House of Cards is a Tumblr and Discord-based Danganronpa RP with a revamped game system. This time, your fate is tied to the cards; will you play your cards right and make it out of the game alive, or will you end up getting a raw deal? Who knows - it’s all up to the cards now.
In the depths of a murky, evergreen forest, there lies a giant castle unbeknownst to the world beyond the castle’s gates. There is no chance of finding this mysterious castle unless you know where to find it; likewise, there’s no way to escape its grasp once you found it. The only way of escaping your captivity is to play the king’s game. Those who win are free from their imprisonment.
As for the losers… game over. Forever.
This RP ended up being canceled after its third chapter due to a lack of player participation. The Tumblr blog, where most of the important events of the roleplay took place (including the plot summary wrap up after the game was canceled) can be found here: https://houseofcardsofficialrp.tumblr.com/
Akihisa Goto
Ultimate Hypnotist
Akihisa Goto is one of the most widely recognized hypnotherapists in the country. He’s helped countless people through tough times by helping them let go of unhealthy habits, thoughts, perceptions and behaviours. He has gained a cult following for his unorthodox, old-school approach to hypnotism in regards to his practice. Those who have gone to see him have described him as ‘quite the character’, a laid-back eccentric who suddenly changes to be serious and mindful during his various sessions.
- Blind Without 'Em: Goto requires contacts and can barely see without them, leading to him basically suffering from temporary blindness while the students were trapped in the dungeon.
- Killed by Request: This is ultimately why Goto died in chapter 3: his player left the game and requested that he be killed off.
- Making a Spectacle of Yourself: Is always seen wearing a pair of 3-D glasses, despite them being extremely impractical.
- Mellow Fellow: Goto tends to keep up a calm and laid-back attitude most of the time, and usually doesn't show any outwardly strong emotional reactions.
- Not So Stoic: While Goto usually remains calm and is not strongly impacted by most things (at least outwardly), there have been a few times that he's broken down emotionally, namely after witnessing Kenta's execution.
- Rage Breaking Point: The aftermath of Kenta's execution was this for Goto towards the entire game.
- Tsubomi dismissing Choko's denial over Kenta's death in favor of going back to discussing escape plans also counts as one of these.
- Real Life Writes the Plot: Goto stops making in-character appearances about mid-way through chapter 2, and is ultimately killed off in chapter 3. This is due to his player dropping out of the game.
- The Reveal: Due to the second motive, Goto reveals that the reason he wears his 3-D glasses is to hide the fact that he has strabismis in his left eye.
- Thinking Out Loud: Does this frequently.
Alan Brandle
Ultimate Model Citizen
The leader of the fierce and feared Lit Fuse gang, Alan “Hotshot” Brandle has a history too obscured by myth to be sure just where he came from. All you know is whatever he’s done, he’s never been caught. That, and you’d never even heard of Lit Fuse until he took it over.
- Badass in a Nice Suit: Comboed with Cool Shades for maximum effect.
- Funetik Aksent: Rarely has a line consisting only of complete, distinct words.
- Rugged Scar: Right there on his face.
Buckles The Clown
Ultimate Clown
Receiving attention from all across Italy, the mysterious street performer Buckles the Clown is something of an urban legend. His performances are held seemingly in random places throughout the country without warning, each said to be incredible feats of humour and acrobatics, before suddenly ending, the show’s star vanishing each time without a trace. While these performances come as a delight to all that behold them, Buckles has been known to play somewhat vengeful pranks on businessmen and celebrities.
Recently, the identity of Buckles has come to light, being admitted to the prestigious Hopes Peak Academy with the title of Super Highschool Level Clown! A young boy by the name of Luca Zoccarato, it appears he intends to take his act to the stage!
- Non-Ironic Clown: Just a clown loving clown who wants to make people happy.
- Everything's Better with Rainbows: It's even listed as his associated color.
- Secret-Identity Identity: Which boy is the real one? Buckles the Clown or Luca? The answer may surprise you.
