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Absolute Comics: Odyssey [Invite Only]

Slowly chipping away at the next GA between work and extracurriculars!

In the meantime, I thought it'd be fun to see what we've all been reading on the comic end of things. What's a comic you loved that you've read recently? And for those who haven't, what's a favourite comic of yours, or one you'd like to check out?

If not comics, is there some other superhero/comic-inspired media you think everyone should experience?

@GreenGrenade

Media-wise I've been in a Twin Peaks shaped hole since December as my partner and I finally decided to watch it for the first time as part of our Lynch renaissance over the past year or so (only Elephant Man, Wild At Heart, and Lost Highway to go now) and haven't really been playing much except Slay The Spire and falling into a big Fallout: New Vegas spiral again. I've gotten back into reading as my New Year's Resolution but unfortunately nothing superhero and everything I've read so far has been kind of crap anyway.

However my brother got me Batman: Three Jokers (which I've heard middling things about) and Batman: Gotham Nocturne Act 1 (which I know nothing about at all) so I suppose I'll read them soon. I've been intrigued by Absolute Martian Manhunter but as I missed the first few issues and nowhere near me is stocking back-issues I'll have to wait until a full collection comes out. We did watch the second season of Sandman on Netflix in November finally which we really really enjoyed! I've always loved the idea of beings who are anthropomorphic embodiments of abstract concepts so to see that utilized in the Endless was neat. As many people know I'm a bit of a fake fan; I like the movies and the tv shows and the video games but I don't actually read that much comics, and what I have read is almost exclusively graphic novels rather than weekly/monthly paperback comic issues. I don't know what I'd recommend as a result; I think most of my suggestions would ultimately be a bit pedestrian? Go read Hellblazer Vol 1, or play the Batman Arkham trilogy, or watch the Del Toro Hellboy movies. I think Long Halloween is the single greatest Batman story ever written, if that somehow slipped past you. I've heard good things about the GOTG game which is sitting in my backlog so I may get around to that.

Fashionably Late: A Crime Thriller Roleplay

Only (just over) one week left for applications - Rockette and I will review sheets and announce the final roster Monday 26th January. If you want to apply, make sure you're in by then!

Fashionably Late: A Crime Thriller Roleplay

I was talking with @Stormyx, and figured it'd be worth mentioning here. I was going to add a talent agent type supporting cast member to Jag's sheet, but I figured with the overlap between Jag and Bobby (@Roman), along with a few others other it might be worth having a more shared NPC as a narrative device to simultaneously fill the role of being a character's agent but also give way to previous interactions or simply a reason why several individuals in similar professions are at this party.

Just a thought though.

Edit: Or if someone is making a talent agent type Player Character, I'd be interested in setting up similar relations once the dust settles.

@Lord Wraith

Within my now-completed sheet Bobby's supporting cast contains both Felix, a PR/Press Agent, and Gordon, Rifo's direct manager from the label. Either of these NPC characters may be suitable for overlap with other musically-inclined sheets. If anyone's interested, we can chat!

Fashionably Late: A Crime Thriller Roleplay

If there are slots left over after the OGs, would love to try for a crime novel author. Insanely successful in the past, but now lacks motivation and ideas, suffering under the pressure of having to make the final book in her series a hit, or else her legacy suffers. And then lo, what do you know, an actual murder!

@Vertigo

We encourage you to get an application in! We'll be reviewing everyone's at the same time. Naturally those tagged as having priority will...have priority, but we're looking to accept up to 12 so there are definitely slots unfilled even if every tagged writer got a sheet in, which may not be the case anyway.

Fashionably Late: A Crime Thriller Roleplay

@Roman@Rockette, is the victim pre-determined or will that be revealed in the IC? I'd love to bake a connection/motive into my character concept.

On a similar note do you want us to send blackmail material/dirty secrets for our characters that can be used to push forward the IC by the GMs?

@Lord Wraith

The first victim is already set, though everyone will have an opportunity to interact with them before they kick the bucket. They're a freelance investigative journalist with a blog & vlog - if you need more details let me know.

