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Once Rules An important read for anyone interested in joining. |
2 | 0 | Jun 10 2007, 11:49 AM In:  Rules Of OnceBy: ||| |
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Once Information In this forum, you will find: -Setting and idea behind Once -About Gods and Goddesses -About the Initiate or Uninitiate status -Species and Class ideas -Character Sheet to fill out |
5 | 2 | Dec 11 2003, 04:07 PM In: Once: a Modern Fantasy Role...By: ||| |
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Once Updates |
61 | 0 | Jul 21 2010, 05:04 PM In: The ApocolypseBy: mouse |
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The City This is the city in general-- the streets, the alleys, anything not listed somewhere else. |
300 | 19,008 | Jan 14 2012, 01:56 AM In: Wear a disguise, pack an um...By: mouse |
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The Fast Food District 'The Fast Food District' is a casual name for the bad end of town. It gets its name from the people living there, not from any fast food restaurants. Apartments and litter-covered cement parks, shanty-towns and old, run-down or even condemned buildings haunt this part of the city. This is the dingier, dirtier end of town, filled with cement, littered streets, unkempt yards, old overgrown lots, condemned buildings, unsavoury clubs, pubs and shops, as well as a number of faceless modern apartments and run-down townhouses. |
198 | 7,846 | Dec 29 2011, 01:34 AM In: domestic violence among the...By: Kittyhawk |
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The Waterfront In a number of places, the city backs right up to the water. However, there are a number of public beaches, and even a few more private ones. |
135 | 5,524 | Feb 27 2011, 10:19 PM In: Where there's smoke the...By: Kittyhawk |
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The Good End of Town Here, the upscale clubs, restaurants, houses, condominiums, shops and businesses can be found. The good end of town is filled with towering skyscrapers, sculpted glass and steel 'modern' buildings, and older stone buildings, all artfully placed in the city. Gardens are planted in spare space, and everything is well taken care of. |
167 | 7,926 | Jan 16 2012, 11:37 PM In: whatever happened to baby hughBy: mouse |
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Redway Park Redway is a large park near the Lacroix river. Closest to the street, the park is pruned and planted perfectly, with a complete absence of any real nature. Closer to the river, however, the park becomes wild woods in which only a few paths are clear enough to be travelled. |
264 | 11,428 | Jan 14 2012, 08:41 PM In: Search partiesBy: mouse |
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Keaton University Keaton is the premiere university in the city. Many people work or study here. Keaton is a grand old University, with many old stone buildings. It adds character to the city, and besides that, is a good University. |
160 | 6,060 | Nov 18 2011, 10:51 AM In: What Else Am I To Do?By: glitchrosedeath |
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Elm Street Elm is not the main street in the city, not even the busiest, but it is known for its abundance of unique places to shop. The street is lined with small, independant stores from bookstores and healthfood shops to confectionaries and odd little shops full of candles and herbs. |
148 | 5,469 | Aug 24 2011, 06:15 PM In: "D"By: mouse |
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Bay Street Theatre A nice old brick building on Bay Street East. Once a house, it was converted into a medium-sized theatre a few decades ago. Other than the actual 'theatre' part itself, there is a maze of backstage rooms as well as storage and yet more rooms upstairs. The grand entrance on bay Street is picturesque, though the actors themselves tend to enter through a back alley door. |
46 | 1,740 | Jun 23 2011, 12:01 PM In: crime, drama, etcBy: mouse |
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Fortuna Casino Under construction for a few years, the Fortuna Casino has finally opened in Bayfield, with wild fanfare and much boo-ing. Some factions believe it will do nothing but bring the city down, while others think warmly of the tourist industry and the economy. One way or the other, the casino's Vegas-like spotlights are scanning the sky and its slot machines are running. Good luck. |
16 | 386 | Aug 22 2010, 08:43 PM In: A trainwreck of epic propor...By: mouse |
