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A Hit on All Sixes: Details and Plotting

Event Details:
Stage One: January 20 - 22nd:

The morning of January 20th will dawn like any other - or at least, so it will seem to the once again bewitched citizens of Ruby City. The year is 1921, the first World War has just ended, and everything seems on the rise. For the first three days of the event, nothing could be better, and your characters are encouraged to take advantage of the setting! Dancing, drinking (although Prohibition is in full effect, so do so carefully!), indulging in the arts or simply enjoying life in the busy city - all of it’s encouraged.

Stage Two: January 22nd, evening:

On January 22nd, the speakeasy Black Rabbit (in truth, Hotel Gaia transformed) is having a blowout bash. It's the day before the anniversary of when Prohibition was passed, and what better way to celebrate than with wine, women and song? Located southwest of the city center, the Black Rabbit is the place to be tonight. There's going to be all kinds of revelry, and you'd be a fool to miss it.

The general population aren't the only ones in attendance. At two AM, the police force are going to have a raid. Anyone and everyone in attendance will be arrested, on the general principle they shouldn't have been there anyway, and the commissioner isn't inclined to be kind. Any characters affiliated with the police will be encouraged to use excessive force, and it seems some of their NPC counterparts certainly are. Chaos and panic fill the air, and there's certainly the possibility of your character getting hurt, arrested, or otherwise inconvenienced.

Stage Three: January 23rd - 25th:

And now, the aftermath. Whether locked in prison, terribly injured, having made a getaway or simply guilty over their actions, the city is still reeling from the events of the 22nd. Police raids are no joke, and this one was particularly nasty: very few people escaped the club without any harm. In the wake of the raid, the city is noticeably on edge: the gangs are furious and ready to take revenge, the police are uncertain and covering for it by cracking down hard, and the citizens are caught awfully in the middle. There’s tension in the air, keeping everyone on edge, and it’s likely best if your character just keeps their head down . . .

Role sign-ups: Both the police and the gangs will have role sign-ups! Police slots are limited, but the gang sign-ups are merely there for everyone to coordinate who knows whom and how.

Police: There are five free slots open for police characters! As noted above, police will be in direct conflict with the rest of the citizens of Ruby City, and come the morning of the 23rd, will be forced to confront their actions one way or another.

Gangs: No city is complete without them! There are two rival gangs in Ruby City, commonly known simply by the area of the city they control: East and West. Which is your character a part of? What role do they play there? It's likely both gangs have a hand in supplying the drugs and alcohol for the upcoming event.

Socialites: Young, rich and carefree, most aristocrats and socialites were busy throwing costume parties, freely indulging their every whim, and slumming it downtown as they danced and drank the night away. Everyone knows everyone in this social scene, and it’s likely your families have a history going back ages.

Artists: The Jazz Age was a time for artists of all kinds of flourish. Musicians, dancers, painters, fashion designers . . . all were welcome to try their hand at the new deco style sweeping the nation.

Veterans: World War One is over, but that doesn't mean the aftermath isn't still felt. Those few who made it back are still reeling in shock, stunned by the amount of massacre they witnessed. Whether they throw themselves into the party scene or desperately try to escape it, there's no doubt their actions are fueled by the newfound shell shock.

Other: Of course, people fit into more roles than just these. If you can think of something else your character might be that fits in the setting, go wild!

Technology: New technologies are on the rise, and for the first time, seem affordable and accessible.

Cars: Notably, cars are here for the first time in Ruby City! While your characters won't be able to truly use these cars, they're zipping through the streets. They're hallucinations, and won't remain after this week.

Radio: The radio is all the rage. Each household now has a radio, always cheerfully pumping out tunes.

Movies: A new film is being streamed once a night over at the theater, courtesy of Jean-Pierre Polnareff.

Remember: for the event, Ruby City has been transformed into a proper populated city, teeming with millions. NPCs are there for you to use! In addition, for the duration of this event, we encourage you to fully get in the spirit of the times. Internal narration was a staple of the noir literature of the time, and so we would like to encourage players to use a first-person narration in their tags!

Some helpful links for inspiration:

Culture of the Roaring 20s

Prohibition

1920s Fashion

1920s Music

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Remember: the only role with limited space is the police, with the slots being first-come first-serve!

I think Harry ought to slide right into the private detective role. Just turn up the noir factor to 11.

togami, in his usual togami-form, is going to be up to something. that Something is a collection of extremely illegal racketeering operations (as opposed to, you know, the legal racketeering operations), including some very faulty bookkeeping. (the joke being that he runs a bookstore in normal ruby city.) he's not very fond of organized crime, though. additionally: people can interact with his sister slash bodyguard slash partner in crime, shinobu, who is generally Done with byakuya's shit.

gyro is going to have his own private detective business! or, rather, it's not his own, it's his family's, but he does most of the work and takes in most of the money. while his father is pretty hellbent on taking cases that he knows are solvable, gyro is fond of real actual Mysteries, like in the books. if anyone has a Mystery they need solving, i'll have a log up for the zeppeli investigations agency during the event :^)

carlos is...around, but idt i'll be doing as much with him this event! if anyone wants him anywhere lmk, though. he's trying to be an actor. he's not very good.