If you'd like to include blackmail material or dirty secrets in your character we would be delighted to know what nasty little skeletons are hiding in your closets - but they're not mandatory.

Fashionably Late // The Wild Hunt

I am pleased to announce that the OOC has gone live! roleplayerguild.com/topics/197476-fas…

Looking forward to receiving your RSVPs to the most un-missable party event of the year!

Fashionably Late: A Crime Thriller Roleplay

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First and foremost, by design this roleplay is to enable the reunion of a cabal of writers from 2024/early 2025 and provide an opportunity to write together again within an original setting and story.

These writers are tagged below, and they will have a priority position on the roster should they want to apply.

@Lord Wraith | @Rockette | @Qia | @Melissa | @webboysurf | @Skai | @Hound55 | @Stormyx

Applications for slots left open after these writers have had their opportunity to apply will be appropriately reviewed by the GMs for acceptance.

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Hello! Welcome to Fashionably Late, a Casual/Advanced Crime-Thriller/Murder Mystery roleplay, concering the events of, and investigation into, the death of a particular invidiual at the 2025 New Year's Eve party, and the conspiratorial criminal web those in attendance are drawn into.

As stated above, primarily this roleplay is to facilitate the reunion of a writing group from 2024/early 2025, and the writers tagged above will have priority slots on the roster; however, beyond these individuals, any other slots are open for application - I always like seeing fresh faces.

Applications are open from NOW (09/01/2025) until January 26th 2026, at which point Rockette and I will announce our completed roster and look to launch the IC shortly thereafter. The sheet code can be found in the Character tab's Zeroth Post. Please ensure you properly read all rules and guidelines before applying.

In the meantime, come hang out! Ask questions, chat with the GMs/potential players, and discuss your potential applications! We're looking forward to your RSVP to the one non-negotiable, un-missable party of the year.

Fashionably Late: A Crime Thriller Roleplay

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◼ GMs: Roman | Rockette ◼ GENRE: Crime Thriller/Murder Mystery

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𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿'𝘀 𝗘𝘃𝗲. 𝗢𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝘀𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆'𝘀 𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆. 𝗔𝗻𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼'𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 - 𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 - 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲; 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀, 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁-𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿'𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗹𝘂𝘀-𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘄, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 - 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 "𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗵𝘁𝗮𝗴 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆-𝘃𝗶𝗯𝗲𝘀" 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝗱𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝗳𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆'𝘀 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻. 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝘂𝗹𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗲.

𝗢𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱-𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴; 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗳𝗮𝗿, 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗳, 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗔 𝗯𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 - 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗬𝗘𝟮𝟱 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗔𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗱𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗿𝘂𝗴-𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗹𝘂𝗿𝗸 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗶𝗱 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘇𝘇𝗶, 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲. 𝗔𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗱. 𝗜𝗳 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁; 𝗶𝗳 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗮. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴.

𝗨𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝗮 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗵𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗸 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁'𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝗹𝘁; 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝘂𝗽 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆'𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴; 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗮 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆-𝗯𝗮𝗴 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻, 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝘀𝘂𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻, 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗶𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲: 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿'𝘀 𝗘𝘃𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿.

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𝗠𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿, 𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗽𝗼𝗽𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿, 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘀 𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱-𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗗𝗝, 𝗮 𝗡𝗲𝘄-𝗬𝗼𝗿𝗸-𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀-𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿, 𝗮 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶-𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻-𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗮𝗹-𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿. 𝗠𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝗮𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗷𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲; 𝗺𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱'𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸𝘀. 𝗠𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗧𝘂𝗯𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗧𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵, 𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗸'𝗻'𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗲. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿, 𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿, 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿, 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲: 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗼𝗿𝗸, 𝟯𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱, 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿'𝘀 𝗘𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗸𝘆𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗻'𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆. 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗱𝗿𝘂𝗴-𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 - 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝘂𝗻-𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿.

𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘂𝗽𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗮 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗽𝘀𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝗯𝗲, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗺𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆. 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲, 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱, 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗰𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝘆 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 - 𝘀𝘂𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗹𝘆, 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝘃𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘄 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸, 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹, 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗷𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗷𝘂𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴; 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲.

𝗔𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱: 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹.

𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝘆?

