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mytarget) wrote in oddsandends2021-11-26 06:20 pm
97th ♫ | i'm not lonely at all! i'm not lonely at all, although. . .
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!
cw: alcohol, bad coping mechanisms, technically underage drinking, full bore spoilers
And the atmosphere only gets worse when Sayo finally stumbles in with a third-empty bottle of bourbon in one hand. It may take some survivors a few moments to recognize her—without all her makeup, especially the foundation that hid the dark circles under her (stained red from crying) eyes, she seems like a different person entirely. Swapping the maid uniform for a loose-fitting tee, faded jeans, and some sneakers from the vending machine is also a new look for her. Plus the sudden, conspicuous lack of huge bahonkadonkers may provoke some double-takes.
Perhaps to rub it in, everyone's IDs all ping at the same time, giving them a notification about a profile update:]
Age: 19 | Species: Human | Occupation: Author
Likes: Mystery novels, pranks, fantasizing about revenge
Dislikes: Serving the Ushiromiya family, her expectations being betrayed, gold
Traits: Cunning, unstable, creative
Trivia: Hypothetically, her bodycount ranges anywhere from zero people to seventeen, but this Sayo's total kills add up to five.
Kyaaahaha! I really hoped somebody with enough cash to splurge for something as ridiculous as this deranged game would at least have better taste in alcohol, but even Kinzo's bottom-shelf absinthe is better than this, pfffft.
[Still laughing (desperately) to herself, Sayo flops onto one of the couches set up, deliberately sprawling in such a way to make her seem as odious as possible and to keep anyone from sitting down next to her.
Which doesn't keep Ryoko from approaching, of course. On a turn of a dime, her expression changes to something more melancholy and genuine as she traces her index finger around the lip of the bottle.]
...of course I did. Same for most of the other cases, too. [Sayo lets out a derisive snort.] Except for the second one. Having to deal with such bizarre alien physiology threw me for a loop. I almost have to thank our third week's culprit; if she hadn't given herself away in such a ridiculous fashion, I wouldn't have considered Nui disguising herself so perfectly as a possibility.
[And then she's suddenly back to uncannily bright, cheery, and perhaps a tad unhinged.]
Buuuuuuuut, I could hardly ruin the surprise for Battler now, could I?! Seeing him contort his poor little brain into so many delightful knots was downright delicious. Plus if I acted too out of character, why, that'd be giving the entire game away! And I couldn't have that, could I?
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Ryoko – and all the rest of them – didn't know anything at all, did they? ]
Well, the cat's out of the bag now, it seems. [ Or rather, the box. Not that Ryoko would know. ] Are we supposed to expect more performances like that at future trials?
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No point in acting all demure and clueless anymore, is there? It's easier to be a great detective during investigations, anyways. All the Poirot-types are too busy making jackasses of themselves to feel grief, so that might be a good model.
Hm, but I have been on a Columbo kick recently, so that's another tempting option...