Memory Game

All characters have awake in a mysterious forest and a piece of paper rest one the floor in front of their bodies. On it is written, "Good morning. I see you have awoken. Your quest to find your memories begins. If you win, you can leave. You lose, you stay. Start the game."

Every now and then a note will appear, which I will put in - it will have on it a clue towards the next note. Sooner or later you figure out that whoever touched the note first gets some memories back. I will post which memories you get back. The only knowlegde your characters have is their own names.

Your characters do not have personalities (yet) - you build them up as you discover more and more.

Object of this storybook - get all your memories back first - if you get the most back: You get to go home. General knowledge however has not been erased and you can use your own general knowledge to your advantage, (hint: if your general knowledge is wider than others use it to your advantage.)

Now, this storybook is about your characters - they have just awoken from a deep sleep. They don't remember anything, they don't know if they have a distinct personality or even if they're allergic to something. You all come from the now time (As in the 21st century). Not a single one of your characters knows what is happening.

I will be playing the only character that knows everything, but I won't be actively involved - my character will pop up sometimes. Every now and again, I will drop hints about the place where a note lies if you really can't remember and your characters will have to figure everything out.

The setting is about 1300's in England, but you know the mythical kind. And there are every single kind of fairy tale creature imaginable. Below is a map - it will serve as a guide to where you are.

Hints:

Someone who has a general knowledge about ancient english fairies - notes will also be about this.

Rules:

1)No team-killing, or killing off a character.

2)On Writing Style: This is a Storybook RPG, so players may write in any style they please. First person, third person omniscient, it's all dependent on your personal preference.

3)No God-Modding.
God Modding is vague. Here are the rules for it.

-- Other authors may control another author's character as long as it keeps the character IN CHARACTER. For extra help, communicate with the author of the character being god-modded first.

4) Out of character discussion is to be carried out in the Discussion Thread for this Storybook, titled "Memory Game Discussion"

5) Limit of 10 people. I apologise, but first in first served.

6) All human, yes, no one can be a fairy tale creature.

VERY IMPORTANT:

By sending a PM to me with a background enclosed, you are agreeing to the following conditions:

--I agree to dedicate time and effort to this storybook, and notify me immediately if that is to change.
--All executive decisions of the storybook will be ultimately decided by me (Light_Devil.)
--Post at least three times a week, at least one of which must be in the story thread, the remaining two may be made in discussion.
--While every post need not be plot deciding or life changing, every post I make must be grammatically correct, with correct punctuation and minimal typos.
--Every post must be significant in some way--be it character development, character interaction, or just plain action. Basically--put effort into each and every post you do. Don't half-ass it just because you need to post. Personally I would prefer you did not post at all than post some three line post with one line of dialogue. Work with one of the other authors to come up with a post if you're having trouble with dialogue. Come up with a scene.

(Rules and Agreement Courtesy of Buscador!)

Must be set out so:

(No personality - as said above "Your characters do not have personalities - you build them up as you discover more and more, and hopefully get memories back.")

Name:
Age:
Gender:
Appearance (Description):
Up for love:

DETAILED Background Information must be PMed to me and not posted up. And if you are worried about the connection between you all, don't worry I'll find something. Background must include - family, loved ones, important things that make your character who they were, lost loves, if they were in a relationship, occupation/career and anything which you think makes your background seem more substantial. (Remember they are from the 21st century)

(The Discussion page - if you have questions ask away on there - also is anything is unclear. topic39878.html)

The know it all who appears someone times:

Name: Ballow
Age: Appears about 17
Gender: Male
Appearance (Description): Black hair, red eyes, pale and very tall.

(Added on - If you are at a place where a note is I will PM you all by telling you where it is, Ballow cannot always tell you where it is ^^. The first person to post and touch the note will get their memory back - so this is all about posting as good as you can and as fast as you can. If you have absolutely no idea what the note is about, start asking questions between yourselves and Ballow may appear to help. Also it would help if you search google as well - I get ideas for the notes from there.)

*Edited

Okay, it has been pointed out to me that people don't understand how to write a character background/history.

Things that need to be included when you PM me:

Family (How many? Who? Why?)

