the process of claiming something back or of reasserting a right, such as:
a: reformation, rehabilitation
b: restoration to use : recovery
"There are few who are so lucky as to retire at your age, and you'll admit, you had to jump through many hoops and silence many bad men to claim as such. But it would all be worth it for the future you had planned out for yourself; for them. Your precious child. Your light in this filthy world.
But now they're gone.
And you wonder why you even bothered."
Play as a retired hitman, whose moniker is still whispered throughout the criminal underworld, trying to adapt to the mundane civilian life of North American Suburbia in the mundane city of Haven Lake, Minnesota. A civilian life they had planned to share with their one and only child- now gone from this world.
Between serving tables and trying to find a hobby, their life in Haven Lake is, without a doubt, peaceful. Ordinary. Monotonous. Boring. They wonder if they will ever be any of these things, or is something like them just not meant to roam amongst the sheep.
And then one day they discover that Haven Lake has worked very hard on its white picket fence veneer, and that the things that go bump in the night are much, much closer than they thought.
This is a 18+ modern fantasy romance story that will include; graphic violence, mercenary killing, grief, child death, violence against children, discrimination based on wealth, race and personal identity, and sex and sexual themes.
You are playing a(n ex-) professional killer, with a set of behaviours that range from morally grey to immoral, depending on your own set of beliefs. Whilst you can customise your character in looks, personality, gender, sex and sexuality, this mentality is semi-set and has the potential to either improve or worsen based on your own choices.
Please read and play with discretion, but remember that this story, above all, is about love. I hope you enjoy.
Demo (WIP)
Brighid/Brogán Conroy (F/M)
Your boss, owner of the Blue Moon, an Irish pub-diner, is a six-foot-five tower of a person with a penetrating resting bitch face. Gruff, irritable and yet protective all the same, B prefers to run their establishment in peace and keep to themselves- and is willing to stand their ground for it.
B is a middle-aged White Irish person with thick dark brown hair that falls past their shoulders, streaked with silver at the temples and usually tied back to keep out of their face. They seem to be in their late forties, though the presence of persistent frown lines and old acne scars across their lightly tanned skin ages them further. Their intense, forest green eyes alongside their scowl make them an intimidating presence, let alone their strong, powerful build. Broad in the chest and generously padded in the middle, with the muscles to match, most clothes end up ill-fitted, though they seem to care little. B tends to wear simple, hard wearing clothes like jeans, trainers, t-shirts, and simple solid colours.
Both Brighid and Brogán are visibly hairy though Brogán keeps a beard that reaches his collarbone.
Cecylia/Cezary/Celestyn Król (F/M/NB)
A mysterious nighttime regular at the Blue Moon bar, C is both an enigmatic and solitary customer, but talk with them long enough and you'll soon be treated to their particular brand of gallow's humour as well as their little patience with fools. It's a mystery why they continue to suffer them every night.
C is a young White Polish-American with ghostly pale skin and a slender, bony build that is only barely balanced out by their tall five-eleven height. C, however, despite their apparent underweight, is a classic beauty, with a sharp, triangular jaw and even sharper cheekbones. Contrary to their angular appearance, they have aloof piercing blue eyes, downturned and soft, and pretty, rounded lips. C keeps their light brown hair buzzed down to the skull for convenience, and their tapered ears and thick left brow are dotted with jet black piercings. They usually wear various shade of black and grey, but they always wear something that covers their neck.
C is mute and communicates mainly through ASL and, if necessary, text-to-speech.
Herminia/Helio Rhodes (F/M)
The newest part timer to join the day-shift, H is an exuberant, positive and larger-than-life person, freshly graduated and back home to help care for their little sister and figure out what they're going to do with themselves. They are happy to be the centre of attention, but find just as much joy pulling others into the spotlight with them, too.
