(OOC) ♆ Project Agartha ♆

♆ PROJECT AGARTHA ♆
"In the Night, it is War. In the Day, it is Peace. This is the World of Agartha."

Here's the first experiment where I'm going to create an interesting world where it will allow you to make your own character with their special abilities and their own choices.

Main Idea:

In the Logos, the inner dream realm of Agartha, problem exists from one corner to another. It is a dimension full of action. Many wars happen out in open area. Either for the sake of revolution or tyranny. Many Logos societies crumble because new revolutions happening every time. It is a world full of chaos.

Yet at the same time there is an eerie ring of peace in the Demiurge however, which is the outer physical realm of Agartha. Secrets are harbored and sought out for. Seemingly everyone seems to be safe, yet truth is no one is safe as there are many those who choose to exploit for knowledge, while in the Logos everyone dukes it out.

Both of your knowledge and actions can get you targeted.

What will you do about the problems of the world? Will you seek to help and make a positive change? Or will you seek to take advantage and exploit the world among it's many varieties of power and secrets?

Primary Setting:

A beautiful vast blue world that is named "Agartha", very similar to Earth but with many different additional aspects such as vibrant night skies and colorful clouds among daylight. Most of the world resembles great landscapes, trees taking on many different colors and extraordinarily tall luscious mountains. It looks somewhat like the real world, but a lot more colorful, clean and can be very eye-candy.

There are societies and communities out there either underwater, on land, or high sky constructed as cities. These cities are special in a way that it does not allow light pollution. Light pollution clogs up the beautiful night sky, which also makes it harder for Project people to establish a strong connection to the Logos. So these cities have a special light, usually mostly blue, white, and violet/fluorescent/fiber optics/other technological lights.

Some homes are often separated by nature, having a special home at a reclusive spot. Each house can look totally different, as people tend to make models of their own homes out of dream inspiration. So houses in Agartha can look like anything one wants, however creatively designed they want it. Monumental libraries have really extensive steps and appear as it was a pyramid.

A large world that is also covered with endless sea of water, there are underwater civilizations that are very advanced in technology. There are even sky civilizations, technological floating fortresses that hover above the Demiurge's sky. Agartha is about to head towards global innovation and perhaps prophesied changes.

Agarthian civilization comprised of an advance race called "Projects" meaning bipedal beings who are under progress in developing both their dimension. The worldly appearance of the Project people resemble a lot like humans, but with a much more flexible kind of appearances, along with larger deeper eyes. (It's a lot like an anime)

The world has a special property called "Logos", which the Projects and any outer realm living beings are able to access through dreams. In the world Agartha, there lies the alternate dimension - the Logos. It is the realm that the civilization can access through sleep, meaning the dreams of the Projects is traveling through this "Logos" of the world. In the Logos, they appear in their more expressive form, perhaps at times it is a different version of them they wouldn't remember clearly.

The Logos can take place in either under the sea, on the world, or in the sky.

Under the sea, wars happen within the waters but in your dream form you wouldn't have to be worried trying to breath. Deeper it could be very dark and scary. This is where most of the darker societies inhabit.

On the world, this is where wars also can take place. You can see the Demiurge by traveling your dream form here, especially thanks to the powers, you maybe able to rush towards a certain destination a lot easier.

In the sky - it could appear as anything, dream societies built with amazing and interesting concepts. The war zones also take place in the sky or any other open areas. The skies can feel endless breezing through. Above higher in the sky, this is where the enlightened people observe and chill.

There are also pocket dimensions are made with glowing orbs floating about. It can have all sorts of themes. These pocket dimensions are made by those who want to stay hidden from the wars. Most of these pocket dimensions are made to keep privacy of an Logos wanderer.

Story:

The legend speaks of a dream dimension that is sought out for many centuries in the ancient civilization of Agartha. Across Agartha, there are a monumental million libraries and databases dedicated to finding out the secrets of accessing this dream dimension through developing a portal. The Ancient Agarthian civilization believes by granting access to this dream dimension, they will able to answer many complicated, seemingly impossible questions that always had plagued their history.

