Fujihita
New Member
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ONEXONE ROLEPLAY
Into the fire
Battles are not won by firing ICBMs into a foreign nation, battles are won by the will of the people and it is our job, our responsibility, to keep the people up to date even if it implies the loss of one of our own.
Reckless journalist knows this harsh reality better than most others. He has been at the frontline in Afghanistan, Ukraine and most major conflicts in the past decade. Every inch of his skin had been pierced by grenade's shrapnel, or a dragger in the hand of a suicidal extremist, or even by the sharp edge of a friendly jeep at one point or another. The fact that Alexander Julian, a fellow journalist of the same press, was killed in action last Tuesday in Gaza when an IED exploded near the road in front of the U.S. embassy was regretful. But, "it would not stop me from going in again", he shared.
"I cannot fathom what's next. This time too, he refuses to leave that god forsaken land", Worrywart editor bitterly revealed. As Reckless journalist's personal editor, she has learned first hand for the past five years just how far this man would go to be the first and, more often than not, the only one to bring the hottest scoops to the public mass.
"I fear for his safety", she answered when I asked about the reason why she insisted on taking the first flight to Gaza amid the escalating conflict.
"If this is what it takes, I'll have to drag him out myself"
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I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death Robert Fulghum |
The roleplay
This is a private roleplay between Heather and Fujihita. Heather will be playing the female worrywart editor. I'll be playing the male reckless journalist. The newspaper extract above will be the reference for the predetermined climax of our roleplay.
We will be acting out the events before and after the above article; more specifically, the time when the two of them are together in the press's office building while he was waiting to be assigned to Gaza, the time when he took a time off from Gaza before he returned to the field and one of his colleague was killed in action, and finally the time when they were both stuck in Gaza when she was convincing him to leave.
The first arc ends when the players have finished getting to know the characters and the world. The second arc ends when the players have finished developing their romantic relationship and ready for the trial to come. The third arc ends when either both of us die, or both of us leave the country safely (or one becomes a lone survivor but we'll not go there for the love of God).
