these dirty winding streets

[madreen_rua]

the film noir meme
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-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. Hole-in-the-wall: 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

Posted with minor modifications, original meme by easycompany

Comments

Isabelle Lightwood | Shadowhunters

[izzybelle]

Ezera | OC | Nightclub owner

[snakechahmah]

[Of all the gin joints in all the world...]

[faceforhire]

(( How would you feel about #6 in the form of a dude who offers her the chance to hire him in order to help get her club back under her ownership? His info is in his journal. He could have been referred to her by a friend or just been a regular at her place long enough they had a few chats? Though obviously she'd have been speaking to one of his personas (maybe a few of them unbeknownst to her?) rather than the business man. ))

[snakechahmah]

[Well, hello there. Quite perfect, actually. And they could be at "her" club. She's very likely the front-facing woman, perhaps even sings there--like in many of the good noir films--and appears like she's in control but, alas, he knows better than that. Let's make this the first meeting and, like you said, a mutual friend referred him.]

Korra | Legend of Korra | OTA

[goestoextremes]

Catherine | OC | Vampire the Masquerade

[jezebelinhell]

[Feel free to pick...]

Eric Winther | OC

[bleedsonmyhands]

[Role: back alley doctor.]

Trish Walker | Jessica Jones/Defenders

[hellcattily]

[ota; starlet-turned-radio host with a yen for justice, so not too out of her ordinary]

Kate Kane | DC (au)

[elegize]

[ota, f/f for shipping; heiress and former WAC member, or we can just go full Bombshells]

Nymeria Sand | GOT/ASOIAF (modern)

[sunlits]

[ota with f/f preference for shipping; dangerous recently-rich girl (taken in by her rich father despite her illegitimacy) who's not afraid to do murder]

Shosanna Dreyfus | Inglourious Basterds

[cineaste]

[ota; this is her life]

Karolina Dean | Runaways

[rainbowbrites]

[ota, f/f for shipping; the quintessential little girl lost, probably, a rich girl from a creepy cult family]

Tobias Holt | OC | Organized Crime |OTA

[ties_that_bind]

[This is his jam...but he's not one of the good guys..]

Roy Mustang - FMA

[colonelmustbang]

Stiles Stilinski | Teen Wolf

[cassandran]

[ ooc: kinda rusty muse, but this noir is always fun. Modern and past options fine - walks the fine line between the lawful and the illegal. ]

Gilbert Nightray | Pandora Hearts |OTA

[frailraven]

Rosalind Lutece | Bioshock: Infinite

[originallutece]

natasha romanoff, mcu.

[ceive]

[ femme fatale, literally fatal. ]

Eren Jaeger | Shingeki no Kyojin

[preciousbrat]

Ignis Scientia | Final Fantasy XV |

[fairygodspecs]

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Elizabeth | Bioshock Infinite (Burial at Sea) | OTA

[fatalistics]

The Ambassador | OC

[faceforhire]

(( I'm up for anything, though if you'd like ideas right off the bat, he could be someone who slips your character some information, a 'rookie' partner, impersonating a stranger you're supposed to be meeting up with for the first time... ))

Jean-Pierre Polnareff | Jojo's Bizarre Adventure

[silvercrusader]

it's time

[trivialpursuit]

[Kakyoin doesn't answer the phone the first few times Polnareff calls. He has every right not to, he's proving a point (he's being immature and more than a little petty, but never mind that), Polnareff hasn't apologized in a single message he's left about this Diavolo character who supposedly came out of nowhere to peddle drugs all around the city— Kakyoin really should just answer the phone, but he doesn't. Not at first. But.

But.

Then he hears muttering from the seedier parts of town, and something in the air changes. He hears that name more than once; Diavolo, mystery, but very persuasive mystery. Money and people and drugs are changing hands in the criminal underworld, and all of it seems to involve this mystery man these days. And when the bodies start showing up, he becomes a very dangerous mystery, at that. The city has never been completely safe—for god's sake, a murder is the reason he met Polnareff in the first place—but it makes his hair stand on end and sends a chill down his spine that this Diavolo seems to be shadow itself, for all anyone actually knows about him.

Kakyoin isn't a cop, isn't anything more than an "assistant" sometimes and a "consultant" others, but if the city is in danger, he feels an obligation that he can't ignore.

And Polnareff will doubtless get himself killed if he takes on this monster alone, so—he'll get involved. He still doesn't answer the phone, opting instead to go down to Polnareff's dim little office himself (even when he's petty and immature, he knows the way with his eyes closed), let himself in, and wait for Polnareff to come back from whatever stakeout or stakeout-and-lunch-break he's on now. He has a book in hand, open, but he isn't actually reading it so much as waiting for the perfect moment to casually turn a page, like this isn't weird and he hasn't been icy and distant for weeks.

So. Hi.]

North Dakota | Red vs Blue

[brodakota]