This game is all about role play.
I won't take part in it at least, for the moment.. merely created this topic to see where the Song-game went.

The Roleplay is basically the same as what happened on the chat the other day. There's scene/stage/set were you play on. And everytime you make a post, you tell what the set looks like. First posts could be introducing yourselves or just notice of some random event. Every post could involve a set change [set change], and then some describing of the set (not too detailed; IE:

[setchange]
On the Militairy encampement just outside Rome:
Marcus Antonius to a group of messengers: "I want every Legion in the vicinity here by tomorrow morning, we need to make preperation for tomorrow's parade!"
Marcus walks to his tent.
"more talk"
Etc Etc

Setting:
The setting is in and around Rome in it's prime time, you can play any character you want. Historical correctness is not that important. You can play any important family in that time. Exceptions are offcourse, only one ceasar. So no double positions or anything.

Rules:
- You play one main-character, and a max of 3 sideroles per post(wether you want them in the story), side roles are roles of basically as in the example the messengers. These roles don't rly have names other than messenger-slave-headslave
- No killing of everything.
- Keep it at least a bit realistic. (No: I become god and rule everything stuff)
- Setting in the title.
- Don't make too long posts, give other people a chance too  

--Last edited by Frizz on 2008-04-16 12:37:33 --

Ok, so you're not playing (yet) but could you at least set the scene more than just "Roman" maybe?

It's in the first post now  

--Last edited by Frizz on 2008-04-16 12:38:24 --

[set]
Outside the Palace
A crowd has gathered, awaiting a speech from their Emperor. Rich and poor are standing together with rich fabrics brushing against tattered rags. A small girl, no higher than the waist of an average adult, is picking her way through the crowd, seemingly eager to get to the front. Her dark hair and simple clothing make her easy to forget as just another child and no one notices as she reaches into  the odd bag on the way through and helps herself to a few coins here and there.

A tough looking sees the pickpocketting and grabs the girl after he struggles through the crowd and takes her outside the mob.
"Well well well, if it isn't one of  Lucius' slaves. You will get into trouble for this one young lady. Let's get you back to the master."

[setchange]
Lucius' House - In the Atrium (Main room of a typical roman house)
Tough man: "Lucius! I found this little scroundrel pickpocketting outside! What do we do to her?"
Lucius:  Bring her to the kitchen and make sure she cleans it! Tell me when she's done, then i'll give her a appropiate punishment, Norius!"

(I'm playing Lucius btw)

The small girl looks at Lucius in wide-eyed fear. She looks at the tough man and thinks for a moment, she lets out a barely audible sigh and before turning to go to the kitchen she places MOST of her takings on the table in front of Lucius, curtsies and turns.

[set change]
Lucius' House - The Kitchen
Upon entering the kitchen, the girl takes a dry brush and starts scrubbing the floor with it. She brings up clouds of dust which make her cough, but she perseveres all the while the tough man is watching her.

Lucius enters the kitchen.
Lucius: "Leave us, Norius."
Norius: "But Lucius, I thought she..."
Lucius: "I changed my mind, now leave us."
Norius leaves the kitchen, and after a while a sound of a door closing is heard.
Lucius: "Well well, pickpocketting in the crowd. And you thought you could get away from the house like that? Well speak up!"

Girl: I'm sorry Master. I just wanted some nice things like the rich people have. I know that if I deserved nice things I would have them already. The kitchen will take me some time to clean but I will do it as fast as I can. Master... you won't... beat me will you? I can try to clean faster than my fastest.

Lucius:"Yea, I won't beat you this time, I don't want to break you. I didn't take you in my house to let you do what you want, you should be gratefull with the roof over your head. I will give you a warning however, that may this happen again I won't be so nice to you. I'm about to be an important man in the Senate and i have got to think about my reputation. If everything goes well things might get better for all of us. After you're done with the kitchen, help the others with garden."






For anyone else who might want to play:
Example roles available : Lucius' Wife/daughter son, The girl might have some family, or some high placed friends in the senate or something. Neighbours maybe. other weird people along the street.

Setchange : Lucius' Bedroom. Late at night.

Enter Lucius' wife (Verina) and Lucius; scantily clad.

Verina : Well then, I think you made the senate very, very happy. What do you think?

Lucius: "Yea... went well...I'm exhausted..."
*snore*

SETCHANGE : Zoom out of the bedroom and outside in the streets to a dark alleyway.

Cloaked man: "Hahahahahahahah! So it is all set for when the legions are gathered in the parade."

A hunched figure in the darkness: "Yeeessssss!" He hisses.

Cloaked man: "Good! I will be glad when the plan goes ahead. There will be no mercy. Glory be mine or Caesar be damned, I will not rest until I get my just revenge."

The hunched figure nods. And expectantly staggers to the weird man.

Cloaked man: "Until our mission succeeds, you and ... your people shall remain banished from the lands of Roman Empire. You need me, I suggest you do it right. Now be gone! Before anyone sees your... face.

The cloaked man smiles as the hunched figure disappears in darkness as he'd given a false promise to a hopeless people.

Scene ends.

Setchange: Outside Lucius's House (still late at night)

Vitellius: *whispering* Ya' see, this is their house. If you get your butt caught, don't come pointin' fingers at me! I had nothing to do with this.
Blackclad Man: Of course... I'll pay you when I kill the boy though. I think you'll quite agree with me that we needn't anymore of those blasted offspring of Lucius's. He's enough trouble himself. *starts towards the house quietly*
Vitellius: Right... I'm jus' a man lookin' for a bit of pocket change. *the Blackclad Man climbs up the wall and into a window*

[Set Change] Inside the room Lucius' slaves sleep in

A Blackclad man climbs through the window and skulks through the room, unheard by the sleeping slaves making his way towards the door. He doesn't notice the small girl's arm laying across the ground from her makeshift bed on the floor. He steps on her hand and she wakes screaming.

After waking up Lucius' comes storming in with Verina and tells the one guard that's with them to look out for someone breaking in.
"What in Jupiter's name is going on?! Who disturbed my sleep this good night?"

He sees that the door is ajar and orders his guard to follow the intruder through the door, the passage leads left and right but he feels a cool breeze from his left and follows that.

{SET CHANGE} In Lucius's garden a cloaked figure enters though from the rear of the garden unseen.

The figure clad in black slips silently towards the villa angling to the right hand side, he stops and waits with a bow silently drawn covering two sides.

{SET CHANGE}  Back in the villa

The guard rushes forward in time to see a figure starting to exit through a window and shouts for him to stop.

Next he knows the figure drops to the floor a blackened arrow sticking from his neck.