🩸 CAST 🩸
🩸 Sprite ~ Cassie Sankey, 24, Female, 🔄 Obsession
🩸 Poof ~ Poof Du Frat, 22, Male, 👊 Fighter
🩸 Connor ~ Connorlock Holmes, 34, Male, 🍀 Lucky
🩸 Marquis ~ Marquis, 24, Male, 🗡️ Diversion
🩸 Yemaja ~ Yemanja, 23, Female, 🔄 Obsession
🩸 downeaster ~ Aleksa, 28, Female, 🍀 Lucky
🩸 MrsChloeKayCecci ~ Chloe-Kay, 22, Female, 🍀 Lucky
🩸 xoJack ~ Esperanza, 21, Female, 🔄 Obsession
🩸 Zee_ ~ Minerva, 21, Female, 👊 Fighter
🩸 Fancy ~ Alycia, 20, Female, 👊 Fighter
🩸 Kemi ~ Thalita, 23, Female, 🍀 Lucky
🩸 Spikedcurley ~ Greg, 27, Male, 👊 Fighter
🩸 joshgillespie ~ Lee Yun-Jin, 34, Female, 🍀 Lucky
🩸 Mileena ~ Mileena, 28, Female, ✨ Hope
🩸 Mochalatte ~ Mochalatte, 27, Male, 👊 Fighter
🩸 NPCs 🩸
🩸 Viola Vieau, Female, 19, student at Ollidel University.
🩸 Kwon Dong-Jae, Male, 20, student at Ollidel University.
🩸 Cody Ozolith, Male, 22, student at Ollidel University, Mayor Oscar Ozolith's grandson
🩸 Osamori Kojima, Female, 20, student at Ollidel University.
🩸 Fatima Hardy, Female, 19, student at Ollidel University.
🩸 Gideon Apostolos, Male, 21, student at Ollidel University.
🩸 Jorge Castillo, Male, 24, student at Ollidel University.
🩸 Sabine Obst, Female, 20, student at Ollidel University.
🩸 Sheriff Rocco Bellini, Male, 48, ongoing Sheriff of Goldpeak
🩸 Meryl Wolfe, Female, 33, local Journalist for the Peak of Gold Newspaper
🩸 Esmeralda Onyx, Female, 45, Professor at Ollidel University
🩸 Oscar Ozolith, Male, 51, Mayor of Goldpeak
🩸 Episode 1.1 🩸
The episode opens to a camera view panning over a beach town at night. The expansive pier at the end of main beach of Goldpeak- Gold Beach- is decked out in carnival rides, vendor stalls, a small theater, a restaurant, bathrooms, tourist shoppes, and other festivities. Lots of pathways, nooks, and crannies to get lost in. The pier is lively tonight- the day before the first day of classes every semester is always bustling with young adults partying before school starts. The police always have their hands busy, and tonight is no exception.
Students crowd the boardwalk on the last night before Ollidel University's semester begins. Tourists weave between locals. Carnival games flash with neon signs advertising impossible prizes. The Merry-Go-Round ride spins cheerfully nearby, its calliope music carrying through the evening air.
A banner overhead reads:
WELCOME BACK, OLLIDEL STUDENTS!
The camera zooms in on a group of guy friends fucking around with each other as they stand in line for the Merry-Go-Round. A group of girls walk by and settle around a food stall selling hot dogs and pink lemonade. One of the guys, Daniel, leans against the railing to the ride- he's energetic, a little overconfident, and enjoying every second of the celebration.
One of his friends nudges him, pointing to one of the girls in the group standing in line. She waves to them as her friends gossip with one another, making each other laugh and giggle. Daniel turns to his friend and raises a brow. "What?"
The friend chuckles. "No chance you go talk to her." Daniel scoffs, brushing the friend off. "That's insulting."
"Then prove us wrong." The friend retorts, punching Daniel's shoulder. Daniel straightens his jacket and gives the boys a charming smirk. "Watch and learn." His friends erupt into exaggerated cheers as Daniel heads toward the girl. The friends exchange their money for some lemonade and funnel cakes, leaving one for the girl that Daniel approaches. He stops in front of her and the girl smiles politely- there is an awkward charm in the air, but Daniel breaks the silence. "So.. first-year student?" He starts, acting all suave.
"Do I look terrified enough to be one?" The girl asks, glaring up at him with intrigue and playfullness. Daniel grins, "A little." He states, causing her to laugh a bit. The conversation continues but not for long as the girl's friend start moving to the merry-go-round as the ride opens up for those in line. Danile hesitates for a moment- then goes in for the kill.
