Recruting- Silent Hills (Silent hill inspired horror)

[WindVoyager]

A simple introduction: Silent Hills is a Silent Hill inspired mild horror free form sand box centered around a small isolated town called Cold Creek. Its a beautiful place, there's a small amusement park, lake and two accommodating hotels. There are plenty of sights to see. On the surface it appears to be a normal small town surrounded by thick temperate forest and a few small farms. But appearances are deceiving. Cold Creek  is ruled by a powerful supernatural force that has pulled characters in from all walks of life and worlds, drawn to some darkness the posses, some dark secret.

Every one in town has some dark secret to hide, some fear, some guilt.


History

Built along the shores of Toluca Lake, Cold Creek appears to be a mid-sized town tourist town that is surrounded by wooded hills and rivers.  The lake itself has a long history of drownings, suicides and disappearances including a DUCK watercraft full of tourists and several small watercraft. 

Going back more then four centuries, Cold Creek's history is plentiful and dark. To the local tribes of Native Americans, the Toluca Lake area had been known as "The Place of Silenced Spirits", and was long considered to have a kind of spiritual significance and an air of mysterious power. It was considered to be a holy place, where many rituals were conducted in accordance with the indigenous beliefs.

The late 1600s saw the arrival of settlers who would force the indigenous people from their sacred lands. These settlers would remain in the area until the turn of the century. At the start of the 1700's, an epidemic swept through the surrounding area surrounding Toluca Lake. With a large portion of the populace dead, the settlement was abandoned. It wasn't until the start of the 1800's that resettlement began.

Tragedy struck again when, around 1890, people began to mysteriously vanish from Cold Creek. At the turn of the century, Cold Creek was re-imaged as a tourist destination and has become a destination for fisherman and boaters.


These are the town rules and structure.

Who can leave and who can't?


Delivery people can leave, well as non-local authorities as town does not want to bring trouble. Tourists, weary travelers, characters from other worlds and so forth, will be unable to leave once they pass the towns boarders. Any one who tries to leave will find it impossible, the forest surrounding becomes vast and confusing, cars break down once they the town, it becomes foggy outside of town etc

The motels and hotels are free for your character to stay until they are officially stuck, older residents will put your character in a home for free. To eat your character has to find a job. Most residents are understanding and will help find work for your character. Characters who have cell phones or computers will find that any calls or e-mails for help do not reach thier destination.

You call someone up and shout "Help help me! I'm being held against my will!" but what the other person hears is "Its so wonderful here. I might just move here. So should you."

How long does the town stay normal?

Its verries. Some times months will pass by with no to little super natural activity, other times the activity goes on for weeks to months at a time. Those who have been there the longest keep stock piles of food, water and supplies and are not too keen on sharing since there's no way to know when things will revert back to normal.

What happens to the town when it changes?

Cold Creek becomes foggy, twisted and macabre.  There are regular monsters and things that roam the town but most monsters are based on a characters fears and guilt. And its not always monsters, it can be loved ones, both living and dead and the like. It depends on your characters sitation.

How to arrive

So many ways. Your character can be a native of the town, someone who moved there or even a tourist who though the small resort town would be a nice place to take a vacation. Other ways your character can arrive:

-Take a wrong turn and drive into town.
-Get lost in the woods and find themselves telaported unknowing to Cold Creek
-Something as simple as being transported in a vehicle and waking up to a vehicle devoid of other passengers that has gone off the side of the road

Game Rules

-Adhere to all Elliquiy rules
-Please respect player/character ons and offs.
-There is no posting order
-Please make sure to use the tagging system
-These rules are subject to change at the GM's discretion.
- No godmodding
-If you choose to leave the group, please inform the GM and anybody you are RPing with so we're not left hanging
- IC Posts should have substance, no one-liners.
-Please try not to keep anybody waiting on a post longer than one week. Real life happens but inform any one you are RPing with that you will be longer
-All gender types and sexualities will be accepted, including Asexual and Agendered characters.
-This is going to be plot heavy\character interaction heavy RP. That being said your characters can have all the sex they want just don't let it become all your character does


