The I AM thread. (The 4-day rule applies!)

[Joshuamonkey]

Right...

Anyway:
I am...
the owner of a deserted hematite town, with one employee
one of the two leaders of a very populated town
An explorer who travels to different towns and islands, collecting and spreading notes
A senator of a sleepy organization
A councilor and Wanderer, keeping things going
Helping to lead a town that has a lot of production potential
A high ranking official, helping with the roads
Second in command of an empire, still looking for his spawn place
Leading a town with interesting people
The leader of a town, and the member of a strong organization
Now a successful explorer, and close to coming home
Making progress in his goal to rule an island or two
Living peacefully, yet worried and anxious

[rconley]

I am deeply in love and finally moving home. I've been gone so long. The sand at my feet, the sea air. Time to clear old grudges and be happy in a new life.

I am finding my way again. I was lost, taken from my home, not sure I know who I am anymore. In love with a man who can't let me in his life because of another who only sleeps.

I am a sea captain, full sails and sailing off to explore a new island with my loyal crew.

I am alone. They're all dead now. My family is gone, dead and I'm not sure what to do with my quiet home now. I'm slowly losing it, slowly going crazy

I am a town leader on a chase with my love at my side. We'll head home soon, back to my people and a new life awaits.

I am having fun. Plans are turning out better than we had ever hoped. A new home, a new life. A place to start over and cause a little trouble now and then.

I am about to start a war. Little do they know I'm planning and one day soon it will be time to strike.

I am restless, playful, ready for some fun. It's been quiet lately but we'll soon stir things up.

I am resting while my friend is off gathering resources for a new task ahead. He has huge plans and I worry for him and my boys.

I am cooking. I'm not sure if this is what I need to do with my life but I have to do something to keep myself from going completely insane.

I am two people in one body, few people know the truth of my other side. Make me angry and you will see.

I am a new wife in search of peace and hoping for quick resolution to a current problem. I'm tired of waiting, I want this to end.

I am getting married...or am I. He loves me, I love him, but so many many problems keep getting in the way. Who knows when this marriage will take place.

I am happy. I'm sailing with someone who takes care of me. I need to find stuff to make presents. Presents make people happy. I can make people smile with presents.

I am working on building a business. Seems years away until i'm ready to actually open. With help I'm slowly getting there but gathering outside may get me locked up. Too much noise and crazy people everywhere.

[Tangential]

^

I guess I should contribute..

I am too lazy to even try to remember face to names anymore. My only purpose now is to pump oil. Maybe I should travel around soon? Then again, it’d be suicide to travel out of this hell hole without a vehicle.

I am still and always will be deeply in love with her, but my heart breaks every time she sleeps. She consumes my every thought, filling my soul with happiness. I can’t see myself with anyone but her. She’s my soul mate and I am so lucky she found me.

Hungry. Hurt. Go now. No want stay here. Must find bike.

I am always thinking of her lately. I can’t stand not having her in my arms, holding her, and loving her. It’s a strange attraction.. I’ve never felt this way before, but there’s something about her I’m in love with and this semi-unexplained affection scares me a little.

I am safe so far. The town I stole so much from hasn’t come for me yet, and I don’t think they have noticed what’s gone. I think they still think I’m running a resource run for them.

I am bored here. The one I look up to has gotten quieter. Her devotion and intelligence caught my eye and were the main reasons I joined under her leadership. Maybe she’s gotten quiet because there’s nothing to say.

*squat squat* MMM... food!

I am thinking this is not exactly what I expected married life to be and I don’t think she expected it to turn out this way either. Travelling around aimlessly, but are we really spending more time together?

[carlaco]

been here (again) long enough to post this...

I am a quiet girl who finally spoke up, now all her dreams are beginning to come true, including her crush finally noticing her.

I am a man who plays the clown, and has found himself in an awkward situation.

I am a woman who is leery of carrots, and wants nothing more than a home of her own.

I am a man cloistered in a repair shop. Yeah, that's the extent of it.

