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We had a lot of big changes and the FC isn't only a cabaret club anymore but also a mafia that uses said cabaret as a front. We still take cabaret staff and girls/boys but also mobsters now. The club is as good as ready to open up after the last preparations, so if you don't want to join but are interested to become a customer after opening, go visit our website for more information. Of course, we'd be more than happy about people joining the family or club. (Look at the first post here for more information about timed roles that will disappear after being filled up)

There are some already but I think it depends on what you are looking for FC-wise. Like, social, adventure or something else.

We moved to Omega and got a house. If you also want to move to Omega and are looking for an FC there, I'd gladly welcome you!

I think I'll take a risk and move - if I wait too long there is the danger of no apartments being available anymore and she could do as a solo cabaret girl for the starting time (would still need to find customers, though).

Is there an Omega Discord server yet? If not, it would be a pretty good idea. :cactuar:

I'd definitely be interested in going to Omega but I'm not sure how high my chances are to find members and customers for my cabaret club FC there, so I should probably just watch it for now.

Someone should also make a Discord server for Omega when it really becomes Europe's RP server.

We are also always looking for new cabaret girls/boys and cabaret staff! And soldiers, they are the backbone of the family, after all (we'd start with around 3-5 soldiers who also belonged to the old family but without knowing Yitani is also Whitevine - but they know she leads the cabaret and has ties to the family. After these starter soldiers are filled you'd need to start as a rookie and rise up to become a soldier).

About the mafia The Mercer Family - named after its first (and greatest until now) boss - is a mafia that uses a cabaret club as a front while dealing with the shady business behind the curtain. People do not know, though, that Amaranthine, the cabaret club, is owned by the Mercer Family, so that it won't get attacked. This means that even the cabaret girls and boys and the staff working there don't know about it and think it is just a normal club. Although they work for a mafia the mobsters treat them well and don't exploit them - the soldiers even act as security for the club and protect the girls and boys from any harm. So, don't mess with our girls and boys or you'll be sorry, mate. The atmosphere in the family itself may be more on the mature side and there will probably be MRP (don't confuse it with ERP!) but they aren't all dark and gloomy - and neither totally evil. Yeah, they are criminal and deal in shady business like smuggling, selling drugs, extortion, hits (not music - like hitmen) and so on but they wouldn't rob poor people or those with a shitty life. They want to follow Mercer's example and be more like a "gentlemen (females can join, too, of course) mafia" that could still mess you up if you cross their way. The current boss of the mafia is Yitani although her own mobsters don't know that. She has two sides to her - just like the family itself. For once, she is the manager and lead cabaret girl (she even works as a cabaret girl herself) of Amaranthine and acts like a sweet innocent woman in public with a little side of doofus sometimes. She also is, on the other hand, Whitevine - the leader of the Mercer mafia - who's face is unknown because she always wears a mask with an integrated voice changer and acts completely different from her other self. Only her closest high-ranking subjects, like her sister and cousin, know that Whitevine is not only the mafia boss but also the manager of Amaranthine (please don't metagame by your character knowing that - they only know this if I allowed it). Members of the mafia should wear a suit while they act as mafioso - anything else would break immersion, after all. Preferrably white ones like the big Xaela in front of the entrance has (just the normal white that you can buy with gil). There is usually white dye in shelf 2 of the company chest, so just ask a higher-up or senior cabaret girl/boy to give you some. A closer look at the family's ranks The ranks should be quite easy to understand but here is a rundown of them: The boss Obviously the one in charge of everything and the one the rest of the family follows. Every new member has to swear their loyalty to the boss, which would be Whitevine in this case (Yitani's other identity). If they do break this oath a terrible punishment will await them, so don't try to betray the family. The underboss The second in command after the boss and the one that takes over when Whitevine isn't around. There is only one and you should treat her with the same respect as the boss. Advisor The brain of the family and the one that is usually consulted when big plans are scheduled. Can take over if neither the boss nor the underboss are around but doesn't have all privileges like the bosses do. There is usually one but who knows - if the family becomes big enough there could be room for another one. Capo Acts as an officer and leads soldiers during coups or other kinds of maneuvers. Needs to have good judgement and reliability - it is a leadership position, after all. Soldiers have to listen to them and they act as management staff when they work in the club - they organize the cabaret girls and boys (when the manager isn't doing it or in a session herself), greet customers and inform them about what they need to know and show them to their booths before calling for the cabaret girl or boy that was ordered. They do not bring food and drinks, though. That's what housekeeping is for. Of course, not every capo has to do this because you don't even need so much management staff during opening hours. Soldier The normal rank and therefore the one that most mobsters will have. They are the backbone of the family and act as its "army" while being led by capos or higher-ranking members. They are not newbies anymore, though, and are expected to pull their weight. When they work in the club during opening hours they act as security and watch out that all customers behave - they shouldn't just punch away, though, and are expected to handle unpleasant customers with care. They are there to protect the girls/boys and warn - or throw them out when they ignore the warnings - misbehaving customers. Not every soldier has to do this, though. Supporter Is on the same level as soldier and just a second type of normal member. Instead of joining coups and other maneuvers they usually don't fight and instead do other handywork. Like dealing, getting supplies, mending and mechanical work (like maintaining the families airships), reeling in information and so on. They may not be great fighters but they are clever enough to make up for that. When it comes to the club they have not set tasks and can usually decide by themselves if and in what way they want to help - although one of them could sit behind the counter and take care of the paper work. They could even fill in for management staff when it comes to greeting customers. Rookie A new blood and someone who joined the family recently. Has almost no privileges and shouldn't expect the others to take them seriously. Also does most of the dirty work that others don't want to do but is not allowed to accompany the family during coups. If you want to become a full member you will have to prove your worth - how your trial to become a soldier will look like can vary and the capos are usually the ones organizing them after receiving confirmation from the boss. Can substitute for housekeeping when the club is short on staff for opening hours.

