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[shiritai]

The Murder Game Meme



You know the script. You wake up in a place you've never seen before, with a whole bunch of complete strangers and there's a mysterious voice or a mascot or what have you ready to let you know how things are going to work around here.

The rules are simple: You're trapped here, with no hope of release or rescue. You've been provided with all the basic necessities you need to live comfortably, and all you have to do is settle down and live out the rest of your days here in peace. But if you can't do that -- if you're really so desperate to escape that you'll do anything -- then there's one teeny tiny thing you have to do first.

All you have to do is kill somebody.

But it's not quite that simple. Every death will be followed by a period of investigation, followed by a trial in which the survivors will attempt to solve the mystery and out the culprit. If the survivors guess correctly and out the culprit, the killer is executed and life goes on. But if the survivors guess wrong, then the culprit is free as a bird and everyone else is executed.

Even with the promise of freedom, can you really bring yourself to kill so many other people?

tl;dr: it's a murdergame meme. TIME TO HAVE A BIG OL' MURDERGAME BLAST.


Settings

1. High School A classic! Doesn't matter if you're too old or too young to be in high school -- you've been enrolled and the only way for you to graduate is to kill a fellow student. But hey, the faculties are nice!
2. Tropical Island Weren't you just hankering for a nice tropical vacation? No? Too bad! You're going to have a nice sunny vacation at the beach and if you don't like it, just kill someone and go home. Simple!
3. Prison It doesn't matter if you don't remember committing any crime; you've been tried and found guilty of something or other and now you can go ahead and rot away in jail. If you ever want to see the sunlight again, better put that criminal mind to good use and get rid of your inmates.
4. Wildcard! None of the above scratch your murder itch? Go wild and come up with your own setting!


Downtime

1. Excuse Me, Who Are You? You've just woken up in this weird place and you have no idea what's going on. But hey -- maybe this stranger's more informed than you. Or maybe you can put your heads together and investigate what's going on.
2. Social Link Go! Well, if you're going to be stuck in here for however long, you might as well get to know the people stuck in here with you. You've got plenty of rooms to explore together and there's enough to do to keep you occupied. How do you plan on passing time without killing each other?
3. Vending Machine Woes Somewhere in this place there's a mysterious vending machine that spits out all manner of bizarre items and occasionally dispenses items that belong to you and the other people trapped here. You've got a fat stack of tokens and nothing to lose.
4. Wildcard! GO WILD AND BE FREE (or as free as you can be here, anyways)


PUTTING THE MURDER IN MURDER GAME

1. Motive Your mysterious overseer has decided there's not nearly enough murder going on and so they've ~helpfully~ given you a little push to do the deed. Maybe one of your loved ones is in danger, maybe they're offering more money than you could ever dream of or they're threatening to reveal your deepest darkest secrets. Whatever is it, would you kill for it?
2. Murder WELL APPARENTLY, YES. Are you a killer or are you being killed? Either way, someone's not walking away from this alive.
3. Body Discovery Rise and shine, murdergame! It's a brand new day and someone's dead. Better get investigating!
4. Trial You know how this one goes. Line up all your evidence and sniff out the killer -- or sit there and sweat and hope no one works out you're the murderer. Will they go down with a confession or put up a fight?
5. Afterparty You've survived another trial, but more of your friends have died. Even without the executions, trials are a stressful enough affair. It's time to destress and lick your wounds and support each other.
6. Mastermind It's the end. It's time to uncover all the mysteries behind this murder game -- and find out just who trapped you here. Are they really an unconnected party, or is the mastermind someone among you...?
7. Freedom Just as it says -- you're finally free, but at what cost? Have those you love been returned to you, or are you still reduced to just those who made it to the end? Are you on your own, or is anyone here to help you? And more importantly, how the hell are you going to get home?
8. Wildcard YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO

Comments

Grima | Fire Emblem (Awakening/Heroes/Echos)

[felblooded]

[At first, outside the pale hair, the person listed as 'Grima' seems perfectly human- odd, since his profile lists him as a 'Dragon'. But the more someone watches the clearer it is that he is no human. Sharp teeth, blazing red eyes and an utter disdain for his fellow captives, he makes no effort to hide his nature, seeing as the profiles already outed him.

He often loudly denounces humanity as a whole, and is very self assured that he is better then such worms, and that any death should be expected. Yet oddly he hasn't killed anyone himself yet, even after all his threats- he has no friends, but he could be said to have people he calls his 'servants'. Basically anyone that tries to befriend him that he thinks are useful.

For all his eager evil though, there seems to be a deeper true rage in him. And resentment.]

TIME TO VOICE TEST THIS DUDE

[mudnificent]

[ Arth's profile is odd, too. It doesn't list him as human. It, instead, lists him as a mud doll. But he acts human--almost recklessly so. He's got an odd sort of charisma, and even Grima doesn't seem to put him off. Indeed, he seems to take the strange guy's anger and resentment as a challenge. Today, he's brought out what appears to be a game he'd found wherever they are--a simple game of chess. And he'll set it down on the table and smile across it at Grima. ]

Fancy a game? I'm sure even you must get bored.

[felblooded]

[Normally any of Arth's attempts to reach out to him were brushed aside, but something about the game catches his attention.

He knows what it is, the fluttering bits of Robin, crushed under his power and absorbed into his being like his ancestor before him. The tactician once upon a time had loved games of skill and planning, and that part of him was now part of Grima.]

Are you that eager to be humiliated?

[mudnificent]

If I lose, then I lose. But I'll still have fun.

[ Which is the most important thing! So he's going to set it up, since Grima seems actually interested. He'll even give Grima black, that seems to fit his color scheme better. If he wants white, he won't hesitate to switch. ]

Sometimes a game isn't about winning.

[felblooded]

Only someone that is trying to make themselves feel less pathetic would say so.

[mudnificent]

No, simply someone who knows the difference between an actual battle and a mere distraction. The trials--those are battles. There, it makes a difference whether we win or lose. But in this case, the outcome doesn't really matter. I will have learned something either way.

[ ...Arth is a very odd man. ]

[felblooded]

[He smirks suddenly, as if he's learned something]

Ahh... so that is your game then. Make your opening move.

[mudnificent]

[ And since Ana hasn't fucking played chess in years, she's going to just handwave this. So he's going to make a move. It's neither bold nor safe, and Arth is just wearing his usual confident smile. ]

...We're only all going to get out of here by working together, by the way. And I'm sure even you realize that there's strength in numbers. No one being can escape this kind of circumstance on his or her own.