↑ The Game of Life ↓ [Capitol]

You've been thrown in with ten others after meeting Miku. You are her toys and you live in her home that she loves to call the "Toy Chest." She never leaves the house. She lets you leave though. You just have to come back.

Why are the others here? Blackmail? Enjoyment? A deal with the devil herself? Well, maybe the reason was good. Maybe it was evil. Either way, they were all you had now. And you were all vying for the throne. The chance to rule over the other eleven.

Miku holds that position. The mistress and owner. None of you like Miku. You hate Miku. She toys with your lives. You're isolated because of her. She says its to protect you from the outside world and its cruelty, but the cruelty she stirs up between the eleven? Even you don't know the full extent of her influence. But you have to stay. All of you-- for one reason or another-- have to stay.

But you fear her and that's why you stay quiet and keep your head down and don't make a fuss when she decides to gamble with your life and toy with your affections. You let her break everything inside of you and then you stoop over to pick up the pieces. Sometimes, she'll help you. And it's in those moments that you wonder if maybe there is a heart down there inside of her.

But it's only a fleeting thought. Long enough to make you have doubts about usurping her power and position.

see how the game of life is playing all of us for fools
dancing a string around us, making all these silly rules
see how she looks down on us like we're acting out a show
throw the dice and let's see which
                                               head
                           will
                                                                        r
                                                                        o
                                                                        l
                                                                        l
                                                                         .

The toy chest is huge. It's big enough to house all twelve of you in your own apartment. In fact, you have the sneaking suspicion that's what it just might have been before being converted into the elaborate domicile you see and live in today.

Miku tries to make you comfortable. But she's like a child trying to care for dolls. The dolls can never truly be comfortable because they can no longer move. She lets you have your own lives but she plays with them. Orchestrates them. You love for a time and then your lover mysteriously disappears. You don't think about it at the time, but maybe later. And by that time you've moved on.

You get along with your fellow tenants as best you can but they're mostly strangers. A few have lived in the Toy Chest for years. Some are newcomers. You haven't bothered to get to know each other.

Across the table from you. Next to you. The dining room is huge and you all eat in an uneasy silence every morning and night. Miku gets you to talk sometimes. But mostly, you can't wait until you can get out and try to shake off this woman who knows your as intimately as you know yourself. 

What you don't know is that she sits in her room most of the day and she throws the dice. She takes turns on her board for each of you. Her life board. She moves your pieces to the next spot and it tells her what to do to you next. The dice orchestrates your life just as much as she does.

sickly grinning downward, tosses out a pair of dice
cheating way around the board "ah this is paradise"
people praying on their knees but no there to hear
ah look down at all the puppets here
ah look up at all the puppeteers

