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-Welcome-

This is Persepolis. A wonderful establishment filled with loads to discover and learn and eat. Because, food is important.

For you loves who aren't into ancient history, Persepolis was the capitol of the great Persian Empire under the Achaemenid dynasty. It was brought together by Cyrus II of Persia, an Emperor who was pretty much amazing. Persepolis is also a graphic novel about Iran, which is modern Persia, and now a movie about the book. You should probably check it out sometime.

Your only job here is to type out lovely posts and enjoy yourself.

>Everything Else<

Some Really Quick Rules:
1. Leon-Wolfstar obviously has the last word in everything going on and his rules for the entire guild are expected to be followed.

2. I ask you to be sensitive to people's beliefs, at least in OOC stuff... and if your IC character tends to be an insensitive meanie face, then please go about it in a conscientious manner. smile

3. Don't kill without permission, don't godmod, and be creative.


Some jobs that need doing:
Owners: Cyrus and Darius (Vixen Demoness)

Bar tender:

Cook/Person who mans the counter in the cafe:

DJ or Musicians:

Librarian:

Anything else you want to do, go for it. Art is also appreciated. Really, if you have some stuff you want to share online, just send me the link and I'll post it put on here smile

To apply for a job:
Just ask me, either OOC in here, or IC in here or in a PM or whatever... you'll probably get it. razz


The Owners:

Name: Cyrus Yang
Nickname: Cy, but only one person can use that.
Looks: Cyrus has cropped silvery blond hair and dark gray eyes. Cyrus has a slightly rounded face, a small nose that is best described as cute and nice skin. Her face, without taking in the rest of her, is on the feminine side, or at least a pretty male. She's about 5'7", with a lean build. Cyrus has broad shoulders, not to the point that it would define 'her' as a man but slightly broader than your average women. Small breast, and small hips could be seen if Cyrus didn't always wear boy clothes.
Age: 23
Gender: It's complicated... but Cyrus tends to think of herself as a female.
Sexual Orientation: ....not important
Race: Human?
Likes: Cello, reading, music, cooking, Darius, smoking, photography, swimming, plants, biology, feminist
Dislikes: Loud people, sexist people, most people, dancing.
Personality: Usually calm, shy, introverted. While never overly nice, she doesn't ever yell unless you really push her too far. She has some self confidence issues, but she keeps them very well hidden. Tom boy could describe her, but don't tell her that. She hates when people talk about her looks, or assume she's a guy or a lesbian. Cyrus dresses in loose men's clothing, typically, sometime she shows some style but not without a very good reason. Cyrus has strong feminist convictions, in that way that she renounces many cultural expectations of women and some of men. She doesn't shave her legs, wear make up etc. Other than her feminist streak she's also an environmentalist, hence the building, and a lives a very vegan lifestyle.


Name: Darius Yang
Nickname: none
Looks: Darius has long brown, almost black, hair and the same eyes as his twin Cyrus. He is 6'3", broad shouldered, and well not large he's well built. He has a rather large nose, but overall is good looking. He doesn't have a strong resemblance to his twin, but they are still obviously siblings.
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation: It's questionable some days biggrin
Race: Human?
Likes: Piano, singing, knitting, art, music, rugby, history, religions, dancing, Cyrus, people, food.
Dislikes: Rude people, especially when it's directed at Cyrus, cooking, organizing, and judgmental religion profs
Personality: Darius has a sense of humor, and enjoys playing pranks on people. He is laid back, calm and rarely gets angry. He is also confident, and strong willed but tends not to get close to people very quickly. He comes off as extroverted, but keeps a deeper part of himself hidden away. He enjoys playing rugby, and school. He's working toward getting a PhD in world religions and history.

A bit of background for the twins: They were adopted at six months, by their current parents. Who are both history professors at a very top notch college, hence why they were named after Persian Emperors. They were home schooled until college, their parents both believing they could educate better than the public schools in the area and neither a fan of private secular schools.

Because of this, both tend to look at the world a tad differently than most. Darius comes off more normal than his sister, but this is understandable. Cyrus, was born a hermaphrodite, while she thinks of herself as a female, her body suggests that she's somewhere in between. True hermaphrodites are rare, but Cyrus was turned out that way. She can't ever reproduce, but other than that her body functions pretty decently. It's fairly common for the parents to assign a sex to a child born like Cyrus, and get 'corrective' surgery while they are still young but Cyrus's parents opted not too. They decided that sexual identity should be decided by Cyrus and not them and if later she decided she wanted surgery she could, but they seen nothing wrong with her and thus, didn't need to fit anything.

Since Darius and Cyrus grew up together, they are not only very close but tend to have the same mannerisms. Sometimes this comes off as Darius acting girlie or Cyrus acting like a boy, but it works out. Cyrus, though raised without gender restrains tends to think of herself as a girl but she is still largely trying to figure out her identity. Darius on the other hand knows who he is and seems to have everything down pact.

They went to college together, Cyrus went into biology, and Darius into history like his parents and also picking up world religions on the side. While he is very liberal in his beliefs, he tends to identify best with Muslims and does his five daily prayers faithfully.

They decided to open up Persepolis to help pay for college, though they are both very busy getting their masters degree, they still make time to run the establishment.

(( and here goes the first posty ))

Darius was in his library, sitting in a comfy looking chair beside the fire place. Of course, the fire wasn't on because the weather was nice enough that it wasn't necessary to keep the place warm but it was still a nice place to sit. With the window open and the sun shinning through, it cast enough light that he didn't even need to use a lamp. Dear Cyrus would be so proud of him right now.

He turned a paper of his history book, and kept reading. Every once and awhile he would turn to a notebook and scribbled done a note in awful handwriting. If he ended up being a professor he was going to need to work on that. It was hard to teach if your students couldn't read your notes.

Cyrus was on the first floor. When no one was around she felt more comfortable if someone was watching the entrance. Just in case someone came in and needed something... and to welcome new people of course. They were reopening after all, well sort of, they only closed for two months because of exams and spring break crunch time. As Cyrus and Darius's parents were constantly reminding them, they were students first above everything.

The silver/blond haired person sat at a computer, feet neatly tucked under her butt. She was touching up a photo she took on her computer, then she could blow it up and print it out... If it was good enough then, it would go up on the wall. It would hang along with all the other beautiful art works that had been collected since Persepolis first opened, three years ago.

Cyrus, co-owner of Persepolis, and currently working on touching up a photograph that had nothing to do with her school work, reluctantly tore dark eyes from the computer at the sound of the door opening. "Hello!" The twin called out because with all the clutter in the room it was difficult to see the door. With some effort, the rather sexually ambiguous women... or man perhaps? Uncurled from the chair and walked over to the door.

"Hello Miss." Cyrus said cheerily giving the little girl what she thought to be her kindest smile. Cyrus had a fondness for children, they were only rarely concerned about whether or not she was a male or female... And when they were, they asked her directly. "What are you doing here? Would you like something to drink? or anything to eat?"

Up the stairs, Darius was still hard at working. He had so many papers to write, and unlike the sane individuals around the world, he didn't take a break during the summer time. He took classes all year round, full class load too. He wanted his PhD before he was too old...