[OOC] Detective Wars [Detective/Mystery Fiction RP] - Hiatus

[KoL]

Ten years have passed since the disappearance of the World's Greatest Detective, the last one to bear the badge of the Meitantei, also known as the Badge of Pallas, during the investigation of his most mysterious case.

A whole decade after this mysterious event, the granddaughter of the previous Meitantei decided to issue a world wide competition to choose who will be the next one to inherit the title of World's Greatest Detective. Those invited to the competition received a letter containing but a riddle and a blank world map, only those who could decipher it would be admitted on the competition, which came to be known as the... Detective Wars.

18xx, Annabel Island, Southern Pacific

Annabel Island, a formerly uninhabited island a few days off of the coast of Southern Australia, that was the stage chosen to hold the competition between the 12 best detectives of the whole world as well as their assistants. The granddaughter of the previous Meitantei spent a fair share of her fortune to built a modern days city as well as other installations on the island, including a Train Station that is the only link between Annabel City and the Docks, which connect the island to the outside world.

Completely cut from the outside world, save for a single phone line on the Granddaughter's Mansion, the competitors will have to solve a series of riddles, until someone claims the ultimate prize, the Badge of Pallas itself, as well as the tittle of Meitantei.

Plot

Welcome all!

As you can see this is my attempt at doing a detective mystery RP (something that's seriously lacking around here), there's not much description because the story should be very straightforward for anyone that's into this genre. To put it simply, 12 -or is it 13?- of the best detectives of the world, each with their own ways of solving mysteries, be it through science, pure intellect, or even alleged paranormal means are stuck on an island in the middle of the South Pacific, competing for the title of World's Best Detective, or Meitantei, since this RP has a lot of inspiration on anime detective fiction.

Whoever wins the competition will be showered with praises and fame, as well as the Badge of Pallas, the Goddess of Wisdom who guides all detectives, believe them or not. While it's not a explicitly supernatural artifact, the Badge is made of solid gold and does give the wearer a world wide jurisdiction to investigate mysteries, certainly a prize worthy the challenge. But, is it just so simple of a game? Well, that's what we are about to find.

Soon enough...

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[1Hawkeyes]

Tracking will post cs later.

[HatBF]

CS is a WIP!

Name: Nathaniel 'Nathan' Alstrad

Age: 24

Gender: Male

Nationality: Born British, raised American

Appearance: WIP

Personality: Nathan is a quiet, reserved person. Very 'bookish', he spends more time with books than he does interacting with other people. This has lead him over his life to have a bit of a weird outlook on things, being able to persuade or coerce people with his words simply because he views them as characters in his own story, as opposed to people. His book smarts assist him in his line of work, referencing works off the top of his head to help him connect he dots in many situatons.

Bio: Nathan was born in the British Isles, his family moving early in his life across the water to the newer nation of America. He spent his childhood living on a plantation, tucked away in his room pouring over books. He was smart, and reaching his teens he found himself using the knowledge he'd attained from his studies to help people in ways he could. Working backwards through their day to help find lost items, using minor clues to solve thefts, a few times even finding missing animals. It became a passion of his, and once he'd become old enough he began traveling the States perfecting his craft and solving bigger and bigger cases. He worked with many of the authorities throughout the country, and began stowing away on boats to move between continents, learning the trade from some of the greatest minds the world had to offer on the subject.

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[1Hawkeyes]

WIP

Name: Ally Estrada
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Nationality: Nicaraguan/Mexican

Appearance: WIP

Personality: An overall mind person who can easily make friends. She's a people pleaser and this usually helps her get information, whether she intends for it or not. She usually puts others needs before her own.

Bio: Her parents were Nicaraguan and Mexican, but she was raised in the U.S. like any other Chicana, practicing traditional Hispanic culture mixed with American culture.

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[Mega Birb]

I'll throw something together over the weekend, really don't wanna kill myself over a CS tonight.

[Fabricant451]

Gonna work on a CS

[sassy1085]

WIP

My Hider

Name: Yami Kurisu
Age: 23
Gender: female
Nationality: Japan/American

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[Mega Birb]

Vasily Sokolov

"When I was young, war took my beauty. Therefore, I sharpened my mind to be like the bayonet of a rifle. Few escape it's point."

