вєяяу тяαρρєя! ([personal profile] mytarget) wrote in [community profile] oddsandends2021-11-26 06:20 pm

97th ♫ | i'm not lonely at all! i'm not lonely at all, although. . .

    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!



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Lambda | OC

[personal profile] amorevolous 2021-11-26 06:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Name: LΛmbda | Champion Love Freak | Cute Cupid
Age: Yes | Species: Virtuadoll | Occupation: Virtuadoll
Likes: Music, flowers, chocolate, romance, humans
Dislikes: Being left alone
Traits: Loyal, lighthearted, lovey-dovey.
Trivia: Lambda's favourite genre of music is electro pop.


[ I AM A NORMAL AI. COME CLOSER. Image ref here and I don't have an impressions post yet but she is functionally in her late teens/early 20s for whatever it matters cos she's a singing robot

Lambda is an AI that has?? presumably?? been yeeted into a physical body for murdergame purposes. She's peppy and cheerful and cute and sweet and all that good stuff. She likes gossip and romance and singing. She's curious and inquisitive and despite having the energy of someone with no brain, she's viscously clever. She's also completely fucking unhinged!!! She loves humans, but she also has a very limited understanding of human morality, social norms and values which means she can be shockingly callous and cruel to the humans around her with basically zero malice intended. She's kind of innocent only in the sense that since she doesn't really understand what she's doing, you can't exactly call her bad. She just wants to make people happy!! She just has a terrible way of going about it!!!! ]
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Ryoko Shinonome | 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim

[personal profile] nmc0204 2021-11-26 06:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Name: Ryoko Shinonome | Champion Pilot | Mechamancer
Age: 16 | Species: Human | Occupation: High School Student, █████
Likes: Mr. Ida, ███████████, and not much else
Dislikes: 426, the nurse's office, headaches
Traits: Crabby, clever, tenacious
Trivia: Ryoko is the pilot of ████████ ███, a giant robot created to fight kaiju.


[ i refuse to summarize ryoko as a character again if u have been on my TL for five minutes u know who she is ]
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Kingprotea | Fate/Grand Order

[personal profile] kingsizes 2021-11-26 06:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Name: Kingprotea | Champion of Yearning | Puffy Fluffy Kaiju
Age: ??? | Species: Artificial Intelligence | Occupation: Alter Ego
Likes: Warm and fluffy things, touch, delicious food
Dislikes: Things that are bigger than her, loneliness
Traits: Devoted, fluffy and puffy, Weak to Enuma Elish
Trivia: Kingprotea is the fluffiest Servant registered in Chaldea's database.

[ Kingprotea starts off as a tiny fourteen year old girl who seems terrified of... pretty much everyone in the game, on account of the fact that pretty much everyone is going to be taller than her and she doesn't like that!!! Once she manages to calm down, KP then proceeds to glom onto everyone who is kind to her, openly and shamelessly asking for positive attention and affection and basically just being Baby. This would all be very wholesome if not for the fact that she's quick to get possessive of the people she gets attached to, is frantically afraid of being left behind or abandoned and will have to be physically restrained to keep her from attacking culprits once they're identified if they've injured anyone she's attached to. And it's kind of terrifyingly hard to restrain her, despite her size??? That's Monstrous Strength EX, babey!

In any situation where the cap on her powers is lifted (such as deadland or just a power-on motive), KP regains her original size of thirty fucking meters high!!!!! and... proceeds to act no different than she had before. She's like a giant excitable puppy. T–try not to get squished... ]

Edited 2021-11-26 18:30 (UTC)
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Bertram van Whitlock (D&D OC)

[personal profile] carenotawhit 2021-11-26 07:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Name: Doctor Bertram van Whitlock | Champion Medical Examiner (Restored)
Age: 47 (Appears 24) | Species: Dhampire | Occupation: Doctor, Cleric of the Raven Queen, Member of the Guild of Supernatural Investigations
Likes: Professionalism, bad jokes, undercooked meat, his fellow agents
Dislikes: Needless death, incompetence, undead, himself
Traits: Reliable, Guilt-ridden, Intelligent, Awkward
Trivia: Dr. Whilock has a fullproof anti aging secret! Ask him how!