"Uh--" He scribbles his number on a nearby napkin, handing it to the girl. "If you survive syllabus week, shoot me a text. I can show you around." The girl accepts the napkin with an amused smile. "I'll consider it." He runs a hand across his cheek as her friends giggle and pull her away towards the ride. Daniel goes back to the Merry-Go-Round to join his friends, but he gets closed out from the ride attendee before he can go in. "Shit- my friends are all in there!"
"Sorry man, no more room. Gonna have to wait." The man responds, locking the door and goes to the ride's panel.
Daniel rolls his eyes and steps away for a moment as the ride begins, twirling everyone on the merry-go-round in endless circles while the pompous music plays. Daniel wanders over to some nearby carnival games and begins playing as he waits for the ride to end. Some time goes by and Daniel turns around from a Strongman Hammer game. The crowd has shifted, and as he gets back to the Merry-Go-Round, none of his friends are to be found.
He checks his phone to see that he has no messages on his dry ass phone. "Seriously?" Annoyed, he wanders farther down the pier toward a quieter section away from the attractions. The music from the midway fades into the distance as he fishes a cigarette and lighter from his pocket, sparking the cig and taking a huff.
The end of the pier is noticeably darker, less frequented. The flame from the cigarette flickers in the lake breeze and Daniel begins scrolling through his phone contacts. "I'm never letting them pick the meeting spot again." As he goes to call one of his friends, his phone buzzes.
UNKNOWN CALLER.
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Daniel glances back toward the carnival, thinking of the girl from earlier, and a smirk forms on his face. He scoffs, "No way..." his grin continues as he answers the call. "Hey, is this the cute blonde from earlier?" A beat of silence passes, then a darker, ominous voice responds. "Hello, Daniel."
Daniel laughs, shaking his head. "Okay, very funny. You talk like that to guys you like?" He asks, fishing for a playful answer. The voice on the other end sounds amused. "You don't sound disappointed."
"Where'd you go? Off with your friends.. or, are you now on your own? You seem like a confident girl."
"Wouldn't you like to know.. I can be quite shy, actually."
Daniel leans against the railing to the pier, the dark waves crash against the pilings below. "You didn't seem shy a little bit ago."
A soft, distorted chuckle. "Do you like the voice?"
Daniel frowns slightly. "...What? The voice?"
"The voice modulator. I thought it'd be more.. interesting."
Daniel's smile begins to falter. He pushes off the railing and glances around, a bit confused. "Wait. Who is this?"
"You were hoping it was someone else, huh?"
Daniel takes a few steps back to the attractions, noticing his area of the pier suddenly feels quite empty. He presses the phone back up to his ear and wedges it into his shoulder as as he rolls up his sleeves with his now free hands. "One of my friends put you up to this?"
"Would that make you feel better?" The voice distorts a bit as the merry-go-round begins another rotation nearby. Its bright music drifts through the night, feeling a bit ominous in the moment. A spine chill runs down Daniel's back as he holds the phone normally again. "Look, man—"
"I just wanted to ask you something." The voice continues as Daniel rolls his eyes. "What? This better be good, Anonymous."
"Do you know what happened in Goldpeak?" Daniel pauses. He has no clues what this person means. "What are you talking about? I transfered here last year.. it's just a beach town with a good school. The fuck else you want?"
"Nothing stays buried forever." Daniel turns toward the shadows stretching across the far end of the pier as the Voice's tone sends more chills down his back. "Okay. This isn't funny anymore. Bye, weirdo." Daniel disconnects from the caller and lowers the phone. He takes another drag from his cigarette and flicks off the railing and into the lake water below.
There is silence for a moment.. then his phone buzzes again. UNKNOWN CALLER. Daniel rolls his eyes and answers immediately. "Listen, I'm not in the mood to play this game—"
"Behind you." The voice interjects quite aggressively. Daniel spins on his heels behind him, seeing the walkway dip below into the underbelly of the pier, connecting to the other side. He looks down it and sees... nothing. The music from the merry-go-round swells as children laugh and people scream playfully from nearby rides. Daniel exhales sharply. "Screw you." He disconnects and pockets his phone, turning around and climbs back up the walkway to the main boardwalk- but he stops in his tracks. A figure in a dark robe steps into view from the top of the steps. They don a white ghost mask, standing motionless and ominous. A knife clutched into their right hand.
Daniel scoffs again. "Seriously? Are you trying to scare me or something? Justin if this is another silly prank, I'm too drunk to take it as a joke. Can you just fuck off?!" Daniel spits with some venom in his voice, glaring daggers at the figure. The figure tilts its head and brandishes the knife, the moonlight reflecting into Daniel's eyes. No response. Daniel takes a cautious step backward.. but the figure takes one forward.