Name:
Vasily Sokolov

Age:
31

Gender:
Male

Nationality:
Russian

Personality:
Vasily Sokolov is something of an opportunist; where others fail, he succeeds brilliantly. He is known to be extremely critical of his peers and is very abrasive, though his loyalty to the Motherland and his friends can go unquestioned. It should be noted that he has an undying will and refuses to give up when the going gets tough.

Bio:
Young Vasily was born into the high-ranking Sokolov family, his near-royal status opening many doors for him early in life. As a friend of Czar Alexander II, his family could go almost anywhere, and do almost anything, and they did. As the first son, Vasily received the best education money could buy, a greater than standard officer training, and the military at his fingertips once he was old enough to command it. Once his fairly standard royal life reached eighteen years, things changed.

With Napoleon knocking on Russia’s door in the dead of winter, tensions on the Motherland’s borders were at an all-time high. The Sokolov regiment, led by none other than young Vasily, was in charge of defending a small village the French had had their eyes on for a fortnight. Worst case, an evacuation would be ordered, the homes and fields would be torched, and a retreat would be ordered to the next village. This was the Russian way, give the enemy nothing to work with. However, this being the only smart thing the horribly under-prepared Napoleonic army did, they arrived under the cover of a blizzard. The gunshots rang out and shocked the town awake, soldiers scurrying for their arms and officers scrambling to establish some order. Before anyone was ready, the houses were up in smoke, many of the poor residents still trapped inside the orange flames, burning alive. Vasily was among them, his command tent having caught as he was gathering important documents to either save or burn. The central beam that had been supporting the whole canvas contraption failed and fell on the boy, gouging out his left eye and burning that whole side of his face and neck. Miraculously, the rest of his body was unharmed, a soldier having found him after he crawled outside the wreckage, then carried him to safety. While not a gracious one, he lives to tell that tale.

All things considered, the rest of his life became tame after he was relieved of duty. The lack of a left eye meant his depth perception was gone, but that gave him an advantage in the world of criminal investigation. Simply put, he had an innate ability to break down suspects and extract the truth from them though various methods. Maybe it was the family name, maybe it was the hole beneath the eyepatch... or maybe an affinity for violence. But now, every criminal fears the name Vasily Sokolov, for none have escaped his eye yet. This, apparently, earned him an invitation to a remote island in the South Pacific, and he was sure to pack a copy of The Most Dangerous Game before he left Moscow.

Expertise:
-Psycology

Equipment:
-General forensics kit
-Eyepatch
-Sewing kit

Other:
COMMUNISM

@KoL

[KoL]

Well, everyone, I'm sorry for the silence there last couple days, but finally I have time for this. Let us begin, then.

@HatBF@1Hawkeyes@sassy1085

Even though the concepts of those characters are good, I can't give a real evaluation to WIPs, when you are done I'll be looking at them again.

@Mega Birb

Your character is ok. You can post him on the CS tab, FOR MOTHER RUSSIA!

[Mega Birb]

Anyone alive?

[KoL]

@Mega Birb

I'm waiting on the other's replies as well, if nothing happens until this Wednesday, I'll about calling people. Until then, I'm pretty much dead because of RL stuff, as usual.

[Aether Spawn]

Woop Woop Woop, sorry. I was working on mine over the weekend, but got caught to run some errands. Working on mine now.

[Aether Spawn]

F.P.I

the 'hired' hand

Name: 'Fabio'
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Nationality: American

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Personality:
Laid back and the 'strong silent' type. Fabio has gone under multiple aliases in his dealings for this reason or that; so much so that he no longer remembers, or cares, what his real name is. He tries to distance himself away from others for multiple reasons. One, to help keep and build the ace detective facade he is trying to achieve so the jobs will keep coming in. Two, people are put here on this Earth just to annoy him; for that he's sure. Three, miss Goodfellow hereby decreed that this would be his calling for the time being; best not to let others find out or catch him talking to himself.