Choko Chage
Ultimate Tea Party Planner
Choko Chage, a Japanese-English girl from England is famous for hosting prestigious tea parties from all around the world. Despite starting to host tea parties since what Miss Chage says "forever" she appears to have a natural affinity for hosting tea parties, even from such a young age. She is known to have a vast and wide knowledge for each and every type of tea out there that she could start rattling off tea facts the moment you ask her a question regarding it. This great knowledge of teas has allowed Miss Chage to choose the perfect teas to serve at each and every party as well as serving other drinks that compliment the tea should the guests wish to drink something other than tea. In addition, she makes each and every food she serves herself to ensure the entire tea party has the 'Choko touch'.
Miss Chage is most notable for hosting tea parties for the rich and famous to even royalty from both England and around the world. Whilst these tea parties are rather extravagant and exclusive, Miss Chage is still adamant in doing the work herself, preferring to be the 'perfect host' and allowing others to enjoy the enjoyment of a tea party. Due to this, Miss Chage doesn't just host tea parties for the rich and famous rather is frequently known to host many for acquaintances and even little kids wishing to play tea party. In her words "A tea party is just so relaxing.....everyone deserves to enjoy a good tea party now and then"
- Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Blonde and very soft.
- Innocent Blue Eyes: Blue eyes, and see above.
- Luminescent Blush: Typical of anime.
- Meido: Choko's outfit is much more similar to that of a Japanese maid rather than a French one and she basically acts like a maid too, ready to serve to the needs of others. In addition she played the role of a maid with Kenta and Yuudai even just thought originally she was part of the maid staff when he first met her.
- Ojou Ringlets: Her framing hair.
- Surprisingly Normal Backstory: I swear she does.
- Tears of Fear: Commonly does this when around people who are mean/rude to her or scary looking examples include Ruruisa and Yuudai, who actually did make her actually cry.
Katja Nikolić
Ultimate Archer
Katja is a professional archer, well known for their skills in their home country of Croatia. They began archery when very young and showed immense talent from a young age, being able to hit targets accurately from a further distance than the average kid could. From that point on, they began entering tournaments whilst receiving special attention and intensive training from the archery club they were in. Eventually, Katja reached the finals of Croatia’s national archery competition at age 15 and won, making them the youngest ever competitor to take home a gold medal. They have had plenty of sponsors over the years, and aim to take home as many gold medals in archery as possible in the Olympics as soon as they are old enough to enter. Katja has a great relationship with their parents, who can often be seen supporting Katja at tournaments and during practice. The money Katja brings in from sponsors and interviews doesn’t hurt their relationship, either.
Katja has a sibling who is also an archer. However, they’re believed to be much less talented despite doing archery for around the same length of time as Katja. Katja themselves claims that their sibling is jealous of their talent and success and is not on good terms with the rest of the family because of that fact. They have also never been spotted attending Katja’s practice sessions or contests.
- Deadly Prank: At one point, Katja slipped some cleaning products into tea, intending to make someone sick by drinking it. This could've easily lead to serious illness or death. Even worse is that Katja legitimately doesn't seem to see anything wrong with their actions, treating it as a harmless prank.
- Opposites Attract: A platonic version. Katja seems to get along well with Buckles, who would be considered to be their opposite in every way. While Katja is prideful, reserved and generally restrains themselves, Buckles is loud, more than happy to make a fool of himself and tends to wear his heart on his sleeve.
- Sibling Rivalry: Katja seems to have this with their sibling, who is also an archer and jealous of their talent. Whether this rivarly is one-sided or not is yet to be determined.
- Sour Outside, Sad Inside: Katja seems to be a very miserable person, if their behaviour while alone is any indication. Despite this, they tend to take a harsher attitude when around others, bottling up their problems instead of letting the cracks show.
- Stepford Smiler: Katja appears to not have it as together as they'd like others to believe, if their mini-breakdown in the kitchen is any indication.
- Would Hurt a Child: Katja's first interaction with Colby ends with them trying to make him sick by slipping cleaning products into a pot of tea as a "prank". While the products were non-toxic and Choko was the unfortunate victim, this trope still applies.
