Mystery fiction plotting - anyone interested?

[Shinku]

I'm looking for someone who's interested to do either a plot thread or a mission with me.

The main plot I'm imagining for this thread is a Mystery Fiction or a Detective Fiction. I'm honestly not sure about the fine difference between those two is, but basically it's going to be:

"Someone got killed... who did it?"

only... a lot more complicated ^.^

Which means that there will be a lot of planning ahead and such, so that the plot can be interesting. Rather than just random developments, guesswork and inconsistency I'd like to have some solid clues that will make sense in the end, when the culprit is hopefully convicted.

This might seem a bit un-rp like, since there seems to be a prepared plot that leaves not much room for the characters free acting, but its not like I want for everything to be set in stone. What I was thinking about was to decide the murderer and the appearing people beforehand.. as well as how the crime was committed and what sort of clues there would be left for us to find.

In that setting, the OCs would be able to move freely and act accordingly to their personality.

Though... if you have a character that just doesn't care for reasoning at all and just wants to get ahead and fight and beat everyone... then this is not the thread for you. I'm really looking for someone who enjoys puzzles and thinking and who likes to come up with twists, misdirections and of course some good motives for the actions of the people involved.

I enjoy reading well-written detective novels, but I have never tried to write something like that myself. Therefore I can't promise that I'm really all that good at it.

But I would really love to try it out!

So the only question is...

Anyone interested to try it out with me? =)

[Nomics]

Hey Shinku. I love this idea and honestly is something I've wanted to be a part of for a long time. I have very little experience writing mystery myself, but it has always been an intriguing art form to me. So, in short, I'm interested. My only dilemma is that I have my first character in the approval process right now, so it might be a delayed start.

[Shinku]

Since you have little experience and I have no experience in writing mystery fiction, we both better start getting more experience by writing something mysterious! \^.^/

I don't think it's really going to be a problem that your character isn't approved yet.

There's going to be quite some planning, before we can start, so I assume that until we have our general plot ready, your character should be ready to go.

And since you're just getting it approved, I think I can assume that we're discussing a Plot thread and not a mission? That would be favorable for me as I want to have my guy in a plot thread, though that means we have to be more careful about which island we choose as it will determine your starting point. I had originally planned to start the Grand Line by now, but since you're starting freshly, you probably prefer the Blues... Though... since we are focusing on using our minds to solve the mystery rather than having a battle, you might still be doing fine, even on the GL.

But I'm open about that... it will be much more important to find an Island where we can create a good setting for our plot.

[Vio]

^{Saw the words detective, mystery and puzzle. Count me in! I need to get a certain detective going!}

[RK]

>.> Someone said MYSTERY




Lets get crackin.

[Dandead10]

I would like to join if you would allow Shinku-San. Also, the difference between mysteries and detective work is that usually mystery fictions usually have things such as supernatural committed crimes and doesn't necessarily involve a detective to investigate. Detective fictions usually have a person or persons who had committed the crimes. Imagine Mystery fictions to be something like Scooby-Doo while the Detective Fictions are like Sherlock Holmes. Also if there's one thing I know from reading a lot of detective models is. Always expect the person you least expect. e.e...especially the most innocent seeming ones.

[Shinku]

Nice! So many people interested in mystery! =D

Also by your definitions, I'm more interested in Detective Fiction than Mystery, as I like to have an answer one can find logically. Though it might be interesting if it looks like something supernatural has occurred at first.

Five people in one thread might be a bit much, but maybe we can split ourselves into two groups or something? We could start and gather ideas together... and see where we go from there.

What do you guys think?

[Surua]

Has there ever been a standard Whodunit? on the forum? You know the sort, where several people gather in a cliff mansion overlooking the sea one rainy night, and people start turning up dead. Not that this thread would be that, just curious.

I wouldn't mind pitching in though if you could use another hand.