Fashionably Late: A Crime Thriller Roleplay

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█ ███ ██ █ S U M M A R Y █ ██ ███ █ EPHRAIM LORENZO CATTANEO AGE Thirty-one GENDER Male ETHNICITY/RACE Italian-American MARTIAL STATUS Single SEXUALITY Heterosexual ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔

▅BIOGRAPHY▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅ Ephraim was born 1994 to an American mother and immigrant Italian father, and while their whirlwind romance was deep and passionate, it was also not destined to last. Following their dramatic blow-up and subsequent separation, Ephraim spent most of his childhood and formative adolescence being shipped between his mother's spacious and expensive Tribeca loft apartment, and his father's cozy and well-lived city house in Milan. Any time neither could take him, he was instead deposited at one of several boarding schools, never spending more than a single semester there before being pulled out and put back on a plane. His upbringing was, in a word, turbulent, and he found himself unable to put down roots in any one place, and while he was loved by his parents, the disconnect and lingering animosity between mother and father bled into the son's interactions with both. He was, as a result, a surly child, difficult at times, constantly re-adjusting; he got used to his own company, the only reliable, consistent relationship in his life. The only other constant for Ephraim was music: at his mother's insistence he undertook classical training, her loft and many boarding school classrooms echoing daily with the sounds of piano, violin, guitar, cello, saxophone, drums; Ephraim was something of an omniglot for instruments, and found plying the desired sounds from each astonishingly easy. His father was more lax with the upkeep of Ephraim's carefully-curated musical syllabus, but still encouraged this burgeoning passion and obvious talent in his son; Milan offered many opportunities to explore the living artform of music, and the city's thriving electronica scene expanded Ephraim's horizons and showed him what music could be outside of graded tutoring - the ways the rules could be played with, experimented on, torn up and thrown out. Once Ephraim came of age, the obvious choice was to carry on his musical studies - the only solid, persistant education he had - and enrol in university. He started at Berklee, found a student house, settled somewhere for more than a year for the first time in his life, met people, made friends, got a job; he maintained a distinctly private, individualistic lifestyle, always comfortable in silence, never lonely in his own company. He began to make his way in the world, music ever-present. He never finished his studies or graduated Berklee; but that didn't seem to matter much in the long run. ▅CAREER▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅ Ephraim began experimenting with music production at Berklee at the behest of his roommate, Hudson, who was starting a band and needed a discerning ear to clean up the demos. Ephraim was initially just mixing the early self-published mixtapes, but quickly began to branch out, playing with a fusion of his classical training and the electronica sounds of Milan - with increasing punk rock influence thanks to the escapades of Hudson's band and what he'd learnt mixing their EP. On Hudson's whim, he played one 'open mic' set at a local club, a show that met with enough success as to frighten Ephraim. The clamour to know who he was, where he came from, how he drew his influences and experiences together into his music - it was all too much and far too intrusive for the naturally private and reserved Ephraim. He couldn't open up his life like that, couldn't be the frontman he needed to be to see success on a wider scale. And then Hudson had an idea. Thus was born "Bobby Rifo", a masked DJ of undeniable talent, his 'true identity' kept a well-guarded secret and his face never seen. Local shows built groundswell and word-of-mouth that 'Rifo' - and behind the scenes, Hudson - quickly converted into a record-setting sales and streaming explosion when Bobby Rifo dropped his first EP and then a full album a few short months later, and from there, he steamrolled into a full-blown electronica phenomenon. In between albums, Rifo sold out multiple Boiler Room shows, peaked charts in domestic and foreign markets, won awards, played Saturday nights at Glastonbury and Coachella, headlined Tomorrowland, and collaborated with other househould names like Deadmau5, Skrillex, Four Tet and Fred Again. All the while, Ephraim Cattaneo was able to move out of notice beneath the public eye, hidden from view and able to maintain a successful double-life. More recently, in the wake of AI, Rifo has stripped back; his equipment has become increasingly analog, anyone in his employ wears anti-facial-recognition makeup, and he's begun streamlining out purely digital tools from his process. Across social media, Rifo's gone on the anti-AI warpath, his stance divisive but winning him as many new listeners as it's lost; and now, on the cusp of 2026, corporately-pushed AI infecting every facet of society it can find, Rifo's audience eagerly awaits his much-teased upcoming album - unaware that it will likely be his last. ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔

