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Basic Idea: A few circus performers drift together to form a ‘family’ and try to make their way in the world. Accidents follow them, an old curse pops up.
Very open to side plots and themes.

I am thinking of this circus being a permanent circus complete with housing for ‘the family’ . There can be gory side shows, carnival area, rides, anything that the group wishes to have.
Do you think Gahua would work out in this setting? I've been hoping to try her in a setting like this. She's a human who was raised by animals on a remote island. Naturally for something like this she would have been captured and gone through at least one guardian before ending up with the circus group. Her English name is Samantha and she would know a little bit of English. As she was raised by animals she could do some form of animal act or have her sit in a cage and play up her 'feral' traits and she could be 'the wild woman' from such and such a far off place.


Gahua/Samantha could have one or more of the minarure ekephants she lived with in her act - it's likely some of them were captured when she was.

I'm also open to playing an npc guardian to Gahua if no one else takes her under their wing in the rp.
TheCreator7 Topic Starter

Yes, she would fine as a side show. Will any of her family come with her? If so, they could in the circus as well. Gahua could help take care of them. I don't have my character ready but she will be a side show fortune teller and a few other things. We can start the RP and hope to have others join if you want.

Would Gahua be willing to be considered my girl's ward? If so they could get s smaall amount of disabilitiy money? I'll do up my girl.
I'm sure a few members of her elelphant herd would have been captured with her. She can work with regular elephqnts as well or the occasional tiger.

The elephants she would have with her are rare island dwarf elephants aka minature elephants - they are about 4 feet tall at shoulder (based off extinct island dwarf elephants, but my made up ones are about a foot shorter than the real ones were.)


Gahua can be your character's ward. Gahua is my character's elephant name and it would be hard if not impossible for humans to pronounce properly so I imagine most people woyld call Gahua by her Englush name: Samantha, or Sam for short.

I can't start a rp right now, but I should be able to in about 5 hours when I'm home again.

Is this going to be a forum rp or pm or in a group forum or what?
I'd love to do a PM RP with you on this idea!
I have several options; trapeze twins, a gypsy dancer, or a fire-breather punk!
I've had these characters laying around growing dust, I don't have any pages for them but I do have pictures if you want to see. I'd love to be able to use one of them!
I'll be home in about 3 hours. If you two want to start without me that is fine. I will join in when I can.
TheCreator7 Topic Starter

I'll make it a group forum. Any suggestions as to how to meet? I will be on later to do the group forum because I am babysitting my grandson who is an active 1 year old.

Feel free to put any ideas and possible plot lines here. The first one that I'd like to do is to get a home for us. I am going to a state auction for a haunted farm with curses strewn throught out.

CelestinaGrey, if you wish to use one or two of them, that would be great! BBL!
I think Gahua/Samantha would have been with some guy whom she worked for. When he got low on money he would have sold her contract and/or her elephants(if the later she'd have gone with the elephants wether he wanted her to or not).

I figure the guy sold to the foutune teller or if not Gahua was passed onto her from some npc he had sold to.

I'll post more in about an hour.
I am home now. I will be on here the rest of today and I maybe be able to be on here more than usual tomorrow.
TheCreator7 Topic Starter

How about some magical abilites? Let me know your thoughts. I have made my girl and here she is:

Circus Remnants
Name: Roweena Rose Merriweather
Nickname: Rose
Gendar:female
Age: 27
Position: Owner and Ringmaster of The Remnant Circus
Personality: Quiet and upbeat, ready to do some 'weather magic' whenever it is needed or wanted. She enjoys creating new kinds of weather magic so be prepared for almost anything to happen.
Quirks: Roweena is an amateur prestidigitator. And loves to use archaic words when she remembers one and uses them to make people stop and think.

