Nyx darted under

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Nyx darted under

Nyx darted under the cover of an overhanging rock in the cliff face, and wiped her short wet hair out of her eyes. She scanned the valley below her feet, but it was raining too heavily to see anything. It was dark, too, but that didn't matter to her. If anything, it helped. 

Leaning against the hard stone once more, the girl continued to move forward. One foot in front of the other, slowly along a narrow ledge. She gripped the rock wall hard. One foot in front of the other, slowly, slowly. It quickly turned into a rhythm, and she no longer needed to think. Until the wall that she was trusting her life with fell away, and her with it.

She tumbled to her right, away from the cliff, off the ledge, down, down, down towards the tall trees and the raging river, swollen with rain. The cape around her neck billowed upwards, surrounding her with a soft black cloud. Nyx closed her eyes and thought, if I die, at least I will die in the darkness, in a storm. The same way I came. Then her head hit something hard yet soft, like a boulder covered in a blanket, and she knew no more.

Nyx was fast asleep with a welt growing fast under her hair, but she was safe. A giant eagle had seen her falling, even with the pelting rain, and had swooped to catch her. He flew into the night, away to his aerie with the sleeping girl balanced between his wings. 

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So, yes, this is a RP. Here's a charrie sheet:

Name (it's kind of fun to coordinate with the power, but it doesn't need to)- 

Age (12-18)-

Appearance- 

Power (only one, please)- 

Background-

Other-

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This is my sheet:

Name- Nyx Mavros

Age- 15

Appearance- Small, with short black hair and dark blue eyes. She has light skin, but it has been tanned from her many years of living out in the open. She wears black leggings tucked into dark brown leather boots, and she has a long cape around her neck, fastened with a silver bird clasp. It goes down to her feet. She has a few freckles, and would probably have more if she was exposed to more sunlight. Her shirt is tight, and it has long sleeves. It is black. Her leather belt is dark brown, and she has her dagger sheath tied around her leg. 

Power- Night and darkness are her strengths. She can see in the dark, but not so well in the day. She isn't nocturnal, but she wishes she could be. She greatly prefers night to daytime.

Background- Nyx was born in a large city called Babylon (not the one you know, a different one), and both of her parents were important people. Her mother was one of three government representatives for their city, and her father was a veteran. He had been a commander in the Great War. 

When Nyx turned 10, she was sent to live with her mother's sister in the valley woods. Her parents wanted to give her time to find out what her power was. She discovered almost immediately that she was a child of the Night, and so her aunt let her go when she was 13. She lived by herself until recently, when she joined a group of people around her age, in the same situation as her. They trained to be warriors.

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That's when this story starts. Nyx is running from some of her friends in a training game, and then she falls. Have fun with the story, and sorry about the large amount of writing! 

submitted by Rae
(June 17, 2017 - 7:59 am)

Here's my character for my reservation:

Name (it's kind of fun to coordinate with the power, but it doesn't need to)- Cecilia Shift

Age (12-18)- 15

Appearance- Shoulder-length black hair, grey almond-shaped eyes, tall, skinny, wears a loose black shirt, wears tight blue pants and steel-tipped boots, has a dark green cape with a clasp with a black jewel on it 

Power (only one, please)- Can turn into a shadow (can I somehow relate this to Nyx's power?)

Background- She was born in the city of Janga (I use this city for a lot of things, you might see it around some of my other threads.  Just know it's not the same place) to a small, poor family.  Her mother was a shopkeeper and her father was a slave.  She was orphaned at a young age due to her mother dying of sickness when she was nine.  she stays in hiding, not knowing who her father was at all.  She is a lone wolf and rarely trusts anyone.

Other-  Nothing really

submitted by Lucy B., age 13, California
(June 21, 2017 - 1:06 pm)

Cool, Lucy! How do you want to relate to Nyx's power? I think that it sounds like a fabulous idea, but I'm not quite sure what you mean. 

submitted by Rae
(June 21, 2017 - 4:38 pm)

Maybe they could be partners in crime or something.  I think they could have banded together because they had similar powers or something.

submitted by Lucy B., age 13, California
(June 22, 2017 - 2:03 am)

Okay, here's Scarlet's personality: Intense, fiery, determined, generally masks her true feelings, bossy and loves being a leader. 

submitted by Kitten
(June 21, 2017 - 6:41 pm)

@Kitten, that actually sounds like me irl! 

