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*bing bong bong*

 

Welcome, travelers from Hope's Peak Academy! This is your captain speaking.

 

I want to personally welcome you all aboard the S.S. Despair, the finest cruise ship you little bastards will probably ever see. Actually, scratch that, it is the finest cruise ship you'll ever see. With the only thing in our itinerary being "never leave the ship", you'll have all the time in the wo-

 

Oh, what's that? "Never leave the ship" you ask? You haven't figured it out yet? I swear, kids these days... Don't worry about it; you'll see soon enough. But, I suppose if you really wanted to get off, you could, oh, I dunno... Kill one of your fellow passengers, perhaps?

 

Upupupupupupu...

 

*bing bong bong*

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Welcome Aboard!

 

Hello, people! I've had the idea of making a roleplay based on one of Spike Chunsoft's excellent visual novels, Dangan Ronpa. After a couple of weeks to finalize the plans, this is the product. In terms of connection with the official installments, this one is pretty much an AU / unrelated to the official games other than the basic premise and Monobear's appearance. Although this is a roleplay in a basic sense, it is going to have a few different mechanics due to the nature of the game.

 

The spark notes of this iteration is that your character, on their first day of school starting at Hope's Peak Academy (essentially a high school for the "best of the best" where the students are all experts in a certain field), is brought on this cruise ship with several other classmates. They are not allowed to leave, except if they can commit the "perfect murder" - that is, if they can kill off a classmate AND get away with it after a class trial, they will be allowed to leave and the rest will receive a very nice punishment. However, if you get caught and exposed, it will be you who gets said punishment.

 

The punishment? Death. It's that simple.

 

Now, for the most important thing to start with, the character sign-up sheet. However, instead of posting it on this thread, I ask that you PM me with your sheet. In this way, if you have some sort of special twist with your character than you want to include, it will be entirely private and up to your discretion if you want to reveal it to other characters in the IC segments. However, if you get accepted, you are totally free to post your character and their SHSL skill (which will be explained in a bit).

 

I am going to ask for a minimum of 12 characters. Because of the nature of this RP and how it will go down, I want to keep a limit of 1 character per person. However, I'll open up room for a 2nd character as a last resort if we can't find enough people. Signups are now open for a second character, so the limit is now 2 per person. Find info about second character submissions here. The total character limit will max out at 16, so any characters submitted after the max is reached cannot be accepted.

 

Oh yeah, and there will be a definite end to this roleplay, although it will take some time to get there due to how long it will take. When there is a number of characters left, there may or may not be an opportunity to pursue this ending. However, to progress further in the overall arc, a number of students will have to be killed and trials will have to be given, but I will not go into details. Just keep that in mind for later.

 

Anyway, onto the application template:

 

 

Name: What's the name of your character?

Age: The age of your character (must be between 15 - 18 as these are high school students)

SHSL: Short for "Super High School Level". This is your character's special skill; the thing of which they are one of the elite in their field. It can be a hobby such as "Soccer Player" or "Pianist", or it can be an area of expertise like "Astronomy" or "Biologist" or whatever. It could even be an occupation if you so wish. The only thing I ask is that please keep it at least somewhat grounded in reality; no supernatural powers or whatever. Please make sure you do not submit a repeat of an already accepted character's SHSL, and I won't accept "Hope", "Good Luck", or "Despair" as SHSL to keep it separate from the games.

 

Appearance: What does your character look like? A description is perfectly fine, but if you really want to use a picture go ahead. The only thing is that I'd prefer just a description because these characters can be as "anime" and crazily designed as you want, and I don't want to limit your creativity.

Personality: Just a few sentences or three that describe your character's temperament and the like.

 

Biography: Your character's past up until starting their first day of school at Hope's Peak. About two paragraphs or so will work just fine.

 

 

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Phases of the Game / Actions and Spoiler Tags

 

The game will be divided into a couple of phrases which cycle through as the story progresses. There will be three major phrases: Free Time, Investigation, and Trial. I will announce on this thread when the next major phase starts.

