u/Emotional-Ant1873

Hey there. Below here is a very dreary prompt centered around a potential Nancy Drew story that, if published, would be by far the darkest by nature. I'm a big fan of classic detective media and I thought spinning the themes of her story and giving it an erotic/government conspiracy twist would be fun. Hope you think so too.

The idea is a kind 'satire' of previous Nancy Drew works.
A convoluted, and adult mystery where Nancy finds herself under scrutiny for chasing after the ghostly shadows of several missing persons. The town of River Heights wants to forget these people. The Detective doesn't.
This is a critique of people. It explores topics of corruption, the nature of femininity, and common-people who turn a blind eye to evil for the sake of their own comfort.

18+ only, Non/Con will likely be involved.
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Nancy’s car cut through the darkness like a tack. The moon had long arrived in River Heights, and settled at its post. She was stopped at a green light, the streets were empty and the world was black. It was the entry road that led straight into the lungs of the town.

Unconsciousness still wore itself on her skin, she didn’t find it to be a flattering look- she brought up a hand and slapped herself across the cheek. Her tires squealed as she yanked the vehicle made of thin metal across the intersection, and wedged the small thing precariously between the roadside and a little drop that led straight into blackberry bush. Her finger felt the top of her car and eventually found the button. The overheads beamed in a sickly but eager light. It broadcasted Nancy, and her frantic disposition.

A car occasionally passed as she collected her spilled papers and brought them back into chronological fold. What she held in her hands now is what held together her entire world. If it was lost, gravity would cease to exist as the Earth stops spinning around the sun. It had been eight long months of this. Bess had left immediately after graduation- joining her mother in trying to run some sort of upstart in California. Nancy didn’t care what the company was, nor care. Crossing the state lines cut their relationship in two. She was too busy with the ‘case.’ 

Every turn was another shadow, a sad article in the back of a newspaper, filed away in the back office of a dying business. An older townsfolk who “didn’t want to get into all that sadness” when questioned. 

Nancy had a thought that gave her pause. The edges of the papers she flipped through ceased licking at her thumb. 

‘You haven’t gone into the woods yet, have you?’

Preamble.

WARNING! If you are not comfortable with any of the content warnings found below in the slightest please shy away from this proposal. It will feature each in unflinching glimpses. All characters discussed in the prompt are 20+ in the fiction.

(this fiction will likely include elements of bleak erotic fantasy and graphic violence. not for the faint hearted.)​

​You do not need to be a lore-nerd for Nancy Drew to write with me on this prompt and enjoy yourself. There is no pop quiz or gap in knowledge you will be punished for not knowing. This is a fundamental re-iteration of her character and everything she means to me. Call it a 'reintroduction' or 'reboot' to explore brand new themes. We're wearing old shoes for new purposes. ​

​I'd read these 2000's slightly edgy Nancy Drew reboot books as a girl, and she was my leader and introduction to a little fantastical world of novella and intrigue. Mystery proper- with a light introduction in social dramas and every bit of clay that would inform my identity as a writer. My literary DNA code ties back to Nancy Drew. It's the base of my tongue and the tip of my taste, and would introduce how I write and think about writing and all of the stories and philosophies I find most true. This character, for me, is the unlocker. I now have the need to take this character (and myself) of flashlights in the dark, and pulpy secrets expunged, and bring other bleaker subjects to fruition. My complaints about people. My hidden desires made manifest. All wrapped up in an oil-burning detective thriller that leaves everyone much worse off than we found them. That is the intention. This is the through line. I need to see what ends this brings Nancy Drew to, and discuss the evil nature of an ultimate savage villain who she was not prepared for.​

​This story is a mockery of people who turn a blind eye to evil for the sake of mundane suburbia. ​

This story is an explanation of femininity and the world changing as you grow older. People revealing themselves over time and disappointing you.

This story is intended to be an exploration of pure evil with a heavy erotic element. ​

​Plot as planned/vibes in description.​

Nancy Drew at the start of the story, is supposed to be gone. She was known as an overachiever, a brilliant mind, and an activist with an active heart. She was a beloved figure, known about the town of River Heights. An upstart detective prodigy with police assists; who skirted under dangers to bring the oddest most disposable evidence to light. As intended, she's a rebel, a candle-light spirit that operates outside of rules and boundaries. Finally, she's supposed to go off to University. Be involved in modern academia. Graduate a prodigy that would make her hometown proud as expected. However, she's still stuck in her room. Her tires won't work. Her friends leave town to attend to their lives one by one, she's going nowhere fast. Blinking wide awake during nights. Something's off, something's missing somewhere. Nancy isn't acting 'natural.' There's an upsetting pattern that she finally knows about. A yearly event. A disappearance in the valley. A woman. Aged 20's to 30's. Vanished locally into the dark as if they'd never existed, and the papers barely threaten to tread on their name. Local police close the cases as if the women had vanished into rapids and drowned. Nancy cannot leave when she's on the trail of something strange. She develops lists, connections, conjures contacts-- but they quickly cut ties with the trusted detective.​

​People around her get strange. Or does she get stranger? They act as if she's manic. A glowing spirit in the pale daylight. Something's off with Nancy; but something's only off with Nancy because the world has been tasting funny. The world is not as she remembered. The people aren't telling her something she needs to know. So maybe she gets crazy. There's a darkness that exists in River Heights that lived all the while, all beneath her feet. It has the deepest roots, the faintest smell, and slid past attention all this time. Nobody wants to talk about it but the detective. This is an essential mystery. The tremor underneath her entire character that will rupture unless she sates it. ​

​At some point, in some space between our words, Nancy is going to lose to the villain. Very, very badly. At the highest of tensions, at the simmering anticipation of the villain snatched... she will step on a tack. She will underestimate, not know, and turn a corner, and fall very, very badly.​

​Partner expectations.

This project as planned needs what I'd like to call 'collaborative storytelling.' Still a roleplay at it's base, with each of us playing one of the two essential characters (Nancy & Y/C) but I would like for you to be comfortable with writing fiction in general, and writing for more non-essential characters. We will both be collaborating to work on a novella, essentially, each passing the work off between each other with each post. Each of us will be firstly responsible for writing the protagonist and the antagonist foremost. I want to leave the details of your main character, and his nature, and how he operates, mostly to you but I have desires and inputs for him as well. I'm not looking to control the way this story projects across our shared spectrum. I want to trust and devote myself to you with words. Lots of words. Hopefully together we can squeeze out the details of this story and it's shared meaning.​

​If you message me please be okay with conducting slow burns. In order for the tension between our two characters to be palpable, the serviceable story must come first. The sex scene(s) I plan to be detailed and deliberate, but there have to be logical steps included to unearth it, rather than give ourselves excuses to write it. ​

​(Y/C) Guideline: I try to not have many stipulations over the character you want to focus on. I do have preferences, though, and will list them in order of most importance to least:​

• Member of a large conspiracy. Likely has ties to public servant officials and underground criminal connections. It can be the wealthy ringleader or a worker bee of this organization
• Large stature, muscular
• Middle-aged. 40-50yo

If you are interested you have questions. I am prepared to answer about my themes, my tastes, and the subject matter. I do have more detail but I feel it would spiral without the stubborn pin of your interest and further questions to talk about together as we work on the mold of this thing. Ask any questions inspired by this post. There's no wrong answer and there's no correct start.