118th ♫ | asking myself over and over – "have i won? has a new me been reborn?"

[phaiinein]

Welcome, Champions, to the Tulipa Residency Station, the #1 top voted temporary home away from home, currently orbiting the beautiful uninhabited planet of Seraphim #52973! You've been given the very exciting opportunity to test out our facilities for free over the next few weeks. All the food fun and relaxation you could ever want alongside a beautiful view, at absolutely no cost! If space makes you anxious, don't fret! We have an on-board therapist, the distinguished Doctor Maruki here to attend to your every need! Oh, you didn't agree to come here? You want to go home? There's a weird rule in your resident ID about murder? Well, I guess there is one teeny tiny catch... Welcome to the murdergame meme: Airlocked Gaiden edition! This is a meme-ified version of the Airlocked sequel/Round 6 AU cooked up by myself and Jess made available for everyone to goof around with. HAVE FUN, GANG TL;DR: we still have airlocked brainrot THE BASICS: This meme is for threads/plots/mingles/whatever set in an Airlocked-based AU as outlined above. You don't need to be Airlocked alumni to play here but some familiarity with the game's vibes and mechanics is useful! The game's setting is Tulipa Residency Station, a high class space station orbiting an unoccupied planet. It's basically a cross between a super fancy hotel and a super fancy cruise liner so feel free to make up fitting locations as you see fit. AND YES, YOU CAN HAVE ROOMMATES. Slap up a toplevel quickly outlining what's going on with your character in the tradition of murdergame memes gone by – you can also outline your character's role in the game, how long they last and maybe give ideas for progressive CR, memory reveals, that sort of thing! TAG AROUND AND HAVE FUN THAT PART IS NOT OPTIONAL PROMPTS: 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? CHAMPION PROFILE CODE: <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</center>

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Ai Hoshino ★ Oshi no Ko

[liedol]

Name: Ai Hoshino | Champion Idol
Age: 20 | Species: Human | Occupation: Idol
Likes: Secret ❤
Dislikes: Secret ❤
Traits: Savvy, Scintillating, Shrewd
Trivia: The only food Ai doesn't like is white rice.

[ Impressions and permissions here! The dazzling lead singer of the pop group B-Komachi!! Not that it's going to do her any good here... then again, maybe an impromptu live from an idol who made it all the way to the dome will do something for everyone's morale!! An always smiling people pleaser, Ai proves to be a friendly, magnetic presence who'll go out of her way to connect with everyone and make sure their spirits are high. Isn't that what idols are for? Of course, as the weeks go back and things get increasingly dire, a slightly more calculated side of Ai will emerge – while she frequently plays the ditz (and uh, sometimes just is a ditz) it becomes clear that she's much sharper and more observant than she likes to let on. And that ever-effervescent smile might start to look a little calculated – or maybe a little desperate. After all, how come she's so secretive? Why does she never let the facade crack? She's just an idol, so what does she have to hide?

As memory regains and regular regains come in, small cracks will gradually form in Ai's armor and a different side of her will emerge at times – kind and lonely and wanting to connect with other people but being so unsure of how to handle or understand their feelings that her struggles come off as aloofness. She tends to skip out on afterparties because she's not good at comforting folks and dedicates herself instead to setting up memorials and helping out with other post-trial tasks. She puts on improvised live shows to keep everyone's spirits up and does everything she can to keep herself alive and in everyone's good books.

The reason for this eventually comes out during a a 'darkest secrets' motive – Ai will confess to the group that she's so determined to return home alive because, despite being an idol, she has two children to return to – her twins, Ruby and Aqua, born when Ai was just sixteen. Having been abandoned by her own mother when she wasn't much older than the twins, she's determined to make her way back to them and continue raising them with all the love she never got.