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The Supermarket One of those overpriced chain organic superstores. You know the type. This one is located off of Elm Street, has its own food court, and fifteen different kinds of tofu for sale. It's a hazardous place to shop, though. Everyone seems to get their groceries here, and you'll always run into your ex, your boss, or your boyfriend's lover. |
16 | 691 | Jun 11 2011, 12:13 AM In: Picky ShoppingBy: glitchrosedeath |
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Monroe's Family Diner Monroe's is a small, mostly-clean diner in one of the more active districts in town. During the day, various families and people from nearby workplaces eat here. Monroe's is open 24 hours, though, and so hosts the hungry from all walks of life at night. Yes, of course it's fifties-themed. |
68 | 2,954 | Jun 21 2011, 10:55 PM In: Please Be HiringBy: glitchrosedeath |
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Westplace Mall A popular mall with the youth of today, all three floors full to brimming with fad shops, pop-culture stores, and a food court with food so fast it could run a marathon. The Big Silver Cinema is attached to the mall complex, It is a large, twelve-screen movie theatre that shows all the latest popular movie, as well as the occasional art film or foreign film. |
86 | 3,259 | Dec 29 2010, 11:39 PM In: a traditional girlBy: Kittyhawk |
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White Skies Amusement Park White Skies has everything, from towering roller coaster to tame kiddie rides, from a wave pool in the water park to a multitude of waterslides, from impossible-to-win carnival games to suspicious hotdogs. It is open from nine in the morning to eleven at night, though in the dead hours of the night it is eerily deserted. |
30 | 1,111 | Sep 23 2010, 11:44 PM In: RemenisceBy: Grace |
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Klio's Fair Trade Coffee Originally The Half-Baked Bean, this popular coffee shop recently changed hands, and was transformed from a yuppie hang-out to a fair trade organic deal which has already become famous for its drag queen barista and its delicious brownies. The interior is dimly lit and the music is always too loud. |
128 | 4,463 | Jan 21 2012, 09:22 PM In: SloppyBy: mouse |
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Jacobson's Used and Rare Books Jacobson's is located on Elm Street. It is yet another tall, thin brick building built however many years ago. The interior is full of dust and the smell of old books. It is three stories and goes a lot further back than one might guess. It seems almost bigger on the inside than the outside. Jacobson's is unique in that it has little spaces tucked away in corners throughout the store where a customer can sit and read a book. |
77 | 2,501 | Jun 7 2011, 10:15 PM In: Just LookingBy: glitchrosedeath |
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The Bayfield Herald This large building in the good end of town is home to Bayfield's very own newspaper, the Herald. Published daily, the Herald reports events and publishes columns and comics and hires a large staff of writers, reporters, editors and photographers. The Herald is well-known for being a straight-forward, upstanding, down-to-earth newspaper, and is about as likely to publish a story on magic as it is to get up and fly to New Jersey to make a living selling exotic fruit. |
9 | 152 | Jan 27 2012, 05:14 PM In: The Bayfield HeraldBy: mouse |
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Katherine Lee Garrett Crisis Centre A good place to go if you're having a crisis. It's a temporary homeless shelter, with emergency counselling, teen movie nights, and an infirmary of sorts. If you need help (and don't like the authorities) this might be the place to find it. |
9 | 761 | Dec 5 2010, 11:24 PM In: no one gets to sleepBy: Nita |
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Bayfield Central Police Station Located in downtown Bayfield, this large and recently renovated building is the centre for Bayfield police activity. The city's main jail is here, along with central processing, computer systems, and a lot of desks, detectives, beat cops and secretaries. Only some of these workers are innish, so if your problem involves magic, it's best to avoid Bayfield Central Station. |
6 | 207 | Aug 30 2010, 06:11 PM In: Hitting the FanBy: Kittyhawk |
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Saint Joseph Hospital Injured? Sick? A doctor? This is the place for you. Be careful, though. Too many odd wounds, too many bruises, and, in fact, any bullet wounds at all, and they'll get the police involved. |
