I definitely shouldn't be typing this out right now... but here goes (oxo // closed)

hey i got an idea
i saw the username "bookslosttothesea" and a thread about corrupt governments and decided to combine the two
what if a corrupt government made an executive decision to toss all books into the sea because we had devices and technology and all the books had already been uploaded to the cloud so there was no reason to keep any books in physical format?
or, because of some random event that happened, books literally got lost to the sea (perhaps a tsunami?)?

Yeah, of course! Which plot would you like me to elaborate on?

Oooo sounds interesting!

So the government, the corrupt government decides that they'd make more money off of selling eBooks and stuff like that and especially so by getting rid of print books, so the first steps they took were to back up the entirety of all the print books to an online database and then banned all books printed physically and went around to all the homes and collected the books, throwing them into the sea later. One of the only reasons people didn't go to the ocean and find the books was because the books were gathered into a bunch of random bags, loaded with rocks just for safety and dumped in completely random parts of the ocean. [Insert the rest of the plot that we can develop later if you decide to join]

Cool!

Did you want to do templates or no?

Okii! I'll get a template up in a bit!

name
age
gender
sexuality
occupation (optional)
for or against the new ruling?
appearance
personality
other

(That's fine! So was I, actually.)

And as for age range, how about anywhere from 7-20? I'll try to get my character up as soon as possible, but it's getting late where I am so, I might have to do it tomorrow.

name - kiara leila parker
age - 17
gender - female
sexuality - bi
occupation (optional) - has a part-time job at a coffee shop, and is currently attending her local high school
for or against the new ruling? strangely enough, for.
appearance - https://pin.it/nq3yv7l4rzhkle
personality - kiara, like caelia does enjoy reading in her spare time as well, but she also is a major nature and wildlife animal advocate. her view on the new ruling is that it's actually better than burning the books, and we no longer will need trees for printing of books. she's quite nice, though one of her numerous flaws is that if she strongly supports an opinion, or believes (in) something strongly, she will stubbornly hold her position if faced against one with a differing opinion. she could argue for hours, since she learned how to argue… decently with her numerous arguments with her older (and annoying, as she calls him) brother, evan (looks: https://pin.it/yhucuhs5alrrma).
other - none

(Thanks! And yup, I'll definitely work on a starter in a bit! ^^)

"More protests of the new ruling recently passed by the President," the news channel on the television informs her.
"Ugh, really? Don't these people know what's good for them? What's good for the Earth?" Kiara groaned, shaking her head in disgust. Unlike the majority of the population on Earth, she actually agreed with the new ruling. Not necessarily for the reasons the government passed it, but for environmental reasons. Besides, she told herself. Printing books means more trees get cut down. The more trees get cut down, the more climate change will impact Earth. They had finally managed to get enough oxygen in the air and pause climate change, turning around the end of the Earth. But now… the people were slowly reverting back to their old ways, and it disgusted her. How could people act so carelessly?

(No problem!)

(Aha not really)
"Thousands of people gather, with their main point being 'Save the Books,' and multiple squadrons of officers have been dispatched to keep the crowd under control," the speaker on the television says. She has dark inky black hair and glasses, and Kiara thought she detected the slightest hint of agreement with the new law. Kiara managed a tiny smile at the thought of another supporter for the cause. People just didn't understand. This new law was a good thing. Besides that, there was a reason her first and middle names were Kiara Leila. Her mother had told her it meant bright night. Her own personal interpretation of this was that she was like a bright light, a ray of sunshine in the darkest times. Sometimes… she missed her mother. It was nice having someone to guide her, to tell her what to do when she was lost, clueless. But now it was just her. Just her and her brother. Her thoughts were broken by her brother shouting, "Come on, slowpoke! You're gonna be late to school!" he teased, racing by her. Of course, Kiara knew she wouldn't be late for school. After all, I'm not the one who has zero period this semester, she thought to herself, smirking slightly.

(Lol it's fine)
"Hah, yeah right! Says the one who actually has zero period this semester!" Kiara yelled after her brother, but she grabbed the remote beside her to flick off the television and grabbed her backpack, jumping up to follow her brother out the door. She couldn't wait to rant to her best friend, Sam about the latest news on television. It's not like she liked to rant, but rather she needed to rant. Her brother wouldn't hear it though, so the only person who would listen to her rants was Sam. He was a nice kid. Played cello in a youth symphony organization, and he was always willing to help her out with schoolwork.

As she and her brother finally arrived at school, both panting and gasping for breath, Kiara spotted Sam out of the corner of her eye and immediately took off again, though her muscles were screaming for oxygen. "Sam! Sam! Saaaaaaam!" she called to him, stopping only when she saw his head turn to see her running towards him.
"What's up?" he asked, his face clearly full of confusion.
Kiara cracked an apologetic smile, not saying anything for awhile, catching her breath. "Sorry. But have you heard? There was another protest this morning!" she exclaimed, her face falling into a scowl as she recalled the events on the television.
Sam's face fell as well, soon after. He sympathized with her, he really did. But he just didn't feel as strongly as she did about the new law. But it wasn't like he was against the law, either. In fact, he didn't really care about the law.

"Sorry, 'Ra. I don't know what to do. Sometimes, people can be stupid," he replied, shaking his head.
Kiara smiled, hearing Sam's nickname for her. It was only the last two letters of her name, but she liked it. It was both short and simple, and it sounded nice. "I know…" she said, turning around to look around at the others. But for some reason, one girl in particular stood out. She shook her head a bit to see if she was dreaming or hallucinating, but… she wasn't.
"What's wrong?" Sam asked, looking at her with concern.
"Hm?" Kiara looked up. "Oh, it's just that girl, I think I recognize her from somewhere, but I don't know where…" she pointed out a girl with large fluffy reddish-brownish hair. As her mind whirred, trying to figure out where she'd seen that girl, when suddenly, she knew. "I remember now!" she exclaimed with a gasp. "I saw her on the television this morning… she was at the protest!"

(Ack! I accidentally clicked report! Super sorry! Didn't mean to!)