The Great Escape(OOC-Open)

[TheScarletBlade]

This was once a thread I created almost 5 years ago when I first joined lit. It was a pretty popular thread at the time and was going places before I was called up to head out into Iraq and well everyone knows how that one goes
Anyways,that is beside the point. The Great Escape is set in Nazi Occupied France, The time is December 1944, still a few months before the Normandy Invasions . At one of the most famous Prisoner of War Camps in the war,there is a group of brave Alliance soldiers who band together and stage an escape of the camp. Being the only group to actually attempt such a thing before, it surprisingly goes off without a hitch and suddenly the intrepid group of prisoners find themselves free of the Nazi death camp and are on the loose in the country side of Austria. Constantly pursued, dogged by German SS on their every step, trying to move around a country full of uniformed German soldiers, readying themselves for the impeding attack of the Americans. With many options open to them,the scurrying soldiers must try to escape either to Paris to receive help from the French Underground, head to Italy to cross over into American and British hands fighting down there or crossing deep into the east to try and reach Russian lines. Either option is not going to be easy and as the days go on,they feel more and more like they might get caught trying to escape France but they would rather die free than live like dogs, this is their story. This story is going to require 2 other males and 3 females to fill the entire cast of the story. I am looking for strong descriptive writers who can use detail and descriptive to bring this story to life, because if its bland than whats the point. This story will be filled with conflict, desperate situations,maybe some love/lust and god knows what will happen if they happen to fall into German hands

The Following is a list of the small cast of this story and the briefest of descriptions about the characters, obviously able to expand and change to suit the writer:

Captain Derek Stackhouse: Derek is a solid All American from the West Coast and was the commander of a US Army Ranger platoon that was secretly dropped behind enemy lines to recon the defenses of Normandy and to sabotage what he could before the attacks went down, using Guerilla tactics to win the war. Derek is a handsome, all American soldier who is often very serious and takes leadership seriously. He is the one who arranged the escape and feels its his responsibility to safeguard each prisoner.
(Played by Myself)

Staff Sergeant Rafiel Marino: An Italian American from the east coast and the platoon sergeant for Derek's Ranger Platoon. Like Derek,having seen combat in Italy with the Rangers,he has been kind of grizzled and unhappy about having to kill Italians but despite that,he is a rock hard and tough vet that is extremely loyal to Derek and would follow him everywhere. Between the two of them,they are the ultimate war fighting team and good friends, being the only to surviving Rangers of the botched mission in France
(Played by Lit Shark)

Captain Jeremy Price: A handsome British Soldier,he is kind of the top dog at the Prison Camp. Captured during the opening days of the war in France,when the British soldiers had to evacuate across the English channel after being pushed back from the Germans,he was captured and had been in the prison camp for almost 4 years. Smart,Tactical and a "Devil of a Gentleman" he is the British counter part of Derek and helps him plan the escape from the prison camp.
(Played By BrazenFellow)

Anya Mikonavia: A beautiful but grim female Russian sniper,she was considered the terror of Leningrad before she got careless one night and got herself captured. Having grown up hard in the streets during Stalin's rule,when the German's attacked she went underground and learned to become an expert shot,becoming a lone sniper hunting German's during the siege of Leningrad before she was caught. Brought for away from Russia to make sure no one in Russia saved the Terror of Leningrad,orders were not to kill her, so she ended up in France at the prisoner of war camp and gained a nasty reputation for being on tough chick, killing two Germans who tried to have their way with her.
(Played by Your_Vice)

Andree Mimieux: Is a French Resistance fighter who was part of the resistance in Paris,France. She served with the resistance as an underground member since the Fall of Paris and was well renown for getting information from the Germans to pass along to the Allys. Finally she got in a little to deep and was captured as a spy and brought to the death camp just recently to questioned of what information she knew and punished for treason against the Reich.
(Played by lil_Geek)

Sarah Bowen: A British,hailing for Whales, female Royal Air Force pilot,she was flying as part of a fighter escort on one of the numerous bombing raids of France three nights before the escape. She was shot down and had to eject from her burning craft. When she was parachuting down,her chute got caught in a tree and it was held immobile while the Germans from the camp arrived to capture her and bring her in as a prisoner.