... or so she says. Characters who get particularly strong CR with her (we're talking Kill And Die For You levels of murdergame ship/found family) will eventually find out that Ai's actual darkest secret is that she is dead back home, having been murdered in front of her own children by an obsessed fan. She has no idea how she's still alive but being granted this miracle of a second chance, she wants nothing more than to reclaim her future and return home to her family where she belongs. ]

regains

[finalflower]

[Annu isn't familiar with the exact concept of an idol, but she can see Ai's a dedicated entertainer, and to tell the truth, she can't help but be a little starstruck. No, no, definitely not, she is dignified and has never stared in her life. Still, when she spots Ai at the prize machine, she blinks and pauses for a moment before clearing her head.]

What did you get? I keep ending up with those "My Son" jars. I'm not actually sure if they're cursed.

afterparty

[keyringwitness]

[ It's the third week of everyone's stay on their favorite murder space station when tragedy strikes: Sakura Matou was murdered by Haruka Tenoh. At the end of the day, the case wasn't too hard to crack... it was just the matter of convincing all the girls wooed by Haruka's ladykiller charm that she was the culprit, which was no small feat.

Yasu, unfortunately, was one of the many stricken by a crush, and so Haruka managed to sneak into the worryingly murder-adept girl's blindspot. She now sits dejectedly by Ai's table as she absentmindedly pets the silver fox kit who always follows her around (currently radiating an inexplicable aura of incredible smugitude), staring blankly at a slice of pizza through her bangs. ]

I am never trusting a magical girl ever again, [ she murmurs. ]

Social link, go!

[friendwich]

[so that trivia about rice? That got Arven's attention right away the first week. So he just had to ask what she had against rice- was it just plain white rice or were dishes with it okay? What about other rices?

Through these conversations he learned she was... honestly an awful cook. So that's how Cooking Time started. Hope you like Spanish food, Ai.

... the secrets motive was just a few days ago, and Arven has been awkward around Ai since. It doesn't SEEM to be out of any ill will but he IS a teenage boy... so who can say?]

So... you wanna try something a little harder this time?

Memory Regain Day

[reaperrabbit]

[That last trial could have gone better, at least for Brook. As usual, his antisocial nature left him without an alibi the night of the murder, and a cagey conversation he'd had with Annu returned to bite him in the ass. To clear himself, he had to share more than he liked about his nature, his powers, and the fact that he was a killer--one who sent people to Hell on a daily basis. He had to admit that, yes, he'd remembered something that raised the stakes of his being in this game.

He confessed that his sister had murdered him, too. Ages ago, apparently. And that still might not have been the most worrying thing he said.

"If I'm fucked when I get out of here anyway, I might as well last here as long as I can."

For all that, though, Brook's made appearances throughout the weekend. He's been a little more brittle, perhaps (more fragile?), but it doesn't keep him from wandering around or feeding coins into the vending machine in hopes it'll drop his phone. He doesn't sleep, so he's often one of the first ones "up" to keep tabs on the early risers or tag along when exploring new areas.

It's odd, then, that on Sunday, Brook is nowhere to be found.]

hoes be dead

[crypddyd]

[They were almost free. Maybe. The Mastermind was against the metaphorical wall, and everyone was exploring to get the last few clues before the confrontation.

Dimitri... oddly enough has become a bit more stable over the weeks, thanks to the support of the others. His madness is still strong, but certain recently returned memories haunt him.

Memories like his final fate.

But he's not worried about that. It was only proper, what happened to him. It's someone else he's worried about. He storms through the back office halls, a vanilla folder nearly bent in half in his gloved hand. Something he found in one of the previously locked rooms.

He found a lot of things there, about his new friends, but this specific one lingers. He has to find Ai. And when he does:]

Is it true?!

[Dimitri, baby, not everyone is privy to your thought processes]

Brook | I’m the Grim Reaper

[reaperrabbit]

Name: Brook | Champion Thumper
Age: 118-ish? | Species: Reaper | Occupation: Reaper
Likes: Direction, blogging, cutesy rabbit accessories
Dislikes: Big emotions, messing up
Traits: Standoffish, dispassionate, this
Trivia: Brook once tore off his own arm to avoid losing a game of tag.

