Okay so I've wanted to do a RP like this for a long time. Basically it's a mass-murder mystery with the use of the Death Note: a notebook given to a human by a shinigami (God of Death). The murderer can kill whomever he/she wishes, as long as he/she knows the target's name and face. The story will play out similar to the anime, with the Japanese police investigating the killer (known as "Kira" because of the English word "killer"). The only difference is that there will be multiple detectives: all of you. Those who join this RP will be the detectives chasing after Kira.

Except for one.

One lucky person will get the role of Kira. He/she will have to kill NPCs and even other players without getting caught. Honestly, this role is probably the most fun. Whoever plays as Kira will pm me what he/she wants to write in his/her Death Note, and I'll post the entry in the IC so Kira's identity stays a secret. The person who gets this role will have to be creative in how he/she goes about killing of the other players, so they don't suspect him/her. It's up to everyone else to try and get Kira before Kira gets you.

Looking for 5-8 Characters

Anyone interested? :D

I'm not usually too much into non-original settings, but man, this sounds way too fun. Interested!

Vulpes said
I'm not usually too much into non-original settings, but man, this sounds way too fun. Interested!

Glad to have you on board! If we get three more people, I'll post the OOC

I could use a bit of a challenge...

Falconi said
I could use a bit of a challenge...

Great! Just two more for the OOC :)

Whoever plays as Kira will pm me what he/she wants to write in his/her Death Note, and I'll post the entry in the IC so Kira's identity stays a secret.

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Oh hi there, Low :P

Is this still up for grabs to join in? It sounds pretty neat! c:

Okay, looks like we have enough people :) I'll start working on the OOC. I should have it up either later today or tomorrow!

This definitely looks like it could be fun. Count me interested.

If this RP works out it could be a lot of fun, but how exactly are we going to prevent the selected person who plays the role of Kira from just writing all of our names down? Do we start of not really knowing each others names or faces? I'm curious about the situation there...

That is quite a valid question

Well, I would imagine that we would all have aliases. Perhaps we would all be represented by digital avatars too to protect both our names and our faces. So, Kira would need to find a way to get us to expose ourselves much like L was forced to do, and then utilize Shinigami eyes to obtain our names, without doing so after immediately meeting one in person to avoid suspicion.

ruronihs said
Well, I would imagine that we would all have aliases. Perhaps we would all be represented by digital avatars too to protect both our names and our faces. So, Kira would need to find a way to get us to expose ourselves much like L was forced to do, and then utilize Shinigami eyes to obtain our names, without doing so after immediately meeting one in person to avoid suspicion.

Yeah, that's how it starts out in the beginning. Also in your CS, you won't post your character's real name. You will pm those to me that way if our Kira gets the shinigami eyes and is able to contact any of you, I can give the name to him/her. In the beginning, Kira will not have the eyes, and he/she is not required to tell the rest of you when or if the exchange happens, so you never know how this will play out ;)

I'm also considering adding the second Kira if we get enough interest in this RP, so there could be two threats

Ooo. Two Kiras. So, how are you going to decide who gets to be Kira? Will it be randomly selected, or do you have another method of picking?

I'm interested.

ruronihs said
Ooo. Two Kiras. So, how are you going to decide who gets to be Kira? Will it be randomly selected, or do you have another method of picking?

Well anyone who's interest will pm me. If we have more than one person, I'll have everyone pick a number between 1 and 10 and use this site to decide.

The OOC is up! :D