Once again, I am looking for some solid writers who might be interest,just send me a PM or just speak up and be heard.

Status: Inactive,still looking for the final female

 

[your_vice]

I'd like to play Anya please. Watch this space for a more detailed profile.

Are you going to have anyone playing Germans? I might be inclined to allow Anya to be temporarily detained by them at some point.

OK, Profile

Name: Anya Mikonavia
Age: 25
Appearance: http://th00.deviantart.net/fs40/300W/f/2009/023/b/8/b88eb37f3f4ec14aeb046a0b0cccd03c.jpg
5'6" and 120lb of lean muscle. Raven black hair, green eyes and lightly tanned skin. 32B tits.

Anya grew up in a Leningrad orphanage, her parentage completely unknown. The name Mikonavia was one of ten used in rotation by orphanage staff, denoting the year she arrived there. Unwilling to take the first poorly paid menial job offered to her at fifteen, Anya left and started running errands for the Russian Mafia, hoping to work her way up through the ranks. She spent a lot of her time as a lookout or tailing people and learned stealth, while inevitable street fights toughened her physically. As war approached and imported goods vanished from stores, she became involved in the black market, trading rare goods, drugs and with increasing frequency, information. Anya learned more about politics and the place Russia had in the global conflict. When soldiers came looking for more troops, she tried to sign up but they wouldn't take her. Anya didn't want to be typing reports or making coffee while the world burned. If she couldn't serve on the front line then she wasn't interested. Through her contacts she procured weapons and ammunition and taught herself to shoot with increasing accuracy. Her preferred choice of weapon changed over the ensuing months until she settled on a Mosin-Nagant M/91 rifle to which she attached a telescopic sight purloined from a more modern German weapon. Her prowess as a markswoman brought her to the attention of more senior Bratva [Братва; slang for "brotherhood"] Mafia figures and her career as an assassin rapidly progressed, earning her a terrifying reputation. Anya became an almost mythical figure. Some of her kills she was never even a suspect for but very soon, any clean killing in Leningrad with no hard evidence and any kind of tenuous link to the Bratva was blamed on her.

During the siege of Leningrad, everyone with a firearm was out in force, trying to support the military. It didn't always work well to have so many untrained civilians taking to the streets with guns so Anya took to the rooftops and picked off German soldiers from her vantage point. She lost count of how many she killed but Anya must have given herself away somehow because on trying to leave an apartment block she was ambushed and imprisoned.

Fearing a Mafia uprising almost as much as a military one, the Germans swiftly transported Anya far from her homeland and let it be assumed she had been killed. She landed up in France, malnourished and isolated from her countrymen. She speaks only a little English - no French or German at all.

She had not been long in the French POW camp before a couple of guards took a shine to her. They attacked her while she was washing, knocking her to the floor. They were arrogant and careless, assuming she posed no threat when unarmed. Anya pulled a knife from one guys belt and stabbed the other before he could raise his gun. He fell to the floor beside her and she used his gun to shoot dead his accomplice. She had hurried away from the makeshift shower room and so the murders were not officially pinned on her. Discussion among the female inmates revealed that none of them was responsible so Anya's guilt among her fellow prisoners was established by default.

 

[TheScarletBlade]

The Brit girl playing the Russian,interesting!

Where ya been hiding vice?

As for Germans,didn't think about it,figured if such a thing happened I would just control an NPC?

 

[your_vice]

The Brit girl playing the Russian,interesting!

Where ya been hiding vice?

As for Germans,didn't think about it,figured if such a thing happened I would just control an NPC?

I guess that could work. Incidentally, 'whales' are marine mammals, Wales is the country you're thinking of.

 

[lil_geek]

Andree Mimieux

Name: Andree Mimieux
Age: 23
Height: 5’3”
Weight: 105

Physical Description: Andree’s beauty was once one of sophistication and confidence but the eyes that previously sparkled with wit and gaiety are now shadowed with distrust and determination. Recent hardships have changed her once healthy, athletic beauty to one of ethereal loveliness.

Framed with lashes that are dark and long, her hazel eyes are greener than brown and her arched brows contrast against her flawless but pale skin. Her wide mouth and full lips were an inheritance from her Russian father but her stubborn chin was a gift from her strong-willed mother. Andree’s long hair is a rich auburn that can look fiery red in the sun. Her body is long-legged and slender, a dancer’s body with a woman’s curves and she moves with grace and agility due to the many years of physical training.

