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oddsandends2022-12-22 05:05 pm
phaiinein) wrote in oddsandends2022-12-22 05:05 pm
110th ♫ | all the things making us sick and tired turn into bubbles and disappear
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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[Dojima sighed softly. It wasn't like he could order the guy around like he could a civie back in Inaba. And truth be told, he did feel a little better about someone watching his back here.]
Just... if you need to duck out for whatever reason, do it, alright?
[Dojima had a pretty strong stomach, but he didn't expect the same of a civilian.
Turning back to the door, Dojima took a quiet breath, before stepping into the room, his phone already out and snapping a picture--]
... Well, seems we know why there's so much bloodsplatter now.
[That was definitely the remains of what used to be someone's head, cratered in by some severe blunt force trauma.
Dojima himself even felt his stomach turn a little.]
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I was dearly hoping it would not come to this.
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['Civilian' was anyone who didn't deal with police protocol and investigations in Dojima's mind, regardless of rank or social standing. Probably part of the reason Dojima wasn't higher up in the police ranks; he was respectful to his superiors, but didn't worship the ground they walked on.
That, and he'd never really want to be in charge as much as work his beat.]
With the head so... damaged, it'll be difficult to ID the victim with 100% certainty until head count, but based on clothing--
...
[Dojima's stomach turned again, taking in that black leather jacket-]
... I think it's Noctis.
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That's...
[-impossible. Sure, Noctis had barely been able to stand him for reasons Ardyn couldn't quite understand, but the child with his last name and his brother's face had been the kind of person that was easy to like. Not just by Ardyn, but most if not all of them.]
...that's not...
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[Dojima wasn't... good, at this sort of thing. That line between professionalism in a case and the desperate need to compartmentalize his feelings was a struggle he was usually confident in, even involving death. So he could come off harsher than he meant to, in an effort to be objective.
Yet... still, he placed a hand on Ardyn's shoulder, giving it a small squeeze.
To steady him, to console him? He wasn't sure.]
If you need to leave, do it.
[He was never sure of the relationship between Ardyn and Noctis; Ardyn didn't seem to know or remember, and Noctis avoided the subject like the plague.
But Noctis was a good kid. Definitely no one who deserved to die like this...
But he had to be objective. They couldn't save Noctis, but they could at least find his killer.]
...This sort of force isn't something a normal human could do. We'd be looking at either a machine, super strength with a blunt object as the murder weapon or magic.
[The last two were said with a certain amount of discomfort on Dojima's tongue. He was a pragmatic, rational guy, alright? And magic didn't exist in his world.]
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[He took a slow breath, shaking his head. Ardyn had never been much for concealing or repressing sentiment, but he recognized well how to prioritize what needed to be done over focusing on how he felt about it.]
I know of little magic capable of this manner of force, and less still of machines.
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I don't know a lick about magic, so that makes two of us there, unless it was from one of the other worlds. Machine wise, it'd have to be a pretty powerful machine to do this, and someone would have heard it, more than likely.
[Dojima continued to take photographs of the scene, careful not to move anything.
Bloodsplatter, droplits... signs of a struggle. Looked like bruising along Noctis's arm... papers fallen all over the room.]
So we'll need to question people who were around this room last night. ...Alternatively, it could be super strength.
[Some people had began to receive their... 'powers', from their own worlds, so who knows if someone was hiding their abilities, waiting for the right moment to strike.
A moment of silence as Dojima mulled over the possibilities in his head... before softly sighing, looking down at the body of what he suspected was the young Prince.]
Kid... what did you get yourself into...?
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[Ardyn probably heard what Dojima said, but didn't acknowledge it. His head was lowered, staring blankly at Noctis like he was trying to compute what was happening and why--and failing to come up with any real answer for either.]