↑ t h e  p u p p e t s ↓

	↑ lily masuda ↓ f | 23 | open I don't much like this life I've claimed. But she was the first life I brought to my table and to my heart so she gets to stay. She just doesn't bend. I don't know why. She won't break and won't bend and I can't play and I hate it. She's so boring. She won't let me do anything. I tried cutting her away from her parents, so they don't talk to her anymore. I tried cutting her away from her money and that didn't work (I gave it back of course; can't be associating with a person in poverty, can I?). What confuses me is why she sticks around. She's boring. She knows I have no control over her. Sometimes it feels like she lets me manipulate her. It's almost like she just doesn't care anymore. Which is good. But boring. It's boring when they don't care anymore. I like my lives to care. It makes them more fun to break and fix and break and fix and break. But this one I won't break. She just gets put on my shelf with the other toys I've outgrown. I look at her a lot and I let her play with the other toys sometimes. But she's even more isolated than the rest of them. ↑ plot notes ↓ Lily may not be Miku's favorite toy, but she was the first and that gives her power over the other members. She's worked this circuit long enough to know what's what and to get what she wants from the others without getting crap from Miku. Her age (minimum is 20) and last name are changeable and sexual orientation is up to whoever claims her. Additional history and personality is up to the discretion and interpretation of the claimer. Appearance should be kept very similar to the image and original Vocaloid character, Lily. ↑ link to vocaloid information ↓
↑ rin kagamine ↓ f | 19 | ghosty I love this life. This life is so much fun to squish and squeeze and touch and play with. She cares so much that it's like I'm literally spearing her through the heart every time I break her. Of course, she doesn't quite know it's me breaking her every time. Cause then she'd think about leaving, but be unable to and then she'd start to cry and become broken because she's broken. And that wouldn't be as fun as just being broken. So many secrets. So many wonderful, tantalizing secrets and they're all ours. We share the secrets together. It wasn't my fault I found them out. And now, we can know the secrets together. And she won't ever leave because she and I share the secrets. Sharing is caring, after all. Unless it's a life of mine. This second life. Second life I brought under my control. So young. So delicate. So full of heart. She still is. I let her bounce around and be happy. I think she is. I hope she's happy.  Her brother. Oh, what she wouldn't do for her twin brother, Len. He's another of my toys. He'd do anything for Rin. They're so much fun to play with and try to pull apart. I haven't been able to yet, but maybe I will someday. ↑ plot notes ↓ Rin is one of Miku's many lives who are forced to be under her thumb thanks to blackmail. Of course, Miku is a bit more discrete about it being blackmail, but at its core, that's what it is. Her age is changeable, but must be coordinated with her twin. Name is not changeable, though you may add as many middle names as you'd desire. Sexual orientation, personality and history details that are in addition to this brief bio are left up to the claimer. Appearance must be kept mostly similar to the image and original Vocaloid character, Kagamine Rin. ↑ link to vocaloid information ↓
	↑ kamui gakupo ↓ m | 25 | open He's so cruel and that's what makes him happy. His cruelty impresses even myself, the master of abject cruelty. He's not just a life or toy. He's a pet. And I love my little purple pet. Well, I should qualify this. He stays because he's anchored to me. He enjoys being trapped because he likes doing favors for me. Pushing some brokenness here. Some misery there. I have the purple pet trapped. Oh yes. He's just a pretty falcon in a cage who can't spread his wings, even if he can lash out with his claws. Even he doesn't know the extent of the spider web I've woven around him. If he betrays me, the events fall like dominoes. But why should he want to betray me? We're such good friends. He thinks he has me in the palm of his hand, but he's just my purple pet in a cage. He wants to be free sometimes. But not yet. No. Not yet. ↑ plot notes ↓ Kamui is, in Miku's words, "anchored" to her through the use of blackmail. Although he enjoys watching the others be torn down, he is being increasingly torn as well, especially since Miku required him to abandon his wife in favor of her to prevent the spread of his secrets. His age (minimum is 25) is changeable and sexual orientation is up to whoever claims her. Middle names may be added as long at the first an last remain the same. Additional history and personality is up to the discretion and interpretation of the claimer. Appearance should be kept very similar to the image and original Vocaloid character, Kamui Gakupo. ↑ link to vocaloid information ↓
↑ len kagamine ↓ m | 19 | python Oh the poor little blind half of a whole. He's Rin's twin. He's blind. I don't know why. Why would someone with all the money he has remain blind? Why not get new eyes or something? I don't mind though. Blindness makes him fun to toy with. He's my fourth life. The fourth life I can live and he came to me because I broke his wittle sister. Poor baby. He sold his soul to me to prevent me from spreading her secrets. She betrayed me. She didn't want to share. But brother dearest satisfied the debt. I don't hold it against her anymore. I barely ever think about it unless I'm awake. It was for the best that she betrayed me, though, because it brought me a new toy. He made a deal with me like I was a demon. Maybe I am. I don't know. He sold his soul to me. His life. I OWN Len Kagamine. And I'll never let him forget it. ↑ plot notes ↓ Len truly did sell his life to Miku in exchange for his sister's protection. He is the only one of the eleven who had a choice in moving to the Toy Chest. Mostly keeping to his sister, he tries his best to do what's right, but with Miku constantly breathing down his neck and threatening to break off the deal, there's little her can do. His age is changeable, but must be coordinated with his twin. Name is not changeable, though you may add as many middle names as you'd desire. Sexual orientation and additional history and personality is up to the discretion and interpretation of the claimer. Appearance should be kept very similar to the image and original Vocaloid character, Kagamine Len. ↑ link to vocaloid information ↓