Andree Mimieux is the Paris born, convent educated daughter of an exiled Russian Prince and his mistress, a former ballet dancer, Isabelle Mimieux. She lived as her parents’ pampered only child until they sent her to a convent boarding school at the age of 12.

She did well at the school, already bilingual (speaking French and Russian), she excelled in languages and as her mother’s daughter she took easily to dance and the performing arts. Her dream of becoming a Prima Ballerina like her mother ended when her full height never exceeded 5’3” but she continued with her training, enjoying the discipline and sense of achievement. She was a bastard in a school attended by the daughters from the highest strata of society, this left her open to the ridicule of her fellow students, and even the nuns made their own cruel comments. Rather than give anyone the reaction they desired, she would show no weakness. Andree mastered controlling her feelings and quickly learned to wear a mask to hide her real thoughts.

After she left school, there was no need for her to find employment. With her father’s wealth behind her, she simply threw herself into the energetic nightlife of the City of Lights. Jazz and big bands, cabarets and ballrooms, Andree did it all and was welcomed everywhere. For a while, one party after another was enough but the lifestyle was beginning to pall when the world changed.

She was nineteen when Germany invaded France. When France surrendered and the German army occupied Paris, her father immediately begun working the Maquis against the Germans. It wasn’t long before Prince Baryshev realized his daughter’s social connections led her directly to the places now frequented by the German officers eager to enjoy the delights of the vanquished city. Initially, he resisted using his own daughter to seduce secrets from the enemy but her skills of persuasion worked on him, too.

She was beautiful, intelligent and quick-witted, add to that her Parisian style, and she was everything a German officer looked for in a French companion. Her attention was so prized by the ranking officers and competition for her time so strong that she rarely had to sleep with an officer to get the information she wanted. Subtlety, charisma and fine wine usually got her whatever she wanted. However, when necessary she did whatever she had to do to get what the Maquis needed.

It was rare for Andree to go on guerilla missions but she was trained in basic hand-to-hand combat, how to use a knife in a fight and how to handle common firearms. Dance training and natural dexterity gave her an edge with a knife and her bare hands (and feet) but she learned only the basics with guns.

In August of 1944, her father went out on a mission with 4 men, none of them returned. His body and the bodies of 2 of the others were found half-buried in a garbage ditch in late October. Andree was arrested by the Gestapo the first week of November. At first, her confinement was almost pleasant. She was fed well, allowed her own clothes and furniture – she was protected by the men she used. They didn’t want to believe she was guilty because if she was then they’d been duped into giving away valuable information and faced the possibility of a firing squad or being sent to the Russian front. Unfortunately, the Gestapo was already convinced of her guilt and soon set the date and place for her execution. They transferred her away from the protection of her friends and placed her in isolation at a POW camp. There she has faced brutal questioning about her involvement in the Resistance but so far she has admitted nothing and given them no information.

Never one to give up, Andree plots her escape, using whatever means at her disposal.

 

[LitShark]

Interest

I'm interested but don't have anything solid and I might be overcommiting myself. Give me a day to bounce around some ideas and I'll post a bio, see if I can latch onto something solid.

It looks like a pretty talented bunch here.

 

[BrazenFellow]

Name: Jeremy Price, Captain, 59th (Staffordshire) Reconnaissance Regiment (prior to disbandment)
Age: 28
Appearance:
- Height: 177cm (5'10")
- Weight: 70kg (155lb)
- Build: Thickly muscled upper legs and a strong back give way to broad shoulders. Missing earlobe on left side, as a result of German artillery firing a harassment mission in his general vicinity shortly after following up off Sword Beach. Two inch scar on right shoulder from grazing 7.92mm hit.
- Appearance: Second Humber Mk.IV, sitting on the left, and June 1939 Garden Party. Brown eyes, brown hair, soldier's tan (face and forearms).

