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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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Character Skeleton:

Name: Matthew Williams

Age: 43

Appearance:

Description: Matthew is Police Chief of the N.Y.P.D. he in the "movie" will be outside the diner trying to negociate with the Terrorist. He hates scumbags and is generally a good man. He is well respected by other members of the force, but at times can be a bit gruff, when things aren't going well.

Cpt. Williams is also a friend of the protagonist.

Character Skeleton: Antagonist
Notice: I'm only putting this forward for the antagonist character, anyone else is welcome to try and take it, I'll step aside for a more crazy-ass maniac any day.

Name: James Tenniman

Age: 57

Appearance: Ed Harris ((F*ck Tony Shalhoub!))
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Description: James Tenniman was a life-time member of New York City's Police Bomb Squad, until a fateful meeting with an intricate explosive device in 1999, in which three other officers were declared dead at the scene. Tenniman's body was never found, and it was assumed he was vaporized by the blast, leaving no remains. In reality, James survived the blast, with only a few cuts and scrapes; by a lucky chance, another officer threw him away from the blast in time to take the brunt of the explosion.

Insane and vengeful for the botched police report that blamed the bomb squad for failing to defuse the device in time, the legally dead Tenniman has dedicated himself to bringing his own definition of 'justice' to the NYPD. While holding no ill will against most street cops, he has a particular grudge against superior officers and 'bureaucrats.'

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Persistent World Character: Dr. Vincent Henderson
http://roleplayerguild.com/f23/dr-vi...enderson-3563/

Character Skeleton:
Name: Keshu Meada (Ken-Shoe Me-Edd-Ah)
Age: 33
Appearance: about 6' 2ft, Average build, leaning towards muscles, a practiser of traditional martial arts, a spectacular wielder of weapons, his best weapon being a dual sword, he has jet black hair, halfway down his back, put down, he has has sea blue eyes, is unfamilar with New York and trys to always look around his surroundings and hates to talk with people who he doesn't know, also has a keen sence of justice. Kenshu is well known in japan as a champion.

Description: After arriving with his 17 year old brother in New York, Kenshu is still not sure if New York is the capital of America. He was given a location and a date on a piece of paper by a flight attendant, to meet and talk about opening a Dojo, after spending a couple of nights in a average hotel he goes to the meeting place with his brother only to leave without his brother and told to go to this diner or else he will never see his brother again, the manic has the brother of Kenshu and will kill the brother unless Kenshu goes to a diner and does everything the manic says

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By Spirultima1@hotmail.co.uk

Looks like we've got a good part of the cast in, so we need a protagonist, and a good few supporting characters! Even if your ideal character isn't provided for under these categories, go ahead and give a post, it'll probably make it in!

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Persistent World Character: Dr. Vincent Henderson
http://roleplayerguild.com/f23/dr-vi...enderson-3563/

Character Name: Shane Follow Marks

Appearance:

Description: Twenty-something male with a face that screams, "Comic relief". Little is known about this young man, other than he was enjoying a club sandwich and a Pepsi before everything went ape-shit.

(OOC: Possible mole or hero? I want this guy to have some serious anger issues hidden under his often time goofy exterior.)

I do like the idea of comic releaf, that's a good idea man.

Character Skeleton:
Name: Jim Williams
Age: 54
Appearance:
Description: Jim's one of the more experienced police officers on the force. He's got quite a lip on him, and has gotten in trouble with the department for 'sexual harassment' and other ridiculous charges that he's had to deal with over the years. Despite all that, he's a good guy with a very firm sense of justice and right and wrong (mostly the reason why he still has his job, along with his fantastic track record). He joined NYPD as he grew up in a rough neighbourhood, and wanted to stop the crime that made he and his family live in fear; and in his long career, he's done a damn good job of that. He's a great shot with a gun and can handle himself in a fist-fight almost as well, despite his advancing age.

(( I'm aiming for hero, but if I've got to be support that's alright with me. Primary issues this character might evoke would be heroism despite advancing age, and experience vs. young ambition, and the absurdity of "political correctness". ))

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Character skeleton: Antagonist

Name: Marius Fenser

Age: 34

Appearance:

Description: Growing up, Marius discovered two things about himself that made him massively different from all the other children his age. For one, he liked chess. A lot. Marius would spend hours playing chess, perfecting every strategy, ensuring his victory in every game. The other thing that set him apart was his love of other's suffering. Marius became the biggest bully at all his schools, forgoing the usual physical torment bullies usually inflict for psychological tricks that scarred his classmates for life. Marius graduated high school, and din't move on from there because no career path seemed to interest him. Instead he took what little money he had and bought a gun, which he used to pass the time by killing anyone he could, always making sure he didn't get caught. But his love for others suffering could not be quenched, even by murder. Marius continued his dreary existence for awhile, and then became totally surprised when he won the lottery with a ticket one of his victims had. Realizing his chance to combine his loves of chess and torture, Marius used the money to hire goons, mercenaries and terrorists to help him in his plan. After weeks of planning he set this plan into execution, holding an entire diner hostage. As he looked around the setting for what was sure to be the greatest day of his life, Marius felt the adrenaline rushing through his veins. Oh yeah, this was gonna be good.

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dude I think we have an antagonist already.