All Those Pretty Stars [Concluded]

[TheFlax]

All Those Pretty Stars

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The soothing silence was interrupted by mechanical sounds of hundreds of sleeping pods opening themselves. Twelve people slowly stirred to wakefulness in a groggy state, for the cycle was not supposed to end for another day. Disoriented, they each emerged from their respective pod with a throbbing headache. The dim lighting barely illuminating the sterile metallic floor and walls of the ship, they took notice of each other before turning their gaze upon the scores of pods neatly arranged in rows all around them. No one else was rising and yet Stellar Transport XJY-0745295 had been nearly filled to capacity in passengers and crew. Men and women, old and young, they all lay in their opened cocoons, some seemingly peaceful, but others with a twisted visage. Very quickly, the haze of sleepiness was gone, replaced by questions: What had happened? What was going on? What if I'm next!?

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Welcome to All Those Pretty Stars, a hybrid between a mafia game and an RPG, in which you will get to choose a character from the twelve initial survivors of this particular gruesome incident.

The year is 2785 and the human race has spread amongst the stars, colonizing hundreds of worlds and terraforming them to a near likeness of Earth. Yet, humans remain humans, filled with their vices, excesses and flaws.

Will you survive your passage aboard Stellar Transport XJY-0745295?


Features:

• Take control of one of twelve unique characters with each their own set of abilities and victory condition.

• Live a dynamic story where your choices and decisions impact your surroundings

• Receive your own personal writeup of what happened during the night phase, from the perspective of your character.

• Gain or lose abilities depending on your decisions and your choices.

• A race against time to avoid destruction, while attempting to discover the perpetrator of the mass murder aboard Stellar Transport XJY-0745295.

Preliminary Rules: (More to be added when the game starts)

• Stay in character as much as possible, speak only out of character (OOC) when necessary.

• No quoting PMs.

• No screenshots.

• All reveals have to stay in character.

• No PMs in between players.

• No chat discussions about the game between players.

• The dead cannot speak in the thread.

Introduction

The soothing silence was interrupted by mechanical sounds of hundreds of sleeping pods opening themselves. Twelve people slowly stirred to wakefulness in a groggy state, for the cycle was not supposed to end for another day. Disoriented, they each emerged from their respective pod with a throbbing headache. The dim lighting barely illuminating the sterile metallic floor and walls of the ship, they took notice of each other before turning their gaze upon the scores of pods neatly arranged in rows all around them. No one else was rising and yet Stellar Transport XJY-0745295 had been nearly filled to capacity in passengers and crew. Men and women, old and young, they all lay in their opened cocoons, some seemingly peaceful, but others with a twisted visage. Very quickly, the haze of sleepiness was gone, replaced by questions: What had happened? What was going on? What if I'm next!?

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A man, in his late forties, made his way toward the front of the ship, he was quickly joined by another man in his thirties. At the end of a row of sleeping pods, they found the captain of the ship slumped on a control console. Blood was pooling at his feet, besides which laid a loaded pulser. The older man picked up the weapon, while the younger one turned over the body.

“He died moments ago, multiple stab wounds.”

The older man nodded and pointed at the nearest sleeping pod. “I think he saved our lives, judging from the condition of the crew and most of the passengers.”

They both saw that the glass of the pod had been shattered by pulser fire. Evidently, the captain had tried to get out, but from the blood trail leading to the pod, he had been attacked while still inside.

“We should go tell the others.” The older man said. “What's your name?”

“Alejo de Lula.” The younger man replied.

“I'm Reilly Banks.”

They shook hands

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At the aft of the ship a young woman and two older men were huddled around a computer console.

“Bring up the ship status.” A hearty looking man with white hair said. “I'm Andrei Kerensky, by the way.”

“Eve Saint-Claire.” The woman muttered as her nimble fingers danced upon the interface screen.

There was a silence and both of them looked at the third man.

“Oh...” He shrugged. “Diedrich White, plea-”

“This doesn't look good.” Eve cut him off as her screen was filled with a schematic of the ship, many of the sections appearing in an angry shade of red.

“Engines, Navigation... even the Medbay is out. At least life support is still in working order.” Andrei appraised the readings.

“And look at this...” She brought up another screen.

“We're heading straight...” The old man started.

“...straight at a star.” Diedrich replied breathlessly, almost in disbelief.

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In the main hold, the rest of the survivors where milling about. A couple was seated on the edge of a sleeping pod, holding each other tightly and whispering to each other.

Nearby, a boy was sobbing next to the pods of what were probably his deceased parents. A woman in her mid thirties kneeled next to him and tentatively embraced him. The boy grasped her tightly.

“Its alright now, everything will be alright.” She tried to say soothingly. “What's your name?”

“Ed-edward” The boy choked.

“Well, I'm Christy, Edward. Christy... Hart.” She struggled with the last word. “Come with me, lets go meet the others.”

A few pods away, a young woman with dark skin stared at the dead occupants of two sleeping pods, speechless, as if she was still processing the reality of it all.

Finally, a man and a woman were wandering through the row of sleeping pods. The man, in his early thirties, stopped in front of each deceased person and muttured a few words, before moving on. The woman, in her late twenties, simply walked , stunned and apparently trying to take her mind off what was going on.

