[Hiro]

You have been cordially invited to partake in The Club.
This ticket guarantees one entry, and the entry prize of 50 million Yen that befits a prospective member of The Club.

When you take part in The Club, you have the chance to earn money beyond your wildest imagination. To show our intentions, anybody who signs up is given fifty million yen on behalf of the organisation as your entry prize. But such a small amount is only the beginning, because once if you take part in The Club, you get the opportunity to maximize your winnings by participating against the other members. Winners can earn untold riches, and reach a wealth that no common person could ever attain otherwise. Do you take the risk to win big?

If you choose to accept our gracious offer and enter 2024 prepared to become a new and richer person than ever imagined, take this ticket and hand it over to one of our tournament valet's when they come to confirm participation one week from today.
There are no repercussions for not entering, but do know that this lucrative offer shall only be made once.

Sincerely,
The Gamesmaster

What is "The Club"? To most it's a urban myths that has been shared for many decades in as many countries, wherever one goes people claim there is this mysterious organisation offering untold riches, at the cost of taking part in their illicit tournaments? And for the few of you that received the tickets, you realize it is very much NOT a myth. But whilst the fifty million seems like a dizzying amount of money only a fool can pass up, perhaps the bigger fool is the one that accepts it not knowing what lies behind it.

But if you weren't that kind of fool, you would probably not be here right now, thinking about accepting the offer?

For obvious reasons, The Club's influence is vast, and doing the logical thing and trying to get the police involved will undoubtedly lead to vast disappointment. This is a tournament where even pro heroes seem to get invited to, all bets are off, whatever happens at The Club stays at The Club, and people are prepared to go to great lengths for untold riches.

Also, despite it being a fighting tournament, who says that might is superior? Perhaps the true winners are the ones that can manipulate the game, work it in such a way that they come out on top regardless of how hard they can punch someone into the floor.

Looking for: Give or take 8 players and their characters to participate in The Club. | Preferably one character per player (But the story can be adjusted to suit less sign ups, a preferred minimum of 4)

These can be characters from any walk of life, whether they are heroes or villains, vigilantes or civilians. All can have a different motivation for accepting this offer, perhaps you really need the money, you just love making money, or let your curiosity take hold of you when you got your hands on this curious card? Maybe you weren't even supposed to be the original recipient, it doesn't really matter as long as you are the one handing over the ticket to valet sent by The Club.
What will happen?: Without revealing everything, the participants are all put into an underground fighting tournament, with the chance to win vast riches for themselves... Or perhaps for another? | But as the game commences, one will quickly realizes there are more dangers at play than just a bruised ego for the loser. (OOC: Players do not have to fear permanent injury, death, or other lasting issues... Unless it is obviously agreed upon among the writers)
Any specifics?: I, the gamesmaster, will contact all participants and try to talk about character goals for the tournament. Depending on where everyone's ideas lie, we can look at scripting (rd. pre-planning) parts of the tournament to lead to a mostly satisfying end of the overarching story. Even if only one person can win the tournament proper, perhaps the amount of losers can be minimized too.
More random stuff: Want to make your character enter, but they would otherwise not logically accept to take part in such folly? Maybe they enter on behalf of another, a champion if you will... Or maybe they are blackmailed into participating? The rules of The Club are flexible.

Order of Play:
The first thread will be a short one. Once the eight participants have cashed in their tickets, they will be invited to a currently unknown location so that they can meet one another. This is a chance for the writers to write their character's origins pertaining the tournament. How did they get there, how did they get a ticket, why did they sign up and what are their motivations for participating? Are you here to uncover a mystery, or merely to make as much money hurting others as you can? Every player has their reasons, as shallow or as honourable as they might be.

At the end of the first thread (repeated at the start of the second) is the layout of the tournament. Everyone will be matched up, and the tournament begins proper. Can you make it through the first round? What lies in the second? Maybe this is a chance for the more adventurous types to start preparing their own plans, to do some investigating in the hope of uncovering some truths? Or maybe a chance for the less heroic to try and manipulate their opposition, in the hope of making the tournament easier for them?


Disclaimer: This plot is basically in most elements lifted from various battle royale type manganime, with the most notable one being Liar Game, but placed within the context of a fighting tournament instead.

Participants:
- Rui Matsui
- Mimiko
- Claudio Bernardo
- Sendo Orochi
- Morgana Moriarty

[Rui Matsui]

Signing Rui up to try and win BIG money and BIG infamy!!!

[mimiko]

Mimiko would like to sneak out and try her hands at Moneyies.

[Claudio Bernardo]

I don't really care about the riches, but... Well, I'm feeling some type of way! Let's jam!

[Sendo Orochi]

This will cure Sendo's boredom