Plot:
We all know the story. Of how Nightmare Moon wanted to bring about eternal night, her jealousy of her sister bringing her to almost taking out her wrath on our very world. We thankfully know that Celestia, our princess of the sun, was able to prevent this, saving our empire and perhaps our world.
But what if she failed?
What if she was unable to save the sun? What if the world was brought into eternal night? What if we lost everything we held dear to the following darkness?
This is the story of what happened... in a world without light...
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It has been a month since the sun had been extinguished from our sky. an eerie darkness blankets the landscape constantly. It is impossible to tell night from day, if such things existed anymore. The only small sources of light are the stars, far off in the heavens. It is cold, and it grows colder every day that the world is without a sun. The Royal sisters have disappeared, and their whereabouts are unknown. Perhaps they were killed along with the light of this world...
Ponies are rarely seen anymore. Most have either fled underground or have done their best to survive on the surface of the world. The only light seen that isn't from stars is from candles, flashlights, or makeshift torches. The only abundant flammable material left is the forests of the world that have begun to whither and die. Ponies on the surface constantly move, scrounging around the abandoned corners of the world like crows trapped in the bowels of hell. Primitive torches are made, and are the only sign of life in the dark world of Equestria, spare for the occasional bump in the night. When ponies cannot move, they die, simple as that. There is no such place as "home" anymore, only places to stay and leave. As the world grows colder and colder, ponies must scrounge more clothing, wearing many layers of tattered cloth just to survive.
While the end of the world is a harsh one indeed, the most common and simple way to get by is to scavenge resources from old buildings. Planting crops is impractical, as there is no sunlight with which to grow them, so those that cannot find their own food have to resort to much more horrid methods to survive, whether taking supplies from other survivors, or much more...
Bandits frequent the ruins of Equestria, and have become rather commonplace throughout the wastes. Survivors who cannot defend themselves tend to die quickly. With guns becoming more and more scarce and impractical to use, many ponies resort to using crudely made melee weapons to fight against whatever threats arise in the darkness.
You have survived this long, eking out an existence from whatever things you have managed to gather to stay warm and fed. One night, you see flashing lights in the distance. They look like lightening, but are far too green to be lightening and too straight and calculated to be flares or fires. Running out of supplies, and almost out of hope, it's up to you to discover what this light is...
Through a world blanketed in darkness, through snow-covered fields, bitter cold, and dangerous beings, you must survive.
This is our last hope.
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RULES:
1. Follow any forum RP rules as you would find in any other forum RP.
2. Excessive gore must be put in a spoiler with an obvious warning. Remember, if it doesn't make your post look any better, it isn't neccesary.
3. Only sign up to play as a race you would find in normal equestria. No Alicorns.
4. If it needed sunlight in the past, it doesn't exist anymore. No solar-powered items, no seeds, no finding above-ground greenhouses that serve as the last bastion for life. In short, be reasonable with what you find.
5. There is no law in this world. Don't expect to be greeted kindly, and don't try to be too kind either. If you've lived this long, you've seen some pretty nasty stuff.
Character Sheet: (Fill one of these out to join)
Name:
Gender:
Race:
Age:
Appearance: (Description or picture will do)
Starting Item: (Assume you start with some decent clothing, some source of light, and some rations, along with a backpack. This is for a little something extra; be it a weapon, tool, medical kit, or something else you wish to take with you. No guns, no exceptions.)
Talent:
Short Bio: (How did you manage to survive a month without the sun?)
Here's mine:
Name: Doc
Gender: Stallion
Race: Unicorn
Age: Late 30s
Appearance: Grey coat, with a light silver mane. Almost always wears reading glasses. His Cutie mark is a pony skull with a giant screw going through it.
Starting Item: A small first aid kit, only including some bandages, and a small first aid guide.
Talent: Medical treatment
Short Bio: Doc was quite the introvert before the apocalypse began. He usually kept to himself in his laboratory, performing basic experiments that he doesn't discuss with others. When the sun died, he survived how most others did, looting whatever stores he could find in the chaos and boarding himself up in his home, doing what little he could with the little he had to keep him sane. When he was low on food, he found that his knowledge on pony physiology served him well, as he learned to trade his medical expertise in exchange for supplies. He usually keeps to his home, but with supplies becoming rarer, ponies in need of treatment or trustworthy becoming more scarce, and marauding bandits becoming more common, Doc is not left with much. One night, after seeing green lights to the north, Doc is going to do the only thing he has left worthwhile to do; pack his supplies, leave Ponyville, and trek north to find the source.
Character List:
Doc: scifidude47
James Pavlovich: James is Catbutt
Potipah Squint: Squint
Skye: Runningwolf251
Strike Hawke: tudexd
Cedar: ~HelixSpectrumTopazGamer
Edited by scifidude47, 05 August 2014 - 01:20 PM.




