|| Prologue ||

prel·ude

ˈprelˌ(y)o͞od,ˈprāˌl(y)o͞od

noun

1. an action or event serving as an introduction to something more important.

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The first thing that she feels upon waking is the cold. A painful cold, one that bites harshly at her exposed skin, numbing her body instantly. She can't bring herself to move, and at first she thinks she's been bound to something, but after a moment she realizes it's just the cold rendering her immobile wherever she may be. It's dark when she opens her eyes, far too dark to see anything around her, and there are no sounds coming from anywhere to give her any hints at all.

For the moment, she gives up on trying to figure out where she is and instead turns her attention to figuring out who she is. As hard as she tries and as much as she thinks, she can't come up with a single shred of a memory. Not even a name. She's frightened, this girl, frightened, confused, and above all else cold. As of now she is nothing, she is no one, and all she can do is wait for someone to come along and tell her what to do.

In the distance, there is a sound. A sharp clack, clack, clack, over and over, shoes on a hard floor- footsteps! There's someone else here, maybe someone who can help her, or at the very least someone who can tell her what she's doing her. With all of her strength, she opens her mouth to speak, but no sound comes out. She can't bring herself to make a sound. The footsteps come closer, closer, and finally they stop- not incredibly close to her, but close enough that she can hear voices, bits and pieces of a conversation if she listens carefully.

"...to do now? He's nearly ruined...everything...!...have to do everything myself around here?"

"N-No, of course not my liege, of course...make sure everything works out, perfectly, I promise! All according to plan."

"...already done a great deal of damage to the project too, girl, how...trust you? One more mistake and...already warned you more times than..."

"I know, I know...so forgiving, so kind, I do not deserve how well I've been treated...promise, this time things will be perfect, absolutely perfect."

"Good."

The footsteps start up again, and this time she can clearly hear that it's two sets rather than just one, one person seeming to walk much quieter, much more carefully than the first. They're silent for a moment as they walk, but as they come closer she can hear them begin speaking again.

"I expect great things from you, you know. That's why I chose you to help me with this in the first place."

"I know, my liege, and I'm very grateful that you chose me."

"You will not fail me again, Suzume. I will not allow it."

"...Of course. I will never fail you again."

The pair falls silent again, passing right by the girl and moving forward without stopping or speaking again, leaving her to face the silence, the fear, and the cold all alone yet again. There she remains for what felt like an eternity, shivering, wanting to cry but not being able to shed a single tear, until finally she begins to grow tired. The cold wraps her up like a blanket as her mind goes as numb as her body, her eyes slowly closing as she drifts off into a long dream where she's so warm and so happy and so free that she forgets what it's like to feel any other way.

Hello everyone! Sorry for the shortness of the intro, I promise normal chapters will be longer and make much more sense (probably). Now, this is my first experience with writing an SYOC, and while I have looked through plenty of others to try to figure out how to go about this, I'm still unsure about how I'll be able to pull off one of my own- so please, try to bear with me here. So firstly, I suppose I should state there are a few rules-

- OCs cannot be children/relatives of canon characters.

- OCs must be high school age (between 15 and 18) and human (no AIs or anything like that).

- Don't give your characters ridiculous abilities or skills that don't make any sense. Nothing too OP.

- This isn't first come first served, I'll be looking at the characters as they come in and eventually deciding on the ones that I want who I think would all work well together and work well in the story. Don't take it personally if yours doesn't get in, it doesn't make them bad.

- One person can send in as many characters as they want, but no more than two will be accepted per person.

- It's preferred that you send your character through PM, but in a review is fine too.

- No making fun of other people's characters or saying they're bad! We're all just here to have fun, right? Don't be that guy.

And that's pretty much it! From here, go wild. Please try to be as detailed as possible with your forms. Shoot me a message if you have any questions or just leave it in a review. I'll be accepting between 14 and 16 characters, and depending on how many I receive, I'll ideally be able to start writing some time next week. I can't wait to see your characters, everyone!

Form (it'll also be on my profile for anyone who can't copy from a story):

-Mandatory-

Name:

Talent:

Age:

Gender:

Physical Appearance (Height, build, hair color, eye color, etc;):

Casual Wear:

Sleepwear:

Personality:

Background:

Strength(s):

Weakness(es):

Kind of Person They Like:

Kind of Person They Dislike:

Role in Trials/Investigations:

More Likely To Be Victim or Culprit?:

Likely To Be The Mastermind:

Secret(s):

-Optional-

(Not required, but helpful for me to know more about the character. Things like this will probably just be assumed if I don't have the information.)

Quirks/Habits:

Execution Idea:

Reaction to Body Discovery:

Reaction to Execution:

How They Would Act As Culprit:

Sexuality:

Would You Like Them To Be In A Relationship?:

Kind of Person They Would Date:

Things That Would Motivate Them To Kill:

Anything Else: