The Siren's Song
Welcome aboard the Siren's Song, the most exclusive, once in a lifetime (literally) boat trip you'll ever take. Take a stroll up on the gallery deck; the view is to die for. Or maybe you enjoy sports? We have a killer squash court right her on board. Or maybe you just want to go to our world class restaurant? The crowds are just dying to get taste of our fillet mignons.
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Okay, enough puns (for now ) This Role play is both something we have been meaning to write for a while (a sort of whodunnit Roleplay/SB), and a way for us to test/refine the mechanics such a whodunnit would use.
Your characters can be any of your characters (old/new, whatever you like), but the darker/more secretive/more likely to murder someone characters are preferred. You can describe them in your first post either in the text itself, or simply using a spoiler.
The ship/setting itself is very "Great Gatsby"-ish (for some reason we're obsessed with the 1920s-1940s these days), so also right in that classic Agatha Christie/Clue timeframe (perfect for murder mysteries)
Please ask in the DT (link above) if you wish to join.
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Current "Mechanics"
So, since our characters will be both potential murderers and victims, we're going to see if the polling system might work as a good way to do it.
We'll give everyone a few posts to get "settled in"- basically, start trying to pry open the other characters' nuts, while keeping yours as closed as possible (let's say a two post "immunity" for any new character getting written in) This is why secretive/darker characters are better for this Role play (they'll have stuff to hide/motives to kill)
Then, we'll use a website to randomize which character is the first murderer, and PM whoever it is. (The first "murder" will be an npc so we don't immediately lose a character)
All the details of the murder can be written up by y'all, but the point is that you must still try and either incriminate someone else, or try and catch the killer.
After a certain amount of posts p/character (or when the majority say they're ready in the DT, reminder that the link is above), we'll set up a poll, and everyone votes who they think (or they want to incriminate) the killer be. Once everyone has voted, the character with the most votes gets eliminated (If it's the murderer, they're tossed overboard and a new murderer gets selected. If it's not the murderer, the murderer struck again, killing another character)
It may seem confusing, but that's why we're trying this out in a Roleplay first and not an SB.
All standard Roleplaying rules apply, and once your character dies, you may introduce a new one (it's a very big boat)
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