Rumors and happenings in town


-The dark and twisted 400 year old oak tree hidden at the back of Rosewater Park, is often used by the small local cult as a meeting place. The descendants of the local tribe consider the tree sacred

-The long abandoned Pete's Bowl-O-Rama is concealing a small makeshift mobile lab producing PTV. The ones responsible plan on selling the PTV during the Annual Spring Festival, using the influx of new comers as a way to get the drug outside the town

PTV is made from an indigenous plant, White Claudia that is easily found through out the heavily forested regions. Its very addictive and produces different effects on the user though it commonly produces realistic hallucinations, lowers inhibition and is rumored to heighten sex.

-The old water pumping station and water works located just outside of town is rumored to be haunted by the ghosts of workers who died during a horrible accident and strange lights are often seen near and in the rotting buildings

-The descendants of the local tribe have an almost third sense when the town is about to shift and sound the air raid siren that is on top of the Cold Creek Historical Center

- Dr. Adrien Finch of Brookhaven Hospital is addicted to PTV and has been preforming experiments on humans, trying to find some way to bring his daughter that died in a tragic accident at Lakeside Amusement Park back

Characters

You can play pretty much any character as long as they can fit through a doorway and have enough intelligence and ability to communicate, both Fandom and originals. Just no fantasy based characters. You can choose to play Silent Hill monster as your secondary or third character.

You can currently have up to three characters and as many NPCs as you can handle


Name:
Gender:
Orientation:
Age:
Species:
Fandom or original:
Appearance:
Personality:
Fears\guilt
Strengths:
Weakness:
offs and ons:


https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=227473.msg11165247#msg11165247   OOC thread

In Town

https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=227476.0

Lake and forest

https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=227475.0

[wander]

I'd like to jump in on this. I have a nwod mortal character that would work really well for this, given a small bit of adaptation. His darker past and regrets are perfect for a Silent Hill inspired horror game. :)

[Etherealgirl]

>.> Can I play a monster?

[WindVoyager]

You can play monsters.

[WindVoyager]

and you beat me to it. Def keeping Lakeside Amusement park, I'm planing on bringing in the parks mascots as living beings, physical manifestations of the dark powers and its loyal minions. I can see Robbie being the leader of this little gang of almost cute looking five foot cartoony animals that carry things liek base balls bats and the like around

[Lockepick]

Posting interest! Bouncing some ideas around in my head.

[Lockepick]

If I do anything, it'll be an OC. I assume from the write up that OC are acceptable?

[wander]

Well, from the OP this is Silent Hill inspired, not actually a full-on Silent Hill game.

I'm assuming until corrected, we'd be playing OCs because of that.

[WindVoyager]

Both OCs and CC are welcome. OCs and CCs from other fandoms are welcome as well as long as they can fit past door ways and can communicate reasonably.

I...I just noticed we are allowed to play up to three characters, including monsters!

Yep. You can play monsters because whats a Silent Hill inspired game with out monsters?

[Cosmo_ac]

this sounds like it has a lot of fun possibilities.  I would also like to toss my hat into the ring.  Truth be told, some of the ideas your floating are ones that have passed through my mind a few times as well.  So, it's impossible to escape from this town and nobody has ever gotten out before?

[Sirian Eve]

Count me in! I'll be playing a city girl who just moved to Cold Creek. I love a good horror story with plot/smut.

[WindVoyager]

this sounds like it has a lot of fun possibilities.  I would also like to toss my hat into the ring.  Truth be told, some of the ideas your floating are ones that have passed through my mind a few times as well.  So, it's impossible to escape from this town and nobody has ever gotten out before?

Escape is pretty impossible. You can leave the town itself and go to other areas around Cold Creek (its a very large area) but going beyond the boundaries just isn't ' possible. Those who try come to roads that end in a massive drop offs, impassable barriers and thick walls of fog that lead the character in circles.

[Faustus]

*pokes head in* What about Silent Hill characters that *might* be dead but their bodies kind of disappeared so we don't know for certain?

Aka, would it be okay to play Father Vincent Smith from Silent Hill 3?

