Serial Killer Round 45: The Roaring Twenties (3: Voting Period)

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

For the record, I'll be using Snip Quotes for the RPing sections.
It'll be done with invisible snips which are done like this.
Looking forward to the Rping

 

[CounterAttack]

For the record, I'll be using Snip Quotes for the RPing sections.
It'll be done with invisible snips which are done like this.

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I have to ask: What purpose does this serve? Is it to indicate who you're responding to?

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

I have to ask: What purpose does this serve? Is it to indicate who you're responding to?

Well, Yeah, as well as letting people know I've responded.
Why? you don't want me to?

 

[CounterAttack]

Well, Yeah, as well as letting people know I've responded.
Why? you don't want me to?

The rules-nazi in me wants me to say, 'yes, I don't want that.' Copying a line of another character's speech and using the bold tag would do the same job, remaining in-character instead of breaking the natural flow by using a quote. However, since I am aware that not everyone adheres to the same standards of writing that I do, I shall refrain from enforcing said standards (especially since I'm technically not a part of this round yet).

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Ah, right, just when you quote someone, if you leave nothing in the quote tags, it doesn't show the quote marks but the site still sends the alert, like in this case.
It was just something I picked up in Avatar Adventure and at the very least, other people know how to use it

 

[CounterAttack]

I see... the thing is, I thought the quote actually showed up in the post. That would shatter the flow of posts, in my opinion.

As a side note, I keep all my notifications turned off. The Escapist's messaging service takes forever to load.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Eh, Comes in handy when Rping with people in different time zones, then you know if they reacted or not and can skip straight to their post.
I find it useful as many of my RP buddies are State-side or Aussies while I'm in Ireland.
Neat little skill.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

Spoiler: My sheet, number being sent

Name: Ray Hastings

Age: 28

Sex: Male

Appearance: Tall and somewhat gaunt, wears a white suit with a red tie.

Secret: This jazz swinger is in massive debt due to a gambling addiction.

I like the idea of putting characters into SK.

 

[xTwinkiesx]

Huh. Well this is...huh.

Please excuse me. I haven't really done anything in the way of actual RP, so there's going to be a bit of a learning curve on my end.

Spoiler: Harold Blake

Name: Harold Blake
Age: 52
Sex: Male

Appearance: Tall and lean, with hair more salt than pepper, gray eyes that belie his age, and a suit to match. Harold is a charismatic man, and a force both feared and respected in the courthouse. He plans to use his influence in the community to make a run for a seat in the Senate.

Secret: Harold got into a high-stakes poker match with the wrong people. Expensive taste and a gambling problem left him with a debt he couldn't talk or pay his way out of. All that was left to offer was his services. Because of him, guilty men walked free while the innocent were condemned. Misfiled paperwork, disappearing evidence, missing witnesses...whatever it took to get his head above the water.

Hands shaking as he beheld the letter, his mind raced. All the loose ends should have been tied up nice and tight, but here someone was threatening him. He couldn't let this happen. If it got out what he had been doing, he would be ruined. No job, no future, no family, he would really lose it all. And the mob...what do they do to people who outlive their usefulness? Harold knew what he needed to do. He tore the paper and finished it off in his ashtray. His face a mask of grim determination, he walked to his car and drove out of the city to the place mentioned in the letter. Someone had to be silenced. Whatever the cost.

"Oh, hey. Someone else posted a character sheet. Ray Hastings. And his secret is...? Fuck."

@Redlin: All my hate.
@Sky: If our benevolent GM did have a plan for the secrets, I'm pretty sure it's blown to hell by now.

 

[Nouw]

Spoiler: Henry Goodman

Name: Henry Goodman.
Age: 17.
Sex: Male.
Appearance: Henry is about 6' 1" and is of thin, pale stature with short, brown hair. He is a clarinetist, no relation to Benny, of a swing band and when on stage you'll see him with eye-liner in a tidy brown-suit with a red tie. He'll have his hair gelled up too. Chances are, you'll only see him like this and for tonight, that will be the case.
Secret: Henry's second, lesser-known job is contract-killer. He is in the pocket of the Mafia, not telling which, and does hits for them when he goes to a gig. They never suspect the musician, they told him. They were right, more right than they thought. He does jobs for everyone, Mafias from around the country and businessmen, politicians alike.