Loved ones (The relationship between the character and friends.)

Important things that make your character who they were lost loves. (A death making them emo? Or a new family member taking up the attention making them jealous?)

If they were in a relationship. (As you get your memories back this may affect that way you act)

Occupation/career (It might help you later on when you start to remember things)

And anything which you think makes your background seem more substantial.

And a very detailed important memory - which your character wouldn't want to forget at any cost. (But does anyway.)

(Remember they are from the 21st century)

On another note:

Characters interact as normal - if you want to try as a group/pairings or singular go ahead. This is a contest to get your memories back. But plainly and simply memories are your way out - it's a dog-eat-dog world out there; becareful or you might be betrayed.

Good Luck.

Currently I only have the backgrounds/histories of:

Ethan- : Jack
FinalFreedom : Elon
Firestalker : Zire
Kobain72 : Aaren Cook
RoryLegend : Jace
Nutty : Jason
.:Echelon:. : Erika
phantom_blackfire_wings : Emma

Backgrounds/histories still to be PMed to me are:

kittykat : Zane


Guys I am no longer accepting people in this storybook. As soon as I get the backgrounds/histories of the people I am waiting on, we can begin. (If you know them - maybe give them a little nudge and remind them? ^^)

WE'VE BEGUN!!!

*I would like to join if that's ok*

Name: Aaren Cook

Age: 16

Gender: Male

Appearance (Description): Light brown hair falls over his shoulders like a mane. He is strongly built but not incredibly tall or short.

I'll join

Name: Elon (last name unknown)
Age: Nobody knows just how old she is, nor does she, but she carries the looks of a girl about 18 years of age.
Gender: Female
Appearance (Description): Elon's hair is short, and dirty blond in color. Her eyes are a crystal blue, but she normally has her bangs over them, rendering them invisible. She wears a tight shirt that shows lots of skin on her stomach and arms, and wears white pants that fit her figure tightly.
Up for love: Definately.
Other: She sounds Australian. Even though they are basically starting all over again, her accent was one thing that could not be erased.

Name: Jace
Age: bout 19, he thinks
Gender: male
Appearance: curly dirty blonde hair, green eyes with gold flecks, tall, muscley, cross tatooed on his right shoulder blade.
**Up for love**
Other: he can't remember but this isn't the first time he has lost his memory. He does feel something oddly familiar about the whole situation. Yes, poor Jace lost him memory when he was a freshmen. Poor guy.

Name: Zire
Age: around 25
Gender: male
Appearance: black hair, green eyes, tall
Other: N/A

Up for love.


Hope this is okay.

This looks interesting Can I join in the fun?

Name: Jack
Age: In his thirties
Gender: Male
Appearance: dark brown hair (cropped short), dark brown eyes(wore glasses) , average in height, not muscular but not fat either(looks a lot like the typical office kind of guy).

Name: Emma

Age: around 17

Gender: female

Appearance (Description):
She has dirty blonde/almost brunette hair that's longer in the front than it is in the back. There is a purple streak near the front on the right side of her face and a blue on the left side of her face. Her eyes are a green-gray with two orange squigglies (I'm sorry, there isn't any other name I could th ink of) surrounding the pupil. When her face is red, her eyes look supernaturaly green.(A friend of mine has eyes like that, so they're an actual color). She also wears wristbands on eachof her wrists.

Up for love: yes

Name: Erika Stevens

Age: 17

Gender: female

Appearance (Description): Long straight black hair, layed, and hangs over her shoulders. big green eyes, small face. Cute. smugded make up.

*how many people are gonna be in this? and when is it starting?*

You still have room?

Name: Jason Trent
Age:22
Description: Tall, pale, hazel eyes, mid-brown hair. Wears jeans and a t-shirt. Rather plain-looking.

I wanna squeeze in if that's okay.

--

Name: Zane
Age: 17
Description:

Okay. I believe we can start now. Though I am still waiting on kittykat's background/history.

Ballow

Wind swept over the forest and the chirps and cracks of sticks could be heard. Rustles in the trees from animals cast several leaves and they fell into the wind.

Follwing the wind twisting and twining it made it to the centre of the forest, where there was a clearing. Everything was quiet as if the forest had taken a breath waiting for something to happen.

