07-08-2016, 02:24 AM
(07-08-2016, 01:29 AM)Umbra Wrote:(07-08-2016, 01:09 AM)Shaadaris Wrote: Ah, interesting. Even with all 3, I'd still say the first. It also looks the most "brandish" of them.
Also, you have piqued my interest. Do tell me more (unless you can't or don't want to. It's up to you.)
Well, basically, the book I'm writing is Sirius' own little adventure. To add some spice into the mix, I decided to borrow and rework Reapers from the old SRS RP.
It's a lot less complex this time around; in the book's version of the afterlife, the Reapers come in many shapes and forms. They serve Death (who is actually a really nice guy/person/thing/entity) by collecting the souls of the dead and bringing them to the afterlife, where their history is archived in an endless library and then they're allowed to rest in peace in their ideal life for all eternity (kind of like the Near-Death Star from Futurama, but ten thousand times better). This afterlife also has a special kind of crystal that's used in hardlight technology, which is one of the things the Reapers used to bargain with Humanity for the right to live amongst them.
In the real world, Reapers are forced into human forms, where the only difference between them and actual Humans is a brand on the back of their left shoulder. One of the main characters is a Reaper and also the head of the Chaotic Good mercenary order Sirius belongs to.
Sounds intriguing. Asides from humanity being Jᴜsᴛ Gʀᴇᴀᴛ, why do the Reapers decide to come and live among them? Do they retain anything special asides from the brand or are they just "there." Do those who're in the living world still need to do their duties? CAN they return to the afterlife? What happens when a Reaper dies? Do they get shoved back into the afterlife and continue their job or are they sent off like non-Reapers to Eᴛᴇʀɴᴀʟ Hᴀᴘᴘʏ Lᴀɴᴅ Pʟᴀᴄᴇ?