Maka
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This is a story of Europe in the 1930s -not as they actually were (stripped bare by the tragic losses of the First World War, bitterly fought over by warring ideologies and dominated by the inexorable rise of Fascism) but as they might have been, as exotic and glamorous and fun as they were in lighthearted escapist fiction of the John Buchan variety. This is a world of mad scientists, dashing heroes, elegant lady spies, plucky girl reporters and two-fisted sailors. Fascists of all nations exist, but they're goose-stepping, jackbooted morons whose evil schemes will end with them getting the punch in the snout they rightly deserve!
The world itself also looks different. Imagine that every fantastic invention from Victorian and Edwardian literature had been put into mass production and used to help build incredible, gravity-defying Art Deco cityscapes, elegantly streamlined gadgets and modes of transport. Imagine that a small but significant fraction of the population was a pulp hero or villain, with their colourful costumes and pseudonyms and extraordinary abilities or gadgets.
If this sounds appealing to you, I'm currently looking for just one female co-writer. The sky is really the limit with this setting, and I'm willing to consider taking on more players if there's enough interest, but for the moment just one pre-planned character below. Her description, along with that of my own character, is below:
Will Silence
"Silence! Silence! That Jew-loving American dog has once again foiled my plans!"
--Doktor Hans Grubenborg
Will Silence is in the prime of his strength and at peak physical condition at the age of 26, which is just as well given the company he keeps and the many strange adventures that he seems to land himself into. A respected member of the Explorer's Club in New York and a man of many different jobs -sailor, reporter, explorer, scholar, spy and gunman. He stands 6'0'' and is of a lean, muscular build, favouring grey trenchcoats and fedoras for personal wear. His hair is brown and smooth, his face often wears a wry smile, which his enemies interpret it as mocking and his friends as comradely.
He first ran away from his home in Maine when he was just fourteen years old, signing on with a tramp steamer in New York. Since then he has seen the greater portion of the globe and, due to his steadfast refusal to stand by and allow any strong man to exploit the weak, gained both friends and enemies in every port. Even as a young boy he was taking on bullies twice his size, and this hasn't changed when the bullies he encountered starting becoming entire regimes. He has gained the thanks of the United States and allied governments on several occasion, although due to the highly delicate nature of the tasks he has undertaken for them, these acknowledgements have rarely been public. It is known that he will always recieve a warm welcome in the royal court of Verdonia, due to certain signal services he performed for the state's beautiful young duchess.
It is even rumoured that the duchess proposed marriage, but Silence must have delicately and tactfully turned her down. The fact is that he seems to prefer to live a solitary life, perhaps feeling that it would be unfair to inflict his life of danger and adventure on any women, but also never feeling prepared to give it up.
Marie-Claire
Will Silence first met Marie-Claire on the Adventure of the Joanine Diamond. She was a street-urchin living in the back-alleys of Paris, living by her wits (they met when she tried to pick the young Silence's pocket). It soon became clear that she knew the city's underworld extremely well, and was able to guide Silence to the Van Nott jewel-thief gang's secret hide-out. Feeling compassion for the ragged, plucky girl Silence brought her back with him to New York and left her in the care of his friends the Rothsteins.
Now it is six years later and the Parisian street-urchin of fourteen has transformed into a ravishingly lovely young woman of twenty. She is still as much of a tomboy as ever, insisting on dressing in men's clothes and cutting her dark hair close. Her pale face is waifishly beautiful and the close-fitting blue military cast-offs and overcoats she favours does nothing to conceal the generous curve of her breasts, nor the pert swell of her buttocks under the breeches. Although her English is perfect thanks to the education the Rothsteins provided, her voice is still tinted with the French accent.
Marie-Claire is in love with Will Silence. It started out as hero-worship, turned into a schoolgirl crush and she now feels she is old enough to call it what it is: love. Every couple of weeks bring new tidings of Will's latest adventure and whenever he's in New York, he always comes by to see her and the Rothsteins. Unfortunately, he still treats her as he always has: as a mischievous little sister, not as a beautiful woman, and has laughed off any suggestion that she accompany him on one of his journeys. Marie-Claire has grimly considered the swarm of sophisticated girl-reporters, fragile female royalty and man-hungry vamps that always seem to feature in Silence's adventures. It can't be too long before one of those other women captures him for good. And they'd never understand him or be able to join in his adventures the way Marie-Claire would. She has practised with the pistol until she's become a crackshot and she's still as swift and lithe as she was in her days as a thief in Paris.
So, this time when Will left New York, Marie-Claire secretly followed him. She stowed away aboard the zeppelin he took from the docking bay on the Empire State Building, the Abraham Lincoln. The moment the airship has gone too far to turn back she will reveal her presence though not her feelings to Will Silence. He'll have to take her on his latest adventure, whatever that might be, and that will give her the one chance she may ever to try and make Will reciprocate her feelings. And if any of those forward girl-reporters or crowned females come within arm's-reach this time, they may get a crack on their fingers for their troubles...
