Night Market RP

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Night Market RP

Night Market RP

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At day, Oplita is a sprawling city, lazy and apathetic, settled in the valley between two mountain ranges. To the west, the valley snakes around, opening up to acres upon acres of lush farmland. In the east, the sea surrounds it, larger than the eye can see. It's not a well-planned place, but it grew on its own, streets and neighborhoods cropping up wherever there's a patch of land.

At night, Oplita is something completely different.

The night market appears.

It's from just beyond the veil, and there must be something special about Oplita, because the other realm twines around the mortal plane like two vines, until two become one.

The night market is the child of both, a twisted fairytale's setting. There's anything and everything in the world to buy or sell here. Cages of creatures, eyes in jars, fabrics of spider's silk. Crooked paths wind around, leading down alleys and streets, some lined with gold, others covered with soot.

You could buy anything you wanted.

Memories. New hands, new eyes, new hair, a whole new body. Hand-me-down clothes in stalls right next to hand-crafted golden marble. Diamonds and carbon, and sometimes the carbon is priced higher than the diamond. Things worth twopence, five gold, nothing at all, everything in your purse.

You could buy anything you wanted.

But, of course, for a price.

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Heya! Basically, the premise of this centers around Oplita's night market–a fantasy market that opens only at night. You can have a maximum of two characters, and you can be basically anything. Whatever goes! Powers, magic, honestly whatever you want. They should be related in some way to the night market though.

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Template:

Name:

Age:

Occupation:

Appearance:

Pronouns:

Powers/abilities:

Other:

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We can discuss plot too! What do you guys think about a quest-type thing, or maybe a murder mystery? I'll post my character once this thread goes up. 

submitted by Rainbow Riot
(December 11, 2021 - 1:22 pm)
submitted by Olawale J., age 12, Chicago, USA
(December 15, 2021 - 5:57 pm)

Name: Caveat

Age: 126 (17 in Skeleton years)

Occupation: Magic Seller

Appearance: Skeleton with black horns. Wears a highschool jacket with a C on the top left, has pants that go down to the ankles and sneakers. Eye(socket)s are from outward to in, black, yellow, black.

Pronouns: They/Them

Powers/abilities: Bone daggers that drain HP and sense LOVE

Other: From another universe (a UTAU)

submitted by Olawale J., age 12, Chicago, USA
(December 15, 2021 - 6:04 pm)

Name:  Aislen Mirre

Age: Appears to be about 14

Occupation: Sells enchanted jewelry and charms, may or may not also be a mysterious thief under the alias Shard

Personality: Friendly, clever, charming, kind, mysterious, loves riddles.  She seems to be very knowledgeable about magic and the Night Market, more so than a person her age typically is.

Appearance: Long sleek black hair with deep blue highlights, tawny skin, large heterochromatic eyes (one deep green and one pale blue, both flecked with gold), pointed ears, visible scars around her left wrist.  Wears simple, colorful dresses and jackets, many different styles of jewelry depending on the day or her outfit, always wears leather gloves when handling anything magical.

Pronouns: she/her

Powers/abilities: Persuasive and charismatic, acrobatics, encanting objects, powerful nature-related magic yet to be revealed 

Other: This is probably obvious, but she's not what she seems and there are a lot of rumors about her

submitted by Sterling, The Misty Mountains
(December 16, 2021 - 5:29 pm)

I shift into my cat form to travel unobtrusively throught the strange streets of the Night Market. Diverse groups of people swarm around the stalls, many different forms of light barely illuminate my surroundings, and the rough stone tiles give me traction for my careening sharp turns. Usually, I'm not this reckless, but when I'm being a cat, the form brings out my wildest traits.

 My green eyes scan the market until I catch sight of the shop I've been aiming for. I've been needing more secret-keeping amulets for a while. I really shouldn't have put my errand off this long, as the amulets force my customers to keep the secrets I sell to them, a necessicity for anyone who buys and sells information.

Stepping softly into Aislen Mirre's shop, I shift into the shape of an elderly man. Quietly, I ask, "Miss Aislen? I'd like to purchase ten secret-keeping amulets, please?" I'm in the same form as last time, so I don't believe she knows that I am Pr. Quill. She's smart enough to realize my occupation, though.

I continue speaking. "In exchange, I'll tell you of the latest rumor of Shard." Aislen always seems interested in the ledgendary theif, and I don't want to disappoint any customers. I have a reputation to uphold, after all.

submitted by Quill, fae/faer
(January 2, 2022 - 5:53 pm)
submitted by top, age nudge, poke
(January 2, 2022 - 6:33 pm)

@everyone, but mostly Rainbow Riot

 

Would you mind if I used this role-play to write a story?

