"Money can't buy happiness, but it can rent it."
Plot:
Four lives are altered forever all because of a dare.
Their lives are soaked in diamonds and fine leather. They don't worry about paying bills or finding and keeping a job. Their worries center around which Michelin Starred restaurant to eat at or which brand to wear to the upcoming film festival. These people are filthy rich and are close friends, have been since they can remember. These long time friends decide to have fun on Halloween in a rather unconventional way. They find an abandoned laboratory and decide to camp nearby the woods for a few nights. What could go wrong? They bring all their luxuries with them and have a big spooky bash, somewhere in an isolated part of Europe. Their parents are never around so these young adults have never had to worry about danger or consequences.
The four friends wander into the lab and stumble across several questionable substances. They continue to drink and dance, not paying the warning signs any mind. Thanksgiving has come and past and now that Christmas is nearing, the four friends have begun to show signs of illness. They have the best doctors at their disposal. After a lot of tests, they all are given the same grim diagnosis. Cancer. Their worlds are thrown into chaos. Never had they considered themselves mortal. To them, death was something far out of reach. With life always moving so fast and so wild, none of them slowed down to really consider how precious their life was and how fortunate they were to have great medical care.
Now faced with a terminal illness, these four souls have to come to terms with their foolish actions and find a way to accept their fate. Bucket lists are made and they begin to figure out what will make their lives feel complete. Someone wants to try the hottest pepper for bragging rights. Another wants to learn how to juggle. Another wants to go to Amsterdam and have a threesome. And another wants to see the bottom of the ocean. So many wishes of varying difficulty and meaning. These four have the funds to make sure their epic bucket lists are fulfilled.
Will they spread the wealth to anyone less fortunate along the way?
Will they stay friends during this ordeal, until the very end?
Will they grow as people and learn about how truly magical life can be?
Guidelines:
I understand this topic is a sensitive one. My hope is to treat it well and realistically as possible, and to have this be a very character focused story. I want there to be a lot of development and interactions. Because we're playing four friends, I expect dynamics to change as the months go by. I want characters to feel the weight of death as they try to find a new way to live after being spoiled and worry-free for so long.
This is going to be a modern set story where our characters have endless resources so when making your bucket list, be as creative or as wild as you'd like.
I consider the friends have maybe 6 months to a year left so I do see an endgame for this RP.
I want us to double as one male and one female. My thought is there would be two sets: A womanizer male and a philanthropic kind soul female. And a bratty spoiled female and an intelligent polite male. I offer these types so we don't have four selfish characters and I want to avoid a lot of egos in this story so I am trying to give us one good character and one who has a lot to work on. If you'd like to change the typing, we can talk but just be aware I want to avoid four cliche rich kids.
The age range I am thinking is mid 20s.
Mature themes will likely happen. Drugs, sex, whatever.
I'm thinking real life face claims for this, so photos of people, not artwork.
In terms of a CS, I'm thinking it can cover a whole bunch of things. This is your chance to be as luxe as you'd like. List their cars, lavish bedrooms, fancy watches, clothes, what celebrities are in their cell phone, etc. Think bold and fancy. I'll let my partner make up their template so they can have fun with it.
I'm thinking this will be high-casual to advanced. We're doubling so there's a lot to cover but I don't want long posts to get in the way of interactions.
I can post every two days probably. I'd like to do this in threads but PMs can be considered.
Other stuff can be worked out with a partner but I hope I find someone for this. I feel like redeeming some characters and having some fun but emotional adventures. If you get the vibe I'm going for, let me know! :)