 

• During Free Time, you are free to wander through the accessible areas of the ship, interacting with any characters or the environment as you please. After a few days of OOC time pass (roughly a week or so), I will open up for murder requests, which will be explained below. This phase ends when a body is discovered.

• The Investigation phrase is the second part of the cycle. For all intents and purposes this is the same as Free Time, but with the goal of finding all of the evidence for the murder that you can. This phase will close when all of the evidence has been collected by at least one person, but multiple people may collect the same evidence.
   
• Trials, however, are a very special case. Instead of a "play-by-post" setup, we will be using a real-time IRC chat. As this requires some setting up, a time for the trial will be established beforehand so everyone can be prepared to be online. During this phrase, everyone will have a mass discussion to reveal who is the killer, and ultimately vote on who it is to save themselves. This phase closes after the conclusion of the trial.

 

During the "play-by-post" phases, you will walk around the accessible areas of the ship and interact with your environment through actions. When your character performs an action with their environment such as picking up an item, using an item, examining a location or item, or walking to another area, it would be nice if you bolded them so they "pop out", so to speak. As I will just be the moderator for this roleplay, whenever you perform an action I will post with the results of said action (with as short of a wait as I can). However, if you are simply taking an item or dropping it or whatever, you do not have to wait for me to confirm. If you are moving to a room, examining part of the environment or using an item that requires a response description (e.g. turning on a computer will require a confirmation by me as I have to inform you what's on it; using a pen or pencil would not, unless you specify that you want to examine it as well). If you are unsure on if you need my approval or not, when in doubt wait it out.

 

You are free to combine actions in one post if it is something continuous or has already been addressed to your character.

 

Talking and interacting with other characters, however, are free actions. They do not have to be bolded as you are not interacting with the environment. But, if you are interacting with the environment while addressing someone, that should be bolded.

 

Because of the nature of this game, to ensure that some characters will be left out of the dark, I am instituting a system that utilizes spoiler tags to keep things hidden. (i.e. the [ spoiler]

thingies).

• When people split up into separate rooms, any actions you take in said room that you don't care who else in the room sees will be in a spoiler tag marked with the room's name.

@Kitchen

Alice opens and looks in the refrigerator.

 

 

• When you are in the same room as someone but want to keep information from at least one other person, mark your spoiler tag with the username(s) of the people you want to address.

@Mono1231

Bob shows Alice the beautiful refrigerator.

 

• When you want to keep an action hidden from anyone else, mark your spoiler tag with"@GM", so that we will know said action is only addressed to me. Moreover, anything addressed to me will require for you to wait on a response post by me since you may get caught if someone is nearby.

@GM

With his eyes frozen on Alice while she checked the fridge, Bob cautiously pulls out a knife from the knife rack.

 

• Moving from one room to another does not need to be in spoiler tags; you can just flat-out write it.

Although it is impossible to ensure that only the people allowed will read the spoiler tags addressed to them, by using this honor system I feel we can detract the temptation to read something that might wind up as playing the metagame, as part of the fun is not knowing what other characters are doing while you're just talking with one of your fellow prisoners.

 

So please, don't read when you are not being addressed.

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Committing a Murder

 

I must approve of murder ideas before anyone can go through with them. If you want to request a murder idea, just PM me with this template:

 

 

Who: The persons involved in the murder, whether it is accomplices, the victim, or the killer him/herself.

How: The specific details of the murder, and how it goes down. (Any items used in the murder must have been revealed to yourself before submitting a murder request)

What: The clues that are left behind (e.g. the state of a room, specific items for evidence, alibis if applicable)

When: The time of the murder (can be a ballpark estimate, as this will be for the coroner's report when an investigation starts)

Where: The location of the discovered body (NOT the actual murder location, if the body is moved before being discovered)

Why: The motive for the murder.

 

 

If I find the murder fair and reasonable to solve, I will contact the victim's handler and if he or she agrees to it, you have a few days to set it up to resolve any ongoing interactions with other characters. However, for the sake of keeping it a secret, don't literally act out the murder. Just make sure the event of the murder makes sense and that no one mentioned in the murder request could see it being carried out. It'll be an "off-screen" event.

