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oddsandends2021-02-26 10:05 pm
sakurabeam) wrote in oddsandends2021-02-26 10:05 pm
88th ♫ | electric, a stun gun pulse surges through the crowd buzzing out the shadows
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
- Lots of murdergames have in-universe public profiles for other characters to get the skinny on yours. If you'd like to fill one out to post with your toplevel, peep at the code below!
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[Hubert that's not an honorific nor are you pronouncing it correctly.]
Heck yeah, let's Lewis and Clark this nonsense! Maybe we'll get really lucky and there'll be a decent bookstore up there. Maybe a Cinnabon kiosk.
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[ Does she know what she's talking about? Probably not, but again, that's irrelevant in the face of the more important task of Aware of Kingprotea Hours. ]
Will there be tasty food up there? Or fluffy and puffy things to bring down to our rooms?
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[So, you know, six to one half-dozen to the other.]
I should probably go into that one first, if it's there.
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[ ... actually, given some of the motives and also the weird stores they've seen so far... ]
No, wait! If it turns out they've got a store like that, I should be the first one to go first, so I can protect you from it!
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[He still doesn't know why they made one of those after the last game ended, but someone had, and his curiosity had driven him to terrible experiences in the name of science.]
If I go insane, it's fine, you can just get me in a bear hug or something from behind so I can't hurt anyone.
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[ She gives his noodle arm another insistent tug. ]
Let's go, let's go!
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[He holds out a hand for a pinky promise, which definitely won't end up being retroactively tragic for either of them.]
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Blissfully unaware of any ominous narrative foreshadowing, Protea lights up with a smile and links her finger with his. ]
Yes! I'll do the same! Pin-ky pro–mise! ♪
[ D–does this count as forging a Servant contract?? Deepest Nasu lore. ]
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[And maybe, if Hubert had any kind of magical aptitude as a Master? Questions for later.]
Cool, mutual sanity pact, I can say with authority that this kind of thing always ends super well, except when it doesn't.
[After a moment he breaks the pinky link and offers a hand like the responsible adult he absolutely isn't.]
Come on, let's hit the escalators. Escalaphobia's our b-word.
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Yes! Let's go!
[ She takes hold of his hand and happily trots alongside him, absolutely on top of the world. Free serotonin!! ]
It's much easier to ride things like this when I'm so much smaller...
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[ Rude, tbh. ]
But at least in Chaldea, there's room for me, even if the ceilings are a bit low. But I don't mind! I'm happy so long as I can be close to Master.
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[Look, every instance of his mutual killing game included accessibility for everyone somehow. If he can do that with access to a supercomputer VR system the size of a universe, surely everyday architecture should at least be able to make an effort.]
They're pretty great, huh? Your master.
[And assumably he's gotten some kind of run-down on the Servant/Master thing either from KP directly or via weird video-game knowledge that really rides the fourth wall here, because otherwise a fourteen year old girl talking about her "Master" would raise an entire armada of red flags.]
I'd like to visit your Chaldea someday. ...And not just cause, you know, it'd involve escaping the slow heat death of my universe, it sounds like a fun place. A fun, terrifying place.
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Yes, Master's a wonderful person! And Chaldea is full of so many amazing Servants. When we find a way out of here, I'm sure everyone would have a place to stay at Chaldea if they didn't have anywhere else to go.
[ It's not like the rest of planet Earth is uhhhhhhh doin' so hot, so they can't really go sight seeing... ]
cw: emeto mention
I mean, I'd definitely have to at least pop in and make sure they're taking care of you, right?
[Eh, Earth will PROBABLY be fixed by the end of everything, otherwise it'd be pretty hard to do a third main story.]
[And they're stepping off the escalator onto the new floor. The first major defining feature seems to be a large, indoor rollercoaster circling the entire floor.]
Oh, cool, I'd kind of been wondering if I could puke in this body.
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On a less stupid note, Protea immediately winces at the sight of the coaster up above them. It's an improvement on how hard she used to wig out over anything of a particular size, but still. You bet your ass she's stepping in closer to Hubert, just in case. ]
What is that?!