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▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔	FELIX A friend of Rifo and carefully selected to be his PR/Press Agent. A level head and an affable personality, Felix is a far more public 'face' for Rifo than Ephraim himself has to be, and there's many an interview where Felix stands in as a buffer between Rifo and the press. Felix does his job well, but he's never actually spoken to Ephraim in-person - they communicate exclusively through proxy, whether that be call, text, or email.	▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔	HUDSON Ephraim's roommate at Berklee, frontman of his own band and also a member of an exclusive circle who knows Ephraim and Rifo, mostly because he came up with the persona in the first place. A tattoo artist in his day job, he's also a frequent collaborator behind-the-scenes, assisting on production and writing for Rifo's albums.
▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔	MIRABELLA Ephraim's on-again, off-again 'situationship' of a girlfriend, a Milan native he met during his adolescene when staying with his father. She's a semi-successful singer in her own right, though only within Italy and not breaking out of the country, and while she's fond of Ephraim, his privacy and reluctance to risk the double-life with papparazi connecting dots if Rifo was seen with her makes a true relationship difficult.	▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔	GORDON Rifo's direct manager at the label, a grizzled veteran of the music industry and a friend of Ephraim's mother from the old days, although Gordon himself isn't aware of the connection. He's deftly sheparded Rifo's career for over a decade now, securing important bookings and media coverage, and is well-respected by Ephraim and his peers for his future-sight and keen eye.

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▔▔▔▔▔▔▔	█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █	█ EPHRAIM CATTANEO HEX CODE . #000000 FACE CLAIM . Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo WRITER . @Roman SUSPECT LEVEL . ██████████	▔▔▔▔▔▔▔	█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █	█ DAISY BLACK HEX CODE . #9f6266 FACE CLAIM . Mara WRITER . @Rockette SUSPECT LEVEL . ██████████	▔▔▔▔▔▔▔	█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █	█ JAMES GORDON HEX CODE . #4682b4 FACE CLAIM .Chris Wolstenholme WRITER . @Lord Wraith SUSPECT LEVEL . ██████████
▔▔▔▔▔▔▔	█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █	█ ANNA SVENSSON HEX CODE . #ffc0cb FACE CLAIM . Ana Mulvoy-Ten WRITER . @Xandrya SUSPECT LEVEL . ██████████	▔▔▔▔▔▔▔	█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █	█ SCARLETT WREN HEX CODE . #ef476f FACE CLAIM . Jessica Alexander WRITER . @Melissa SUSPECT LEVEL . ██████████	▔▔▔▔▔▔▔	█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █	█ JALEN DANIELS HEX CODE . #ffa500 FACE CLAIM . LaKeith Stanfield WRITER . @Hound55 SUSPECT LEVEL . ██████████
▔▔▔▔▔▔▔	█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █	█ HAYDEN FENWICK HEX CODE . #969fab FACE CLAIM . Ryan Corr WRITER . @Stormyx SUSPECT LEVEL . ██████████	▔▔▔▔▔▔▔	█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █	█ CHARLES APONTE HEX CODE . #8e2d35 FACE CLAIM . Tom Hiddleston WRITER . @Sleepy Tani SUSPECT LEVEL . ██████████	▔▔▔▔▔▔▔	█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █	█ MARGOT STERLING HEX CODE . #a7afcb FACE CLAIM . Haley Lu Richardson WRITER . @Qia SUSPECT LEVEL . ██████████
▔▔▔▔▔▔▔	█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █	█ ELEANOR HILL HEX CODE . #daa520 FACE CLAIM . - WRITER . @Mole SUSPECT LEVEL . ██████████	▔▔▔	█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █	█ WILLIAM TREMAYNE HEX CODE . #FFFFFF FACE CLAIM . Ray Wise WRITER . NPC SUSPECT LEVEL . ██████████	▔▔▔	█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █	█ JOSIE TATL HEX CODE . #6A5ACD FACE CLAIM . Anne Hathaway WRITER . NPC SUSPECT LEVEL . ██████████