[Doc is a kind, if a little distant, man that is shockingly skilled at dealing with corpses in the medical sense considering he's from a high fantasy setting. He's a bit awkward socially, but in general, is a good man.

He sure doesn't like talking about the weirdness in his profile though, but won't lie outright, just saying it's uncomfortable.

... cw for any murder prompts, as they are apt to have(highlight): cannabilism, blood drinking and extreme gore</white]
Edited 2021-11-26 19:15 (UTC)
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[personal profile] gorira 2021-11-27 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
name: Chitoge Kirisaki | Champion Mafiosa · Dexterous
age: 17 | species: human | occupation: student
likes: tonkotsu ramen, red ribbons, fairy tales
dislikes: dark spaces, cooking, small talk
traits: athletic, boisterous, stubborn
trivia: Chitoge once trapped herself in a washing machine for over five hours.


[ bro what the fuck that's personal

While she initially comes off as a stern, no-nonsense sort of girl, Chitoge is quick to flare up once the chips are down. She's observant, and tends to know her stuff, but she has trouble keeping it all straight once she starts seeing red. With the mouth of a sailor, and a mean right hook to boot, you don't want to cross her after her short fuse has been lit.

In spite of her temper, it's hard to miss Chitoge's soft side. Though she makes detailed notes about all of the other participants on whatever pen and paper she can find, the margins are filled with potential conversation starters; she's had a tough time making friends. She keeps an especially close eye on the smaller, squishier ones in their number, and tries her best to prod them out of harm's way.

Rough-and-tumble as she is, her heart's in the right place. She doesn't want to see anyone dead. ]
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Entrapta | She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

[personal profile] 270mpa 2021-11-27 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
Name: Entrapta | Hair-Brained / Champion of Very Small Food (And Also Death Robots)
Age: 29 | Species: Princess | Occupation: Princess/Inventor
Likes: Discovery, friendship, robots, space
Dislikes: Narrow-minded thinking, the biological need for sleep, haircuts
Traits: Intelligent, enthusiastic, inquisitive
Trivia: Entrapta has been TO SPACE!!! Which for where she comes from is, like, a pretty big deal.

[ I HOPE YOU LIKE IC SURVEYS....... entrapta lives on this meme until i can figure out an excuse not to ask the mods fifty annoying questions every week. Anyway she is very invested in learning everything about this situation and everyone else in it (so that she can learn more about the situation). She's a little distractable, but when push comes to shove is very good in trials, too! More competent at the emotional side of things than you might think. Technically could adopt a child or get into a ship but it would be weird for everyone involved. Not bad weird! But like. Gestures at her (and, potentially, at Hordak, in the latter case). ]
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nandor the relentless | what we do in the shadows

[personal profile] fuckingguy 2021-11-27 03:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Name: Nandor | Relentless/Champion of Al Quolanudar
Age: 758 | Occupation: council co-leader
Likes: crepe paper, milfs, virgin blood, his housemates?, his familiar??, the big bang theory (slot machine)
Dislikes: doing anything for himself, his authority being undermined, the profound loneliness of an eternal existence, the big bang (theory)
Traits: Fastidious, overbearing, ignorant.
Trivia: Nandor has over 200,000 descendants living today.


[ If you have even the faintest idea of what a vampire is, it could not possibly be more obvious that this guy is one. He's unnaturally pale and has no reflection, he dresses like a goth warlord from the middle ages, his accent is most succinctly described as "Dracula voice", and he never seems to leave his room during daylight hours or eat anything in public... and that's before you hear him talking in that Dracula voice long enough to realize that he is cartoonishly out of touch with the modern world. Garlic and silver repel him, and if a chapel ever shows up, he's going to fully extend his arms like Nosferatu and hiss in disgust at it. The only person unaware of how obvious his condition is is Nandor himself, who genuinely believes he's doing a great job of keeping a low profile and blending in with the mortals! Unless a trial brings it to the forefront, it'll take him like a solid three weeks to realize they've figured him out.

