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The world is wild. It always has been. For the small town of Sherwood, this is a long-accepted fact.
But life is easy. People are happy, most of the time. They gather in "The Broken Barrel" saloon to socialize and share gossip. They often get drunk and stay up well in the night, sometimes having fights under the light of the full moon. From time to time, even petty conflicts can turn into vicious duels, and the townspeople get another chance to use their guns.
More often than not, these conflicts end with blood. The people are wounded, well-placed holes flourishing inside their bodies. However, nanobots of various brands, that are present in everyone's bloodstream, tirelessly work to heal and preserve the injured combatants long enough for the ambulance to arrive and fully restore them. Furthermore, the sixshooters possess built-in guiding systems that always aim well away from the chips implanted in every person's head. It is impossible to kill a person with a gun. Duels never end with death.
But on a cold autumn morning, the sheriff is alerted. A body is discovered riddled with gunshot wounds, one of which is to the person's head. It is unclear how the gun's safety measures were disabled, as well as why the person's nanobots weren’t activated.
The very next day a duel goes south, and another gun's safety fails to work, shooting a woman in her left eye, killing her before she could blink with her right one. Upon examination, the gun is not the same one that caused the body from the day before.
You are either one of the townspeople, or a new arrival in the town who plans on staying a while. You are somehow connected to the mystery, though you might not even know it.
The world is wild, but you're a part of it.
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Setting essentials:
The world is mainly modern and somewhat futuristic, with the advanced medical technology being one of the few things setting it forward. Since it's become increasingly difficult to die of non-natural causes, it's socially acceptable to have duels and to display violence. The people use sixshooters only because it's trendy and stylish, so there are also all kinds of weapons available to the average person.
Vehicles run on electricity which is produced via solar panels, so fuel is incredibly cheap. This allows for everyone to have a vehicle of their own, making (motor)bikes the most popular means of transportation. There are energy wells the bikes can "drink" from scattered all over the country, so getting around isn't much of a problem, especially considering that bikes are built to also work well on all kinds of rough terrain.
The people of Sherwood get what they need from a mall on a highway not far from town, but they don't hang out there. They spend most of their time in the town's saloon, which is an establishment that has cheap but excellent accommodation, serves as a restaurant, and also has a backyard stadium for various performances of arts and sports that all the townspeople can partake in.
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Characters:
You are free to create whatever character you want. You are allowed to kill your own characters whenever you desire, but if you wish to have another person's character do the deed, you will have to ask them for permission. If you are bored with your character, you are always free to start a new one.
(Character suggestions: Sheriff, deputy, saloon keeper, local gang member.)
Curtis Wainwright - @Lumi
Shane Rigley - @Savvy
Wolfgang Lariviere - @Wolfical
Samantha Lariviere - @Wolfical
Sheriff Hank Holdy - @Persistence
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