[Lustful Bride]

Hmmm interested, but I will wait and see how it goes first,

[WindVoyager]

*pokes head in* What about Silent Hill characters that *might* be dead but their bodies kind of disappeared so we don't know for certain?

Aka, would it be okay to play Father Vincent Smith from Silent Hill 3?

Since its SH inspired you can use CC that may have died or did die in the SH canon

[Cosmo_ac]

Escape is pretty impossible. You can leave the town itself and go to other areas around Cold Creek (its a very large area) but going beyond the boundaries just isn't ' possible. Those who try come to roads that end in a massive drop offs, impassable barriers and thick walls of fog that lead the character in circles.

Fair enough, but I have to ask; what stops the families of said people from looking for said people, or sending others to look for them?  I mean, say I go to said town, spend the week, and then am trapped.  Whats to stop me from sending e-mails or making phone calls, or having concerned family or law enforcement looking for me?  Is it one of those cases where if your looking for it you can't find it, or something like that?  And if so, how can delivery people find it?  Just curious really.  I can totally suspend belief for this game, as it looks promising. 

[Lustful Bride]

Fair enough, but I have to ask; what stops the families of said people from looking for said people, or sending others to look for them?  I mean, say I go to said town, spend the week, and then am trapped.  Whats to stop me from sending e-mails or making phone calls, or having concerned family or law enforcement looking for me?  Is it one of those cases where if your looking for it you can't find it, or something like that?  And if so, how can delivery people find it?  Just curious really.  I can totally suspend belief for this game, as it looks promising.

The town finds a way. Remember like in the games its inspired by the town seems to have its own intelligence of sorts. Those emails and calls will not bet he samr thing that you say.

You call someone up and shout "Help help me! Im being held against my will!" then the town will make it that the other person hears. "I'm having a wonderful time, I really like it here. I might just move in actually."

Youre dealing with something Lovecraftian that has been around since before Humans learned of fire.

Also im thinking of writing up a character who is perhaps a descendant of the native tribes that used to inhabit the area. Would that be acceptable.

[WindVoyager]

Fair enough, but I have to ask; what stops the families of said people from looking for said people, or sending others to look for them?  I mean, say I go to said town, spend the week, and then am trapped.  Whats to stop me from sending e-mails or making phone calls, or having concerned family or law enforcement looking for me?  Is it one of those cases where if your looking for it you can't find it, or something like that?  And if so, how can delivery people find it?  Just curious really.  I can totally suspend belief for this game, as it looks promising.

Like Lustful Bride stated, the town will find a way. The darkness that traps characters there has a will and intelligence of its own. Just because the character do have access to the net and phone calls doesn't mean they will be able to reach their destination. You never know who or what is really on the other end. Or what they are really hearing.

The entity that is the town knows it needs the delivery people for the town to seem normal and so the people of the town can have supplies. It allows them to come and go so they won't raise any suspensions. The exception is when the town is shifting. Deliveries get mysteriously rescheduled or canceled

You call someone up and shout "Help help me! Im being held against my will!" then the town will make it that the other person hears. "I'm having a wonderful time, I really like it here. I might just move in actually."

Can't you just see someone' character on the other end of that phone screaming no and for them not to come and all the other person hears is something like "That's great! I can barely wait to see you here."

Also im thinking of writing up a character who is perhaps a descendant of the native tribes that used to inhabit the area. Would that be acceptable.

That would be fine

[Lustful Bride]

What if I make her a Deputy in the town? Small town deputy like to help keep order in town, especially for the newcomers?

Could explain who it is that is ringing the Siren when things happen,  ::)

Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeh-zjWClz4

[WindVoyager]

The need a Deputy since they are going to have all manner of characters from all walks of life, some of them non human.  Integrating the siren form the game and movie is a really good idea.

[Lustful Bride]

The need a Deputy since they are going to have all manner of characters from all walks of life, some of them non human.  Integrating the siren form the game and movie is a really good idea.

I can also imagine there being abit of tension between the native descendants and the others of the town since the lodge they run to when things shift to hellworld is a safe place, they lock it down and perform rites there for protection, but only members of the tribe are allowed in and if you are trapped outside when the doors shut, you stay outside.

