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Retribution
08-16-2007, 02:42 AM
Murder County (http://www.perfect-ending.com/showthread.php?p=58551#post58551)

Welcome to Murdoch, New Jersey, a town with too little residents and too many secrets. Oliver Kingston is a seventeen year old with no ambitions and a poverty-stricken mother/life. One day while rushing off to his first day of senior year, Oliver learns his mother has gone missing. After eventually returning home, Oliver also discovers the apartment complex is swarming with police and crime scene investigators. Ultimately, Oliver learns their landlord, Dylan Ross, has been murdered. Now in an quest to discover the truth Oliver, alongside the Murdoch Police Department, must find out what truly happened the day of the murder. Additionally, Oliver must put his life on his hold to investigate his mother’s strange disappearance.
Welcome to Murder County; a town with too little residents and too many secrets.
MURDOCH'S RESIDENTSWARREN FISCHER - temporarily played by Blondie
Warren Fischer has just been assigned the Manhattan View murder case. In his twenty two years of working with the police, he hasn't worked on a case as puzzling as this one. He's one year away from retiring and takes no bullshit from anyone.

Portrayed by Nathan Fillion


http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/2979/jasonxk2.jpgJASON GOODWIN - played by Blondie
Before Dylan was murdered, Jason held outstanding rent from him and allowed him to still live in the apartment without pay. However, Jason wasn't only take advantage of Dylan's kindness, other things were brewing in the background.

Portrayed by Milo Ventigmilia


http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/6425/std8ia8.jpgOLIVER KINGSTON - played by Retribution
Oliver Kingston has made it his mission to discover who murdered the father he never had. Upon learning Dylan had been murdered, no words could be released from his lips. On top of learning that his father figured had been murdered, Oliver also had to deal with the disappearance of his mother. Now with no one else left, he must live for himself and find alternate ways to survive. Above all, Oliver must also go finish off his last year of high school and maintain a job at the local Grindhouse Cafe.


Potrayed by Justin Hartley


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/AngeliqueLumiere/RPG/alice.jpgALICE MEYERS - played by Angelic
Alice happens to be the daughter of one of the cops working the Dylan Ross murder case. With her witty humor and sarcastic remarks, she befriends Oliver. Enticed by her blonde hair and slate green eyes, he immediately accepts their friendship. The Meyers/Kingston front reaches new heights as they combine each others talents to solve the murder. Much like Oliver, she too must finish off her last two years of high school.

Potrayed by Evan Rachel Wood


PHILLIP MEYERS - temporarily played by Love Me?
When Fischer was given the option of designating his partner for the murder case, Phillip Meyers was his first choice. In other cases prior to Dylan's, they had formed a tight bond like a rat and an ananconda. Phillip is also the father of Alice at thirty two years old.

Portrayed by Bill Paxton


http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/8012/dakotaqk1.jpgDAKOTA PHILLIPS - played by Love Me?
The blonde-haired fifteen year old has always felt left out. From the time her parents chose to favor her younger sister, to the many difficult times she's had to endure on her own. Life has never been easy for Dakota, but luckily she has someone at the complex to comfort her. Fortunate for her, that one person always gets her through it all. Although Dakota harbors a darker, deeper secret, she is as much of a suspect to Dylan's murder as anyone else. Her innocence, according to her, should never be taken likely.

Portrayed by Hayden Panettiere


http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/5074/chelseafe6.jpgCHELSEA REYNOLDS - played by Untouchable
In her twenty-five year old body, she has any man she desires. No questions asked. Pants down. I'm yours. She takes no prisoners and shines her beautiful green eyes at all that stare. Upon meeting Oliver one day, she immediately grows an interest like never before. Eventually she insists to further their "friendship", but Oliver politely rejects. However, Oliver won't be able to stop her sexual conquest ever, nor will he ever discover that the one clue to Dylan's murder (of many) lies in her apartment.

Portrayed by Evangeline Lilly


http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/4229/dylanjh2.jpgDYLAN ROSS - played by Retribution
No one understood why such a caring and selfless person would be murdered in a town like Murdoch - but he was. He served as a father figure for every single tenant at Manhattan View; not just Oliver. Dylan was an expert at masking his feelings and hiding what he truly felt. He could never, ever be accused of raising his voice or having an affair with anyone other than his wife, Nancy. His murder caused quite a controversy in the once-innocent town of Murdoch. Nothing will ever be the same once his murderer is brought to justice. No one will ever feel the same either.

Portrayed by Matthew Fox


http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/4476/std9ng1.jpgNANCY ROSS - played by Sinful
As soon as Dylan's death was processed, Nancy inherited Manhattan View. She was called in all the way from San Francisco, California to commandeer the complex. From the moment she stepped foot into the door, her tears led the way. With her past with Dylan behind her, she still couldn't face hearing that he had died. For the most part, she would take the memories she had left of Dylan and cherish them until it was her time to die too.