[Oh boy, it's an edgy, loner teenager... with a pink rabbit theme? Is this gap moe? How does the headband stay on? Why isn't he wearing shoes?

Aesthetic choices aside, Brook isn't actually too hard to get along with. While he isn't friendly, he doesn't go out of his way to make enemies. He doesn't go out of his way for much at all, really. One might think he perhaps keeps to himself to avoid presenting an easy target--he's, like, 5'1" and looks like he's made of paper--except he doesn't seem to believe anyone could take him. Power nerfing is going to throw him for a loop fr.

Still, he appears to take the whole situation as a kind of mild inconvenience, and the idea of murder doesn't noticeably bother him; when he asks for clarification about the rules, he's surprised to hear they only have to kill one person, not one person a day. Once that’s cleared up, Brook doesn’t seem inclined to participate in any of the murdergame trappings. He doesn’t care that much about getting back to his world, and it’s not (he thinks) like he has anyone to get back to.

Despite his disinterest, he proves himself willing to chip in most times he’s asked for help, whether it be for the benefit of the group or a selfish request.

Before memory regains kick in, he seems confused about the X markings on his left side and the trivia in his profile. As memory regains trickle in, however, he starts to get anxious. Looks like Brook has more at stake here than he thought.]

memory day

[finalflower]

[Last night's trial had been... well, pretty bad. It dragged on for hours, with people denying the evidence in front of them because the culprit wasn't cracking, why weren't they cracking, clearly they must have something wrong -- only for the original, rebuffed solution coming back after a hopeless spiral.

So, the R1 mood.

All this to say that Annu already wasn't feeling like getting up, but she drags herself out to the cafeteria in the morning anyway, not even changing out of the Champion jumpsuit. She nods at Brook.]

Difficult morning?

Mori Annu | OC

[finalflower]

Name: Mori Annu | Champion Shady Goth
Age: 15 | Species: Human | Occupation: Student
Likes: Her siblings, dark magic, painting, the poorly guarded restricted section of the school library
Dislikes: Her siblings, bullies, stuffy rich people, weapons class
Traits: Devious, wrathful, protective, loyal
Trivia: Annu's teacher kind of wants to train her as an assassin.

[Annu immediately drops the cover story of her and her siblings being shipped off to study painting in France once it becomes clear that everyone here is from other worlds anyway. She often just kind of lurks around the station and gathers information, and when things get heated, she's in there cornering anyone who looks like they've hurt her friends.

Sorry not sorry about the heavy dark magic tomes in her regains. Be glad you didn't get her sister's fanfic instead.]

Trial

[reaperrabbit]

['Say someone found their life was better than they'd thought before, and thus more worth killing to return to. Or that it was worse, and then an offer comes by to escape.'

Maybe Annu jinxed it. Maybe she shouldn't have said anything. Because Tuesday's motive offered a return to a specific moment anywhere on the winner's pre-murdergame timeline, with the possibility of preserving their life or changing it. Now Terezi Pyrope, Champion Rulez Lawyer, is dead, throat cut on patrol despite her own efforts to bring everyone together last night for a fruity rumpus.

And notably stand-offish Brook doesn't have an alibi.]

Wh--what the hell? It wasn't me.

Vending machine

[reaperrabbit]

[This sure is a heavy, ancient-looking book covered in incomprehensible, evil-looking scribbles. Brook has an idea just to whom this belongs. The question is, does he want to track her down to return it?

While he mulls that over, he just goes ahead and opens the book. What's the worst that can happen, a demon pops out to take his soul? Ha ha.]

