Discuss The Masked Murderer [M-LV] (Looking for some help this time)

[Vicky]

[SIZE=1][B]Basically, I haven't been able to get off my lazy *** and work this whole thing out. But when I finally thought of how to do this, I decided I'd need some more suggestions and help. I have a very basic story here, well... you could say that. The RPG will mostly be explained through what the characters do and stuff, but here's what I got:[/B]


[U][B]The Masked Murderer.[/B][/U]

Since long before mankind has his rightful place on the Earth, there had been murder. At the dawn of time and at the moment where creatures knew how to kill, there had been murder. They all did it. They were all murderers, the creatures before man. But when we came, we became the most murderous killers in history. They murdered to survive, but as time grew, we, humanity, murdered for revenge, sport, and now? fame.

And one day, murder became just a word. Murder was nothing, compared to the two new words: Masked Murder.

On a cold wintry night, a woman walked alone with her arms tucked into her coat and her nose beneath her coat collar trying to keep warm in the ice. The sky was dark and clouded over with dull mists of grey and the only light was the moon piercing its way through. And as she walked, they followed. No one knew who they were, and no one would find out whom anytime soon. But they were a mask. A mask to hide their face, the face of a coward, or? the face of a genius. They know why they want her dead, and they know how. In the speed of lightning striking, they leap into the light, and pierce her with a sword in the place her heart would be, and they back away. They disappear into the shadows, leaving nothing, expect a card, with the words: ?Masked Murderer?.

Science, logic, investigations have nothing to do with it in this case? nothing. The police search for clues, but only find one: ?Masked Murderer?. The card. The person who had done this was Masked, but the clue that was left was futile. There had been no witnesses, no cameras in the area, and no suspects. No one in the whole town could have done this. The finger pointed to no one at all. Science, logic, and reality had no play in this. Whoever had murdered this woman was indeed a genius.

And again, the Masked Murderer strikes. Just after the New Year, a body was found on the ground with the same mark through their heart, and the same card from the Masked Murderer. And again, no other clues or evidence. Nothing. A true genius, for the second time, pulled it off. The second time the Murderer had struck. Now all the police could do was wait, and hope for the third one to give them more information. But they knew it would be the same.

Yet it was not.

The third man was hung from a tree, but the same card was below. And this murderer was caught on CCTV; indeed? he had a mask on. He was cloaked, and he was slow? therefore, the third murder could not be the same. Two days later, another person was murdered, with a completely different technique and completely idiotic timing. And another, completely different two weeks later, another, and another, until there had been five sets of different cases, all with the same card: ?Masked Murderer?.


[B]In all honesty I think this is the most badly written back story I'm done since Space Mission, which didn't have a back story -.-

Basically, the whole RPG will have 5 parts. The MM's (Masked Murderer's) will post a Murder at the start of every part. Now, only one murder will be resolved. The Detectives will be set on one Murder each, and they have to find evidence. The best murderers will go through to the next part, but the worst posting murder will be caught. However, the only reason they will be caught is because the 5 normal people in the story give the Detectives riddles and clues. The Murderers will have to try and cover up their tracks when they are questioned, but once they post their murder at the start they cannot kill again.

The post will be judged by the 5 normal people, who will play an important part. The Detectives must put the riddles together to find out who it was (each Detective will be on a different case, but they will work together). Though, only one Detective will find the Murderer(the other Detectives may help, of course). Though, just getting caught isn't a big part. The MM which will not be joining the next part can kill themselves or run away, then they must be caught.

Here's the character choices:

Masked Murderers (5) : On every part you will all post a Murder. You must post as best you can, or else you may leave evidence behind. The more evidence, the more likely you will be caught. All the time you will be watched by one of the 5 normal people (I'll PM evey normal person and tell them which MM they are watching). The normal people don't know who you are because of the Mask, but they do know everything. You cannot touch the normal person. You can notice them, but not touch them. A Detective will be PMed and told which case they are on, and your Detective will question you. You're mission then is to releave the heat and keep them at bay. You may not kill the Detective or make a kill after your first one. If you have been found out, you then have to know about it somehow, either run away, kill yourself or be handed in to the Police.

In the middle of investigations, you can interact with all the other character's, including fellow MM's, and try to bribe the normal people into not telling.

Detectives (5) : On each part, you will be PMed and assigned to a case. You will work with the other Detectives on putting the pieces together, though you will all be given riddles from the normal people who saw the Murder. Only one case can be solved at a time, so if your MM is the one who is to be caught, you must find them and arrest them. You can go to the normal people any time for information, if they will give it. You may also question the MM's (but you may not know it's them) and even the normal people, too. If you MM is arrested/killed, then on the next part when there are 5 Detectives and 4 MM's, you will be assigned to another case with a Detective already on it.

Normal People (2-5) : Well, you are not exactly normal. You talk in riddles, and you always see a murder. The strange thing about you five is that you all know each other, and when there are less then five MM's around, you stick with one of your "normal" friends and watch the murder. You give information in riddles to the Detectives when they ask, or sometimes when you feel like it. You are sometimes the prime suspect, but you never are the one. You have even been brimed by the MM's into keeping quite. After all the Murders are posted, you each PM the head person (which will be me) with your votes on who should be out. Then, when it is decided, the information will be cast out and at the end, the Detectives will catch the right person.

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What I basically need, is suggestions, and a few people to help me with this. If you're interested in helping, ask here. I'm mostly looking for people to be the "normal" weirdos and help me out there. You comments and help will be really grateful.[/SIZE][/B]