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B I O S H O C K Infinite

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Welcome to Columbia

The Concept
The primary setting of BioShock Infinite is a city suspended in the air by giant blimps and balloons, called "Columbia", named in homage to the "female personification" of the United States. Unlike the secret development of the underwater city of Rapture, Columbia was built and launched in 1900 by the American government to much fanfare and publicity. The city was meant to symbolize the ideas of exceptionalism; On the surface, Columbia appeared to be designed as a floating "Worlds Fair" that could travel across the globe; however, some time after its launch but before this RPs events, the city was revealed to be a well-armed battleship, and became involved in an "international incident" by firing upon a group of Chinese civilians during the Boxer Rebellion. The city was disavowed by the United States government, and the location of the city was soon lost to everyone else.
The Sky Lines
As a member of the Columbia population, new or not, you will be able to access the iconic Sky Lines of Columbia. The Sky Line system is a roller coaster like rail that interconnects and loops around the floating city. Using a grappling hook you will be able to use the Sky Lines and use them for your own purpose. Originally the Sky Lines were used for trade and product and carriages, but as the civil war became apparent, more people decided to use it for combat. You can use the system however you like.

The Factions

As a result of the city's isolation, a civil war eventually broke out on Columbia between different factions of citizens, each trying to seize control of the city from the powers-that-be. In this RP, only two main factions remain. One group are the Founders, the remnants of those retaining power over the city led by Zachary Hale Comstock. This is the city's ruling class, which seeks to keep Columbia purely for American citizens while denying foreigners the same privileges.

The other is a group named Vox Populi (Latin for "voice of the people"), a rag-tag resistance group opposed to the ultranationalists led by Daisy Fitzroy. The Vox Populi is formed from several factions with similar ideologies that fought to seize control and restore the rights of Columbia citizenship to all. However, years of war and struggle have driven the Vox Populi to fight the powers-that-be solely out of blind hatred, resulting in more violent and brutal methods and leading to subfactions in the group.

Rules

1.No Godmodding (Except for the Songbird).
2.Swearing allowed, but don't let it dominate your post.
3.Romance is allowed but keep it from getting mushy. No Sex allowed.
4.No use of real Bioshock characters from previous games.
5.GM decides where Nostrums, The Songbird are.
6.Thats all i think :)


The Songbird

The Songbird is a 30ft winged bird like creature that stalks the city of Columbia. Traditionally it was made and used by the Founders, but now it is free of rein. It possesses the ability to fly and destroy as it wishes and it obeys no one. It is controlled in this RP by the GM. Here is an image of the Songbird.
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Nostrums (Powers and Abilities)

Nostrums are permanent changes to the character and cannot be removed once used. They come in abilities, (such as free running and power bounces) to powers (such as the power to throw fireballs or summon crows) These come in two types, stable and unstable varieties, the latter referred to as "potlucks". Stable nostrums are more rare and harder to find, but the player knows exactly what effect applying the nostrum will gain them. Unstable nostrums are easier and more common but the player will not know what they have taken until the GM tells them so. Nostrums are placed by the GM in the RP and no other play may place them. The GM and the GM only decides what effects the Nostrums (unstable or stable) do to your character.


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You play either a citizen of Columbia or a newcomer who has for some reason been stranded on the floating city. The war is tense and brutal. Your job is to play a role in Columbia, whether it be the role of one of the two vicious opposing factions or an innocent caught in the crossfire. Its down to you. Everyone is already equipped with a Sky Hook to travel using the Sky Lines.
If you choose to have a weapon it must be one that was made in the early 20th century. Nostrums are attainable but you cannot have their abilities on your start up. You must attain them as the RP progresses.

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Gender:
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Personality:
Appearance:
Faction (If part of any):
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For more information, go to BioShock Infinite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

I hope this will be a fun, and happy RP :) Pm me for any info.
 
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Could you reserve me a place? I'm definitely interested in this.
 
Re: Bioshock Infinite (The Bioshock RP Sign ups now open!)

Reserved away!
 
Re: Bioshock Infinite (The Bioshock RP) Edited at 2:53pm

Name: Max White
Gender: male
Profession: Technician
Personality: He is very nice and Generous to everyone, and always is happy. He saves insects and any living thing that he See's that may be in danger. He works really hard and always is the Rocky Balboa that no matter how much he gets hit down he always gets back up. The only weaknesses he has is lit candles, and closets.
Appearance: Has brown hair that's short with a widows peak. His eyebrows are Narrow. He has a long diamond shaped face, with big eyes that are brown, with a cute little white smile, and big nice ears. He wears a wife beater, with stained ripped up washed out jeans. He also wears a belt that is long enough to rap around his slim waist, and has a nylon neckerchief in his right pocket. He's well built, and is a fairly tan white Caucasian, and is 6 ft. 3.
Faction (If part of any): A foreiner that wants to destroy the founders so his family can move to Columbia.
Weapon: 9mm Revolver
 
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Name: Evan Nates
Gender: Male
Profession: He was a scientist who worked on Nostrums and Vigors. Unfortunately, the lab where he worked was burned down by Vox Populi, so now he searches for Nostrums so that maybe he can get some of his data back.
Personality: Evan's work as a scientist, experimenting on both humans and animals, requires much detachment from other people. As such, he is somewhat amoral, and exhibits strange quirks, such as only eating sweet foods, and never wearing shoes if he can help it. He doesn't exhibit emotions very often, for fear that it will make him more emotional. However, he can be occasionally kind, but only to his closest friends.
Appearance: His appearance reflects his devotion to his work quite well: He's willing to sacrifice it FOR SCIENCE! He hasn't cut his black hair in over a year, and thus it goes down past his shoulders. He usually wears a white button shirt, a black tie, and black slacks. He never wears shoes if he can help it, and when he can't, he usually wears sandals. He's fairly average as far as height goes at about 6 feet tall, and has a fairly slender build. Due to Albie letting him stay up late, which wrecked his sleep schedule, in addition to his addiction to video games, he also has dark rings beneath his eyes.
Faction (If part of any): None. He's mostly just concerned with working on Nostrums. He does dislike Vox Populi as a whole for burning his lab, though not so much for individuals, as the group itself. In other words, he thinks the group should disband, but doesn't hate members except for the ones who burned down his lab. And though he isn't a member, since the founders funded some of his research, he'd be more willing to help them than others.
Weapon: He wields syringes full of trainquilizer. He likes to sneak up behind people and stab them with it, then finish them off with a large knife he carries.
 
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Tamaki accepted :) nice to have an rp hopefully with you again! and Guitar dancer, a foreigner unfortunately would not even think of joining the Founders. Its like a foreigner joining the BNP. The Founders are racist nationalists that believe Columbia should only be for Americans. No foreigner would ever want or dream of joining it because of the Founders brutality.
 
Re: Bioshock Infinite (The Bioshock RP) Edited at 2:53pm

I edited it! Now can I join?
 
Re: Bioshock Infinite (The Bioshock RP) Edited at 2:53pm

Accepted!
 
Re: Bioshock Infinite (The Bioshock RP) Edited at 2:53pm

2 or 3 more me thinks if i should post a start up.
 
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