Prologue:
What does it mean to truly move on? Is such a thing possible?
Can the past truly be killed, or forgotten? Or will it haunt you for the rest of your days, define the entirety of your life?
Some people leave their pasts behind, and forge a new future for themselves entirely. Others are completely bound to it, unable to escape the sins of their forefathers.
Our past is our history, and continues to define us, no matter how much we may run from it. There is no escaping the march of history: or so most people think. But what if there was a way to wipe the slate clean? To burn the sins of the past, and truly forge a bright and better tomorrow?
Deep within an abandoned science research station a rogue element, affiliated with neither despair nor hope, toils to see this vision become a reality. They will stop at nothing to purge the past, and create a world free of sin and suffering. No matter how many have to die, they will stop at nothing to attain their goal.
But an experiment must be conducted first. For if their theory is truly possible, it needs to be tested out in reality. And so sixteen individuals, all survivors of past Killing Games, have been gathered together to test this thesis:
Can people free themselves from the prisons of their past? Or is the world fated to repeat this endless waltz of mistakes and suffering until the heat death of the universe?
Time will tell...
Announcement:
Hello, and welcome everyone, to Prisons of the Past, a SYOC in the Legacy of Despair universe first created by Crit Fail! Yes indeed, this is another spin-off to the wonderful LoD franchise! I love this community and these fanfics so much, I figured I may as well join the bandwagon and make my own spinoff, while at the same time putting my own unique spin on things.
So! First thing's first. There is a special hook to this spinoff: all OCs will be survivors of past Killing Games! Now, to be clear, you can make an OC that was a survivor of an off-screen KG, one largely unconnected to the wider LoD narrative.
However, if you are the creator of a survivor of SOT, KKL, and soon enough HoH, then you're welcome to submit your survivor to Prisons if you so like! I won't stop ya! However, do be warned, there is no guarantee that they'll survive a second Killing Game! So submit at your own discretion!
Also, I will be open to accepting more than one character per creator. However, there will be a max limit of two characters per creators. You can submit more than 2, but I will only accept the best two.
Submissions are open now until August 15th, 2019, though the cut-off date may shorten depending on circumstances. The projected start date of Prisons will also be Fall 2019/Winter 2020, just so everyone knows! So it'll likely be a good couple months before this thing kicks into gear.
I'll also be updating this here list with the cast as submissions come in and characters are accepted. Now, onto the cast!
CAST OF ACCEPTED CHARACTERS:
1: Yumei Mao (Ultimate Shaolin Monk; Creator: Magus1108)
2. Dios (Ultimate Dungeon Master; Creator: PettyPunk)
3: Kotomi Sanada (Ace Funeral Cosmetologist; Creator: CelestialSkyDragon)
4: Rafael Velasco (Ultimate Revolutionary; Creator: Superguy559)
5: George Willoughby (Elite Medical Doctor; Creator: Iron-Doughnut)
6: Luminisa "Lumi" Lupei (Professional Erotic Novelist; Creator: Trust Me)
SUBMITTED CHARACTERS LIST:
1: Yumei Mao (Ultimate Shaolin Monk; Creator: Magus1108)
2: Dios (Ultimate Dungeon Master; Creator: PettyPunk)
3: SPOILER (Ultimate SPOILER; Creator: SPOILER)
4: Haruki Kinoshita (SHSL Pediatrician; Creator: StoryProducer214)
5: Amon Yuda (Ace Underwater Criminal Investigator; Creator: runicwolf)
6: Theo Urion (Perfect Cliodynamicist; Creator: JCW18)
7: Hibiki Hirose (Ultimate Police Officer; Creator: richboylion)
8: Kassandra Nikos (Ultimate Escape Artist; Creator: dashunterman)
9: Kotomi Sanada (Ace Funeral Cosmetologist; Creator: CelestialSkyDragon)
10: Rafael Velasco (Ultimate Revolutionary; Creator: Superguy559)
11: Hapi Neureal (Divine Archangel; Creator: life among the dead)
12: George Willoughby (Elite Medical Doctor; Creator: Iron-Doughnut)
13: Luminisa 'Lumi' Lupei (Professional Erotic Novelist; Creator: Trust Me)
14: Gerben Lindt (Pyrrhic Animatronics Technician; Creator: runicwolf)
15: Luna Amamiya (Ultimate J-Pop Star; Creator: gamergirl101)
16: SPOILER (Ultimate SPOILER; Creator: SPOILER)
17: Nadeshiko Yamijou (Mythical Yokai Expert; Creator: dashunterman)
18: Jared Winchester (SHSL Necromancer; Creator: 71526483)
