TruGemini Posted July 18, 2022 Posted July 18, 2022 (edited) The Archive is open for new applicants. Do you have what it takes to become apart of our guild? In order to select our newest Archivist, we will test twelve individuals on a their abilities of thievery, detection, deception, and wit. Who are we looking for? Anyone. The more unique, the better. For more information, please fill out our file below. Character Creation In The Heist, you will create your thief persona to play as during the season. For this, you will choose a Background, Class, Weapon, and Thief Style, along with optional additional information. TW: Death, Suicide, Murder Backgrounds Backgrounds can only be chosen once. First come, first serve. Opportunistic Advancement: You lived a picture perfect life, until your life savings were stolen by hackers and you were thrusted into debt. Having no other option, you began a life of crime. Quickly working your way from stealing minor merchandise to clearing out entire jewelers in minutes, you have became entranced in the life of luxury. This wasn't the life you wanted, but it is the life you chose. Seeing it as another prime opportunity to advance your social status, you look to The Archive as another route to success. ABILITY - 400 Lux: Your luxurious lifestyle has granted you notoriety within the high class scenes. You are able to access any Luxury event without question. Survival of the Swiftest: As a child, your parents were killed in a tragic accident, and after years of neglect from your new caretakers, you escaped to the streets to forge your own path. You quickly learned the ways of the world, becoming a master of deception. By the time you came of age, your tongue was a weapon in it's own right, able to sway all to do your bidding. With the world now your oyster, you seek to escape the demons of your past within The Archive. ABILITY - Survivor: Your upbringing has given you a masterful way with words. The first two times in a scenario, you are able to convince someone to do your bidding. Generational Wealth: Coming from a long line of wealthy people, you took up thievery as a way to agitate your distant parents. Unbeknownst to them, this quickly became more than a hobby, it's a habit. The rush you get from a job is of the highest euphoria, stealing draws you in like a drug, and it's one you don't intend on ever stopping. You heard about The Archive through one of your father's partners, and you will stop at nothing to be one of the acclaimed "Archivists." ABILITY - Super Rich Kid: Despite you veering off their path, your parents still support you more than can be imagined. You start the game with $500 in your account balance. The Mystery: A week ago, you woke up in a bed at The Archive's med-bay. Remembering nothing prior to awakening in that room, your accept their story that you were the child of the a former deceased Archivist, and were left with permanent brain damage after the same attack that killed your parent. Despite your lack of memory, everything tells you not to trust them. Joining the Archive is a gateway to learning about the truth of who you are. ABILITY - Lost In Paradise: Your time recovering at The Archive has left you with an array of starting bonuses. You start the game with $100 in your account balance, a healing item, and an invisibility bracelet. Gifted and Talented: From a young age, you were always the perfect thief. You didn't just steal candies from stores or money from wallets, you looked into a change jar and could tell the amount to the cent, you remembered people's passwords from simply seeing them type them. You tried to use these abilities for good, but they felt useless, chained by the laws of society. So, you decided to cut the chains and go loose, using your talents to steal from rich corporations and scam the people who would attempt to take from the poor. Some would call you a Robin Hood, but you would call yourself an equalist. You see the Archivist position as a perfect opportunity to take from the richest of them all. (reserved by luckitty) ABILITY - Hunt You Down: Your tenacity for taking down the rich has given you better social awareness than most. In scenarios, you automatically know where the target is located, and enter the scenario nearby to the target. The Magician: Some say magic is just a science that can't be explained, and you'd like it to stay that way. Learning witchcraft from a long line of shaman women, you as an adult now use your talents to steal from those who battered your ancestors. With the wisdom of generations behind you, you use potions and incantations to make reality null to those weak enough to go against you. You intend to make The Archive pay for the hurt their agents have caused for decades, and the best way is to beat them from the inside. ABILITY - Perfect Illusion: Your talent for magic has made you the perfect thief. Once during a scenario encounter, you can use an illusion to avoid combat. Daddy's Little Angel: You know your father was no angel, but he was a very skilled man. Your childhood was filled with police chases and high stake heists, but also with love and joy. One year after your father's death, you have taken over his role and have become a master thief. You aren't the stealthiest one of all, but you've always