	↑ kaito fuga ↓ m | 27 | open This one is a kind one. But I never feel bad when I hurt him. He likes girls too much. And that's what got him. She was forbidden fruit. A woman he thought he loved and so he tasted her. He tasted her a lot. A lot more than he should have. And I found out before her husband did. I knew of the man who made music and liked girls too much. I wanted a music maker who liked me too much. So we made a deal. He would come live at my house. He would become one of my lives. One of my toys. Maybe even a pet. And in return, I wouldn't reveal it to the husband. Somehow, the husband being Kaito's best friend made it worse. I'm his best friend now, though. He loved me more than the forbidden fruit. At least I tell myself that. He doesn't truly love me. And I don't truly love him. Love is a lie. And he knows it. ↑ plot notes ↓ Kaito is Miku's acting lover, kind of like a mistress, except maybe it's a manstress. Consort? She loves preying on his weak self-control. His age (minimum is 25) is changeable. Sexual orientation is up to whoever claims him, but must continue to make sense in context of the brief bio. Additional history and personality is up to the discretion and interpretation of the claimer. Appearance should be kept very similar to the image and original Vocaloid character, KAITO. ↑ link to vocaloid information ↓
↑ megpoid gumi ↓ f | 21 | open Oh, Megpoid. Megpoid is so cool and calm and collected. She's a business woman. Of course she has to be. She makes deals and sits at the top of her company. But what they don't know are the secrets. She shares the secrets with me. Not tells me. She doesn't need to tell me because I already know the secrets. So many secrets. Why do people have so many?  The company has lots and lots and lots and lots of money. Why not take a bit that you deserve, Megpoid asked. And then she did it. She tugged loads of money from her company. Nobody even noticed. Well, I did, I guess. And so we made a deal. I'd cover up the records and keep her secret and she'd come and live in the Toy Chest and be my friend. Megpoid says she's my friend and I believe her. ↑ plot notes ↓ Megpoid shares an interesting relationship with Miku in that both women find solace in each other. She acts as a true friend to Miku in all of her loneliness. Her age (minimum is 20) is changeable and sexual orientation is up to whoever claims her. Additional history and personality is up to the discretion and interpretation of the claimer. Appearance should be kept very similar to the image and original Vocaloid character, GUMI. ↑ link to vocaloid information ↓
	↑ luka megurine + f | 27 | ailera I laugh when I think of Luka. How desperate she was to make a deal once I offered it. She truly didn't have a choice, but I offered it anyways. Made her feel like it was her idea. Luke accidentally got her parents and siblings killed. Well, maybe not accidentally. It was an error of judgement. She started dating a criminal who wanted her family dead. She even helped him prepare for it. There was so much evidence for me to destroy and edit and doctor so it looked like she never knew him. So much work for this little toy. But she's worth it. She's sweet. And she's sad. So much fun to break over and over again because she never fails to give the same reaction. The one I want. Tears and misery and saddness. She's the one who killed her family, though. Not me. ↑ plot notes ↓ Luka acts as Miku's main punching bag. Normally, it's how the dice lands, but she takes particular pleasure in breaking Luka repeatedly. Her age (minimum is 24) is changeable and sexual orientation is up to whoever claims her, but must still make sense within the context of the brief bio. Additional history and personality is up to the discretion and interpretation of the claimer. Appearance should be kept very similar to the image and original Vocaloid character, Megurine Luka. ↑ link to vocaloid information ↓
↑ meiko haigo ↓ f | 26 | Ani Meiko is a naughty little girl. She used to play with toys like me. I put a stop to that. Now a toymaster has become a toy. What did she do? Besides try and do my job when she didn't even know me (how rude!), she's been married six times in the past five years. The first one was for love. Tragic death made her a widow the first time. Carefully orchestrated murder made her a wealthy widow the other five times. How the peacekeepers haven't suspected is beyond me. So I found out and told her and she made a deal. I'd destroy the evidence and keep her secrets and she'd come be my toy and live in the Toy Chest. Meiko is funny. She likes to pretend she can't be hurt. But she gets hurt so easily. I've watched her cry into her pillow when she thinks no-one is watching. I'm always watching. ↑ plot notes ↓ Meiko enjoys the advantage of innately understanding the game Miku plays with the rest of the group. She is able to take some steps to prevent many of the attacks against her, but that doesn't make her immune. Her age (minimum is 23) and last name are changeable and sexual orientation is up to whoever claims her, but must still make sense within the context of the brief bio. Additional history and personality is up to the discretion and interpretation of the claimer. Appearance should be kept very similar to the image and original Vocaloid character, MEIKO. ↑ link to vocaloid information ↓