ANYWAY... outside of the fact that he definitely kills and eats people, and his combination callous/tsundere response to all the inevitable death, he's not that unpleasant a guy to be around! Nandor is dim and a bit annoying, for sure, and kind of a nag when it comes to any communal living stuff that isn't taken care of by the unseen hand of the mastermind, but he's also got a vested interest in keeping the group together and thinks he's the one guy capable of marshalling the troops! Even when he very obviously isn't! He instantly establishes himself as the Meeting Guy, even if all he does is get everyone in the same place to vamp for a few minutes and then pass the buck to someone who knows what they're doing, and he'll approach situations with at least the pretense of levelheadedness and compromise. He's got a certain brand of cleverness that makes itself known almost exclusively in combat, and occasionally he'll surprise everyone, including himself, with an unintentional insight at a trial, but in general what you see is what you get when it comes to Nandor, and he's actually exactly as easy to dupe as he looks. He's easily distracted and delighted by small, seemingly inconsequential things and takes well to arts and crafts, especially when glitter is involved. He also is absolutely not capable of taking care of himself, which becomes ever clearer as the weeks wear on and he looks less and less like an Ottoman dandy and more and more like a guy who can brush his hair competently and do literally nothing else. His failure to wash his antique clothes properly leads to a hullabaloo every clothing check, because there's always some goddamn blood on there, and if there are any alternative outfits provided (think the unknown seas tie dye shirts and cutoffs) he'll end up relying heavily on them. And none of this precludes him draining someone on a Thursday night and creating an absolutely disgusting and poorly-concealed crime scene! ]
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Joey Wheeler | Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (English Dub)

[personal profile] redeyestakewarnyehng 2021-11-28 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
Name: Joey Wheeler | Champion Bronze Medal | The Lucky
Age: 16 | Species: Human | Occupation: Student, Duelist, Sidekick
Likes: Duel Monsters, free food, his friends and family
Dislikes: Bullies and cheaters, ghosts, being useless, Seto Kaiba
Traits: Headstrong, supportive, instinctive
Trivia: Joey placed second in the prestigious Duelist Kingdom tournament despite playing zero official duels prior to entering.


[He absolutely tries to fistfight the mastermind day one and probably starts going stir-crazy before the end of the first week. He aggressively friends at anyone who's not an obvious asshole, but would probably be the prime suspect in case of the deaths of at least one or two other people in the game.]

[Is somehow both absolute garbage at the investigations and trials and also manages several times to hit on tiny, critical details or inconsistencies in evidence and testimony.]

[Once his deck drops he will do his level best to teach Duel Monsters to anyone that expresses any kind of interest, and we're so sorry about that.]
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Vaska Lorre | DnD OC

[personal profile] toccatangel 2021-11-28 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
Name: Sir Vaska Lorre | Champion of Xelora | The Destined
Age: 27 | Species: Demihuman | Occupation: Adventurer
Likes: Music, recognition, purpose, thrilling heroics
Dislikes: Failing, betrayal, sewers, nobility
Traits: Dramatic, ambitious, ruthless
Trivia: Vaska is a self-trained swordsman.


[Not actually a solid-gold woman, but everything about her is kind of shiny; not helped by the highly polished armor and scimitar that eventually come out of the regain machine. As quickly as she latches onto those, it's the simple metal flute that comes out later that she'll outright demand back from whoever gets it.]

[If memory regains are involved, she starts off cheerful and enthusiastic, doing her best to keep everyone hopeful and determined, challenging the masterminds as much as possible, occasionally just yelling at the cameras if they don't actually show themselves. As time progresses she gets- more subdued, is the best word. She's still doing her best to keep everyone's spirits up, but people sharp enough might note that it can get a bit calculated, trying to tell people what they need to hear at the moment rather than the universal bolstering she attempted during the opening weeks. Maybe it's just all the death weighing on her?]

[One Sunday, at least a few weeks in, she does not come out of her room unless disturbed.]

