I feel the sentient floating fish has left a bad precedent.
We here at EgomaniaTM (Winger and myself) have something of a bias based on knowledge of the capabilities established by players who have signed up for other RPs in the past, or who have GMed their own games. @Ajtazt, the boards member behind Malaco “Sweetest Fish”, has a reputation for being verbose and climactic in the way he approaches RPing and GMing.
Therefore, when he approaches this RP and proposes to write from the perspective of a sentient goldfish who speaks perfect english (and I expect will also take an unnecessary amount of time to trash-talk the other characters) both Winger and myself are, if hesitantly, willing to go along with the proposition since we are familiar with his level of capability and know he has the potential to write this character to its fullest extent.
We don’t know who you are.
You haven’t taken part in an RP on TTV before - which is hardly disallowing; new players are more than welcome - but we have no possible way of forming an opinion of your abilities outside of the signup itself. We had at least a pattern of writing style to go off of for Ajtazt’s character, but with nothing outside of the signup, (and since you also don’t seem to know how these sort of RPs operate), I don’t think either of us will be willing to approve this particular character.
However, until Winger says one way or the other, I’m going to assume Garth is still in the runnings. Let’s take a closer look behind that mask:
Ah, yes. A human. I too am a smart yet lonely human, am I right my fellow humans? This truly is a relatable human moment.
In all seriousness, this is a somewhat interesting character, but I’m not entirely sure he fits within the context of the RP. Nothing about his nightmare specifically involves turning into a seagull, and the telepathy has no discernable connection either. Unless the seagulls simply choose not to speak to me…
Now if this character had a reworked nightmare, was still to some degree a smart yet lonely human, and had some otherr tweaking, he might be a better fit for the game. But there’s another really big issue we need to address before that happens.
This is not DnD. It is vaguely DnD-esqe in terms of how it runs, but there are no dice rolls or magic systems or what have you. It is a play-by-post Rp, which in essence is taking turns telling a story from your character’s perspective. The format is similar, but the approach is wildly different, so if you enter expecting that experience you may be thoroughly disappointed.
That’s why I created the Official RPG how-To Topic as a nifty guide for players both new and old looking to craft a story, increase writing capability, or just have a good time writing from the perspective of a given character. It’s hardly complete, but it’s got all sorts of info from the basics on how to play to some specifics on writing quality and game management. I highly recommend giving it a read.