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Escaping Shadows is a unique warriors roleplay. It takes place in an original Clan territory, where, moons ago, the Dark Forest arose and slowly destroyed the Clans from the inside. They turned claw against claw, and tore each Clan to pieces. All that remains is their descendants, struggling to rebuild the Clans from what’s left. The only question that remains now is - will they escape the shadows left behind?
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Hey!!! I'm Shades and I use she/her pronouns. I've been rping on and off since early Middle School. My incredible, youthful ignorance back then allowed me to surround myself and practice with far better writers, and is probably why I am ...somewhat....competent at this whole thing.
It's been a while. I'm really, really rusty and appreciate the patience while I get back into the flow of things. I am awful at grammar, like legit gross, and am 100% open to anyone pointing out mistakes in my posts through pms so I can fix it. The only rule I truly understand is that it should sound good. Not a great foundation.
I love plotting relations! If you like one my cats I'd love to brainstorm relationships or family ties, and I'm willing to rewrite my cat's background to fit! I enjoy creating family members for others too. However, I am hesitant to adopt a relation when the character is already completely realized: I can be quite self-critical, and would be more nervous than usual of writing something OOC.
So, I play Overwatch on PS4. I'm Shadess7, add me if you want!! I main support and off-tanks, which means I usually play Mercy. I haven't played much lately though; I think after over a year I've finally gotten a little tired of it. My peak was #180 though!! Got too sad/sensitive to toxicity to maintain it!!! :,) Other than that, I love strategy games, especially with RP elements. Crusader Kings, Mount and Blade, and BloodBowl are some fun ones I occasionally play. The Metal Gear series is rad too.
Oh! And I'm on Flight Rising! My username is Makronyx, feel free to add me. Events there might keep me away for a week, but I'll make sure to post a notice when that happens.
hey shades :3 patrick here but you know that by now of course ahahahh. i too have been roleplaying for a very long time but perhaps from a more embarrassing age... since i was 8 LOL. everyone probably hated me back then but i was happy so oh well. i'm sure you're an amazing roleplayer and i doubt that it'll be hard to get back into things!
i too love plotting relations but less on a familial scale and more on a friendship scale - though either can do. personally scorchstar's only """friend""" is his brother as i've made him quite the difficult kitty to interact with, but that's what i love about working out relations. i like seeing how other cats develop by giving them a brick wall to deal with - will they work brick by brick to take it down or will they stop trying to climb and walk away? i think that's part of how i like seeing cats develop rather than just planning everything ahead of time - you don't have to cave to get something to work, you just see whether or not it'll work and that's that!
i've never played overwatch but i've heard lots about it. i want to get into it i just... don't know how? i know there's comics and like little videos to watch but if things aren't chronological then it takes me forever to understand ahah. i'd love to hear more about it though!!!
HEYOOO SHADES i play ow on ps4, i'll def add you, i'm nenchain mmmM tho i'm honestly awful at it like i just play to have a Good Time and miss every single shot added you on flight rising too >: ) i'm Halcyons my lair is a dang mess tho i want to be a lore lair but im too clingy to dragons that i dont need so it makes it....hard i love family relations too!! we should def make some related characters sometime, family is always really fun to plot with super excited to roleplay with you!!!!
>>patrick oh worm. i wish i could delete my existence off the internet from a certain age haha, but same,at least i was enjoying myself and socializing.
yeah that is super interesting! i do love the idea of relationships organically forming over time in posts. personally, i tend to overthink things, and thus it is tough for me with new characters to find their voice (what do they say and how do they say it? what about in this specific scenario?). finding dynamics with other characters can help a lot for me. i'm super interested to see scorch in action!! :0
overwatch's lore is pretty light, but kind of branching in nature. i think it was built with the idea that someone picks/grows attached to a character, and then out of curiosity looks up more about them to learn their story. the basis is that a majority of the characters come from a global task/peace-keeping force that disbanded due to in-fighting and corruption claims. the story begins with them reforming it to fight Bad Guys! nothing that happens in game is actually canon, just the comics and shorts. i myself just kinda casually picked up on things with time.
oh, and i totally play pokemon too. i love dragons, what types do you like?? i'm not a competitive battler either, have bred and trained up some of my favorites to have perfect/competitive stats for fun.....and to bully my friends haha. nothing better than wiping their pretty legendary teams with one proper garchomp :p i also shiny hunt a bit, but have only managed to get ones through that fishing trick. what's your favorite gen? i like the plat/pearl/diamond one despite criticism, only because they are the ones i played the most when i was younger! and X/Y, just because i love Paris theme. oh! and team aqua and magma are my favs.
>>shire HELLO. okay!!! and don't worry, my aim is SUPER bad lmao. i can't hit things standing still in front of my face sometimes because of Panic hahaha. in pure shooters i just loved to run around, camp, and annoy my friends. with OW i got into the strategy/team-work stuff, but i only ever sort of care in comp games. otherwise im happy to roll out with 5 dps teams and mess around :>
i'm love ur lair, there are tons of pretty babs!!! :^: mine is the true Disaster rn and i cant save any money ever. oh, and i know that feeling. being in light (which is just a dom focused as stereotyped) makes it a lot easier to exalt kids though with all the very rewarding pushes. good luck on building a lore layer!!! c:
me too!! hopefully i can get my profiles done soon, im the Worst with that :,)
lmao i hate it bc i love playing like mccree and pharah but can i aim? Absolutely Not just shoot and hope someone dies and never get on mic so people cant yell at me for not aiming its a.......good life
GWUH THANKS UR LAIR HAS SOME GORGEOUS BABES TOO god i am awful at saving money once i get money i immediately buy a new dragon i never participate in pushes im awful what are your fave genes??
oh i feel u, i just started not going into comms and my sanity has improved 800%. that's the best life haha. i enjoy pharah for the same reasons i enjoy hanzo; sometimes people just walk into my shots and i feel really Good and Skillful despite it bein all luck lmao. pharah's moblilty makes her a ton of fun too, i've seen some people get really smart with it (while being a gross, annoying pocket pfft)
the vicious cycle of fr :_; and uMmm im super cliche and like all those expensive trendy gem genes (opal/metallic/bee), but various hatchery owners have convinced me to like skink and capsule as well. oh. and abyss. not a gene, but. my life. i need at least like eight more dergs of that color. what about you???? :O (and when will bee lower so i can have like an entire page of those pretty wings???)
i cant wait to rp lavender and fallow they are gonna be really Good.