H is a young Hispanic American adult with a broad, cheeky grin that easily softens their square jaw and slightly crooked hooked nose and lights up their wide hazel brown eyes. They stand at an even five-foot-eight with a triangular athlete's figure, chiseled with muscle, and their olive skin is deeply tanned by years under the sun - evidenced by the tan-lines between neck, chest, armpit and hip line. H keeps their curly red-brown hair short and charmingly tousled, usually swept back off their forehead with a thin plastic headband. H loves to wear bright, colourful sportswear that exposes skin and is easy to exercise and move in.
Helio and Herminia are both transgender, and Helio keeps a curly stubble chin curtain beard with a matching upper lip moustache growing in whilst Herminia is clean shaven.
Olabisi/Olajide/Ola Adeoye (F/M/NB)
A local librarian from a small but old downtown public library, O still somehow has the energy and time to be friendly and optimistic despite the rigours of public service. Curious, hard-working, and a little lonely so far from home, O is always happy to help and teach others even at the cost of their own free time.
O is a young Black Nigerian with a soft, round face framed by elegant thin black locs that reach their shoulder blades, embellished with silver cuffs. Outside of work, they prefer to leave their hair down. Otherwise, they like to twist it up into easy to manage styles. They have cool, dark brown skin and even darker, almost-black brown eyes with bright yellow, almost golden rings around their pupils. Standing at five ten, O has an elegant, plump, and curvacious figure with long limbs and pretty hands. They keep themselves well-groomed with shapely brows and gently styled baby hairs across their hairline. At work, they wear smart but still comfortable clothes and are fond of ruffles and low collar shirts. Outside of work, they enjoy loose, elegant styles with patterns and artful stitching in various rich colours. They usually favour a thick cardigan or jumper too.
O is shortsighted and wears frameless oval glasses with silver effect arms. Olajide keeps a trimmed, short, full goatee whilst Ola maintains a neat anchor goatee.
Majid/Marzieh/Mehr Ahmadi (Unknown)
A mysterious, unseen hand of the Ahmadi family that seems to have a finger in every pot in the city. You see the name M. Ahmadi at the top of nearly every donation list, at the bottom of many contracts and, most importantly, as a permanent fixture on the city council. You wonder if you will ever catch a glimpse of this supposed pillar of Haven Lake, when not even a photo seems to exist of them.
"31" (F!NB/M!NB)
A shard of your past. A memory, more than anything, these days. A part of who made you who you are.
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"Welcome to your beautiful new home! With three bathrooms, three potential bedrooms and a generous, fenced in backyard, this property is the perfect place for all you new parents out there. Boasting a large open plan dining space, a comfortably sized kitchen with solid wood counters and peninsula seating and a cozy den room, hosting friends and family couldn't be easier.
Upstairs you will find a spacious landing, with three spacious rooms that can be easily converted into bedrooms, studies, even a personal gym! The master bedroom also comes with a master en-suite bathroom, with its own walk-in shower and bath, ensuring all the privacy and comfort you need. Enjoy a quiet suburban life in this charming neighbourhood out in the fully-fenced garden or out on your own front porch- Haven Lake is waiting for you!"
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Your new home in all it's beige and off-white splendor. About a forty-eight minute drive from the city centre, twenty-five minutes from the nearest school and a ten minute walk from the nearest bus stop, by your investigation this quiet neighbourhood was an ideal place to put down roots with your child. Still filled with the show furniture left by the agency, it just feels like a building to you, rather than a home.
I'm chipping away again at the writing, and am just scratching my chin in regards to how complicated do I want to make my life in regards to Ethnicity and Nationality choices, and how they interact with each other.
In terms of Nationality, the only real consideration I have about it on its own is how deep I push the customisation: i.e. You choose to be from Africa, more specifically from West Africa. But do I list every single country in West Africa? Or do I leave that more of an unknown, since the MC was taken away from there at such a young age, and all you found out was the region?
