General Interest thread

So I've been brainstorming with this idea for a while, and I was wondering if there would be any actual interest?

More or less; the RP would take place on a fictional Caribbean island (I'm thinking of Puerto Libre) that's famous for it's abundant fog and it's frequent unexplainable events. I wouldn't want to limit the amount of players that can join, but the first round would be a group of students entering an experimental boarding school/exchange program on the island. There would be a plot and I'd be controlling most NPCs as well as detailing your interactions with the environment, but I wouldn't remove your autonomy, and if you decided you wanted to do your own thing, you could totally do that. But remember, in keeping with Twin Peaks and Persona, this IS a murder mystery with very real supernatural dangers, and consequences for ignoring hints or spiritual advice may be negative-- INCLUDING DEATH (I actually kind of want that to be a very real threat).

I'm thinking of keeping things episodic to help give us a sense of time, as well as this, there would be a LOT of one on one with players and the supernatural world, for this I would PM players. You could then choose whether or not to share this with your fellow players IC. The supernatural figures would be both original, and based on 'real' tales.

So--- supernatural, psychological-thriller, murder-mystery, slice-of-lifeish, plot AND character driven RP where death is a very real possibility (but this IS about spooky stuff, so death might not be the end).

I'm thinking anywhere between low-high casual for this.

Anyone interested?

I've got specifics of the plot and Puerto Libre pretty much done, so feel free to ask anything. Also, I'm VERY open to suggestions!

I am so down for this

This is exactly the sort of thing I'm looking for.

Tell me more about Puerto Libre. Is it a sovereign country? The kind of place tourists would visit?

I think right now I'm going to label Puerto Libre as a United States Associated State, kinda like Palau, but with more... liberty. They've got their own currency, system of government, infrastructure, etc. but they also have a US embassy, military base, and an agreement with the US that allows Puerto Librens to live in the US as expats and vice versa. They're sovereign and autonomous in all matters but military, and even that's negligible-- the biggest US influences on Puerto Libre are language (most people besides the Natives and Tribals speak English, or some understandable corruption of it) and business.

And yes, they're a HUGE tourist trap-- both for people looking for the paranormal as well as normal vacationers that want the Caribbean experience without as much of the sun.

I soooo want to be in this, but I'm geographically stupid. .____. I would just go learn it, but chemo-brain prevents me from retaining knowledge like that unless I study everyday. While not knowing anything about Puerto Libre would I still be able to join?

Also, hi again Polyphemus. :D

You just sat here and name dropped three different things I love(guess which ones)

I'd love to join, I've had a lot of fun masterminding mystery RPs before, I think it would be fun to be on the other side.

I might be up for this! Mind if i stalk around for a bit?

Orchestratic said I soooo want to be in this, but I'm geographically stupid. .____. I would just go learn it, but chemo-brain prevents me from retaining knowledge like that unless I study everyday. While not knowing anything about Puerto Libre would I still be able to join?Also, hi again Polyphemus. :D

You're in luck! It's completely fictional! I can give you more details on Puerto Libre later, when I finish working through the map, but right now, your characters would be getting information packets from the school pre-RP.

Gisk said You just sat here and name dropped three different things I love(guess which ones)I'd love to join, I've had a lot of fun masterminding mystery RPs before, I think it would be fun to be on the other side.

Nightvale, Twin Peaks, Persona? (just a hunch)

Tyrant from the West said I might be up for this! Mind if i stalk around for a bit?

No prob, Bob.

Unless you're BOB, then we might have a prob.

Right on the money.

Granted, I complained not long ago about a lack of mystery rps so, provided this isn't all filled up, I'll be hanging around.

YAYYYYYY. Kay, I'm in then.

RBYDark said Granted, I complained not long ago about a lack of mystery rps so, provided this isn't all filled up, I'll be hanging around.

I'm thinking of leaving it more or less open, maybe just limiting when moreso than how many.

In the same vein, how do you guys feel about kind of having episodic installments?

I was thinking of throwing in time skips every now and again to avoid monotony. Also, I won't be super strict about it, but there will be clear ends to the days and such, and 3 days of the week you'll be in school for 9 hours, and 1 day you'll lose 4 hours to school (because the Puerto Libre educational system is awesome!).

Any possibility of player characters having an involvement with the supernatural/paranormal? Perhaps not an overt one, but maybe something subtle in their history or person.

I see. Hopefully, shall be manageable.

Anyways, won't object to episodic installments and timeskips. It's the bits in between that tend to slow down a rp and this one sounds intriguing enough I don't want it dead.

Times skips and episodes are a great idea.

Episodic time-skipping sounds good to me. The occasional monotony is good for stories like these so it's not all murder, murder, MURDER, but I see why you'd wanna skip around. c:

Dead Cruiser said Any possibility of player characters having an involvement with the supernatural/paranormal? Perhaps not an overt one, but maybe something subtle in their history or person.

It depends on the type of involvement, I'd say. Like the difference between seeing a UFO and letting that influence you, and having been abducted by Greys for probing.

PM me about it first, so long as you starting off as a kind of eldritch abomination, we should be able to negotiate something.

Orchestratic said Episodic time-skipping sounds good to me. The occasional monotony is good for stories like these so it's not all murder, , , but I see why you'd wanna skip around. c:

We'll have plenty of time for cherry pie and damn fine coffee.

I'm interested in this, I hang around and see how this goes.

Holy shit. Yes.

This is a crazy amount of interest, I'll have the OOC ready sometime today, 'bout noonish.

I for one, am quite excited. When you say today, what time zone are you? Because according to the site, you posted that at like four in the morning. But, uh, maybe you did.