 

To bring up an earlier point, this roleplay will require a number of characters to be killed off, so if it comes to a stalemate where no one is willing to kill / risk the killing of their character, we will not be able to progress through the overarching storyline.

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The Rules

 

 

You may not:

 

• Share information about characters outside of in-character posts
• Read a spoiler tag if your character isn't in the same room, your character isn't specifically addressed, or if the spoiler in question is a hidden action. I know this is impossible to enforce, but it really does make the game much more fun if you keep yourself from knowing everything that happens even as an OOC force.
• Post OOC notes. This is what this thread will be for, so please don't pollute the thread when it goes up with non-IC stuff.
• Godmod other people's characters
• Kill someone before a murder is approved

Please:

 

• Use spoiler tags if you want something your character does to be private from others (e.g. whispering to another character)
• List the room or specific character you want to address to read a spoiler tag
• Bold any actions your character takes (and be specific with them if examining something!)
• Wait for my approval for actions that require a follow-up description or have the "@GM" spoiler tag.

You are allowed to swear, but keep it tasteful.

Short posts are okay for action-only posts. If you are talking or interacting with another character, please try to have a couple of sentences of content, just so the addressed person will have something to play off of.

Please write with respect to the English language. A few spelling or grammar mistakes is fine; in fact, I'm a terrible speller and spellcheck is a life saver for me. Just make sure your posts are understandable.

All unmentioned rules belonging to the Roleplay board and KH13 in general apply.

 

 

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Approved Characters

 

This is a list to keep up to date on characters that have passed approval. I will give their name, their gender, their SHSL so that accidental repeats can be avoided, and their handler's username.

 

 

The Roster

• Nevy Fuyoko - Female, (SHSL Figure Skater, Junko)
• Yuri Rossatto - Female, (SHSL Thief, Stardustblade358)
• Clove Fletcher - Female, (SHSL Maid, Sammy Kim)
• Shallos Lagsls - Male, (SHSL Private Investigator, Crona)
• Kikuyu Nakamura - Female (SHSL Chemist, BlueKeyblade)
• Gizmo Morra - Male (SHSL Actor, Ducky)
• Aurora Stadtfield - Female (SHSL Gamer, Oathkeeper136)
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Reserve Characters

 

• Sano Hideyoshi - Male (SHSL Luckster, Junko)
• Crow - Male (SHSL Painter, Sammy Kim)
• Shijiro Borromeo - Male (SHSL Traceur, Stardustblade358)

 

Monobear - (Non-playable character / moderator avatar, Jilly Shears)

 

 

 

 

When the game starts, there will be several in-character rules that everyone will have to follow. I will also post the map of the first part of the ship that may be explored at that time.

 

If you have any other questions, please feel free to ask me either here or through a PM. Happy murdering!

Edited October 9, 201312 yr by Jilly Shears

Might as well post my character   here goes (i have left out info)

 

 

Age: 18

 

SHSL: Chemistry Genius

 

Appearance:  Wears a V neck blue t-shirt and a pink tutu, with high heels.

 

http://31.media.tumblr.com/2832c3bb2ecebd9c307dbf4022735ad9/tumblr_mtk15juHRH1s2opl5o1_500.png[/spoiler]

 

Personality: Kikuyu’s favorite food is carrot cake, she’s bubbly, she also has no sense of fashion.

 

Biography:  Kikuyu has had a passion for chemistry ever since she was 4 years old. 

She used to go in the bathroom and mix everything in sight to make strange concoctions. A lot has changed since she was 4. 

 

Kikuyu observed the building that was before her, this was her last chance of having a successful career.

 

 “You have no more chances after this Kikuyu, mess this up and your ruined! 

Just keep to yourself and do your work” Her mother screamed. While eating her carrot cake Kikuyu thought to herself

“Hmm I guess I could just walk away now…join a circus or something I mean who cares?”

