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Miss Hobbs' Paranormal Detective Agency

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Miss Hobbs' Paranormal Detective Agency

Jazz, Flappers, Speakeasies, Murder and Ghosts

@The Forgotten I am still looking, please! Apply~

Miss Hobbs' Paranormal Detective Agency

The Boss

Name: Elizabeth "Bitsy" Rose Hobbs
Age: 28
Sex: Female
Sexuality: Pansexual
Relationship Status: Single

The Body

Height: 5'0"
Weight: 110lbs
Hair: Long, chestnut brown, wavy, frizzy
Eyes: Ocean blue
Skin Tone: Porcelain pale
Appearance:
Bitsy is a thin, sprig of a woman. She embodies that boyish shape becoming popular in this era with little curve and small breasts. She dresses in usually decadent, showy, and showy outfits. Her lips are usually painted bright red and her eyes lined in darkly colored shadow to make her blues pop. her hair is typically worn up to give the long locks the illusion of being in the short bobbed style that has become popular.

The Soul

Likes: Pearls, perfume, soft couches, seafood, warm and sunny days, partying, drinking, smoking, a man in a fine suit, and mischief.
Dislikes: Humidity, facial hair, needlepoint, debt, weak coffee, carrots, illusions and falsehood (especially pertaining to mystics), housework, and ripped hose.
Skills:

• Clairvoyance
• Communicating with and seeing the dead
• Charm and wit, using her feminine wiles
• Empathy
• Getting into trouble
• English, French, and Latin

Brief History:

• Born on Aug. 4th to a Mr. Ferdinand Hobbs and Mrs. Rose Hobbs.
• Strange baby who giggles at nothing or cries for no reason.
• Spends many of her early years growing up in a boarding school in England.
• Gets into loads of trouble for imaginary friends. Like the lady with the bloody arms or the man with no head. Learns not to talk about these things.
• Comes back an accomplished lady.
• Spends a few years with her parents. Mother trying to marry her off, father trying to hold on tightly to his only child.
• The Great War starts. Her father joins up and so does she as a nurse.
• For about one horrid year she works to keep men alive as they die beneath her hands. Sometimes she had trouble telling who is alive or dead. Writes it off to others as stress.
• At last, war is over and she returns home without her father who has died at the Somme.
• Mother is in bad shape, refuses to eat. Grows sicker and sicker.
• Eventually she too passes.
• For a year and a half she grieves, alone in the world.
• Comes back to the modern day to learn that her father had made millions in the war.
• Starts investing, earning more. Partying and playing the socialite.
• 1921 she grows bored of this life and decides to start up her own detective agency.

The Story

Miss Hobbs replaced the beautiful mother of pearl listening device back onto its matching carriage. It was of the French design and matched the very modern white and black decor of her penthouse home. There were hints of pastels here and there in furniture, painting, or drapery but she preferred to keep it for the most part quite stark.

She had just finished her last phone call with the potential candidates. She was awed that so many would be willing to work under an inexperienced lady detective. Opening up a pack of Lucky Strikes, she approached the window to watch the world below scrabble about. Among the living, she saw the dead. Sometimes it was heartbreaking to see a mother scream at her son as he works himself to the bone. Her tears as she begs him to relax lest he joins her too soon. Things like this chewed at her and she quickly shook her head to rid herself of the memory.

Rubbing a hand over her face she turned back to the room and sat behind the desk. Bitsy lit her cigarette and began pouring over her notes, carefully searching the words and the feelings she’d felt over the phone. Lovingly she touched each name and let herself get a sense of their futures. Who would be a good fit? After giving her cigarette a good puff she called out, “Mister Foley.”

“Yes Miss?” He was in the office within seconds. Foley was a tall, slender man with sharp features and a countenance that surely would have once been extremely handsome.

“I think we’ll need some good champagne, do you think you could check my stock and see what is available? I think we should have a little party to celebrate when my crew comes together.” She flashed a toothy and charming smile.

“As you wish.” He returned the smile before sweeping from her office.

