Ghostbusters RP

[NimbleJack3]

Alright, I can't find anything to do with Ghostbusters since 2008 other than the guidelines, so here I go.

It's the year 2000. At the turn of the millennium, the New York Ghostbusters office issued their first franchise license, and a new office was set up in Seattle. It was doing brisk business up until a few weeks ago, when... unpleasantness occurred with regards to the ectoplasmic containment grid. What's left of the members of the old team now exist in jars.
Recruitment ads have popped up all over the place - in subways, on television and even a banner was hung once from the Space Needle. Needless to say, your curiosity has been piqued it, and you've decided to apply.

This RP will be accepting 2 more people, and possibly more as other non-ghostbuster characters. Remember that well-spelled, clear and concise sheets will be approved more readily than poorly-made ones.

Spoiler: Character Sheets

Name:
Age:
Previous Occupation:
Personality:
Previous Experience With Ghosts:

And as always, no Trenchcoats or Mary Sues. Make your character someone who lived a life before they signed up.

Spoiler: The Cast

Freddy McCoose
Age:18
Previous Occupation: Pizza delivery boy
Personality:Nerdy basement dweller who spends too much on the internet
Previous Experience With Ghosts: Films every episode of Ghost Hunters

Name: Joseph McMillan
Previous Occupation: Pub owner
Age: 32
Personality: Has an Irish accent, is very loud. He likes to carry a pint with him where ever he goes (Not on missions), and has a cat named Mitsy, who he is very nice to.
Previous Ghost Experience: He was slimed... Need I go any further?

Name:Brandon Archimedes Leventis
Age: 26
Previous Occupation: Robotic Engineer for NASA. (Was called off for paranoia related to spotting phantoms in workplace)
Personality: Brandon, while being a Texan, is not a cowboy. His accent is one entirely understandable (Understandability based upon perspective). He is cool tempered, strategical, and understanding on a good day(Ghost busters rarely have good days). On most days he could be called unpredictable. He reacts to the moment, being humorous if his mind calls for it. He over thinks everything. Above all, he is genius, but we all know what they say about geniuses.
Previous Experience With Ghosts: While looking into a magnifying class to see if the frayed connections of a connecting wire were the main malfunction in his mechanical hand, the hand started to float, the connections breaking off as it floated farther away. He was extremely startled by the action, but he was also intrigued. After many repeat occurrences, he took up a study of energy concerning the paranormal. This brought him to attempt to trap the would be caught phantom, but, unfortunately, his boss walked in at a crucial moment, upsetting the careful plan, and causing his boss to become slimed. He lost his job, needless to say.

Name:Sally Smith
Age: 23
Previous Occupation: Waitress
Personality: Kind to those she knows, shy around those she doesn't. Very quiet most of the time but can ramble when prompted.
Previous Experience With Ghosts: When she was eight, she sated up late one night thinking it was funny. Around midnight her room light flickered on and off, she got a little worried. It's when her bed started shacking and her dresser tipped over that got her screaming. She was scared of the paranormal until 19 when she and her roommate watched as a ghost floated through the living room of their apartment. No one at her collage believed her and was kicked out.

 

[terribleyetfun]

woohoo ghostbusters I`m so excited I`l make my sheet right now

Spoiler: my sheet

name: terry yosef Filmore

age: 32

previous occupation: subway tunnel matinence worker

personality: A somewhat nice guy that you could sit down and have a beer with mostly does things for the money including some... questionable things but would`nt go as far as to sell his friends out.

previous experience with ghosts: has heard some strange moans down in the tunnels that no one could identify also had to cope with the death of his grandfather and could have sworn he saw a white 'mist' floating around during the funeral reception.

 

[NimbleJack3]

woohoo ghostbusters I`m so excited I`l make my sheet right now

Spoiler: my sheet

name: terry yosef Filmore

age: 32

previous occupation: subway tunnel matinence worker

personality: a somewhat nice guy that you could sit down and have a beer with mostly does things for the money including some... questionable things but would`nt go as far as to sell his friends out.

previous experience with ghosts: has heard some strange moans down in the tunnels that no one could identify also had to cope with the death of his grandfather and could have sworn he saw a white 'mist' floating around during the funeral reception.

Great! I knew someone would be a subway worker. That's a good sheet. Try to fix up some of those spelling errors, m'kay?

 

[NimbleJack3]

Bumping once, and only once.

 

[Smagmuck_]

I shall join!
<spoiler=Sheet>
Name: Joseph McMillan

Previous Occupation: Pub owner

Age: 32

Personality: Has an Irish accent, is very loud. He likes to carry a pint with him where ever he goes (Not on missions), and has a cat named Mitsy, who he is very nice to.

Previous Ghost Experience: He was slimed... Need I go any further?

 

[NimbleJack3]

Alrite! Just to let you know, I'll be GMing through the ghosts and the New York office, so all ghostbusters will be you guys.

 

[Smagmuck_]

So, only the two of us, we need a third...

 

[Kazasu]

Hm.. Quick question, do you already have a tech guy planned? Because I would volunteer, but it would lead to me just spouting random nonsense in place of the actual vernacular required for the phantom impaired.

Spoiler: Brandon

Name:Brandon Archimedes Leventis

Age: 26

Previous Occupation: Robotic Engineer for NASA. (Was called off for paranoia related to spotting phantoms in workplace)

Personality: Brandon, while being a Texan, is not a cowboy. His accent is one entirely understandable (Understandability based upon perspective). He is cool tempered, strategical, and understanding on a good day(Ghost busters rarely have good days). On most days he could be called unpredictable. He reacts to the moment, being humorous if his mind calls for it. He over thinks everything. Above all, he is genius, but we all know what they say about geniuses.