I'll only use characters that people say it's fine. 

submitted by Gallium, age untold, she/her
(January 25, 2022 - 6:32 pm)
submitted by TOPoftheday!
(January 25, 2022 - 7:04 pm)
submitted by top, age nudge, poke
(January 26, 2022 - 10:17 am)

Even though this RP has been dead for a while, it's an interesting one so--

Name: Morrigan Ensley 

Age: about nineteen

Occupation: A spy and bookmaker.

Personality: Quiet, shy, and will do anything for information.  Doesn't trust anyone and is fairly awkward around people.

Appearance: Tallish, with long dark hair that is always in two braids, pale skin, and dark eyes. Usually wears the color teal, a long dress, and a long coat. 

Pronouns: she/her

Powers/abilities: can disappear completely from someone's senses (doesn't happen very much, because it's tiring)

Other: n/a

 

submitted by Seadragon
(February 9, 2023 - 9:03 pm)

~Morrigan~

Before setting up shop for the night, I must make my rounds of Oplita. 

I leave my box of books locked to the stall where I will soon sell them. In the houses, people are having calm conversations around the fire, putting their youngest children to bed. But in one house, there is talking. Angry talking.

"I don't go around making deals with assassins, Evil! You're in no position to bargain. A hundred gold for street rats being sent to the Beyond and that is very much it."

That sounds interesting. I write the address--395 Impatience Close--in my notebook and put the pencil back into my pocket. Then I open the door carefully and slowly, and climb the stairs. Once on the top floor, I make myself insensible, which will drain me enough that I will have trouble keeping my eyes open tonight. 

"Governer Ariang, I'm risking my life weaving portals," says one of the people. Evil Vang. I know of her. "You will raise it to a hundred twenty."

"And you were also risking your life going around committing crimes,"  says the other person, an old man in an ugly suit. "I spill your secrets to the police or you do this to me for no more than a hundred golds."

"All right then," says Evil. "Bad night, Governor Ariang."

They both leave the room, which is magnificent. I collapse onto the table and reappear. This sounds interesting, but unfortunately, I have to leave.

And also unfortunately, Evil is coming back in.  She's entitled to it--it's her house--but I have no more energy for disappearing. And she's in the doorway and the hiding spots are terrible. I open the door and go outside onto the balcony. Evil's house is facing one of the ponds of the city, the deeply artificial water-holding reservoirs. I can swim. And it seems like that's the best option. I drop my precious notebook and pencil over the side of the balcony, then climb onto the rail. I remembered someone saying that water, with height, is like concrete. But back when I was at school, and on the swim team of our academy, the coach said my dives were spectacular. I perch on the rail and kick off just as Evil opens the door. 

I fall into the pond, which isn't deep but is deep enough that I want to climb the steps in the side and get out, which I do. I grab my notebook and pencil and hurry home to change out of my sopping clothes before bookselling. Then I arrive at the stall and start setting up for another night.

submitted by Seadragon
(February 11, 2023 - 9:30 pm)

Name: Grimm

Age: untold

Occupation: sells/buys souls and old storybooks

Appearance: typically wearing an enchanted Shadow Cloak; beneath, he is an anthropomorphic black wolf with silver blind eyes.

Pronouns: he/him (they when addressing him as well as the souls he owns)

Powers/abilities: able to capture souls, can occasionally have visions

Other: pedestrians prefer to avoid Grimm's little stall at the Night Market; Grimm is typically cold and silent, with a scary, raspy voice. Children enjoy perusing his storybooks.

submitted by Miriam H., age 7777777777, the Stone Table, Narnia
(March 4, 2023 - 4:38 pm)

~Morrigan~

I am so, so tired.
Unfortunately, I'm also having a busy night.
An old man and a young boy come up to the book stall.
"Do you sell notebooks?" the man asks.
"Yes, sir," I say, trying to sound like I'm the tiredest I've been in days.
"Graph notebooks? For math?"
"No." I've never heard of them. "I can have one by tomorrow, though."
"Good." He leaves and I make a record of him, then sell books late into the night. I get home at about 2 AM, then fall asleep for the rest of my night and into the morning. I'll deal with the graph notebook after lunch. 

(It's short, I know, but I couldn't think of much yet wanted to add something.)

submitted by Seadragon
(March 16, 2023 - 8:35 pm)