And the civilization succeeded. This ancient civilization was able to bring about the new world, which is a shared realm that everyone can access through their sleep. However, as generations went on, the history of the ancient civilization faded away as the newer generations embrace the wondrous life of Agartha. Agartha was actually once a world that did not had the realm of the Logos. The old civilization of the Projects were lost in a distant memory, a time that seem to fade away when the Logos came into place in the world of Agartha.

When the gates were unlocked and this dream dimension was accessible, many questions that existed for centuries in the Ancient Agarthian civilization was resolved. Knowledge expanded to a greater level. Obsolete government dissolved away. Nations ceased to create wars and the concept of national separation began to dissolve as well. Projects were the new advance civilization, as the world is unified through the power of the Logos - there is no more racial discrimination, poverty, heinous criminal acts. Everyone is youthful and healthy. This is what the Logos brought about.

Yet the new philosophical issues emerge among Agartha...

From such a great change, comes with questions that are impossible to answer:
What else would the world and many parts of the civilization use this power for? Why do many conflicts among others still exist, meaning why the night is never peaceful but always in constant war? Days are in peace, Project civilization is diverse yet unified and knowledge is plentiful. Yet... Why isn't this the world of dreams come true in the way that the Ancient Agarthians envisioned it?

These are the issues that the Agarthians have been facing for centuries and written in many forms of prophecies and predictions. What they predicted would that heaven be brought to Agartha, but the case was different as history transcended beyond what has ever been accomplished.

There are those in the Project civilization who use the Logos as their way to escape from the Demiurge. And there were those who chose to integrate the ideas and inspiration into the Demiurge. There are those who want to reign the realm supreme as their own control. And there are those who prevent that from happening.

When it comes to this world, everyone asks the same question: Who are they really inside? Seemingly the Logos is whatever they would dream about brings up that inescapable question. What is the value of the Demiurge when they have the Logos - which is a realm where minds can be free?

The real story unfolds as the Risen Age of Agartha for every each individual will find their own truth at a time.

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FAQ

Q: How do I fight / kill something or someone in Logos?

In the Logos, what determines your ability to defeat another is how powerful your mental performance is. Especially those who use psychological tactics often come out on top in the fight. When you're up against something, whoever wins determines by their amount of mental energy and the use of it. So often you see the more emotionally dramatic or artistically creative individuals coming out on top by overwhelming the opposition. Simple fighting tactics can easily be voided while more spectacular performance would be more concrete in the Logos. It's really all a matter of expression and how well you can express yourself.

For the opposition to lose, they have to become exhausted or overwhelmed. Some choose to phase through all of the attacks by completely ignoring the existence of the opposition. If a wanderer becomes mentally beaten by another, then they may either wake up (usually that's the case) or their dreaming state ceases and they get knocked out. If a drifter gets beaten, usually they are easier than the wanderers who have more free will to fight back, then the energy would disperse away and the individual who won will soak up the mental energy, gaining more lucidity.

The more you are able to beat others, the more you can take and develop your mental energy. The most lucid individuals are the ones who are often the hardest. With higher awareness and with greater knowledge, you become a formidable opponent. If you are naive, confused, or unknowing you may lack more clear visible course of actions to choose from. If you act like a victim or mentally unstable, then more likely you will die in the Logos then wake up as if it was a bad dream.

Q: What are "drifters" and "wanderers"?

A: Drifters are native dream creatures that exist in the Logos, which can take on many interesting forms depending where you are in the realm. If you are in the sea of Logos, you will see a lot of strange sea fish like creatures or while in the sky, bird like beings. They can vary in many different sizes and transform to many different appearances. A wanderer can create a living drifter through imagination.

There are parasitic drifters who feed on the mental energy of wanderers to grow while other drifters have other purposes / actions. The more complex the dimensions of the drifter is, the stronger their mental energy. If the Drifters have enough mental energy, they are able to materialize a "fake" body in the Demiurge. Like a sky dragon in the Logos appearing as a strange cloud in the Demiurge.

Wanderers can be the Projects or Animals that have a solid Demiurge body, which their minds can be projected into the Logos. Animals can dream up as conscious individuals like any Project person does. Like a cat in the Demiurge can appear as a feline warrior in the Logos. Animals are usually not as advanced as Projects, so they tend to be less capable of mental capacities and sometimes have less energy.

Q: How does the Logos work?