been thought to get the job done, which is what you do best. Your father told you bedtime stories about his attempts to join the legendary Archive, you hope to do him justice by becoming one of the ones he looked up to. (reserved by jqnetto) ABILITY - Daddy Lessons: You take after your father, giving you a bit of a rougher approach to your thievery. In eliminations, you will gain a 20% advantage to your score. Jagged Edge: You are heartless, you are cold, you are calculated, which makes your perfect for your job. You weren't always this way, childhood trauma had it's part, solitary confinement didn't help, but you've learned to forgo the past. You could change if you wanted to, but the thought of making yourself limited with emotion is repulsive. The Archive is another means to an end, and you will kill to get access. ABILITY - Die A Little Bit: Your vicious nature makes you a dangerous foe. In scenarios, you can kill twice without being detected. Web of Darkness: At 13, you found yourself on the Dark Web, that day, you changed. You didn't have a positive or negative reaction to the vile and evil things you saw that day, but you came to a realization. Bad things are inevitable, no matter how hard you or anyone tries, the vulnerable will always be taken advantage of, and the powerful will always win. You sometimes ask yourself if that is just how you justify your behavior, or if that is how you truly feel, regardless, it treks you along. You seek to join The Archive to learn the secrets that can't be found online. ABILITY- Digital Dash: Your technological prowess gives you an extreme advantage against your competition. In every scenario, you can use technology to make your heist easier. Vengeance: Your family was killed by an Archivist 15 years ago. For you, life and death were separated by one inch, a bullet lodged into your skull, in which fragments remain to this day. Since you've recovered, you've spent years making a completely new identity, becoming a ghost to even the likes of The Archive. You still remember his face, his smell, his walk, once you become an Archivist, you will finally give your family justice, and join them on the other side. ABILITY - Beyond My Control: Due to your familiarity with personality adjustment, you are a master at outfit swapping. After killing a target, you are guaranteed to escape if you enter a closed room. Insider: The Archive isn't the only successful guild of thieves in this world. Hailing from an opposing company, Kralous, you have forged a fake personality to intercept The Archive, showing yourself to be a former assassin that has decided to lesser their kill count. Your true goal is to gain intel on all active and former Archivists for Kralous to use against them. In order to complete your mission, you must become an Archivist and gain access to their most secret files. (reserved by Julia Fox) ABILITY - Skyfall: Kralous is secretly supplying you items to help during your tenure at The Archive. Each round, you receive a temporary item of your choosing. The Runner Up: The last time an Archivist was chosen, you placed second in the competition, coming up just short to the more favorable candidate. This time, you intend to use your experience to make you the optimal applicant. More determined than ever, you've trained for five years to be in peak physical condition. It's time for you to finally take the spot you should've already had. ABILITY - New Attitude: Your prior experience in this competition benefits you. Twice during the competition, you can be saved from entering elimination if you fail the heist. Classes Only 2 Applicants per Class. Vintage Vixens ~ Vintage is forever. (1 spot left.) Styled after pre - 1980's fashion (Marilyn Monroe, Eartha Kitt, Nancy Sinatra) +3 advantage to any Trivia challenge. -2 disadvantage to any Puzzles challenge. The Moments ~ When you are the moment, you never need one. Styled after 1990's fashion (Aaliyah, TLC, Britney Spears) +3 advantage to any Puzzles challenge. -2 disadvantage to any Games challenge. Alt F4 ~ Life is a curse. (1 slot left.) Styled after grunge, alt, and emo fashion (Nirvana, Avril Lavigne, Marina) +3 advantage to any Brainteasers challenge. -2 disadvantage to any Trivia challenge. Pretty in P!nk ~ Beauty is madness, so we're all a wee bit insane. Styled after hyper feminine fashion (Mean Girls, Scream Queens, Legally Blonde) +3 advantage to any Games challenge. -2 disadvantage to any Brainteasers challenge. The Highly Favored ~ The mind if the greatest weapon of all. Styled after nerd fashion aesthetic (Velma, Taylor Swift, Daria) +3 advantage to any Riddles Challenge. -2 disadvantage in H2H's. The Silent ~ *silence* (1 spot left.) Styled after *redacted* aesthetic (*redacted*, *redacted*, *redacted*) +3 advantage to any H2H. -2 disadvantage to any Riddles. Weapons Thieves Blade (A hidden blade, undetectable by sensors and retractable, one hit kill upon direct contact with non armored target.) Advantages: Retractable, Undetectable Disadvantages: Requires Close Contact, Blood Residue Silenced Pistol (A silenced handgun, designed by The Archive for quick and easy ranged kills.) Advantages: Ranged, Quick, Silent Disadvantages: Requires Adequate Aim, Kill Not Guaranteed Combat Drone (A mobile drone with auto aim capable