Bitsy leaned back in her chair and put her feet up on the desk like she had seen in a silent picture once. It was rather uncomfortable for her short frame so she brought her heeled feet back to the ground, and picked up the newspaper instead. It was now she saw her advertisement in the paper. They had shortened it! She paid good money for that ad. Bitsy pursed her lips and tossed the paper aside. No wonder so many had applied. None of them knew they’d be working for a woman. She pushed back from the desk and left the office. “I look forward to meeting you all in person,” she said to the papers on the desk and turned off the lights. “What a surprise it will be for all of us.”

The Ether

Color Code: E6C2FF
Theme Song: Rhapsody in Blue - George Gershwin - Fantasia 2000

Miss Hobb's Staff

Name: Edward Foley
Age: 48
Job: Butler
Location Met: Miss Hobbs’ Penthouse
Home: Miss Hobbs’ Penthouse
Appearance: Tall and lanky but with well-built muscles. Salt and pepper hair. Grey-blue eyes. Pale skinned. Always dressed in a butler’s best. Gloves on hands cover burn scars.
Personality Traits: Kind, accommodating, insightful, gentle, “everyone’s dad”
Notes:

Name: Norma Blume
Age: 52
Job: Cook, House Maid
Location Met: Miss Hobbs’ Penthouse
Home: Miss Hobbs’ Penthouse
Appearance: Stout and slightly overweight. Greying, dark hair. Known to wear trousers on occasion. Brown eyed. Expressive.
Personality Traits: Sassy, straightforward, no-nonsense and no filter. Laughs easily. Very creative and willing to do just about anything.
Notes: Was a part of the women’s right to vote movement.
No matter the meal, always delicious.

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Miss Hobbs' Paranormal Detective Agency

Delightful! I look forward to it. I will also have more time to work on my own tomorrow. SOOO much went into perfecting the OOC opening statement.

Miss Hobbs' Paranormal Detective Agency

I know the CS looks daunting but it's mostly fill in a single word. It will be used to look back on for myself and for you all. I always get frustrated when I gotta dig for an eye color through a CS. The post part is about 70% the most important thing tho. I will get a discord up tomorrow.

Jazz, Flappers, Speakeasies, Murder and Ghosts

@Fabricant451@Hey Im Jordan@knifeman

The OOC is up, please feel free to peruse. I gots cats to feed. Hit me up with any questions.

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Miss Hobbs' Paranormal Detective Agency

The Year: 1921
Place: New York, New York

DISCORD LINK

OFFICIAL START DATE: 11/23/2018
Please have all characters submitted by this date.

Overview

Miss Hobbs, a bored heiress, has decided to start her own private investigative company. It will look into all of the average sorts of things - cheating spouses, embezzling employees, missing pets, and mysterious murders. Oh, and also ghosts. All sorts of creepy and spooky things await Miss Hobbs' team of plucky and diverse investigators. They just don't know it yet.

You are one of the (un)lucky few who have gotten past the phone interview with your new boss. Except, you didn't realize she was your boss. And no mention of the paranormal or dead has been mentioned. The story starts with meeting the lovely and strange Miss Hobbs in her penthouse, now headquarters.