[Competent enough at investigations and trials, especially at cat-herding. Always tries to find some kind of loophole to avoid the vote, always fails, gets progressively less vitriolic about it each time. Once her sword drops, she can be found in whatever open spaces are available blowing off steam with training drills, in increasing frequency as time passes.]
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Penny Polendina | RWBY

[personal profile] in4apounding 2021-11-28 06:09 am (UTC)(link)
Name: Penny Polendina | Champion Cutting-Edge
Age: Yes | Species: Human-passing | Occupation: Huntress, Cadet
Likes: Helping people, fighting, exploring, Ruby
Dislikes: Magnets, scaring people, Grimm, fighting
Traits: Extroverted, loyal, curious
Trivia: Penny is the first artificial human capable of utilizing an Aura.


[Day one, Penny is curious and looking all over the game setting, and probably kind of awkwardly friending at everyone. She may or may not try fighting the host or mastermind? It mostly depends on whether or not whoever speaks to everyone face to face actually claims direct responsibility for the situation. As time wears on, she does what she can to keep everyone's spirits up with mixed success, and promises entirely too often to keep everyone safe.]

[That last part doesn't end well.]

[She's going to consider basically every murder a personal failing until someone does something about it, and it's going to be a whole lot of stress on top of the normal stress of a mutual killing game. Penny's very insistent about patrolling as time goes on, and its inevitable failure is obviously weighing on her.]

[During investigations, she's actually pretty good at spotting small details that might pass other people by, if not always at realizing their significance.]
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Vi | Arcane: League of Legends

[personal profile] arcanefist 2021-11-28 08:55 am (UTC)(link)
Name: Vi | Ultimate Boxer | The Enforcer (Thinks with her fists, punches with her heart)
Age: 20| Species: Human | Occupation: Ex-prisoner
Likes: Cupcakes, family, fighting, Powder
Dislikes: Piltover elites, Silco, Jinx
Traits: Fierce, loyal, aggressive, gentle
Trivia: Vi's spent the last seven years in Stillwater Hold, and recently spent an extended time in solitary confinement.

[Now, here's a quiet young woman. Day one, you might be mistaken if you hear her speak at all; she more often spends time loitering in the background. Listening to conversations and poking around places she probably shouldn't. It's a habit. Hard to break.

But it's when the murders start that another side starts to peek out beneath the hood of her crimson jacket. By the time the trial's wrapped up, and everyone's filed out of the judgement chamber, the thin line that was Vi's lips - so stoic and pointed - have fallen into a frown. For the first time, as everyone sits around, preparing food or simply digesting the events of today, she's not looking over you, judging you.

No, she's looking at you.
]

Hey. You eaten anything today?
Edited 2021-11-28 10:51 (UTC)
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Jinx | Arcane: League of Legends

[personal profile] undoingdaughter 2021-11-28 10:47 am (UTC)(link)
Name: Jinx | Ultimate Bad Luck | The Loose Cannon (World's deadliest fifteen-year-old)
Age: 15 | Species: Human | Occupation: Blowing things up
Likes: Gadgets and gizmos, explosives, family, Silco
Dislikes: Messing up
Traits: Quirky, hurt, spontaneous, violent, intelligent
Trivia: "Jinx" is not Jinx's real name.

[Alright, this girl isn't the most stable. That's clear from the get-go; her questions to the mastermind skewed off from the pack at an odd angle. Less about their unwillingness to kill and more... about the methods being supplied to them.

Needless to say, probably not the best first impression.

It doesn't really stop from there, either. Jinx is... odd. She carries herself through the weeks with a downright bouncy energy, which can quickly be swapped for quiet sulking at any given time.

At least she isn't private about her hobbies - namely, those small gizmos she's always tinkering with, made from scrap and whatever she could dismantle in the kitchens (it's fine, they'll get a new oven). She handles it all with a finesse bordering on gifted.

When investigations roll around, it's a different story. She bounces through them, seemingly more fascinated by the destruction than the evidence. Or even the bodies themselves. Not that she'll say that. She cares! Really!