No problem! The whole allies thing is only for non-members, anyway - there is no need to be an ally if one already belongs to us, after all. Edited her heritage - she's not an Ishgardian noblewoman anymore but just from a rich family.

Hey, sure thing. Maybe you'd even be interested in being an ally of the FC she belongs to (Artifice of Reason). We are looking for that and it doesn't matter if they are criminal or not, part of an FC or just a single person. Otherwise a contact for just Zaza would be enough, too.

Considering Zaza already has enough people that could guard her (and her strongest point being destructive as hell) the second one should suffice more although I'm not sure yet what exactly they could do together.

Bumping because I found a servant but am still missing an assistant for the occult :moogle:

Yeah, that could work, thanks for the offer. I just noticed I never specified what kind of noble she is but Ishgard - even more reason to keep everything secret - could actually work, her being a Hyur and all. (I don't know much about Ul'dahnian nobility, after all). I guess her family would be a branch of the Fortemps dynasty. I also think that destruction and healing can go hand in hand quite nicely if you do it right. Two sides of the same coin and stuff.

Sorry, double post mistake

http://fs5.directupload.net/images/170531/57gm6s39.jpg[/img] Zaza Skywright never had any interest in becoming an airship engineer like her father - one of her cousins would be better suited anyways. She was always more interest in the unusual, no matter if more on the normal side or occult. When she turned 14 she discovered an Elezen, one of her father's employees, practising forbidden magic. Or rather: he was in posession of a Black Mage's soulstone and used it for different purposes. Not only for more powerful magic but also Voidsent summoning, which Zaza did not know for a long time. After she catched him in the act of using magic that was clearly forbidden she threatened him - she was not the nicest girl and is a bit better now - to teach her because she was fascinated by it. All of his studies were so interesting and different from the usual. She studied Thaumaturgy under him - while also joining the guild for a few years - and learned to handle the destructive side of magic. She was already an adult for quite some time when she discovered that her mentor tried to summon a Voidsent that was too strong for him to control. After it attacked him he tried to defend himself and wounded it but got killed by it - but it was wounded enough so that Zaza could struck it down. This showed her that the Void is a subject that not even a researcher of the occult should touch which she, thank the Twelve, never did before. She took her mentor's soulstone and polished her newfound Black Magic - of course, never using it in public or in front of others. Not much later she joined the Artifice of Reason, a group of researchers whose mindset really aligned well with her - Be better, there is no alternative. She joined them and finished her trial where she learned that her magic could be used for more than just destruction. The director also changed her for the better and she is trying to help them out in her own ways. Her special area being occult studies like undead, Black Magic and the like. Although she would never summon undead - her studies are more like countermeasures against them which is also true for Voidsent. Researching something can also be used to fight it. I would like to find some new connections for Zaza after I changed her a lot. She can still be a bit snobby but isn't as bad anymore, she even managed to make friends in the Artifice. She was more of a distrustful loner before that and when she studied alone. This changed and she may not know a lot about working together but is trying to learn it. For the connections: - She could have found an assistant for her occult studies which I would put in a grey area when it comes to legality. Like, she isn't summoning something forbidden but she still studies the related subjects which is why she won't make her works public and keep them for the Artifice. The assistant could also learn destructive magic from her and should be ICly more of a beginner or amateur when it comes to that. Although that's just optional. Just the occult part would be enough. The best would be someone who would be willing to join the Artifice but that's just optional as well and not required. - If you have another idea, just ask. I'm pretty open to a lot of things.

She sounds like she's a cute person from her description, I like it. I dunno if she'd be interested but Yitani could probably teach her how to deal with people. Like, making friends, being open and talking to others and the like. That's what's she's best in. Dunno if she would be enough to overcome her shyness, though, but an attempt can never hurt. Oh, there's also Zaza but she specializes in destructive magic and occult stuff, which can be pretty... weird in other people's eyes.

I hope you don't mind the question but how do you think the situation would be if it was the opposite of that? Like, the races of a world were working/living together for millenia instead of recently? Asking for something outside of FF14.

Maybe you'd be interested in joining Yitani's hostess club as a pastry chef. That would be quite matching because they don't serve meals for their customers but smaller things like pastries and stuff. Here's a link. https://amaranthine-rp.tumblr.com/ We are still getting started, though.

Maybe you would be interested in joining the Artifice of Reason (you can find it in the FC directory). We have two Magitek engineers there and I am sure others would be appreciated.

Man, the part about romance is so true - and I saw that a lot in my old text-RP days (and have to admit my friends and I were also responsible for some too planned ones, yuck, those pretty much sucked, as you can guess and I wouldn't do it again). Don't know about ERP and such but I can say there are way too many people running around half naked and some FCs being a bit too much on the sex sells side. I like my characters to be decent, not only in clothing but also relationships. Like, Yitani would take some time until she would consider dating a person and even then there would be more development instead of "kaboof! You are together and do EVERYTHING now!". Just my two cents.

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How expensive was that and how did you manage that?

I have nobody who could work there but maybe you would be interested in some kind of partnership with Yitani's hostess club. We don't only use the hostesses for customer sessions but could also arrange to lend them to other FCs for events (like a deal) to brighten up the mood and entertain attendants. Other FCs can book them and we will send them over for the event. Although we still need a few more of them, we only have 2 for now and just started out as well.