[OOC] Judged for Mercy

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[OddnessApproved]

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Quick Insight: The main inspiration for this Role-play is from true crime podcasts and public cases along with T.V. series like Criminal Minds, NCIS, Law and Order, and much more. This will not be a completely GM-guided RP. Inspiration from the Role-Players about cases/events is always welcome!
Warnings Only welcoming 18+. If you have triggers/sensitivities to certain topics, especially topics that revolve around true crime and crime shows, I would advise you not to participate in this RP.

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Rules

in and out of character
⚀ First and foremost, listen to all established site rules: This is self-explanatory, I know, but I feel like it still needs to be stated. Respect and listen to all staff members of RPGuild.
⚁ Do not metagame/god mode/or whatever you might call it. If we have an OOC discussion and it is not stated otherwise, that means your character/while you are writing IC does not know that particular information. Ruining the fun for everyone else makes it not fun for you or others.
⚂ GM and Co-GMs always have the last and final decisions. That's final. Please do not argue with the decisions that are made. You can privately discuss with the GM or/and Co-GMs about the decisions made (which will not be a public matter anyways) to dispute.
⚃ Replies will follow the unspoken casual guidelines. If you do not know what this means, it means no one-liners. Please reply with at least a paragraph (or five+ sentences). Another unspoken rule is to wait for at least one person to post in between your posts. Post Deadlines will be requested to make at least one post every 2 weeks.
⚄ A world of reality or a slice of life. This means your character cannot just do anything and everything and not face consequences. This world will be similar to ours (or portrayed as similar to how our world is reflected through the TV series this is based on the most), meaning that consequences can be met by what your character does even in their free time, alone.
⚅ Participate! I do not just mean post one post by the bi-weekly deadline. Share your ideas. Not everything will be accepted or incorporated, but I and I bet others will love to hear the ideas you have. Maybe a future crime scene investigation? Or two characters maybe having a past and didn't realize they went to the same high school or whatever. It can be a small world out there sometimes. Just have fun and be creative!

Instant Warning Rule: Do not post graphic 18+ images/content. I understand that we are in a crime drama role-play, but others on this site do not wish to dip in here and see such content. I know we are all probably Criminal Mind, NCIS, Law and Order, or other TV series junkies who have seen it "all" in a sense, but we have to respect the site's rules and other people's innocence of not watching what we do. Everything has to be written out.
You can post an alleyway scene without the victim being in there. It is okay. Everyone gets the reference point.

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Character sheet

This is just a reference to what you need in your character sheet, but you are not limited to only these items.
First (Middle/M.I. optional) Last

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Titles/nicknames
Career Title

Nicknames

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Past experience
Past career experience

Why were you hired/recruited?

Examples of how they interact with people (make some up or wait for the roleplay):
Fill this spot in while past experiences or wait till the roleplay starts. This will help people understand your character with little snippets of who they are and how they think.

Interactions/relationships:
Acquaintances

Put acquaintances here and why

Situational

Put situational here and why

Friendship

Put friendship here and why

Family

Put family here and why

Romanticships

Put romantic ships here and why

Background information
Do as much as you want and leave as much hidden for the surprise!

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I require relationships (even if they are simple and basic), because we might end up having your character stuck in a sticky situation if an ex-con or escapee finds out someone they know.

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Plot

We will be doing this by "chapter" in which a chapter is focused on one plot. Once the chapter is over, a new one will begin. Not all chapters will be about criminal investigations. They will vary significantly. This team will have NCIS level jurisdiction, meaning, they will sometimes operate outside of the U.S. to make this Role-Play a tad more interesting.