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Bio: Price's father fought in The Great War as an Infantry subaltern, rising to Major by 1918, Lieutenant-Colonel by 1925, and retiring in 1936 without attaining his Colonelcy. As a result the younger Price is well versed in military decorum and earned the approval of all superiors in the pre-war British Army. Price was designated Left Out of Battle when the BEF deployed to France in 1940, only to rejoin his unit three weeks prior to the Dunkirk/Dunquerue evacuations. Price was cut off and led seventeen men from his Regiment back to the UK. He acted as a troop trainer, received partial training from SOE, helped train the younger Home Guardsmen in sabotage and silent sentry elimination, and applied to the Commandoes in 1942. Price washed out of Commando selection - his only failure in the training world - as a result of fracturing his shin during an amphibious assault drill.

Price transferred to the Reconnaissance Corps and was promoted to Captain. He was assigned as the executive officer of a Reconnaissance Squadron and was "bird-dogging" (an American euphemism of which he is fond) a new subaltern on patrol when the patrol was engaged by a German Panzerafklaerungs unit. Price's Humber was literally shot out from under him.

He speaks English, a smattering of French - enough to get into a fight - some German and a small amount of Russian, which his squadron-mates heard he had learned from a emigre Russian duchess's daughter, fleeing the Russian Revolution.

Price is sufficiently well mannered that he will apologize for the inconvienence as he slips a dagger into your kidney. Skilled with Infantry small arms, he has found that the German equivalents to the British weapons he prefers - his favourite being the Sten Mk. III - are quite effective. As a former reconnaissance man his fieldcraft skills are better than most. At present he acts as the second in command of the camp's escape organization, coordinating escape efforts and the collection of supplies, forging of passes, et cetera, to give the escapers a better chance of making it to freedom. He has spent considerable time in the "cooler" as a result of his frequent 'trips outside the wire' to map out the surrounding area. Price likes the Prussians but is coldly dismissive towards Bavarians. He is a native of Middlesex and maintains a strong rugby rivalry with competitors from Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire; particularly the latter. Inside the camp he subordinates to Captain Stackhouse. Outside... perhaps not, it hasn't happened yet.

 

[TheScarletBlade]

I'm interested but don't have anything solid and I might be overcommiting myself. Give me a day to bounce around some ideas and I'll post a bio, see if I can latch onto something solid.

It looks like a pretty talented bunch here.

Well Lit,we really need someone to fill the last Male spot, the Ranger Staff Sergeant but your more than welcome to the role if you want.

By the way,Long time no see,wasn't sure if you were still hiding around here after almost 4 years since I have been gone

 

[TheScarletBlade]

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Official Service Record

Name: Derek Stackhouse
Age:23
Born: June 29th 1923
Rank: 0-3 Captain
Height: 6'1
Weight:195 lbs
Hair Color: Jet Black
Eye Color: Sky Blue

Training: Officer Candidates School, Infantry Commander School, Airbourne School,OSS training, Ranger School,Sniper training.

Description: Looking every bit like the handsome and dashing soldier that he looked like in the recruiting poster (picture above) Captain.Derek Stackhouse is the empitomy of the US Soldier. Standing at the average height of 6'1, he weighs about 195 pounds of solid,corn fed, hard labor hardened muscles, from his massive chest to the large muscular arms, hardened defined muscles running down his arms like corded steel intertwining all the way down. With distinguished six pack abs and athletic,powerful legs, he is physically fit and looks almost like a professional football player. Always clean cut shaved and with a military style cut High and Tight,Derek has a ruggedly handsome face,kind of like a cowboy look to him. What was once a handsome face full of joy,there is only a grim and determined look there,always calculating,always thinking, his august sky blue eyes always looking around and checking everything.

Personality: Derek is a good soldier and dedicates his whole life into it. He feels its an honor to fight in the war and will try to the best of his ability to complete the mission, giving 100% and then some. He is extremely patriotic to America and Americans,loving everything about the country and willing to die for it on a seconds notice. He is unwaveringly loyal to those under his command and those few he considers his friends,ready to sacrifice himself for any of them. Once a kind of naive and life loving All American boy from Kansas,he is grown up and after being in command,is totally focused on his mission and sometimes very grim, always calculating and taking everyone's problems as his own,trying to shoulder all the worlds problems as his own,always trying to save the world. Many people consider him to care TO much as he always tries to make sure everyone survives and cannot see anyone under his command die. After failing his mission and ending up in the POW camp,hes abilities as a Natural Leader have brought him merit and he truly believes in keep faith amongst the other prisoners and refuses to give up and break down like others.