of close ranged attacks.) Advantages: Mobile, Flight, Guaranteed One Hit Kill Disadvantages: Noticeable Sniper Rifle (A long ranged weapon with deadly capability, only can be used from outside.) Advantages: One Hit Kill, Massive Range Disadvantage: Noise, Distance from Heist Poison (A venom that kills instantly or upon set delay.) Advantages: Instant Death, Delayed Kill Disadvantages: Suspicious, Conditional on Environment Thief Styles Aggressive (Generally directly approaches targets, uses brute strength to escape.) Advantage: Guaranteed Capture upon contact. Disadvantage: Attention grabbing. Stealthy (Generally uses sleight of hand techniques to steal, escapes within crowds and shadows.) Advantage: Guaranteed Escape upon Exit in crowded and night scenarios. Disadvantages: Escape less likely in non crowded and daytime scenarios. Distraction (Generally uses distractions to steal, escapes upon chaos and confusion.) Advantages: Makes items more likely to be unsecured, can harm enemies if desired. Disadvantages: Capture not guaranteed, attention grabbing. Technological (Generally uses small robots "bugs" to steal, remote controls them from a distance.) Advantages: Applicant doesn't have to be in range of Target to steal, can use "bugs" to bring items to them. Disadvantages: Bugs are noisy, can be destroyed easily. Persuasian (Generally uses convincing, lies, and deception to steal, typically escapes without harm.) Advantages: Guaranteed Capture and Escape upon successful Persuasion. Disadvantages: Heist Failure likely upon unsuccessful Persuasion. Heists Heists are the main challenges in The Heist. Each round, a Heist will be revealed and it is your job to use your strategic wits to escape the scenario. There are four types of Heists. Captures Captures are the traditional heist goal. You have to find, retrieve, and bring back a designated item from a location. The type of item and location will vary, but they will almost always be small items that can be stolen without notice. Assassinations Assassinations are missions that require you to kill a specific target and escape the scenario alive. Kidnappings Kidnappings require you to successfully abduct a target and escape the scenario. Combinations Some heists will be combinations of the above types, to provide extra challenge to those who make it far into the competition. To determine who passes a Heist, myself and two other judges will examine the scenarios presented and make a majority rules decision. If interest is high, public voting will become present and also play a factor. Eliminations If you do not successfully complete your Heist, you will be sent into elimination. Eliminations are a variety of challenges and tasks that will test you mental and strategic aptness. Eliminations are NOT required each round (if everyone completes the scenario, the next round starts shortly thereafter) and you can PASS them (with the exclusion of Head to Heads, which are done when only 2 people are in elimination.) Money As with any heist, Money will play a huge factor. Everyone starts with $25 in their accounts, throughout the competition, you will have opportunities to add more through successful heists and more. With money, you can buy items to help get through heists easier, along with healing packs to get rid of damage from prior heists if needed. If you fail a heist, you will be deducted a 20% fee, but if you win an elimination, you will receive it back plus additional funds. Most importantly, at the end, the person with the highest money total will be the winner of The Heist. Spend wisely. Additional Information After each round ends, those that proceed will be allowed to upgrade their character, which will be specific to each background type. Rounds will typically last 5 days, so expect this game to last until the beginning of September. There is a slight possibility class advantages/disadvantages might change before the game starts, not the categories, but the way their weighed against actual scores. The tentative start date is July 24th. Example Round [coming soon] Sign Ups Judges 1. TruGemini 2. xxx 3. xxx Applicants 1. jqnetto 2. Allday 3. Julia Fox 4. Luckitty 5. xxx 6. xxx 7. xxx 8. xxx 9. xxx 10. xxx 11. xxx 12. xxx Edited July 18, 2022 by TruGemini
TruGemini Posted July 18, 2022 Author Posted July 18, 2022 New game alert! Call Outs (sorry for the spam if you're not interested!) @Overprotected @Navyofbadgals@Dessy@Staryu @Kavish@thecptz@Touch It@Tom Vercetti@clue@PinkBox@bestfiction@Rence@diogozsz@shelven@touya kinomoto@vulnific@boys @Taylucifer@ughgabriel @kipperskipper@M a n o b a n@mokitsu@Moonlightbae@Auburn @Element@luckystrike@Rotunda@Sanguine@Future Lover@fiercE@hofork@CBC @Lil Uzi Lust@Lucky#17@Legend E@Starchild@Sawk@dweebz@Mr. Duff@Sempiternal@Acetone@JDC@Queen Riri.@Jackson@Luckitty @DAP@1000formsofacting@Marvin@selena_lavigne@99sandthe2000s@Hug@jqnetto@ABYSIL@wehavetostan@Harmonizer@igor@ZORBIT@Stevie@Hikari@Aurora@Cannon@PiecesOfYou@Devin @Sabbath@Tsareena
TruGemini Posted July 18, 2022 Author Posted July 18, 2022 2 minutes ago, jqnetto said: Applicants 1. jqnetto Thanks for signing up! Also just a PSA to everyone, if you want a specific background or to be in a specific class, make sure you specify when signing up to lock it in! First come first serve.
