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oddsandends2020-06-09 08:56 pm
sakurabeam) wrote in oddsandends2020-06-09 08:56 pm
81st ♫ | the gift of life is magical, not just mathmatical
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. Mall A huge mall stuffed full of stores, places to eat and all the regular amenities like deadbolted doors and the threat of death. It's like Black Friday but even worse because you can't leave and all the rest of the shoppers might actually kill you for real this time.
5. City Holy shit, you've got the run of a whole city this time around! Maybe with all this room to keep out of each other's way, you'll be able to make sure no one starts killing people. But probably not.
6. Cruise Boat YOU'RE ON A BOAT, MOTHERFUCKER. The accommodation is all five star, even if there's no one around to act as wait staff. The only snag is that you still have this whole murder thing hanging over your head – but on the plus side, they have those little drinks with the umbrellas in, so...
7. Space Station THE FINAL FRONTIER... Maybe you're familiar with space stations like this or maybe all this future tech is fascinating to you. Not like it matters either way, of course, because you won't be getting out of here unless you lay down a murder on someone.
8. 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. The Corners of My Mind So as it turns out, your lovely hosts have been fiddling with your memories. Maybe you're just discovering this now or maybe you've had a particularly upsetting memory regain you're dealing with.
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
OPTIONAL FUN
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[ Ruu's staring at him, absolutely gobsmacked. ]
So... you did some weird magic stuff to get the crazy lady who tortured everyone out of jail... and that's supposed to convince me you're not super evil?
Keep talking, I wanna hear you dig your own grave more.
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...plus I found her story a bit heartbreaking. If her true wishes were met, then she never would have done the things she did- I can't help pitying her too.
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So heartbreaking you decided Airlocked 2 was a super good idea? Wow.
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Restarting the show is just an unfortunate side effect- the only way I can change things on a massive scale was making it something humanity, and the universe at large, will accept. That's what caused it to fall apart for me before...
... humans can't accept something without strings. It's natural for us to suspect anything free. It's why a lot of gods are portrayed as needing sacrifice before they can give blessings. It's why, I think, Kurusu-kun could never accept the happiness I offered him.
So I thought... if I MAKE it something that has to be fought for... if people who suffer are given happiness as their reward... then those that watch- their cognition will be more easily changed. They've seen it can work, and will want it too!
[He spreads his arms]
If you all accept the happiness I want to give you, then you'll be saving not just yourselves, but the entire reach of Airlocked and beyond!
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There... is seriously something wrong with you. You know that, right? You take us away from our homes, you put us through the wringer and make us hurt and kill each other because– because what?! Because you think you can wave a magic wand and make it all better in the end?!
[ She's so angry she's shaking. ]
You're so sick in the head you can't even see what you're doing anymore, can you?
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It's the truth- can you really say it matters when in the end it will be completely erased? All of this will just be a bad dream you had once.
If you need proof of what I can do, I can do anything you ask. Right here and now.
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[ She slams her hand down on her podium so hard that it has to have hurt, but she doesn't flinch. ]
You don't get it, do you?! I don't want to forget any of this! I don't want to just press a magic button and have my life be perfect, forever! Can you imagine how boring that would be?! The things that hurt matter because they hurt! When I cry, it matters because I cried!
How am I supposed to care about being happy if I don't understand what it's like to be sad?
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You can't really mean that... surely the suffering you've endured outweighs any of that-! Especially since you didn't deserve it, since it was all just bad luck-!
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[ She stares up at him, her gaze sharp and steady. ]
Since you think you're so smart, here's a question – what would've happened to me and Nee-san if none of that awful stuff had happened? Not just– not just Airlocked and everything else. If there'd been no outbreak, if things had just gone on like normal...
We never would've met any of the people we love. Our lives would be totally different! And maybe we would've been happy in those different lives, but it doesn't matter. Because this is the life I want to live! This is the place where I want to be! And if we had to do it all again to make sure things stayed the same, if we had to go through all that hurt and pain just to stay with everybody...
[ It's not even a choice, is it? ]
I'd do it all over again in a heartbeat. And I know she would too.