PM me if you're interested, either in the part of Marie-Claire or just joining in at a later stage.
The world itself also looks different. Imagine that every fantastic invention from Victorian and Edwardian literature had been put into mass production and used to help build incredible, gravity-defying Art Deco cityscapes, elegantly streamlined gadgets and modes of transport. Imagine that a small but significant fraction of the population was a pulp hero or villain, with their colourful costumes and pseudonyms and extraordinary abilities or gadgets.
If this sounds appealing to you, I'm currently looking for just one female co-writer. The sky is really the limit with this setting, and I'm willing to consider taking on more players if there's enough interest, but for the moment just one pre-planned character below. Her description, along with that of my own character, is below:
Will Silence
"Silence! Silence! That Jew-loving American dog has once again foiled my plans!"
--Doktor Hans Grubenborg
Will Silence is in the prime of his strength and at peak physical condition at the age of 26, which is just as well given the company he keeps and the many strange adventures that he seems to land himself into. A respected member of the Explorer's Club in New York and a man of many different jobs -sailor, reporter, explorer, scholar, spy and gunman. He stands 6'0'' and is of a lean, muscular build, favouring grey trenchcoats and fedoras for personal wear. His hair is brown and smooth, his face often wears a wry smile, which his enemies interpret it as mocking and his friends as comradely.
He first ran away from his home in Maine when he was just fourteen years old, signing on with a tramp steamer in New York. Since then he has seen the greater portion of the globe and, due to his steadfast refusal to stand by and allow any strong man to exploit the weak, gained both friends and enemies in every port. Even as a young boy he was taking on bullies twice his size, and this hasn't changed when the bullies he encountered starting becoming entire regimes. He has gained the thanks of the United States and allied governments on several occasion, although due to the highly delicate nature of the tasks he has undertaken for them, these acknowledgements have rarely been public. It is known that he will always recieve a warm welcome in the royal court of Verdonia, due to certain signal services he performed for the state's beautiful young duchess.
It is even rumoured that the duchess proposed marriage, but Silence must have delicately and tactfully turned her down. The fact is that he seems to prefer to live a solitary life, perhaps feeling that it would be unfair to inflict his life of danger and adventure on any women, but also never feeling prepared to give it up.
Marie-Claire
Will Silence first met Marie-Claire on the Adventure of the Joanine Diamond. She was a street-urchin living in the back-alleys of Paris, living by her wits (they met when she tried to pick the young Silence's pocket). It soon became clear that she knew the city's underworld extremely well, and was able to guide Silence to the Van Nott jewel-thief gang's secret hide-out. Feeling compassion for the ragged, plucky girl Silence brought her back with him to New York and left her in the care of his friends the Rothsteins.
Now it is six years later and the Parisian street-urchin of fourteen has transformed into a ravishingly lovely young woman of twenty. She is still as much of a tomboy as ever, insisting on dressing in men's clothes and cutting her dark hair close. Her pale face is waifishly beautiful and the close-fitting blue military cast-offs and overcoats she favours does nothing to conceal the generous curve of her breasts, nor the pert swell of her buttocks under the breeches. Although her English is perfect thanks to the education the Rothsteins provided, her voice is still tinted with the French accent.
Marie-Claire is in love with Will Silence. It started out as hero-worship, turned into a schoolgirl crush and she now feels she is old enough to call it what it is: love. Every couple of weeks bring new tidings of Will's latest adventure and whenever he's in New York, he always comes by to see her and the Rothsteins. Unfortunately, he still treats her as he always has: as a mischievous little sister, not as a beautiful woman, and has laughed off any suggestion that she accompany him on one of his journeys. Marie-Claire has grimly considered the swarm of sophisticated girl-reporters, fragile female royalty and man-hungry vamps that always seem to feature in Silence's adventures. It can't be too long before one of those other women captures him for good. And they'd never understand him or be able to join in his adventures the way Marie-Claire would. She has practised with the pistol until she's become a crackshot and she's still as swift and lithe as she was in her days as a thief in Paris.
So, this time when Will left New York, Marie-Claire secretly followed him. She stowed away aboard the zeppelin he took from the docking bay on the Empire State Building, the Abraham Lincoln. The moment the airship has gone too far to turn back she will reveal her presence though not her feelings to Will Silence. He'll have to take her on his latest adventure, whatever that might be, and that will give her the one chance she may ever to try and make Will reciprocate her feelings. And if any of those forward girl-reporters or crowned females come within arm's-reach this time, they may get a crack on their fingers for their troubles...
PM me if you're interested, either in the part of Marie-Claire or just joining in at a later stage.