 

[War Penguin]

@Sky: I think the reason why people's secrets are so tame is because they don't really want to look like a really bad guy. They always see the story from their point of view and having a character that's done a really bad thing makes them less easy to sympathize with. And since these characters are extensions of themselves for the most part [small](I know mine is)[/small], I can't say I blame them. Though I won't admit how bad my secret is, considering how I too am unsure how SkyeNeko want's to handle these.

@xTwinkiesx: Don't worry about it. I'm sort of new to this, too, and I'm a regular! It shouldn't be too hard, though.

EDIT: Also, the flying monkeys were generous this season and have holiday'ed up my lack of avatar. But I can't see it. How about anyone else? <_<

 

[RaNDM G]

@War: It's been taking a while for avatars to upload. Give it a few more hours and you should see it.

Also... Not bad.

 

[SkyeNeko]

The secrets don't have to be bad, but they do have to be something that you absolutely would not want getting out because of your reputation, your life, whatever...

Secrets dont have to be PMed, but yes please keep player and character knowledge separate. If you really REALLY want to, I guess you can PM them...

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

@Twinkies: Don't hate me! D:

Besides, gambling debts were probably quite prevalent during the era. Maybe our characters will bond over a card game!

Maybe...

[sub][sub][sub][sub]Please don't kill me. ._.[/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub]

 

[Mr.Ivebeenframed]

Haven't been in one of these in a while and the RP part greatly interests

Tell if anything is off

Spoiler: Emile de Mariavaux

Name: Emile de Mariavaux
Age: 27
Sex: Male
Appearance: Emile is of average height and build with short and wavy auburn hair along with hazel eyes to go along with his fair skin complexion. Emile has a good, square jawline, small nose but pointed nose, sunken cheeks, full lips, and a perpetually clean shave face. He dresses like one as well, and Emile is normally not seen without his midnight-blue three-piece suit.
Secret: Real name is Martin Erdsehn, ex-German soldier, and conman. He's scammed many people from their money including factory workers, bankers, businessmen, soldiers, and widows which are his favorite. The actual list goes on but if anybody caught wind of his true business then he predicts his life to end relatively soon.

 

[Sanguine]

I'm confused, so we ARE posting the secrets on this forum now?

 

[xTwinkiesx]

@Redlin: Yeah, I know there's bound to be overlaps somewhere. I'll just have to accept that. But hey, since you mentioned it, we can team up and dominate a game of Spades.

 

[SkyeNeko]

Can we still have our usual casual chatter in previous threads, just in character?

Of course. How else are you going to talk? xD

But yes, if you do have a character, please speak through them to cut down on the switching in and out of the RP a little. Since I do approve, I will also allow one sentence posts. Since we usually share videos, I'll allow black and white tv's in the mansion

Edit: I realize that when talking it may be out of character a few times, but whos keeping track

 

[RaNDM G]

@Skye: We can't play YouTube in black and white... Or can we?

[sub][sub]*one google search later*[/sub][/sub]

No we can't.

 

[Schizzy]

Spoiler: Piotr Chomski

Name: Piotr Chomski

Age: 44

Sex: Not in a while

Appearance: Hailing from Russia, Chomski has pale skin on one who has endured many harsh winters in the Fatherland. A gaunt disheveled man standing at a colossal 6'6", he's a man adverse to meat, restricting himself to just vegetables and fruit, and even so, sparingly. Despite appearances and diet, he a man of prodigious strength.

Secret: On March 12, 1917, when food was scarce due to World War I, Chomski was driven to madness from the hunger. He remembers little that day, except that when he regained his sanity, his hovel was bathed in blood and his mouth filled with meat... and his wife of 20 years was nowhere to be seen.