[WindVoyager]

I can also imagine there being abit of tension between the native descendants and the others of the town since the lodge they run to when things shift to hellworld is a safe place, they lock it down and perform rites there for protection, but only members of the tribe are allowed in and if you are trapped outside when the doors shut, you stay outside.

Makes sense. There are bound to be a lot of people who lock down when things go all pear shaped and wont let any one in and will protect what supplies they have.

[Lustful Bride]

and you beat me to it. Def keeping Lakeside Amusement park, I'm planing on bringing in the parks mascots as living beings, physical manifestations of the dark powers and its loyal minions. I can see Robbie being the leader of this little gang of almost cute looking five foot cartoony animals that carry things liek base balls bats and the like around

Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFC7Aie1t_g

Makes sense. There are bound to be a lot of people who lock down when things go all pear shaped and wont let any one in and will protect what supplies they have.

Though as one of the few forms of law in town I imagine my character will be staying out of the lodge to help others get to safety.

[WindVoyager]

Though as one of the few forms of law in town I imagine my character will be staying out of the lodge to help others get to safety.

Small town won't have much of a police department.

Instead of a Silent Hill Historical Society I can see it being  Cold Creek Historical Society were the history of the town is kept including its darker history. They could keep the air raid serine there since the CCHS would sit some where in the middle of town on the main street

[Lustful Bride]

Small town won't have much of a police department.

Instead of a Silent Hill Historical Society I can see it being  Cold Creek Historical Society were the history of the town is kept including its darker history. They could keep the air raid serine there since the CCHS would sit some where in the middle of town on the main street

OKay.  :-)

Working on my character Sheet.

[Lustful Bride]

Tribal Name: Dancing Raven.

Public name: Jennifer Michelle Raven.

Gender: Female

Orientation: Bisexual but leaning more towards aroused by men.

Age:23

Species: Human.

OC

Appearance: 5'9'' Dark haired woman of Native American Descent, though one can tell she is of mixed heritage (due to her mother being an outsider).

Personality: Jennifer is a hard working girl and member of the Cold Creek Sheriff's department. As one of four officers there she takes her duties seriously and especially with the monster and such that tend to appear. As one of the few people in the town born and raised there (whose still rather young and naiive) she holds little fear from the monsters that the Town, save for a few meant to specifically frighten her and break her courage. She takes her duties to the town and its people seriously and will even leave the safety of her room during lockdown time to help others should they call her cellphone or if the transition to the other world has bad effects and puts others in danger. Still aside from that she enjoys having fun with friends during the downtime and when she isn't at work. She generally comes off as friendly and as if she wants the party to never end whenever she is with. But the real reason is because she doesn't enjoy being alone and has secretly been dealing with low levels of agoraphobia and fear of being all alone. She fears that if anyone discovered her secrets then they would think she was unable to protect them and demand she be removed from her position.

Due to her biracial raising (of a Caucasian mother and a native father) she holds both cultures in high regards and tries her best to live with a foot in both worlds.

Fears: The local lake, open water, being alone. She also cant sleep without the TV on or something to provide noise (she doesn't know why), having others learn some of her more embarrassing fetishes and desires.

Strengths: Gunplay, driving, No fear of monsters (most of them.)

Weakness: Cannot Swim, low level Agoraphobia (fear of wide open places) Being alone for too long will stress her out.

offs and ons: Many things. (Players own and more)

(I guess I will use this for her picture for now at least)

[Sirian Eve]

Name: Latoya Myheaven
Gender: Female
Orientation: Heterosexual
Age: 21
Species: Human
Fandom or original: Original
Appearance:

Personality: Rebellious, curious, artsy, idealistic sassy. She's basically the girl who beats to the rhythm of her own drum and is not apologetic about it whatsoever. She does have a big heart, but it's a lot of concrete built around that heart from growing up a city (Brooklyn) kid in a bad part of the neighborhood. Everyone is always out for themselves and that's what she lives by. She was born to a Domincan mother and a Jamaican-American father. She left home and moved to Cold Creek to start over, taking a job as bartender and renting out a room in the local inn until she finds out just what exactly she wants to do with her life.
Fears\guilt: The last words she said to the person she loved the most before they died was "I can't wait to be rid of you." Also she's afraid of growing up a nobody, with no direction in life.
Strengths: Resilient, athletic, fast runner
Weakness: Naive, too curious, addictive personality 
offs and ons:

[Lustful Bride]

*Whole town shifts to Evil self*

Jennifer: Pfft. Just another day at the office.




