forum Those that survive hell don't do so kindly. || probably oxo || mature || closed

Started January 03, 2021 by @croccin-champagne

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Kidnapped, trapped in an inescapable department store with fifty-nine other people, and forced to kill? Life could definitely be a lot better.

Nobody knows a way out. Nobody knows why they're there. But everyone knows that when you get a name, the only thing to do is kill the person attached to it. Whatever happens when you don't has to be bad. Sixty people stolen from their lives, sixty people trapped in a building with no escape. Whoever masterminded this is playing a game no one else knows the rules to. There's no point defying anything. Not when it might mean death.

Whatever the motive, everyone is trying to survive. But two people might hold the key to escape.

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hello lovely people and welcome to hell-ikea. more on that later. anyway, i had a weird dream and it had the perfect plot for a roleplay, so here we are. please read the description and rules all the way through, and ask as many questions as you want! generally first come first serve(please be polite) but i do reserve the right to turn you down.

details: characters are kidnapped, locked in a weird mashup of ikea and a large grocery store. the man who put everyone there shows up to people one at a time, two every few days, and gives them a person to kill. last person standing wins the game, but you can't kill without being told to. our characters meet some time after the first couple killings, and bond while surviving.

i have the ending minorly planned, and a sort of skeleton for this planned. but seriously, tell me any ideas you have! i need filler and push scenes, and it's no fun to not work with people

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rules:

-andrew (Our Supreme Lord and Overseer)'s rules
-at least a paragraph in response. push the story along, interact, be an active character!
-i'll take you taking your time to put out a good and/or long response over quick responses that have no substance. don't push yourself to be fast!
-good grammar and sentence structure please. mistakes happen though, with those and with spelling. a few here and there are fine!

One thing. Why? Plot wise. What happens if they don’t?

nobody is actually sure. there's a healthy mix of people with varying morals, such as criminals who don't care about murdering in case it means survival, people desperate to get back to family, etc. its the only possible way out, and thats what a lot of people focus on. that and even if they don't kill the person they're supposed to, that person might not afford the same courtesy

if thats what you mean by why

Alright.

What happens if they don’t?

Alright.

What happens if they don’t?

the person they didn't kill gets given their name to kill. and can ask how one person outside is doing.. again though, nobody knows that yet and might never know it

a bonk

Hmm. If it takes off I might join. Silas maybe.

if you know anyone who might be interested, i could even make it a very small group roleplay. as in, no more than four people, three preferred. it would offer some great points of view from characters, and help push the story!

Idk. I bet Jyn would want to but might not have the effort.

I’d be interested in joining, as long as you guys are fine with it. This is a pretty interesting concept!

i am! long as dom doesn't hate the idea(not sure why he would)

I don’t hate it. I just don’t want to slow it down. Also, surprisingly, I don’t have a lot of killer characters.

are you sure? if you'd like, i can do a separate one with you, if that would be better?

I think the concept is better with multiple people.

so do you want to do it with us, or would you rather sit this one out?

Could I join? As long as its not too many people with me. If not, no worries!

i'm perfectly okay with that! waiting on dom's response/decision for actually starting

do we want to do this here or in PMs?

I don't really care either way, I'm good with whatever

same here; I’m good with either!

I’ll do it.

And here. Too many PMs you know.

alright!

does anyone have any other questions, or would you all just like temps? and do we want a specific age range to work in?

i know i have notes to give, for sure, but that's it on my end

Temps and then a starter after all that I’d say.

Temps and then a starter after all that I’d say.

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perfect! i'd make a pm for notes and everything, but honestly we can just do that in our existing one after these basic ones that'll precede the starter. also again, if any of you have any ideas for scenes or plot points that you want to add, pm me and i'd love to work them out!

notes coming, along with temp

questions important to the temp:

age range?

does magic/scientifically based 'powers' exist or should this stick to the constraints of our current understanding of physics?

I do love magic. But I think this would be better without it.

okay so as mentioned, i do have a good bit of this planned or at least in my head. enough that i'm hoping i can build around major plot points to keep this going. some notes are:

the man in charge of this supermarket hell goes by the name 'chris', is absolutely definitely insane, and does have motives but i'm keeping them ~secret~

as per the dream this idea came from(im too lazy to change much), 'chris' is creepy towards all of the characters(if you'd like to write interactions with him when he's giving a name, feel free, this is just a note to let you know he comes off very unhinged) but has a strange fascination/obsession with the character i'll be playing, due to her ruthlessness' when it comes to killing.

the setting, as mentioned, is literally like a huge department store and supermarket mashed together. food restocks itself somehow(it's done via really fancy technology. that's how 'chris' appears as well), there are various hygiene products at 'stations' around the building, and there are no doors or windows. absolutely no visible exits.

things like insulin and meds arent available, nor are epipens, because there's no pharmacy stop points. this could be used as a motivator for your character getting out, if you'd like!

the survivors have formed cliques and get really pissed if one of their own is killed. they won't retaliate through murder, but may corner the killer and leave them with an injury to make it harder for them to survive their own attack, or just do their best to scare/steal from said person.

each person was kidnapped and left in the clothing they were in. the building does have a very small selection of clothes, but it's nothing fancy. think jeans and a couple t-shirts, socks, and tennis shoes. underwear as well. none in any brand recognizable. during the snatching process any possible obvious weapons were taken.

but on that topic, there are knives available in kitchen sets, various kitchen appliances, and any other things you can come up with being sold at a department store. don't hesitate to be creative.

no animals. yet.

for the purposes of hygiene i'm saying someone figured out how to get a couple washing machines hooked up and working and now there's a small group of like three people who run a mini laundromat

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