The "Why So Serious? Gotham City Noir" RPG: Sign-Up/OOC Thread

[Climperoonie]

I'm dropping out all together, can't think of noone else to be.

 

[Eddie Brock]

Syn, I say go for Montoya. She was probably my second choice behind Red Hood.

 

[Saved]

Syn, I say go for Montoya. She was probably my second choice behind Red Hood.

Look at what you did. I'm going through with it now. App up in a few minutes.

 

[Harlekin]

Cool. She's being NPC'ed at the mo' though in the Rachel Dawes arc. I'm sure you can work something out.

 

[Saved]

Cool. She's being NPC'ed at the mo' though in the Rachel Dawes arc. I'm sure you can work something out.

Good to know man, thanks. I gotta catch up on the IC thread.

EDIT I hope no one minds, not much info is given about Renee's past, so I am making up one for her. I'm sticking pretty close to what little we know about her.

 

[Harlekin]

I take it from the last Rachel post she's open to move, but I'm not sure what Apprentice has planned.

 

[Saved]

I take it from the last Rachel post she's open to move, but I'm not sure what Apprentice has planned.

Wait what do you mean open to move?

 

[Harlekin]

That you can use her.

 

[Saved]

That you can use her.

Oh. Now I feel stupid.

 

[Saved]

Screen name: Syn (Mercenary)

Gothamite you would like to portray: Renee Montoya

Class of society: (Choose one) Law Enforcer

Resume: (Brief character biography) Renee Montoya grew up in Gotham with her parents. Her parents moved from the Dominican Republic, and came to America searching for a better life. A few months after their citizenship in the US, Renee’s mother was pregnant with her, and the couple knew they would soon be a family.

Years later, time’s got difficult for Renee’s family. At age five, her dad was struggling to keep a job and get enough money to provide for their family. They moved to Gotham City and bought a cheap apartment. There, her father worked at a large factory doing manually labor. Despite their bad luck, the Montoya’s continued to keep their eyes on God, and kept their religious beliefs.

As the years progressed, Renee watched the crime around her grow. She knew drug addicts, watched drug deals take place. She witnessed various thefts and robberies, and she even came across many a murder scenes. All the violence made a need grow inside of her. She felt that she wanted to help her fellow man, and punish those who would hurt them. She acted on this desire, and began working and training to be a police officer. She is now an officer of the Gotham City Police Department.

Factoids of interest: (Special attributes - IE: Weapons, attire... anything needed to be known): Renee Montoya is a lesbian. She has kept her sexual preference a secret since she discovered that she was one. Now she struggles as an adult to keep her life as a lesbian a secret from her life as a Police officer, fearing it would affect the way she is seen by her peers, and inhibiting her skills as a law enforcer. She is also afraid of what her parents would think or say.

Known associates: (NPC's needed to be attached to your character): Any of her future significant others whenever she gets one.

Three integral reasons behind choosing the character: 1. 2. 3.

• We need law enforcers here. Batman can’t do it all. (Or can he?)

• Renee Montoya has always been an interesting character to me. A female officer often more competent than some of the males is pretty appealing.

• Renee has a secret that she tries to keep secret. I hope to make her life a parallel to Batman’s, in that they both keep their other lives private.

Please provide a brief explanation behind your character's motivations (ex: What does he/she believe in? How does he/she connect with Gotham City? What grinds your character's gears?): Renee is motivated by her desire to see the lawbreakers punished. She is tired of watching others get hurt because of the careless and insensitive actions of others. She also fights for equality and tolerance, whatever it may be about.

File Headshot: (A picture if your character, if applicable):

Please provide a small sample post, in the format you plan to portray this identity, with three paragraphs at minimum:


Renee Montoya walks through the Police Department, and toward the office of Police Commissioner James Gordon briskly, her jacket flowing behind her from the wind. As she makes her way to Gordon’s office, one of the police officers stops her. She grabs Renee’s arm tightly, and pulls back on her arm.

“Renee, what’s wrong?” She asks compassionately.

“Don’t get in my way right now, Sharon.” She responds coldly.

“Hey, don’t vent on me.” Sharon says in an aggravated tone. She looks into Renee’s eyes, and notices the strange tone in her voice. Sharon calms herself down, and releases Renee’s arm from her grip. “Something’s bothering you, Renee. I can just tell.” She begins patting her arm compassionately, a look of concern on her face. “Tell me what’s bothering you.”

“It’s…St. Alexander’s Church.” She says with a sigh.

“What about it?”