Arven | Pokemon Scarlet/Violet

[friendwich]

Name: Arven | TITLE: Champion Cook
Age: 16 | Species: Human | Occupation: Student
Likes: Cooking, Cute things, Mabosstiff
Dislikes: His parents, bossy people, being overlooked
Traits: Devoted, prickly, awkward, emotional
Trivia: Arven is the son of a famous Pokemon professor!

[Arven might seem a little standoffish at first, clearly not super trusting of a bunch of strangers and rather rude to start with. But over time he certainly warms up to those that are kind to him- but anyone that antagonizes him might find him hard to win back around.

He can be easily excitable and when the deaths start he ... doesn't take it well, at all. Still he does his best to be helpful, and even if he doesn't have much in the way of forensic skill, he IS a good researcher though and has an eye for detail. So he might cling to any investigative types to learn if they show him any approval what-so-ever. He also will try to look out for any younger kids with a very big brother air. In fact he's probably a central part of whatever Teen Squad forms.

As people get close to him it's clear he has had a rough childhood. Practically abandoned by his famous parents to raise himself, supported by money and emails but almost no physical presence in over a year and barely anything more than that for long before. Does the pokemon world even have CPS? Must not cuz he will sure talk about how wild pokemon his parent was researching almost killed him once and how his dog- who was his only supervision, was crippled protecting him.

It's fine, probably]

intro log

[finalflower]

[Arven is barely out of his room before the girl coming out of the room next door whirls on him and brandishes... the key to the trunk everyone has in their room... okay, she didn't have a lot of options.]

I'd appreciate if you explained what's going on here.

Downtime

[reaperrabbit]

Hey.

[Something came up earlier, in the gathering other Champions insisted they have. The meeting to discuss what people might have found out about this station. Brook's just interested enough to follow up.]

You said you'd explain what a... what was it called.

[I mean, take your pick of rabbity Pokémon. He even kind of looks like a Raboot, doesn't he?]

What a whatever-it-was is.

Turo | Pokemon Violet

[tworo]

Name: Turo | Champion of Paradise
Age: 43 | Species: Human | Occupation: Professor
Likes: The future, progress, science, Miraidon
Dislikes: Disloyalty, interference, his ex
Traits: Dedicated, awkward, controlling, paranoid
Trivia: Turo was a part of the research team that established the Zero Lab in Paldea's Great Crater and discovered the Terastal phenomenon!

[True to the "awkward" part of his profile, Turo's a bit of an odd duck! Especially at first, he doesn't seem to quite know how to engage with others.

But he's even-tempered and polite, seeming focused from the very beginning in making sure everyone can work together in an effort to eventually escape. Any aggression shown towards him seems to roll right off his back. Indeed, he's not a very emotional person at all; maybe a little bit withdrawn, and not someone who speaks overmuch about himself.

When the deaths start, he seems a bit shaken but never breaks down, to the point where it might come off rather cold. His occasional propensity for probably-accidental insensitivity doesn't help. But in trials, he's a thorough and skilled investigator despite lacking any actual forensic training. His close eye to detail and excellent memory tend to pay off, as well as his willingness to collate information and proceed based on the results: he doesn't mean to offend, but it is, after all, for the good of everyone.

In spite of his generally helpful attitude, he's a little aloof. He seems interested in others, often showing up to question them about their lives and activities, but rarely contributes his own stories to such conversations. The most he'll ever talk about is his time spent in the Area Zero crater, where he was evidently living and working alone for over a year, save for the company of an unusual Pokemon. The most contact he had with the outside world was through emails or the occasional video call, which he speaks about with some fondness. He will acknowledge that he and his son are not close and haven't spoken recently, but says that he still cares for him. He does seem sad about something there, at least.

What was he working on down there for all that time? He doesn't seem to want to talk about that hardly at all.]

afterparty

[finalflower]

[Ever since they got the formal restaurant, with its shiny wooden floors, chandelier, and floor-to-ceiling windows looking out into space, gatherings have sort of defaulted to there, including afterparties. A more easily disturbed person might pass on punching in a food order on the fancy menu, but Annu has already hit the buttons for the server bots to send her a prime steak.