The planet has a sacred geometric grid that can be tapped in with highly advanced sophisticated technology. Most of how it's made is woven by the Ancient Agarthian civilization, where they would literally would make the dreams intertwine by connecting them to the triangular grid of Demiurge. The Demiurge then became a hexagonal grid which enclosed the connected mental grid. This mental grid was no longer a separate, unclear individual dream realm for a person but became a connected realm that was intertwined with the real world.

Q: What are the two main forces in Agartha?

A: In Agartha, there is a lot of philosophies that describe the abstract nature of "Darkness" and "Light". In the Logos realm, the fighting style of Darkness is usually through sheer mental force and aggressive type expression. The Light is more creative, intuitive and assertive rather than aggressive in fighting styles than the Dark. It's not logical to think of someone being "bad" as dark or someone being "good" as light, especially since everyone gets to do their own thing in the world. Darkness and Light isn't really a side in Agartha, but more of an emotional component of an individual. So it's not black-and-white, it's just the inner qualities of the person that may have that resembles which force more.

There are many "sides" in each, along with many separate communities and societies. It's much more diverse than that, but Darkness would usually mean more like "a soul who prefer to serve at the expense of others" while Light is "a soul who prefer to serve without expending others" so most of the time, you would see something like knowledge thieves (those who take) to be more aligned to Darkness while the refined Projects (those who create) to be aligned with Light.

Q: Who created the Logos?

A: There was no one main individual that brought about the Logos, since it was an ancient history that generations have already transcended. Which is why it may sound more like a legend or myth during the current time of Agartha, yet there are many royal generational lines of those who were said to brought out the Logos. Most of it is still a large mystery to many, but to the few advanced individuals it's completely well-known yet kept as a secret knowledge.

Characters:

Outer Name: This is their real name in the Demiurge ( Outer Realm / Reality ), could be anything.
Outer Appearance: Their outside body gender, age and appearance.
Outer Powers: The outer realm doesn't have dream powers but can have weapons, sixth or more senses, technological augmentations. It can't be too much of a fantasy ability, but on the lines of something sci-fi.
Inner Name: This is the name they call themselves in the Logos ( Inner Realm / Fantasy ). You can have many as you like.
Inner Appearance: Their fantasy body. You can have many different appearances as you like. It usually depends on what they change into when they dream.
Inner Powers: Whatever kind of power expresses their inner self the most. Could be anything but not too broken, like planet destroyer.
Story/Background: Story of who they are.
Personality: What they are like and what they may have that would describe themselves. Like what they dislike or love, and such. You could separate this into Outer/Inner Personality as well.
Text color: Give them their individual text color, if they require one. If they have a different one for both inner and outer, specify so.
Details: Bullet other stuff that might be useful to know about the character.

Outer Name:
Outer Appearance:
Outer Powers:
Inner Name:
Inner Appearance:
Inner Powers:
Story/Background:
Personality:
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This sounds like an excellent Idea. Quite frankly, hearing this for the first time caught my ear. And I'm a writer by heart. But overall the story line seemed very nice. Very good plot theme, cant wait to see how the world will turn out. The two seperate realms thing was a very nice and creative touch. Over all, the thing was very enjoyable to READ [B] Now onto the part where I explain what I think about the actual Role Playing aspect of it.

I think that this would be good to role play. However, I will need more from the story line and more of what we can "do" in the story line. Like what type of story line is this exactly? is it futuristic? or is it the sort of thing we philosophers say the "ancient age" where its back in time far far back before human life on earth, but we have more advanced technologies (sort of like the Atlantis Theory)

I think that this was a great thing to read, and I hope to see it grow. I will definitely participate in this when I have the chance to

As I said in the Salad Bar, I think one thing to incorporate into the world are things that are usually mundane in the Outernet, but can have restorative, damaging, strengthening, or even weakening properties in the Innernet(Like how coins heal Mario in the 3D games).

I haven't had much time to ponder what such things could have what properties since I've been busy with other things. As such I leave this here for you to possibly expand upon.

Varista: Yes, I was planning to put the scenario in. I've heard of Atlantis theories but I don't think I want it anything like that as if the world was back in ancient times. I tried out a game called 'Perfect World' a couple of weeks ago and I really didn't enjoy it, didn't even get to play the next day from when I finished downloading it.

