Astaroth
[*screaming into the void intensifies*]
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- Invitation Status
- Not accepting invites at this time
- Posting Speed
- Speed of Light
- Slow As Molasses
- Online Availability
- It varies a lot depending on my schedule, unfortunately.
- Writing Levels
- Advanced
- Adaptable
- Preferred Character Gender
- Primarily Prefer Male
- Genres
- Psychological horror
Body horror
Supernatural
Giallo
Splatterpunk
Dark fantasy
Historical
Low fantasy
Magipunk
Weird West
Noir
Thriller
Gothic horror
Southern Gothic
Gaslamp fantasy
Cyberpunk
Space saga
Clockpunk
Space Western
Space opera
Paranormal
Modern fantasy
Dieselpunk
Post-Apocalyptic
Crime drama
Medieval fantasy
Welcome to Making the Cut, a game about desperation, distrust, and discovering just how far you're willing to go.
Your Masterminds for the experience are Ozzie and Vay. Heavily inspired by several psychological, violent horror movies and games including Saw, Battle Royale, and Dangan Ronpa, this game will be twofold murder mystery and suspense thriller. It is not for the faint of heart. There will be gore, there will be traumatic scenarios, and we cannot guarantee that triggers won't be touched on. The only thing we can guarantee with absolute certainty is that characters will die.
If you can't handle any of this, get out now.
Allow me to explain the premise for those of you still reading!
S.L. Morgenstern Academy is known nation-wide as the Ivy League of high school education. Acceptance for enrollment is highly competitive, and a diploma bearing the school's name is a guarantee into the university of your choice. This year, a special scholarship was granted to a certain amount of students across the country, and you are one of the lucky winners. Each candidate was chosen for some special talent that made them stand out among their peers, be it in academics, athletics, the arts, or even social influence.
You arrived for Orientation with your luggage in hand, not knowing that someone was waiting for you. Planning. Laying a trap.
If you thought you knew a thing or two about how competitive high school students can be, you were dead wrong.
You arrived for Orientation with your luggage in hand, not knowing that someone was waiting for you. Planning. Laying a trap.
If you thought you knew a thing or two about how competitive high school students can be, you were dead wrong.
Further information coming soon! In the meantime, here are some starting rules.
-One of the most important facets of this game is that all characters can be considered unreliable narrators. This means that even if you write out what your character is thinking or feeling, it can't necessarily be taken as truthful. You can lie. You are encouraged to lie. The only rule is that all accurate information must be disclosed to the GMs. (Note: You don't have to tell us every time you lie, hide something, or fudge your narration, as long as you have already privately given us the info that we can use to spot the contradiction in your narrative.) That's right, guys; you can't trust anything you read.
-As said before, character death in this game is a certainty. Due to this, we allow and encourage each player to play two characters (but no more). That way everyone has two tickets to stay in the game, as well as boosting the number of characters in play. These characters do not have to have any relationship and in fact we prefer otherwise.
-Try not to overlap talents with other characters. Read all posted sheets to ensure avoiding this issue.
-Sign-ups will close when we hit our max number of characters. The number of players we allow will depend on how many people double up and how much interest we receive.
-If your character is killed, they're out of the game. If you only have one character, you're done. You will not be allowed to make a new character at any point after IC starts. If you don't take advantage of the option to make a second character now, you'll get no chances later.
-We expect some amount of craziness from your character sheets, given you'll all be playing teen prodigies, but anything too ridiculous will get you snarked out of the thread. We especially will not tolerate your character owning twelve katanas or an AK-47, much less trying to bring them to boarding school.
-We do however really want some level of crazy from your characters. I mean, come on, how hard do we have to foreshadow here?
Your Character Sheet Skeleton is as follows.
NAME:
GENDER:
GRADE/AGE:
BIRTHDAY/SUN SIGN:
BLOOD TYPE:
APPEARANCE: Please include a brief description. Images are optional, but may not substitute for a description.
PRODIGAL TALENT: What is your character exceptionally good at? Why were they accepted into the program?
PERSONALITY: What is your character like?
HISTORY: What has your character's life been like up until now? Feel free to leave out important details or lie as long as you privately inform the GMs.
PEOPLE: Who are the major influences in your character's life? Family, friends, former teachers, pets? Where are they and what do they mean to you?
LUGGAGE CONTENTS: List everything you've brought with you. If it's not in the list, we don't want to see you with it.
FONDEST MEMORY: Feel free to actually write this as a scene if you wish.
PRIZED POSSESSION: This is not necessarily something you have on your person, but it should be a favorite or important item.
SECRET: DO NOT INCLUDE THIS ANYWHERE IN YOUR SHEET. Give your character one secret that they would do anything to keep hidden. PM this secret to Ozzie and Vay.
Will you make the cut?
CAST LIST
Shannon Lagorio | Peter Haul | Rosalie Hackett | Ripley Hunter | Gwenyth De Ilene
Jacob Miner | Rani Cauvery | Gabrielle Barker | Logan Nelson | Maxamilium Cross
Rockett Mclaurne | Christopher Eirhart | Tamela Rogerson | Alicia Braeburn | Vincent Charles
Rory Bradlaugh | Katrin Meyer | Harrison Black
Shannon Lagorio | Peter Haul | Rosalie Hackett | Ripley Hunter | Gwenyth De Ilene
Jacob Miner | Rani Cauvery | Gabrielle Barker | Logan Nelson | Maxamilium Cross
Rockett Mclaurne | Christopher Eirhart | Tamela Rogerson | Alicia Braeburn | Vincent Charles
Rory Bradlaugh | Katrin Meyer | Harrison Black