who she really was.

Name: Kitty

Age: Seventeen

Height/weight: Five feet exactly/110 pounds

Status: Single


www.tombraider4u.com/cowgirl-costume.shtml

Hmm.

I'm thinkin' nutty prospect'r. Cain't have a Ghos' Town w'out some toothless ole' coot, ken ya? Aftah all, tha's 'ow ghos' towns was created! The mines dried up, an' ev'body cut-n-run.

Hmm.

I'm thinkin' nutty prospect'r. Cain't have a Ghos' Town w'out some toothless ole' coot, ken ya? Aftah all, tha's 'ow ghos' towns was created! The mines dried up, an' ev'body cut-n-run.

Damn straight. Sounds good.

Bravadia here. Just letting you all know that I'll be using this nation name during the course of the roleplay, and not the nation name Bravadia. Sorry for the confusion.

Bravadia here. Just letting you all know that I'll be using this nation name during the course of the roleplay, and not the nation name Bravadia. Sorry for the confusion.

Noted. I'll not kick you out of the thread then. ;)

Anxious!!!!!! When we going to start this? I am looking forward to it...

Anxious!!!!!! When we going to start this? I am looking forward to it...

Here:

I'll give the thread until Friday to attract more players, then get an introductory post up with my characters. I have a veeeeery different bartender/owner this time.

Oh oops....my bad

Oh oops....my bad

It's alright. I snuck it in there. Should have made it more obvious.

I'm in. Probably going to use a different character this time, so give me a chance to come up with something moderately interesting.

Glad to have you aboard Gael.

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=489941

The IC thread is up. It's technically Friday. Gael, feel free to take as much time as you need with your character.

Is the IC suppose to be in first person?

Is the IC suppose to be in first person?

Nah. I just did that for the first post. I'll be using third person for the rest of it, just like last time.

You can use whichever you prefer, as far as I'm concerned.

Just informational: I haven't forgotten about you guys. Work always explodes over the 4th of July weekend so I have been putting in 15+ hour days since Friday. I'll have a char up before the weekend.

Ah... ditto... >_>

No worries. The RP...it's not going anywhere.

I mean that in a literal sense, though it's probably true in a figurative sense right now too. :p

Well, I guess my excuse is similar to the rest. My work has occupied most of my day and the rest is sleeping. I will try and post my introduction into the thread on my possible day off on Monday. I never know with this job. My hours aren't always the same. I want to be in it, I just have to wait until my job gives me more spare time. Thanks.

Alright, as I promised:

Name: Sam Brennan
Height: 5'7 with an average build
Appearance: Dark, shoulder length hair worn in a loose ponytail, and green eyes.
Bio: Sam was born Samantha, the tomboyish daughter of a Georgian city mayor. But the priveledged life wasn't for her. As a teenager, she ran away from home, but the wider world was unkind to lone women in her position. So she cut her long hair and began to dress as a boy. She eventually found her way into employ as a Federal Marshal, however her undersized build compared to the rest of her coworkers earned her no respect or trust. She was given the assignment of traveling west, as an armed guard for the Pony Express. If the travels didn't kill her, surely one of the towns would solve the problem..



A rough description, but you should get the point.

Alright, as I promised:

Name: Sam Brennan
Height: 5'7 with an average build
Appearance: Dark, shoulder length hair worn in a loose ponytail, and green eyes.
Bio: Sam was born Samantha, the tomboyish daughter of a Georgian city mayor. But the priveledged life wasn't for her. As a teenager, she ran away from home, but the wider world was unkind to lone women in her position. So she cut her long hair and began to dress as a boy. She eventually found her way into employ as a Federal Marshal, however her undersized build compared to the rest of her coworkers earned her no respect or trust. She was given the assignment of traveling west, as an armed guard for the Pony Express. If the travels didn't kill her, surely one of the towns would solve the problem..



A rough description, but you should get the point.

Very nice! Move on out! :)

Name: Erik Strong

Occupation: He calls himself a "gun for hire", and in most respects that's true. In towns gone by, he has stood by the fort and helped to stave off Indian attacks, but those were only ever means to an end. No, he himself is a living precursor to a "sting" - he masquerades as a bounty hunter, and upon getting a patron, takes their money and kills them shortly after. His rationale is simple - those who wish death upon others deserve nothing but death themselves.

History: Wanted in almost every town he has visited for the murders of public figures. In North Point, it was the Mayor. In Pine Creek, the Sheriff and the old man who taught the young of the town to shoot. In Laredo, it was a whole family who had had disputes with a number of people. His track record is staggering, but the beauty of the Old West is that the towns are so separate, a hero of one could be the villain of another.