It would seem like an average forest, maybe the clearing in the middle was a little bit off, but all in all it was normal. What wasn't normal however were the nine people laying in its centre. All unconscious, relaxed into a lulled unnatural sleep. A tall black haired boy looking about 17 stepped over them with abnormal grace.

A wicked grin swept over his face as he placed a note on the floor infront of them. He then took amazing pleasure in accidently on purpose tripping over the unconscious people.

The sat up in drowsy alarm staring at him and widened his eyes innocently, "Who are you?"

The person stared at Ballow and his eye went wide with confusion, "WHO am I?"

Ballow shrugged and crawled awway to lean on a tree. The others were stirring and soon they were all awake. Ballow stared at them and mimed confusion, "Where are we?"

It was obvious they were all thinking the same as well. The note Ballow had placed in front of them stood out of the grass like a sore thumb. A strongly built though not overly tall or short 16 year boy approached it on his knees and his light brown haiur flicked in the wind.

The other followed his stare and also copied his movements towards the note.

All of them to wary to pick it Ballow took his cue and crawled over, reading it out loud, "Good morning. I see you have awoken. Your quest to find your memories begins. If you win, you can leave. You lose, you stay. Start the game."

Ballow looked to the note and then to the other's, "What's this meant to mean?"

Suddenly a white light surrounded all of them and literally blinded them with its fluorescence. All of them sat blinking, including Ballow and then something dawned on them. They could remember thier own names.

Ballow stuttered incoherently, "It must be the notes! The notes give you back memories! I'll have to get them all to win!"

He sped off into the trees, no one noticing the evil grin on his face. He had always enjoyed this game. They were all too stunned with the bright light to notice his disappearance.

But everyone had heard what he said and they had heard it clearly. The game had begun.

Jason stood blinked slowly, staring down at himself. What he saw was rather nondescript, he was of average height, pale, and rather scrawny. His eyebrows knitted together as he tried to remember how he got here, or where he had been before. Jason. That was his name, a sacred treasure amongst the fog of his mind. He clung to it desperately. Had he always been here? The kid who had ran off, Jason decided he must have been younger then him, judging by how his skin had been smoother then his own, had said something about notes, and memories. This meant that he probably hadn't always been here.
He glanced up, seeing the puzzled expressions on everyone else's faces, he coughed. "Hi."
A general murmured greeting was the group's reply.
"Well, I'm Jason. I dunno anything else. Guys, I think we should move out, we can't stay here. Maybe we'll figure out what we're supposed to do."
A girl, a bit younger then him, with smudged make up, dark hair and large green eyes was the first to answer. "Where? Which direction?"
"We might as well follow the other guy. He seemed to know what's going on."

(heheh Time for the first cluey note ^^)

Ballow

So they were going to follow me, ey? I'll just have to fix that. He went running back screaming, "GUYS I'VE FOUND A NOTE! But I haven't touched it, I'm too scared to since last time I touched the other one."

He faked a whimper and they stared at him. He talked again, "It's on a tree up ahead! About 10 metres straight up you can't miss! I ran to get you guys. Maybe you guys would do better at figuring out this mess than me."

Ballow did his best to look clueless as he pointed the way they needed to go to find the note. Of course Ballow hadn't found a note, he just knew were they all were off by heart. Nothing ever changed. When they all had gone past him and towards the general direction oft he first note, he let himself have a little smile then he slipped off before anyone could notice.

He hid in some trees and bushes as he watched them approach the note carefully, someone read it out loud, "Time to play some craeg. Who's up for it? - What the hell is that meant to mean?"

No one had pulled it off the tree yet and Ballow watched, waiting and a wicked smile upon his face. Yes, he did love this game. And there he sat waiting for the critical moment when one would decide to touch the note.

"Well, what should we do?" The black haired girl asked.
Jason took a deep breath and reached out, grabbing the note. "Maybe it's a clue...Argh!"
Jason fell to the ground, blinking rapidly against the light.
"What was that?" Someone shouted, Jason couldn't tell who.
He was too busy blinking at the images pouring into his head.

(is that right? XD)