For Ethnicity, not only are there so many, I don't want to simplify them down to an insulting degree. But I also want to have your Ethnicity have an impact on the narrative somewhat- i.e. You are from North America, and are Native American- this is notable as the story setting is specifically in the US, and to have some discussion in game about the MC's experience (or non-experience, as removed from their culture as they are) with their origins I think would be a really neat touch. In the same vein I want being from outside of the Americas, or from somewhere with a fraught history with the US, to not be brushed over either.
The bottom line of both of these trains of thought is, sadly, the coding. I am fully aware that this might be a severe case of having eyes bigger than my stomach in regards to what I want from my first story and first interaction with coding at this level. Sufficed to say, it will take some experimenting, and helpful advice from my friends who test this game every now and then.
If you have any thoughts or advice, I would love to hear them!
I can feel the veil (writer's block) lifting... after an intense reading binge, I'm feeling inspired again, so hopefully I'll be back on the horse this weekend!
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Below I will list some (non-spoiler) facts about the character you will be playing, to give you an idea about just who and what you will be making, then follow up by what you can customise about your Hitman.
The Facts:
The MC doesn't know how young they were when they were kidnapped and trained up to be an assassin, but it was very young.
The MC has no memory of who they were before the Tubal Compound, a place specifically designed to create killers.
They grew up with about two dozen other children in their "class", each of them numbered; MC was once called "29".
The MC killed their first person around twelve to thirteen. It was another child, during a culling.
After this trial, they began to train with the older children from their part of the compound and begin to specialise.
The MC knows multiple languages, with varying degrees of literacy, including ASL.
The MC, due to their talents, was hired out at a mere fifteen for their first job.
For reasons unknown to them, at eighteen the Tubal Compound went up in flames and the organisation who ran it fell apart. The MC and many others took the chance to escape.
For ten years the MC was an independent contractor, building up their name and reputation throughout the criminal world as an assassin without equal.
This roughly puts the MC in their mid-thirties.
The MC had never considered another life for themself- until they met the child that changed their life forever.
They learnt what love was through their child.
The MC has never experienced romantic love in their lives.
Customisation:
Whilst I will try and include as many of these as possible, I am a baby coder right now, so some options may not be available at the start, and as a WIP these could even change along the way;
Appearance! Skin colour, hair, eyes, height, weight, skin features like moles, scars, tattoos, genitals etc.
Ethnicity and nationality! It will be planned that your ethnicity is going to be tied to your skin colour (if that wasn't obvious), but you will know which country you were taken from.
Full name! When you left the compound, you chose a completely new identity for yourself.
Sex and gender! Whether you continued to identify with the gender you were raised under or took the chance to transition once you were free, that is entirely up to you.
Sexuality! So, this is customisable, however not in a simple choice way. Because of the life the MC has lived, I am exploring the way I can have them consider their sexuality through this story. For example, if you decide to make all the main cast male, I want that to register and for the MC to realise "Oh, I must like men!".
A permanent old injury! You've had a long, intense career as a killer, even someone like you has not been able to get away completely unscathed. Do you have only partial hearing in one ear? Are some of your fingers numb from nerve damage? Is one of your eyes wonky?
A hobby! You have a lot of time on your hands now, try and find something to do to make the days go faster.
Your specialisation! Decide how you used to usually kill your targets. Poison? Explosives? Were you a Black Widow and seduced your targets into complacency, or did you prefer an upfront assault?
Your moniker! Either pick from some options or make up your own moniker that was given you during your career.
A quick touching base! Writing C is lots of fun, new phone has shown me how quick typing is supposed to be and I've been finalising some back story stuff for the cast!
I'm saying we're about 3/4 way through the prologue writing now!
Why did no one tell me that revisiting 2010s slang was going to invoke both nostalgia and cringe within me, despite being a teenager back then myself?
How have I forgotten so much??
I feel old...
But I guess this is as good as an announcement gets;
This story officially starts in 2013!
You were born in 1977, you became a teenager in 1990, and a legal adult 1995! You found your child in 2005. And this finally pins the Hitman's age at 36!
