Night and Day

A literate group story based off of the premise of shapeshifting.

The sleepy Town of Croswell had always been the same. On the surface, that is.. To the mundane passerby, the town seemed as drab and gray as the towering mountains that backdropped the peaks of family homes and an ancient grainery. Squirrels chittered across quaint backstreets while local hooligans threw rocks at stop signs. There were no outward signs that Croswell was any different than your average long-settled "train track" town.

But if one looked closer.

It would be evident in the way that the town had a strict   sunset curfew. In the way that every home had been built with brick and mortar rather than timber and siding. You would see it in the drugstore where the first aid section took up nearly half the building. You would guess it just by hearing the whispers that come about during the weeks leading to a full moon. This was a town plagued by something violent, and perhaps even inhabited by the very violence they feared.

Croswell is a town divided. Living amongst cousins and schoolmates that fear them, Shapeshifters are the cause for all of the terror surrounding the night and the moon. For many millennium, Croswell has been a center for shapeshifting activity, and this has lead to an interesting way of life. Some immigrate to the town just to hunt the beasts. Others take every measure they can to protect their loved ones who just so happen to have shifter blood. To the towns relief, no full-blooded shifter has been born or brought into the streets they walk for some time now. Instead, it's a real life game of "Werewolf" where some will shun you completely if they suspect you may have shifter blood.

Which brings us to our story. This year, after a particularly strong set of lunar events, fiveindividuals have their shapeshifting blood activated. But this time, it's different. Unbeknownst to them, they have been gifted with full shapeshifting abilities. Which means, unlike partial-blooded shifters, they can transform their entire body at will. They still lose control of their abilities over the full moon like partial bloods, but they are the only five individuals in town who can transform fully in any capacity. And being young, scared, and possibly hunted, this means the likelihood of accidents are high. The group must go to any lengths necessary to hide what they truly are, while still trying to live normal lives with incredible power.

Plot and Rules

Thanks for sticking around! To summarize, this roleplay will be mostly open-ended slice of life type, with sandbox interactions and pre-planned events happening. The five full shapeshifters will be chosen via applications, and the everyone else can have any number of roles as human, hunter, or partial-blooded (non-shifting) shifters. Below are the rules. If you read this far, please include your favorite flower within your application.

• Rule One: All Wolvden rules come before any roleplay rules.
• Rule Two: NO interactions that would be over a PG-13 rating. No excessive sexual suggestions or vulgar language.
• Rule Three: Literacy Matters! We can't have a story if everyone types one measly line. There is no minimum post size but please have proper grammar and give whomever needs it something to interact with.
• Rule Four: Failure to have proper decency, follow rules, generally making drama or issues is an immediate ban. One strike you're out.

Applications and other necessary info will come in subsequent posts.