Background:
I have been a wandering trapeze artist/herbalist for many years resulting in the fact that I have not ever in my life stayed in one place for very long. My parents were traveling Trapeze artist and bard in a circus that went up in flames. I, however, did pick up both traits naturally. It was said that my father could sing extremely well and was an excellent clown. My mother was said to be one of the best trapeze artist ever seen and is very good at preventing health problems by eating a good diet and taught others how to do so. She provided herbal medicines and taught those who wished to learn her trait.
Grandmother was a gypsy and did a fortune telling side show. She was very good at it. She taught me how to read people. She used the crystal ball and also used a special deck of Taro cards that she made herself. She left everything to her when she died in peace before the fire. To me she was the most wonderful person to me.
The fire…….yes, I remember the fire only too well. It was after I was in my home or rather Grandmumma’s which I inherited. I was on the far side of the camp. I always kept Flame with me and did my own grooming. The tents that were close to the main tent or Big Top were the ones that were totally destroyed. That included my parents. Neither one even had a chance for the performer that set the fire wanted to die and the circus to die with him as well as his wife. He never even gave a thought to anyone else that was between The Big Top and his tent. The trail of gas proved who was the one who set the fire. He had made a tiny fire in the far corner of the Big Top so he had the time to get back to his tent.
Come to find out he was dying and very angry at the fact that he had the cancer. He wanted everything that he loved the most to go with him. The only reason we found that fact out was that he left a detailed letter in the office box. I and others that had Circus Performers Life Insurance were given a nice check. I was unfortunate enough that my parents had me as their beneficiary which meant that I was awarded a check that was four times the amount. My parents did not receive Grandmumma’s check because I was the benefiter for hers as well.
Myself, I can do potions and herbals but I refuse to make certain ones though I have the family recipes. I can play the dulcimer and sing very well. I have a horse; named Flame that is my best friend and part of my act in the Circus until the fire.
I have a secret that I do not speak of. I have a few special abilities. No one knows because I have not wanted to be at the beck and call of those who would use me to do their bidding. I have made a set of Taro Cards with the help of Grandmumma to use when I was in the fortune telling side show which proved to be very accurate.

Appearance:

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Hair: Mousey brown
Skin: pale due to being inside a lot to practice my aerial and horse acts
Height: 5 foot even
Weight: 115 pounds solid
Clothes usually seen in: I favor 'old world' clothing such as flowing skirt and peasant shirts.

Ability: Weather Magic and some fortune telling
At the moment I can do anything that is related with water such as rain or 'encouraging' floods, ect.
But I have a whole range of possibilities including things that consists of wind, heat, cold, electrical, ect. The abilities will come out randomly at various times such as during a time of stress or something that sets off a new ability.

It also has the background story of The Remnant Circus.

Gahua/Samantha could have been just sold to the circus and I accept the resposibility of her as a favor to the owner not realizing that the elephants came with her. Her personal money will be used for her own expenses. I will make room for Roweena in a bit.
TheCreator7 wrote:

CelestinaGrey, if you wish to use one or two of them, that would be great! BBL!

Would you be willing to do a separate 1x1 PM rp with me? I'm not sure I'd be able to keep up with a group rp right now.
Circus Remnants
Animal Name: G'oooo'h or Gahua (Gah-HOO-ah)
English Name: Samantha
Nickname: Sam
Gender:female
Age: 22
Personality: Curious, artistic, friendly to the animals and nice people.
Fears: Being separated from her herd and deep water/drowning (she likes to play in water but stays in the shallows.)
Handedness: Right, she uses it as her 'trunk'.
Position: Sideshow performer: Miniature Elephant Trainer


Background:

Gahua was raised on Indomer Island by her mother, her aunts and her older sisters and female cousins. Fifteen years after being adopted into the herd Gahua, her mother, two of her aunts, one her sisters and her her sister's son were all captured by strange creatures(humans). Gahua had been captured by the strangers before but they had later let her go after putting an annoying heavy thing around her neck.

After their capture Gahua and her family were sent to the mainland along with a young human man. The young man helped Gahua to escape and later sold her and her family to the owner of a traveling human curiosity show. The owner of the show taught Gahua to wear clothing and speak a little English. When money got tight he was unable to keep her and her elephants in the show. Gahua refused to stay without her family and left with them when they were sold. Gahua and her small herd passed hands a second time a few months later and ended up with Ther'Oom (Stirs the Ocean) as the elephants call their new owner.

Gahua calls their new boss Roweena or Rose depending of if she herself is called Samantha or Sam. (Though with the animals she'd use the names they use for people when talking about stuff.)


Appearance: (images on profile - can't get the code to work to show the image in post right now)

Hair: Muddy brown when dirty Her hair is blonde when cleaned, but she could dye it for the show.
(I rarely draw her as a blonde.) Cannonly she has pale blonde eyelashes but I almost never draw her with blonde lashes.
Skin: leathery and tanned from living outside for decades. She has scars all over but the few on her face stand out the most. The tip of her nose is all scared over.

Eyes: Dark brown
Height: 5 foot 3"
Weight: 100 lbs.
(She may gain some weight if she gets regular meals more often, she's only been away from her island for maybe a year at this point).

Clothes usually seen in: She doesn't like to wear clothes but she's learned that a strip of cloth around the chest and another around the waist is required to keep from getting scolded all the time.
Ability: She can talk to animals, all animals. She finds it easier to talk to animals she knows well such as elephants, tigers, zebras, parrots, monkeys, lizards, snakes and rodents. She can talk to mice but would have trouble speaking to a capybara(giant 'rodent') until she got to know them better. She's stronger than most humans and faster due to being raised by small elephants on an island with average sized tigers.
Diet: She's an omnivore but was raised by herbivores. She'll try most foods if she thinks they're safe to eat and try some things that shouldn't be eaten.
My nephew just turned two so don't worry I understand little ones need lots of watching and interaction from family to grow up right - and keep from getting into things they shouldn't.