The scenario with the whole ancient advance civilization with crystal and magic makes me want to gag. I feel it's like such a tasteless, overused theme - in my opinion. So I'm making this world a lot like the real world, only a lot cleaner looking and vibrant. Kinda want this world to be a lot like NiGHTs, if you played or seen the theme in that game.

Chaotyx: Yup. But at least the mundane is a bit more mystical in this world. Say a lot of people (especially girls) in this world are introverted due to the fact that the Innernet exists, people tend to be more interested in advancing their own power or the experiences through dreams. I'll try to implement more fantasy elements to make this RP tastier, don't want it to be a shallow RP.

The Innernet, if the name wasn't enough to give it away, evokes a feeling similar to the Internet. The people are more expressive, they take on a different form(avatar) and can assume a different personality. Only the two worlds are linked and are connected through the people.

I was actually having an idea for a character along the lines of being more reserved and calmer in the Outernet, whereas he's more active and 'crazy' in the Innernet. He would use a more espionage attitude in the Outernet and would assume the attitude that he's "awesome and amazing" making him more active in the Innernet. Basically he would gather info in the Outernet and act on it in the Innernet.

I was actually thinking that this character would be a wiry framed teenager in the Outernet and a large and powerful Werewolf of some kind in the Innernet. He works for some "evil" corporation in the Outernet(gotta have an anti-hero, right), but acts on his own in the Innernet.

Okay, check out the edit I have so far in the main post. Tell me what you think, especially the Innernet settings.

I'm not sure how the RP will be formatted when played though. I'm not sure if I should go for the book approach vs. the chat message approach. Actually, it could be a combo. Like typed out like a book but with text color when it involves focusing on a specific character.

I'm liking the direction this is headed. The different places where people live allow for a great variety of possibilities not only in architecture and culture but people as well. I, however, think that there would be at least one big city on land in the Outernet(If only for the benefit of the character I have floating in my head).

The character I have in mind is a guy who sneaks around the city in a style that kind of like Assassins Creed meets Deus Ex. He would gather info for the company he works for, his emotions sealed through years of never knowing love. In the innernet, though, he rages like a monster. Through his many acts he unleashes his pent up emotions through his pranks and outbursts of violence.

On a side note, if it weren't for how creative this is supposed to be, I'd totally have Rainbow Dash be a character's Innernet form.

Good?

Also, if this doesn't get enough attention then I'll take this RP idea to VocaloidOtaku, where there's more members who love to RP there.

Edit:

Now, I changed the name to "Project Agartha" through inspiration. Plus it sounds much more like a unique idea now, Neptune reminds me less of fantasy but fictional work.

Perfect!

As much as I'd love to keep it here, and possibly attract people to our forum, I'm willing to live with moving the RP to another forum.

And I agree with the name change, the new name fits the setting better.

LOOOOVE IIIIT!

Only one question, are we creating our own characters in this or is this based around pre-made people that we select through random choices?

Other than that, I will participate in this.

You make your own character, you make your own story.

But I need a vote. Would you guys prefer to have your own self with your own internet handle in this RP?
Or would you put your own self with a different handle in the RP?

What would you think fit the theme more?

Edit:

Here's what I have for the story so far...

not exactly sure what u mean...

I submit my character's outer name or inner name as "Spi". Or I submit my character's outer name or inner name as something else that I made up. I don't use my internet handle or my real name in this RP, but go with a different names as my main character, which has my personality. How would you make your main character, overall?

Whatever, I'll make my first character anyways.

Outer Name: Wish
Outer Appearance:
* Dainty teenage girl
* Long lavender / silver hair
* Usually wearing white gloves.
* Sometimes wearing black fancy clothes.
* Deep, clear steel blue eyes.
* Sometimes carries a fancy black umbrella.
* Wears a blue-violet rhinestone moon necklace for dream enchant.
* Wears hair ornament with crescent moon.
Outer Powers:
* Drawing, usually draws dark fantasy.
* Sings.
* Gardening.
* Video games.
* Able to see the soul fragments of others.

