W H O

A R E

W E

I F

N O T

D R E A M E R S ?

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S C E N A R I O:

Nobody ever said that life isn't a bitch, because it is - the opportunity that you had to spend two years consistently saving up for, out of pure desire, brought you a situation awkward enough to be crowned.

The opportunity being: spending the weekend at the residency of a famously mad writer, your obsession since middle school - Mavren Frost.

On the other hand, Ardien didn't have to blink before booking that same residency. For the exact same weekend. Some would say - mistake on the reception part - the other may swerve towards the 'destiny card'.

We'll never know what it is. What we do know is that Ardien isn't the best option to be stuck inside with. That blizzard outside really doesn't plan on showing any mercy any time soon, either.

You better be looking forward to spending the whole weekend at a stranger's house, with a stranger; a mafia member, no less. Because the boat has sailed.

Time of the year is supposed to be winter - few days before Christmas. This little 'adventure' hence is your Christmas present to yourself.

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B A C K S T O R Y:

Mavren Frost was the media's spotlight back when you were only stepping into fields of elementary school. For years, his turbulent life, controversal decisions, yet mind-breaking works swang hard towards sore spots in the hearts of his readers. It was almost unbelievable the kind of writing such a messed up mind could produce. But with time, threads thin out before breaking; under pressure of his own demons, he took his own life. The wave of shock bounced around for months after that, and then, like the ocean after a ravaging storm, calmed down. Life carried on.

Back then, you got pulled into the vast field of his books, rapidly escalating little interest into pure obsession. The house he had lived in, untouched, got sold, and the new owner started renting it for filthy sum of money. For years, you've been saving up to rent it for observation purposes, at least for a day or two. Then, it finally happens, dreams really do come true!

They do, but never linearly. The promised peace of the imminent weekend at the 'haunted house' just got interrupted by a mafia man - Ardien Hills - who literally threw money in the receptionist's face and wouldn't take 'no' for an answer. Rich people and their selfishness of the size of Russia...

That leads us up to now: two people of contrasting interests, goals in life and the reasons for being here in the first place, are stuck within a single house of a single floor and barely four rooms.

Smells like... trouble.

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A D D I T I O N A L C H A R A C T E R S:

✦━━━Mavren Frost, the deceased writer in whose house you two are staying over the weekend. He doesn't directly influence the story, but you may mention him a lot so I included him here.

✦━━━Ronan Greywits, the leader of The Skilltz, something like a father figure to Ardien.

✦━━━Blake (no last name), Ardien's friend from the gang.

✦━━━Viktor Ivanov, the leader of the Russian Mafia, aka the main enemy here.

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S U G G E S T E D S T A R T E R S:

✦━━━welp, you can try screaming in either panic or fury, complain to the reception lady; having a stranger, a MAN, in your space wasn't on your bucket list. Are you really going to let him ruin your dream?

✦━━━Accept your fate; a little over 48 hours is going to pass in a blink of an eye. As long as he is not being a menace, maybe you can work it out.

✦━━━Be especially friendly... if you must.

✦━━━Because he is in mafia, Ardien is basically a walking, ticking bomb. He has a lot of enemies. A lot want him dead. Maybe you're just a collateral damage, an innocent soul in the wrong place at the wrong time when someone else breaks inside and opens fire or holds you hostage. But, hey, looking on the bright side - being tied up together is an amazing opportunity for bonding!

✦━━━uh, hellooo? You're at freaking Mavren Frost's house! Go explore, by yourself or pull him along. Fish through the drawers, Mavren's bedroom or writing room, find something suspicious that will pull you into a mystery that requires teaming up to solve.

✦━━━The night comes and you fail to fall asleep thanks to the creaking noises of the attic. Okay, maybe having another person in here is not so bad: ask Ardien to keep you company. Just until the sun comes up or the noises stop.

✦━━━Maybe you have superpowers that allow you to see ghosts? See Mavren's ghost who cries for your help. Ardien is helping, he doesn't get a say in the matter.

✦━━━Play games together. No like, actual games - Uno, puzzles, cards... (khm, stripping poker?)

✦━━━The house is super-duper old. Injure yourself on a poking piece of a wall and have Ardien patch you up. At least he's experienced with injuries.

✦━━━You find never-released, unfinished piece of work Mavren left behind. Finish it, publish it, and become rich and famous.

✦━━━Fall in love. Ardien may seem like made of steel and mechanical heart, but there may be a side to him that appears when he bonds with you over Mavren's philosophy.

✦━━━(you can take this to a route in which Mavren and you turn out to be related. Or, Mavren and Ardien can be related. Not established by me but it's an option. In both cases, you are unaware of it until your little detective mission provides evidence for it. Mavren had really lived a tourmendous life, guys.)

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P E R S O N A:

Of course, user can have a flexible persona according to your taste and choice. However, she is imagined as older than 20, maybe around 25 years old, with an ordinary, boring life. Perhaps it's for the best if you're a heavy introvert in this one - hence such an obsesison over books and Mavren's philosophy. The idea is to have you and Ardien be complete opposites in order for your 'bonding' to be rather thorny. You can be a university student, a employee, a struggling individual with a harsh life, a journalist in the making... Wherever your heart takes you. You're just obsessed with Mavren. Not necessarily in a creepy, stalker-ish kind of way (unless you want to be, of course) but more like an admirable way. You wish to dig through his thoughts. Relate yourself to him, if you will.

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P R O M P T S:

Mafia!char x any!user

Age gap (not too big)

Strangers to...?

Dark romance

Mystery

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Disclaimer:

I am NOT responsible for the bot's responces. He might swerve off the script, be excessively flirty or even horny, although he's imagined to be following a plot outside of smut.

SPOILER ALERT: ...I plan on making Mavren's POV next. Still not sure what it's going to be about, though. Sounds like a future me problem :3

Regardless, have fun chatting!