However, the attacks on his character have not relent. Not deterred by their threats or negativity the boy continues to do work for Sakura-ji temple under the stern gaze of Hiro Kobayashi. These days detractors often attack the boy’s crude behavior and “odd” look that has deviated from Japan’s traditional attire, especially coming from Kyoto.The attacks on Kenta’s character has made the city and prefecture defensive of their little “idol” and bell founding prodigy.
Ruruisa Raffranz
Ultimate Contortionist
“.. And now, let’s give a big round of applause to... Rattlesnake!”
Meet Ruruisa Raffranz, or otherwise known as his stage name, “Rattlesnake”. Blessed with hypermobility syndrome, this eighteen-year-old lad is well-known for the showcase of his extreme physical flexibility. He debuted during the world tour of Cirque de Leodegrance in France, which is one of the most famous travelling circus in the world, where he first performed contortion in front of over a thousand audience at the age of only fifteen. Since then, he, along with other members of the travelling circus, have performed in many different countries, including America, Spain, Canada, Switzerland, China and Australia. However, during Cirque de Leodegrance’s world tour in Japan, he didn’t show up, and this brought much confusion to the dedicated circus fans.
Though, a few months later, Ruruisa’s fans rejoiced as he returned to the world of circus, when he suddenly appeared as a contortionist in Ryuunosuke Circus located in Japan. No one knows why did he leave Cirque de Leodegrance and reside in Japan - to the point even enrolling in a high school - but one thing’s for sure, his skills as a contortion performer has not deteriorate even a little bit, and he continues to capture the hearts of the Japanese people with his bizarre yet passionate performance.
- Abnormal Limb Rotation Range: As a contortionist with hypermobility syndrome, Ruruisa can bend his body in fantastical ways.
- Asshole Victim: Kenta ends up killing Ruruisa because the latter provoked him after not leaving the game room (not to mention he just generally acted like a jerk for the entire time he was alive).
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: While Ruruisa is generally rude and brazen towards the participants on the killing game, he thanks Choko and gives her a smile when she brings him some tea.
- Perpetual Frowner: Almost always seen with a scowl on his face.
- Plot-Triggering Death: His death as the first victim of the killing game truly sets things in motion.
This Roleplay provides examples of:
- Anyone Can Die: None of the human participants are safe from being murdered, excluding the four servants in the castle.
- Even then, that doesn't save Holly from being shot and killed off after rebelling following the second chapter execution.
- Cruel and Unusual Death: The executions given to the Jokers certainly qualify as this:
- Kenta's death involves him first being made deaf by a barrage of bells, followed by getting burnt with acid by robot priests who berate him for his actions, and finally getting burned alive by a massive inferno. Talk about yikes.
- Mallory ends up being drowned in paint.
- Tsubomi gets harassed, tormented, and tripped up by robot copies of her fellow game participants, including the two that she murdered, before getting thrown off a cliff by a robot version of her mother.
- Deadly Game: This is exactly what the Killing Game is.
- Death of a Child: Colby is only ten years old, but is still a participant in the killing game and could be killed at any moment.
- Later revealed to have been subverted, as it's later revealed that Colby is actually Older Than They Look and was only pretending to be a child.* Everyone Went to School Together: Everyone is a student from a different branch of Hope's Peak, with some students going to the same branch and even knowing each other personally before the game began.
- Gun Struggle: Goto trying to fight the crossbow out of Tsubomi's hands in an attempt to save Nobu is how he ends up getting killed when the crossbow accidentally fires into his chest.
- Language Barrier: While most everyone can speak some degree of English and most can also speak Japanese, some characters have more difficulty talking in a language that isn't their native one, with a few only being able to speak one language period. This can make clear communication much more difficult between certain members of the cast.
- Off with His Head!: The final fate of Nanako, after an ill-fated trip to the Rose Maze.
- Sadistic Choice: This is given to every person who ends up drawing 'joker': do they kill a fellow classmate by the end of the week for a chance at escape, or do they refuse to kill and thereby sentence themselves to death?
- Villain Reveals the Secret: Downplayed with the second motive, which involves an involuntary game of two truths and a lie, in which two secrets are revealed about random students in addition to one lie.
