Deoxys55
Deoxys Collector
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- Seen Oct 27, 2013
When the city of Ember was just built and not yet inhabited, the chief builder and the assistant builder, both of them weary, sat down to speak of the future.
?They must not leave the city for at least two hundred years,? said the chief builder. ?Or perhaps two hundred and twenty.?
?Is that long enough?? asked his assistant.
?It should be. We can?t know for sure.?
?And when the time comes,? said the assistant, ?how will they know what to do??
We?ll provide them with instructions, of course,? the chief builder replied.
?But who will keep these instructions? Who can we trust to keep them safe and secret all that time??
?The mayor of the city will keep the instructions,? said the chief builder. ?We?ll put them in a box with a timed lock, set to open on the proper date.?
?And will we tell the mayor what?s in the box?? the assistant asked.
?No, just that it?s information they won?t need and must not see until the box opens of its own accord.?
?So the first mayor will pass the box to the next mayor, and that to the next, and so on down through the years, all of them keeping it secret, all that time??
?What else can we do?? asked the chief builder. ?Nothing about this endeavor is certain. There may be no one left in the city by them or no safe place for them to come back to.?
So the first mayor of Ember was given the box, told to guard it carefully, and solemnly sworn to secrecy. When she grew old, and her time as mayor was up, she explained about the box to her successor, who also kept the secret carefully, as did the next mayor. Things went as planned for many years. But the seventh mayor of Ember was less honorable than the ones who?d come before him, and more desperate. He was ill-- he had the coughing sickness that was common in the city then-- and he thought the box might hold a secret that would save his life. He took it from its hiding place in the basement of the Gathering Hall and brought it home with him, where he attacked it with a hammer.
But his strength was failing by then. All his managed to do was dent the lid a little. And before he could return the box to its official hiding place or tell his successor about it, he died. The box ended up at the back of a closet, shoved behind some old bags and bundles. There it sat, unnoticed, year after year, until its time arrived, and the lock quietly click open.
In the city of Ember, the sky was always dark. The only light came from the great flood lamps mounted on the buildings and at the tops of poles in the middle of the larger squares. When the light were on, they cast a yellowish glow over the streets; people walking by threw long shadows that shortened and then stretched out again. When the lights were off, as they were between nine at night and six in the morning, the city was so dark that the people might as well have been wearing blindfolds.
Sometimes darkness fell in the middle of the day. The city of Ember was old, and everything in it, including the power lines, was in need of repair. So now and then the lights would flicker and go out. These were terrible moments for the people of Ember. As they came to a halt in the middle of the street or stood stock-still in their houses, afraid to move in the utter blackness, they were reminded of something they preferred not to think about: that someday the light of the city might go out and never come back on.
But most of the time life proceeded as it always had. Grown people did their work, and younger people, until they reached the age of twelve, went to school. On the last day of their final year, which was called Assignment Day, they were given jobs to do.
Rules and Information:
Okay, this is the fourth time I?ve started this RP, and this time I intend to finish it. This is an INVITE ONLY role play. If you are invited, you don?t have to join if you don?t want to. My previous RPs for this had the characters as pok?mon. But in this one, they are people. You can join only as your own characters, unless you?ve read the book yourself. If you?ve read it, you can join as one of the original characters in the book, but I?m already Lina and Doon, so that I can trigger some of the main events. ^_~ If you join as an original character, you have to do your parts in the events that take place just as they did in the book, but besides that, you can have them do whatever they want to, as long as you stick with their personality.
And there is no sign-up sheet, as different people choose to describe characters in different ways. Just include all the vital information.
Also, there will be characters in the RP from the book that aren?t main characters, and that you?re characters are free to communicate with and control.
Oh! I almost forgot. The list of jobs, just so you know what you might get:
Pipeworks laborer ? You work down underground in the Pipeworks, where the generator is.
Messenger ? Get to run around a select area of town, carrying messages for people.
Supply Desk clerk ? Sit behind a desk and take orders from shopkeepers, then send carriers down to the storerooms for the requested items.
Electrician?s helper ? fixing dead street bulbs and house lights, helping with the generator.
Greenhouse Helper ? Helps out in the greenhouse.
Building repair assistant ? Helps repair buildings and structures.
Trash shifter ? Moves trash from homes to the two giant trash heaps outside of town, at the horizon of the dark world.
Doctor?s assistant ? Binds up cuts and give medicine.
One more things I may want to post.
A link to a map of the city. (I traced it. I know, my handwriting?s bad, but try to bear with me.)
*image removed*
Remember, this is INVITE ONLY. I will get the invites out ASAP. And if we can get through this RP, we can start on the sequel, ?The People of Sparks?.
My characters:
Name: Lina Mayfleet
Gender: Female
Personality/Phisical Info: She is slender and fast. She has long, dark hair and has never appeared particularly atractive.But she has a lust to explore, and a wide imagination. The job she wants most is Messenger.
Name: Doon Harrow
Gender: Male
Personality/Phisical Info: His hair is always ruffled a bit, and when he's thinking or angry, his eyebroms come forward to form a line across his forehead. He has a short temper and sometimes acts before thinking, but all in all he is kind. He wants to help fix the genorator, and wants the job of Electrician's Helper.
?They must not leave the city for at least two hundred years,? said the chief builder. ?Or perhaps two hundred and twenty.?
?Is that long enough?? asked his assistant.
?It should be. We can?t know for sure.?
