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the film noir meme

-Pick out your character and fandom, as well as preferences.
-Go here and generate a random number between 1-10 for the setting
-Post all that.
-If you want, you or the person tagging you can roll a number between 1-8 for relationship as well!
- You know what to do next, honey.

Possible settings:

1. Crime Scene: Dead body? Burglary? Whatever the crime, it's been sectioned off for the officers to investigate this nefarious deed, and you're getting a good look at it.

2. Speakeasy: Prohibition's such a joke to society, and this is where the fashionable ones come to hang out and gossip. Perhaps a police officer or two will show up to investigate, but no one ever takes that seriously.

3. Docks at Night: The breeze caressing your face, the sound of the water, the boats passing by...maybe you were called here, or maybe you just like the peace it brings.

4. Alleyway: There's only one way in and out of this little corridor, and what happens in it is up to you and the other character. Just watch for the shadows, if you can see through the fog.

5. Detective's Office: Not too clean, not too messy. Just perfect for the person that's needed to get this mystery cleared up.

6. Rooftop: The wind dramatically blowing about, it's the perfect place to get that person to come and meet you so you can tell them what you want. Or if you're evil, why not kill them up here? It'll be hard to escape you.

7. Dressing Room: For some reason, you're backstage after a performance, and you've gotten into one of these. The mirrors, the costumes, the flowers from fans and the various personal affects...all are present and will be your silent witnesses to whatever occurs.

8. Hideout: You've gotten to the antagonist's spot of choice. Is this a glitzy nightclub with a private room, or is this an abandoned warehouse where they-or you-carry out their plot? The choice is yours.

9. Nightclub: Someone's showcasing their talent tonight, and you may or may not care about it. But it's classic, dimly lit, and it's easy to hide in here.

10. Free choice

Possible relationships:

1. Friends: Maybe you're an unstoppable team, or perhaps your relationship is getting strained. But whatever the situation, you know this person, and you'd be there for them.

2. Coworkers/teammates/classmates: You might not be friends, but you know this person well enough to remember their name. And right now you're being thrown together for a reason.

3. Lovers: This is the one you wanted to stay with for now. Married, dating, or maybe an affair, but you two care about each other enough.

4. Enemies: Utter hatred flows through your veins when you hear this person's name. This is the one you want to take down, and you just might stop at nothing to achieve your goal.

5. Family: Perhaps it's a sibling you're meeting. Or your parent, or some form of relative. Remember that phrase "blood is thicker than water"? It just might apply here.

6. Mysterious Stranger: Someone's been eyeing you from across the room, or you've been eyeing them. Will you two speak, or shall they float out of your life? Do they hold information you seek, or do they want something from you?

7. Femme Fatale: You are or have encountered a mysterious and seductive woman, whose charms ensnare her lovers in bonds of irresistible desire, often leading them into compromising, dangerous, and deadly situations. Watch out, you might just get yourself into a real mess of trouble, hot stuff.

8. Free Choice

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What do you need. [Odo hopes he won't have to touch any of your injuries. He's too squeamish for that. And... you weren't shapeshifting? Thanks.]

[Sorry, Odo.]

Just take my hand, will you? Here, under my fingers. And pull.

[He's got his wand in his right hand, poised as best as it can be to heal his fingers as soon as they uncurl. It's going to hurt, but this isn't the first time he's done this.]

[Er. Odo doesn't like this, but he'll do it anyway. You should have this reset in a hospital.]

[The fingers of his left hand are pulled apart to reveal a burned and mangled mess. He gives a muffled cry as skin peels, but he grits his teeth and in a moment he can manage to murmur a healing spell. The skin closes and some of the burns heal, leaving red marks in their wake on his palm and fingers. He lets out a breath and tries not to pant.]

Right, thanks. Er.

[He looks embarrassed, though his face is too white to really show a blush at this moment.]

Just - don't tell anyone I can do that, please. I'll get in so much trouble.

[Ew. That's why he 'doesn't need a hospital'. Right. Now, back to the crime scene...]

Well? Do we get to work, now?

[With one hand free he's fastidiously fixing up his other hand, murmuring spells and examining his fingers as they come free without pain. Only after he's done with that does he look up.]

Yes, er, sorry.

[He circles around the body once, slowly.]

How long ago did you find him like this?

[Yuck. Odo is not watching you fix your hands.]

Two days.

[He furrows his brow. Two days. That's quite a long time. And furthermore, it means that the killer - the werewolf he fought last night who smelled of humans and of meat - is not like him. Last night was the full moon, not three nights ago. That must mean that this werewolf can change at will. And worse still, from what he knows of werewolves who can change at will, he thinks that they do not lose their minds when they change. This killer did not need to kill; he wanted to do it.]

Then he could be anywhere by now, sir. But I can follow his trail, at least a bit, and I can tell you what he'll look like.

You do that. It might help you to know that he came back tonight.

[He nods slowly.]

Yes, I, er, think I saw him.

[Actually, he knows he did, but he doesn't expect the officer to understand that at the time he was better at recognizing others by sense of smell, not sight.]

What makes you so sure it was the same person, though?

DNA samples matched.

Where did you see him?

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