Storybook Workshop: Apocalypse 101

Rydia · 2013-05-27T07:38:12Z

Hello everyone! In two weeks time on the 9th June , at: 10:00am - 11:00am PST 12:00pm - 1:00pm CST 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT 6:00pm - 7:00 GMT 7:00pm - 8:00pm BST 12:00am - 1:00am India Elinor Brynn and I will be hosting the next storybook workshop! How it's Going to Work This workshop will result in a storybook. We're going to start by giving you the premise today and asking you to go away and create a character. Then you bring that character along to the workshop and we'll do some bond building exercises with everyone else who attends. Now, you don't have to come to the workshop to join the storybook, but you do have to be interested in joining the storybook to come to the workshop. Apocalypse 101 You think the year is 2031, though it's hard to tell since you've spent the last ten years existing in a bunker. You think you can remember what the surface looked like, but you're sometimes not so sure. It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter because it isn't going to look like that anymore. ____________________________ Ten years ago nuclear warfare was threatened and preparations for defence were begun. The British army were dispatched all across the nation and charged with the task of building bunkers. Unfortunately, they didn't have the time. Mere hours after the warning was broadcast, the first nuclear missile hit the south coast. Thousands of people were murdered in an instant. It was to be the beginning of an end. All across the world, missiles were landing and only the crazy or the overly cautious were prepared. People used to think Mr. Donahue was crazy. The aging history teacher bought a house that came complete with a world war II bunker, the size of a basement, and he had it renovated, not because he wanted to preserve history, but because he was convinced that the war would happen again. Over the years, Mr. Donahue hoarded supplies: food, clothes, medicine, literature. As technology advanced, so did he. Mr. Donahue had toilets installed in the bunker and a shower where the water drained off into a bottom tank, ready to be purified and pumped back up to the top tank again. It was even said that he stole a display item from a prestigious museum in order to preserve its existence. When the first missile hit the South coast, Mr. Donahue, who lived in the North, found that he suddenly had a lot of friends. Neighbours who had heard his ramblings or students from his classes or fellow teachers, all turned up on his doorstep with families in tow. Ten years later and Mr. Donahue died of a heart attack last fall and things haven't been the same since. One of the things Mr. Donahue didn't think about was what to do with a body. But for some time now the supplies had been running low and there was a general consensus that the hatch would have to be opened. Our storybook begins with the community reaching a majority vote to send out a team (or at least the body) but not everyone wants to leave the bunker. _________________________ The character you create should fit into this scenario and be one of the people either willing or persuaded to leave the bunker. The community is about 30 people so the group going out there will know each other well but not necessarily be from the same family or the best of friends. When you create your character, give them first names only. This is because during the character bonding exercise, we might link some of the characters together to form families. For this reason you should also keep their history very open - if you give your character a husband or wife, don't give them a name or create too many details surrounding them. It might be we'll find you someone suitable. Where will the Storybook Continue From There? After the workshop, the storybook will go up and people will copy their edited profiles across. Then we'll progress as an ordinary storybook - others will be free to join and we will follow a vague plot map, but mostly it will be open to interpretation. The vague plot map includes the discovery that the surface is now inhabited by a mutant race, formed from the humans/ animals who survived the nuclear war and the ensuing radiation poisoning. More Information A time will be set for this within the next week, but please feel free to start filling out the character profile below. Remember, even if you can't make the workshop, you can still join the storybook. If we get more than twelve people, we're going to do something a little different. We're going to split the storybook into two threads. What will happen is the twelve characters will decide to split their group and six will go one way, six another. The two storybooks will essentially be the same one, but it's easier to keep track of six characters than twelve. Then when we have drop outs, those characters will be killed off and at some point when the groups each drop below four, the two storybooks will merge. If the drop outs don't happen, instead we'll plan for the groups to meet at set points and locations and we'll switch the membership up so people from one thread will move into another. Sounds complicated? Don't worry! I'll tell you what to do and it will be easy, I promise. Character Profile Please keep these to yourself until the character workshop. If you know you will be unable to attend, please cover the family in full during the history section. [b]Name:[/b] [b]Age:[/b] (all of Mr. Donahue's students would now be aged 21+ (he taught high school) but you may be as young as 16. Nobody younger than that will be permitted to leave the bunker on the first expedition.) [b]Appearance:[/b] [b]Personality:[/b] [b]Strengths:[/b] [b]Weaknesses:[/b] [b]History:[/b] (please keep family details vague if you are attending the workshop.) Questions If you have any questions, please feel free to ask below! I'd also like you to post below if you're interested in attending the workshop. When we have a known time, we will create a post notifying you of it, by tagging your name like this: Hi @Audy, remember saying you were interested in this?

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Thu May 30, 2013 9:55 pm

Omni says... · Thu May 30, 2013 9:55 pm

Haha Low you got everyone confused.

It's noon to 1 for central, most certainly, and 6 to 7 for GMT.

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Thu May 30, 2013 10:04 pm

LadyPurple says... · Thu May 30, 2013 10:04 pm

Then it'd be around 2 for me.

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Thu May 30, 2013 10:22 pm

crossroads says... · Thu May 30, 2013 10:22 pm

He lives for getting people confused c:

*spams the topic*

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Fri May 31, 2013 1:12 am

CowLogic says... · Fri May 31, 2013 1:12 am

I live for no man, Alia, and confusion has one to few X chromosomes for me to live for it.

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Sat Jun 01, 2013 3:03 pm

Rydia says... · Sat Jun 01, 2013 3:03 pm

The time is definitely PM - please see the first post for a further break down of the timezones.

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Sat Jun 01, 2013 3:11 pm

Caesar says... · Sat Jun 01, 2013 3:11 pm

OH HEY.

I can totally join this. Yay time zones.

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Sat Jun 01, 2013 7:00 pm

Blues says... · Sat Jun 01, 2013 7:00 pm

I'm in. :3

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Sun Jun 02, 2013 8:03 pm

Wonder says... · Sun Jun 02, 2013 8:03 pm

I am in, but I'm not sure if anything will be happening in my life that does/doesn't allow me to join the workshop, so I may not be there..... :-/

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Mon Jun 03, 2013 3:11 am

StoneHeart says... · Mon Jun 03, 2013 3:11 am

>> There's no way I'm gonna figure out what time this thing's gonna be going on down here <<

No way at all.

O.o

I guess I'll have to stay on all day.

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Mon Jun 03, 2013 10:46 am

xXmusicaXx says... · Mon Jun 03, 2013 10:46 am

I'm in.

And back. XD

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Tue Jun 04, 2013 9:33 pm

Omni says... · Tue Jun 04, 2013 9:33 pm

If you could send a PM to us or mention us when this starts, because I don't get notifs for the actual SB.

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Wed Jun 05, 2013 4:50 pm

Rydia says... · Wed Jun 05, 2013 4:50 pm

@Aquestioning Will do! I'll send out a reminder the day before and then a link to the doc on the day

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Sun Jun 09, 2013 12:26 am

Jony says... · Sun Jun 09, 2013 12:26 am

Sorry if this is a little late, but I'm interested and will be able to make the workshop

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Sun Jun 09, 2013 8:45 am

Rydia says... · Sun Jun 09, 2013 8:45 am

Not at all, I will send you over the link and details now

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Sun Jun 09, 2013 2:34 pm

crossroads says... · Sun Jun 09, 2013 2:34 pm

Apologies for being this late with the character!
I visited the doc, but for now I'm on iPad and can't properly do much - I'll be on computer for the workshop, though :3

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