The 1920s saw a giant Ancient Egypt craze after Howard Carter opened Tutankhamen's tomb in 1922. It also saw a massive revival in stories of the Cursed Egyptian Tomb, particularly as some members of Carter's team died within a few years of the tomb's opening.

And I mean, hey, who doesn't want their eyeballs bitten off by a pissed off dead guy?

What I'm thinking is that a team of archaeologists have ~~stolen~~ brought artifacts from a recently opened tomb to be exhibited by the institution that sponsored the dig, culminating in some kind of Opening Night Exhibition Party for everyone in town. But then accidents start happening to the archaeologists, as well as to the people around them or near the items, and they get progressively worse and worse as time goes on.

Anyone interested?

Picks up piggy bank.

Drops on Gyro's desk.

Help.

just for the novelty of the piggy bank he'll take the case. that's cute.

god bless.

It'll be a cute one

YEP THAT'S CUTE HE'S SOLD as long as he gets to keep it

WELL SHE GUESSES HE CAN. IT IS PAYMENT SO IT'S ONLY FAIR.

Will the radios stay after the event?

A little detective rivalry, then?

bruno is a little more up in the air about the other two right now because most stuff will be dependent upon other people. what i can say at this point tho as far as background is that he's the son of immigrants, and so did not grow up with much money + dealt with the anti-Italian sentiment. his father died when bruno was fairly young, so bruno took the streets to get money and take care of his mother. thus he was already involved in the gang (which side is tbd for now!) by the time the war rolled around and so did not participate/enlist. his mother remarried a handful of years ago now, but maintains a close relationship with bruno. bruno's also in a relationship of his own with fellow gangster, jean-pierre polnareff. as far as his participation in the gang is concerned, regardless of where his rank will fall and what the structure is gonna be like, bruno gives back a lot to the community (read: donating to charity, spending time to look after the elderly, etc.) and is someone that people generally feel comfortable with coming to when they have a problem. sometimes that involves murder. feel free to base pre-existing CR with what's here already! i'll update with another comment when i have a few more specifics for him on the gang end of things + the party.

elena is going to be a journalist. while she's stuck primarily writing on fashion and more social type things because sexism sucks, she is highly interested in breaking into more "masculine" topics. thus, she's low-key trying to dig up dirt in whatever way she can about the socialites of the city. she's not overly successful in that her name should necessarily mean anything to anyone, but if there's anyone who might follow her columns, it's chill for them to recognize her name. while i've talked with alex to have her primarily interested in meridiana's dealio, i am 100% open to her pursuing multiple avenues. elena is also a little bit of a small fish in a big pond because she comes from a smaller town. (her brother, although younger, did not particularly like her being on her own, but she's doing just fine tysvm.) however, she's been in the city for a little over year, and has gotten used to most of the hard knocks. she doesn't particularly have an interest in organized crime because she's not stupid and knows that the tensions around this city are probably at a boiling point. the last thing she wants to be is caught in the middle of that. other potential cr may be coworkers, fellow women in "male" occupations, friends from back home, people she's interviewed, neighbors, former or current lover(s), etc.! i don't think she will be arrested, but she'll certainly get a little banged up in the process of the raid.

rohan is an immigrant, and is incredibly frustrated that he's been unable to return home yet as being in the city was meant to be a temporary way of enhancing his abilities in fashion design to match what's in vogue with the youths back home (read: western fashion/culture). however, he generally has a low opinion of the city and its inhabitants at this point because he's been living in abject poverty the majority of the time + the anti-Asian immigrant attitude of the era. he's recently come into having a benefactor (ros) that's made his living situation a little more tolerable, but he'd still rather finish this nonsense, stop having to work odd jobs, and get back home. other potential cr includes neighbors, people he's worked on projects for (not necessarily leading it himself, but he's done measurements, sewn things, etc.), neighbors, the closest approximation to a friend he can have, etc. he will not be attending the shindig unless someone drags him kicking and screaming (which i'm not opposed to, but it'll be hard to convince him). he is available for helping people get out tho if you can deal with him being an ass about it.

Could get Harry involved, for sure. Wizard detective and all, even if transposed a few decades.

Okay, so! I really only have plans for Meridiana and Kurama at this point, with some vague stuff relating to Jotaro that's contingent on other people, but here's what we're looking at:

MERIDIANA:

So! Meridiana's life is going to be a bit of a soap opera for this AU, beginning with: she is going to be Giorno's half-sister as related through their mother! Unfortunately, in keeping with some of the attitudes of the times, her mom is Super Religious and also Pretty Socially Conservative™, which is what led to a falling-out that ended up dividing the family. Meridiana ended up not bailing on her mother after that falling-out, however, and consequently she's been bearing the brunt of her mother's overprotective tendencies ever since, including but not limited to: an arranged marriage with an NPC, Guilford Rotterdale, who is here in the city doing some pre-campaigning because he's going to be announcing a run for governor soon! So basically Meridiana exists to be a lovely and well-behaved showpiece to make her statesman fiancé look good for the voters.