28 | 1,221 | Aug 8 2011, 10:09 AM In: heartbeatBy: mouse |
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Alderman Museum A foreboding neoclassical building in one of the city's older districts, Alderman Museum was constructed a number of years ago on a grand scale. The exhibits are not always interesting, but different things come through-- often it tries to bring some of the artifacts from the ROM in Toronto. |
44 | 2,381 | Jan 14 2012, 02:52 PM In: CranesBy: Kittyhawk |
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Faded 'Faded' is a classy nightclub on the end of Elm Street. It attracts a good clientele, and provides live entertainment every Friday. This is an upscale, mostly Unnish nightclub. The entertainment is usually local bands, though occasionally more famous bands will play, or a karaoke or live comedy night will be held. |
39 | 1,448 | Feb 2 2011, 09:54 AM In: who knows?By: TAW |
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The Warehouse The Warehouse is, in fact, a warehouse, turned into a legitimate nightclub prone to rave-style partes by an enterprising businessman. It is a large building, the interior decorated in flashy style. Drinks are served. Must be of legal drinking age to enter. The bouncers were trained specially by the god Dionis, and do not accept fake ID, nor are they swayed by beauty or bribery. |
24 | 1,147 | Mar 28 2010, 10:10 PM In: A night of the watcher.By: mouse |
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Dark This nightclub is just as its name suggests: dark. It's also a gathering place for the Initiated. Both Initiated and Uninitiated are allowed into Dark, however any Uninitiated in the nightclub might just end up getting an unpleasant surprise-- who knows. |
77 | 3,038 | Jun 29 2011, 08:22 PM In: a shade offBy: Kittyhawk |
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The Triskele Club The Triskele is located on Elm Street. From the street, it is nothing more than a door in a thin slice of wall between shops. The door opens on steps, which lead up to the Triskele Club, a very selective place run mostly for the benefit of the Initiated. There are no signs, no advertisements. To get into the Triskele, or to even find it, one must have a business card given to them. Even Deities can sometimes be found in the Triskele. |
15 | 504 | Dec 11 2010, 03:25 PM In: Old boss same as the new bossBy: mouse |
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Unlisted Clubs These are all the other clubs in the city, and there are quite a few. All the clubs not listed above. Clubs of all different sorts. |
26 | 1,066 | Nov 27 2010, 07:34 PM In: ghb and legsBy: Kittyhawk |
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The Twa Corbies The Twa Corbies is a small irish-style pub on Elm street. During the day, the tourists come for the ambience: the old wood, the antique feel to the place. The tourists never get to meet the night crowd, which has altogether more 'ambience' than they are likely to suspect. |
32 | 1,109 | Jan 30 2011, 03:30 PM In: CanadaeBy: Kes |
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The Empty Glass Pub The Empty Glass is a small bar in a seedier part of town. One has to have their wits about them to enter here, and preferrably a bullet-proof vest. |
32 | 891 | Jan 18 2012, 12:25 AM In: one tequila two tequilaBy: mouse |
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The Iron Star Is it a club? A bar? A bird? A plane? No, it's not Superman. The Iron Star is technically a bar, but they do have a bit of a dance floor. Popular for the frequent live bands and the dungeon theme, the Iron Star is a gathering place for Bayfield's alcoholic counter cultures. The Iron Star also has some fun theme nights, like gay night, and metal night. And gay metal night. |
16 | 1,288 | Aug 20 2011, 01:54 PM In: It's not all GreekBy: Kittyhawk |
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Hellmann Conservation Area Hellmann is a nature conservancy just outside of the city, a heavily wooded, hilly area which the Lacroix river runs through. Hunting is not allowed in the Hellmann Conservation Area, also known as Hellmann Forest. The Conservation Area extends out to include Benoit Island. |
50 | 1,747 | Sep 15 2010, 05:58 PM In: Take a Picture It'll La...By: Kittyhawk |
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Banks of the Lacroix Here, the swooping Lacroix river slows down a bit and widens out before continuing into the city. It is well-shaded by old trees, and a favourite spot the hike to for city folk. Upriver is Adelaide Waterfall, a small but nonetheless impressive waterfall. |
