Post by TEGAMI on Oct 17, 2010 21:31:23 GMT -5
welcome to the world
... a world in which gangsters can rule nations and almost rule cities, in which hotels and apartment houses and celebrated restaurants are owned by men who made their money out of brothels, in which a screen star can be the fingerman for a mob, and the nice man down the hall is a boss of the numbers racket; a world where a judge with a cellar full of bootleg liquor can send a man to jail for having a pint in his pocket, where the mayor of your town may have condoned murder as an instrument of moneymaking, where no man can walk down a dark street in safety because law and order are things we talk about but refrain from practising; a world where you may witness a hold-up in broad daylight and see who did it, but you will fade quickly back into the crowd rather than tell anyone, because the hold-up men may have friends with long guns, or the police may not like your testimony, and in any case the shyster for the defense will be allowed to abuse and vilify you in open court, before a jury of selected morons, without any but the most perfunctory interference from a political judge.
It is not a very fragrant world, but it is the world you live in.
It is not a very fragrant world, but it is the world you live in.
Raymond Chandler, The Simple Art of Murder
how to roleplay
We're doing things a little differently here. The Last Goodnight is a roleplay forum based around ideas from the animated series Baccano! One of the things we've adopted from the series is the multiple timelines! This rp takes place in 1938, 1942 and 1946 simultaneously, somewhat chaotically, in events where the past influences the future and perhaps even vice versa. Your characters will age. They will experience the Depression, WWII and it's aftermath. The best way to go about things is with a little bit of fun, and a nod in the direction of continuity.