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[[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/the-arklay-murders.51627/ The Arklay Murders]] is a PlayByPostGame hosted on ''Website/SufficientVelocity'' by [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/members/sushi.2212/ Sushi]]. Set in the ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' universe, the story follows the newly assembled Arklay Taskforce as they investigate bizarre activity in and around Raccoon City.
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[[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/the-arklay-murders.51627/ The Arklay Murders]] is a PlayByPostGame hosted on ''Website/SufficientVelocity'' ''Platform/SufficientVelocity'' by [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/members/sushi.2212/ Sushi]]. Set in the ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' universe, the story follows the newly assembled Arklay Taskforce as they investigate bizarre activity in and around Raccoon City.
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* JustBeforeTheEnd: The story starts during October 1997, placing it slightly less than a year before Raccoon City is destroyed after a T-Virus outbreak. Despite this, signs of things starting to go wrong are already present - apparently, a cerberus or two got out of containment ahead of schedule...
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* JustBeforeTheEnd: The story starts during October 1997, placing it slightly less than a year before Raccoon City is destroyed after a T-Virus outbreak. Despite this, signs of things starting to go wrong are already present - apparently, a cerberus Cerberus or two got out of containment ahead of schedule...schedule...
* OutsideContextProblem: The Arklay Taskforce is an elite police force, and very efficient at taking down criminals. Against B.O.W.s, though, it's blatantly clear that they have no idea just what they are fighting.
* OutsideContextProblem: The Arklay Taskforce is an elite police force, and very efficient at taking down criminals. Against B.O.W.s, though, it's blatantly clear that they have no idea just what they are fighting.
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* TimeSkip: WordOfGod is that ''Off the Grid'' takes place some time in 1998, several months after the events of the main story.
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* DirtyCop: As always, Chief of Police Brian Irons. ''Off The Books'' confirms that he shuts down the Arklay Taskforce when they get close to uncovering the truth.
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* DirtyCop: As always, Chief of Police Brian Irons. ''Off The Books'' confirms that he shuts down the Arklay Taskforce when they get too close to uncovering the truth.
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* {{Foil}}: The Arklay Taskforce is one to the S.T.A.R.S. - while the latter is an elite squad comprised of former military personnel and experts in a variety of fields and are closer in function to a counter-terror unit, the Arklay Taskforce is made up primarily of normal police officers who handle more mundane cases across Raccoon, though are still a force to be reckoned with.
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* AlternateTimeline: Events in the story indicate Umbrella experienced issues containing its B.O.W.s earlier than in canon, as at least one Cerberus managed to escape into Arklay County about a year before [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil the Mansion Incident]] happened.
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* DramaticIrony: The Arklay Taskforce assumes most of the bizarre, cannibalistic murders committed around Raccoon City are the result of a {{Cult}}. As anyone familiar with the franchise will know, its actually the onset of a ZombieApocalypse.
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* DramaticIrony: The Arklay Taskforce assumes most of When examining a case where a girl named Allison [[SelfMadeOrphan shot her own father]], apparently [[ICannotSelfTerminate at his own request]], the bizarre, cannibalistic murders committed around Raccoon City are the result of a {{Cult}}. As anyone familiar cops on scene wonder if foul play was involved, noting that he was an average Umbrella janitor with the franchise no prior hints of psychotic breaks. Readers, however, will know, its actually the onset of a ZombieApocalypse.know [[TheVirus exactly why]] [[ZombieApocalypse he did what he did]].
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* GenreShift: The first few cases are set up like a normal police procedural, with standard police actions and what not. At the time of this writing, though, elements of SurvivalHorror are beginning to make their way into the story - the Cerberus B.O.W. has already made its debut in the story, and more are set to come.
* JustBeforeTheEnd: The story starts during October 1997, placing it slightly less than a year before Raccoon City is destroyed after a T-Virus outbreak. Despite this, signs of things starting to go wrong are already present - apparently, a ceberus or two got out of containment ahead of schedule...