Portrayed by Erica Durance


EVAN THOMPSON - Open
Evan was raised to be a lawyer in the Thompson family. However, when he was little he suffered a tragic car accident and caused slight brain damage. As a result of this brain damage, he has difficulty remembering things for a prolonged time. His shorter term often is his worst enemy. In contrast, from time to time, he is hurt by his own violent stints of long term memory. Like a Vietnam veteran, he receives forced bits and pieces when remembering long term memory.

Portrayed by Matthew Gray Gubbler

MAYA THOMPSON - Played by lost.:.in.:.lust.:.
Maya must juggle being an elementary school teacher, while taking care of her sick brother. When they were little, he hit the hippocampal region of his brain during a car accident. Now she must guide him in remembering things when needed. However, Maya is often plagued by depression because Evan's care has hindered her from having a real life. She dreams of having a real life outside of Manhattan View.

Portrayed by Rachel Weisz


MANHATTAN VIEW VACANCIES
In order to apply, simply post below what role you shall be playing and availability schedule. Also, please include a short (about a paragraph) audition using your character in a unique scenario. On a different note, if you would like to change your character's AI you are than welcome to. If you plan to change your image, let me know and I will update the list. Once all roles are taken we may begin the murder mystery!

Angelic
08-16-2007, 12:32 PM
Desired Role: Alice Meyers
Availability: Depends, next week I go back to the university and I'll have some free time then I begin school but I always have time for online. :)
AI Change: I'd like to change the AI, not sure to who though. I can always talk to you about it since you have net again, woo. But yeah just not a big fan of Kristen. (Don't hurt me) I know a lot of people are... *shrug*

And I shall PM you my audition. ^.^

Retribution
08-16-2007, 01:20 PM
How dare you change Kristen Bell. :censored: She makes a perfect Alice...lol :( But when you're ready, PM me your choice and I'll update the list. I've added you as Alice too.

Love Me?
08-16-2007, 01:32 PM
Desired Role: Dakota Phillips
Availability: Umm...depends. Usually I'm around several hours a day but I'll always let you know if I can't post (for whatever reason) for a while. XD

And I'm going to PM you my audition too...I have no issues with using Hayden. :)

Retribution
08-16-2007, 01:46 PM
Cool! You've been added Nadya. Glad to see more people applying! :D

Untouchable
08-16-2007, 04:01 PM
Just a question before I decide, are we going to get more information about the character or do we have to interpret what it says in the description ourselves?

Blondie
08-16-2007, 05:21 PM
Hmmm..this does seem interesting, I'm totally going to join this one. :D

Desired Role: Jason Goodwin
Availability: I'm pretty much online at least an hour a day, if not I'm online at least every other day for a while.

Also, I'm going to PM my audition to you.

Retribution
08-16-2007, 09:59 PM
Yeah Bonnie, you will get more information on the character. I just didn't have the energy late at night to construct four paragraph long descriptions for each. Haha. Also, if you don't learn more about the character by their description, you may learn about them through flashbacks. Each episode will focus on one specific character's backstory; much like Lost does.

Thanks for joining, Blondie, I'll be expecting your pm. :)

Blondie
08-16-2007, 10:10 PM
Well, finally finished the little graf so it's all sent off.

Retribution
08-16-2007, 10:12 PM
Yup, I just received it and it's pretty great. I'll go add you as our Jason. ;)

Blondie
08-16-2007, 10:35 PM
Thanks and I can't wait to get started, so hopefully more people will apply.

Retribution
08-16-2007, 10:55 PM
For those interested, I have posted the actual story of Murder County (http://www.perfect-ending.com/showthread.php?p=50370#post50370) out of RPG form. Hopefully, it'll feed your appetite until we begin! Think of it as a companion guide. ;)

Untouchable
08-17-2007, 03:34 AM
Desired Role: Chelsea Reynolds
Availability: Well, I'll start school on monday, so I'm not sure how busy I'll be. But I'll try to come online at least an hour every day. On the weekends I'll be online more!

I'll send in the RP sample asap, preferably tonight if that's okay.

Sinful
08-17-2007, 08:35 AM
Desired Role: Nancy Ross
Availability: I don't start back at uni until the middle of Sept, but I'll still be online for a few hours every night.

I'll also PM the audition to you!

Blondie
08-17-2007, 01:39 PM
Wow, all I can say is if that doesn't whet people's appetites, I don't know what will.

Retribution
08-17-2007, 02:57 PM
Haha. I'm glad you liked the teaser, I'll be posting the second act pretty soon. Look out for it! ;)

As for Matt & Bonnie, thanks for your auditions! I'll go update the list with both of your names.

Paratrooper
08-31-2007, 10:35 PM
Desired role: Maya Thompson
Availability: Depends on how interested you keep me... for now, several hours a day.

