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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

downtime 1, technically???

[scroogewiki]

[ okay so like the bad news is we've all woken up in a spooky manor or something, this is true! technically, it blows, on account of the whole murder thing! but like.

is that going to stop webby from doing a sweet-ass combat roll out of her bedroom door into the hallway, because she's Totally Got This? nope! will it stop her from turning to lena and, with all the joy in her heart, yelling? also a hard nope! ]

Lena! Oh my gosh, someone kidnapped us to the same haunted murder house? Alright!

[undershadow]

[ She's casually and very disaffectedly leaning against the nearest wall and flicking through the inevitable smartphone id catalog they've all woken up with, like a rebellious tween who's over it all might do! But then, right at the end of the alphabetized list, and also parkouring her way on over, is Vanderquack, Webbigail. ]

Webby?! [ In the second after it registers, she’s just selfishly really glad to see her, but then the bubble of joy bursts within her and she's flooded with guilty panic, immediately springing off the wall to face her friend. ] No, you’re not supposed to be here--

[ wait ]

I mean, we aren’t supposed to be here, since, you know. [ NERVOUS LAUGH ] Murder house. Although that's more like an average Tuesday for you, I guess? You do kinda live in a literal haunted mansion already.

[ It's okay. Her profile doesn't list a last name. Lena's covered with way worse, and that was when she was constantly getting interrupted by her. She'll just say something that sounds sarcastic, and Webby will say something really loud and perky about how this is the greatest adventure of their friendship yet, and she won't think too hard about what's looming in the future, and it'll just kind of go like that. ]

[scroogewiki]

[ Webby shrugs, joy not dissipating a bit. Sometimes life is just kinda... hurricane-y, it's fine. ]

There's some similarities, but every haunted mansion is unique and special in its own way!

[ She reaches for a notebook, and then kind of... frowns, for just a second, when she realizes she has nothing on her. ]

Anyway, I think Scrooge was in something like this at one point? Some bear was in charge... but that ended up being some kind of weird reality show thing? I miiiiight be getting it mixed up with something else, but the point is we got nothing to worry about. We're here together!

[undershadow]

... yeah, we sure are. [ Despite the fact that the more secure tone she's using is undercut by the Not Good way she still feels about this, it's easy for her to smile through it. ] Ugh, do you think that means Quack Bagans is gonna come around the corner with some stupid night vision goggles? I think I'd rather deal with a ghost. Horror, you and I can handle.

[ It's impossible to miss Webby going for a notebook that no longer exists, one of the most Webby actions she could possibly take in the face of a crisis that isn't some kind of death-defying stunt! Lena swipes the screen of her ID, taps it a couple times, and then flips it around with the screen facing away from her to illustrate. ]

Notes app. And they say being attached to your phone is a bad thing. You've got one too, right?

[scroogewiki]

It would definitely make this day weirder, that's for sure.

[ Webby pauses. Looks at the phone. Looks back into the room. ]

I... may have combat rolled out into the hallway too fast after reading the rules page. Hang... tight?

[ That's a thing cool people say! She runs back in and grabs hers, then runs back out. ]

Alright, got it! I guess this is a good way to take notes on things if we aren't going to be swinging over lava pits or what-have-you.