* JustBeforeTheEnd: The story starts during October 1997, placing it slightly less than a year before Raccoon City is destroyed after a T-Virus outbreak. Despite this, signs of things starting to go wrong are already present - apparently, a ceberus or two got out of containment ahead of schedule...
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* GenreShift: The first few cases are set up like a normal police procedural, with standard police actions and what not. At the time of this writing, though, elements of SurvivalHorror ZombieApocalypse are beginning to make their way into the story - the Cerberus B.O.W. has already made its debut in the story, and more are set to come.
* JustBeforeTheEnd: The story starts during October 1997, placing it slightly less than a year before Raccoon City is destroyed after a T-Virus outbreak. Despite this, signs of things starting to go wrong are already present - apparently, aceberus cerberus or two got out of containment ahead of schedule...schedule...
* PoliceProcedural: The first case focuses on this, dividing up time between the primary case (which involves a CopKiller) and the rest of the cast handling mundane police tasks (examining new recruits, crimes like speeding and petty theft, and so on). It doesn't seem like it is going to ''[[GenreShift stay]]'' this way for long, though...
* JustBeforeTheEnd: The story starts during October 1997, placing it slightly less than a year before Raccoon City is destroyed after a T-Virus outbreak. Despite this, signs of things starting to go wrong are already present - apparently, a
* PoliceProcedural: The first case focuses on this, dividing up time between the primary case (which involves a CopKiller) and the rest of the cast handling mundane police tasks (examining new recruits, crimes like speeding and petty theft, and so on). It doesn't seem like it is going to ''[[GenreShift stay]]'' this way for long, though...
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* CopKiller: The first case in the RP is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin explicitly called Cop-Killer]], and focuses on the Taskforce trying to capture the titular suspect after she kills a cop while resisting and then evading arrest. [[spoiler:She's implied to be infected with an Umbrella virus due to be able to shrug off gunfire]].
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* JustBeforeTheEnd: The story starts during October 1997, placing it slightly less than a year before Raccoon City is destroyed after a T-Virus outbreak. Despite this, signs of things starting to go wrong are already present - apparently, a ceberus or two got out of containment ahead of schedule...
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* ByTheBookCop: The whole cast counts as this, trying to reasonably and fairly handle every challenge that comes their way.
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* FairCop: The whole cast counts as this, trying to reasonably and fairly handle every challenge that comes their way.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: There are hints being dropped every now and then about the true nature of the bizarre murders happening around Raccoon City.
** Officer Schneider finds several burnt dogs corpses, with special attention being made to just ''how thoroughly'' the bodies were burned.
** A later case notes that someone melted bodies with acid, which is an extremely unusual way to dispose of a corpse...unless you are trying to ensure it doesn't contaminate something else.
** Officer Schneider finds several burnt dogs corpses, with special attention being made to just ''how thoroughly'' the bodies were burned.
** A later case notes that someone melted bodies with acid, which is an extremely unusual way to dispose of a corpse...unless you are trying to ensure it doesn't contaminate something else.
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* BioweaponBeast: The Cerberus has made its debut in the most recent posts at this time, and more are set to show up later on.
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* GenreShift: The first few cases are set up like a normal police procedural, with standard police actions and what not. At the time of this writing, though, elements of SurvivalHorror are beginning to make their way into the story - the Cerberus B.O.W. has already made its debut in the story, and more are set to come.
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* GenreShift: The first few cases are set up like a normal police procedural, with standard police actions and what not. At the time of this writing, though, elements of SurvivalHorror are beginning to make their way into the story - the Cerberus B.O.W. has already made its debut in the story, and more are set to come.come.
* ZombieApocalypse: While none of the cast has cottoned on to this yet, [[OverlyLongGag as anyone familiar with the Resident Evil franchise should know]], the various cannibalistic murders are actually being caused by T-Virus infected zombies, and are the first signs that things are going to hell.