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Characters/NPCs/and their roles

Agency Behavioral Analysis Unit out of Baltimore, Maryland.
(The GM will either be filling the Section Chief or Unit Chief role (or both) to have an active role of participation)
Section Chief Kathleen Larsen played by @Katakuri
Unit Chief Lucian Neagoe played by @Katakuri
Special Agent unfilled
Special Agent unfilled
Special Agent unfilled
Special Agent unfilled
Special Agent Mateo V. Secada @Theyra
Chief Medical Examiner 𝙳𝚛. 𝙵𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝙼 𝙲𝚞𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚜 played by @Emuxe
Medical Examiner Assistant unfilled

This list is more or less a reflection of max/minimum capacity. Players can double-role and be a special agents while having the title of Chief Medical examiner or medical examiner assistant. We will have to see the outcome when interest arises.

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Entrance Plot Ideas

Plot Ideas

1. The victim, a male in their 30s, was killed in a warehouse around dusk with a baseball bat. The victim did not work in the neighborhood and no one can identify him. The murder weapon was a metal-hallow bat bought from a sports shop within the area and was found in a dumpster around the corner. Potential evidence includes fingerprints and drug paraphernalia. Evidence for fingerprints is an unknown status and a police officer confessed up to touching the weapon without gloves. Location - Washington D.C.
2. The victims, two females in their 20s, were found in a parking garage around dusk with a gun. Bullets are still left in the chamber, yet the gun and bullets found on the victims would not match the entry or exit wounds. Assumption of the actual murder weapon being with the killer. Potential evidence includes multiple shoe prints formed in blood and DNA samples under one of the victim's nails. Looks like she fought back. Location - New Orleans.
3. Alive Victim case - the individual has unknown age, birth date, and identification. Showed up naked in the middle of Salt Lake City, Utah. The individual seems to be able to communicate just fine. Local Police have stated that the individual has brought up awful descriptions of people in cages being treated like dogs or animals.

B.A.U. Important Information

The Behavioral Analysis Unit is located in Baltimore, Maryland.
This specific unit is a federal task force that specializes in investigating and solving serious and complex criminal cases. A unit like this is not a stranger to having a mix of military and civilian personnel, as well as expertise in forensics, psychology, and criminal profiling.

The unit has advanced technology, data analysis, and traditional investigative techniques to gather evidence and track down suspects. Typically, the B.A.U. works at the national level, and has the resources and jurisdiction to handle high-stakes and high-profile cases.
Traditionally, the B.A.U. would be working inside of the national level, but they have been involved in oversea cases. This happens when allied countries need advanced technology and a specialized team.

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[Pluck]

I have no idea what the name of our agency/co-op is even called. That's be useful info to have in the OOC.

[OddnessApproved]

I have no idea what the name of our agency/co-op is even called. That's be useful info to have in the OOC.

@Pluck

I ended up adding a name to the beginning post, we will be working for the Behavioral Analysis Unit (B.A.U.)

[Pluck]

Fancy.

[Emuxe]

Dr. Francine M Curtis

𝙳𝚛. 𝙵𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝙼 𝙲𝚞𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚜

"It's almost strange how much a body can handle before it gives up..."

𝚃𝚒𝚝𝚕𝚎𝚜 & 𝙽𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚜

𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚛 𝚃𝚒𝚝𝚕𝚎

Chief Medical Examiner

𝙽𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚜

Frank ¦ Frankie ¦ Francy

𝙿𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝙴𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎

𝙿𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚛 𝙴𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎

Minneapolis Police Department
Assistant medical examiner

𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝚁𝚎𝚌𝚛𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝

Transfer from the Minneapolis Police Department
_{After seeking a promotion in her home state, Francine was told that due to the longevity of Medical Examiner positions, the only current open position was with the B.A.U.}

𝙸𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 & 𝚁𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚙𝚜

𝙸𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝙴𝚡𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚜

"If I told you once, I've told you a thousand times - If you touch my tools, they'll go inside of you!"
- To a colleague

"Poor thing, never knew he was never going home again... I hope he remembered to turn the oven off."
- To herself while observing a body

𝙰𝚌𝚚𝚞𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜

Work Colleagues
Since she hasn't been with the B.A.U long, Francine hasn't gotten close with anyone yet.

𝚂𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕

Victims
Due to the nature of her work, Francine feels a "level of familiarity that most cannot" with the victims who find their way onto her table - she learns everything about them, and she can't help but empathize with their life's journey that led them to her.

