Welcome to The Game! By now, you have all received a phone call, and completed the first Challenge. Only a few technicalities left. 

The Game will take place in the fictitious city of Somewhere, USA. This may in fact be a real place, I just didn't take the time to Google it. For our purposes, this is not a real place, not that it really matters. :) Basically, your fine characters are ordinary people. Each of them have strengths and weakness unique to themselves. Different outlooks on life, different moral compasses, etc. During The Game, we will find out how different they all really are. 

Each of you will be getting PMs from me. This will be done in cycles, so basically, the story will open with me giving each of you a unique starting point, and then after everyone has had time to respond, phone calls (PMs) will be made. You will want to include the phone call in your post, so that you can RP your character's response, thought process, and completion of the task. This will be the cycle. Now, depending on how well you RP, you may be able to speed the cycle up for your character, but don't rely on that. Remember, the only thing your characters will have in common in the beginning is that they have all received a phone call, and are playing The Game. They are not aware that anyone other than themselves are part of this. Please do your best to remember this. Should your character, at some point, discover that others are playing, please RP the interactions according to the rules of The Game. 

Again, the rules of The Game are:

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. 

Only one of you can win. 

Your characters will be told the rules IC, but keep these in mind when posting. 

If I missed anything, please feel free to ask questions and make suggestions. There is likely something that I haven't considered.