Private roleplay between me and NowandThen. C:
I'm...just gonna post the poem here, 'cause. o.o' I feel it's necessary.

The wind was a torrent of darkness upon the gusty trees,
The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas,
The road was a ribbon of moonlight looping the purple moor,
And the highwayman came riding--
Riding--riding--
The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn door.

He'd a French cocked hat on his forehead, and a bunch of lace at his chin;
He'd a coat of the claret velvet, and breeches of fine doe-skin.
They fitted with never a wrinkle; his boots were up to his thigh!
And he rode with a jeweled twinkle--
His rapier hilt a-twinkle--
His pistol butts a-twinkle, under the jeweled sky.

Over the cobbles he clattered and clashed in the dark inn-yard,
He tapped with his whip on the shutters, but all was locked and barred,
He whistled a tune to the window, and who should be waiting there
But the landlord's black-eyed daughter--
Bess, the landlord's daughter--
Plaiting a dark red love-knot into her long black hair.

Dark in the dark old inn-yard a stable-wicket creaked
Where Tim, the ostler listened--his face was white and peaked--
His eyes were hollows of madness, his hair like mouldy hay,
But he loved the landlord's daughter--
The landlord's black-eyed daughter;
Dumb as a dog he listened, and he heard the robber say:

"One kiss, my bonny sweetheart; I'm after a prize tonight,
But I shall be back with the yellow gold before the morning light.
Yet if they press me sharply, and harry me through the day,
Then look for me by moonlight,
Watch for me by moonlight,
I'll come to thee by moonlight, though hell should bar the way."

He stood upright in the stirrups; he scarce could reach her hand,
But she loosened her hair in the casement! His face burnt like a brand
As the sweet black waves of perfume came tumbling o'er his breast,
Then he kissed its waves in the moonlight
(O sweet black waves in the moonlight!),
And he tugged at his reins in the moonlight, and galloped away to the west.

He did not come in the dawning; he did not come at noon.
And out of the tawny sunset, before the rise of the moon,
When the road was a gypsy's ribbon over the purple moor,
The redcoat troops came marching--
Marching--marching--
King George's men came marching, up to the old inn-door.

They said no word to the landlord; they drank his ale instead,
But they gagged his daughter and bound her to the foot of her narrow bed.
Two of them knelt at her casement, with muskets by their side;
There was Death at every window,
And Hell at one dark window,
For Bess could see, through her casement, the road that he would ride.

They had bound her up at attention, with many a sniggering jest!
They had tied a rifle beside her, with the barrel beneath her breast!
"Now keep good watch!" and they kissed her. She heard the dead man say,
"Look for me by moonlight,
Watch for me by moonlight,
I'll come to thee by moonlight, though Hell should bar the way."

She twisted her hands behind her, but all the knots held good!
She writhed her hands till her fingers were wet with sweat or blood!
They stretched and strained in the darkness, and the hours crawled by like years,
Till, on the stroke of midnight,
Cold on the stroke of midnight,
The tip of one finger touched it! The trigger at least was hers!

The tip of one finger touched it, she strove no more for the rest;
Up, she stood up at attention, with the barrel beneath her breast.
She would not risk their hearing, she would not strive again,
For the road lay bare in the moonlight,
Blank and bare in the moonlight,
And the blood in her veins, in the moonlight, throbbed to her love's refrain.

Tlot tlot, tlot tlot! Had they heard it? The horse-hooves, ringing clear;
Tlot tlot, tlot tlot, in the distance! Were they deaf that they did not hear?
Down the ribbon of moonlight, over the brow of the hill,
The highwayman came riding--
Riding--riding--
The redcoats looked to their priming! She stood up straight and still.

Tlot tlot, in the frosty silence! Tlot tlot, in the echoing night!
Nearer he came and nearer! Her face was like a light!
Her eyes grew wide for a moment, she drew one last deep breath,
Then her finger moved in the moonlight--
Her musket shattered the moonlight--
Shattered her breast in the moonlight and warned him--with her death.

He turned, he spurred to the West; he did not know who stood
Bowed, with her head o'er the casement, drenched in her own red blood!
Not till the dawn did he hear it, and his face grew grey to hear
How Bess, the landlord's daughter,
The landlord's black-eyed daughter,
Had watched for her love in the moonlight, and died in the darkness there.

Back, he spurred like a madman, shrieking a curse to the sky,
With the white road smoking behind him and his rapier brandished high!
Blood-red were his spurs in the golden noon, wine-red was his velvet coat
When they shot him down in the highway,
Down like a dog in the highway,
And he lay in his blood in the highway, with the bunch of lace at his throat.

And still on a winter's night, they say, when the wind is in the trees,
When the moon is a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas,
When the road is a gypsy's ribbon looping the purple moor,
The highwayman comes riding--
Riding--riding--
The highwayman comes riding, up to the old inn-door.

Over the cobbles he clatters and clangs in the dark inn-yard,
He taps with his whip on the shutters, but all is locked and barred,
He whistles a tune to the window, and who should be waiting there
But the landlord's black-eyed daughter--
Bess, the landlord's daughter--
Plaiting a dark red love-knot into her long black hair.

Wanna be the girl or the guy? o.o
Oh, and, the plot is loose and easy to bend, as it's just about a delinquent male who's in love with a high cl*censored* man's daughter...

o3o How is that copying?
The poem is just there... Sort of as a reference. It's a roleplay about a delinquent male who falls in love with a high cl*censored* man's daughter, which is why it's modern day.
And, yes, Katie. o.o They both died in the poem.

LOL. I'll put my bio-ish in a second, too...

o3o Hi, Yoshi.

Double post. :C

o3o If you were interested in joining, you could be the other guy. 8D The one who tells on Bess and the highwayman. x3

They're in highschool, I guess, so he'll be eighteen... e.e
Daire Everett-
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Samantha Bayler

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Welll, this wasn't exactly the picture I wanted but it will work.

Alright. ^^ We'll start at night, like in the poem.
Would you like to start the roleplay off, or should I?

( 'Kay. o.o ) 

The darkness of the night hid the shadowy bags under Daire's eyes, and he clutched the rose he was holding just a bit tighter, then tried to put on one of his most dazzling smiles. He'd parked his car about a quarter of a mile away from Samantha's home, just to be safe, and walked the rest of the way. He had to climb over a wall and avoid security cameras, but he'd finally reached Samantha's house.

Now, standing there in the darkness of the night, Daire waited for a bit. If Sam remembered he was coming that night, she'd look out the window. If she didn't, he'd have to go Romeo style or something and throw rocks at her window. Only small rocks, of course. He didn't want to break Sam's window or anything like that.

And, he felt stupid. Trying to be romantic by standing out in the middle of the night, waiting for his secret girlfriend with some rose. Yup, he definitely felt like an idiot.

(  o.o I sort of set us up in this post... ) 

Ooc: That's fine.

Bic: Sitting on her bed with her arms wrapped around her knees, Sam try to occupy her thoughts. Tonight was the night that Daire was coming or so she hoped. And if all went well, when she looked out the window at a certain time, he would be waiting down below.

She glanced at her clock again and began to feel nervous and excited as the appointed time drew closer. She let go of her knees and started to run a hand through her hair, wanting to look her best for Daire. Stealing another look at the clock, she hopped off her bed, quickly crossing the room to the window, pulling it open slightly to look out. Sure she was a few minutes early but it wasn't hurting anything to wish he was already out. Her eyes swept over the yard and the moment she saw him, she instantly broke out into a grin, giving him a small wave.