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The Directors ([personal profile] thedirectors) wrote in [community profile] dressingrooms2022-10-22 12:55 am
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Disorient Express AU Brainstorming

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Welcome, dear players, to Grief Street! You've joined us for tonight's episode, The Disorient Express, a murder mystery aboard a train with secrets and inter-character drama galore.

Given the nature of the game and application, we've provided a collaborative space for you to brainstorm with your fellow players about your AU'd characters. This is where you'll be able to figure out who they are, what they're doing here, and also what relationships they might have to other characters on the train. Relationships can be as simple as "Character A and Character B are gossip buddies", or as spicy as "Character A is having an affair with Character B and is plotting to help kill their spouse". Have fun with it!

Remember to be respectful of each other's ideas! If you have any questions or want to talk about something you want to keep secret, feel free to reach out at [plurk.com profile] wolfnoir or on Discord at wolfnoir#4990.

Player Name: That's you!
Character Name: You can also add their AU name here, if you're changing their name.
Canon: If they have one, that is.

Age: How old is your character?
Occupation: Describe what they do for a living!
Appearance: A brief visual description of your character, if you're changing the way they look/dress/etc.

About: Write a few sentences about your character's AU. This doesn't have to be finalized in the slightest, but it'll help give people an idea of what your character's vibes are! It can be in paragraph or bullet point form--whatever gets the point across.

Looking For: What sort of established relationships are you looking for? Family, friends, enemies, rivals, etc? You may also want to discuss are potential relationship hooks (occupation, country of origin, habits, etc) to help others collaborate with you. You're also encouraged to integrate other player characters into your own character's secrets!

Additional Notes: Anything else you want to put down!


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[personal profile] theobviousculprit 2022-11-08 12:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Hello, fellow individual with shady ties, let's have a relationship.

What external pressures would have led to the enclave dissolving? Your post mentioned the military and other external pressures, but I wonder if the Ushiromiyas having a cordial relationship with the enclave until, for one reason or another such as maybe saving their own skins preemptively they saw advantageous to contribute to those pressures, backstabbing Arcade's father would work.

It's the kind of treacherous snake nonsense even Eva herself has done in canon, hah.
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[personal profile] stimpaks 2022-11-08 04:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Ooooh, I think that would work! I think I'm going w/ the fact that as time went on and the Enclave's glamor began to wear off, maybe they began to be suspected of conspiracy and influencing/bribing government officials. Once investigation started, maybe because of the Ushiromiya's cordial relationship with the Enclave, they might've decided to "leak" details that sealed the organization's fate and thus absolved the Ushiromiyas of their involvement? If you have any other ideas I'd like to hear 'em!
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[personal profile] theobviousculprit 2022-11-08 06:01 pm (UTC)(link)
That's perfect. I'm all in with this relationship!
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[personal profile] stimpaks 2022-11-08 07:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Yessssssss. Love some unresolved tension!