13: Game of Death

[ajeatstoast]

13: Game of Death The phone begins to ring. You look around the diner, expecting the ringing to cease as the phone is answered by someone around you. The ringing continues. You pull the phone out of your pocket. Not your phone. You don’t own a Nokia. You press the green button. The ringing stops. “Hello! Thank you for answering! I was beginning to fear you wouldn’t! But, you did, and that is all that matters… Well not all. Today is quite possibly the luckiest day of your life! You have been selected to compete for our highest cash prize ever! 6.7 MILLION dollars! Doesn’t that sound fantastic!? All you have to do is tie your left shoe!” The voice is surprisingly cheery, almost like a game show host trying way too hard to keep his job. The inflections in the man’s voice was rather alluring. “Who is this?” you ask. You’ve heard of these sort of calls. They lure you in with a too good to be true offer, and next thing you know, you owe them thousands of dollars. Fraud. Or it could be a friend just teasing your rather misfortunate current situation. “Tsk tsk! To play, just tie your left shoe!” “Who is this!?!” “If you’ll just tie your shoe, $1000 dollars will be deposited into your bank account. That will pay for that computer you knew you couldn’t afford, silly!” “What!? My shoe is tied..” You look down, noticing a clearly untied left shoe. The line clicks. Disconnected. Your attention bounces from the shoe, to the phone, to the people surrounding you. Surely one of your friends must be teasing. ***************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** So what do you do? Do you tie the shoe, or leave the phone and forget this mess altogether? If you tie the shoe, then congratulations, you are now a contestant in The Game. The rules are simple: 1. 13 Challenges yielding increasingly greater rewards will be given to you over the phone, over the next 36 hours 2. Complete a Challenge, and the reward amount will be deposited into your bank account. 3. Fail to complete a Challenge, and The Game is over, all winnings will be lost. 4. Telling anyone that you are playing The Game is strictly forbidden, resulting in all winnings to be lost. 5. Complete all 13 Challenges, and you win. I would like to do this with two to four people. Challenges will be given through PM, as your character is unaware of other players. Setting will be present day, Somewhere, USA. I will press out more details depending if there is any interest at all. Any Questions?

[Pokerface]

I like it!

[SilverWolfAngel]

Count me in, only problem……… I don't wear shoes :)

[Noklu]

Sounds like a happy fun time for all! (Besides possibly being brutally murdered)

[AliceInRedHeels]

Very interested, wasn't there a movie like this? ~Alice

[ajeatstoast]

Yeah, there were a couple. I am glad you are all interested. I will start working on the story and OOC. In the meantime, if you guys and gals want to post up characters, that'd be cool. I'd like to make sure that your characters have all the goods I may need to work with, ya know, cause not everyone gets a shot to win 6.7 MILLION dollars. :) Instructions • Post your character sheet here using the template provided below. • Please do not post anything else here, all questions and comments should go to the OOC tab. Character Sheet Name: Age: Gender: Ethnicity/Nationality: Physical Description: It's probably best to actually describe the character if you are going to rely on a picture, or you can do without the picture if you like, but definitely describe. Personally, I don't really see the need for pictures, but to each his own. Skillset: Talents one has either naturally or through education or training of some sort. And no, you don't get fire power. I will cripple your character myself. Be warned. History: Explain how your character got there -- no 'the story will come out in RP' lines, please -- I want a feel for where your character is coming from. Feel free to work up names and places and so forth. Be sure to mention arrests or feuds and debts and such. < This is especially important. Not that I am asking for ways to torture your character, I'd just like to feel like I know them before giving them money. Surely you understand. :) Psychological Profile: An idea of how the character thinks and so forth; should be linked to the history. Also very important. Please take your time to flesh all of this out. Really makes everything more enjoiable. -ajeaststoast

[ajeatstoast]

Okay, I just posted a quick OOC, if you want to wander over there and take a look,