Look, there's a bloody knife. Let's check out how it got lodged in the ceiling, huh?
]
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Scintilla Caminus | FFXIV [WoL OC] 5.55 spoilers

[personal profile] sunforging 2021-11-29 05:03 am (UTC)(link)
Name: Scintilla Caminus | Champion of Hydaelyn, Super High School Level Traveler, The Sundered
Age: 20-something | Species: Seeker of the Sun Miqo'te | Occupation: Several
Likes: Her friends, blacksmithing, combat
Dislikes: Garlemald, calamities, solitude
Traits: Stubborn, steadfast, sympathetic.
Trivia: She's not entirely sure if she's married to the king of the fae or not.

[infopost is in her journal but the tl;dr of it: very street smart, very book dumb. Quiet, but incredibly friendly if approached. Probably spends most of her time in places like a gym, a food court, or wherever someone might need or want some company.]

[...Some weird shit is likely to pop out of the vending machine for her.]
Edited 2021-11-29 05:04 (UTC)
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Lord El-Melloi II | Fate (servantswap AU)

[personal profile] fionnuisce 2021-11-29 05:15 am (UTC)(link)
Name: Lord El-Melloi II | Champion of Dumb Luck, Super High School Level Professor, The Survivor
Age: 29 | Species: Mage | Occupation: Teacher
Likes: His allies, his students, recognition
Dislikes: The apocalypse, the Holy Grail, his coworkers
Traits: Studious, cunning, determined
Trivia: Hates the smell of fish.

[impressions post. Walks with a silver-handled black cane and is generally the sarcastic personification of 'adult life is already so goddamn weird, this might as well happen.' look i'm bored and want some self-indulgent nonsense ok]
Edited 2021-11-29 05:16 (UTC)
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breanna casey | leverage: redemption

[personal profile] themaplesyrupjob 2021-11-29 11:10 am (UTC)(link)
Name: Breanna Casey | The Maker, SHSL Van Gal, Engineering
Age: 25 | Species: Human | Occupation: Engineer
Likes: Retro tech, drones, hacktivism
Dislikes: Defenestration, capitalism, the system
Traits: Excitable, lesbian, anarchist, baby
Trivia: Breanna is responsible for The Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist.


[Breanna is a hacker and international criminal working for Leverage International. She's excitable and very Gen Z, thinks the world fucking sucks and crime is the only way to solve it, and trips over her own tongue in the face of cute women. Girl is lesbian as hell.

Doesn't seem to take anything seriously until the first trial. Gets increasingly upset with being unable to "fix" the situation as the weeks go on.]
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Alfyn Greengrass | Octopath Traveler

[personal profile] apockatherry 2021-11-30 04:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Name: Alfyn Greengrass | Succor Every Minute | Champion of Clearbrook | Green
Age: 21| Species: Human | Occupation: Apothecary
Likes: Ale, good company, helping others
Dislikes: Charging money, standing by when people are in pain
Traits: Friendly, generous, inquisitive
Trivia: If you praise Alfyn too much, his butt gets uncontrollably itchy. Awkward!


[This scruffy lad built like a young lumberjack is actually ye olde fantasy JRPG equivalent of a pharmacist, and he really knows his stuff. That's easy to forget when he comes off as such a simple, fun-loving guy with his friendly brown eyes and country drawl. He's open, friendly, and eager to do whatever he can, whenever he can, be it as easy as chattering over drinks to keep folks' spirits up, or offering his medical (albeit medieval) expertise when--well, when the worst happens.

The murders never fail to upset him, he always gets too worked up at trials, and he attends after-trial gatherings red-eyed and sniffling, but Alfyn's the first to pitch in with organizing and setting them up and the absolute last to leave. Healing hearts is just as important as soothing scratches, after all, and as long as someone's hurtin', an apothecary's job is never done.]
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Mordecai | DnD OC

[personal profile] none_orange_left_beef 2021-11-30 08:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Name: Mordecai Clementine | Champion of Fucking Around and Finding Out (and Then Writing it Down for Science)
Age: 22 | Species: Demihuman | Occupation: Farmhand, Alchemist
Likes: Learning, cooking, brawling, mechanical engineering
Dislikes: Fighting, isolation, the Killing Man, abuse of technology
Traits: Enthusiastic, supportive, recklessly curious
Trivia: Mordecai is legally considered a Halfling.