𝙵𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚙𝚜

Clara Gardinier - Roommate
Although they haven't known each other long, Francine and Clara became fast friends.
Francine moved into the spare room of Clara's apartment upon moving to Baltimore, and the women quickly grew close.

𝙵𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚢

Dr. Sean Murphy - Father
Her favourite parent - she's definitely a "daddy's girl."

As a surgeon, Sean was the sole reason that Francine wanted to become a doctor, although it confused him when she told him that she didn't want to work on living people, claiming that she "wasn't sure that she could handle the pressure" after seeing how stressed he could be when he returned home some days.

Detective Miranda Murphy - Mother
The disciplinarian between the parents; this is due to her no-nonsense attitude that allowed her to excel in the police force. Francine loves her mother dearly, and holds a deep respect for her.

Alexander Murphy - Younger brother
Francine is almost 20 years her brother's senior. Alexander was adopted into the family shortly after Francine left for college, much to her chagrin; due to her being away for so long, she never got the chance to bond with him as he was forming his close familial bonds, and so barely feels like his sister, instead comparing herself as a "disconnected cousin."

This doesn't mean she doesn't love him, however: She would "burn the world down for him" if anything ever happened to him.

𝚁𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜

Dr. Jason "Jay" Curtis - Ex-husband
Francine and Jason attended college together and married fresh out of their senior year. They remained married until Francine received news that she was to be transferred to the other side of the country to attend her current position - Because of his own career, Jason refused to move with her. Although she was disappointed, she understood and left without him.

While the end of their relationship was semi-amicable, the stress from the current proceedings of their divorce has caused the two to argue almost every time they speak.

[Pluck]

Jessica T. Kemppainen, Special Agent (WIP)

Jessica T. Kemppainen

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Titles
Special Agent

Nicknames
Kemp - Shortened form of her last name used by people who don't want to bother with pronouncing a Finnish name.
Jess - Informal nickname used by close friends or co-workers.

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Past Experience
Baltimore Police Department

Why were you hired/recruited?
Jessica spent the majority of her career in Baltimore with the city’s police department, finding the bulk of her experiences in a response team before shifting into investigative work. She was recruited when cases of interest to the Baltimore PD as well as the federal government crossed paths when a Serbian terrorist named Ana Sofrenović threatened national security. Working alongside the BAU was an experience that piqued interest and she resigned from the Baltimore PD not long after.

Examples of how they interact with people:
Fill this spot in while past experiences or wait till the roleplay starts. This will help people understand your character with little snippets of who they are and how they think.

Acquaintances
Put acquaintances here and why

Situational
Put situational here and why

Friendship
Put friendship here and why

Family

Michael Kemppainen

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Romances
Put romantic ships here and why

Background Information
Do as much as you want and leave as much hidden for the surprise!

[OddnessApproved]

Dr. Francine M Curtis

𝙳𝚛. 𝙵𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝙼 𝙲𝚞𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚜

"It's almost strange how much a body can handle before it gives up..."

𝚃𝚒𝚝𝚕𝚎𝚜 & 𝙽𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚜

𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚛 𝚃𝚒𝚝𝚕𝚎

Chief Medical Examiner

𝙽𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚜

Frank ¦ Frankie ¦ Francy

𝙿𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝙴𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎

𝙿𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚛 𝙴𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎

Minneapolis Police Department
Assistant medical examiner

𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝚁𝚎𝚌𝚛𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝

Transfer from the Minneapolis Police Department
_{After seeking a promotion in her home state, Francine was told that due to the longevity of Medical Examiner positions, the only current open position was with the B.A.U.}

𝙸𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 & 𝚁𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚙𝚜

𝙸𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝙴𝚡𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚜

"If I told you once, I've told you a thousand times - If you touch my tools, they'll go inside of you!"
- To a colleague

"Poor thing, never knew he was never going home again... I hope he remembered to turn the oven off."
- To herself while observing a body

𝙰𝚌𝚚𝚞𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜

Work Colleagues
Since she hasn't been with the B.A.U long, Francine hasn't gotten close with anyone yet.