So will it be okay if we mention other characters from the games appearing around town? Like Harry Mason for example?

Also how intelligent is Robbie going to be? will he be knocking on our doors and making evil promises to leave us alone if we kill a friend or something?

[WindVoyager]

So will it be okay if we mention other characters from the games appearing around town? Like Harry Mason for example?

Its a panfandom so characters from other fandoms are bound to show up so characters from the other Silent Hill games showing up wouldn't be that unusual

Also how intelligent is Robbie going to be? will he be knocking on our doors and making evil promises to leave us alone if we kill a friend or something?

Robbie is not the brightest bulb in the box and basically is the towns evil little minion that enforces its will


*Whole town shifts to Evil self*

Springtrap *uncomfortable screeching*

[Lustful Bride]

Its a panfandom so characters from other fandoms are bound to show up so characters from the other Silent Hill games showing up wouldn't be that unusual

Oh then I am going to make sooo many references to the games  >:)

Like our resident Radio DJ is mister

Bobby Ricks

and the most requested song he gets is 'Room of Angel.'

[Cosmo_ac]

Thinking about having a University student who is training to have a degree as a folklorist.  Perhaps he's working on his thesis, and drops by the town because of rumors he's heard or urban legends.  He doesn't realize until it is too late that the town in more then an urban legend, and is real.  What do you think?

[Lockepick]

I'm not sure what I want to do for my 'survivor' yet. I did also want to play somebody in the Cult as a villain, but I don't imagine they'll get as much 'screen time'.

[WindVoyager]

Thinking about having a University student who is training to have a degree as a folklorist.  Perhaps he's working on his thesis, and drops by the town because of rumors he's heard or urban legends.  He doesn't realize until it is too late that the town in more then an urban legend, and is real.  What do you think?

That would work

[Cosmo_ac]

I'm also thinking about a guy who is a biker, who decides by chance to have this town as a place for him to meet somebody for a buy to sell five kilo's of coke for his club, but maybe while he's waiting for the buyers, the town goes to hell and he is trapped in it.  What do you think about that idea?

[Lustful Bride]

I'm also thinking about a guy who is a biker, who decides by chance to have this town as a place for him to meet somebody for a buy to sell five kilo's of coke for his club, but maybe while he's waiting for the buyers, the town goes to hell and he is trapped in it.  What do you think about that idea?

If that was me, id probably end up thinking "Shit, did I just snort my own product? Damn I'm having a bad trip right now."

X3

[WindVoyager]

Cold Creek is pretty small so you won't find hard core drugs like coke but you can find PTV. Its a recreational drug used by tourists and citizens of Cold Creek and something that I can see being a massive thorn in the side of local sheriff since there are only a small number of people making it and the lab is not only small its very portable so by the time they find were the lab is set up its already been moved.

PTV is made from an indigenous plant, White Claudia that is easily found through out the heavily forested regions. Its very addictive and produces different effects on the user though it commonly produces realistic hallucinations, lowers inhibition and is rumored to heighten sex.

[Lockepick]

I am still interested! Just been sick, so struggling to do any posts. Plus I want to do some reading on the Silent Hill cult before making my bad guy. Just making sure nobody thought I lost interest.

[WindVoyager]

http://silenthill.wikia.com/wiki/Silent_Hill_Wiki

I am still interested! Just been sick, so struggling to do any posts. Plus I want to do some reading on the Silent Hill cult before making my bad guy. Just making sure nobody thought I lost interest.

There isn't much interest but there is interest. I've got the OOC and what not up

https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=227473.msg11165247#msg11165247

[Cosmo_ac]

Just posting to say that I still have interest and will have a char up in a day or two.