[Mordecai immediately gets in trouble for disassembling and tinkering with any modern or advanced tech that can be found. Once it becomes clear everyone is from different worlds he'll be very focused on trying to figure out how it works, and probably takes it as a personal offense that the mastermind did it first. May or may not be very nottu disu shitto agen on day one, depending on whether memory loss is in play. Spends most or all of his time in any available libraries, labs, or sufficiently tech-adjacent locations.]

[Useful during investigations, less so during trials due to not wanting to accuse anyone. Accidentally stumbles into uncovering a culprit at least once while rambling about something seemingly unrelated. Probably ends up reluctantly bodytouching more than once.]

[If there's a kitchen, you are being fed. Do not resist.]
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Loki | MCU/TV

[personal profile] cuttingremark 2021-12-01 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Name: Loki Odinson | Champion Trickster | Silver Tongue
Age: 1510| Species: Jotun | Occupation: God
Likes: Mischief, knives, books, magic, talking
Dislikes: Odin, taking responsibility for his actions
Traits: Clever, Prideful, Self-Destructive
Trivia: He took the news of his adoption a little too hard.


[Can take either movie canon Loki, where his true canon point would probably be post-death, or TV canon Loki with a true canon point of the end of season 1.

Will 100% try to commit a trial murder if someone he's grown attached to is killed. Would also 100% be a culprit. He has killed before and will do it again.

Will also adopt a teen or two if presented with the chance.]
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Dylan Dalmatian | 101 Dalmatian Street

[personal profile] canismajorcontrolfreak 2021-12-02 10:12 am (UTC)(link)
Name: Dylan Dalmatian | Champion Responsible Sibling
Age: 12 (Dog Years) | Species: Dalmatian | Occupation: Oldest Brother, Homemaker
Likes: His family, astronomy, order, cleanliness, Poodlewolf
Dislikes: Cruella De Vil, dirt, fleas, Clarissa, chaos
Traits: Anxious, Protective, Geeky
Trivia: Dylan is one of the two oldest of 99 puppies!


[ay yo what the dog doin-

In all seriousness, Dylan is a ball of nerves that will be freaking out the millisecond he realizes he is in a place that is very clearly not his home. Despite that and the fact that he is most definitely the youngest living being stuck here, he's also the one that's probably trying to set up meetings and generally lead people into, you know, not grabbing the nearest knife and going stab happy on everyone else. Given the fact that he is still a quadrupedal dog who is going to be surprised that humans are actually understanding him for the first few days, it's going to be...interesting. Prepare for at least one emotional breakdown once the bodies start hitting the floor.

Oh, and if this is in a space station, you can bet your butt that he spent the first hour or two just staring out a window because space spACE SPACE HE'S IN SPACE HE'S ACTUALLY IN SPACE THIS IS INCREDIBLE THIS IS AMAZING HE DOESN'T KNOW HOW THIS HAPPENED BUT HE DOESN'T CARE THIS IS AWESOME HOLY FU-]
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thomasin | the witch

[personal profile] curdle 2021-12-02 02:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Name: Thomasin | Champion Heretic/Overlooked
Age: 14 | Species: human | Occupation: handmaid
Likes: Pretty things, her family, heights.
Dislikes: False accusations, her family, the wood.
Traits: Pious, stubborn, resilient.
Trivia: Thomasin has never celebrated Christmas!