The phone in Daniel's hand rings once more. Ring, ring, ring- he grabs it from his pocket and stares at the screen.
UNKNOWN CALLER.
Daniel slowly looks up and answers the phone. "Who are you?"
"Someone who remembers."
Ghostface lunges forward towards Daniel, to which he quickly turns and runs down the walkway into the underside of the Pier. The calliope music coming from the entire pier blares louder and the bright lights of the pier flash past. Daniel shouts for help- but his voice is swallowed by the sounds of celebration. People continue laughing, cheering even- completely unaware of Daniel being chased by a cloaked assailant. Daniel reaches the railing near the middle section of the pier and notices it has been taped off for construction. Multiple signs pointing to turn around from the oncoming walkway as it broken.
The masked figure closes in as Daniel makes a split decision- FIGHT. He turns around and charges back at the figure. The struggle is brief- Daniel punches and kicks the figure back, but one wrong move as the figure ducks out of one of the punches and plunges their knife deep into Daniel's stomach. Daniel screams out in agony, then is thrown against the railing behind him with a sudden force. The figure proceeds to stab Daniel four more times in the chest and stomach. Daniel screams in absolute pain as blood seeps into his clothes and drips onto the walkway- and with a sudden thrust, Daniel gets thrown onto the walkway back towards the stairs. Daniel gasps in pain and tries to crawl away, but the figure grabs onto his side and flips him onto his back.
Standing over Daniel, he begins to plead for his life... but the figure- Ghostface- raises their knife and sends it down with slice.
The phone slips out of his pocket onto the wooden planks of the walkway, still connected. The distorted voice speaks into the night.
"Class is in session."
It's the next morning and the sun rises on the Pier first, soon encompassing the town in glorious sunlight. The first day of classes is upon us, and someone at Goldpeak has just been killed by the mysterious Ghostface, unbeknownst to the general public.
The scene changes to around 11 AM inside one of Ollidel University's classrooms. A tall woman in a sleek, charcoal grey outfit with matching glasses stands organizing some papers behind the teacher's desk as students file in one by one. A smaller, petite girl with glasses and long, brown hair walks in- it's Viola Vieau. She takes a seat in the second row as another male walks in- Kwon Dong-Jae, who walks up to Viola. "Hey, mind if I sit?" He asks, smiling to her. Viola looks up at the guy and nods. "Sure! Go ahead." Kwon nods and sits down and the two exchange pleasantries.
A blonde girl with framed ruby red glasses walks in, her blonde curls bounce slightly as she strides to an empty seat in the front row. Another blond, this time a male, walks in wearing a large overcoat over his shoulder. He takes a spot in the middle row and takes his ear buds out- it's Gideon Apostolos, scanning the other people in the room quietly.
Next to enter is Cody Ozolith and Fatima Hardy. Cody has a pompous swoop to his brown hair and his beach apparell on, as if he is going to hit the beach right after class. Fatima is adorned in a similar fashion, however more street appropriate rather than surfer bro. Fatima giggles at a bad joke Cody makes, and it's kinda obvious its fake but Cody eats it up. They sit in the back together as the others start mingling with each other.
Next to walk in noteably all of the player characters- Cassie asks to sit next to Viola and Kwon, to which they agree and Kwon pats the seat behind him.
Poof sits in the back next to Cody and Fatima, striking them up for a bro convo. Marquid, Yemanja, and Aleksa walk in back-to-back-to-back and sit near the front by Sabine. Chloe-Kay and Esperanza walk in together and take two open spots closest to the door. Thalita, Minerva, Mileena, and Alycia fill in some gaps towards the back behind Viola and Kwon. Mochalatte walks in, scans the room for the best seat, and unfortunately decides its probably in the back and sits there respectively. Lastly, Connorlock, Greg, and Yun-Jin enter and fill in some gaps in the middle.
Last to enter are the stragglers- Jorge, unfortunately wearing his work uniform, begrudingly sits near the front. Finally, Osamori walks in, taking the back right seat that was conveniently open. Her aura is dark as she quietly takes out her journal and pencil, ready to begin. There is one last seat left open in the classroom, which it seems as if no one else was going to occupy.
The clock strikes 11 AM now, to which Professor Onyx turns around and smiles at the student body in front of her. "Welcome. This is going to be Movies and their Influence 301, meeting Tuesdays and Thursdays. If you are in the wrong class, I'd recommend figuring out where you are supposed to be and leave." She says with a small nod at the end. Fatima scoffs, "...I hope this goth girl thats the hint. Maybe alt girl aesthetic 101 would be a better fit?" She whispers to Cody and some of the PCs in the back, causing a small rumble of laughter to develop. Osamori, the target of this insult, glares at the people laughing then slowly turns back to the front, unphased.