Inner Name: Lunar
Inner Appearance:
* Much more elegant appearance with long, slender arms and legs.
* Large deep dark purple eyes with glowing white crescent moon pupil, aligned diagonal to the center.
* Moonlit pale face.
* No nose.
* Expressive silver aurora hair.
* Wears black metal chains which are wrapped around her body.
* Wears black boots, high thighs and arm finger gloves.
* Badass dark blue caped coat with a hood.
* Giant moon crescent bow on her back, strapped with metal chains.
* Large black raven wings hidden in cloak.
Inner Powers:
* Rhinestone moon necklace, which she uses to power up her dreams.
* Mainly violently slinging, wrapping, whipping chains that splash electrical energy.
* Attraction/repel both gravity and magnetic abilities.
* Often uses her crescent moon bow for special melee or ranged combat.
* Paralysis stare.
* eh, will edit more.

Story/Background:
During Wish's childhood, she was very shy and did not make any friends. However, she made one friend who she met first from the Logos then meeting her in person soon after coincidentally. Her best friend shared a similar main interests as her, which was drawing. Wish's childhood passion was always about drawing, sketching and creating comics. She enjoyed drawing the stuff that she sees in the Logos as well. Her friend was exceptional at drawing, usually following by Wish's ideas like making cut-out paper and taping them. They drew over 400 manga strips together and enjoyed now and sitting among the hill drawing whatever they dream about.

Though later on, Wish started recognizing something. Her close friend received a lot of attention from her peers, because of her drawing talents growing to the level of prodigious. Wish, however, got recognized but people were more entranced by the skills of her friend - usually leaving Wish in second place and the one who had little feedback. Wish's discomfort that she was always "second place" in front of her friend, felt more and more detached from her ability to draw. The friendship between them never started the topic on it, except for when moments where Wish questioned what is so special about her talents compared to her friend. Wish's best friend considered her to be the more talented one, yet could not explain what it was that was special.

Over time, Wish started growing distaste and discomfort watching her friend receiving a lot of attention for her masterpiece drawing abilities. Wish didn't want to feel jealous of her friend, because they've known each other so well and have been good friends for so long. So instead, Wish threw the shame onto herself and started disconnecting from her passion of drawing. Her best friend later on did not get to see each other as much, as Wish decided to wander off on her own in the Logos finding something else to love.

From resentment of her drawing capacities to be not prodigious, Wish took the form of a forsaken wanderer that is cold, sarcastic, jealous and violent. Her fighting methods were so unique however, exceptionally artistic and creative. Yet there are times where she is driven with jealously, so her movements became harsh and forceful. Wish was still a sensitive person in the Demiurge, often keeping silence to herself. Not knowing what she else would like from the real world, she would go off gardening then sitting outside alone watching the crops grow. People called her weird for doing that, even though everyone is a bit introverted themselves - it's just that Wish was more prone to zoning out than the rest.

Strangely, Wish never cried or created drama over what she did. It was just something that she didn't want to go along with anymore. How she parted from her friends was gradual, there was no specific event that happen which led to it. It was merely just "passing" along. Wish, unable to find her passion, would express her self-loathing nature by trying to "show" what she is "made of" through chasing after drifters and overwhelming other dark wanderers. Yet there are times where Wish unconsciously, yet in her own privacy, starts to doodle on her own out of impulse. She never values the art, seeing how it can't match up to the elegance and perfection of prodigies. She never bothered learning from others about art. She never even bothered with anything else. What Wish wanted to do instead, is to go her own way and not have anyone else perform better than what she does. When it does happen, she gets jealous and admits it to the person, not wanting to have to deal with holding inner jealousy.

Later on, Wish found a large interest in having forbidden knowledge. She figured that a lot of knowing secrets allow her to bring self-confidence in herself. Diving into a lot of occultic literature, Wish became more interested in mainly dimensional research, enchantments, psionics, psychology, and especially soul dynamics. She unlocked the ability to observe and feel the soul fragments of others. Wish's current passion now is to find the truths of the world and writing about soul dynamics.

Personality:
* Mysteriously charming.
* Can become very jealous, would sometimes admit it too if so.
* Outer: Can be shy at times.
* Outer: Usually sensitive.
* Outer: Very gentle and patient.
* Outer: Usually dislikes crowds of people, very introverted.
* Outer: Loves to observe creative and passionate people.
* Outer: Hates high-talented and prodigious people.
* Outer: Can enjoy one-to-one discussion.
* Inner: Aloof and detached.
* Inner: Can be a cold reader.
* Inner: Shows a lot of sarcasm.
* Inner: Shows brashness.
* Inner: Silently violent when fighting.
* Inner: Very ambitious.
* Inner: Still prefers privacy, but does not mind to fight.
Text color: Wish: Slateblue. Lunar: Grey.