19: Akira Asano (Master Strategist; Creator: StoryProducer214)
20: Nora Kelly (Epitome Beekeeper; Creator: scarytito21)
21: Kagome Ito (Paramount Fast Food Manager; Creator: Iron-Doughnut)
22: Saki Maizono (Paramount Movie Star; Creator: Crit Fail)
23: Hiroki Akamatsu (Paramount Manager; Creator: Crit Fail)
24: Aika Usami (Ultimate Shepherdess; Creator: Prince PokePersona)
25: Gensou Reginald (Ultimate Illusionist; Creator: Yuuki Itsuka)
CHARACTER PROFILE:
(BASICS) (Pretty self explanatory. I'm open to whatever though. I don't want to put anymore restrictions, on what you envision for your character)
Full Name:
Gender:
Age:
Birthday:
Nationality:
Talent:
Sexuality:
Blood Type:
(Appearance)
Hair Color
Hair Style/Length:
Eye Color:
Skin Tone:
Body Type:
Scars,Tattoos or Birthmarks:
Height:
Weight:
Normal Clothing:
Exercise Clothing:
Sleepwear:
Accessories:
(Personal Information)
Personality:
Character Traits:
Greatest Fears:
Hobbies:
Likes:
Dislikes:
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Friendships/Enemies: (What sort of people would your character be able to befriend and get along with, and conversely who would they have trouble getting with or loathe?)
Romance: (Are you alright seeing your character fall in love? If so I just need to know and what would compel them?)
History: (You can make this a paragraph or a page long. I just need enough to know how your character became the person they are. What shaped them? What drives them?)
People of note: (Does your character have any important friends and or family outside of the killing game? Or just important characters in their life?)
Secrets: (I need this from EVERYONE. There needs to be that one skeleton in your closet, that you'd lament getting out.)
How you survived your First Killing Game: (This needs to be elaborated on in some detail. Were they an endgame survivor? Did they become the Blackened and escape, at the cost of dooming their comrades? Or did they survive their Killing Game through less conventional means?)
Reason why your character could kill: (Not everyone will have a straightforward reason. Just give me something to work with. Is there some secret? Some person in their lives that could be used to motivate them? Are they impulsive or hot-headed? Giving me an answer doesn't mean your character will be a blackened, but it does give me more to work with character-wise.
Preferred role in the Game: (Protagonist, Victim, Survivor, Mastermind, or something else entirely?)
Reaction to the Killing Game: (Self-explanatory, but give me a general sense or even some sample dialogue of how they would handle this)
Reaction to discovering a body: (Self-exiplanatory, but give me a general sense or even some sample dialogue of how they would handle this)
Reaction to being accused as the blackened: (Self-explanatory, but give me a general sense or even some sample dialogue of how they would handle this)
FTE: (If you have any ideas for your character to explore in free time with someone, please share them with me. It can be something simple or very serious and complex. The more the merrier)
Quotes: (I'd like to see a bare minimum of 3-4 quotes from all applicants. It serves to help me know how the character speaks.)
Introduction: (How would they first introduce themselves to someone else?)
Mannerisms: (List if applicable)
Execution Ideas: (Optional)
MISC: (Anything else you wish to share.)
Accepted Character Profiles
2. Dios
Creator: PettyPunk
Gender: Unknown
Age: 19
Birthday: July 27
Nationality: Unknown
Talent: Dungeon Master
Blood Type: B-
(Appearance)
Hair Color/Style/Length: Unknown
Eye Color: Unknown
Skin Tone: Unknown
Body Type: Lithe, androgynous and underweight
Scars, Tattoos or Birthmarks: Unknown
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 120 pounds
Normal Clothing: A Black velvet jacket that has a black wool hood, the hood is always worn up. The jacket is covered in the same neon accents as the mask. There is silver metal attached to the shoulders area giving the appearance of pauldrons. There is a velvet stylized painting of a Tarasque taking up the entire back. The message "G. G. 1938 - 2008" is stenciled in white above the Tarasque. Going down the front of the jacket on the left side has white silhouettes of 6 dice. They are a four-sided, six-sided, eight-sided, ten-sided, twelve-sided and a twenty-sided die. The jacket is worn open and a silk black t-shirt that is covered in neon pink blood splatters. Black tight leather pants with a studded metal belt. Black kneehigh boots with neon accents.
