THE GENTLEMEN PLOT

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Can't Even Scream, Can't Even Cry
The Gentlemen are Coming By

SEPTEMBER 23RD - SEPTEMBER 27TH

On the final week of September, Paradisa will be getting some visitors. As you see, every few years there are a group of demons called The Gentlemen that require hearts to sustain themselves. While in the past they've hit up towns on Earth, this time they have picked Cair Paradisa as their feeding ground.

Based on the episode "Hush" from Buffy the Vampire Slayer (trailer), this is a horror plot that will result in deaths. As they are staying at the castle, all powers and everyone will remain the form they are, but with one exception:

As of September 24th, every character in the castle and city will lose their voice.

That's right, the Gentlemen have this nasty ability to take away the voices of an entire area so they can do what they want without anyone screaming for help. This means characters will have to use other means to communicate such as writing, sign language, Morse code, telepathy, Stephen Hawking's type computer synthesized voices, drawings, etc until they find a way to get their voices back.

In the meantime, each night the Gentlemen will be murdering people. Depending on characters' performance in the plot, anywhere from 5 to 7 people will die. Yes, that's right, it's completely possible for the characters to reduce the number of people who could get killed if they act diligently and work together well (as in getting people to safe zones, researching the gentlemen, organizing a take down, taking them down, etc). On the flip side, if characters don't work together then all 7 people will die and the Gentlemen will leave town victorious. Which you guys don't want that right?

If you are interested in killing your character, sign ups are HERE. There are six total slots for deaths and to remain fair if there are more than six volunteers they will be selected by a RNG lottery. A lottery in which the winner gets death. For the nature of the plot, victims MUST have a relatively healthy heart. Sign-ups will be open until Saturday, September 21st at 11:59pm EST

Feel free to use this post for any planning or questions! And a SUPER HUGE thank you to Yuff who put together the entire plot!

FAQ

Is there an Opt-Out option to the plot?
Yes and no. It's up to you how much your character pays attention to the murder aspect of the plot (since some characters just naturally don't care about murdering demons!). However if they are up and about they can't opt out of losing their voice due to the nature of the plot. If you want them to miss the plot entirely, you can have the castle make them go to sleep or on a loss for a week.

My chararacter is an animal/robot/magical entity/special. Would they lose their voice?
The general rule of thumb is for characters is that if they are coherent enough to require a voice actor, then yes. They would lose their voice.

Robots are a special exception. They can either choose to have their voice entirely removed or downgrade to a computer automated voice ala Stephen Hawking

Will residents be brought back by the Castle for this (i.e. wake up in their beds in their rooms at the Castle) or is it up to them to drive in from the Dead Zone?
They will find they've been pulled back to the castle on Day 2 of the plot, which is Tuesday. Anyone who was anywhere out in the Dead Zone will wake up back in town or their castle bedroom.

Since the Gentlemen want hearts, are they generally going to ignore those who don't meet their criteria?
Pretty much! If a person that doesn't meet the criteria gets in the way, though, the minions will do their best to get them out of the way at all costs. Otherwise, they'll walk right past them.