Details:
* Will edit more info if I come up with any.

(tbh id like to keep this here, but its up to you)

I'll make mine as well, just for the sake of having one. I might also edit the story later as well as some other features to the character.

Outer name: Orian
Outer Appearance:
*Brown-ish hair with some light to it
*Light skin
*About 5 foot, 10 inches tall
*Yellow Eyes
* Wheres a Dark Black trench coat that goes down to his ankles and wears dark black boots along with gloves. The hood fits over his head to were when you look into the hood, you see nothing but darkness
*Wheres a pendant that has an encrypted date on it (7/7/11)
*wheres a small Sapphire Ring on his ring finger with a encrypted chant on it.
Outer Powers:
* Can make Dark Corridors which are entryways between the dark realm and the light real (or in this case reality and innernet) by will, and can travel anywhere in those areas using them.
* Can summon the Green Ethereal Blades which are key to his survival.

Inner Name: Xarion
Inner Appearance:
*Blond-ish hair with some brown
*Light skin
*about 5 foot, 10 inches
*Red Eyes
* Wheres a Dark Black trench coat that goes down to his ankles and wears dark black boots along with gloves. The hood fits over his head to were when you look into the hood, you see nothing but darkness
*Wheres a pendant that has an encrypted date on it (7/7/11)
*wheres a small Sapphire Ring on his ring finger with a encrypted chant on it.
Inner Powers:
* Can make Dark Corridors which are entryways between the dark realm and the light real (or in this case reality and innernet) by will, and can travel anywhere in those areas using them.
* Can summon the Red Ethereal Blades

Personality:
Outer: Very shy
Outer: Happy all the time
Outer: loves to fight
Inner: Very kind
Inner: always looking towards the darkness
Inner: always looking for a fight
Inner: happy all the time

Story/Background:
The Descendant of Orian XXXI (the 31st) he is living in this world to carry on his father's name, in which to him, seems like a curse.

Even after the time of his father's death does he seek out the ones that killed him. And he believes that its the ones who made the innernet, and the ones that are trying to kill him in the outer world. even after knowing who his fathers killer is, and even after killing them off, he still seems to have nightmares about his father. Being the 16 year old boy that he is, he still seems to look for the thrill of having to fight people. He enjoys being able to fight in the innernet and in the outer world. Maybe not as himself, but as other people.

He quotes his father's sayings a lot. His father was one of the founders of the Innernet, which means Orian is part founder of it by default. He is being targetted by all bounty hunters all over the area in the innernet and the outer world. Trying to take his title of innernet co-founder from him by force.

But no matter how many people seek out to kill him, he still retains a strong will to find his father's real killers. And his father's system of commands that he claims he made for the innernet. Weather this so called "system of commands" for the innernet exists or not, he does not know, but he's eager to find out.

Even after his brother and mother passed away shortly after he turned 16 years old, he still wears the Sapphire ring that his mother gave him as a gift to her by his father. He does not understand the encrypted chant on the ring that he gave her. But it is said that the "system of commands" that his father built will be able to translate the chant, and give out an ancient secret.

He has long waited for the opportunity to be able to meet the one that he was told he'd love the rest of his life. The date on his pendant states that the day July 7th 2011 is the day that the first Orian met someone called Elixyk and fell in love with her. Her other name, he knows not of, but her innernet name is Elixyk. He longs to find her throughout the innernet and the outer world to try and be with her like the first Orian has predicted that he'd do.

he has found himself in many different areas of the innernet, travelling from place to place trying to seek out the mystery of the "system of commands", the mystery behind his father's true killers, and trying to find Elixyk. But he still has not found any clues as to where her whereabouts are. But he has gathered some clues suggesting that the ancient "system of commands" exists, and is inside the innernet and the outer world. One piece in the innernet, and one piece in the outer world. And still, after 3 months of this information being known to him, does he still look for the "system of commands" that his father claimed he built.
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