bakerstreet | Sandal Punk Meme

Sandal Punk AU

Icarus flew.

There are many myths of the wonders of Greece, Rome, and Egypt. Seven wonders, and tales of labyrinths and clockworks. Long-lost treasures in mausoleums filled with ingenious traps. The inventions of Daedalus and Archimedes, of myth and history, of the architectural wonders of Rome, the lost marvels of Atlantis.
Sandal punk is a subgenre of science fiction that takes the scientific and technological wonders of the ancient world and expands upon them. As steampunk has its clockwork computers and airships, so sandal punk has the wings of Icarus and the giant robot colossus of Rhodes. Perhaps the gods are real—perhaps they’re merely technologically advanced aliens or superhumans, in a science fiction past-future.

A. Adventurers in a Sandal Punk World - You’re an inventor, an explorer, a mathematician, a scientist, or perhaps Icarus here to sign up for the experiment and try on a pair of wings. Challenge the gods or simply explore the boundaries of science.
B. Sandal Tech Dystopia - The gods and kings of the world maintain their power by keeping the wonders of technology—call it magic—under the strict control of the elite. Question that control or abuse your power as a god.
C. The Dark Underbelly - Sandal goth, where the monsters of legend are real, magic and technology are blended, and the world is a dark, beautiful, and corrupt place, where all important plot points take place at night. Perhaps you are a monster—chimaera, lamia, medusa—yourself, with a lair filled with magical and wondrous traps.
D. Myth and present - Centaurs with cell phones, minotaurs on social media, gods reborn. The legends of the ancient world are now real in our world, and Aphrodite’s got a craving for a pumpkin spice latte.
E. Archaeologists of the past - Somebody call a librarian, because there are mummies on the loose! Re-discover Atlantis, time-travel to Ancient Rome, fight Sumerian deities, and desecrate some priceless archaeological site in the name of saving the world.

How to Play
- Pick a prompt or two and specify what role your character would have within that prompt.
- Tag around and have fun!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[B, C, or D: Declan is a black-market purveyor of rare magical relics and technology.]

[Cult leader in a lotus-eaters kind of setup. A beautiful garden island of abandoned white temples amidst waterfalls and lagoons, and the flowers growing everywhere make you feel blissful and content, with a desire to stay here forever.]

_[Well]

[[ooc: I would just adore seeing Palutena in a Myth and Present setting, but honestly she's native to this sort of scene. She's a Goddess, and while she is the well-regarded Goddess of Light and Mankind is her dominion, she's not without her foibles. She's extremely approachable as gods go... as long as you don't damage her ego.]]

[It's Alexander the Great man. I'm down for anything including suspect black boxes found in Egypt.]

{Obviously a King or Emperor. Have fun being his subject. ♥ }

Sandal Punk Meme

Declan Lynch | The Raven Cycle

Gabriel Caron | OC

Isaac Dale/Icarus | Greek Myth Reincarnation | OTA

Palutena | Kid Icarus: Uprising

Iskandar/Rider ||| Fate/

King Thranduil {The Hobbit}