Professor Onyx smiles. "Stories shape the way we understand the world, much as gossip runs a narrative. History is often just the version of events people agreed to remember. My name is Professor Esmeralda Onyx, but please just call me Ms. Onyx or just Professor. As an icebreaker, I'd like to start by asking what each of your favorite movies are. Lets start with.." Professor Onyx grabs a clipboard and flips the page, analyzing a student roster and looks to cold call someone.. but then she frowns. "Hmm, seems as if one of you are missing- no matter, I'll take attendance in a moment. First, let's go back to our favorite movies- you, in the middle-" She points right at Viola. "-your favorite movie, please?"
Viola looks around and smiles, readjusting in her chair. "Umm.. I guess, Pitch Perfect?" Some people nod in agreement.
"Fun- blending comedy and music. How about- Gideon Apostolos, what say you?" Professor Onyx inquires. The spiky-haired blond perks up. "I think the scoring on Interstellar changed my life- well, the movie too. I really like the scores for movies."
"Well, I just *love* the Barbie movie. Really great narrative of the woman's perspective." Fatima blurts out, smiling from ear to ear. Professor Onyx nods slightly. "Scores help bridge a movie together, and movies with narratives like Barbie help convey a message or opinion- some, not so popular. This semester, you will have a semester long class project, where you will direct your own short film. It must have a narrative and convey a message that you believe in.. or, rather, something you want to bring to light." Professor Onyx continues, then goes back to discussing more favorite movies.
The class continues for some time before a breaking news notification blares on everyone's phones. Some people sneak a peek at the notification and some gasp out loud. "Oh my god??!"
"Damn..."
"Holy shit!"
"..what?"
"Oh.."
Some people begin to murmur and whisper, which causes Professor Onyx to look on her phone. A notification of an article being posted goes viral very quickly. It reads:
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LOCAL STUDENT FOUND DEAD WASHED UP ON THE BEACH.
"Ollidel University Sophomore Daniel Robinson was found dead on the beach earlier this morning. His body had the appearance of multiple stab wounds, hinting that her was murdered and tossed in the lake last night."
~
Professor Onyx frowns, glaring at the clipboard's roster then setting it slowly back onto the desk behind her. "Alright, class is dismissed. I have to go talk to the Dean. I will see you all on Thursday, have a great day!" Professor Onyx quickly packs up and exits the classroom, leaving all students confused and looking around.
Jorge folds his arms, "Well shit, what a party pooper.. who even was that Daniel guy, anyway?"
"Well, he wasn't cute, that's for sure." Fatima mutters, chuckling to herself as she flicks through the article on her phone.
"Can you not speak of the dead like that? That's pretty rude." Kwon says, spinning in his chair to glare at Fatima with the other classmates glaring at her as well.
"What? It's not like he's going to hear it." Fatima jokes, rolling her eyes. Cody chuckles a little bit, finding that amusing, but stops as the other classmates glare at him. A beat of silence lingers before Fatima stands up and collects her belongings. "Whatever. Class is over and I don't care... for those who *do* care, there is going to be a beach bonfire party tonight at the Reilly Manor around 9 PM. Open invite to all! Bring your best attitudes- and a lot of alcohol. Bye!!" She quickly escapes the judgemental stares and leaves the classroom. Cody stands, collecting his stuff and follows her. "Shit, that sounds amazzzzing! I'm totally there."
"..I love a good party!" Gideon mentions, getting around to follow suit.
Sabine stands as she slumps her backpack's straps over her shoulders. "...well, for those who don't want to go to that, I think I want to get a head start on this film project.. I-if anyone wants to, of course.. maybe at.. 6pm, in the public library?" Sabine asks, looking around at anyone else to agree. Kwon smiles, "Sure, I'll go. Maybe we can find a way to brainstorm and star in each person's film? Coordinate and... whatnot?" Kwon gestures to the group, to which Sabine and Viola smile. "I'll come, I am available. Got nothing else to do tonight... I guess, besides that party." Viola adds as she looks around.
Jorge slinks into his seat, moaning to himself before finally pushing himself to his feet and to the door. "I'm out, I gotta head to work-" he stops, turning to the class. "On second thought, if anyone wants free snacks and to hang out at the little cafe inside the gas station, come to the Speedway off of Main Street- at a cost of helping me with my short film." He nods and leaves in a hurry.