Armoury: There has only ever been one lawman who has come close to taking Erik to the gallows - a man named Creed, who almost apprehended the young crook after he had stolen a horse. After knocking Creed down, Erik took the lawman's pistol from it's holster and ran. It is that pistol he carries with him, hanging from the left side of his belt; a Colt Peacemaker, he also carries a duplicate on the right side - as he is right-handed, it means the gun he draws naturally is the one he will use. When the situation calls for a more stealthy approach, he has also been known to use a Winchester rifle, to which he has fitted a crude magnifying device for better accuracy.

Looks good. Feel free to start posting.

I was wondering if i could, jump in, i was thinking my character could be the abused daughter of the town drunk.

Uh.. bump?

@Gael: I've responded to your post.

@Dri vel: That sounds like an interesting character. Go ahead a write up a bio.

Name: Charlotte (Ella) Kaynard
Hight:5'4"
Apperance: Ella has long copper colored hair and gray eyes, she has a delicate build.
History:
Ella was born to William and Isabella Kaynard. William and Isabella came over from England and settled in Engineton and opened a small bank and dry goods store. About ten years ago Isabella gave birth to what would have been her second child, but the baby was a still born, she died shortly there after. William unable to live with the grife of losing his wife and son sent Ella to England for schooling. Ella returned to Engineton last year a proper yong lady, however things had changed since she left,Engineton was no longer the small boom town that she remebered it was just a dusty block of old dieing buildings. Her father had abandon the bank and store and now spent his days in a drunken rage or sleeping, now that Ella is home he has taken to beating her, as she reminds him of his beloved and long dead Isabella. In the past year Ella has turned from a happy and chatty young girl on the brink of being a woman to a hallow shell of a girl that is as timid as a chuch mouse.

Well, I'm extremely interested in joining this RP, if time, and the creator, allows. If I am allowed to join, is there any type of character you need? any specialist of some kind?

Name: Charlotte (Ella) Kaynard
Hight:5'4"
Apperance: Ella has long copper colored hair and gray eyes, she has a delicate build.
History:
Ella was born to William and Isabella Kaynard. William and Isabella came over from England and settled in Engineton and opened a small bank and dry goods store. About ten years ago Isabella gave birth to what would have been her second child, but the baby was a still born, she died shortly there after. William unable to live with the grife of losing his wife and son sent Ella to England for schooling. Ella returned to Engineton last year a proper yong lady, however things had changed since she left,Engineton was no longer the small boom town that she remebered it was just a dusty block of old dieing buildings. Her father had abandon the bank and store and now spent his days in a drunken rage or sleeping, now that Ella is home he has taken to beating her, as she reminds him of his beloved and long dead Isabella. In the past year Ella has turned from a happy and chatty young girl on the brink of being a woman to a hallow shell of a girl that is as timid as a chuch mouse.

That's very good. Feel free to jump into the RP. Feel free to play her father as well.

Well, I'm extremely interested in joining this RP, if time, and the creator, allows. If I am allowed to join, is there any type of character you need? any specialist of some kind?

You could try playing a poor farmer or rancher.

Okay, this is me (almost) getting off my ass and doing something!

I'm looking to run a character similar to the great Gabby Johnson from Blazing Saddles. You remember, the King of Authentic Frontier Gibberish. I figure he'll be a little unbalanced, too. Well... okay... completely off his rocker. Once I catch up on the IC thread, I'll work in an intro.

Besides, who are you to tell an insane prospector he's late? :p

So are we officially accepting the Sheriff's death? Because it seemed a bit.. well.. sudden.

So are we officially accepting the Sheriff's death? Because it seemed a bit.. well.. sudden.

Yeah. I have no problem with it, and have already passed along an idea for keeping him in the RP even though he's dead. It is, after all, a ghost town. ;)

Okay, this is me (almost) getting off my ass and doing something!

I'm looking to run a character similar to the great Gabby Johnson from Blazing Saddles. You remember, the King of Authentic Frontier Gibberish. I figure he'll be a little unbalanced, too. Well... okay... completely off his rocker. Once I catch up on the IC thread, I'll work in an intro.

Besides, who are you to tell an insane prospector he's late? :p

Excellent! :D

Tan, could edit your most recent post to get rid of the C and H so the scroll distance is shrunk as there is at present a very large blank area.

:confused: I don't know what did that, but deepest apologies, have edited. My computer is being really wierd of late

:confused: I don't know what did that, but deepest apologies, have edited. My computer is being really wierd of late
That's alright, maybe it's the start of the great computer uprising?

I heard Tanara's out of commission,and I hope she gets better soon.

But what's Hack's excuse?

I lost home access for 3 weeks and didn't have time?

>_>

I lost home access for 3 weeks and didn't have time?

>_>

Ok. But your homework's still due by Friday. :p