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A small group of entertainment semi-professionals, each identified only by a letter of the alphabet, board the Simply Express train in New York -- their destination Hollywood. Little do they know, the person who bought their tickets, their unknown benefactor 'U', has other plans for them. These plans include madness, mayhem and murder which won't stop until all but one of them is dead. Who is the master killer? Is it one of those unsuspecting Hollywood bound passengers or it is 'U'?
If you're interested in playing then post your alphabet letter and a short character description on this thread to join the game. If we get enough interest then we'll start next week, Oct. 29th.
If you haven't played Killer before the game is a collaborative wrting excercise. It takes about two months to play, of which you will be called upon twice to write a section of the script. You are given two days to make a single post to the game thread.
It's good fun and you'll have a great time playing and I encourage you all to give it a go. There's several other threads out there with Killer games if you want to do some reasearch before committing.
I like to hide. I hide so well, I could be standing next to you. I may even be you.
I have, at the very least, known you. In fact, I have known you so well that I have allowed each one of you to betray me. This is perhaps my fault, perhaps not, but I will be the victim no longer.
I have arranged this train trip to Hollywood, a place most of you dream of as a destination. Will your dreams come true, or will this be your final nightmare?
I did it a couple of years ago at the beginning of my interest in screenwriting. It’s fun, you make new script buddies and most important learn to write on short segments for free. If you’re worried about time, it’s only 4 to 5 pages.
God, it's been a week or so since I've been here. Busy, busy. I have always wanted to try out one of these killer games. They seem like good times.
"I"
Well spoken, even tempered and emotionally shallow, "I" am heading to Hollywood for the reason everyone goes to Hollywood... to get rich. However, I'm not an actor. Although I could be if that's what it takes to "get rid of" the target. Due to my work, I'm very adept at changing my appearance from the mostly clean-cut 38-year old I am to to whatever it takes to get the job done, short of portraying a woman. As a man who deals with other people's... "problems", I am way out of my depth when it comes to talking to people as I'm much more comfortable being by myself. Maybe I'm regretting taking the train to Hollywood after all...
Never tried this doing my research of previous ones : D
"Z"
Strong, kind hearted, and calculated. My name is "Z" my enlistment ended last year; the SEALS taught me more than I can ever repay. I thought acting would be a peice of cake after living the real deal, but my career has been met with dissapointment. This trip to Hollywood is my chance to make it big.
Self-professed Makeup FX wizard who likes to, em, "keep it real" as much as possible. I like to have my bag of tricks in a carry on luggage. Speaking of baggage...My wife left me for an ex-con who got himself shot full of holes during a bad diamond heist. I wish I would have been there. Haven't heard from the ex in a week. Not that I want to. Going to CA to see if I can get work on some chessy SF creature feature...but just as long as I'm far away from her and the bad drama, that's good enough for me.
Welcome aboard 'Y'. Don't worry, your 'X' may be on this train. I don't know what's keeping her, she usually arrives before you. But the two of you together again, wouldn't that make for a letter-perfect trip?
Q (40s), tall, dark complexion (could be Middle Eastern, Mediterranean, Egyptian...could be from anywhere). Pinstripe suit that makes him look taller. Black agenda with a silver lock under one arm.
You'll never see my hand. You might not even know you're playing my game. I'll tell you what I want you to know, make you do what I want you to do even while you think it was your idea. You don't want to cross me, and you never, ever, want to be on my list. My reasons for being here are my own. My only interest in you is for amusement; a distraction from my travels, nothing more. And my interest in this conversation has run out. Good day.
Welcome aboard 'M' and 'Q', even though neither of you decided to reveal your entertainment profession... Everyone likes a bit of Mystery and even some Questions but remember both of those things, in the form of curiosity, killed the cat -- and it was a cool cat too. Dig daddy-o?
And a special note to 'M' who should sit down in the boat so as not to rock it... Oh wait, this isn't a boat so, I guess, don't derail the train...
Six passengers so far and we need a few more to get this train on the tracks. You know you want to go to Hollywood - do it now.
hmmmm, I think I will give this a go, as a newbie, I hope I am not in too deep.
"C"
I am "C". A former, child movie star from the 60's who had a string of major hits starring alongside such luminaries as; Elizabeth Taylor, John Wayne and Lassie before breaking into TV. You remember Chuckie Saturn from "Space Racers"? well, that was me. The years weren't so good to me once my voice broke, and the work, and friends, dried up (apart from bit-parts on Quincy and Magnum P.I. in the 80's and the "Space Racer" convention circuit which pays the bills). I had a very public melt down after my wife left me and I'm a recovering(?) alcoholic. At 62, I never really expected to be back in film but a call out of the blue from Woody Allen's casting director to read for his new movie got me on this here train. Now... where is the bar car.
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