You have been plucked from across space and time and have been brought to Riftopia, a strange city crudely stitched together comprised of pieces chopped off other dimensions. The one who summoned you and everybody else is a woman named Esmeralda, the self-proclaimed "Witch of Stitches". Esmeralda claims she has plucked you from your own dimension using her powers, and that everybody brought to Riftopia has a mission. They are to defeat the targets that Esmeralda assigns to them if they want to go home; anyone who earns four points (ie, defeating 4 targets) will leave Riftopia and not only return to their own dimension, but have a single wish granted to them. Of course, you can work together to earn points, or you can steal points from your fellow players, you can (try to) kill Esmeralda herself for an instant victory, or you can even ignore the competition entirely. The choice is yours as you're set loose into Riftopia, the Witch of Stitches keeping her eyes on you at all times.
THE CONCEPT
If you've been in other RPs here, you've likely used or seen other people use character creators. Programs or websites that let people take a base body and add clothes, hair, faces, etc. to them to make their characters' appearance rather than draw or explain them personally. They're incredibly useful tools, whether they be for creating a character from scratch, recreating a character you have in mind, etc. But what happens when you don't decide what the character looks like...but a randomizer does?
In Across the Stitches, your characters are not "designed" by you. At least, their appearance isn't. The basic idea of this RP is to create a character based on an image randomized in a character creator. You will hit the random button on the provided creator until you get a character that you're happy with. You will then write your character app based around this image. Yes, not creating an image to match a character, but writing a character to match an image. That is the basic concept behind Across the Stitches.
CHARACTER CREATION
All characters will be designed randomly using the website DreamSelfy, a creator that uses assets from the website TinierMe for free character customization. This website was chosen mostly because its randomization results tend to have more cohesive and interesting results than many others, which are often rather...ridiculous. This seems to typically create more solid results to build characters off of.
Here is a link to DreamSelfy's Character Creator.
This will be used to design all your characters. To create a character RANDOMLY, click the "Randomize your SELFY!" button, beneath "REMOVE ALL ITEMS" to receive a random outfit design.
-The characters MUST be made through the randomize option and not by selecting items personally. I can't moderate this but I'd like to trust you guys.
-You CAN remove objects from the results. You do not need to keep in backgrounds or unmatching objects like animals and purses or extra pairs of shoes. Remove what you need to remove to make it work, but do not add items.
-However, I enact the "Shoe Clause", aka, if your character ends up without shoes but you think they should have shoes, you are allowed to select shoes for them to wear. Not having shoes happens often on this site (as well as too many shoes) so it's only fair to let you control at least footwear.
-You can change skin color as you wish; they're not randomized so you're free to choose those yourself.
-I haven't found a way to link a still image of the character, so you may have to screencap and crop the image if you want to post a still version.
-You do not have to use the first one you find. You can keep rolling until you are satisfied.
-Anything you need to elaborate on that can't be done in the editor can be done in text, since some things aren't cler.
-You may interpret the design however you wish; they all have the same build, but if you want them to be buff or old or young or male or female or anything else, you're free to so long as you state so.
RIFTOPIA
As previously mentioned, the story takes place in a town comprised of cobbled together pieces of different dimensions known as Riftopia. Here is the layout for the "city" and an explanation for the different "districts".
B - Empire City: The largest district of Riftopia, this area is cobbled together of many different empires, kingdoms, and other governments into one large area consisting of castles, shrines, military bases, and more. This is the "melting pot" of the city, and it seems divided amongst itself between the many cultures and rulers living there. Kings live in partial castles, samurai serving their emperors wander the streets, military commanders live down the block from space monarchs. It's a crude district with many tears in the rift in the alleys between empires, and it's easy to find oneself in political turmoil here. It's also where one can make the strongest alliances, meet the most powerful people, and fight the most powerful foes. If they have power, you can find them here. Think of it like a very politically divided rich aristocrat district.
C - Centaur Park: This area is where most magical beings have been placed. It's called Park, but its more a forest. Nature is aplenty here, and it is where most mages and mystical beings roam. Fairies, elves, gnomes, dragons, wizards, warlocks, and, of course, centaurs all make this their home. As a result, it's a good place for finding magical artifacts, potions, runes, anything magic-related that one may need.
D - Stargate Square: The opposite of Centaur Park, Stargate Square is a futuristic district straight out of our science-fiction. Space exploration, giant robots, lasers, and the like are all being explored here. It's the perfect place to find high-tech equipment that may be helpful in defeating targets or surviving in some areas; if it can be done with a gadget, it can be found here. Sadly, space exploration is limited by Esmeralda's intervention, so even their vast tech has yet to find any meaningful ways to escape.
E - Kawaii Court: This area is designed similarly to our own Tokyo, Japan, but houses much more bizarre people. It's practically a district-wide anime convention, where you're likely to find people with colorful hair and super specific superpowers and oversized swords and such everywhere, or who just want to sit and relax in a cafe. This area is excellent for those who are interested in relaxing, geeking out, or taking in sights, but be wary, as it's the most unpredictable district; you never know how powerful someone may be here.
F - Atlantis Shores: A long beach rests at the side of a miniature ocean, where the aquatic creatures reside. Fish, mermaids, sharks, sea witches, etc. all reside here. The ocean is crudely constructed of all kinds of water, so it can support all kinds of life and even be safe to drink. Underwater civilizations reside within, but you may never see this without some assistance through magic or technology. The edges of the water all lead to the Voidlands, so be careful not to swim out too far.