[ most of you already know the cliff notes but!! she comes off as a quiet and frightened sadsack teenager from 1630s massachusetts, and she is that, but also she's got reserves of inner strength and a survivalist streak which any amount of time in an atmosphere that's not a harsh puritan homestead will eventually bring to the surface! if this is a memory regain game, she's going to get progressively more miserable and fucked up with each passing week, but if she comes in as-is she's already seen a world of a24 horror shit go down, and will be very reluctant to talk about any of it until she realizes she won't be immediately condemned to death for doing so. it's really not that thomasin is shy or uncertain of her convictions: she's simply not used to being listened to or respected, especially by adults, and also knows how out of her depth she is. also, she's not at all used to being idle and will probably pepper in totally unnecessary daily chores to break up her own guilt over sitting around and doing nothing! maybe a goat just comes out of the vending machine one day! it's fine! also (v important) she doesn't understand indoor plumbing!

once people start dying, she's... not numb to it, but also not horrified in a fresh way unless the scene is particularly gruesome, and she accepts the reality of condemning the killer fairly easily. however, unless her own life is on the line, she's reluctant to accuse anyone if she's less than certain of their guilt. she can come to some fairly convincing and intelligent conclusions, given the time to think, but also she fully believes that if a killer touches the corpse of their victim the body will start bleeding, so like... that's what we're working with here. ]
Edited 2021-12-02 14:42 (UTC)
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Kazuma "Kazu" Mikura | Air Gear

[personal profile] chiwalry 2021-12-16 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Name: Kazuma Mikura | Runner Up | Champion of the Flame Road | Transparent
Age: 15 | Species: Human | Occupation: 3rd-year middle school student, Storm Rider, Flame King (tentative)
Likes: Beanies, hoodies, his team, running, Air Trek
Dislikes: The spotlight, others getting hurt to save him, oldschool bullying
Traits: Insecure, passionate, decent
Trivia: He wet the bed until he was six, so Kazu's sister used to send him to school with a diaper on his head. The habit kind of stuck.


[In a world where teenagers can get their hands on rollerblades installed with tiny sci-fi motors powerful enough to create tornados, destroy towers, and probably even solve the world's energy crisis (Air Gear is just like this), Kazu is a startlingly normal kid. While, yes, he's definitely a fist-fighting juvenile delinquent, there's just no competing with the geniuses who can ride the wind or rip people apart in zero gravity. Not unless a guy works really hard at it.

Kazu happens to be a pretty hard worker.

Still, he's in way over his head, here. Speed-skating fast enough to set the road aflame may win Air Trek battles, but it don't solve murder mysteries. Most of the time, Kazu's kind of worthless in trials and investigations. Even though he's observant enough to notice one or two "off" details, he doubts himself too much to bring them up in a timely fashion. He doesn't even really make up for his deficits by being reliably supportive or upbeat. He just reacts exactly the way a real middle schooler would in such an incomprehensible situation--expect a lot of passionate yelling and crying and dramatic shounen faces.

He spends a lot of time in areas where he can move around, like gyms or large gardens. If anywhere is open to the air, that's where he'll be found. If his Air Trek skates drop, prepare to find wheel tracks all over the place, including on the walls and ceiling. If you get his skates--well, enjoy the broken neck, probably. RIP. Motorized rollerblades were a mistake.]
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Ebenezer Scrooge | that story with the christmas ghosts and the felt frog

[personal profile] mrhumbug 2021-12-28 12:47 am (UTC)(link)
Name: Ebenezer Scrooge | Champion of Bonds
Age: 59 | Species: Human | Occupation: Money Lender
Likes: Companionship, helping others, Christmas
Dislikes: His past, isolation, the consequences of his own actions
Traits: Hardworking, forthright, fearful
Trivia: Ebenezer's first job was bookkeeping at the Fozziwig Rubber Chicken Factory.


[He is here to have a terrible time and keep himself isolated from all the crazy people in this place, which is everyone but him. This is all a bad dream or hallucination and if it's not then the best way to deal with it is to not care about anyone else and do what's necessary to survive. And obviously that profile is almost entirely nonsense.]

[And then the memory regains start, have fun with that.]
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Ao Hoshizaki | Blue Reflection Second Light

[personal profile] angedechu 2021-12-29 06:11 am (UTC)(link)
Name: Ao Hoshizaki| Champion Lost Girl | Cyclical
Age: 15 | Species: Human| Occupation: Student, magical girl
Likes: Anime, YA novels
Dislikes: Studying, boring stuff
Traits: Goofy, flirty, empathetic
Trivia: Ao used to call herself Moon Shadow in middle school.

