Safe Houses and Speakeasies [OOC] - complete - Law & Order triumphs!

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Valerian

Chatter away here all you like.  (You might even be able to find some bathtub gin to wet your whistle.)  Those who have been killed in the game can talk here, too, but everyone please be careful not to give anything away.



Some helpful slang terms of the era:

Beat one's gums: idle chatter
Beef: A complaint, or the act of complaining
Bee's knees (also cat's meow, cat's pajamas): Something wonderful, new, and/or very popular.
Bull: A policeman, often a plainclothes detective
Bunk: Nonsense
Dame (also skirt, broad, dish, doll, tomato): A woman
Dive: A club or bar, usually a little run-down
Don't know from nothing: having no information
Gams (also pins): A woman's legs
Get a wiggle on: get a move on, get going
Goon : A man, often implying he isn't too bright
Hard-boiled: Tough
Heater: A gun
Hood: Hoodlum, crook
It: Sex appeal
Jalopy (also bus): A car, usually old
Juice joint (also gin mill): A speakeasy, a club that secretly serves alcohol
Line: a false story, as in "to feed one a line."
Moll: A gangster's girl
Piker: (1) a cheapskate (2) a coward
Pinch: To arrest
Rod: A gun
Rummy: A drunken bum
Sap: A fool, an idiot.
Sitting pretty: In a prime position
So's your old man: An expression of irritation
Swell: Great, wonderful.  As a noun, also a term for a rich man.
Take for a ride: Drive someone away to be killed
Vamp: A femme fatale, a sexy female possibly hanging out with a bad crowd
"To live honorably, to harm no one, to give to each his due."
~ Ulpian, c. 530 CE

Marguerite

I wonder how many people can use all of these in their speech.
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Caeli

I'm not even going to try. -laughs- By the by, what decade is this set in again? 1920s?
ʙᴜᴛᴛᴇʀғʟɪᴇs ᴀʀᴇ ɢᴏᴅ's ᴘʀᴏᴏғ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴇ ᴄᴀɴ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ sᴇᴄᴏɴᴅ ᴄʜᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴀᴛ ʟɪғᴇ
ᴠᴇʀʏ sᴇʟᴇᴄᴛɪᴠᴇʟʏ ᴀᴠᴀɪʟᴀʙʟᴇ ғᴏʀ ɴᴇᴡ ʀᴏʟᴇᴘʟᴀʏs

ᴄʜᴇᴄᴋ ❋ ғᴏʀ ɪᴅᴇᴀs; 'ø' ғᴏʀ ᴏɴs&ᴏғғs, ᴏʀ ᴘᴍ ᴍᴇ.
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Valerian

Prohibition ran from 1919 to 1933 in the States.  We're in the early 1920's, yes.  :)

Everyone should have their roles, so jump in whenever you like!
"To live honorably, to harm no one, to give to each his due."
~ Ulpian, c. 530 CE

Marguerite

"Did you see that hard-boiled Bull near the Moll's jalopy who pinched the goon at the dive with a heater at the Juice Joint? The hood who don't know nothing talking all bunk to the Dame who is the bee's knees, the It and has the finest gams about some hood who sells rods and took the swell for a ride?"

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Autumn Sativus

Is there a list of all the players?
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Saku

Woo hooO! I'm out to get you all! jk *winks*
I'm back!
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Valerian

Quote from: Saffron on June 16, 2009, 12:08:22 PM
Is there a list of all the players?
I added that to the main thread.  I mistimed and had to run to lunch just after I sent the PMs, so I forgot that useful detail. *blush*

*stares at Marguerite's slang*
"To live honorably, to harm no one, to give to each his due."
~ Ulpian, c. 530 CE

Autumn Sativus

Hmm... do we have to vote on our first post?
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Marguerite

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Caeli

It feels awkward to use "dialogue" when no one else is doing it. xP
ʙᴜᴛᴛᴇʀғʟɪᴇs ᴀʀᴇ ɢᴏᴅ's ᴘʀᴏᴏғ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴇ ᴄᴀɴ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ sᴇᴄᴏɴᴅ ᴄʜᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴀᴛ ʟɪғᴇ
ᴠᴇʀʏ sᴇʟᴇᴄᴛɪᴠᴇʟʏ ᴀᴠᴀɪʟᴀʙʟᴇ ғᴏʀ ɴᴇᴡ ʀᴏʟᴇᴘʟᴀʏs

ᴄʜᴇᴄᴋ ❋ ғᴏʀ ɪᴅᴇᴀs; 'ø' ғᴏʀ ᴏɴs&ᴏғғs, ᴏʀ ᴘᴍ ᴍᴇ.
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Marguerite

Trieste the Dame is going to get bopped.
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Valerian

Quote from: Saffron on June 16, 2009, 12:45:24 PM
Hmm... do we have to vote on our first post?
The first vote is tough.  I'm glad I don't have to vote.  *grin*  You don't have to vote in your first post, no; just dive in and start roleplaying a little and see where things go from there.  That seemed to work all right in the Roses game.  :)

And bopping already?  Tsk.
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~ Ulpian, c. 530 CE

Marguerite

What? Trieste's accent and her speech is getting these gams running to her place.
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Valerian

You people sure hit the ground running, don't you?  Hee.
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LadySky

*jumps into a tub of gin and makes splashy's*
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Autumn Sativus

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Autumn Sativus

In other news...

Maeven doesn't like me. -Cries-
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Marguerite

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Valerian

I hate losing the first person especially.  It's so sad to see someone go so quickly... *sniffle*


On the plus side, though, I love all the gangster chatter.  It sounds great!   ;D
"To live honorably, to harm no one, to give to each his due."
~ Ulpian, c. 530 CE

Caeli

I'll post in this later, but I think my head is starting to swim. *_*
ʙᴜᴛᴛᴇʀғʟɪᴇs ᴀʀᴇ ɢᴏᴅ's ᴘʀᴏᴏғ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴇ ᴄᴀɴ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ sᴇᴄᴏɴᴅ ᴄʜᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴀᴛ ʟɪғᴇ
ᴠᴇʀʏ sᴇʟᴇᴄᴛɪᴠᴇʟʏ ᴀᴠᴀɪʟᴀʙʟᴇ ғᴏʀ ɴᴇᴡ ʀᴏʟᴇᴘʟᴀʏs

ᴄʜᴇᴄᴋ ❋ ғᴏʀ ɪᴅᴇᴀs; 'ø' ғᴏʀ ᴏɴs&ᴏғғs, ᴏʀ ᴘᴍ ᴍᴇ.
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Marguerite

-Laughs-

Next time trust me I was no bootlegger.

-Smiles-

Though it was strange to see Stattick talking about vampires in a 1920s thread.
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Valerian

Oh, no, vamp is an old slang word that I added to the glossary a little while ago.  Heh.  It isn't short for vampire... I think it comes from 'vamping it up,' dressing up and acting all sexy.  :)
"To live honorably, to harm no one, to give to each his due."
~ Ulpian, c. 530 CE

Marguerite

-Laughs-

Well, he can see now I was no vamp and to watch out for his own neck.
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Maeven

Quote from: Saffron on June 17, 2009, 02:08:19 AM
In other news...

Maeven doesn't like me. -Cries-

*snurgles Saffron* Oh, of course I do! Here, have some cake! *shares*
What a wicked game to play, to make me feel this way.
What a wicked thing to do, to let me dream of you.
What a wicked thing to say, you never felt this way.
What a wicked thing to do, to make me dream of you. 


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