[OOC] Burned: Stuck in the Big Easy

[Theyra]

Burned: Stuck in the Big Easy

Being a spy is one of the several ways one can serve one's country. Ignoring the dangers and risks of being one to do what others could not. A position of respect where only your side knows who you really are. But, when a spy is burned, then that is a different story.

For a small group of American spies, this is the case for whatever reason. They are burned spies and now have nothing. No assets, no support, no nothing. Now, they find themselves in the city of New Orleans and discover that if they try to leave the city, then they will be hunted down and arrested. But, if they stay in the city, then they can live free to an extent. The only thing that they know about how they got burned is that someone powerful wanted them on ice.

Now, this group has little choice. They try to survive in New Orleans while figuring out who burned them and get their lives back. It will not be easy, either for revenge or another motive. They will try regardless, and time will tell if these former spies can get their lives back. Anything can happen in the Big Easy.

Rules:
1. Expected to follow standard site rules
2. No godmodding or powergaming or etc...
3. No OP characters
4. A max of one character
5. Minimum of one paragraph

Overview

Hello, and welcome to the RP. This rp is based on the show Burn Notice. In this rp, you will be playing as American burnt spies who have lost everything and now find themselves in the city of New Orleans, unable to leave or risk getting hunted down and arrested. They now try to figure out who burned them and get their lives back while surviving in the city.

So that is the plot, and the plot will switch between doing jobs for people and surviving in the city to planning and figuring out who burned the group and getting their lives back. Also, I am open to ideas for jobs for the group to do and the jobs will vary on what they are.

I am looking for 3-4 players, though I can run the rp with less if needed. That and for your character's pic, it should be a real-life face claim and not a drawn or anime pic.

Now that is currently it, and I am looking for a Co-Gm if anyone is interested and if anyone has any questions, then just say something.

Character CS

Name here

Gender

gender here

Age

age here

Appearance

appearance here

Personality

personality here

Skills

skills here

Background

background here

[Mistress Dizzy]

I like this idea very much.

[Gelatinous Cube]

Joseph "Joe" Marrano

Gender

Male

Age

Forty

Appearance

Joe's general appearance is subject to whatever environment he is operating in at the time. Seeing that he has found himself dropped into New Orleans against his will he has adopted an appropriate wardrobe. Lightly coloured cotton and comfortable loafers for his day to day, but he can fit into just about anything if he has to. He has maintained good fitness despite his age and were it not for the graying of his hair he would pass for younger. He has a slim, unassuming build that allows him to blend into many environments.

Personality

Joe is an outwardly well balanced and affable man, however like all decent spies he hides much under the surface. If you knew what to look for you may notice the certain heaviness to his eyes or the way his lip tends to twitch downward as if to reject the very idea of a smile. However, he is driven by an almost single-minded devotion to his op, tenacious, focused and also loyal to a fault. That kind of dedication is dangerous, and gives him certain blind spots. His predisposition to stony patience helped during his early service life as an army sniper, and his voracious straightforwardness made him a hell of a pugilist to boot.

Skills

Marksmanship
Hand-to-hand combat
Subterfuge
Stealth

Background

Joe was born to a modest blue-collar family in Detroit. His childhood was marked by periods of depression when he saw the other kids with nicer houses and more loving parents who drove better cars. He grew to harbor a sense of resentment toward the more affluent people around him and he developed a penchant for petty crime. It was mostly just petty robberies and the occasional break in, yet his naivety and recklessness got him arrested. His option was a stint in prison, or join the military. He was smart enough to pick the latter option. During that time he was able to leverage his skills acquired from crime to join the Sniper division and served, killed and bled for them until the time of his service came to an end and he made the move into the intelligence community.

His first stint was an easy transition into the Military Intelligence Corps, offered a cushy position away from the field, which served him nicely for a time until he began to feel that itch again. He wanted more field work, craved the rush of an op too badly to quietly fade away behind a desk. It took some persistence but eventually he was able to get his foot in the door at the CIA. With his outstanding record and extensive experience he was granted his wish of proper field work. For five years he had worked with the Agency, delivering results and relishing the role all the while. His final (though he did not know it at the time) mission was cut short. While running ops between Northern Africa and the Middle East on what was supposed to be a routine day of "Emissary" work (posing as a diplomat but trying to gather proof of an enormous drug trade) he was snatched off the street by men in Police uniform. Whether they were really police or not was anyone's guess, but nobody would have bat an eye at them arresting a white man. He was taken to a dark cell and worked over for a few hours before passing out.
Now he's woken up in New Orleans, confused, pissed off and burned. Had he not served his country well? Had he not been faithful to the constitution and the tenets of the agency? He had been close to finding what they wanted, almost had the names of the lynch pins in the drug trade. Someone wanted him away from it, but not dead. Just what the hell was going on?

[Mistress Dizzy]

Gonna go with a hyperpolyglot who's very good at getting information. And being a people person. Especially when those people have information.

[Theyra]

That is okay with me, and I will look at the cs later tonight.

[Theyra]

@Gelatinous Cube So I have looked at the character sheet and while it is fine, could you add some bits to the background about his time in the intelligence community, like who did he work for and how he felt about being burned?

[Gelatinous Cube]

Okay, I have added an extra paragraph to the background. Let me know if it needs anymore.

[Theyra]

Okay, I have added an extra paragraph to the background. Let me know if it needs anymore.

@Gelatinous Cube

That is better and works, but I will be holding off accepting character sheets until I see some more character sheets from people since there are limited slots. But as it stands, you do not need to add anything more to your sheet.

[Mistress Dizzy]

I am home and will be writing asap.

BTW I think you used 2 different names for your guy @Theyra.

[Theyra]

I am home and will be writing asap.

BTW I think you used 2 different names for your guy @Theyra.

@Mistress Dizzy

I thought I fixed the names but it turns out I missed one. Thanks for the heads up.

[Dyelli Beybi]

I am interested. I'm kinda tossing up some character ideas. Would you be open to someone who was a foreigner working for the CIA whose first trip Stateside is when they get burned? A bit of a fish out of water character.

I'm assuming this is the CIA at any rate!

[Theyra]

I am interested. I'm kinda tossing up some character ideas. Would you be open to someone who was a foreigner working for the CIA whose first trip Stateside is when they get burned? A bit of a fish out of water character.

I'm assuming this is the CIA at any rate!

@Dyelli Beybi

You are right with it being the CIA and I think I will allow that.