𝚂𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕

Victims
Due to the nature of her work, Francine feels a "level of familiarity that most cannot" with the victims who find their way onto her table - she learns everything about them, and she can't help but empathize with their life's journey that led them to her.

𝙵𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚙𝚜

Clara Gardinier - Roommate
Although they haven't known each other long, Francine and Clara became fast friends.
Francine moved into the spare room of Clara's apartment upon moving to Baltimore, and the women quickly grew close.

𝙵𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚢

Dr. Sean Murphy - Father
Her favourite parent - she's definitely a "daddy's girl."

As a surgeon, Sean was the sole reason that Francine wanted to become a doctor, although it confused him when she told him that she didn't want to work on living people, claiming that she "wasn't sure that she could handle the pressure" after seeing how stressed he could be when he returned home some days.

Detective Miranda Murphy - Mother
The disciplinarian between the parents; this is due to her no-nonsense attitude that allowed her to excel in the police force. Francine loves her mother dearly, and holds a deep respect for her.

Alexander Murphy - Younger brother
Francine is almost 20 years her brother's senior. Alexander was adopted into the family shortly after Francine left for college, much to her chagrin; due to her being away for so long, she never got the chance to bond with him as he was forming his close familial bonds, and so barely feels like his sister, instead comparing herself as a "disconnected cousin."

This doesn't mean she doesn't love him, however: She would "burn the world down for him" if anything ever happened to him.

𝚁𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜

Dr. Jason "Jay" Curtis - Ex-husband
Francine and Jason attended college together and married fresh out of their senior year. They remained married until Francine received news that she was to be transferred to the other side of the country to attend her current position - Because of his own career, Jason refused to move with her. Although she was disappointed, she understood and left without him.

While the end of their relationship was semi-amicable, the stress from the current proceedings of their divorce has caused the two to argue almost every time they speak.

@Emuxe

Accepted! You can move her over to the character sheet tab.

[OddnessApproved]

Does anyone need help with character creation or would like me to look over their character sheet yet?

[Theyra]

I think I did this right

Mateo Secada

Mateo V. Secada

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Titles/nicknames
Career Title
Special Agent

Nicknames
Mat
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Past experience
Past career experience
Las Cruces Police Department

Why were you hired/recruited?
When a member of a major drug cartel wanted for murder and information surfaced in Las Cruces. Mateo, along with a BAU unit, was assigned to track him down. Eventually, finding him in an abandoned warehouse and after a firefight. They manage to arrest him. Mateo proved himself to be a valuable agent during the operation and impressed the BAU agents. Enough that later he was offered to join the BAU, which he accepted.

Interactions/relationships:
𝙸𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝙴𝚡𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚜

Yes, another case done with and a prick in prison. Score another one for us and how we celebrate? I know a place. - Mateo talking to a colleague after finishing a hard case.

So there were some things I will say and others things I keep to my chest. You going to have to deal with that and maybe down the road, I will say what you want to know. Maybe. - Talking to someone about his past.

Acquaintances

𝙵𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝙼 𝙲𝚞𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚜 - Mateo has not had much time to talk with the Chief Medical Examiner as yet but has not heard anything bad yet.

Situational

Mateo treats situational people in his life as friendly as he needs to be but does not allow himself to become attached to that person. Only when the person has his interest or it has become clear they are going to be in his life more than he thought. Does he allow himself to develop an attachment to them. Otherwise, he does not think much about the people he has met and will probably never see again most of the time.

Friendship

Vergil Thompson - A person that Mateo meets after moving to Baltimore and are on good terms with each other.

Family

Catalina Secada - Mateo's younger sister by a few years and the only family that he has left after the death of his parents. He would do anything to keep her safe if trouble arose. He keeps in contact with her.

Romanticships

Julia Issac - Mateo's former girlfriend whom he broke up with after it became clear that the two had grown apart from each other and things would not work. The end was amicable for both of them. Though he still thinks of her from time to time.