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Minutes later, everyone was assembled in the main hold.

“We've got bad news.” Reilly Banks announced, with Alejo de Lula standing next to him.

“So do we.” Andrei Kerensky replied in an even voice, flanked by Eve Saint-Claire and Diedrich White.

“Well then, go ahead.”

“In a few words, unless we repair the engines and the navigation systems, which have been damaged by micro meteorites, then in five hours we will be inside the corona of a star and quite dead.” Kerensky told them bluntly.

There was a moment of silent panic between many of the survivors, but Reilly raised his hand to call attention on himself.

“I'm afraid to add that beyond this dire news, there is a killer among us. He or she killed all other passengers and the crew, our survival was probably not planned. We need to repair this ship, but we need to be careful.”

“Who exactly put you in charge?” The Asian man asked, still holding his wife.

“Well, I do have the captain's pulser.” Reilly brandished the weapon for all to see. “Don't worry though, I don't plan on using it without good reason.”

“So how do we find this killer?” Christy Hart asked.

There was a deep silence.

“We could do a vote?” The woman who was wandering through the pods earlier spoke up.

Some were about to protest, but Christy Hart cut them off.

“She's right. Judgment by our peers, its the only way.”

Reilly Banks nodded grudgingly and one by one the others accepted.

“But...” Christy continued, unexpectedly. “This boy, Edward...” She held him near her. “...Will be left out of these proceedings. Surely he can't be the killer.”

“That's fine by me.” The man who had spoken to everyone of the deceased said.

Others soon agreed.

“So be it.” Reilly Banks declared. “There will be a judgment decided by each of us, save for the boy who shall not be voted and will not vote. Furthermore, we will have to decide if we are to kill the person we condemn or simply trap them in a sleeping pod.” He finished grimly.

Rules:

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• Stay in character as much as possible, speak only out of character (OOC) when necessary.

• No quoting PMs.

• No screenshots.

• All reveals have to stay in character.

• No PMs in between players.

• No chat discussions about the game between players.

• The dead cannot speak in the thread.

• Each "day phase" will represent 15 minutes in game, while each "night phase" will represent 45 minutes in game. Thus, the ship needs to be repaired before the 6th "day phase". If it is not repaired by then, everyone on board dies.

• To repair the ship, during the "day phase" you have to write Repair: Engine, Repair: Navigation or Repair: Medbay, all of these must be bolded to count.

• As in other mafia games, to vote someone, write Vote: Alejo de Lula for example, to change that vote, the format is Unvote, Vote: Amy Glenn. Again these must be bolded. (Please vote for character names and not player names, to keep with the ambiance.)

• Vote: No Lynch and Vote: Abstain are permitted.

• You can also opt to choose the method of disposing of the person who is voted for by writing Method: Sleeping Pod (Imprisoning the character, he or she can still talk, but do nothing else), Method: Pulser (Single shot to the head, consumes the pulser's ammo) or Method: Airlock (A most gruesome death.) (Be warned, it is possible for someone to escape a sleeping pod, either by some event or the help of someone.)

• There are no locations in this game, meaning someone who is repairing navigation can use an ability on someone who is repairing the engines.

• Being in "repair mode" is no proof of innocence, for characters can still use their abilities since these supersede the repair action, unless otherwise written.

• Barring exception, each character has a 1 to 4 score in each Repair: Mechanical (For Engines and a bit Medbay), Repair: Electronical (For Navigation and a bit Medbay) and Combat, for when there is an attack. Items can modify the latter score by a bonus of 1 to 4.

Tips:

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• At the start of your posts, write the name of your character, either in a description or simply alone. This will help others associate you with your character.

• Write descriptions in italics, spoken parts in "quotation marks" and OOC portion within spoiler tags.

• Use your creativity, your role PM is simply a guideline. Do not be afraid to contact me by PM or by IM repeatedly to ask if you can try out different things.

Other:

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• Send your questions to me by PM or IM, I will reply to each one personally and if needed, I will include an FAQ in the first post.

• Have fun!

The Cast/Signup (12/12):

jillyfae ArpeggiateTHIS as Alejo de Lula



Methos autolycus as Amy Glenn



Captain Blackadder as Andrei Kerensky



spL1tp3r50naL1ty as Christy Hart



Renata as Deidrich White



Askthepizzaguy as Edward



Secura as Eve Saint-Claire



Romanic as Jake Harris



Psychonaut as Jin Sung



Niklas as Reilly Banks



Winston Hughes as Susann Becker



Beefy187 as Zareen Sung

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Signups are accepted now, but be warned that I am currently aiming for the 3rd slot of May.

Please choose a character when you signup.


Reserve players:

YLC

Alive: (12/12)
Alejo de Lula (jillyfae, Replaced by ArpeggiateTHIS)
Amy Glenn (Methos, Replaced by autolycus)
Andrei Kerensky (Captain Blackadder)
Christy Hart (Spl1tp3r50naL1ty)
Diedrich White (Renata)
Edward (Askthepizzaguy)
Eve Saint-Claire (Secura)
Jake Harris (Romanic)
Jin Sung (Psychonaut)
Reilly Banks (Niklas)
Susann Becker (Winston Hughes)
Zareen Sung (Beefy187)

In Sleeping Pod: (0/12)

Dead: (0/12)