Previous Experience With Ghosts: While looking into a magnifying class to see if the frayed connections of a connecting wire were the main malfunction in his mechanical hand, the hand started to float, the connections breaking off as it floated farther away. He was extremely startled by the action, but he was also intrigued. After many repeat occurrences, he took up a study of energy concerning the paranormal. This brought him to attempt to trap the would be caught phantom, but, unfortunately, his boss walked in at a crucial moment, upsetting the careful plan, and causing his boss to become slimed. He lost his job, needless to say.

Alright, I will admit I am not sure as to the coding here. So I'm going to try this out. (edit: It worked)

PS - Yes, he is a greek cowboy NASA boy.

 

[sage42]

Alright I'm in give me a sec to set up a character sheet. Oh and Smag you forgot your age.

Spoiler

Name:Sally Smith

Age: 23

Previous Occupation: Waitress

Personality: Kind to those she knows, shy around those she doesn't. Very quiet most of the time but can ramble when prompted.

Previous Experience With Ghosts: When she was eight, she sated up late one night thinking it was funny. Around midnight her room light flickered on and off, she got a little worried. It's when her bed started shacking and her dresser tipped over that got her screaming. She was scared of the paranormal until 19 when she and her roommate watched as a ghost floated through the living room of their apartment. No one at her collage believed her and was kicked out.

How's this?

 

[Smagmuck_]

Edited, happy?

 

[NimbleJack3]

Okay, we've got everyone. I'll finish arranging all the story, then I'll post a kick-off within a few hours.
Thanks for joining.

EDIT: I've posted everyone's sheets up top under 'The Cast'.

 

[NimbleJack3]

You enter into the old restaurant listed on the recruitment posters, now revamped and decked with Ghostbusters advertising. A faint smell of burnt tin and plastic pervades the air, and your skin tingles. The old tables have been cleared to one side, replaced with a waiting area populated with a few people (presumably other hopefuls for the job) as well a a desk. A red-haired man in a suit sits at it, giving paperwork to one of the others. The scritchy sound of words being defined persists from the filled chairs. The secretary looks at you and hands you a sheaf of papers also, covered in boxes and instructions. Regrettably, a pencil was not provided and the demeanor of the secretary suggests that one is not forthcoming. Perhaps you should talk to one of the others.

 

[Kazasu]

Brandon's long strides transit him from his position by the desk to a nearby table. He was wearing a clean, itchy, stiff black suit with a white collared shirt and a black tie. It was moments like these that made him wonder what he'd be wearing instead if he accepted that oil rig job. He had taken a pen of his own, but not because he felt he needed to be prepared. In fact, he was annoyed by the fact that he had to remove it from his pocket. Oh how many times he would regret that sliming of his previous boss. No matter, he'd make up for it in full when the time came, hopefully. He then began to check boxes, read boring instructions. "How long till I get to see some technology?" He muttered to himself, right hand writing, left hand propping his head up.

 

[sage42]

Sally smoothed her skirt for the millionth time. She wasn't used to the business suit she had to wear to these things, but she really wanted and needed this job. Her job as a waitress was not going to pay her student debts. Please let me qualify for this. She thought looking around the room. One man who had just sat down looked extremely board.

 

[Smagmuck_]

Joseph pushed open the door, everyone stared. He was easaly about six inches taller then the next guy. He showed up in dress shoes, a dress shirt, and some dress pants. I hope me beard will stand up to this here job. He thought to himself. He saw a man sitting down by himself. Well, that's not right, I should go cheer 'em up. He thought, he pulled out his pen and walked over...

 

[terribleyetfun]

Terry walked in and sat on one of the cheap chairs in the back, a loud creak being made when his posterior was upon it he looked around at the other applicants noting two people talking in the corner and a somewhat nervous girl who stood out from the rest.

okay just your basic sheeple no real competition

Terry plucked a pencil from the breast pocket of his suit jacket as he began filling out the application skipping the part usually reserved to fill in your name saving it for last as he did with every application as a almost superstitious gesture of good luck.

 

[Kazasu]

Brandon, upon hearing footsteps, set down the pen softly, slowly rose from his slumped over position, and turned to face the man, smiling in spite of the utter despair this very boring moment was causing him. Paperwork.. That was the one thing he was glad to be rid of from his old job, and no matter the amount of distaste that moment of sliming puts in his mouth, he still can't help but laugh at the boss's very face. "Good day." His hand outstretches slowly, finishing its full stretch toward the man after his feet are both planted firmly into the ground.

 

[NimbleJack3]

Spoiler: OOC

terry waled in and sat on one of the cheap chairs in the back a loud creak being made when his posterior was upon it he looked around at the other applicants noting two people talking in the corner and a somewhat nervous girl, who stood out from the rest.

okay just your basic sheeple no real competition

terry plucked a pencil from the breast pocket of his suit jacket as he began filling out the application skipping the part usually reserved to fill in your name saving it for last as he did with every application as a superstitious gesture of good luck.

Sorry to nitpick, but could you please add some punctuation to your writing? It makes it difficult to read.

 

[NimbleJack3]

Spoiler: OOC

Damn, double post. Sorry.

 

[NimbleJack3]

The secretary stands up, brushing the stars of a lunch past off the night of his suit. "Messers Filmore, McMillan and Leventis, Mame Smith. My name is Augustus. I am the secretariat and co-coordinator of this extraparanormal establishment, and will now conduct a touring of this place with your permission."
His accent is a strange mix of Welsh and English, with a very cultured and educated vocabulary. As you turn towards this silver current of words, you note that his fiery hair extends down his cheeks in sideburns of flame that meet under and above his lips. His skin is a pale white with the occasional scar, and this skin encloses a hand extended to what used to be the kitchens. His green eyes look at you with nothing more than a helpful intent.
His offer of a tour would get you acquainted with the place.