Of course, her public life and her private life are two very different things, and when she's not in the public eye, she's going to be having a Whirlwind Forbidden Romance™ with Dave and reviving connections with the mafia and whatnot, and probably getting caught in the raid and going to jail, where she may potentially shiv somebody.

So basically she's a socialite by day, girl trapped in an inescapable unwanted marriage situation by night. Basically, I'd like to have her be a local celebrity/public figure of sorts, for anybody interested in weaving their stories in with that!

KURAMA:

Kurama, I won't be doing quite as intricate of a run with, but he will still be a thief who's come to town to steal some shit, and after a brief association with Ros in which he almost certainly tries to steal some of her family jewels, he is going to be planning a bank heist...which will take place during the big raid on the prohibition party, so thanks for the cover, all you people who are going to jail? 8D

JOTARO:

Jotaro is still pretty vague but I've been toying with the idea that he might be involved with organized crime in some fashion — more solid details once I have them!

REIMI:

And just to round things out...I actually have no real plans for Reimi, but if you potentially want her for something or have an idea that might be interesting to have her involved with, let me know!

Giorno is gonna be a gangster, natch, in the West Side. Abigail will be a private detective, and Lucy is a socialite.

lucy!! is a socialite, the oldest daughter of the absurdly wealthy pendleton family. or at least they used to be absurdly wealthy . . . recent mob debts led lucy's father to try to pawn her off to the mafia in an attempt to appease them, and things got, you know, kind of complicated when lucy thought that was a garbage idea and then in A Melee gyro killed her dad. the state of things currently is that lucy is a young socialite who doesn't talk about her recent mysterious loss and who is essentially running the pendleton household all on her own. that debt is still following her family though. yikes.

abigail!! more or less ran away from her home in the midwest to pursue: 1) a life in The Big City; 2) more education, eventually, but in the meantime: 3) a job as a private eye! she has started this business in the last couple of years, and while she has legitimately no credentials she does all right as a result of a willingness to take on the weirdest and most grisly cases. she's a little morbid, but focused as hell and has a pretty good solve rate. also worth noting: in order to get business, her agency is under a man's name. the jacob lecter detective agency...... nice. sometimes she pretends to be "jacob lecter" and sometimes she's just herself. she's complicated like that. she hangs out at the speakeasy a lot! not mingling, just people watching. she's weird.

giorno!! is meridiana's half brother who was fairly recently ousted from well-to-do society for telling their mom to eat shit and stop being an asshole. (she did not listen to him.) he's turned to a Life Of Crime in the west side mob in order to build up a position of power for himself so that someday he can remove meridiana from their bullshit family situation and once again request that their mother EAT SHIT AND STOP BEING AN ASSHOLE.

bruno is a gangster in the west side.
rohan is in an apprenticeship for fashion design.
elena is a journalist.

I would absolutely go for that. I've been intending to throw Fingon Harry's way anyway.

Rosalind Lutece will be married to an as-yet unnamed NPC, has a kid, and does science on the downlow. Her patents have recently gotten stolen by the NPC Jeremiah Fink, and early in the event Kurama is going to help her steal them back. She'll also be using her husband's money to be funding a few artists, especially those who might have a hard time securing funding otherwise.

Jean-Pierre Polnareff: will be a longtime member of the western gang, involved heavily in the general crime scene, as well as general community protection. He and his boyfriend Bruno work and live together, and have a tendency to let various down on their luck youths stay for a few weeks while they get back on their feet. Polnareff also runs the movie theater, and it's fairly well known if you've got a problem you need solved with illegal means, it's a pretty safe bet to go talk to the owner and he'll help you out. Maybe with murder! Maybe with some illegal money! Who can say? He'll be arrested on the 22nd, and hopefully bailed out by the 23rd or 24th.

🏵 bruno has whatever semblance of leadership is that is not like head of the entire damn gang. whatever we wanna label that with. point is: some people answer to him, and he answers to at least one someone else above him.
🏵 there is a dog!! her name is emma, and she just wants to mooch food and belly rubs off kids.
🏵 speaking of kids, bruno frequently lets kids (kids being loosely defined as even young adults) who have no where else to go stay w/him and polnareff at least temporarily; recently taken in more permanent residents in giorno and fugo
🏵 he's a little against the grain & is not a fan of bootlegging (no pun intended; also against harder drugs for that matter); which means he's trying to get giorno to s t o p
🏵 protects businesses and others from abusive powers (be it the police or particular individuals); he's fair about payment, which means if it's individuals of no monetary means, he will refuse monetary payment (or payment altogether depending on their situation)
🏵 he will be attending the party, but not getting arrested!

Pol runs a nickelodeon. Dave and Dirk make cartoons. We should make something happen. Wanna play their first film, JP?

yesss that would be the most fun!!' we should do someth with that

anne I just had an idea

do you wanna make lucy and holly nth cousins somehow Because Pendletons?

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