Background information
He was born in Colombia and moved to the States with his family when he was eight and is a naturalized citizen. Speaks both Spanish and English fluently. Hates drug cartels and has two scars. One on the palm of his right hand and another on his chest near his left bicep. This one clearly a bullet hole scar, and does not want to talk about how he got that one. Also is a surprisingly good mixologist.

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[Pluck]

Does anyone need help with character creation or would like me to look over their character sheet yet?

@Katakuri

Just been busy is all.

[OddnessApproved]

I think I did this right

Mateo Secada

Mateo V. Secada

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Titles/nicknames
Career Title
Special Agent

Nicknames
Mat
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Past experience
Past career experience
Las Cruces Police Department

Why were you hired/recruited?
When a member of a major drug cartel wanted for murder and information surfaced in Las Cruces. Mateo, along with a BAU unit, was assigned to track him down. Eventually, finding him in an abandoned warehouse and after a firefight. They manage to arrest him. Mateo proved himself to be a valuable agent during the operation and impressed the BAU agents. Enough that later he was offered to join the BAU, which he accepted.

Interactions/relationships:
𝙸𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝙴𝚡𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚜

Yes, another case done with and a prick in prison. Score another one for us and how we celebrate? I know a place. - Mateo talking to a colleague after finishing a hard case.

So there were some things I will say and others things I keep to my chest. You going to have to deal with that and maybe down the road, I will say what you want to know. Maybe. - Talking to someone about his past.

Acquaintances

𝙵𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝙼 𝙲𝚞𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚜 - Mateo has not had much time to talk with the Chief Medical Examiner as yet but has not heard anything bad yet.

Situational

Mateo treats situational people in his life as friendly as he needs to be but does not allow himself to become attached to that person. Only when the person has his interest or it has become clear they are going to be in his life more than he thought. Does he allow himself to develop an attachment to them. Otherwise, he does not think much about the people he has met and will probably never see again most of the time.

Friendship

Vergil Thompson - A person that Mateo meets after moving to Baltimore and are on good terms with each other.

Family

Catalina Secada - Mateo's younger sister by a few years and the only family that he has left after the death of his parents. He would do anything to keep her safe if trouble arose. He keeps in contact with her.

Romanticships

Julia Issac - Mateo's former girlfriend whom he broke up with after it became clear that the two had grown apart from each other and things would not work. The end was amicable for both of them. Though he still thinks of her from time to time.

Background information
He was born in Colombia and moved to the States with his family when he was eight and is a naturalized citizen. Speaks both Spanish and English fluently. Hates drug cartels and has two scars. One on the palm of his right hand and another on his chest near his left bicep. This one clearly a bullet hole scar, and does not want to talk about how he got that one. Also is a surprisingly good mixologist.

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@Theyra

You did do it right and you're accepted!

<Snipped quote by Katakuri>
Just been busy is all.

@Pluck

Understandable. Life gets to you from time to time.

[Pluck]

Hopefully, I can nail some time out this weekend for the sheet and other stuff I have to do.

[OddnessApproved]

Hopefully, I can nail some time out this weekend for the sheet and other stuff I have to do.

@Pluck

I hope so too!

@Theyra@Emuxe@Pluck

Hey everyone! This RP will be starting and I hope you are all still interested. I'm apologizing for my absence, but I am getting back into the motion of things. My work boosted me from 16-20 hours to 32+ (along with myself as a full-time student) I was learning to juggle that for the past week. I quickly got into juggling it! I will have a starting post up by Wednesday night and then post looks will begin Sunday 26th - Sunday the 5th.

[Theyra]

Yeah, I am still interested.

[OddnessApproved]

Yeah, I am still interested.

@Theyra

Awesome! As I said above, we will begin moving the RP soon. That said, I will keep allowing people to apply and join throughout the RPs lifetime.

[Emuxe]

I'm still interested!

[OddnessApproved]

I was able to get the first post up!