atw_mod | GENERAL INFORMATION

GENERAL INFORMATION

Setting: Where are we?

Amongst the Wave is a panfandom AU roleplaying game. It takes place in modern-day Las Vegas, NV and as such characters are all normal humans with no magical powers with real-world backgrounds. That's not to say cannon history or relationships are disallowed, only that they need to be tweaked enough to fit within the real world- and remember, sometimes truth IS stranger than fiction.

The main focus of the game is the day-to-day happenings at the club Amongst the Wave, which sits just off the Strip and wears the rather innocuous guise of an upscale jazz club and restaruant that helps draw attention from the invitation only BDSM part of the club.

Inside the public lounge one finds live music, a well-stocked bar, tasteful dining area, friendly and helpful employees wearing theme-appropriate uniforms and entertaining customers that range from well-dressed businessmen to scruffy college kids.

Quite a few of those who come to the club to listen to music, dance, eat, or drink never know that behind the scenes, there’s a lot more to see and do at Amongst the Wave. In fact, once one goes through the security checkpoint that leads into the back parts of the club, it opens up a surprisingly modern establishment that caters exclusively to the BDSM crowd. There are playrooms that look as if they belong in a nice hotel to dark dungeon motifs, a clinic with a full medical staff to a VIP lounge that comes equipped with all the things needed for safe and fun play at each of the sitting areas and a stage that hosts live ‘shows’ from time to time. There are also rooftop gardens, Jacuzzis and spa services if one simply wishes to be pampered in an environment that won't look sideways at strange bruises on wrists and ankles.

It’s a vast empire, really. And what a lot of people don’t realize is that a good portion of the profit goes to support an orphanage, where several of the employees also volunteer on a regular basis.

And there’s plenty of profit, considering the number of clients the place has. After all, Amongst the Wave is known for offering clients safe, discreet encounters no matter ones gender or inclination, and has a variety of talented individuals in its employ.

Character Information: Who are we?

Characters at the ATW roleplaying community fit one of two groups: clients or employees of the club itself. However, they are allowed to be front-only, meaning that being involved in the BDSM portion of the community isn’t required.

Due to the nature of the community, all characters and players will be at least age eighteen. If your character is younger than that in their canon, it's no problem aging them up a bit to fit within the guidelines. Be aware though, that if your character is eighteen, while the club itself will serve them alcohol in the VIP lounge they’ll still be risking getting busted if they try to drink anywhere else, go to strip clubs, gamble, or anything else they’re not legally old enough to do.

Another thing to consider when creating characters is that any employee or backhouse (as the BDSM portion of the club is often referred to) client is required to pass a very thorough background check. Due to this fact any character history details such as arrests, involvement in criminal activity or negative work history needs to be mentioned on the app so that the current owner/manager of the club may be assumed to know of it. Anything the mods deem excessive enough for the person enough to not be allowed within the club will result in a rewrite request for that part of the application.

Characters may be taken from pretty much any media you want: books, comics, anime, manga, video games, movies, tv shows, ect- but please no real-person applications. As this AU is set in our world people such as actors, famous writers/musicians and such are assumed to be... well... real.

And for the purposes of representing your character in the game there are a few options: using a PB (a real person stand-in) is suggested, but because of the AU nature of the comm everyone is also free to use character art or fanart if they prefer (provided the character appears human). Please be aware that PBs must be unique, so if you intend to use one, check out the PB list first.

The application for canon characters is here, application for unique original characters is here, and if you only want to test out the community and see if it's a good fit (or tend to change your mind about which character you want to play that week ;)) the temporary application may be for you, located here.

If you have any questions regarding the application or the setting, please check out the F.A.Q, drop us an email at atw.mod@gmail.com or contact the main moderator, Sierra, on Plurk at http://www.plurk.com/satinalove.