Here's a link to the picture I wanted to put in my post:

http://ms-draca.deviantart.com/art/2016-04-02-Gahua-nearly-full-body-drawing-606663180


Gahua is able to do more than just 'train' the elephants. She could eat a live lizard on stage if that would be allowed or encouraged. She could as I've said before act wild(er) while in a cage to be gawked at (or be gawked at without a cage). That she doesn't act human would be a draw anyway I'd think.


As for the plot. A haunted farm would in theory have ghosts animals as well as ghost people in theory. I don't know if Rose would want to leave Gahua alone or trust her to behave if left alone. Gahua would find a farm haunted or not very interesting from all the strange stuff and all the smells and it's outside and out in the country(I'd assume).

Where ever they live the elephants would need land to graze so a farm would work well for a home. Though farms tend to attract feral cats and wild animals(coyotes, foxes, skunks and so on). If it's haunted and people wont live there it could have been taken over by wild animals (assuming it's been vacant). The ghosts may even use the animals to do stuff they can't via possession or ghost magic.
TheCreator7 Topic Starter

http://www.rprepository.com/community/forumthread.php?t=26525

That is the thread. Please go ahead and post about the train ride and arriving in some unnamed town.
TheCreator7 Topic Starter

CelestinaGrey- yes I will do a 1X1 with you. Message me and let me know what kind of a plot you are thinking about.
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Sorry it's take me so long to reply to the RP. I wasn't sure if I could use Brad and Flame or not so if it's not okay to have used them I can edit my post(I think) to give some other NPCs their lines instead.
Since you didn't say otherwise I'll assume it's okay for me to play as Brad and Flame from time to time as needed until you say otherwise.
TheCreator7 Topic Starter

[qoute]Gahua is able to do more than just 'train' the elephants. She could eat a live lizard on stage if that would be allowed or encouraged. She could as I've said before act wild(er) while in a cage to be gawked at (or be gawked at without a cage). That she doesn't act human would be a draw anyway I'd think.

As for the plot. A haunted farm would in theory have ghosts animals as well as ghost people in theory. I don't know if Rose would want to leave Gahua alone or trust her to behave if left alone. Gahua would find a farm haunted or not very interesting from all the strange stuff and all the smells and it's outside and out in the country(I'd assume).

Where ever they live the elephants would need land to graze so a farm would work well for a home. Though farms tend to attract feral cats and wild animals(coyotes, foxes, skunks and so on). If it's haunted and people wont live there it could have been taken over by wild animals (assuming it's been vacant). The ghosts may even use the animals to do stuff they can't via possession or ghost magic.
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I wanted to respond to this earlier but was so busy at the time. I can see where Sam/Gahua can be my number one attraction. I like your thoughts on the haunted farm.
The farm will be a half an hour out of town rid or about 15 miles. It will take longer in leading the elephants and Sam who most likely won't want to ride in the RV.
I have decided that the farm is relatively small but it will seem very large to Rose. The farm house will be in excellent shape outside of the dust and is furnished. The furniture will seem new since everything happened 10 years ago.
There is a pond where I will place the elephants for the summer but will build a building for them. I don't know what magic they have but don't tell! I like surprises. As long as the magic is low level magic which I will list, I am fine with it.

Low level magic would be:
Teleportation, telekinesis, telepathy, levitation, making sparks or small fires like from electrical storms. Seeing ghosts of course is allowed. Anything that might be in the news today as a paranormal activity will be fine.

The feral/wild animals may be shooed off by magic as we come to them but ghosts would simply laugh, frowm, scold and such at the magic since it wouldn't affect them. They will be unhappy about not being able to use the animals to do stuff.

It is fine about Flame and Brad. Both are NPCs and are available. Tom is now working at another circus where the tigers and Asian elephants were sent to. He can be used if you want to have a conversation via email. Pat is wandering around at the moment and not sure what to do about him but he is a NPO as well.

Overall, I like your insight and keep me inform on anything else that you have thought of. In time, I'd like to turn the front part of the farm into a circus museum and small circus. Tom being a strong man that has tattoos would work well in the near future.


FYI- I am playing Tom with CelestinaGrey's character(s) as a 1X1 so maybe I should do Tom. I can kinda tie the two story lines together that way.
The elephant herd with names and relations for reference:

simplified elephant name (rough pronunciation) - relation

Gahua (G'oooo'h) - human raised by elephants

Arua (Ah'roooo'h) - Gahua's mother

Wooa (Woo'Aah) - Gahua's sister

Nia (Nee'ah) - Gahua's aunt

Who-wan (Hoo'wan) - Gahua's aunt

Thu (Th'ooo) - Gahua's baby nephew

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