jqnetto Posted July 18, 2022 Posted July 18, 2022 13 minutes ago, TruGemini said: Thanks for signing up! Also just a PSA to everyone, if you want a specific background or to be in a specific class, make sure you specify when signing up to lock it in! First come first serve. Cool! I choose to play as Daddy's Little Angel who is a Vintage Vixen. Is that possible?
TruGemini Posted July 18, 2022 Author Posted July 18, 2022 18 minutes ago, Allday said: Gta style.. sounds fun.. sign me up I'll put you down! Thanks for joining. 5 minutes ago, jqnetto said: Cool! I choose to play as Daddy's Little Angel who is a Vintage Vixen. Is that possible? Totally! Great build.
Julia Fox Posted July 18, 2022 Posted July 18, 2022 Sign me up as an Insider styled as Julia Fox (silence)
Alldeezy Posted July 18, 2022 Posted July 18, 2022 Dunno what background I want for mine.. can I just be underground get away driver as Tom Gaynor. I can drive van or whatever to get out in time. Kinda like on gta
TruGemini Posted July 18, 2022 Author Posted July 18, 2022 21 minutes ago, Julia Fox said: Sign me up as an Insider styled as Julia Fox (silence) Got you down! Thanks for joining Julia. 11 minutes ago, Allday said: Dunno what background I want for mine.. can I just be underground get away driver as Tom Gaynor. I can drive van or whatever to get out in time. Kinda like on gta Honestly that would kind of fit perfectly with The Runner Up sksk. Maybe match him with an aggressive thief style and pistol? Vehicles will be an element to some of the Heists too, so that element could work really welll too.
Luckitty Posted July 18, 2022 Posted July 18, 2022 ok i'm gonna try this gifted and talented, alt f4 do we have to choose the weapons and thief style now?
TruGemini Posted July 18, 2022 Author Posted July 18, 2022 2 minutes ago, Luckitty said: ok i'm gonna try this gifted and talented, alt f4 do we have to choose the weapons and thief style now? Thanks for joining! I have your build marked down. And no you don't really have to lock anything down until the game starts on the 24th, until then, feel free to switch things around to your leisure! *** To everyone, I pulled an all nighter to get this out so I'm going to get some rest. I'll update the OP with applicants and reserved builds as soon as I wake up! Thanks to everyone for your interest.
fountain Posted July 18, 2022 Posted July 18, 2022 Applicants 1. jqnetto 2. Allday 3. Julia Fox 4. Luckitty 5. fountain 6. xxx 7. xxx 8. xxx 9. xxx 10. xxx 11. xxx 12. xxx
fountain Posted July 18, 2022 Posted July 18, 2022 Will read into the backgrounds and classes and select from them in a little bit
Alldeezy Posted July 19, 2022 Posted July 19, 2022 11 hours ago, TruGemini said: Got you down! Thanks for joining Julia. Honestly that would kind of fit perfectly with The Runner Up sksk. Maybe match him with an aggressive thief style and pistol? Vehicles will be an element to some of the Heists too, so that element could work really welll too. Ooo I like the aggressive theif idea on top that.
Fifteen Posted July 23, 2022 Posted July 23, 2022 Applicants 1. jqnetto 2. Allday 3. Julia Fox 4. Luckitty 5. fountain 6. Insanity 7. Fifteen 8. xxx 9. xxx 10. xxx 11. xxx 12. xxx I wanna try
fiercE Posted July 23, 2022 Posted July 23, 2022 Applicants 1. jqnetto 2. Allday 3. Julia Fox 4. Luckitty 5. fountain 6. Insanity 7. Fifteen 8. fiercE 9. xxx 10. xxx 11. xxx 12. xxx Jagged Edge The Silent Combat Drone Distraction
fountain Posted July 23, 2022 Posted July 23, 2022 I'll pick generational wealth, highly favoured, silenced pistol and persuasion
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