G - Klub Kounty: This is a district-wide nightclub, with music and entertainment from across the multiverse. Cafes, raves, operas, magic shows, all sorts of performances make up this art center of Riftopia, with an overal cyberpunk aesthetic across the streets that turn the entire city into one giant rave. This is the best place to relax and have a breather. Few of the people here are fighters, and there's plenty of places to relax and unwind. If you plan on taking a more relaxed approach to Riftopia, this may be your favorite place.
H - The Voidlands: Riftopia is not entirely stable. There's holes in the dimensional rift, black voids where nobody knows whay may happen, not even Esmeralda. The Voidlands surround all of Riftopia to keep people inside, and they leak through the seams of the world, noticably between the different districts (which is why traveling to the Limbo Plateau to move between locations is recommended) and sometimes in alleys of the districts, especially in Empire City. The Void is unpredictable; some suspect it is merely nothingness, some think it brings instant death, some believe it mutates those that traverse it, some think it is where lost things end up. Nobody truly understands the Voidlands, but everybody avoids it.
GAMEPLAY AND THE WITCH'S RULES
As mentioned in the plot section, the basic goal of this RP is to earn points by defeating "targets", persons of interest assigned one at a time by Esmeralda. Most of these targets will be notable NPCs; I will control them for now, but I may recruit others down the line, or even assign player characters as targets, with permission. Esmeralda will assign a target for everybody to hunt, and the person or persons who defeat the target will be awarded one point. To escape Riftopia and have Esmeralda grant one wish for their return home, a player needs four points; this does not mean there is only one winner or that it is a race. Once one target is defeated in a challenge or battle, or is killed, the points shall be assigned and a new target shall be assigned, and the process shall repeat. A target does not need to be faced in combat to count as a defeat; defeating them in a mental challenge or in sports or any other form of competition works as well. You can earn 4 points without having to fight, but you should pay attention to the target's personality if you want to try a different approach. The RP structure will be free-roam as expected of most of my RPs, with the targets acting as "events" for any interested players to pursue. You are free to approach the rest of the world, your pacing, and how you interact with other players and the targets as you see fit. Events will change as targets change.
The Stitch Witch has set a set of rules for her game, which all players are expected to follow. Esmeralda defines the rules of her game as thus:
1. You earn points by defeating or killing the target assigned by Esmeralda.
2. To escape Riftopia with your wish fulfilled, you must earn four points and report to the Limbo Plateau.
3. If you defeat a fellow player, you will steal one of their points from them.
4. If you kill a fellow player, they will be elliminated from play, but you will only receive one point, and only if they had at least one point.
5. If multiple people directly contribute to a target's defeat, they will both receive a point for the defeat.
6. You do not earn points if you contribute to a target's defeat secondhand; you must directly be facing them.
7. Defeats can be earned through nonviolent or nonlethal means.
8. A new target will be assigned by Esmeralda upon the previous one's defeat.
9. Defeating a previous target after their point is claimed does not award any points.
10. The game does not stop when one person achieves four points; it continues, and there's no single winner.
11. Compromising Riftopia's existence will result in disqualification and ellimination.
12. If anyone kills Esmeralda, Riftopia will disperse, and everyone remaining will return to their dimension without a wish.
These may be edited based on situations and questions arising over time.
RP RULES
General rules for the RP itself:
-No invincible players. You don't have to die the first time you get shot, but don't just bursh off getting nuked.
-No spamming. You can have short posts, but keep them one at a time and try to keep it at at least a paragraph of text.
-Keep battles fair. Don't just kill a guy in one shot, and don't make your character from a dimension of demigods or anything.
-Post OOC in spoilers once the game has begun.
-Wait for GM acceptance of your app before posting.
-The current maximum is THREE CHARACTERS per player.
-NPCs are permitted for plot purposes, but do not take control of another's NPC without permission.
-Clearly note your location when switching scenes.
-Over-the-topness and cheesiness is allowed and encouraged as long as it does not go into god-mod territory.
-Keep 4th-wall breaking to a reasonable amount based on the tone the RP takes.
-Don't steal a scene or bend the tone to your own whim if the other players don't want it.
-OCs only generated in DreamSelfy, so no AUs of real characters or people.
-No killing characters without the permission of the ones controlling them.
-Read GD's Roleplaying guide for reference.
IMPORTANT NPCS
CHARACTER APP
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[b]Username:[/b] (Nobody takes this section seriously but if you don't I'll smack you with raw salmon.)
[b]Character Name:[/b] (Do I need to explain this really.)
[b]Age:[/b] (Be reasonable.)
[b]Gender/Sex:[/b] (Whatever applies.)
[b]Appearance:[/b] (Please link or screencap the character generated in DreamSelfy here; if you have any art of said character or additional descriptions, you may add them as well, but the generated image is a requirement.)
[b]Backstory:[/b] (Describe their life and the dimension they came from; remember the cast is mostly from different dimensions, so the rules of their homes do not necessarily need to be consistent with our world or other characters' worlds.)
[b]Personality:[/b] (Obvious. No need to go too in-depth if you don't know the personality yet.)
[b]Powers and Abilities:[/b] (Any superpowers or supernatural factors they have? Or any normal skills like swordfighting, chess, or underwater basket-weaving?)
[b]Weapons and Items:[/b] (Any possessions or weapons that they keep on their person? Note that you can get stuff in Riftopia if needed, but you should justify anything seen in the image as best as you can.)
CHARACTERS
Characters applied to the RP thus far:
CURRENT TARGET
"This is your first Target, everybody! Half a man, but more than one! Last seen in a land of mysticism and magic, your first Target is the Prince of Poles...Ciel Zaria! Defeat him, and earn your first point!"