History: Derek Stackhouse was born june 29th 1923, born to a US Marine returning home from France at the end of world war 1 and his french wife he brought back with him. Derek was raised in a plaid wearing small town in Kansas,where the whole world revolved around the farm. Growing up on a farm that some how remained generally untouched by the great depression and doing hundreds of chores from sun up til sun down,he got strong from the work and it was no surprise that he ended up playing Football in high school. As a defensive middle linebacker,he took the most tackles and sacks for the entire year four years in a row. Getting a scholarship to Kansas University to play football,Derek was in college when the war began. Patriotic and loyal to his country,Derek's first instinct was to leave college and immediately Enlist in the Marines when the call came out to serve the United States in the Great War. Fortunately his father,who knew that was exactly what Derek had planned, came up to his university and stopped him from enlisting,convincing him to complete his last year of college and then join as an Officer. Respecting the hell out of his father,the first year of the war went by for Derek while he finished college,trying hard as hell to graduate early and then enlist. When Derek went down to the Marine office,Derek was rejected for service with the Marines because the main recruiting drive for the Marine Corps was in the west for the pacific war,he was sent to the Army. Not happy at first but glad to serve,he went to Officer Candidate school and graduated the top of his class and went on to infantry officer school. Graduating there with the same high marks, Derek figured that it was just fate. With his high physical fitness and high marks,it wasn't a surprise when the army screened him for the Paratroopers. Passing the tests and doing one jump,it wasn't hard for him and actually enjoyable. Heading over to Britain and getting attached with the 34th infantry regiment,it was there that Derek was selected for the Rangers and was sent to the school which was being taught by British and American Commandos. Passing easily, Derek was one of the elite rangers and sent to Italy to help with the fight down their. Doing 6 months of hard fighting with his best friend now Staff Sergeant Marino, he lead a platoon of Rangers in the fight against the Facist dictator. After valorous action in the taking of Rome, Derek and his platoon of Rangers were pulled out of Italy and sent back to Britain to become part of the first wave of Commando's being sent in way before the normandy invasions, to sabotage and recon the area, essentially become a bushwacking guerillia army behind enemy lines. Planning to drop into France during the night,Derek's plane was struck by flak during the flight after being seen by Germans. Parachuting from a burning plane, Derek and what of his platoon that could make it off the plane were dropped god knows where into France. Without a map or knowing where they were,they couldn't coordinate with the French Resistance,receive the supplies they needed or do anything. Derek and his Rangers could only stay free for a week before they were boxed in and decided to fight. After taking a hundred or more German soldiers down with them, the few Rangers were overwhelmed and all but Captain.Stackhouse and Staff Sergeant Marino were killed in action. Usually, having been commando's,the two of them would have been killed under the Anti-Commando pact that Hitler signed but because of their Heroic defense of a bad position and the way they fought to the end with just knives until they were overwhelmed,the Prussian officer in charge overlooked the rule by the derranged German leader and convinced some of the high ups that Derek was more valuable alive than dead. Taken into captivity and taken to the POW camp in France, Derek saw the hurt look on everyone face and knew things were bad but utterly refused to give up. Almost over night,Derek became the Defacto Leader of the escape organization and the leader of the inmates because of his Natural charisma and noble kind of attitude: not to mention he spoke fluent french. Refusing to work with his captors but always becoming the voice for the Inmates,he was always being called in to see the Germans but wholly dedicated to his country,he refused to accept parole or special favors, nor give up any information. The German commander hated Derek and his attitude but knew that if he had Derek killed,he would have a massive riot in the camp because he was well liked, so he let Derek and Marino live,only to be a thorn in his side. Derek might be the face of the Prisoners and the defacto leader of the resistance but his right hand man is Staff Sergeant Marino and his left is the skilled and deadly British Captain and his counter part Captain Price.

 

[lil_geek]

TSB,

I can't see Derek's picture.

The description is good so the pic isn't really needed - I just hate missing out on shiny, colorful graphics.

 

[vin_26m]

I'm interested in the role of Marino, or some other prisoner, or playing short-term characters.

