Why yes ma'am. I'm currently writing up the posts that describe what the Claiming actually is and how it's done, all the information about the claiming will be included there, but I'm up for considering different suggestions if people like the idea of Submissives being collared instead (or anything else along those lines).
Oh branding, I was going to suggest that. The only thing is branding initials seems like something the dominant would be more apt to do to the submissive versus the the other way around. Branding your initials is marking your property. I wouldn't think the dominant class would be up for anything resembling that. Perhaps instead of getting their submissive partners initials the dominant self brands themselves with either a special symbol from society or perhaps their family crest. This mark would announce their final step into manhood along with the fact they have claimed someone. Then it would be more like a self empowered mark versus a sign you belong to someone else.
Mmm, but the point of this is that people don't fit stereotypes. Not all Dominants actually have 'dominant' personalities and not all Submissives have 'submissive' personalities, so there's no one rule fits all for either of them because of the fact that they're all different, unique people.
Yah, I figured not all of them would have a family crest but it might be something those from higher up would want to flash to announce their pedigree.
Those without some sort of crest would perhaps use a seal involving their initials or something along those lines.
@SammuelColdheart- A brand isn't going to stop other's with foul intentions. It just lets them know who they will be dealing with if they decide to try and play with something that isn't theirs.
You do know that a dominant personality or one's looks doesn't necessarily have anything to do with what one prefers to do as far as positions in bed right? Someone can be submissive and like to top they can be dominant and still like to play from the bottom. Judging a book from its cover is like stating all girls must be submissive because they don't have a noodle dangling out front when they pee.
I was talking for the most classical scenario... if you get what I mean. I highgly doubt that the dominants which we have will be submissive as far as I saw they are either switch leaning more towards dominating someone, or a semes. xD
You do know that a dominant personality or one's looks doesn't necessarily have anything to do with what one prefers to do as far as positions in bed right? Someone can be submissive and like to top they can be dominant and still like to play from the bottom. Judging a book from its cover is like stating all girls must be submissive because they don't have a noodle dangling out front when they pee.
I was talking for the most classical scenario... if you get what I mean. I highgly doubt that the dominants which we have will be submissive as far as I saw they are either switch leaning more towards dominating someone, or a semes. xD
That sounds like it could work. They'd both be marked though, since that Sub needs to let all the others known that the man is his XD Maybe they experience pain when their partners is wounded and such and, like you say, the mark disappears if the partner dies.
It's okay on some levels, but again, this works on the assumption that Dominants are tops. What am I supposed to do if I get someone who wants to join the RP as a Dominant uke and thus will not be cumming inside anyone? What if a Dominant wants to have sex with a Submissive without claiming him? What if a Dominant ends up having sex with another Dominant?
It's not enough to assume that a Dominant will always want to claim the Submissive he has sex with (because the Submissive becomes a burden on him, it's not a status symbol but a weighty commitment) and it's also not enough to assume that Dominants will only be having sex with Submissives. We need something controllable so that the Claiming is separate from sex.
That doesn't make theoretical sense because if a Sub receives nanobots from two different Doms, the nanobots would fight it out. So if Doms were to get it on, spit in each others' mouths (O.o), accidentally transfer blood etc. then the theory is that the two sets of nanobots would duke it out and potentially completely destroy the other person's nanobots. If this causes pain, then that would mean that a Sub who receives nanobots from two Doms would be in pain.
And if the nanobots were being carried in the blood stream, this would mean that the Dom would lose nanobots every time he was injured (and that could be frequently in an RP like this), meaning he might lose all his nanobots before he ever even has sex with someone and won't be able to claim anyone.
Of course we know what nanobots are Samm, we've also watched sci-fi movies. Yes nanobots are programmable, but if they're being carried in a person's blood stream then this means that they WILL involuntarily leave the body when the person loses blood. This has nothing to do with knowing what nanobots are, but basic science. Semen and blood have no direct contact, so if it's possible in this scenario for nanobots to be transferred through semen then it is perfectly plausible that they could also be transferred via saliva, thus being transferred during a KISS. I didn't say that the nanobots had to cause pain, I said that IF they DID cause pain (hypothetically) when two Doms shared nanobots then it is only common sense that a Sub with two sets of nanobots would also feel pain.