?And when the time comes,? said the assistant, ?how will they know what to do??
We?ll provide them with instructions, of course,? the chief builder replied.
?But who will keep these instructions? Who can we trust to keep them safe and secret all that time??
?The mayor of the city will keep the instructions,? said the chief builder. ?We?ll put them in a box with a timed lock, set to open on the proper date.?
?And will we tell the mayor what?s in the box?? the assistant asked.
?No, just that it?s information they won?t need and must not see until the box opens of its own accord.?
?So the first mayor will pass the box to the next mayor, and that to the next, and so on down through the years, all of them keeping it secret, all that time??
?What else can we do?? asked the chief builder. ?Nothing about this endeavor is certain. There may be no one left in the city by them or no safe place for them to come back to.?
So the first mayor of Ember was given the box, told to guard it carefully, and solemnly sworn to secrecy. When she grew old, and her time as mayor was up, she explained about the box to her successor, who also kept the secret carefully, as did the next mayor. Things went as planned for many years. But the seventh mayor of Ember was less honorable than the ones who?d come before him, and more desperate. He was ill-- he had the coughing sickness that was common in the city then-- and he thought the box might hold a secret that would save his life. He took it from its hiding place in the basement of the Gathering Hall and brought it home with him, where he attacked it with a hammer.
But his strength was failing by then. All his managed to do was dent the lid a little. And before he could return the box to its official hiding place or tell his successor about it, he died. The box ended up at the back of a closet, shoved behind some old bags and bundles. There it sat, unnoticed, year after year, until its time arrived, and the lock quietly click open.
In the city of Ember, the sky was always dark. The only light came from the great flood lamps mounted on the buildings and at the tops of poles in the middle of the larger squares. When the light were on, they cast a yellowish glow over the streets; people walking by threw long shadows that shortened and then stretched out again. When the lights were off, as they were between nine at night and six in the morning, the city was so dark that the people might as well have been wearing blindfolds.
Sometimes darkness fell in the middle of the day. The city of Ember was old, and everything in it, including the power lines, was in need of repair. So now and then the lights would flicker and go out. These were terrible moments for the people of Ember. As they came to a halt in the middle of the street or stood stock-still in their houses, afraid to move in the utter blackness, they were reminded of something they preferred not to think about: that someday the light of the city might go out and never come back on.
But most of the time life proceeded as it always had. Grown people did their work, and younger people, until they reached the age of twelve, went to school. On the last day of their final year, which was called Assignment Day, they were given jobs to do.
Rules and Information:
- There city and all of it?s buildings are made from stone. There are no grass and trees, and the only plants besides mold grow in the Greenhouses.
- You are allowed to have as many character as you want.
- When you receive your job, I will post what you are to do.
- Yes, you have to be twelve.
- When you need to say something that doesn?t have to do with your RP post, use ?OOC?
- This book is ? to Jeanne DuPrau. She wrote the book, and the text above are the first chapter and the first paragraph of the second.
- Try to use the best grammar. I will too.
- Don?t SPAM or flame, if you don?t like the RP, don?t join it.
- I?m not the fastest typer in the world, don?t get mad if I only post a paragraph or two.
Okay, this is the fourth time I?ve started this RP, and this time I intend to finish it. This is an INVITE ONLY role play. If you are invited, you don?t have to join if you don?t want to. My previous RPs for this had the characters as pok?mon. But in this one, they are people. You can join only as your own characters, unless you?ve read the book yourself. If you?ve read it, you can join as one of the original characters in the book, but I?m already Lina and Doon, so that I can trigger some of the main events. ^_~ If you join as an original character, you have to do your parts in the events that take place just as they did in the book, but besides that, you can have them do whatever they want to, as long as you stick with their personality.
And there is no sign-up sheet, as different people choose to describe characters in different ways. Just include all the vital information.
Also, there will be characters in the RP from the book that aren?t main characters, and that you?re characters are free to communicate with and control.
Oh! I almost forgot. The list of jobs, just so you know what you might get:
Pipeworks laborer ? You work down underground in the Pipeworks, where the generator is.
Messenger ? Get to run around a select area of town, carrying messages for people.
Supply Desk clerk ? Sit behind a desk and take orders from shopkeepers, then send carriers down to the storerooms for the requested items.
Electrician?s helper ? fixing dead street bulbs and house lights, helping with the generator.
Greenhouse Helper ? Helps out in the greenhouse.
Building repair assistant ? Helps repair buildings and structures.
Trash shifter ? Moves trash from homes to the two giant trash heaps outside of town, at the horizon of the dark world.
Doctor?s assistant ? Binds up cuts and give medicine.
One more things I may want to post.
A link to a map of the city. (I traced it. I know, my handwriting?s bad, but try to bear with me.)
*image removed*
Remember, this is INVITE ONLY. I will get the invites out ASAP. And if we can get through this RP, we can start on the sequel, ?The People of Sparks?.
My characters:
Name: Lina Mayfleet
Gender: Female
Personality/Phisical Info: She is slender and fast. She has long, dark hair and has never appeared particularly atractive.But she has a lust to explore, and a wide imagination. The job she wants most is Messenger.
Name: Doon Harrow
Gender: Male
Personality/Phisical Info: His hair is always ruffled a bit, and when he's thinking or angry, his eyebroms come forward to form a line across his forehead. He has a short temper and sometimes acts before thinking, but all in all he is kind. He wants to help fix the genorator, and wants the job of Electrician's Helper.