Bio:
He's seen it all. Drugs, alcohol,explosions, cannibalism. He's even watched his partners turn traitor before getting stabbed in the back by what they thought were their new friends. Though to be fair, he wasn't one known to keep a long list of friends. Just a list of favors that had to be paid or received. His parents died a decade ago after a random car accident and the lover's grief that followed. He wasn't too bright in school either. Mostly skating by with low C's and the occasional B until graduating and joining up with the police academy. There, he trained for years rising up the ranks without a social life and letting his family be with only hit and miss 'happy birthdays' and 'merry christmas' messages to let them know he hasn't died.

It was about his midlife crisis that he quit the force and went to work in the private sector. His first notice was the pay was considerably less, though it didn't take much to feed a house of one. He didn't even have a cat. He offered security to those who wanted it, mostly rich banker's daughters and the like, but only ran into actual trouble a couple of times. Needless to say both he and his client made it out alive. It was here his parents died; spending an hour on a nearby pay phone to talk to his sister afterwords. She needed it more than he did, but he figured that this was probably the last time they'd ever talk again.

Expertise:
- Crack shot
- Muscle

Equipment:
- Gun License
- 6 shot Revolver and bullets
- Rope
- Handcuffs
- Fake Police ID
- Dolphin Cigars and Cigarettes
- Lighter

Other:
Sole owner of Fabio's Private Investigation, F.P.I., after firm backing from miss Eris Goodfellow. Relatively new, only in business for less than a year after privously working in private security.

the lesser spirit

Name: "Eris Goodfellow"
Age: 1000+
Gender: Female
Nationality: Otherworld

Appearance:

Personality:
"OOOhh! Look at this! Hey, look at that! I'm going to have oodles of fun watching you ruin other people's day." Though she'd never actually say those words; In short, she does what she wants when she wants, but never gets her own hands dirty unless she can watch and experience the random human's self demise first hand. She has no care for the past or future, and only directs her life to watch the pain of life on other's faces and whatever else might catch her attention for the time being. This decade-or-so's flavor is crime dramas.

Bio:
1000 odd years to spend toying with humanity, nothing that stayed in consciousness for over a decade. The birth to her existence is a blur, but she can remember on a whim anything else she might have some need to remember in the present. 11 months ago started her partnership with Fabio. Not his choice mind you; she began haunting him after her previous toy was shot between the eyes when trying to go after the world tech CEO's son. Since then, she's tied Fabio up into her new side hobby of being a private investigator. Only a few actual cases, but he shows promise.

Expertise:
- Ghosting
- Spiritual powers....

Equipment:
- Casual Black Magic

Other:
Declared ownership of Fabio for her current hobby.
Actual brains of the pair.

Alright >.> prob could do more, but after checking some of the other time stamps I'm a bit curious if this is still a thing. Not that I can really complain, it took me a week to get this. Anywho, here's me.

[Mega Birb]

@Aether Spawn
While I have no official say here, Fabio looks pretty solid, in my eyes at least. Not sure about Eris, as long as she isn't as edgy as the other Eris we all know and love.

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@KoL

[sassy1085]

@Mega Birb
i'm still alive, just school and such T_T

[KoL]

@Aether Spawn

Sorry for not replying earlier, but that post came right around the time I was going to sleep. Either way, your characters are good, you can post them.

@Aether Spawn
Not sure about Eris, as long as she isn't as edgy as the other Eris we all know and love.

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@KoL

@Mega Birb

Very funny...

Either way, let's hope we can get at least a couple more players for this one, then I'll begin the RP. With less then that there's not even enough people for a round of the competition, much less to investigate the main mystery.

I'll give this until the end of the week, if no more interest appears, I'll have to freeze this and reboot in a better timing.

[sassy1085]

@Mega Birb
I will try to work on character

[KoL]

@Mega Birb@Aether Spawn

Guess I'll freeze this RP and reboot it on a better timing. This attempt has died before it even began, such a pity.

[Aether Spawn]

@KoL Alright, keep me updated if it thaws out. I like the idea.

[KoL]

@KoL Alright, keep me updated if it thaws out. I like the idea.

@Aether Spawn

Sure, I may do it around these coming vacations, since it's more likely people will have free time by then.