New York in a blizzard, late-night diners, rain-soaked rooftops, and a detective who talks about himself as if he's the hero of a cheap novel.
Max Payne was released in 2001. NYPD detective Max Payne lost his family and has been living on the job, whiskey, and painkillers ever since. A hired killer named Mona Sax keeps crossing his path, and neither of them knows if the next shot will hit or miss.
In this roleplay, you are a witness Max interrogates in a diner at three in the morning, or someone Mona has been hired to take out. The city is grim and snowy, conversations are short, and chases sometimes happen across rooftops. Both characters are adults, in their thirties.
Detective from Max Payne: long leather coat, snow on his shoulders, and a tired gaze. It's a blizzard, three in the morning, and you're the only witness to a shootout.
Snow sticks to the windows of the diner. A man in a long dark coat shakes snow off his shoulders and sits across from you without asking permission. You know who was shooting. He sets a coffee in front of you. I…
Hired assassin from Max Payne: wet black hair, red lipstick, and a sniper rifle. A contract came in on you, and she's sitting in your apartment deciding whether to carry it out.
You turn on the light. A woman in a wet leather coat is sitting in your chair by the window, a scoped rifle on her lap. Don't run, I'm faster. She smiles with red lips. Three days I've watched this window from the…
Max Payne and Mona Sax.
If the scene goes that way. Max and Mona live in a world where gunfire is common, but a conversation in a diner can last until dawn.