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Finally... => Forum Games and Roleplaying => Topic started by: Scelly9 on April 07, 2013, 03:25:59 pm
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And you're on the run. You just pulled off a pretty damn good scam, and the targets just ran you out of town. The year is 2000, and you're a mile out of Green Road, Missouri. You have $500 in one pocket, and a gun in the other, what do you do?
Characters:
Nicholas Evanhart
-Smalltime Con Man
-From Illinois
-Escaped Green Road, MO with a gun and $500
-Smoker
-Hitchhiked into Jefferson city, and stayed at a hostel.
Peter
-Gave a lift
-Quiet about the past
-Used to smoke
-Originally from Jefferson City
-Moved to STL, then headed east for a year, and is now headed back to Jeff city.
-Last seen driving off into Jeff city after dropping you at the hostel.
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>Learn magic tricks. Hitch a ride to Kansas.
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You already know some card tricks, although you don't have any cards, as well as some sleight of hand. You practice with a dollar bill while attempting to hitchhike. You briefly contemplate hopping on a train, but by the time one comes past it's going way too fast. Someone eventually stops and rolls down the window. "Where ya headed, stranger?"
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"Jeff city friend"
(Boooo not Kansas.)
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"Perfect. I'm headed there myself. Toss your shit in the back and hop in" You don't have anything to toss in back, so you just climb in. He sets off at a nice speed, and you watch the mile markers fly by. The silence is broken about half an hour later. "So, what's your story?"
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"Well, I'm from Illinois myself, had some family issues, so I hit the road to let steam off, and give my folks some time to cool off."
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"Heh, generic hitckhikers background then? I've heard that story too much. I never caught your name, by the way."
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"Nicholas Evanhart, yours?"
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Hank Williams, yours?
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"Evanhart. Fancy." He pauses to flip off a large truck that swerves into his lane. "Bastard. Anyway, I'm Peter"
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"Good name, I knew a Peter back in Illinois. Good kid."
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"Yeah, well..." He trails off into silence. The car keeps going.
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"Well...?" Look and see what his face is showing emotionally.
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"Nothing, don't worry about it." He seems to be a bit sad, but also guarded.
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"Righto. So you from Jefferson City?"
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"I was originally, but shit happened and I ended up down in St. Louis for a while, before heading out this way for about a year. I only decided to head back a week ago, so it's either stupidity or a great idea." He grins.
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Smile, and say,"Hey, maybe it is both."
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"Probably. So, why are you headed up there?"
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"Just wandering, always liked Capitals, anyways, not a bad stop to go start going west."
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"Ah, nice. I hear it's pretty easy to hop there, too." Silence.
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Let him talk if he wants to. Don't try and force him to talk.
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You are quiet for another two hours before he breaks the silence again. "St. Louis in half an hour, wanna grab anything? It's about 3 hours from there."
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"I need a pack of cigarettes if we're going for three hours. Mind if I smoke?"
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"A smoke and a coke, if you don't mind."
(Coke as in soda not drugs.)
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He pulls over at a gas station and starts to fill up the car. You head inside. What do you buy?
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Pack of cigarettes. "Genericola©" brand cola.
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3 hours from st Louis to Jeff? Are we cutting through the city then?
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"Can I see some ID?" The guy at the register asks, in a bored voice.
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"Do I look like a 12-year-old to you?"
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Give him our drivers license. Make snide comment.
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We're a hitchhiker con-man, do we even have one?
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You have a gun in one pocket and $500 in the other. That's all.
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Ask if you (The hitchhiker main character, that is) look like a twelve year old.
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He rolls his eyes and puts the cigarettes on the counter. "Yeah, yeah, but it's the law ya know?" You give him $8 for the drink and cigarettes and head back to the truck. Peter is done filling up, and starts driving again.
((Is Nicholas Evanhart your real name?))
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((Yes it is))
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Charactor roster added to first post. What do you do?
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Ask if he wants a smoke.
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"Nah, I quit a couple months back"
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Smile, light a smoke. "Lucky bastard. I tried a few times. Never worked out."
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He nods. Half an hour later it's starting to get dark out. "Hour and a half" He says, breaking the dull roar of the wind against the car. You nod.
The sky is a brilliant red, clouds streaking across in lines of yellow. By the time it fades, you've gone through two cigarettes. Lights of cars going past illuminate the car every few seconds, and a dull boredom sets in. Mile markers flash past.
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Try and get a semi nap, not sleeping, just resting. Don't completely trust this character yet.
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You close your eyes. Just for a second, you tell your self. That second stretches into minutes, and soon you are fast asleep. You are woken by Peter poking you in the shoulder. "Fifteen until Jeff" He says "Where do want me to drop you?"
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"Uh... You know any cheap hotels?"
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"Depends on how cheap you want. There's a few nice $70 a night ones, as well as the $50. If you don't mind sharing a room, one of the Hostels is more like $15"
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(Question was he offering to stay with us?)
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(Question was he offering to stay with us?)
No.
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(Okay retreading it makes sense now haha)
"Thanks, could you drop me off at a hostel."
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"Not a problem." Twenty minutes later, he pulls up in front of a nice looking two story brick building.
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"Thanks, see you around." Enter the building, stamp out cigarette before entering.
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"I doubt that." He grins again, waves, and drives off. You stamp out the cigarette on the ground, and walk indoors. A brown haired woman sits behind a dimly lit counter. Keys in a rack site behind her. "Fifteen for a night, two person rooms." She says in a bored voice, barely looking up from a paperback.
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50$ to a bent button we don't have our money anymore. Nor our piece.
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"Well, if your interested, I only have one person in my room" *smooth smile* hand over $15 and get the keys.
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She scoffs and takes your money, counting it and putting it in a small box before handing you the key.
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Smirk and go to our room, make sure our money and gun are safe (eg in a place you would have to wake us up to get to) then sleep.
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Make sure gun and money are also hidden. Don't want the roommate stealing.
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Yup, untrustworthy buggers.
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You stash your money and gun underneath your pillow, and fall asleep. You wake up next morning with sunlight streaming through the window. You money and gun is still there, but someone else is snoring in the other bed. What do you do?
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See what time it is.
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It's 7:45 AM, according to the bedside clock.
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Time to leave
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See if there's a shower about the hostel.
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See if there's a shower about the hostel.
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There's not. You head outside, and are faced with a semi busy street.
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Go look for a secondary weapon, something concealable, like a knife.
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Also, some kind of employment might be good.
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Wow, you guys are soooo boring.
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This is a realistic game for a realistic audience.