“That’s the church my parents and I always went to when I was growing up.” Renee sighs, and stares blankly at nothing, her mind going wild with her thoughts. “Some lunatic with a sick pyromania obsession burnt it to the ground. Three dead, eighteen injured.”

“My God.” Sharon says as she takes a deep breath. “I’m so sorry.”

“Don’t be sorry for me.” She says in a hostile tone, her hand balled in a fist. “Feel sorry for the guy who did it. ‘Cause when I find him, I’ll be sure that he pays.”

******​

Yes I sold myself out here, but I don’t really plan on using this in IC at all. It merely serves its purpose as a sample.

 

[Batman]

Screen name: Syn (Mercenary)

Gothamite you would like to portray: Renee Montoya

Class of society: (Choose one) Law Enforcer

Resume: (Brief character biography) Renee Montoya grew up in Gotham with her parents. Her parents moved from the Dominican Republic, and came to America searching for a better life. A few months after their citizenship in the US, Renee’s mother was pregnant with her, and the couple knew they would soon be a family.

Years later, time’s got difficult for Renee’s family. At age five, her dad was struggling to keep a job and get enough money to provide for their family. They moved to Gotham City and bought a cheap apartment. There, her father worked at a large factory doing manually labor. Despite their bad luck, the Montoya’s continued to keep their eyes on God, and kept their religious beliefs.

As the years progressed, Renee watched the crime around her grow. She knew drug addicts, watched drug deals take place. She witnessed various thefts and robberies, and she even came across many a murder scenes. All the violence made a need grow inside of her. She felt that she wanted to help her fellow man, and punish those who would hurt them. She acted on this desire, and began working and training to be a police officer. She is now an officer of the Gotham City Police Department.

Factoids of interest: (Special attributes - IE: Weapons, attire... anything needed to be known): Renee Montoya is a lesbian. She has kept her sexual preference a secret since she discovered that she was one. Now she struggles as an adult to keep her life as a lesbian a secret from her life as a Police officer, fearing it would affect the way she is seen by her peers, and inhibiting her skills as a law enforcer. She is also afraid of what her parents would think or say.

Known associates: (NPC's needed to be attached to your character): Any of her future significant others whenever she gets one.

Three integral reasons behind choosing the character: 1. 2. 3.

• We need law enforcers here. Batman can’t do it all. (Or can he?)

• Renee Montoya has always been an interesting character to me. A female officer often more competent than some of the males is pretty appealing.

• Renee has a secret that she tries to keep secret. I hope to make her life a parallel to Batman’s, in that they both keep their other lives private.

Please provide a brief explanation behind your character's motivations (ex: What does he/she believe in? How does he/she connect with Gotham City? What grinds your character's gears?): Renee is motivated by her desire to see the lawbreakers punished. She is tired of watching others get hurt because of the careless and insensitive actions of others. She also fights for equality and tolerance, whatever it may be about.

File Headshot: (A picture if your character, if applicable):

Please provide a small sample post, in the format you plan to portray this identity, with three paragraphs at minimum:


Renee Montoya walks through the Police Department, and toward the office of Police Commissioner James Gordon briskly, her jacket flowing behind her from the wind. As she makes her way to Gordon’s office, one of the police officers stops her. She grabs Renee’s arm tightly, and pulls back on her arm.

“Renee, what’s wrong?” She asks compassionately.

“Don’t get in my way right now, Sharon.” She responds coldly.

“Hey, don’t vent on me.” Sharon says in an aggravated tone. She looks into Renee’s eyes, and notices the strange tone in her voice. Sharon calms herself down, and releases Renee’s arm from her grip. “Something’s bothering you, Renee. I can just tell.” She begins patting her arm compassionately, a look of concern on her face. “Tell me what’s bothering you.”

“It’s…St. Alexander’s Church.” She says with a sigh.

“What about it?”

“That’s the church my parents and I always went to when I was growing up.” Renee sighs, and stares blankly at nothing, her mind going wild with her thoughts. “Some lunatic with a sick pyromania obsession burnt it to the ground. Three dead, eighteen injured.”

“My God.” Sharon says as she takes a deep breath. “I’m so sorry.”

“Don’t be sorry for me.” She says in a hostile tone, her hand balled in a fist. “Feel sorry for the guy who did it. ‘Cause when I find him, I’ll be sure that he pays.”

******​

Yes I sold myself out here, but I don’t really plan on using this in IC at all. It merely serves its purpose as a sample.

Approved.

Roster update coming soon, per Harlekin's list, and Syn's approval as Montoya.

