Ten years ago, St. Elias almost burned to the ground.
Ten years ago, the Cleanser Killer was put away in Thornefield prison.
Ten years ago, some people had lighter hearts.
Ten years ago, the Cleanser Killer was put away in Thornefield prison.
Ten years ago, some people had lighter hearts.
They say over one-hundred people died through the whole ordeal. From up in the grand city of St. Elias, all the way down to old rural Thornefield, the Cleanser purged the world of over one-hundred lives. Some argued that it was justified -- after all, if you only smash out the rot, it's nothing more than an expedited process of selection. Others argued that setting a thief to catch a thief, catching a liar with a lie, and using a killer to stop a killer would never be justified. Although St. Elias has rebuilt itself from the cataclysm that was the very last chapter of the Cleanser, something seems hellbent on staying alive.
Something new came around. A string of murders -- quickly tallying up -- center themselves around St. Elias once again. Just as normalcy began to return to the city, a Copycat Cleanser began a spree of imitation.
Now, those previously involved with the old case -- and maybe a new face or two -- have to converge once again and put a stop to the madness once and for all.
The only issue is: this copycat doesn't only want recognition. They want retribution, the truth, vengeance -- and even in its own warped way, they want justice. As those previously involved with the case go missing or suddenly begin to know things they never had the wherewithal to deduce, blind eyes cannot be cast aside.
You asked for justice. Now pay the cost of vengeance.
So I'm not very good at making these things pretty. It's okay, it's not about being pretty. As long as I'm writing coherently enough that you aren't on your hands and knees crying because of how shitty it is, I think I'm doing okay. You get the premise. Kind of murder mystery but add demented trials. So like Saw met Danganronpa met high-stakes Sherlock Holmes. You get the jist, you probably read the interest check. Anyway. Yeah.
Rules:
1. I'm not really huge on rules. My rule of thumb FOR rules generally being if it disregards basic RP etiquette (godmodding, Mary/Gary Sues [or whatever the kids call them these days lmao], metagaming [this one's huge, I know it's hard especially for a murder mystery but I believe in you guys], etc) then just don't do it.
2. This is a dark roleplay. It's not gonna be the lightest all the time. But pacing is important to me - I hope you make it important to yourselves.
3. I'm not huge on posting frequency, because (as you can tell) I'm fickle myself. I just ask that you at least let me know if you're gonna be out for more than a few weeks. Speaking of which, the pace might be pretty slow here, especially at startup. Please have patience.
4. Patience with me too. I'm not a stranger to GMing but this is the first murder mystery I have done in a long time. And I've never tried little gamelike gimmicks like these before.
5. Really, not a rule, but a suggestion -- if you ever have any ideas, just share them. This isn't all mine. Really.
6. (Whatever else should be here, I summon you now.)
Trial explanation:
I realized the trials might be a little tricky, especially to explain. As of now they're probably just going to be confined to DMs for the sake of interest, unreliability, and tension. If you have any better ideas or suggestions (if there's a trial idea you have especially) feel free to say something. In any case, they're going to be tethered to your character's past.
I'll add more to this later. I've been working on this for 40 minutes believe it or not. IC will be out soon hopefully!
