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≫ WHAT'S UP WITH GATEWAY ROLEPLAY? ≪

  • We've been radio silent for a long time now. We posted an announcement in our Discord server back in April of 2025, but never updated the forums. So what's up with Gateway Roleplay?

    After 5 long years, we've decided to place the development of Ties That Bind on an indefinite hold.

    This doesn't mean it's cancelled. We fully intend to run Ties That Bind: What Lies Beneath and Ties That Bind: City of Angels eventually. But to do so, we need to take a step back. In the meantime, we'll be working on smaller, invite-only projects.

    Thank you to everyone who has stuck with us this long! MindGate and I (Pika) have been working on this server for over a decade now. It truly is a passion project for us.

Abigail Sommerville | FiveHourSleep

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Character Name
Abigail Sommerville

I Agree
Yes

Has this character appeared in a previous lore?
No

Age
28

Blood Type
B Positive

Personality
Sociable, positive, shrewd, scatterbrained, talkative, tech-geek

Character Motivations
Find/wait for her sister
Survive, and have fun doing it

Physical Appearance
Short, glasses, shoulder-length black hair, intense blue eyes, tends to smile a lot

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Mechanical Occupation
Electrician

In-Character Occupation
Electrician

Biography
- Abigail (Abby) grew up with her twin sister Alisson (Allie) in a picturesque, suburban household. The two had many shared interests and would do most everything together. They were so alike that people could hardly tell them apart.

- When the girls were 14, and the red-eye hit, Abby and Allie’s family was one of the lucky ones. The neighborhood managed to create somewhat of a fortress around a local convenience store where they held out for an impressive amount of time.

- A few years into the apocalypse, the fortress fell, and Abby and Allie’s parents were lost when the family got separated from each other. Abby and Allie narrowly escaped in a car.

- They drove around together, for years drifting from place to place, staying a while and then packing up and leaving together. They picked up many skills along the way, and even though they started to differ more, they always complimented each other, which made them a strong survival team. Allie became the more introverted and contemplative of the two and was often their voice of reason and forethought. Abby’s sociable and shrewd nature, as well as her aptitude for electronics, allowed the pair many good opportunities.

- The twins had many misadventures across the country, sporting a distinct ‘fuck it’ attitude as they went. The world had ended, and they had nothing to lose except each other.

- Allie’s death was sudden, tragic and utterly pointless. Three years ago, a few days away from their latest pitstop, Allie was behind the wheel that night when she almost ran the car into an infected. She and her sister had been talking, laughing, when it suddenly appeared - she narrowly avoided it, ran the car off the road and hit a tree instead. Abby suffered a concussion, while Allie was killed instantly.

- Something broke inside Abby’s mind that day. She left the car without ceremony, wandered alone down the road and, as luck would have it, found a friendly settlement. She told the people she met that her and her sister “had some car problems”, and that she had gone to get help. When she returned to the car, Allie’s body was gone from the mangled driver’s seat. Abby’s addled mind figured she’d gone ahead to their next destination, a big junkyard where they were hoping to find some scraps for the car. Their map was lost in the crash, but a junkyard couldn’t be that hard to find, right?

- And so, for the last three years, Abby’s been looking for her sister and the junkyard where she figures they were supposed to meet.

Would you like your character to start with any items?
a powered metal detector
a big hiking bag

Would you like your character to start with any skills?
Some extra levels in electrician (she's gonna start with 6, but I'd like her to be at 8 if possible - this is her main skill and big part of her character), levels in gunmanship (her prefered fighting method), basic first aid (nothing special but I imagine she's learned a bit), basic carpentry (she likes to build stuff). If it's not too much, basic mechanics skill as well. She has a teeny bit of cars knowledge.

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No
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Heya, Five! I've reviewed your application and it's accepted!

Here's your login info:
Username: Abigail Sommerville
Password: zipzap
If you have any questions, feel free to reply and ask. Thanks!
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As per usual I have to make minor tweaks to an already approved character. So for transperancy's sake I'll just note here that I edited her personality description, making her 'shrewd' instead of 'dense' - she's now a bit sharper than my original idea. >u>

Hope that's alright.
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Yup, of course! It isn't like you're drastically changing the character.
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