Also, I'm dropping Gordon. I haven't posted more than once, and it's really going to bog the RPG down if there's not an active Gordon. I'll decide on a new character soon.

 

[Eddie Brock]

Approved.

Roster update coming soon, per Harlekin's list, and Syn's approval as Montoya.

Also, I'm dropping Gordon. I haven't posted more than once, and it's really going to bog the RPG down if there's not an active Gordon. I'll decide on a new character soon.

Gordon, you say?

 

[Saved]

I'd wait a few minutes, MB. You know Gordon won't go unapplied for for long.

 

[Eddie Brock]

In place of Red Hood - if I get accepted - is:

"Gotham City Noir" RPG Application

Screenname: Eddie Brock Jr.

Gothamite you would like to portray: Lieutenant Gordon

Class of society: (Choose one) Law Enforcer

Resume: (Brief character biography)

Enrolling in the Gotham City Police Department nearly 20 years ago, Officer Jim Gordon was subjected to one of the city's most haneous crimes, when a little boy by the name of Bruce Wayne was brought in after watching his parents murdered infront of him. Trying to console the young man the best that he could, the incident left him scarred, seeing the hatred for criminals in the boy's eyes. Tranferring to Chicago, his hometown, Gordon and his wife resided there until Jim realized that most of that city's crime originated from Gotham. Transferring back to his old position, this time as Sargeant, it soon became evident that Gotham's police force had become maliciously corrupt. Without hope and without an ally, Gordon kept mum on this until finally, he was given the most unlikely of allies: A dark, and grim figure of the night to which Gothamites called The Batman. Seeing new hope in this vigilante, Gordon has maintained a secret allieance with him in order to rid the force, and the city, of it's evil.

Factoids of interest: (Special attributes - IE: Weapons, attire... anything needed to be known) As a police officer, Gordon carries a standard issue pistol.

Known associates: (NPC's needed to be attached to your character) His wife, Barbara Kean; his son, James Jr.; his daughter, Barbara

Three integral reasons behind choosing the character: 1. Gordon is the second most influential force for good in Gotham.
2. His Batman Begins counterpart is brilliant - which isn't saying much, because all of his incarnations are awesome.
3. I wanted to enforce the law with my second character. Gordon does that better than Jason Todd.

Please provide a brief explaination behind your character's motivations (ex: What does he/she believe in? How does he/she connect with Gotham City? What grinds your character's gears?): Gordon believes in Gotham City. He fights against corruption. His views often put him at odds with the dirty cops in the GCPD. He closely trusts Batman.

File Headshot: (A picture if your character, if applicable)

Please provide a small sample post, in the format you plan to portray this identity, with three paragraphs at minimum:

I arrive at the scene, and I must say that I'm not looking forward to it. The Joker has striked again, and he has slipped through our grasp. I'm determined to catch that psychopath - even if it means a little help from our resident vigilante.

"Oh dear God," I gasp aloud as I look at the carnage. I've seen a lot in this job, but The Joker's madness may top it all. The mutilated body lays in the corner, drenched in blood. A sick smile is carved into his cheeks.

"What was he looking for?" I ask a fellow officer.

"It looks like he was chasing someone."

"Who?"

"Scarecrow."

 

[Batman]

...Goddamn, that was fast.

Approved.

I may be tempted to take up the character you dropped, actually...

 

[Eddie Brock]

...Goddamn, that was fast.

Approved.

I may be tempted to take up the character you dropped, actually...

Go for it. It'd be a cool character switch.

I can edit out my first Jason post if you want to start fresh.

 

[Saved]

...Goddamn, that was fast.

Approved.

I may be tempted to take up the character you dropped, actually...

Pic up a villian. Unleash your anger!

 

[Gallagher]

Wooo! Gordon!

 

[Eddie Brock]

Wooo! Gordon!

You rang?

 

[Batman]

I can edit out my first Jason post if you want to start fresh.

No need. I think it works as a nice little prologue.

 

[Eddie Brock]

No need. I think it works as a nice little prologue.

Wow...you like my work? THE END IS NIGH!

 

[Gallagher]

You rang?

I'm just happy we havent lost Gordon t:

 

[Saved]

Dude, aside from Batman, Gordon is the biggest guy in this RPG.

 

[Eddie Brock]

I'm just happy we havent lost Gordon t:

Gordon would not have lasted long on the Free Agents' list - hence my frenzy to make an application.

 

[Byrd Man]

Yes. We finally have a decent Gordon.