Stay calm. Don't be disturbed. If you break in a place like this, you won't make it out. Right?

She looks up as Turo walks in, and she bows politely before sitting down.]

You did well today, Turo-san.

Its murder time, sorry dad

[(Anonymous)]

[there are many reasons to be out late on a Thursday, but few of them good. Though at this rate it's more like early Friday. So maybe less ill intended. Or maybe not, who can say? But somewhere in the stations halls Turo might hear a very familiar voice in a less familiar panicked tone.]

No... nonono- come on-!

[and the deep concerned whimpers of a certain dark type pokemon]

Murder. No idea why that posted anon???

[friendwich]

[there are many reasons to be out late on a Thursday, but few of them good. Though at this rate it's more like early Friday. So maybe less ill intended. Or maybe not, who can say? But somewhere in the stations halls Turo might hear a very familiar voice in a less familiar panicked tone.]

No... nonono- come on-!

[and the deep concerned whimpers of a certain dark type pokemon

Downtime/investigation

[reaperrabbit]

[In spite of Brook's generally aloof attitude, he's oddly helpful. And he seems to like Turo, or at least he tends to drift into his company and stay there longer than his social interactions run on average. Perhaps his Dislikes: Big emotions meshes well with Turo's reserve, or his appreciation for direction is a match for Turo's Traits: Controlling. Whatever the case may be, Brook just sort of naturally clicks into an assistant role if and when Turo has a project.

Especially early in the morning or late at night, since he doesn't need to sleep. Brook doesn't, that is. Of course Turo probably does, being human and all. Brook forgets how that stuff works.

This morning, they're in the library. Brook has a stack of comic books to read in between tasks, if necessary.]

So, what do you need me to look for?

[He's not necessarily the sharpest or most knowledgeable of helpers, but even if he doesn't understand what he's asked to do, he doesn't complain about it.]

Stella ⭐ Spiritfarer

[spiritcarer]

Name: Stella | Champion Psychopomp
Age: ??? | Species: Human | Occupation: Spiritfarer
Likes: Traveling, helping others, family, friends
Dislikes: Bad food, bad moods, dad jokes
Traits: Bright, helpful, goodhearted
Trivia: Stella will always lend a hand to anyone who needs it.

[Another young woman trapped in this nightmare scenario! Whether she's a teenager or somewhere into her young adulthood, it's difficult to say on an initial glance. Regardless, there's a smattering of youthful freckles on her face, and a brightness in her eyes that shows a love for life in the best ways. Surprising for someone who readily admits that she's a Spiritfarer: someone who ferries the dead to their final rest - though it can be much nicer and more relaxing than it sounds!!

Never without her star-shaped hat, Stella makes the most of her time here in the station. Despite their situation - or perhaps because of it - she's emboldened to provide for the other survivors. Making heaps of delicious food in the kitchen, tending to a small garden she starts to cultivate when they get an "outside" space for surviving another week. Perhaps, most importantly, she offers to stay at the side of each culprit once they've been caught. No matter what they've done, Stella remains absolute in standing at their side when the time comes - if they permit it. Nobody should be alone.

Even now, she remains bright and chipper as can be. But it's tempered. Dig into her enough and you'll find someone who is just trying to keep going, and make sure that everyone has as much help as she can provide until it's too late.

Because nothing last forever. Not even Stella.]

[finalflower]

[After the first meeting, where Stella admitted to the truth of her title and what a Spiritfarer meant, Annu hangs back, eating one of the leftover cookies. It's getting crumbs on her gloves, but she'll clean them off later.]

There's one thing I wondered. You ferry the dead, but your profile says you're still a human?