Rules and Regulations

• Be kind, be courteous, and be a good citizen. Do unto others and all that.
• Posting once a week will be the rule. Posting more is absolutely encouraged. If the week is up and you have not posted your character turns into a plastic ficus which I will pilot. If you have not returned within a month your character is forfeit. I have the right to kill them or turn them into an NPC. If you come back your character is not returned. Depending on the circumstances I may allow you to make a new character.
• Addendum: Starting this within the Holiday Season, I realize that family and vacations come first. Just let us know and keep us posted on things. Reprieves will also be allowed for anyone who is going to be away for a bit. Just let me know so I can pilot the character until your estimated return. Gotta keep the world turning friends.
• If you no longer wish to play, just let me know I won't be offended. However, I do request you write your character out of play - death, disappearance, quits - whatever.
• ALL images must be in black and white, or sepia tone. If you choose to use an image for your character's sheet you may not use any current actors. Find yourself a someone from the old days, I promise there are loads of lovelies. The only exception is if it is hand drawn for something like an advertisement.
• ADDENDUM: Real people for characters, please. These colored drawings are meant more for prettying posts or found clues.
• Use the CS provided for you below.
• This is marked as 18+. There will be creepy, gory, and maybe sexy things referenced. Language will not be cut back. Use all the swears you like. But follow the site rules, no scrumping on screen.
• I would like to, at the minimum, see 2-3 detailed paragraphs per post. Sometimes I know our fickle muses abandon us, so if the occasional small post happens I am not about to kick you out the door. I am a benevolent dictator.
• All applications will be considered. However, if I find that the character idea does not fit with the setting I may deny it. I want some realistic characters for the era. Well, as realistic as a supernatural RP can get. I will offer help and advice before flat out denying a character though.
• I will provide you with a header to be used at the beginning of your post. Add it as code on your finished character post for easy access.
• Limit 1 character per person for now. May allow more in the future times.

Character Stuff

Character Sheet

[hider=Your Character Archetype]
[center][img][/img][/center] if you choose to use one

[color=][u][b]Name:[/b][/u][/color]
[color=][u][b]Age:[/b][/u][/color]
No one under 18.
[color=][u][b]Sex:[/b][/u][/color]
[color=][u][b]Sexuality:[/b][/u][/color]
[color=][u][b]Relationship Status:[/b][/u][/color]

[color=FFE8ED][center][h3]The Body[/h3][/center][/color]

[color=][u][b]Height:[/b][/u][/color]
[color=][u][b]Weight:[/b][/u][/color]
[color=][u][b]Hair:[/b][/u][/color]
[color=][u][b]Eyes:[/b][/u][/color]
[color=][u][b]Skin Tone:[/b][/u][/color]
[color=][u][b]Appearance:[/b][/u][/color]
(some words of description, doesn't have to be much at all)

[color=FFE8ED][center][h3]The Soul[/h3][/center][/color]

[color=][u][b]Likes:[/b][/u][/color] (Min of 3, Max of 10 things)
[color=][u][b]Dislikes:[/b][/u][/color] (Min of 3, Max of 10 things)
[color=][u][b]Skills:[/b][/u][/color]
[list]
[*] Can ride a bike.
[*] Always shows up when there's a good deal.
[*] Can take apart a handgun with your eyes closed
[*] Can shoot that handgun real good like.
[*] Whatever
[/list]
[color=[u][b]Brief History: [/b][/u][/color]
[list]
[*] Give me the bullet points of your life.
[*] Things that have happened.
[*] As many as you like.
[*] Born in hell.
[*] Stole a blimp.
[*] Went to jail.
[*] Whatever
[/list]

[color=FFE8ED][center][h3]The Story[/h3][/center][/color]

Write a post. Instead of relying on personality through traits or a history through mere sentences, give me you character as you would write them. Don’t write their past. I want you to write me about how they came across the advertisement, their thoughts on it, and what made them decide to apply. Establish them. The MOST important part of your CS.

[color=FFE8ED][center][h3]The Ether[/h3][/center][/color]
[color=][u][b]Color Code:[/b][/u][/color]
[color=][u][b]Theme Song:[/b][/u][/color] Make it tens or twenties baby. This is not required, just for funsies.

And anything else you feel pertinent to add, even as for yourself to reference.[/hider]

Resources

A short, but helpful documentary on youtube to give you some info. about 30min long. Someting you can listen to while searching for that perfect picture.

A list of 20's slang.

A thirteen minute video of what led to prohibition.

KnowledgeHub on Prohibition. It's 10 min and goes to even 1933.

A video on just Speakeasies specifically.

Gameplay

• GM Posts
  • In addition to my bits as Miss Hobbs there will be part of posts dedicated to weather, scene, people, and nuances.
  • Some clues for the case may be hidden here, read carefully.
  • If needed I will also have visual aids, pictures, for important clues.
  • Some of the information is merely meant to keep us all on the same page so one person doesn't have a cloudy day on the same one another has a rainy one.

