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oddsandends2019-09-20 09:27 pm
mytarget) wrote in oddsandends2019-09-20 09:27 pm
67th ♫ | don't blame me I didn't have a clue
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
grimm crau
The incentive this week had been 'if no one kills by Friday, one of your loved ones will die'. Dazai, of course, had taken this as Waver, and had been glued to his side for most of the week. Only by the other's side could either of them get any decent sleep - well, maybe the tea Dazai fixed for him every night helped.
Someone who Dazai got along with was found dead. Dazai hadn't participated in the investigation - didn't find the bloody blade deposited at the site with a single coin beside it, nor found the missing herbs from the garden or the empty teacup in the kitchen sink. Waver had taken him being withdrawn as shock and mourning, but...
He knows he didn't need to. As soon as the trial starts the next morning, he speaks.]
It was me. He agreed to it. We flipped a coin for which of us would die now and which of us would be executed.
[He doesn't look at Waver.]
no subject
[ waver is incredibly silent throughout the investigation, and once dazai speaks, he doesn’t say anything for the longest time, either. and while dazai won’t look at him, he will look straight at him, his expression grave. ]
I suppose it was my fault for letting my guard down. You were the reason I slept so well last night, weren’t you?
no subject
[The reason for the missing herbs.]
None of it is your fault.
[But he still can't look at him.]
no subject
[ there’s a hint of anger in waver’s voice, jaw tight as he tries to restrain himself from making this situation any worse. but while he’s angry at dazai, it pales in comparison to how angry he is at himself. ]
The situation is very much my fault. Not only did my unwillingness to suspect you cause the death of someone, but now I’ll lose you as well. Did you consider this?
no subject
[Finally, he turns to look at Waver. His jaw is set.
He is sorry for the drugging, and nothing else.]
If no one had acted, you would have lost me anyway. [Or one of his students. That isn't any better - worse, because Dazai is prepared.] This way, I at least know that you're safe.
no subject
[ he can feel himself losing his composure quickly and, had it been in any other situation, he would have found it embarrassing and stopped. this time, he can’t even think about being calm. ]
I’m safe, but for how long? What you did assured my life for a few days at least—how hilarious it would be if I ended up dead this following week! Do you now see how pointless this endeavor of yours was?!
no subject
[In sharp contrast to Waver, Dazai's voice is soft and assured.]
If my life will buy you another week, then I won't have any regrets. And besides me and him, no one else did act. Unless you were planning to, I mean.
[That there was only one victim, and the time limit was almost up, has not escaped his notice. It's late enough in the game that the captives don't want to play along unless their hand is forced.]