OOC: An Astral Fever, There are worse things than death Options

[Aurelius]

Welcome to the An Astral Fever OOC Thread.

The game starts out in Seattle, and you are all assumed to be living within or near the city. Current Time is summer of 2072, and Brackhaven is Mayor of Seattle. The weather report predicts overcast, with occational rain.

For characters unfamiliar with the city, the tourist office offers Local Area knowsofts at ratings 1 to 3, with certain limitations, or Tourist Guide Knowbots with similar skill, for those who are unwilling or unable to use knowsofts. These are offered at a discounted rate that i will figure out if it ever becomes relevant.

Here is The Plan, as far as i know and can it reveal it to you.
1. You will posts character stats in this thread, inside spoiler tags, and either pm or post your background, depending on your preference. Soon would be good, i'm itching to get started. characters still need approval. I will link to your stats in this post.
2. You are also invited to post a few lines about what sort of reputation you have on the streets, or in the shadows, where the other characters can see it. You can do this in a seperate Street Image spoiler tag. If you post such a description, the other characters are assumed to have acquired that information somehow unless they are entirely foreign to Seattle.
3. Bonus karma will be given for usable background. That means hooks for your character, goals, desires, fears, family, how you view magic, what you fear most about magic, what would make you quit the shadows, why you are in the shadows, and a description of how your character views his magical talent, especially if you have not taken the Common Talent Pattern flaw. A good story is not as necessary, but might give a small seperate award. Update: Some version of the 20 questions is quite sufficient, i don't want to hold up the campaign because you are agonizing over your background.
I will do the same for NPC's. You can acquire further information with legwork, of course.

Assumptions and Notes
Your characters are not expected to know each other at the start of the game, but if you can work something out, you are welcome to do so. You are, however, expected to have your characters form some kind of team, and get out and do things, though dysfunctional relationships are ok. This may require some suspension of disbelief on your part.
You will be expected to keep player vs player conflict to the verbal level. If you feel you cannot believably do so, please notify before posting any escalation.

Comfort Level
Also, please state your comfort levels regarding roleplaying depictions of things like child abuse, rape, gore, horrible perversion, devil-worship and any other subject you feel particularly sensitive about, including depictions of genders and ethnic groups. Per Dumpshock rules, there will be no sexually explicit material (within my understanding of US ideas of such).
Depictions of cold-blooded murder is assumed to be within everyone's comfort level. If not, you are cordially invited to find another game, since you will not be able to play in this one.
Finally, please state your comfort level regarding the gamemaster taking limited control of, and/or altering your characters.
Saying that something can occur, but that you would like it glossed over, is fine too.
All this should be stated within a Play Contract spoiler tag, along with any additional concerns. Discomfort at any of the above is not a sign of weakness, and will not be derided, but if you feel sensitive about them, you can pm me instead. After everyone has posted their play contracts, we will discuss any issues.

Characters:

NPCs Connections 3 (4 if he you're a regular) You'll probably all get this contact free at 3/1 once play starts, but you can take him before, if you want, at higher rating (loyalty no higher than 3)
Bone Eagle. Street Fixer/Agent/Talismonger.
Street Image

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Bone Eagle is a known face in the seattle shadows, a small-time fixer and talismonger who also runs operations himself sometimes. A human male in his fifties he is a charming man with a scary edge, a lot of people seem slightly more afraid of him than they oughtta be. He is rumored to have been a shaman in his youth, and knows his magic, but is assumed to be totally burnt out.