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BACKGROUND

Personville, Montana. Population 21,279. Not much of a town, really. The copper mine was stripped out and abandoned back in the Fifties, the big company lost interest and moved away. Personville died a slow death, up until a couple years ago.

Things started to turn around when Roman Cunningham arrived in town with a great deal of cash and declared that Personville was to be the headquarters of his trucking company. Even though it was the middle of nowhere, the transportation firm started to turn around the local economy. There was work to be had, people were actually coming to Personville instead of leaving it. Everyone seemed satisfied, even as Cunningham Transport bought up more and more property and brought in more and more roughnecks who never seemed to go near a truck. Even though Roman seemed to have way more money than a guy who ran a modest-sized trucking company really should. Even as the mayor and chief of police seemed to have more money than they really should.

The rumors started to flow. Roman Cunningham was really producing enormous quantities of crystal meth and using his trucks to ship it to Boise, Denver, Provo, Billings, Las Vegas, Salt Lake, even Phoenix and Los Angeles. The rumors said he had bribed officials to turn a blind eye, but Montana's state police and the federal government were beginning to investigate. The rumors even said that Las Vegas mafia families were getting jealous of the operation.

For once, the rumors were all true.

THE STORY

Roman Cunningham has built his empire. Millions of illegal dollars are coming in, and he virtually owns Personville- which the locals are starting to call Poisonville. But Roman has made his share of enemies on the way up, and it's time to consolidate.

Somehow, in some way, Roman has gotten the idea that what he needs is a personal hitman, one well-paid permanent employee to handle all of his assassination work. The local criminals are somewhat lacking, so Roman is looking beyond Montana. He has used his criminal contacts to reach out to the top hitmen in numerous American cities, inviting them to come to Poisonville for their chance to get this exclusive position.

Naturally, there is only one available job opening. An interview won't cut it- Roman needs to see these skills displayed with his own eyes. And he might as well get something out of it, right? On arrival, each assassin is given a list of ten of Roman's worst enemies- outspoken citizens, investigative journalists, law enforcement officials, anyone who might jeopardize his position.

They are also given a list of each other assassin.

After all, there's only one opening.

Let the auditions begin.

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THE RULES

All rules of RPG apply.

Please behave in a civil and respectful manner. If something bad happens to your character, don't make baseless accusations of a "personal vendetta"- it's all in good fun and part of the story.

While there is no minimum post length, I expect all posts to be legible and of good quality.

I encourage you to PM me with any questions or concerns. Don't worry about annoying me, I'd really rather have any confusions cleared up than have people operating under incorrect assumptions.

Finally, have fun! Cut loose, relax, enjoy yourself!

ACTIVE ROSTER

Chicago- CidTheKid
Rhode Island/ Las Vegas- Emuxe
Los Angeles/ New York- MrDiadact
Cheyenne- Doctor Trapezoid
Silicon Valley- Orchestratic
Pittsburgh- GM control
Buffalo- GM control
Honolulu- GM control
Oklahoma City- GM control

TARGETS

1. Joel Crenshaw, alderman, City of Personville
2. Sigurd Lindquist, editor, Personville Herald
3. Joanna Carver, principal, Personville High School KILLED BY CHEYENNE
4. Elizabeth Nguyen, DEA agent, Denver Field Office
5. Harlan Kohler, rancher and entrepreneur
6. Arkady Gorschibov, teamster. Cunningham Transport
7. Samuel Twentykiller, captain, Montana Highway Patrol
8. James Bachmeier, pastor, Personville Lutheran Church KILLED BY LOS ANGELES
9. Justine Schertheim, blogger and e-journalist
10. Giacomo Salviati, "olive oil salesman", Las Vegas

SIXGUN

"Well, I don't know what that 'suffer' thing was about."

"Alright, Fontana, take some men over that vacant there," Sixgun ordered, waving towards where he had fired at the start of the battle. "I seen some kinda wolf on two legs, it was huge. Be careful, yeah?"

"La Sombra, good work," he said, giving the man a pat on the shoulder. "Fletcher Ross wants you in his corner any time from now on. We've gotta work fast, police will be a-comin' soon, gunfire attracts attention even in this part of town. Let's see if we can find some papers or documents, anything that might tell us something useful, yeah?"

SONJA

Sonja shook her head. "Alright, listen, if you give us good and actionable information about Legion, we'll talk to a judge about getting you into witness protection, maybe a new identity. We'll talk to the White Fellowship and Magus on your behalf as well. At any rate, you'd have to renounce dark magic, and probably perform some penance for your sins. But this is only if what you tell us helps us out, you understand?"

Sonja turned around to address the others. "I'm going to escort her out of the combat zone and get her on a VTOL out of here. We'll debrief her back at League HQ. In the meantime, there's still plenty to be done here. I'll come back to help with the fighting."

Sonja starting pulling the woman along by the arm, casting a minor illusory spell on her- no one would quite be able to remember who exactly was being walked out. "So what's your name, anyway?" Sonja asked her.

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