I am not a fan of threads with multiple writers, but I'm into WWII stuff (I've seen Band of Brothers and Saving Private Ryan countless times) and military stuff in general (even thought about joining, but now I just watch the military channel too much).

Also, I'm a huge fan of geek, vice and shark's writings. Would hate to see shark pass on this.

So, I'll play Marino or a new male character or short-term characters (or a male version of the remaining female character, or maybe even take a stab as the female character). If none of those work out, I'll still be following the thread as a reader.

 

[TheScarletBlade]

Hope that is Better geek!

Vin,I wouldn't mind having another writer play Marino but I did offer the position to Lit,so if he wants it,it is his but he doesn't your more than welcome to it.

As for being a Fan of geek,vice and sharks writings, I am hurt to not see my name on that list

 

[lil_geek]

Rangers lead the way!

Thanks, TSB. I can see it just fine now.

 

[LitShark]

Okay, I'm caught up. I could throw myself into the role of Rafiel, but before I post a profile, I'd like to humbly suggest that we add an antagonist to this brilliant cast of protagonists. Something along the lines of a Nazi Sargeant whose ass is in the sling for letting prisoners escape his camp.

I could play either way, I just think it's a little spicier if there's someone to chase these escapees. It's your call though TSB.

 

[TheScarletBlade]

It might get boring for you if you play a Nazi,I don't plan on getting anyone caught

 

[your_vice]

I'd like to humbly suggest that we add an antagonist to this brilliant cast of protagonists. Something along the lines of a Nazi Sargeant whose ass is in the sling for letting prisoners escape his camp.

It might get boring for you if you play a Nazi,I don't plan on getting anyone caught

Hmm... I think I'm going to second that suggestion, if it's not too much of a mutiny among the ranks.

Litshark does cook up quite the nemesis and it'll definitely add tension. Plus, you know my deviant proclivities TSB, I may not intend for Anya to miss the camp exodus but it couldn't hurt to have her distract the enemy a little.

Plus in the film everyone got caught except sole yank Steve McQueen, who then hopped across half of Europe in 5mins flat on his flashy motorbike.

It'll be less fun if it's too easy IMHO.

 

[TheScarletBlade]

as it stood it wouldnt be easy,there would be thousands of germans,plenty of combat scenes and plenty of desperate situations: freezing to death so we gotta keep warm in a cave

I never planned to have a DEFINED german nemisis,only just random germans. I seriously need the main cast though before we start throwing new ideas out

 

[your_vice]

as it stood it wouldnt be easy,there would be thousands of germans,plenty of combat scenes and plenty of desperate situations: freezing to death so we gotta keep warm in a cave

I never planned to have a DEFINED german nemisis,only just random germans. I seriously need the main cast though before we start throwing new ideas out

Fair enough. I'll behave.

 

[TheScarletBlade]

Don't lie dear,we know that wont happen!

I will consider it but we really do need the main cast!

 

[lil_geek]

TSB,

Do you have anyone lined up for the lovely but unlucky Sarah?


"Sarah Bowen: A British, hailing for Wales, female Royal Air Force pilot,she was flying as part of a fighter escort on one of the numerous bombing raids of France three nights before the escape. She was shot down and had to eject from her burning craft. When she was parachuting down,her chute got caught in a tree and it was held immobile while the Germans from the camp arrived to capture her and bring her in as a prisoner. "

 

[TheScarletBlade]

nope,sadly not Geek, I had a few interest but they flaked

 

[lil_geek]

Aw... I hope Sarah is taken up by a good writer soon. I have a pretty
clear picture of her and I am eager to see what someone else does
with her.

 

[LitShark]

It might get boring for you if you play a Nazi,I don't plan on getting anyone caught

loud and clear. I'l try to have my bio up by tomorrow, this weekend at the veeeeery latest. But most likely tomorrow

 

[lil_geek]

Outstanding.

I guess that is 5 down and 1 to go. Sarah Bowen? Anyone?


Bowen?...Bowen?...Bowen?

Sorry. Couldn't help it.

loud and clear. I'l try to have my bio up by tomorrow, this weekend at the veeeeery latest. But most likely tomorrow

 

[TheScarletBlade]

Bump,still looking for the Final Writer!

btw Geek,I like that avatar,its cute