HEY KIDS, so lately I've been smelling something in the breeze and that something has smelled a lot like "SFE START A NEW COLLABORATIVE PROJECT REGARDLESS OF HOW MANY YOU HAVE IN THE WORKS ALREADY" and who am I to say no to that? I mean seriously, now. SO FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS JENNY/*Dumpysaurus AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING AND THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE WROUGHT.

Cue: Bridgeport - The Monster Collab

The Gist: The story revolves around monsters- vampires, werewolves, demons and all manner of sorts that go "bump" in the night. Taking place in a large West Coast city called Bridgeport (think Seattle or Vancouver) the setting is primarily a working industrial harbour and west coast rainforests, underneath piers and foggy, murky inlets rank with the smell of low tide, slick with seaweed and crunchy with barnacles. Somewhere in amidst abandoned warehouses and railroads is a house- a halfway home, if you will- run by a werewolf name Marlene (created by *Dumpysaurus) who provides a bed and a cup of coffee to all manner of drifters in the darkness- freshly bitten vampires, lone werewolves bereft of a pack to call their own, and monsters of a less than favourable description. The operation is neither public, nor is it widely known about, but for those aware there is a working code, and it's to those that Marlene extends her hospitality. Basically things work on a Fight Club basis- the first rule of Marlene's halfway home is that you do not talk about Marlene's halfway home.

The Code:
It's pretty simple- playing cards serve as a password and a species calling-card. The code isn't entirely well known or widely used in the "afflicted" community (partly because there isn't anything you'd really call a "community" in the first place) but it's easy to remember. It works like this:
Spades - Demonic possession
Hearts - Vampires
Clubs - Werewolves
Diamonds - Wildcard/"other"/thing Marlene doesn't recognize.

The Guidelines:
Basically it's a free-for-all monster collab. As always: the less cliche Hollywood, Anne Rice and Dracula the better, but feel free to go nuts! Vampires! Werewolves! Boogie men! This isn't exactly a calling for unicorns and fairies, but if you can think of a dark and freaky way to pull it off then by all means, GO NUTS. The key here is secrecy- those "afflicted" with a form of monsterism are trying their best to deal with it, disguise it and slowly work their way back into "normal human" society. Characters can be any age, any race, any gender and any profession- there's basically endless room to create in! What we really want to achieve with this is collaboration. Let's get characters interacting! Knowing one another! FORMING SOCIAL CIRCLES. I imagine a lot of these folks are loners by nature but working towards socializing is part of faking "human" and I figure that's a goal for a lot of these people. WORSE COMES TO WORSE THEY CAN ALWAYS SIT AROUND PLAYING CARDS AND DRINKING, MIRITE?

Character List:
CLICK HERE to go to the up-to-date list of Bridgeport residents and monsters!

Joining In:
Once you've got an idea/created/named a character/drawn a character sheet/etc. SEND US THE LINK. Either note myself or Jenny/*Dumpysaurus and we'll get a master-list going and then it's your job to INVENT, DESCRIBE, FLESH-OUT. This isn't technically a RP but I'd love to work out/talk about how all these characters get along and know one another. AIM/Notes are ALWAYS a good way to talk and if there's enough interest we could arrange a chat-session or what-have-you. Feel free to pair up, partner off and GET IN THE GROUP SPIRIT. Collaborations mean EVERYONE IS INVITED.

Spread the word! SPREAD THE LOVE. MONSTERS WHOO.

EDIT
NEW MONSTERS ADDED WITH BULLETS. CHECK IT OUT! WHOO.