Premise

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Your character has decided they want to Begin Again - and thus, their decision has been heard all the way across worlds and dimensions at the place known as the Sierra Madre Casino, a paradise on Earth - or, at least, at some point it was one. They awake in a jail cell at the Police Station, in the southwest corner of the Casino Villa - either alone, or surrounded by others, depending on how the player wishes to run it. They are not wearing their clothing from home, and, in fact, are in what amount to torn and dirty rags. On their backs is a painted X - in differing colors. What the colors mean is not clear, but it may have something to do with a categorizing system on when and where the people entered from. This is neither ICly nor OOCly important. What is - they have been fitted with a thick, metal collar, containing a highly explosive charge and a radio broadcaster. On their left forearm is a small computer - it may be like a Pip-Boy, but it doesn't quite function as well as one. The fountain at the center of the Villa is broadcasting a message. The same message they heard when your character decided to come to the Sierra Madre, playing on loop, almost like a beacon:

Has your life taken a turn?

Do troubles beset you?

Has fortune left you behind?

If so, the Sierra Madre Casino, in all its glory, is inviting you to begin again.

Come to a place where wealth, excitement, and intrigue await around every corner. Stroll along the winding streets of our beautiful resort. Make new friends... or rekindle old flames. Let your eyes take in the luxurious expanse of the open desert, under clear, starlit skies. Gaze straight-on into the sunset from our villa rooftops. Countless diversions await; gamble in our casino, take in the theatre, or stay in one of our exclusive executive suites that will shelter you and cater to your every whim.

So if life's worries have weighed you down, if you need an escape from your troubles, or if you just need an opportunity to begin again, join us. Let go and leave the world behind at the Sierra Madre grand opening this October.

We'll be waiting.

So what does that mean for them? What has brought them here is not entirely clear, though more information will be obtained with time. Everyone in the game has something in common, finding out what it is will be a step in the right direction toward freeing themselves.

The game has Survival and Horror elements. Enemies are everywhere, and the very environment itself seems to work against them. Death, dismemberment, scars, and mental trauma are to be expected, and that's just in the ambient areas. Just wait until the real plot kicks in. There are promises of wealth and fame and fortune that will abound; promises of everything your character's hearts could desire, if only they would let the Sierra Madre do as such for them. Begin again, it promises. We'll give you everything you need to start over.

Finding the Sierra Madre is not the hard part.

It's letting go.