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oddsandends2018-02-25 09:43 pm
shiritai) wrote in oddsandends2018-02-25 09:43 pm
45th ♫ | you let out one last breath and you died
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
Yuzuki Kurebayashi | selector [infected/spread] WIXOSS
If she regains any WIXOSS decks while she's here, she will try to battle literally everyone with them.
Yuzuki is impulsive and ruled entirely by her heart rather than her head, but she's just a normal teenager with normal teenage problems - she doesn't have any reason to hurt anyone here. Right?]
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And what are you doing today, Miss Kurebayashi?
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[she's got a notebook! and she's doodling in it. badly. you can make out some janky flowers, some stick figures... and a bust of a faceless person with a small ponytail that she seems to be putting some actual effort into. Yuzuki kind of moves to cover it and then stops, like she doesn't want to look suspicious.]
Not much. Just distracting myself.
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[They're not, like. Super close friends or anything, but he feels like maybe it would have come up before now if she liked drawing? Anyway, he takes a seat because he's not about to stand and talk to her for however long this conversation takes.]
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[she and Ryan haven't talked one on one that much but they definitely bonded over "you're a twin, i'm a twin too, let's be friends" in week one. Yuzuki leaves off working on the faceless person and starts doodling what looks like a X-shaped logo for something.]
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[It's Troy. He's talking about Troy.]
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[she's teasing, but who says "someone i knew" unless they mean "someone significant"!!]
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rip my half-assed starter
This whole situation is a far step above daily life at home. Waking up on a tropical island, told to kill to escape? He would never. Especially with the double-edged sword of one of the other captives, his dependable and energetic sister Yuzuki. Never would he want something to happen to her, but he's so relieved at least that he's here withher.
Maybe he can stand up for her, rather than the other way around, for once?
That's Kazuki's thought process behind slipping every coin he's received into the vending machine. That...sure is a lot, honestly, he's been at this for nearly twenty minutes...to no avail. Nick-nacks and trinkets pour out, from the mundane to the bizarre, but none appear to be what he's looking for. ]
Another slinky... [ He shakes his head and sighs. ] This is worse than trading packs. I'll never find them at this rate.
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the twins are rarely apart on the island - if you find one alone, the other's probably not far behind, and so it doesn't take long for Yuzuki to find Kazuki at the vending machine. she immediately starts going through the piles of junk around him without even saying hello.]
Whoa, so much stuff! [squints.] Is that just... a bowl of ramen?
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Yuzuki! You startled me... [ Sheepish look. ] Yeah, but it's probably cold now. I got it when I started doing all this.
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Hey, let me try one. [she pops a coin into the machine and out comes... some kind of digital pet maybe? Yuzuki immediately starts poking at it, but the buttons don't respond to her.] ...A Tamagotchi? [she eventually gives up and puts it in her pocket.] Whatever it is, I think it's broken.
So what are you looking for, anyway?
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Kazuki leans in to get a look at the Tamagotchi, frowning. ] Maybe someone's missing it. [ That works well with her question, actually, though he appears even more sheepish. ]
Well... Yosuke-san said he got something he recognized, right? So I was thinking, if I collected enough of these coins, maybe something one of us recognized would be in there too. Like...your deck.
[ Your deck. Not his. Hers has a little something special in it, after all. ]
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Kazuki...
[he can't just do stuff like this! my little brother can't be this cute!!!!!!!!!!!! her face is bright red and she is TRYING NOT TO CRY RN]
I... really miss Hanayo-san. I'm worried about her.
[she trails off. she's still thinking about that dream she had about Hitoe.]
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Why's Yuzuki look so flustered? It's probably just worries. ]
I thought so. She must be lonely... [ But She says worried, and they both had those strange dreams...though Yuzuki hadn't told him anything in detail. ] I'm sure...if you're deck's not in here [ he pats the vending machine ] Ruuko and Hitoe-san will take care of her.