However Kikuyu knew deep down that she couldn't resist the temptation…

she entered the building and proceeded to the chemistry lab for her first lesson.

Edited October 1, 201312 yr by BlueKeyblade

I will join... But not for a little while. Hopefully tomorrow, Thursday at the latest.

We need more male characters ~

We need more male characters ~

Make one

Make one

If Jilly allows me to

We need more male characters ~

my idea that i've got is male but i'm not done with his design process yet

Yeah, I've noticed that this is becoming more of a murder mystery slumber party than what I intended. I'm not going to limit genders, though, but any male character submissions would be mucho appreciated.

Approved~

Name: Sano Hideyoshi

Age: 16

SHSL: Luckster

 

Appearance:

Personality: Sano is an easy going young adult. He was one that liked to avoid conflict, usually acting as the peace maker between fights, although there were small consequences when he stepped in. As normal as Sano may be, he isn't afraid to put his two cents into things, which makes him an outspoken individual.

 

Biography: Sano is typically your average student. He hasnt had major achievements during his school years so far and his grades were a bit above average. Sano wasnt part of a huge crowd, he wasn't considered a nobody either. Well, at least everyone knew he existed. Even though there were many other people that were more worthy than he was to get picked in the lottery to go to Hope Peak Academy, out of all people, he was chosen. Even though he was still confused as to why he was suddenly picked, he was happy and excited to go to such a school, well at least until the events of the S.S Despair began 

Oh oops I just realized that I forgot to mention why/how my character got into the academy at the first place. Would since they figured they mind as well send him to a real school for once, and he was reassured that he would be treated as a "normal" student despite his fame suffice? Not like it really means anything I just noticed that I had forgotten to put something in...

Oh oops I just realized that I forgot to mention why/how my character got into the academy at the first place. Would since they figured they mind as well send him to a real school for once, and he was reassured that he would be treated as a "normal" student despite his fame suffice? Not like it really means anything I just noticed that I had forgotten to put something in...

Eh, I'm not really worried about the "why", since Hope's Peak works in mysterious ways and only sends invitations to attend and what not. Just leave it as a mystery I guess.

 

EDIT: Anyway, I might as well just announce about how 2nd character submissions will work since Junko went ahead and posted her other character's profile.

 

The way second characters will work during signups is that they will be treated as "reserve" characters. If the full roster of 16 (including these reserve characters) is not reached by the point I have to close off signups, all approved characters will be added to the complete roster. However, since newcomers are always a priority, if the roster gets pushed over, I will stop taking signups for 2nd characters and will start dropping them in the reverse order of how they were approved (i.e. if someone submits a second character after Junko and it gets approved, if the roster runs over the profile submitted soonest will be cut to make room, until there are no "double" characters left. All signups will be closed at that point if by the grace of God we reach it). Oh, and if you're a new person and you submit two characters, mark which one is the reserve character so I know.

 

So, yeah. New people will always come first, and then it's just the order of how soon you guys submit your second characters. Submissions for second characters are the same spiel; PM me them, and I'll take a look and approve if I don't see any immediate problems.

 

Double EDIT: Because of the situation with signups, I will not begin the actual RP thread until the weekend of next week (not the one coming up, but the one after). I'll post an official date when we have enough characters to actually begin.

Edited October 2, 201312 yr by Jilly Shears

Eh, I'm not really worried about the "why", since Hope's Peak works in mysterious ways and only sends invitations to attend and what not. Just leave it as a mystery I guess.

Haha, alright, thank you! Oh by the way, I know this is out of the blue and all but I've been wanting to practice illustrating comic pages for the looongest time..but I have nothing to show. I was wondering if when the roleplay kicks off, if I can just illustrate a scene here and there from it into a comic-like form? I desperately want the practice.

Haha, alright, thank you!Oh by the way, I know this is out of the blue and all but I've been wanting to practice illustrating comic pages for the looongest time..but I have nothing to show. I was wondering if when the roleplay kicks off, if I can just illustrate a scene here and there from it into a comic-like form? I desperately want the practice.