Accessories: A black skull dia de los muertos mask, with neon blue, green, yellow, orange and red dots, and stripes in various accented patterns. There is also solid black lens. Black forearm length velvet gloves that have a silvery metal over the knuckles and on the fingertips. And the same neon accents as the mask. A black silk scarf that covers where the shirt and mask meet.
3. Kotomi Sanada
Creator: CelestialSkyDragon
Gender: Female
Age: 18
Date of Birth: June 20th
Home country: Japan (Akihabara)
School: Skyline Academy
Talent: Ace Funeral Cosmetologist
Blood Type: A
Appearance: Kotomi is a short young woman, standing at around five feet two inches in height. She has long flowing black hair, tied into a high ponytail, with wispy ends. She has pale colored skin and soft blue eyes, covered slightly by her bangs. She wears a violet, Gothic outfit, and has a pair of matching violet headphones around her neck.
Hair color/style: Raven Black, styled in a high ponytail with wispy ends. She has two thin strands of hair that frame her face, and are slightly curled.
Eye Color: Soft blue
Skin Tone: Pale
Body Type: Petite
Birthmarks, scars or tattoos: She has a slash scar down her forearm from being attacked with a knife.
Height: 5 feet 2 inches
Weight: 112 LBS
Outfits:
Kotomi's main outfit consists of a Gothic Lolita style dress. It is a sleeveless, strapless dress, that hugs her curves nicely. The dress has white frills around the waist and the hem. She wears a matching bolero jacket, in the same silky royal purple color, with short sleeves. Her long black hair was tied into a single side ponytail that fell down past her mid back, part of it was braided at the side of her head. She was wearing a pair of black boots, with dark laces. Her boots have violet butterfly wings attached to the sides. As stated above, she has a pair of violet headphones hanging around her neck.
Jewelry/Accessories:
Kotomi has a necklace around her neck in the shape of a butterfly. It is violet and pin in color, and is normally hidden by her dress.
Kotomi owns a pair of royal purple headphones, emblazoned with a butterfly pattern on the speakers. It has a dark violet auxiliary cord that runs from the left side down to her phone, which is in her pocket. Though she's since removed the aux cord as she ended up breaking her phone during her killing game. She still has it, but for now she wears them for fashion rather than for use.
4. Rafael Velasco
Creator: Superguy559
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Birthday: June 14
Nationality: Cuzcoian (Cuzco is a made up country located in-between Peru, Bolivia and Chile.)
Talent: Ultimate Revolutionary
Blood Type: A
(Appearance)
Hair Color: Light brown
Hair Style/Length: Shoulder length hair, though when he is working/on guard he tends to tie it back as a pony tail. On his face he has short, rugged stubble.
Eye Color: Green
Skin Tone: Lightly tanned
Body Type: Fit and slightly muscular
Scars, Tattoos or Birthmarks: Numerous scars on his back from lashings
Height: 6'1
Weight: 160 lbs
Normal Clothing: A light olive green Cuzcoian army combat uniform (shirt and waterproof pants) which black army boots. On the right sleve of the shirt is a sown in fabric depiction of the Cuzcoian flag. A black Beret with a metal red star pin rests on his head.
Exercise Clothing: He would work out in his normal clothing.
Sleepwear: His white underpants.
Accessories: He has a brown belt around his waist that holds a pistol with three extra clips, a machete, a water canister, a compass, and a Swiss army knife.
5. George Willoughby
Creator: Iron-Doughnut
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Birthday: 2nd August
Nationality: English
Talent: Elite Medical Doctor
(APPEARANCE)
Hair Colour: Black
Hair Style/Length: Well-groomed and kept, with a parting to the left. Under normal circumstance, there is never a hair out of place. Willoughby wears no facial hair, and always take steps to remain neatly clean shaven.