Also, just the clarify...

Cold Creek is pretty small so you won't find hard core drugs like coke but you can find PTV. Its a recreational drug used by tourists and citizens of Cold Creek and something that I can see being a massive thorn in the side of local sheriff since there are only a small number of people making it and the lab is not only small its very portable so by the time they find were the lab is set up its already been moved.

PTV is made from an indigenous plant, White Claudia that is easily found through out the heavily forested regions. Its very addictive and produces different effects on the user though it commonly produces realistic hallucinations, lowers inhibition and is rumored to heighten sex.

I wasn't really talking about the biker buying drugs made in the town, but that the town was chosen for the deal because it's in the middle of nowhere, and has barely any police force.

[Cosmo_ac]

ok, here is my char rough.

Name: Axel Park

Gender: Male

Orientation: Straight

Age: 29

Species: Human

Fandom or original: Original

Appearance: Axel is a white male in his late twenties, in good physical shape.  He has shoulder length blond hair, and mustache/goatee combo on his face.  His eyes are a bright blue.  He is good looking, though in more of a rugged way then a pretty boy way.  He has a piercing in his left ear, and several tattoo’s, including a massive pair of black angel wings on his back, a large sword cross that goes from his collar bone, down his chest to his bellybutton, and a Celtic cross on the left side of his neck.   

Personality:  Axel is a man who does not let others push him around.  If he decides on something, he will do it.  In particular, he does not like bullies, or those who intimidate others.  He has a particularly strong hate for abusive parental figures, or those who abuse children in general.
 
Fears\guilt:  Axel greatly dislikes how his bike club has gotten more and more involved in the drug business.  Several good friends of his have been killed because of the deals gone wrong or disputes over territory.  Alex in particular has great deal of guilt over the death of his best friend while the two were doing a two year jail term.  When asked about events, Alex tends to be vague, his mood turning dark and brooding.

Strengths: Has experience boxing, and was a two times golden gloves winner.  Has experience with firearms, particularly handguns and SMG’s. Axel is used to being around dangerous men and dangerous situations, so he does not freeze up when faced with danger. 

Weakness:  Suffers from claustrophobia as a result of his abusive father, who often locked him in a small closet, sometimes for days on end as punishment.  He also does not like the dark, and usually carries with him at least two lighters, one BIC, one Zippo, and two flashlights, one built into the multi-tool he keeps on his left hip, and one small LED flashlight in his jacket pocket.

offs and ons: Ons: Regular sex, Spanking a girl, large breasts, nice asses, teasing, light domination, threesomes, girls who can take charge and be sexually aggressive.
Offs:  Guy-on-guy, people who get off on pain and causing pain, people who can’t take no for an answer, and cock-teases who don’t give out at the end.

[WindVoyager]

https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=227476.0

https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=227475.0

The IC threads

[Lumasan]

Totally bookmarking this.

You have my interest.

Probably going to play the head of the town newspaper maybe? Is it posible to play a character thay could drop disturbing information in subtle hints maybe?

Like we'll aware of the towns history and it's disturbances, but only keen to help those that want to help themselves? Kind of like how the Postman worked in Downpour, or other characters in past games have brought insight and clues to main characters.

I mean I can float around this idea. Maybe a writer seeking refuge for her next novel, or afamous journalist following a disturbing lead. I just want to be an intellectual of some sorts, with a very deeply troubled past.

The clue/hint thing is up to you I guess. But I'm more than willing to help be a pawn in the whole thing as I'm assuming you'd like some characters to be.

But yeah you've got my interest! I won't be able to get a character sheet up for a few days yet though. Unless I make one while waiting for my cosplay to dry.

Hilariously, going as a Nurse this weekend. XD

[WindVoyager]

Oddly enough I've always wondered if the mailman was real or was just another manifestation of the town but his purpose was to help instead of hinder.

We can certainly use a newspaper, could get help from the Cold Creek Historical Society since they keep records that date all the way back to the original settlements.

Or you can go with a writer or journalist, either three should be able to get access to the CCHS and get an eyeful of some of its darker history involving all the accidents, the people who vanished and the like.