Go for it, dude! In fact, that might work as fluff if you're interested in drawing out the murder timelines like how the games represent them in the climaxes of the trials. But yeah, I don't have any objections to this at all.

Go for it, dude! In fact, that might work as fluff if you're interested in drawing out the murder timelines like how the games represent them in the climaxes of the trials. But yeah, I don't have any objections to this at all.

Thanks sooo much. I was thinking about this in school during math when I was trying to think of something to draw to start learning how to illustrate comics/manga. Then I remembered this and I was like "oh, this story should probably help me". They probably won't go far in terms of completion but it will really give me a feel of how to pace things, have characters interacting with a background, odd angles, etc. Thank you for your permission!

Time to start working on my second character I guess.

Thanks sooo much. I was thinking about this in school during math when I was trying to think of something to draw to start learning how to illustrate comics/manga. Then I remembered this and I was like "oh, this story should probably help me". They probably won't go far in terms of completion but it will really give me a feel of how to pace things, have characters interacting with a background, odd angles, etc. Thank you for your permission!

Yeah, no problem! Heck, I'm sure you could do a better job than I would. haha

Slightly off topic but not really

 

So y'all have probably noticed that I like to spread the word about some of my favourite ask blogs (I've mentioned a Xehanort and a Xion blogs on here before).

 

Well I found a really good Togami one and I love it it's amazing the person is now responding in cosplay gifs BUT. It's not really well known... I don't like it when my favourite blogs go inactive and eventually delete themselves because, unfortunately, that's what people do when they have an inactive blog.

 

So if you're bored and want to pester Byakuya Togami with questions, send them to:

 

ask-the-Togami-heir.tumblr.com

 

They're super cute and good at being in character. You don't need an account, you can ask anonymously.

My second character that's accepted: 

Name: Crow  

Age: 18

SHSL: Super High School Level Painter

 

Appearance: 

  

Personality: Crow is a professional artist, but he can be a little clumsy. Since he spents most of his time in his own studio, Crow never really know how to make any friends. Horror movies scares him to death, and he believes Earth should just be an endless world of imagination.

Biography: Crow, Crow, Crow. that was the name that echoed all over his school. Because the school was a highly concentrated art school, Crow was known throughout the nation as the 'Super High School Level Painter'. Win after win, Crow never failed to amaze the audience with his endless creativity. His most famous painting, was the one that got people calling him 'Crow'. It was a painting of a hundred colorful birds and in the center looking out of place was a black bird believed to be a crow. Rumors gone out about why there was a criminal record about him but it's currently classified. Despite that, Hope's Peak Academy welcomed him with open arms but Crow found himself in the S.S. Despair.

Edited October 4, 201312 yr by Sammy Kim

NO,! Sammy Kim took my idea straight from my head.... Dang, I'll have to find anew one now.

NO,! Sammy Kim took my idea straight from my head.... Dang, I'll have to find anew one now.

I'm sorry! I can ask Jilly if I can change it.

NO,! Sammy Kim took my idea straight from my head.... Dang, I'll have to find anew one now.

 

 

I'm sorry! I can ask Jilly if I can change it.

 

Sure, you can change it! Just let me know if you're going to scrap your character entirely or just change his SHSL (and biography to match the new one, of course). If it's the former, you can just send me a new character sheet to replace him, but either way no one has to be locked in with their character until the roleplay actually starts.

No no, it's fine. Finding another one'll be easy peasy!

No no, it's fine. Finding another one'll be easy peasy!

 

Too late, just changed it. Waiting for Jilly's response.

Too late, just changed it. Waiting for Jilly's response.

Why would you change your character if you were perfectly happy with it and it was YOUR character?

Why would you change your character if you were perfectly happy with it and it was YOUR character?

 

 I just hate it when I feel like I ruined someone's idea (it happened to me one time, it did not feel good). Besides, the changes I created to Crow is actually better than the last one so I'm ok with it. 

Alright, since Sammy Kim went ahead and changed her second character's profile, the title of " SHSL Magician" is now available if anyone wants a character with that, and I'll update the roster list shortly.