Insight's "The Silent Partner" IC

Insight · Feb 11, 2011

This is the in-character thread for the Call of Cthulhu scenario, "The Silent Partner", set in Hollywood in the spring of 1929.

OOC Thread
RG Thread

Dramatis Personae
Edward "Face" Pierson (Walking Dad): Stuntman/actor/stand-in
Allan Coleman (Strahd): Low-paid actor
Renate "Renna" Plumpe (Shayuri): Production assistant and relative to the director, F.W. Murnau
Jack Thompson (jackslate45): Head of security for CBC Studios

Insight · Feb 11, 2011

MARCH 31, 1929

EXT. CBC STUDIOS - OUTSIDE STUDIO 13 - MORNING
EDWARD "FACE" PIERSON, (30s), a rough sort, wearing a trenchcoat and scarf, trying to conceal his face, emerges from the STUDIO DOOR. Standing there is ALLAN COLEMAN (30s), a stout gentleman, smoking a PIPE. Other actors and stand-ins mill around the door to the studio. Edward and Allan strike up a conversation.

Looking on is RENATE "RENNA" PLUMPE (20s), a young lady dressed in professional garb. She holds a clipboard and seems impatient.

DAVID NEAL (40s), dressed in a shirt and tie, emerges from the studio.

NEAL
Mr. Murnau says we are done casting for the day. We'll post the assignment list tomorrow.

ACTOR #1
When are we gonna see a script?

NEAL
In due time, my friend. In due time.

Neal re-enters the studio.

GEORGE MARTIN (30s), dressed in a striped sweater, approaches Pierson and Coleman.

MARTIN
Can you believe this? If this wasn't the only job I could get...

EXT. CBC STUDIOS - SECURITY SHACK - MORNING
Outside the small, wooden guard shack, JACK THOMPSON (40s), dressed in a security guard's uniform, sits on a stool. Next to him, on the wall, is a PHONE.

The phone RINGS and Thompson answers.

VOICE (O.S.)
(over phone)
Thompson, I need you to send some men over here to Studio 13 to collect these actors. Murnau doesn't want to see any of them hanging around.

The line goes dead.

OOC:

Feel free to take actions from here. You do NOT need to follow the same format I'm using (sort of a screenplay format).

Please let me know if any of these general ages are incorrect. I had to guess in some cases.

jackslate45 · Feb 11, 2011

Jack, looking at the phone in question, shrugs and places it down. Pulling out the security log he kept, of all incidents that happened at CBC, he started writing down the phone call.

"Who calls and does not introduce themselves first..."

Finishing the log information, he stands up, locking the shack behind him.

He then walks over to the other security guards standing around.

"Oy! Chuck, lets go. We need to escort some actors off the property. Studio 13. Bill, stay here for now. I'll call with an update."

"SIR!" they respond quickly, and Chuck into step behind him.

"Studio 13, isn't that Murnau's project area?" Chuck asks.

"Nah, he was over in Studio 10." Bill replied, taking the seat Jack vacated.

Jack shrugged, and kept walking. "I think Studio 13 was doing actor calls today. Probably just finished."

Shayuri · Feb 11, 2011

Renna was disappointed.

She'd been overjoyed when she got the call from the personnel department. Overjoyed to know she'd be working on a real movie. Ecstatic to be working on a movie with Murnau who's work in Germany had not only made him a star but proved him a genius. What would he make next? What role would she play in its making?

But in the end, the role seemed to be 'get coffee every so often,' and 'wait around with a clipboard.'

"Dave?" she called on seeing hm. But he was already heading back into the studio.

Damn. What are they DOING in there?

Insight · Feb 11, 2011

jackslate45 said:
Jack, looking at the phone in question, shrugs and places it down. Pulling out the security log he kept, of all incidents that happened at CBC, he started writing down the phone call.

"Who calls and does not introduce themselves first..."

OOC:

Jack thinks he recognizes the voice as someone he's talked to once or twice before, but he's not entirely certain. Make a KNOW check to see if Jack can place the voice.

Finishing the log information, he stands up, locking the shack behind him.

He then walks over to the other security guards standing around.

"Oy! Chuck, lets go. We need to escort some actors off the property. Studio 13. Bill, stay here for now. I'll call with an update."

"SIR!" they respond quickly, and Chuck into step behind him.

"Studio 13, isn't that Murnau's project area?" Chuck asks.

"Nah, he was over in Studio 10." Bill replied, taking the seat Jack vacated.

Jack shrugged, and kept walking. "I think Studio 13 was doing actor calls today. Probably just finished."

Jack finds a half dozen actors standing around outside Studio 13. Jack recognizes a few of them ("Face" Pierson, Allan Coleman, George Martin). He also sees some crew, particularly a female production assistant (Jack thinks her name might be "Renna" or something). None of them seems to be "in charge".

Insight · Feb 11, 2011

Shayuri said:
Renna was disappointed.

She'd been overjoyed when she got the call from the personnel department. Overjoyed to know she'd be working on a real movie. Ecstatic to be working on a movie with Murnau who's work in Germany had not only made him a star but proved him a genius. What would he make next? What role would she play in its making?

But in the end, the role seemed to be 'get coffee every so often,' and 'wait around with a clipboard.'

"Dave?" she called on seeing hm. But he was already heading back into the studio.

Damn. What are they DOING in there?

Renna hears shouting from inside the studio. Yes, it's loud enough that Renna can hear it from outside. It's in German. If Renna gets closer, she might be able to make out what's being said.

OOC:

Have Renna make a Listen check. Renna uses the default value unless she's put skill points into it.

jackslate45 · Feb 11, 2011

EDIT: Ya I have no idea lol.

Jack projects his voice over the crowd of people gathered around. "May I have your attention please! I am with Security, and I ask that you please leave. Thank you for your cooperation."

With a nod towards Chuck, Jack will start moving closer to the rest of the group.

Walking Dad · Feb 11, 2011

jackslate45 said:
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Jack projects his voice over the crowd of people gathered around. "May I have your attention please! I am with Security, and I ask that you please leave. Thank you for your cooperation."

With a nod towards Chuck, Jack will start moving closer to the rest of the group.

"Alright, alright, I'm moving. It's not like that our chance for being hired increases by staying here overnight." Face says, throwing away his burn-out cigarette.

Strahd_Von_Zarovich · Feb 13, 2011

Walking Dad said:
"Alright, alright, I'm moving. It's not like that our chance for being hired increases by staying here overnight." Face says, throwing away his burn-out cigarette.

I really hope to get hired.
Allan says to "FACE" that stads beside him, shrugs and whisper to himself.
I must, MUST, if not this one I'll be lost.
He places his hand in his pocket, as if trying to pull out a stash of cash but to no avail, there is nothing in there but some spare change and some tea leaves for his pipe. Yes, when you are a poor lad that came to America to save your miserable life, you compromise on tea leaves rather then tobacco.