And in this RP there won't be anything like nanobots that can heal wounds or give people abilities because then we're overpowering the characters. The Government wants these people dead so they aren't going to be giving them anything to improve their chances of staying alive.
Who said there has to be some strange bulge? My dog has a microchip imbedded in him and there is no way to tell just looking at him.
If you want to debate this strictly from a realistic standpoint even with the usage of nanobots, it would make far more sense to use a syringe to inject said nanobots than have them be mind reading nanobots that the dominant male is going to be able to command and go out on whim.
Personally I find physically going through the motions of sticking something to someone and branding them to be far more possessive than a smooch.
Well Gaslight already ruled out them being transmitted through sperm so saliva through the mouth was the only other way I've seen being offered up as a way to transmit them in a 'sexual fashion.'
At this point I'm starting to feel it would just be simpler to go back to good old fashion hot iron for the branding. Painful, permanent, and a great way to share with the world what belongs to you.
(bow)Because what isn't more romantic than searing initials into your lover's flesh?
@ SammuelColdheart
It looks fine but there are a couple of problems which you would have noticed if you'd read the info posts I asked you to read:
1. Taka will never ever ever be able to be a Dominant, there is no choice for him. Dominants can be become Submissives as a harsh punishment, but Submissives can never become Dominants. Only very few of them can become General (average) males.
2. Submissives are not allowed to marry or have children, so it's impossible for Taka's father to be a Submissive male. This is only possible if Taka's father had Taka BEFORE he entered the Claiming (so if Taka's father impregnated someone when he was a teenager or something like that) and even then, he would have been forced to leave Taka's mother and would never have been allowed to marry/live with her.
Please read the info posts again to make sure you understand everything so that we're all on the same page.
@ All
Relating to the bad guys: There aren't going to be any 'bad guys' (so to say, any Government officials) ever directly in the arena, so at this point of the RP they are an unseen evil and not individual characters. In the hypothetical scenario that our characters ever decide to band against the Government, they'll need to find a way to escape the arena first. If they manage to do that, then they'll obviously be like inmates who are on the run and if things ever get to that point then we can talk about creating individual bad guys who'll be pursuing them.
One thing I thought might be fun is giving us all control of the Government in turns. There are certain things the Government can do to the environment (such as create floods or fires and also release various dangerous beasties). They will be setting challenges like this for the participants every so often (maybe even more often if the guys are dragging ass and not doing anything) so what I thought we could do is that we could all take turns controlling the Government and deciding what challenges happen.
For example:
Gaslight goes first and she decides that there will be an electrical storm. She will then be the 'bad guy' and write out this whole challenge.
Hex goes next and she/he decides that there will be a massive flood. She/he will then be the 'bad guy' and write out the whole challenge.
SammuelColdheart goes next and he decides that the beasts will be released. She/he will then be the 'bad guy and write out the whole challenge.
And so on. I will be including a list of challenges that the Government can possibly initiate and I thought it would be more interesting than me just coming up with all the challenges and it would give you guys some control of the environment as well. If no one is interested, though, then I'll just play as the Government as well. Let me know your thoughts.
Okay RawrCandy, I've added your starting area to the Updates board!
So the way that this is going to work is that, if you leave your character open and someone else's character has the opportunity to take your character out and wants to do so, then your character will die. If your character challenges or is challenged to a one on one fight, then there is a random system that I will explain in the Rules section which will determine if/which character dies.
However, if you are uncomfortable with the possibility of your character dying, then he cannot be killed by another player and if he's attacked he will only be seriously wounded instead of dying. He must then find medical supplies and rest and recover or he will die. Unfortunately death in this RP is not completely avoidable because otherwise someone who doesn't want their character to die will have an unfair advantage over the others if people decide that they want to give this a genuine go and see who will win the claiming. But if you don't want your character to die, you will be given an opportunity to save him first and he will only die if he is unable to help himself (or if his allies are unable to help him). The best way to avoid this? Try not to make any enemies and have lots of friends.
Hahaha well I kind of handle it the way I would two switches would somehow figure out where they are going to end up that time in bed even if they are both okay playing from either field.