Mind if I PM you with an audition, as well as a possible AI change?

Retribution
09-07-2007, 01:33 AM
Sorry, I didn't see your post until now but you're totally Maya! :D I'll go add you now. A few more spots and I can open up the RPG. :nod:

To add to the RPG, I have created opening credits (with my original cast)! To view the opening credits, you can find it here (http://youtube.com/watch?v=XHNhzK8NVrY). Give me some feedback as to how you liked it or hated it.

Blondie
09-09-2007, 11:16 PM
I loved it, though the whole city blowing up looked kind of out of place, everything else worked well together. Great job.

Angelic
09-09-2007, 11:25 PM
Ahhhh, so close to having a full cast. *antsy*

Like I told you on MSN, Adam, that video is really nifty. Looks just like a film preview. :)

Retribution
09-09-2007, 11:55 PM
Blondie, you never know if [the whole city] blowing up is out of place or not yet. Who knows. ;)

I knooow, we're almost there! :) That was my intention, Angel, to make it seem professional so mission accomplished then? Haha.

Blondie
09-09-2007, 11:59 PM
You have a point, I don't but that would be some extensive wiring of bombs, which I'm sure is totally not out of the question, so that intrigues me even more.

Retribution
09-10-2007, 12:42 AM
I'm glad I have you intrigued. lol However, don't concentrate on the city exploding necessarily, just the concept of explosions themselves. Like I told Angel on MSN, shit goes downnn.

Paratrooper
09-13-2007, 12:07 AM
To add to the RPG, I have created opening credits (with my original cast)! To view the opening credits, you can find it here (http://youtube.com/watch?v=XHNhzK8NVrY). Give me some feedback as to how you liked it or hated it.

That is brilliant! :flowers: Geeeez, I feel unskilled at the moment...

Retribution
09-13-2007, 12:16 AM
Haha, thanks for the flowers. I wasn't doing much and felt like making some credits to go along with the RPG.

Love Me?
09-13-2007, 12:22 AM
They're so cool too. (I actually watched them aages ago and didn't have time to comment then.) I'm totally impatient for this to start.

*prods people to take up the remaining chars*

Retribution
09-13-2007, 01:16 AM
What I might do is go ahead and open up the RPG, since everyone's dying to post - including me - in it. Hopefully, either of us can temporarily play the leftover positions until it gets filled. Who's up for that? :D

Blondie
09-13-2007, 01:17 AM
I'd be happy to volunteer for one of the roles until someone fills them, if you'd like. Anything to help the game start up.

Love Me?
09-13-2007, 01:22 AM
Uh yeah...I guess I could temp someone else. Yay for maybe opening it up! XD And question - will we learn more about our characters? Only Dakota's information mentions her being close to someone there but there's no indication of who that is and so my posts are likely to be very vague on those details right now unless you feed more information about the individual characters.

Retribution
09-13-2007, 01:33 AM
That'd be very helpful, Blondie and Nadya! Just let me know which you'll be temping and we can get started. Of course you will be learning more about your characters as you go along, that's part of the mystery of the RPG. ;) I didn't mention who Dakota is close with because it's a surprise, a twist if you may. lol

Love Me?
09-13-2007, 01:44 AM
I'll temp Phillip Meyers I think...sticking with the whole Phillips thing. :)

And I get that. I'm just horrendously impatient. Hahahahaha.

Retribution
09-13-2007, 02:12 AM
If everyone's ready, the thread's been posted! You can find it here (http://www.perfect-ending.com/showthread.php?p=58551#post58551) Hope everyone enjoys what I have prepared for the first season. lol

Angelic
09-22-2007, 08:40 PM
Blahh sorry I haven't posted, had a hectic week but ermm I'm sort of confused as to what to post. I like how it's all like a show, but I'm confuzzled as to how I should post. Should I use the same format you used Adam? And yeah just need some clarification on the outline. u.u;

Retribution
09-22-2007, 09:56 PM
Granted, I did make it a bit confusing so I should go ahead and tweak it a bit so it's more clear. As far as the format for posting, post however you feel you comfortable. ;) I posted it like because I thought it was cool. lol Sorry for the confusion. :(

Angelic
09-23-2007, 12:47 AM
No worries, just wanted to know dude. Thanks for the help. ^.^ I shall post soonish. :)

Love Me?
09-23-2007, 05:30 AM
Uh yeah sorry I've not posted too but...I'm kinda confused. I know it's an outline for the first part but it doesn't really give anything for any characters other than like Oliver, Dylan and Alice. So I'm not sure where to put Dakota or Phillip.

Retribution
09-23-2007, 08:32 PM
Yeah, sorry about that. I just added everyone else in. The outline I had originally posted was part of my fan fic outline and I didn't realize it. :( Dakota is supposed to be by the pool when she's the first one to see Nancy arrive from Ohio.