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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

[crackedlens]

Aha, of course you are!

[ can't believe a cute ai said shes pretty akane takes the reply in stride, at least. bb gets a less sunny but still genuine enough smile back. ]

I guess if you were sad I was going to give you this hot dog, but... do you want the hot dog anyway?

[sakurabeam]

Absolutely not! If I had my way, I wouldn't eat even a single bite of your putrid human food. But since I'm stuck in a putrid human body for now, I suppose I don't have a choice!

[ ... that probably means yes??? ]

[crackedlens]

[ something clouds akane's smile for just a moment, but it passes. ]

Everything needs energy, after all! Humans, kaiju, AI... I don't think I'd like to be full of electricity, either, if we're being honest!

[sakurabeam]

[ BB doesn't say anything, but she stares at Akane hard enough to bore a hole through her face.

And then she just smiles and takes the hot dog. Maybe it's just BB being BB. Of course, BB being BB also doesn't really answer any questions. ]

Ohh, but can't you imagine? Wouldn't it be thrilling to feel that bzzt-bzzzt running through your veins every time you got a pick-me-up? It'd be much more fun than eating and sleeping and whatever else we're supposed to waste time doing!

[crackedlens]

[ :)))

It's okay, all that matters is the hot dog. Akane will remember that. ]

Hm... I guess you have a point! Ah, but it's harder to share that sort of thing with other people, isn't it?

[sakurabeam]

I guess there's only so many ways you can say "wow, the electric charge really feels buzzin' today!" before it starts getting old.

[ She's inspecting the hotdog from a few angles, like she's trying to decide where to start eating from. It's hard to tell if she really is taking it that seriously or if she's just goofing and playing up the hapless A.I. in a meatsack angle. ]

So? How about A-ka-ne-san? ♪ [ She draws out Akane's name like a piece of chewing gum and gives her a winning smile. ] Are you holding it together after the awful weekend we're having?