@Lucy, sure! Does Cecilia live at the Children of Power camp and she knows Nyx from there, or might they have know eachother from childhood? Maybe they will meet up later, after whatever happens with Nyx'x fall...

submitted by Rae
(June 22, 2017 - 11:51 am)

I think they should probably meet up after Nyx falls, just because I'm not 100% sure what the plot/time/place of this RP is.

submitted by Lucy B., age 13, California
(June 22, 2017 - 4:45 pm)

@Lucy, sounds good. 

@Everyone, we start RPing tomorrow, but spots are open until Sunday.  

submitted by Rae
(June 23, 2017 - 8:24 am)

@Rae, ha!

Ooh good, I'm looking forward to this getting started! 

submitted by Kitten
(June 23, 2017 - 11:15 am)
submitted by Spots still open!!!
(June 23, 2017 - 2:54 pm)

RPing starts today, and spots are open 'til tomorrow! Before you post a part of the story, please double check that you can see the last post. Thank you! I'll post later today.

submitted by Rae
(June 24, 2017 - 7:41 am)

Shoot I can't be here this weekend.

submitted by Lucy B., age 13, California
(June 24, 2017 - 8:37 am)

Are you going to start?

submitted by Kitten@Rae
(June 26, 2017 - 4:26 pm)

NOOOOO! I know I'm one day late but can I please still join??!! Pretty please??!! Pretty please with a cherry on top??!!

submitted by Aspen
(June 26, 2017 - 8:05 pm)

@Kitten, Yes! I will post a short RP in a few minutes.

@Aspen, Of course! We don't have that many people anyways.  

submitted by Rae
(June 27, 2017 - 9:52 am)
Nyx's eyes jerked open and she sat up, only to fall back down again onto the hard warm rock. The sun was incredibly bright, and her head hurt. She rubbed her eyes, sighed, and sat up again, squinting. 
She shaded her eyes with her hands and look around. There was so much, and she was so very high up. Nyx pushed herself to her feet and ran her fingers through her short dark hair. The wind was strong. Nyx was on a pillar of rock that shot into the sky, called Eagle's Tower. Far below her the vast valley folded out, a beautiful mess of evergreen trees, circles of light green that must be clearings, and ribbon of sparkling whitish blue that was the river. On one side, a huge dark grey cliff streaked with the white of quartz and the green of determined bushes shuddered up into the sky. 
There were many brown paths leading through the woods, but Nyx couldn't spot the camp. It was too well hidden, and that gave her a small shiver of pleasure. She was one of the people who had had a hand in hiding her home their powers. 
The other side of the valley was a hard slope of rock on which nothing grew, nothing ever had grown, and nothing ever will grow. It was called the Hill of Giants, because no one knew what had formed it to be so smooth and perfect. No one could scale this rock, because it was too smooth. 
Nyx smiled. "It's beautiful."
"Aye," said a voice from above her.
The girl in black spun around, just in time to see a giant eagle execute a graceful landing on the stone in front of her. 
"Who are you?" she asked tentatively.
"You need not know my name, only that you breathe now because of me. I caught you when you fell."
"When I fell..." Suddenly, all the memories of the past day went spilling through her head like a raging river. The blanket that was pulled off of her in the early morning by a curious raccoon, the group of yawning teens gathered around a fire for breakfast, the loud clanging of a bell, and pairs of people sprinting off into the trees. She and her friend Marina (is that ok, EG?) had run off into the trees, looking for the perfect base for the day. They had found a large hollow under a tree's roots near the river, and they booby trapped it. Then they ran off to try and capture more people. The game went on until dark, when Nyx and Marina were separated. Nyx had climbed up the cliff to look for her friend through the rain, and then she fell. 
"I thought I was dead."
submitted by Rae
(June 27, 2017 - 10:47 am)