I am a female who wonders how she fell into this bizarre triangle.

I am a potato baking woman in a busy town. I don't say much.

My love's love sleeps. I desperately hope she stays snoring....

Ahh, another crush! He has no idea I exist. And I hate deer, but they seem to feel the same way.

I am the lone woman in a semi deserted town. I see possibilities here.

I am a woman learning how to do things quickly, but have yet to figure out the people. And I have a thing for rhymes.

[nateflory]

I am...

A long-ago repairman under an unpopular leader, now small-island sailor returning with a load of timber... if I can find my way back.

A lonely person on a lonely island, who was driven insane by strange religion after helping kill the one who started the belief!

A former leader of a mountain town, now lost and she is captive under a third group of people!

A friendly traveller, helping deliver oil or anything else that's needed.

A humble desert-dweller, blessed with many gifts, though he asks for none.

A confused and starving woman, once a trader, now just struggling to stay alive and figure out where she wants to go next.

A bad sailor, who had set out for the nearest lighthouse.

A friendly young woman, charged with feeding the work-crew.

[Joshuamonkey]

I am still and always will be deeply in love with her, but my heart breaks every time she sleeps. She consumes my every thought, filling my soul with happiness. I can’t see myself with anyone but her. She’s my soul mate and I am so lucky she found me.

Tangential, this is kind of a general explanation, but any chance that character is Pookie?

[Tangential]

they're all pretty general so as to not give away the characters too much.

But, no, the character is not Pookie.

[CantrFreak]

I am inviting people to a wedding. Though I wonder how one of my family would act if one of the guests would arrive.

I am out at sea, in an untamed and dangerous island looking for wealth.

I have given up on life. Those that I knew before are dead... there's no reason to live now.

Trading on a tandem is so difficult... but I like the company of those here so I don't care.

The sea... I love the sea... I love exploring... I wonder what those people are doing...

Aaaagh! The animals are gone but still we have other problems... well, all we can do is move forward.

I am sleeping and starving and dieing.

I wonder what the manor looks like! I can't wait too meet other people and learn the secrets of Cantr!

I am sleeping, starving, and the usual.

I am a criminal planning to decieve my "allies." Suckas!

I am a bodyguard of an eccentric old man. Never knew arguments could be so fun...

I am the creator of Cantr... and one of the laziest too.

My moose family is being slaughtered, I will avenge them! All those Cantrian people will die for thier killing!

[the_antisocial_hermit]

I am soon to be dead of starvation. It won't matter because there's no one around anyway. I've been gone too long searching for black dusty lumps in a land full of animals but no people. I'm sorry Scruffy.

I am doing my best to support the man I care about most. I think he needs me now more than ever. What we have with and need from each other is deeper than what the word love can cover.

I am quiet and sleepy, but still with the man I married so long ago in that lovely forest. I love him, and I'm happy with our quiet life. If business boomed a little, that might be nice, but other than that, there's not much I could add to be happier.

I am sailing and mapping. I refuse to think of the past any longer and look only to the future. I am sleepy, but perhaps soon I will not be so much so anymore. The lands are harsh, and we lose those we ever cared about but I have prevailed through it all.

I am evil. I love to screw with people. I keep telling them it will be over soon, but it never is.

I am sleepy and slowly turning things over to someone else. Whether I survive or not, I don't know yet.

I am asleep and alone with a body. I should sail this raker far out to sea and never look back.

I am sleepy, but still cooking. Hopefully I'll have some more energy soon.

I am so glad to be home! But I shall be gone again soon for a bit. Things are fun as ever though! I can't wait for things to get all settled finally!

[I_am]

I am sleepy most of the time but I get a resurgence of energy from time to time. I want to get things tidied up so I can go searching again: if only I wasn’t so sleepy.

I am at sea again and blissfully happy.

I am a business owner: working, or sleeping, or starving in solitude. Mostly sleeping and sometimes starving and rarely working.