28 | 1,689 | Jul 17 2010, 05:25 PM In: A dream within a dream. (Op...By: mouse |
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Elsewhere This board is for anywhere not represented in another board. This is the farmland around the city, this is the lake, this is the river. This is other towns, or the upper stratosphere. It's anywhere you need it to be that doesn't have a board of its own. |
79 | 6,236 | Jan 14 2012, 04:14 PM In: in which charlie has a visitorBy: Kittyhawk |
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The Harbour District Converted warehouses and run down townhouses mostly. The Harbour District was up until recently thought of as slummy and criminal, but is undergoing a renaissance, and is currently considered a cool place to live despite still having high crime rates. |
108 | 6,022 | Jan 22 2012, 02:27 PM In: Bad Life ChoicesBy: Kittyhawk |
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The Nice Part of Town Houses in the Good End of Town. More expensive and prettyful. This is the part of town with the good school district and less drive-by shootings. |
117 | 10,120 | Oct 11 2011, 05:37 PM In: best. day. ever.By: mouse |
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The University Student dorms, sororities, frat houses, student apartment blocks, and random houses mostly occupied by over-zealous professors and anyone else willing to tolerate high noise levels and drunken students trampling their flowers. |
66 | 2,852 | Jun 28 2011, 10:29 PM In: Fresh AirBy: Nita |
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The Bad End of Town Low rent, gang warfare, dilapidated houses no one will fix. Squats, projects, broken windows, hooligans, halfway houses, and drug deals going on across the street. Don't you want to live here? |
32 | 1,828 | Jan 14 2012, 12:21 AM In: hole in the wallBy: Kittyhawk |
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Suburbia Technically it's Bayfield, but it's not really Bayfield. It's out on the fringes, where people have big houses, sprawling backyards, and tranquil neighbourhoods. Also, long commutes. And the odd explosion. |
143 | 12,209 | Jan 14 2012, 09:12 PM In: emo poptartsBy: Kittyhawk |
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Downtown Around the park, this is a pretty nice area of town, where houses and apartments are mixed in with historical buildings such as the Alderman. |
101 | 4,391 | Mar 6 2011, 09:18 PM In: boyfriend's boyfriend?By: Kittyhawk |
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The Fringe District This is the more bohemian area, around Elm Street and Halley. Hip, artsy, and young. |
63 | 7,150 | Jan 14 2012, 02:55 PM In: Time shareBy: Kittyhawk |
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Deity Descriptions Look here to find the descriptions of the Gods and Goddesses of this modern world. |
9 | 0 | Nov 27 2010, 02:53 PM In: *God of MusicBy: Nita |
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Character Descriptions Remember that stat sheet found in the Once Information section? This is where you post the completed version, as well as any other tidbits you might want to provide. Please note. You still have to describe your character on the boards you enter. There will be no 'see desc'ing here. Thank you. |
58 | 3 | Jan 22 2012, 12:06 AM In: Kitty DBy: mouse |
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Help Board and Once F.A.Q. Character questions, roleplay questions, technical questions, anything you need to know-- post them here or PM the admin about it. Included in this forum the the Once F.A.Q. for extra help. |
51 | 360 | Sep 19 2010, 07:05 PM In: Faerie Q&ABy: mouse |
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OOC Chat Get to know your fellow roleplayers. Anything and everything OOC goes here. |
62 | 3,393 | Feb 4 2011, 10:32 PM In: mouse's menagarieBy: mouse |
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Plot Propositions Need to meet a certain type of character? Looking for someone to create that perfect plot with? Want to find someone to play a friend or family member? Post your request here. Note: asking people to join your thread or posting announcements of starting new threads isn't allowed. This is for proposing plots, not asking for attention. |
8 | 1,077 | Feb 1 2011, 04:06 PM In: apocalypse GOBy: Kes |
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Plugs The only board you can plug other communities on. Keep it tasteful - please don't spam. |
33 | 0 | Jan 25 2011, 10:30 AM In: ExquisitBy: January |
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