Eye Colour: Light blue
Skin Tone: Pale
Body Type: Willoughby is of average height, around 179 cm tall (5.87 ft) tall. He has the Ectomorph body type. He has a runner's build. He is fit, healthy and takes good care of himself, but not strong, crafted or built. His shoulders are to the narrow side, and his limbs have always seemed a little too long for his average height. Despite this, his hands are strong, sure and gentle, and his feet evenly planted.
Willoughby's facial features are strong. He has a prominent nose, sturdy jaw and thick brows.
Scars, Tattoo's or Birthmarks: George has tiny scars on his hands from his time learning to use scalpels properly, but nothing obvious or serious. Willoughby has a small scar across his right eyebrow, dividing it in two. He got it from a fight in school.
Height: 179 cm tall (5.87 ft)
Weight: 66 kg (145.51 ft)
Normal Clothing: A simple white collard button up shirt and earthy, brown trousers. The trousers are long and kept up by a simple black leather belt. Willoughby regularly complains of cold feet, and away wears white, woolly socks. When cold, Willoughby will don a homemade dark blue wool sweater, and/or a tan trench coat. His cold weather wardrobe is finished with a tartan grey flat cap.
Exercise Clothing: Simple, long grey sweatpants and any available t-shirt. Often the same ones he wars s nightclothes
Sleepwear: Willoughby sleeps in chequered boxers, white socks and any available t-shirt. When it is hot, he gets rid of the shirt, but he always keeps the socks.
Accessories: Willoughby is very particular about keeping his leather wallet with him. It was a gift from his sister and is very precious to him. Furthermore, George is far sighted, and he carries a pair of simple, slim frame reading glasses. He only dons them when he needs to read, otherwise, they are kept safely in the breast pocket of his shirt.
6. Luminisa "Lumi" Lupei
Creator: Trust Me
Gender: Female
Age: 21
Birthday: February 24th
Nationality: Romanian
Talent: Professional Erotic Novelist
Blood Type: AB-
(Appearance)
Hair Color: Soft Peach
Hair Style/Length: She has neck length hair that curls inwards, framing her face, and tidy bangs that are swept to her right.
Eye Color: Caramel
Skin Tone: As white and soft as freshly fallen snow.
Body Type: Lumi is a lot like a birch tree; she's extraordinarily tall and slender. Her limbs are long—especially her legs—and very frail, lacking any notable musculature. She has a delicate neck, slight shoulders, a thin waist, a modest bust (around a B-cup), and elegant fingers like those of a pianist.
Scars, Tattoos, or Birthmarks: None, unless we're also counting the piercings on her tongue, ears, and wrists. At one point in the very distant past, she considered getting a tattoo of a unicorn on her shoulder, but after a period of consideration, she (smartly) decided against it.
Height: 6'9" (206 cm)
Weight: 155 lbs (70 kg)
Normal Clothing:
Her stylish (and quirky) outfit consists of a charcoal-coloured, short-sleeved blouse with white bows at the front, a matching mid-thigh length skirt, similarly coloured cotton stockings with a unicorn-and-rainbow print, and mid-calf boots.
Exercise Clothing:
Lumi's swimwear would consist of a charcoal grey bikini top with white frills and an ankle length sarong wrapped around her waist.
Sleepwear:
Lumi has two sets of sleepwear for differing occasions. Her "normal" sleepwear is a tacky set of white, full body pajamas designed to look like a unicorn. Her other set of sleepwear is lingerie that is only worn for "special nights". It consists of a sultry negligee made from intricate black lace and matching garter belt stockings.
Accessories:
Lumi wears a floppy, comically oversized, and charcoal grey witch hat that bears a passing resemblance to the wizard hat that Adohira used to wear (which is purely coincidental). Around her neck is a snow white scarf. Her tongue is piercedwith a silver barbell piercing. Most strikingly, Lumi also has "black ribbon corset piercings" along her inner wrists (that look very painful). And despite having pierced ears, she currently isn't wearing any earrings.
Slung over her left shoulder is a vintage leather messenger bag. Insider her bag, she has a black notebook decorated with unicorn stickers, various writing utensils (including a full set of glitter gel pens), the usual toiletries, a rudimentary kit of cosmetics, and a glass vial of cinnamon-scented perfume.