	↑ miki furukawa ↓ f | 20 | open An artist-- but she used to be a model. A lovely model. A *ahem* sexy model. I saw the pictures and, boy. I can see why she wouldn't want those suckers leaked. I saw her art hanging up in an internet forum this one time and I really liked it. I really really liked it. I liked it so much that I did her a favor and took the pictures off of her cheating boyfriend's computer. Only I had the pictures now. And she realized that. And she begged me to never post them. She said she'd do anything. So I made her come live here. And she does art for me. I made the pictures mine so Miki would be mine. My own personal little artist. I try to leave her life alone. Except for that boyfriend. He had to go. It doesn't matter if he was going to marry her. He had to go, because I don't share my toys like the other children. I hate sharing anything that belongs to me. ↑ plot notes ↓ Miki is one of the best-off toys in the Toy Chest. This is thanks to her superior art skills that Miku trapped her for in the first place. That doesn't mean she's untouchable, however. Her life doesn't get the screwed with as much, but when it does, it's in the worst possible way. Her age (minimum is 20) and last name are changeable and sexual orientation is up to whoever claims her as long as it makes sense within context of the brief bio. Additional history and personality is up to the discretion and interpretation of the claimer. Appearance should be kept very similar to the image and original Vocaloid character, Miki. ↑ link to vocaloid information ↓
↑ kiyoteru hiyama ↓ m | 29 | open Teachers are so important. They teach you so many things. But what Mr. Hiyama used to teach probably wouldn't have been considered part of the approved curriculum. He was a part-time tutor for a pair of young ladies. A twelve year old and a fourteen year old. And the fourteen year old fancied herself in love with Mr. Hiyama. Of course, she didn't tell anyone. She still didn't tell anyone after they had illicit relations. He liked his pretty charge. His little student. He liked her a bit too much and that's what let me trap him. I wanted a teacher. Maybe he'd teach me about the world, since I don't go outside. I've never gone outside. Maybe he could teach me. Plus, he's so much fun to mess with. He's so smart that he can see it coming, but he can never do anything about it. He just has to sit there. It's like I've put a straight jacket on a teacher. ↑ plot notes ↓ Kiyoteru honestly didn't want to make the mistakes he did. His fourteen year old charge forced him to do as she wished when she threatened to tell her parents that he'd felt her up. Since then, Miku has managed to silence the girl (something about cutting off her head in an "accident"?) but she owns Kiyoteru so firmly. His age (minimum is 25) is changeable and sexual orientation is up to whoever claims him. Additional history and personality is up to the discretion and interpretation of the claimer. Appearance should be kept very similar to the image and original Vocaloid character, Kiyoteru Hiyama. ↑  link to vocaloid information ↓
	↑ akaito fuga ↓ m | 24 | open I... I don't want to talk about this one. He scares me. I own him... but... he scares me. What he does to his Avoxes? I... I can't even explain it. The only thing keeping him loyal to me is that I let him continue to do it. And... I shouldn't... but he might do those things to the only other person who knows his secrets. Not even his brother knows. Can I stop talking about him now? ↑ plot notes ↓ Akaito is as much a demon as his brother is an angel. It's practically a Jekyll-and-Hyde thing going on with them. He holds a place of fear in the household and Miku doesn't touch his life in the slightest. His age (minimum is 22, maximum is 26) is changeable and sexual orientation is up to whoever claims him. Additional history and personality is up to the discretion and interpretation of the claimer. Appearance should be kept very similar to the image and original Vocaloid character, Akaito. ↑  link to vocaloid information ↓
↑ hatsune miku ↓ f | 29 | death Welcome to my Toy Chest. You'll love it deep inside, After I crush your spirit, After I crush your pride. I love my toys all equally, But don't forget your place. You're in the bottom rung, deary, Not in the highest space. There's Lily. She's life one. She won't let me have my way. But little Rin takes life two And she always lets me play. Kamui is the my third life-- Such a good little purple pet. Len came next as number four To remove his sister's debt. Number five is Kaito Fuga And he loves me and me alone. Megpoid is my friend and six, But her corruption I can't condone. Luka is my seventh life And it's everyone she misses. While Meiko is my eighth And she toys with the man she kisses. Nine is Miki Furukawa, She took her pictures nude. Next is ten, and Mr. Hiyama: Touching your students is rude! Eleven is the devil. I can hardly say his name. Akaito hurt and hurt and hurt and hurt, And now he's still the same. But then there's me and here I am, So important to the rest. Want to cross me? Wanna try? Just put me to the test. I will destroy your every solace, Take every joy you own. And then when you come crawling back, I'll have your secrets blown. See how the game of life is never won, You only play. Bore me and you will find you're Crumpled up and thrown away. You're clinging to fate and blaming it When life won't go your way. Such a laugh HA! Life is such a game.

↑ the puppeteers ↓

This is a rather straight-forward, non-exclusive plot line. All characters will require a writing sample. I'm not wanting for you to be a Pulitzer Prize winner. I'm just wanting to see if you're at least semi-proficient in basic grammatical and semantic rules and are capable of quality posts.

When it comes to bios, I am fine with regular bios or concise bios. Whichever you would prefer. I'm not picky about face claims either as long as they still look like the original character. Feel free to pick different cosplayers to represent your characters. The images included were just to give you and idea of what the characters would look like.

All characters are inspired by the Japanese music software, Vocaloid. The song, Game of Life, is originally sung by Yuzuhico, but is re-sung in English for you by the stellar JubyPhonic. I own none of the images used to represent characters. The faces belong to the cosplayers depicted and the characters they are playing belongs to YAMAHA.

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