I am a town leader working to make machinery we don't need, but it’s one way to help keep the town alive.

I am a town leader torn between two loves and my obligations.

I am a well-to-do loner with no purpose.

I am a knight in name but a pirate at heart, plotting my second attempt at revenge. My first attempt failed.

I am the wealthiest person in town with a loyal family, but my heart yearns for a love who belongs to another.

I am an unlikely town leader but grateful for the chance to feel useful again. Maybe there is life after death.

I am a town leader who thrives on and foments drama. Lately I've been having a strange feeling. Is this what it feels like to be happy?

I am a town leader and tired of worrying about pirate attacks. We'd never survive. Maybe I'll leave and go search for him. Life was so much simpler back then, but I learned that too late.

I am lost at sea for 12 years. My initial cockiness at my grand theft and getaway has been replaced by fear of starving to death.

I am frantic to find mi esposo. He is not where I thought he would be. Where could he be?

[Kev Milsom]

I am very happy…recently promoted to a high position within the town and finally feel like a worthwhile member of society. I need to focus on my work, to stop images of her invading my thoughts. She’d never look at me twice but in here I can imagine anything.

My whole life is just one long disillusion. I thought when I returned that it would be different, that I would feel at home again, but these people are strangers to me, and bloody annoying as well. I may have to leave yet again and seek out somewhere that feels like a home to me. It sure as hell isn’t here.

Just when I thought that life couldn’t get any better…I have everything in life that could ever make me truly content. She is so uniquely special and makes me happy beyond words. Each new day brings fresh wonders.

Life is quiet. Better than before, but still quiet. I know he likes me, but my shyness stops me from taking things any further. If he would only make the first move…although now I think he has eyes for another. If only I would listen to my heart and not my head for once.

I’ve given up everything for her. A successful career in a busy town…but she is worth it. I’ve done my time working for others, now it’s time to spend the second half of my life focusing on us.

I’ve lost everything. My quiet town, the two women who made my heart sing. All dead. Only now am I finding that I can find interest in other people. The grief must be lifting…at last. I won’t ever dance again…not like before…but at least my mind is clearing a little.

Life is rarely dull. Our transport has gone, since being dumped on this miserable place, but we are growing in strength and will soon be strong again. Then the fun starts.

After spending so long being alone and sleeping aimlessly, I have now found a new life. She has transformed me completely and given me new hope for a bright future. We have so much to do together.

I’m bored beyond belief. This town is dead and I might as well be also. I’m sorry I came here now…if I had only gone a little further along the path then I could at least hear the noise of conversation. I’ll give it another year or so and then I’m off. At least I’ll have a giant sword to take with me, although I wish I had some muscles in my arms so I could lift it above my knees with ease.

Let down by so many now, and yet my travels have brought me now to an empty town. All those plans promised to me and then he just ignores me completely and focuses on someone else...someone better looking and more likeable than me. I hope his car falls to pieces and he ends up with his head stuck in a tree.

[Newguy]

I am a wanderer looking for answers of why I am here.

I am a simple man who wants to see the world!

I am a thief who has been turned around by a few peoples' kindness, but my shoulder still frekin hurts.

I am a wandering wayfarer who weighs his fairs and fares on his way! *starts humming*

I am coming.

[Tangential]

Update time.. in no particular order


My hidden passion of cooking is finally in the process of fruition! I'm currently setting up my kitchen and restaurant and the next step is to stock up on all my ingredients for my menu. I can't wait for this dream to come true and to share it with the special someone in my life who brightens my days whenever I am with her.

Bike? In car now! Vroom Vroom! Help dig stone.

What a change in my life.. all because of one girl! Once an oil pumping machine, now a man with a dream. I'm out of that hell hole and found a new haven one town over to share a fun and happy life with my soon-to-be wife.

Some things don't change. While the silence of her voice fills my heart, I will stay by her side at all times while she dreams. I long to gaze into her eyes again..

