Connections: New Dawn
Saturday the 26th of July, 2014. For most it is just another day but for others it will hold more significance.
The small city of Beati, not far from London, is known for having one of the lowest crime rates in the United Kingdom and for its generally well integrated, multicultural societies. The city has an active governing body, well-kept parks, libraries and community centres and a convenient public transport system that makes it easy not only to navigate Beati itself but also to travel to larger nearby cities.
The small city of Beati, not far from London, is known for having one of the lowest crime rates in the United Kingdom and for its generally well integrated, multicultural societies. The city has an active governing body, well-kept parks, libraries and community centres and a convenient public transport system that makes it easy not only to navigate Beati itself but also to travel to larger nearby cities.
Despite all these positives however, there's been a noticeable change in the youth of Beati. The youth of the city are becoming increasingly troubled and restless, despite the generally peaceful nature of Beati the number of troubled young people in the area is rapidly increasing. Bullying is becoming more common and severe, more teenagers are committing crimes ranging from shoplifting to drug use seeing a notable increase in the crime rate of the city and in the last three months there have been an unusually high number of seriously violent attacks and suicides. Knowing that the happy city of Beati was rapidly falling to the level of the larger cities concerned experts acted quickly, taking inspiration from the Wings Program that was enacted in a Canadian city the previous year, a program to help the troubled youth of Beati called New Dawn was created.
Operating out of Helen's Street Community College, a secondary school that is relatively central in the city, New Dawn hopes to encourage the beginnings of a healthier and happier community of young people in Beati to keep the city safe, pleasant and productive in the future. The program functions simply enough, small groups of young people are placed under the guardianship of a youth councillor and encouraged to act as a social circle and as a support group. The groups, whilst under the watchful eyes of their councillor, participate in social and community events, get to know each other through discussion and have group support sessions eventually fostering friendships transcending race, religion, status and whatever problems have befallen the participants in the program fostering a happy future for Beati.
The New Dawn program, is perhaps an excellent idea but it is also for an ideal target for a menacing being that has been lurking in the shadows of humanity for thousands of years – influencing us and doing terrible things to us simply to alleviate its boredom. Heartseed as this being calls itself, has no understanding of empathy and it doesn't care about the devastation in wreaks on our lives it simply wishes to amuse itself with our misfortune, and it is about to strike again.
Heartseed will soon make itself known to your group in the New Dawn program, unleashing strange supernatural phenomenon on you and your peers that will wreak havoc in your already damaged lives and cause struggles that you could not even imagine. You can tell nobody, because nobody will believe you. Your only hope for making it through the trials before you will be to band together as a group, forging strong connections between yourselves to make it through the dilemma. The problem is, this will be much easier said than done, Heartseed will make sure of it.
Gameplay
Like the original Connections, New Dawn is based off of the Kokoro Connect anime series, however knowledge of the franchise is not necessary to enjoy the roleplay. New Dawn combines chapter-based and sandbox elements.
New Dawn will be separated into chapters lasting a few IC days. Each chapter will feature a new supernatural phenomenon instigated by Heartseed. It is entirely up to you when you want your character to experience the effects of a phenomenon, although some will effect multiple players at once – for those permission from the other affected characters player is needed. GMs do reserve the right to instigate phenomena ourselves should we think it is necessary, but this unlikely. Furthermore, only the GMs will play as Heartseed at any point.
New Dawn will be separated into chapters lasting a few IC days. Each chapter will feature a new supernatural phenomenon instigated by Heartseed. It is entirely up to you when you want your character to experience the effects of a phenomenon, although some will effect multiple players at once – for those permission from the other affected characters player is needed. GMs do reserve the right to instigate phenomena ourselves should we think it is necessary, but this unlikely. Furthermore, only the GMs will play as Heartseed at any point.
Heartseed communicates by possessing others and speaking through them. This will primarily be done using the NPC councillor assigned to your characters' group. At some points though we might request to use your character for this.
Rules
1. Obey all forum rules
2. GM word is law
3. Don't godmod or bunny without permission.
4. Aim to post once a week. We are understanding that this isn't always possible, but we think everyone should try for it.
5. You may create lesser NPCs at will, but not those integral to the RP.
6. This RP has an M rating. Please do not abuse it.
7. Be respectful and try to have fun.
2. GM word is law
3. Don't godmod or bunny without permission.
4. Aim to post once a week. We are understanding that this isn't always possible, but we think everyone should try for it.
5. You may create lesser NPCs at will, but not those integral to the RP.
6. This RP has an M rating. Please do not abuse it.
7. Be respectful and try to have fun.
Sign-Up Sheet
Name:
Nicknames (if any):
Gender:
Age (13-19):
Appearance: You may include an image but a decent written description is required.
Personality:
History:
Other:
RP Sample: You can either write as a day in the life as your character, or link us to a good post from another RP you have participated in.
Note: History and Personality are incredibly important for this RP.
Nicknames (if any):
Gender:
Age (13-19):
Appearance: You may include an image but a decent written description is required.
Personality:
History:
Other:
RP Sample: You can either write as a day in the life as your character, or link us to a good post from another RP you have participated in.
Note: History and Personality are incredibly important for this RP.
Chapters
Accepted Characters
1. Leonard Shawn (Nauje)
2. Devon Lliam (Gimmepie)
3. Karter Devven (Tyler1616)
4. Murphy Edgson (Xilfer)
5. Heather Rockford (Albunnie)
6. Dareon Baker (GastlyGibus)
7. Sophia Sokolova (Geras32)
8. Parker Jose Espinoza (Chalifoux)
2. Devon Lliam (Gimmepie)
3. Karter Devven (Tyler1616)
4. Murphy Edgson (Xilfer)
5. Heather Rockford (Albunnie)
6. Dareon Baker (GastlyGibus)
7. Sophia Sokolova (Geras32)
8. Parker Jose Espinoza (Chalifoux)
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