Battle Royale
I’ve been thinking about this for quite a while and have finally been bothered enough to make a thread about it. For those of you not familiar with the Battle Royale book/movie/manga the basic premise is that one class of 9th graders are selected at random to participate in The Program. The Program being a reality show where the class is kidnapped, marooned on an island and pitted against one another in a battle to the death where only one can survive.
Now as a concept for a RP I thought this would be interesting, considering it is going to be highly unlikely that your character will make it all the way. Muhahahaha. Yes I am evil. Also, I wanted to set it in the two kinds universe because I like the races and prejudices they have against one another.
Character
Now then for making your character I have provided you with a nice little form to fill in.
Also I urge you to make at least 2 characters, on of either sex to make up the numbers of the class. The more characters we have the more we can kill. I will also be controlling some NPCs.
Name:
Race: (Human, Keidran, Bastin)
Gender:
Appearance: (height, hair/fur colour, build etc.)
Background:
Special item: (see below)
Vices: (weaknesses)
Virtues: (strengths)
Special Item: Each character has a special item with them. Something that is linked to their character in some way. As the Kid’s all thought they are going on a school trip then bring something they would bring with them for that. It also must fit inside their rucksack.
To play or not to play?
There are two kinds of people in “The Program” those who play the game and those who don’t. Almost all the characters will not be playing the game, at first at least. They don’t want to kill their classmates, why would they? How can they, they are friends…Aren’t they? They will be trying to find another way of getting off the island with everyone else still alive.
There will however be a few who will play. They don’t care about anyone else, they have accepted that the only way to get off the island is to kill everyone else and win The Program
To spice things up, I will be PM’ing people during the RP to tell them whether or not they are a playing character or not. Those who are playing can make it very obvious they are if they want to, or be sneaky about it, I don’t mind. Just as long as they get to the killing. ;)
Also the closer it gets to the end of The Program the more likely other characters will be to turning against their friends in a bid to be the one survivor.
Actions
Now then, Killing is going to happen. Oh yes it is. But you won’t be able to just kill someone off instantly, doing things such as pushing them or slapping them is fair enough but with kill you are going to have to pass it through me. So can we have it being worded such as “A man shot at girl” rather then “and man shot girl and she died”. :D
This goes for the NPC’s as well as player characters.
The Program
The Program takes place on an abandoned island. All the residents have been kicked out of their homes with no warning. All their possessions have been left behind, and you can find all manner of stuff laying around.
At the beginning of The Program the kids are fitted with electronic collars which not only look nice but have a deadly function. Once activated there is a 10 second fuse then KABOOM! They blow your head clean off your body. Teehehe. What sets these off you wonder? Well at the beginning of the morning the host of The Program announces Danger Zones. These are grid references, if you happen to be within this grid reference when it becomes a Danger Zone your collar will be activated.
It can also be activated if you try and take it off and don’t even consider trying to break it in any way. It’s shock proof, water proof and just about anything proof.
After you have your collar. You’ll be given your school rucksack, and another rucksack. Inside the rucksack you will find, 3 days worth of rations and water, some blankets to sleep on, a map of the island, a pen to mark the Danger Zones on the map with and your designated weapon for the duration of the show.
The Program last for a total of 3 days with more and more Danger Zones being added until everyone who is left is forced into the same grid reference. If there is no winner by the end of the 3 days all remaining collars will be activated.
I will update a map in this thread so people can keep up with the Danger Zones.
Sexy map editting by Kitten :P
The Class
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