* ZombieApocalypse: While none of the cast has cottoned on to this yet, [[OverlyLongGag as anyone familiar with the Resident Evil franchise should know]], the various cannibalistic murders are actually being caused by T-Virus infected zombies, and are the first signs that things are going to hell.
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* AnyoneCanDie: Unless they are set to appear in ''Off The Books'' (see below), everyone, even a player character, can die if their rolls are bad.
* {{Cult}}: One appears to be committing numerous cannibalistic murders across Arklay County. Anyone familiar with the series will know the murders are actually being caused by T-Virus based zombies.
* DirtyCop: As always, Chief of Police Brian Irons. ''Off The Books'' confirms that he shuts down the Arklay Taskforce when they get close to uncovering the truth.
* {{Cult}}: One appears to be committing numerous cannibalistic murders across Arklay County. Anyone familiar with the series will know the murders are actually being caused by T-Virus based zombies.
* DirtyCop: As always, Chief of Police Brian Irons. ''Off The Books'' confirms that he shuts down the Arklay Taskforce when they get close to uncovering the truth.
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* ForgoneConclusion: A sequel roleplay, ''[[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/resident-evil-off-the-books.69826/ Off The Books]]'', has confirmed that the Task Force will figure out that Umbrella is behind the Cult Killings (though going by the description, ''not'' the ZombieApocalypse stuff) and will eventually be disbanded by Irons to stop them from uncovering the truth.
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* ForgoneConclusion: ForegoneConclusion: A sequel roleplay, ''[[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/resident-evil-off-the-books.69826/ Off The Books]]'', has confirmed that the Task Force will figure out that Umbrella is behind the Cult Killings (though going by the description, ''not'' the ZombieApocalypse stuff) and will eventually be disbanded by Irons to stop them from uncovering the truth.
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[[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/the-arklay-murders.51627/ The Arklay Murders]] is a PlayByPostGame hosted on ''Website/SufficientVelocity'' by [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/members/sushi.2212/ Sushi]]. Set in the ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' universe, the story follows the newly assembled Arklay Taskforce as they investigate bizarre activity in and around Raccoon City.
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!!This Story Contains Examples Of The Following Tropes:
* DramaticIrony: The Arklay Taskforce assumes most of the bizarre, cannibalistic murders committed around Raccoon City are the result of a {{Cult}}. As anyone familiar with the franchise will know, its actually the onset of a ZombieApocalypse.
* FairCop: The whole cast counts as this, trying to reasonably and fairly handle every challenge that comes their way.
* ForgoneConclusion: A sequel roleplay, ''[[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/resident-evil-off-the-books.69826/ Off The Books]]'', has confirmed that the Task Force will figure out that Umbrella is behind the Cult Killings (though going by the description, ''not'' the ZombieApocalypse stuff) and will eventually be disbanded by Irons to stop them from uncovering the truth.
* GenreShift: The first few cases are set up like a normal police procedural, with standard police actions and what not. At the time of this writing, though, elements of SurvivalHorror are beginning to make their way into the story - the Cerberus B.O.W. has already made its debut in the story, and more are set to come.
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!!This Story Contains Examples Of The Following Tropes:
* DramaticIrony: The Arklay Taskforce assumes most of the bizarre, cannibalistic murders committed around Raccoon City are the result of a {{Cult}}. As anyone familiar with the franchise will know, its actually the onset of a ZombieApocalypse.
* FairCop: The whole cast counts as this, trying to reasonably and fairly handle every challenge that comes their way.
* ForgoneConclusion: A sequel roleplay, ''[[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/resident-evil-off-the-books.69826/ Off The Books]]'', has confirmed that the Task Force will figure out that Umbrella is behind the Cult Killings (though going by the description, ''not'' the ZombieApocalypse stuff) and will eventually be disbanded by Irons to stop them from uncovering the truth.
* GenreShift: The first few cases are set up like a normal police procedural, with standard police actions and what not. At the time of this writing, though, elements of SurvivalHorror are beginning to make their way into the story - the Cerberus B.O.W. has already made its debut in the story, and more are set to come.