• Clues
  • These are hidden in posts.
  • Some you have to find by looking in places described... or not described.
  • Discussion between yourselves on what is or is not important will be mostly held on discord.
  • Don't worry, Miss Hobbs will be there to lend a helping hand! Ask her anything.

• NPCs and Contacts
  • I will create most NPCs though you are all welcome to apply to add a person for me to play. Or in special cases they will be yours.
  • Added to the Character Stuff section will be an application sheet (very short) for NPCs.
  • NPC's can become contacts. While I will move them about, you are also welcome to ask for an NPC to become a Contact if you feel like their help may be useful later on.
  • I may use people from your history or mentioned in posts as victims or potential witnesses to crimes.
  • There will be a notes section on NPCs or Contacts, let me know what sort of notes you'd like to add (ex. Behaved suspiciously about ___, Couldn't make eye contact, Knows about ___) for use in you discussion or to remember to ask if/when you meet them again.
  • In the discord there is a place to have quick conversations with them to add to your post. Just get a hold of me and I am happy to do this anytime I'm available.
  • If you choose to interact with an NPC through discord I will add all the descriptions you will need for your post. I will just need tiny details like tone of voice or posture. You reasons for asking and suspicions you can add to your post later.

• What if I have special skills?
  • If they are of the supernatural variety they will be taken into account. What you might see beyond others will be placed in a hider within the post with your characters name on it.
  • Cool skills you have developed overtime will also be taken into consideration for extra things that just your character can do.
  • And certain people speaking with certain people will produce different answers and reactions.
  • It is up to you and the group to determine if your character is the right man for the job.

• Concluding a Case
  • After deliberation if you feel that something is accurate we will hold a meeting to discuss this.
  • Miss Hobbs can tell you if you went wrong somewhere or give hints on things to look into further.
  • Any NPCs not requested to become Contacts will be deleted.
  • Don't worry, we'll always solve the case! ...Or will we?

Jazz, Flappers, Speakeasies, Murder and Ghosts

@Fabricant451 Uhm, yes. absolutely.

Jazz, Flappers, Speakeasies, Murder and Ghosts

The year is 1921. The place, New York City.

In this bustling town bursting with new beginnings and new money, crimes are committed on the regular. With the prohibition, which is regularly ignored, gangsters have popped up along with the Speakeasy. And the Great War finished not some three or four years ago, there has been many a loss. But the 1920's brings a lot of new hopes. And new freedoms for women.

Introducing Miss Hobb's and her Paranormal Investigative Team. Well, it's not a team just yet. It's only just starting out. They look into strange deaths and Miss Hobb's has been known to cavort with the spirits. A great party trick to most. In this new age where a woman can vote and get a job, the young heiress who has inherited a great estate from her father has decided to do something interesting with her downtime. Why not detective work?

Newspaper Ad:

Ex-cop down on your luck? Frustrated housewife looking for a hobby? Looking for capable, inquisitive, and clever people to begin an investigation business. Apply by phone.

You are those who have gone through the application process and been accepted into this new and fabulous career. There is just one thing Miss Hobbs, presumably the secretary you had the phone interview with, has left out. The supernatural. You yourself may possess some small amount of gifts or may just be the average Joe. None the less you are all invited to a penthouse flat to begin your work.
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I would like anyone who wants to join to keep in mind the era. Many of the men have been in WWI. As a woman, you might have held a factory job or worked as a nurse at the front. Now that the war is over women were removed from their factory jobs and were supposed to return to a life of family. The skills you have should reflect this. But I am hoping for a diverse and interesting cast of characters.

Some archetypes I would LOVE to have are: the ex-cop/detective, gentle housewife, Jazzman, the failed actress, and the shell shocked soldier.

None are of course required, but some things that might be fun to see and play with. I am very open to new ideas and thoughts as well. The roleplay is character driven with a GM detail post offering things like time of day, descriptions of places, and of course our lovely cast of NPC's.