Aethereal
Pew Pew Hearts
“There is one guilty party behind it all…”
Leonard Maxwell is dead.
Mr. Maxwell was a reclusive, self-made billionaire who grew his empire from banking and finance. While his strength lied in the predictive algorithms of stocks and trading, his real passion was creating board games. As a child, his obsession with chess grew until it fizzled out with one too many check mates. Instead, allowing his imagination to take hold, he carved his own path, creating stories and characters in game pieces. As such, Illuminarium Games was born. His secretly self-funded company grew and have been providing family fun since 1949. At least, that’s the narrative that the public knew about the man. Clean-cut, patriotic, and without much vice.
But Leonard held many secrets.
His obsessive predilection for perfection meant that before each one of his games were even presented to the boardroom, they were tested for fun. And who better than to provide him with the necessary feedback and criticism to take things to the next level than his own family? Mostly, his children. Five Heirs. Five different titular game series dedicated to the second loves of his life. Games being the first, of course.
There was always a game in their household. A puzzle to solve. A riddle to be completed only to find that it was a small crumb in a long trail of mysteries. And so even in death, it seems fitting that the man wrote his will in parts. Structured like a puzzle, each level of the will reveals a new secret to the large mystery of his own passing. It was no mystery that the man was killed. But by whom?
Well, that’s for the heirs to find out.
Of course, like all great game-makers do, Leonard put an incentive if mere personal affection nor sentimentality did not entice his daring children. No game was completed without a reward. The prize, to no one’s surprise, was the inheritance of his estate and full control of his company.
And so…
Let the games begin!
Hello everyone! This is my first attempt at GMing a group RP so I thought to start out small. I’m essentially looking for just 3-4 other people to write with. The idea came from the movie, Knives Out, where the father was murdered and his family is tasked to solve the crime before his will is revealed. I’d like to play one of the siblings so I’m just looking for the other 4 writers, or 3 if the twins wanted to be played by the same person.
- Eldest Son (31+ years) - reserved for malks
- Eldest Daughter (26-30 years) - reserved for Walliver
- Twin # 1 (20-24 years) - reserved for PatriasLover
- Twin # 2 (20-24 years) - reserved for tamarapasek
The Youngest (17) and the Butler who will oversee the whole charade will be played by yours truly.
What I’m Looking For
Since this will be a small group, I’m hoping to have long-term players who are invested in the plot and the characters. Most likely, we’ll be discussing family history and what the relationships are between the siblings. Everything about them is left open aside from their ages/birth order so I’m very excited to see what people come up with!
In terms of activity, it will be very relaxed. I think maybe one post per week is do-able. Of course, it might not always be the case, but that’s the beauty of a small group, we can hopefully all communicate when we need more time. I’m looking to open an OOC thread if people are interested. We can even make a discord group, if everyone has an account. But discord isn’t mandatory, it’s only one option.
Because I do care about the quality of writing, I’m hoping that each post is at least 2-3 paragraphs minimum. More is definitely encouraged. But there’s no set word count. I’m also looking more for semi-lit to adv. lit levels. So that’s at least 3-5 sentences per paragraph.
And finally…
If you are interested, please comment/message me:
(1) What sibling you’d like to play &
(2) What kind of board game did their dad/Leonard make about your character?
- This can be anything - A Strategy Game like Risk, Something fun like Candyland, etc. It is what you imagine it to be. I think Leonard would have taken inspiration from his children’s personalities.
- The reason I’d like to have this as a GM is because each level of their dad’s will is based on one of the games. That means that each round, that sibling has a slight advantage from the rest. I’m planning to make it a five-part campaign of sorts, if we can all stick with each other.
- Also, this is something I’d like to work with everyone! We can always brainstorm this as a group too. I just think it makes the RP more engaging instead of me just being strictly a GM that controls ALL the plot points. Collaboration is fun, wouldn’t you agree?
Thanks for reading! Hopefully, I’ve gotten enough of your interest to start this!
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it's a really cool idea omg. is it okay to just pm or will there be an ooc thread first? 
when i read through the plot. it's such a fun idea omg, i'm already excited!!if that's okay i'll reply here just in case somebody appears with a similar idea as me it's not awkward. :'')
THATS SO NICE.
BUT PLS I LOVE THAT, THE MEME.... pls head canon, they were like that vine of that baby up on that mattress. 
They're gonna be insufferable
