PLEASE DO THIS ONE WITH ME! I WILL LOVE YOU FOREVER!
(This one is complicated, but if you're looking for a rich world to explore, and are willing to learn the setting a bit, I would love you forever. I want it to be long term. I will definitely be playing additional characters, but you don't need to if you don't want to. Of the two characters involved, I would rather play the Soldier, but I don't mind playing the Vessel instead. If you are okay with involving Futa, I would like the Vessel to be one. Whether or not the Vessel is one of the Albinos is up to which of us plays them.)
Just over a thousand years ago, a crew of brilliant scientists built a tower to reach the heavens. The tower, mimicking a massive blade, pointing skyward, was named after the legendary blade of King Arthur. While none know how it works, the massive blade pierced the sky. A permanent rift appearing in the sky above it. Other smaller bladed towers were erected in the surrounding area. Through it, a wash of neon colors could be seen, and the implication of a mirrored world. Efforts were made to traverse, but communication between the worlds proved impossible and none who have ventured through it have returned to verify its safety. Inter Rift travel has since been banned.
Slowly, a city began to form around the tower of Caliburn. A massive metropolis springing up in its vicinity. Thus the city of New Caliburn was born. As the generations went on by, people started to be born with bizarre gifts. These people would come to be known as Vessels. Arcs that carried the power of the rifts. These gifts manifested themselves differently between each Vessel. Despite a verifiable connection to the rifts, the common folk have taken to calling it magic. At first the Vessels were welcomed with open arms, their gifts helping to accelerate the city's strength, scale, and influence. In fact, the power of the Vessels are all that allowed New Caliburn to survive the Great War with its neighboring metropolis of Nocturnus. Despite this, Powerlessness breeds desperation and fear. As Vessels continued to swell in power and population, normal folks without the gift would come to resent and fear the Vessels.
100 years before our story begins, violence against the Vessels has begun to spike up around the city. Fearing that the government would bring the Vessels to kneel as slaves, a single radicalized Vessel attempted a magical assassination on the city's leaders. His effort partially succeeded. Half of Parliament was destroyed. The remaining leaders took action. Change was subtle. At first, Vessels were made to wear badges, identifying them as such to the population. A simple "V" would be stitched into their clothing. It didn't seem harmful. So no one really opposed it. Then, Vessel friendly neighborhoods would be built, and the Vessels would be quarantined. Given their power, the populace supported the notion overwhelmingly. Then the use of magic became outlawed. Only government sanctioned tasks allowed for otherwise. Again, no one cared. Then the purge.
Modern day: 1037 P.R. (Post Rift). Vessels live in slums and underground hideaways, for fear of government soldiers trained to detain them. Vessels who surrender are brought to the Asylum to have their powers nullified, and to be submitted for re-education. Those who resist are executed without question. The
V.D.A. (Vessel Detention Agency), acts as the arm of the law that handles these people. Keeping down Vessel activity and bringing in those they find outside of the quarantined neighborhoods. Equipped with advanced anti-vessel weapons. (Including smoke grenades that nullify Vessel's power temporarily and devices to track magic use). Some Vessels hide underground, trying to live quite lives away from the prying eyes of the government. Others have taken up arms as revolutionaries fighting against their oppression. Others have embraced their power and take advantage of the fighting to cause more chaos and pursue personal power and fortune.
A new breed of Vessel has begun to evolve in response to anti-vessel sentiment. The albinos, decidedly executed on the spot if found, are resistant (Not immune) to anti-vessel technology and are capable of channeling magic inwards, as well as manifesting it outwards like normal. When cornered and endangered, these people have been said to transform into massive, pale furred beasts, described as
horned wolf men.
A young rookie in the V.D.A. is on their first field mission, when they are exposed to the horrors of the war that is brewing.
A young vessel tries desperately to find a peaceful solution that doesn't involve her people's destruction, but finds herself dragged into the fighting.
When these two meet outside of the conflict, a romance begins to brew. The Soldier begins to indulge in the lifestyle and rituals of the Vessels in secret and ultimately, the fate of all of New Caliburn will fall upon their shoulders.
Not strictly a 1x1 romance between them. I intend for the Vessels to have their own opinions on sex and love and would love to introduce more characters for both characters to become close to.
Defining Dieselpunk: Dieselpunk is typically based on early 1900's history and technology. Much like Steampunk, its about taking the rules of the age and breaking them. Making the technology accomplish more than it ever could have. Typically depicted as an era similar to WWI, WWII, or Cold War. We're talking, tech, fashion, music and other cultural conventions. Examples of Dieselpunk would be Bioshock, Wolfenstein, the first Captain America movie, and The Red Star comics.
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