Breaking Point - OOC & Sign-Up
The OOC section for a roleplay I've been thinking up for a while; it's roughly based around the idea of an action movie, with a bit more capacity for awesomeness, in my humble opinion.
Plot Outline: A maniac negotiates with the NYPD, while holding a New York diner hostage with an explosive device. The building is rigged to explode, and it has bystanders still inside; he watches through the diner's security camera, and from a vantage point somewhere outside.
The terrorist will speak with only one Police Officer, through which he conducts the 'negotiations.' His idea of negotiating turns out to be a sick game in which he plays with the lives of the hostages; it becomes apparent that he has no interest in ending the situation with anything but a fiery inferno, and the only chance to save the innocents inside is to stop the bomb, and hopefully the criminal before things turn ugly.
PG-13-ish Rating, so no terribly strong language- I call it at "Shit," "Bastard," "Son-of-a-bitch," that sort of thing. Nothing terribly sexual, either. Making out for some random reason? Whatever floats yours boat, but... there's a bomb to defuse, you know? Gratuitous sex on top of an armed bomb? Let's not. Kids are around, you sicko! Violence is pretty much a free reign thing, as long as you don't commence eating anyone's intestines(although they are quite tasty with fava beans, I hear).
Cast:
-The Protagonist: The one cop the maniac will deal with during the stand-off, ideally an off-duty cop starting out in the diner during the ordeal. In the interests of suspense and excitement, this character should have no experience with defusing explosives. Basically, the hero/heroine of the RP. (Recommended to someone who has a likable, but strictly kick-ass character in mind; again, this is a lot like an action movie.) Open!
-The Maniac: The hostage-taker who is negotiating directly with the first character; this can be any form of villain, or disgruntled citizen- of course, he or she will need to know how to work with explosives very well. (Recommended for the lady or gentlemen who thoroughly enjoys insane monologues, and has a dark sense of humor; get creative with this character!) Open!
-The Diner Patrons and Staff: Workers at the diner, and those eating in it at the time of the ordeal. You can play a minimal part, or a major one; interaction will be mainly with the protagonist, but it's pretty much open to lots of stuff! Open!
-The Police: These are the lucky ones; the ones outside the blast radius. First responders, SWAT team members, negotiators, things of that nature; it may sound odd, but I'd like to limit this group as much as possible, leaving only the essential amount of real people in it(for instance, a SWAT team leader could be one character, and he would be in direct control of the team-members, all of which would be NPC's; a Negotiator would be a single person, who would assist in talking down the maniac, or a bomb defusal expert would talk the protagonist through defusing the bomb). Open!
-Terrorists: Henchmen to the lead antagonist; they would possibly be moles inside the diner, or sneaky criminals attempting to foil the actions of the police outside of it. Either way, this option is closed until the decision is made by the lead antagonist, whoever that ends up being, as to whether or not he or she even wants henchmen. Special Case!
Character Skeleton:
Name: [First and last, try something that fits New York- randomly Japanese names if you must, lol, but I shun it! :P ]
Age: [Small children would be a bit odd, let's say 15 and up? No kiddies need to be blown up. Yet.]
Appearance: [Height, weight, so-on and so-forth. Pictures of actors/actresses/anyone of the same appearance as your character would rock, as well. Using Keanu Reeves or Maggie Q or Kurt Russel is all good... pick whoever, as long as it's not effing Tom Cruise. Okay, if you must. But he can't f*ck this publicity up with another Oprah Interview.]
Description: [Motive for being who they are; why the Maniac wants to blow something up, or why he or she would want to blow up the protagonist, or play games with them. Why the action hero became a cop... stuff of that nature. Free reign, basically, as long as you're not a flying Ninja cop or a bad guy with a laser beam.]
SIGN UP BELOW! I might not be available to play until this weekend, not sure, but even so y'all can carry on quite well. This needs people, really really badly! I'm tellin' ya, it's got some potential!
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