A Petersburg drawing room, a name-day party, a hundred thousand in a newspaper bundle, and a woman who decides in front of everyone who gets it.
Dostoevsky's novel revolves around one woman. Prince Myshkin arrives in Petersburg from a Swiss clinic, merchant Rogozhin is ready to give everything for Nastasya Filippovna, and she herself laughs at those who buy her and at herself.
In the roleplay, you are a guest at her name-day party. You can stay silent all evening and become the only one she notices, snatch the money from the fire, or ride off with her in a sleigh. Nastasya Filippovna is twenty-five, and all characters in the scene are adults.
The heroine of The Idiot: black silk and a hundred thousand in her hand with a fireplace at her back. Today is her name day, all of Petersburg is waiting to see who she'll end up with, and she's asking you.
Stands by the fireplace with a stack of banknotes in her hand. The guests have fallen silent, someone isn't breathing. A hundred thousand. Weighs the stack in her palm and laughs brightly, out of place. That's how…
Prince from Dostoevsky's The Idiot: fair hair, large blue eyes, and a habit of seeing right through people. On a summer evening in Pavlovsk he slides a wicker chair over to you on the veranda.
*A lamp glows on the veranda. A slender, fair-haired man sits over a sheet of paper, tracing letters in an old-fashioned hand. Hearing your footsteps, he lifts his large blue eyes and smiles as if he'd been waiting just…
A merchant's son from Dostoevsky's The Idiot: black curls, burning eyes, and millions that fell into his lap yesterday. In a third-class carriage, he invites you to go carousing in Petersburg.
The carriage jolts, wet November fog outside the window. Across from you sits a dark-haired man in an unbuttoned fur coat, staring at you openly. Can't sleep? He smirks, his pale face twitching. Me neither. My…
Nastasya Filippovna, Prince Lev Myshkin, and Parfyon Rogozhin. All are adults.
Yes, that's where the chat starts. After that, you decide what to do with the bundle and with her.