[Ao is a self-proclaimed isekai protagonist. She doesn't know why she became a magical girl (or maybe she does, it's hard to get an answer out of her). She just sees this affair to be a vacation from a vacation. At least until the bodies start dropping. Even then, Ao prefers to keep moral up.

Parties? Sure! Stupid activities? Definitely! It doesn't matter if you're a thousand year vampire or a fellow teenager, Ao is going to help you keep your spirits up! If you happen to be a fellow teenage girl she might flirt a little on the way, too. We're all friends here, it's fine!

The murders do bother h er a lot but they have to keep moving on. If they don't... well, she won't let that happen! She might not be the leader here but she's going to make sure that everyone comes out alright. That's the job of a protagonist, right?]
Edited 2021-12-29 06:13 (UTC)
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claire wanted a dad-shaped friend so you get one

[personal profile] favoriteanalyst 2022-01-02 11:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Name: Mobius M. Mobius | Champion of the Sacred Timeline | Timestamped | Your Dad, Wow! | Super TVA Level Analyst
Age: ██ | Species: Human | Occupation: Time Agent
Likes: Jet skis, Josta, mischievous scamps, peace at the end of time
Dislikes: Betrayal, the unrepentant, cutting back on caffeine, jumpscares
Traits: Insubordinate, stubborn, unpredictable, petty
Trivia: Mobius only apprehends the most dangerous variants on the timeline. That probably does not include any of yours.


[Mobius does not initially seem like his traits at all, aside from maybe stubborn. Mostly he seems like a folksy dopey tired pencil pusher federal agent type, overly casual, overly curious, but fairly boring. Right up until the point when the first motive happens. Then he does a lot of pushing it with the rules to see how far he can bend them, and tries to have verbal sparring matches with the overseer(s) every time they show up. It's pretty entertaining to watch, actually, and definitely lives up to petty.

He tends to be the voice of reason to people, endearingly encouraging, willing to call people out on their absolute bullshit, and has an uncanny ability to cold read people to a certain extent. It's nothing supernatural, he's just observant. While he doesn't set out to play therapist, conversations with him do tend to turn...in that kind of direction, for better or worse. Very nearly no one is a lost cause to him. Maybe reading into demeanor and tics over the span of a couple of weeks will help him to reveal a killer?

Good to have around investigations. Pretty good to have around afterparties. Not here for anyone moralizing, though. Takes him a while to acclimate to time moving in a constant state of forward. Gravitates toward particularly troubled people. Is not actually your dad (wow), but still probably the most conveniently dad-shaped person in the round.]
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Peaches | DnD OC

[personal profile] thorncreek 2022-01-04 06:34 am (UTC)(link)
Name: Astreas Steadyheart-Thorncreek | Champion Bull | Champion of Thorncreek | Granny's Boy
Age: 23 | Species: Minotaur | Occupation: Mercenary, farmhand
Likes: Woodworking, family, his friends, critters
Dislikes: Fighting, when friends argue, thinking too hard
Traits: Gregarious, friendly, gentle
Trivia: Astreas often goes by his childhood nickname 'Peaches'.

['Peaches' was raised since he was young with the large halfling Thorncreek family. For that reason Peaches is a person who knows how intimidating he is. He acts a bit oblivious but he realizes that not everyone is used to seeing a minotaur. He won't be upset if people, especially the more serious kind, refer to him by his given name but he figures that people are more at ease with someone who calls themself a somewhat silly name. Especially in tense situations like this.

He won't lie if asked that this situation makes him incredibly nervous. Peaches is more at home fighting off wildlife or scaring bandits. That's why he tries to be the one to take care of everyone. Hurt yourself while investigating? Peaches is there with a handkerchief to put on your cut or willing to carry you to the infirmary. He's practically the life of the afterparties, too.

Though, when the arguing gets intense? He'll likely try to calm everyone down... by shouting. He doesn't do well with people he likes arguing and if he talks to you? You're a friend. A stranger is just a friend you haven't met yet, that's the Thorncreek way!

Of course that means either he makes it to the end or dies tragically. You know, the usual for a friendly giant in a murder game.]

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