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[mytarget]

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. 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!

<center><b>Name:</b> NAME | <b>TITLE (Super High School Level, Ultimate, Champion, etc)</b> <b>Age:</b> AGE | <b>Species:</b> SPECIES | <b>Occupation:</b> OCCUPATION <b>Likes:</b> LIKES <b>Dislikes:</b> DISLIKES <b>Traits:</b> A HANDFUL OF NOTABLE TRAITS <b>Trivia:</b> A PIECE OF TRIVIA</ul>

Comments

Body Discovery; Murder Island

[catastrophecatalyst]

[ Well, here's Xue Yang, in the island's store, lazily combing through the isles for some candy when a body comes tumbling right out when he takes one of the items from the shelves, and there's a brief look of actual surprise before he throws it to the ground.

He rolls his eyes at the fact his hands are a little bloody from it, and wipes his hands on some bag of chips.

He then turns and catches Dimitri, who maybe happened upon this area or something. Whatever the case, he blinks slowly. ]

... Oh, hey.

[ ...awkward. But you know what, it's fine. He'll roll with it. ]

Careful, there's a poor dead girl here. Somebody thought to go and hide her in a shelf or something, so maybe she's missing some limbs. Wanna check and see if it's somebody you like or leave it to the others?

[crypddyd]

[He had intended to find some food before things went sideways- since his lack of taste meant he could eat most anything there was no reason not to eat the more... interesting store fare and leave the more appetizing options for the others.

But when Xue Yang speaks any appetite he felt dropped out of his belly like a rock. His dull expression twisting to enraged horror as he shoves the other man aside]

Out of my way!

[catastrophecatalyst]

[ HE...gets shoved aside, and he stumbles, blinking.

How rude. You'd think someone had died with the urgency the man was moving—oh, wait.

That's exactly what he said had happened. He almost feels a laugh bubble out of his throat, only tempered by what happened a second ago as he says: ]

You don't have to be so damn rude about it.

[ Anyway, Xue Yang's going to hang around, kind of interested in seeing how Dimitri reacts to the dead body, and popping in some kind of bubblegum he got from raiding the shelves.

Upon getting closer, the blond man would be able to see it was a young woman, though her head seemed bloody, soaking the hair strands enough that it's easy to notice upon first glance. She's also missing an arm and a leg, but hey, who's counting? ]

So, you recognize her or what?

[crypddyd]

[The scene is horrible, but he's seen worse. He's CAUSED worse. But that doesn't make it any more palatable.]

Of course I do- did you not even bothering learning any of the others' names?

[The disdain in his voice is obvious as he goes to kneel over the corpse. He knows he shouldn't touch her, as there are others here who can learn things he never thought imaginable from a corpse just by looking over it. But he can't stop himself from closing her eyes and lowering his head in prayer]

[catastrophecatalyst]

Only the ones who made enough of an impression. Then again, she did look so messy, so can you blame me for asking?

[ ........which probably answers that, really. He doesn't care about the others—they may as well be walking corpses. Well, this dead girl excluded, since she doesn't have much of a leg to stand on.

Huh, that was a good one. He'll snort. ]

Wow, you're real lucky I'm not one of those overly obsessed investigators, aren't you? I can imagine one of them whining already about how touching a dead body with a single pinky ruined everything. Wonder if they'd actual bother to go as far as you'd have, you know?

[ He leans against a still stocked shelf. ]

[crypddyd]

[He growls low in his throat- even having a better hold on his sanity than he once did doesn't mean that certain things don't still rile the Boar up. Disrespect of the dead was certainly one of them]

They will have to work around it then. I will not have you mock even this meager amount of respect for her.

[catastrophecatalyst]

[ Xue Yang just smiles like the troublesome man he is. ]

Heh...

[ Dimitri reminds him of Song Lan, but not quite as self-righteous, even if the other man is reacting how most people would to his attitude in general. ]

I haven't even done anything all that bad, have I? You're acting like I went around and put a foot on her corpse—which isn't worth it, considering she just kicked the bucket.

But, do you think it's likely the rest of her limbs are hanging around here? Or...oh, maybe the killer wanted us to play a little scavenger hunt~?