Interest check- Semi Dystopian RP

[Gaige]

I've had this in mind for a while, and want to gauge interest before I go on to do a crapton of writing before knowing if I'll get enough people.

Regardless, this will be set in a not too distant future. Perhaps twenty years from now, shall we say. There won't be tremendous advances in the field of technology or science as we know it. Two rather large nations will have gone to war. Consider these nations to have the approximate size and firepower of western Europe and Russia, or America.

Anyway, this story will be set in a relatively small town off the coast of one of the nations. We'll say the smaller one because everyone loves an underdog. This particular town will be under military watch but will not be active participants in the war itself. However, it's considered worth protecting by a small subset of the military because it could be desirable to the enemy army.

The story won't begin as a semi dystopian affair, but it will become so rather quickly. The military of the other nation will drop bombs; both anti structure and napalm. Think of the damage on the scale of a large, localized earthquake. Buildings and power will be down, and food will be rather scarce too. Due to this, things will obviously go downhill very quickly.

Because we need a common enemy to fight, I'll likely accept one bio from someone in a position of power. A mayor or something. Perhaps an army general who tries to rope the citizens under his control, taking advantage of the power struggle and general chaos to seize rule from under whoever would typically have it.

Because the area is no longer worth holding, and because it's that kind of story, really, the army will likely pull out of the town and refuse to give aid. It's the middle of a war blah blah blah. I want this story to feel very detached from the general war scenario. A sequel or later on in the RP may allow you to get involved in a grander scale, but for now, we'll keep it firmly localized in the town and the surrounding areas (which, for your reference, will largely be bare roads, forest, coast. Perhaps a mountain or two.) I want this to feel cut off. Almost claustrophobic. That's the intent.

I'm iffy about introducing powers, but if I do, it won't be incredibly well thought out. We'll likely go with the bombs rupturing latent magical ley lines beneath the ground and leaking power into the surrounding area. You never know, this might result in earthquakes, tsunamis, forest fires and other natural disasters as we proceed, but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it. This RP will be about humanity and how it copes when penned off from the world with no real hope of rescue. Whether or not we give said humans powers to potentially abuse on one another is still something I'm thinking over. Your opinions are perfectly welcome on this matter, however.

Thoughts, opinions, questions?

[Tipsynaruto]

lol, sweet.

If we are going by that, why dont we make it purely guerilla fighting? Zero powers. Normal humans, firmly set in reality. So guns have bullet counts and are rare as crap (Eg, hunting shotguns or .22 are more common, but are weak and less accurate than military stuff) and citizens cant shoot for shit. Cuz its not really dsytopic if the normal citizens can slaughter the more organized and armed power faction.

[Gaige]

I'm rather indifferent to it myself. I'm basically going to go with what the majority would want in terms of powers. If one outweighs the other, that's how it'll be, essentially. Again, of course, that's if we even get enough people to really set this off.

[Cyberdelius]

I'd rather like this. In fact, I wouldn't mind even if you didn't add in powers. I'm up for it.

[Tipsynaruto]

Wheee. 2 for no power.

[Gaige]

I'll likely leave the powers out then, since the majority so far seem to want to leave it purely dystopian and without supernatural motives in genre. If I can get...let's say three more people, I'll start this up.

[Tipsynaruto]

hmmm, hey diar, you think this will start before the 5th of June? Ill be heading off to Thailand on the 26th and i iwll have internet access, but id rather write at home.

[Gaige]

​I doubt it. However, unless I get more interest, it likely won't start at all. This kind of RP will require a few more people, including a willing villain.

[Baseret]

Hmm. I might be interested as the villain.

[Gaige]

I've got the story more or less planned out in my head. Two more people at least would be nice though. No point in having a dystopian RP centered around three people.