Everything's just fine and dandy. We're still looking for a nice place to call our home, but for right now, we're just happy to be together. We're each other's home and that's all that really matters for the moment.

Gather lots of things. Put in house. Make [insert character's name] happy! Maybe make bigger house?

There's so much on my mind. The past. The present. The future. So much going on in my head, so much to take care of, so much that needs to get done.. I don't know what to think. I just hope, in the end, everything will be okay.

I'm in new company now, but it is a blessing. It brought her into my life and I don't ever want to let her go. Holding her in my arms warms my entire body. Just being near her makes me smile from ear to ear; I cannot be happier now that she's in my life.


New Characters:

Out on field trip with mommy! I think she’s my mommy? She takes care of me..

We’re going to set up a loyalty amongst our group. We will band together as one, creating a hierarchical political power within our force. With more years of experience, we will grow more strong as a unit.

[Sekar]

My five developed characters:


I am the leader of a small town, attempting to thrive. The region is peaceful, yet I sense I must become part of a larger power, or risk losing what I have.

I am a trader, who wishes to retire. My job appears to have no meaning. My wealth is vast, but it holds no meaning. I don't know what to do, but return home, and try to change things.

I am a fallen warrior, trapped in a room by a man who is consumed by fear. I miss my family and the woman I love. At the same time, I think this might be a good thing, as long as my captor doesn't become destructive.

I've been working as a bank manager for years now. I get bored, but watching those in this city go about their lives is rewarding. I am happy.

Once again I lay trapped in this dark room. It's been years, my freedom is gone. I had a chance to escape, but I was just being used, and that is something I could not allow. Than that girl died, and that pathetic jailer had the guts to claim I was somehow responsible for her heart failing! **** him! **** them all! I hope they all burn! Is keeping me alive..making me eat...telling me their is a chance I will be released...is it all just some sick experiment??!! See how far they can take things before I begin tearing at my own flesh!!!!

[frenchfisher]

I am...

• no one in particular. Walking to nowhere. You don't know me. ((I'm only keeping this character alive because I love his name, so I'm trying to search somewhere where he might be interesting))

-Trying to endear myself to this new village; hopefully that will be more effective than barging right in and making my allegations without knowing anything.

-Recuperating from being a hostage in a new town. I feel like I'm missing a chance to gain power, but don't really care.

Striking off on my own, having thought out a new way to gain power and screw with my old enemies.

Taking advantage of the generosity of strangers aboard my new ship. I wish it went less slowly.

• being a general nuisance, albeit a rather cheerful one.

-Going to somewhere exciting! We're getting copper! I love my sister! YAY!

Going back home! Hunting is fun! I want to stay out longer!

Gathering resources. But I'm not so happy right now... someone very close to me died. At least I still have my sister.

Terribly bored, continuing one of my grand plans. I'd like to go to that new island...

-Make stuff. Daddy busy.

Protect home. Turtle bad.

Miss daddy. Confusing turtle.

Not kill turtle. Frustrating.

-Wondering where all these strange people came from.

Waiting desperately for my hero to return, so I can get orders.

Going off with my hero on an expedition.

Dead.

-FINALLY getting the answers I NEED.

Spreading the holy word of a religion of about two people.

Gathering spinach quietly after a new revelation brought about by hunger.

Evangelizing, but encountering more resistance than ever before.

Falling in love with one of the three men I've ever known.

Slowly bringing myself back to health, worried about how sleepy my love is.

Beginning to hallucinate, far, far away from home.

Trying to find an interesting personality (he's new and boring).

Gathering some food, and crushing on another man a bit.

Rejected by the one I love, I'm quietly working on some weapons.

Trying to get some sense of agency, and looking in the wrong places. (very new, description tentative)

Mostly sleeping, because everyone I know is off on some adventure. If one of my friends returns, I will join his organization.

Dead, a while ago.

Leading, for I am the one true town leader!

Also dead.

New:

Surviving on the indulgence of others, and loving every minute. Can't we just leave already?