Osamori simply walks out as she does not give a fuck about these open invitations. Viola raises a brow as Osamori leaves. "...seems as if she is not a fan of any options.. well, I got another class coming up so I'm out- I'll see you guys at the library." Viola smiles and leaves, as well as eventually the rest of the class.
~
The scene changes to Peak of the Gold news office, to which a woman spins in her chair as she stares at her laptop. Her ID badge reads "Meryl Wolfe", and she seems quite annoyed. On her laptop, she seems to be conversing with someone- until a knock at the door of her office snaps her to attention. "Come in!" She yelps, closing out of the conversation and opening up her notes app on the laptop as the door opens. A middle aged man with light stubble, a strong mustache, and a ball cap walks in wearing a tan police uniform. Sheriff Rocco Bellini strides inside, offering Meryl a small smile. "Good morning, Meryl."
Meryl rolls her eyes. "Morning, Sherriff. What can I do for you?" She quips, ready to get into the discussion instead of rifling through any small talk.
"Okay, how about you pushing past the police boundaries this morning trying to get a snapshot of that dead kid?" He asks sternly, raising an inquisitive brow. "This is the hundredth time you've broken your way onto the scene. I can't allow this any longer, I don't care if you're doing you're job."
"Rocco, listen-"
"No, Meryl, I'm not listening this time. I'm putting my foot down- if I catch you doing this again, I'm locking you up for trespassing and tampering with a police investigation." Rocco cuts in, putting his hands on his hips near his handcuffs for emphasis. Meryl catches this and stands up, glaring at him.
"Is that a threat, Sherriff? I am doing my job getting all the information I need to write this story- I mean shit, you have a dead student who washed ashore with- what, four stab wounds?! How is that not concerning-"
"It is concerning- what I don't need is you pushing your way in for a close up or to interrupt our work-" Rocco snaps, but the door ot the office opens once again.
Standing in the doorway is a taller man with a bigger belly, a clean white suit, and a tall bucket hat. It's Oscar Ozolith, the mayor of Goldpeak. Meryl rolls her eyes and scoffs to herself, "Jesus, here we go, are you both here to pester me about my job?! Oscar, are you trying to take down another one of my articles?" Meryl says as she starts to get real annoyed now. Oscar gruffs and shakes his head, pulling out a file from behind his back. "You are ruining Ollidel's first day and tarnishing this town's image of paradise! How dare you claim that kid was *murdered* here?!"
Meryl is taken aback. "He was stabbed four or five times, Oscar! You think someone just *does* that to themselves or something? Shouldn't a dead student alarm everyone?!" She gestures, looking at both Rocco and Oscar like they're crazy.
Oscar drops the case file onto Meryl's desk with a bit of a WHACK. "Here's the coroner's report, expedited for your convenience because of that scummy article you wrote. They found high levels of alcohol in his system- he was drunk! Probably injured himself and stumbled over the railing! Not this- this murder you speak of!" Oscar pushes, looming over a bit imtimidatingly while Meryl opens the case file. Sure enough, the reports say so as well.
"Wounds like that don't jus-"
"I don't care, Wolfe. This was just an unfortunate accident, and it shall be labeled as such. My press conference later will confirm these results, and you will need to publish an update to this article or remove it entirely. I will not have you tarnish my town, a town you choose to keep wrecking, mind you!" He spits, glaring at Rocco then turns to leave. "End of day, Wolfe!" He then storms out.
"..fuckin' asshat." Meryl mutters, folding her arms and taking a few deep breaths. Rocco quietly walks over and closes the case file. "Maybe... maybe it's best to just listen to the mayor, hmm?"
"I don't believe that, Rocco. You know my hunches- something is wrong here." She retorts, folding her arms as her brain scrambles. Rocco sighs and walks towards the door. "Just dont interfere with my job, alright? I got it handled." He leaves Meryl alone in her office. It's silent as Meryl gets an uneasy feeling.. she hasn't heard of a murder here.. almost ever? She doesn't like being cornered like that, and she especially isn't going to be shot down. It's time to hit the ground with some field work.
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END OF EPISODE 1.1
Cast, you must now choose one of the NPC options to hang out at! Your options are:
- Go to the Beach Bonfire Party with Fatima, Cody, and Gideon!
- Go to the Library to hang out with Sabine, Viola, and Kwon!
- Go to the Gas Station to hang out with Jorge!
You must also decide if your character is going to RUN or HIDE if Ghostface attacks your location!
- RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!
- HIDE UNTIL THEY LEAVE!
Options will be due Tuesday (6/16) night at 11 PM EST! I will start writing the end of Episode 1 shortly after. Thanks for reading, I hope you enjoyed and let me know what your thoughts are!
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