The issue with the randomized outcome of fights is to avoid god-modding as far as possible. Let's say you're fine with your character possibly dying and I'm fine with my character possibly dying. My character attacks your character and they get into a potentially lethal fight. Who dies?
@Hex Yay :D But someone once told me the plot in the first book, so maybe one day I'll watch the movie and then I'll stop being clueless 8DDD
@Gaslight
Oh gosh sorry for being so weird and not explaining correctly ;_;
What I meant is what you understood, I mean, the second part. Like, we have one main thread with the whole RP going on. Then if a pairing gets established they continue to rp on the main thread. If they get randy they can create one pairing thread in the intimacy board and then every time a sex scene happens they can post there.
Alright, we're starting the game. Someone choose a number for Twix and then I'll get up the opening post. The numbers left are 2 or 3.
Samm, where did Taka get that bow? They don't have any weapons when they start.
If you'd read the rules like I'd asked you to then you would know the answer to that question. Please go back and read them, I gave people the option of bringing up questions and suggestions before the RP started but you never mentioned anything then.
1. All participants enter the arena in a black t-shirt, black cargo slacks with a variety of pockets, black leather boots, a belt (red for Dominants, green for Submissives) and a survival rucksack. The rucksack includes:
- One change of clothes (but not boots), a heavily padded weatherproof jacket, a lighter black hoodie and a light cotton blanket
- One day's supply of dried food an empty water flask and a small metal pot without lid
- One roll of bandages and a very small tube of antiseptic cream
- One small-bladed pocket knife and some flints
- A small iron brand of an individually recognised symbol (Dominants only)
4. All weapons must be made by hand using materials found in the environment. Wood is found in any of the wooded areas, stones which can be sharpened in the northern arena and glass or metal shards might be found by scavenging the southern ruins. It is also possible to find weapons which have been left behind from previous Claimings, but they are very, very rare finds
1. All participants enter the arena in a black t-shirt, black cargo slacks with a variety of pockets, black leather boots, a belt (red for Dominants, green for Submissives) and a survival rucksack. The rucksack includes:
- One change of clothes (but not boots), a heavily padded weatherproof jacket, a lighter black hoodie and a light cotton blanket
- One day's supply of dried food an empty water flask and a small metal pot without lid
- One roll of bandages and a very small tube of antiseptic cream
- One small-bladed pocket knife and some flints
- A small iron brand of an individually recognised symbol (Dominants only)
Here is the list of things they are given to start off with.4. All weapons must be made by hand using materials found in the environment. Wood is found in any of the wooded areas, stones which can be sharpened in the northern arena and glass or metal shards might be found by scavenging the southern ruins. It is also possible to find weapons which have been left behind from previous Claimings, but they are very, very rare finds
Here is the rule that clearly states that ALL weapons (not only some) must be made by hand. It's all there, which is why I suggest you read the rules again if you've forgotten something because I know there's a lot of info and it's hard to remember all of it, but I want to make sure that we're all on the same page.
Tempting. This role play.
Blood and action. ;D
And, although I'm not playing yet; I've got one question. Regarding this being close to Hunger Games-slash-Divergent, do these Subs and Doms get sponsors too? I mean, just to make things fun, the government could fly in special items to use for in this "game"?
I'm not sure. They haven't even met yet.
2. If you need something from another area of the arena, you will have to travel there. If you have to travel through another area of the arena to get there, then stop there and allow others the opportunity to post. Travelling from the northern tip to the southern tip is a 40 mile journey, it's not only going to take 20 minutes so by having your character walk from the northern arena to the southern arena all in one post will force a timeskip and other characters may currently be involved in their own important real time things.
All his sitting around made things difficult, so he started to walk. Jumping in and out of caves with high hopes no one would be hiding in them.
Also, how was your character able to tell my guy was a Dominant without his belt? XD
@Gaslight: Reminds me. I've got a question. Is this scenario possible: Dominant A marks his seal on Dominant B. Dominant B marks his seal on Dominant A? I don't think I saw it in the rules. ;D
Also, should we propose a meet-up between the two sub and dom groups for now? Unless everyone currently already has a direction they're going in.