Echo Darkglass | OC

[re_verbed]

Name: Project ReCension v.1.84.15 | Champion Free Runner
Age: Yes | Species: Human (Enhanced) | Occupation: Fugutive, Deck Hand
Likes: Green, heights, running, sweets, stars
Dislikes: Sterility, needles, schedules, running
Traits: Tenacious, cunning, awkward | Trivia: She prefers to go by Echo.

[Ahaha, this is fine, everything's fine, she's just gonna fuck off into the vents for a few days.]

[Yeah she absolutely tries to rip Dr. Maruki's face off day one, and probably gets injured trying to rip off her PIP.]

[But once it becomes clear that the plans for them to kill each other are moderately more subtle than literal cage matches to the death, Echo will at least stop actively avoiding the other Champions, but it still tends to be like approaching a feral cat until the memory regains start rolling in.]

[And slightly longer before she actually responds to her own name naturally, rather than as an afterthought.]

[If there's a greenhouse area to be unlocked, once it is that's her home as much as the rules allow.]

post-trial, pre-afterparty

[finalflower]

[In terms of Champions to avoid, the girl who dresses in black, chuckles to herself evilly, once pinned someone to a wall and threatened them with the nearest household object to break up a fight at a meeting, and has some concerning stuff on her profile is probably up there, so it's not likely that Echo's willingly spoken to Annu before.

But in that trial, when suspicion easily turned on Echo -- after all, she was so suspicious and never so much as interacted with anyone, clearly she's plotting something -- Annu had said it was too easy, too convenient. And it wasn't long until the person who had tried to blame Echo had suspicion turned on them and cracked.

As they step off the teleporter and all start to separate, awkward and terrified and shocked at their first trial and execution, Annu keeps her composure. She does flit her gaze over to Echo before she can make a run for it.]

That could have been a disaster.

Vincent Charbonneau | Dead Plate

[deadplating]

Name: Vincent Charbonneau | Champion of the Abattoir
Age: 28 | Species: Human | Occupation: Chef, Business Owner
Likes: Unknown
Dislikes: Unknown
Traits: Bitter, sour, cold
Trivia: After graduating school, Vincent opened his own bistro, La Gueule de Saturne. It's named after a famous painting.

[Vince is one of the more... normal... people here. No super powers. No world saving. Not famous in the way an idol or actor would be- well known in his circles but far from celebrity. Just a normal man from normal late 60's Paris. His Likes/Dislikes being blank is a little weird, but the traits are exposed pretty quickly. He's not an easy man to get along with. He's kinda mean in a very detached way, giving the feeling of looking down on others. Except when he becomes genuinely heated... then he's foul mouthed and honestly kind of scary. Maybe even. Violent. There's an intensity in his gaze that is far from comfortable. Even so, there are flashes of warmth there. Of softness. It's rare, but it's there. Especially around the more earnest types.

Funnily enough, even though he's a legit professional chef, he rarely cooks. Definitely never after trials. When asked the common response is that he's not your mother. Comfort feed your damn self.

Still... if you do manage to get to taste his food there's... something about it. it's not bad- he's a professional, after all. He's very good at what he does. Yet there's something vaguely... bitter about it. And in turn he rarely eats much at all either. Enough to not be hungry, but he never seems to actually enjoy anything anyone gives him. Not even a little. Instead of the kitchen he lingers around places like sitting rooms, bars or libraries. He can often be found scribbling nearly illegible notes, or outside smoking like a car engine.

During trials he's surprisingly helpful, not through any investigative skill, but purely because he so no nonsense. Cat-herding and beating others back on track often falls to him. Thankfully the gore and trauma never seems to bother him too much either.

And during motives he's shockingly possessive of any notes or pictures Maruki gives them. No, he will not share what his are. To the point he very well might have hit someone for pushing too hard. Don't try it.]

(( spoiler whited-out cws here that might come up with Vince in more serious threads: murder, cannibalism, dismemberment, stalking, physical abuse such as slapping/hitting or threatening harm, obsessive romantic attachment. Just let me know in toppers if you want to avoid anything too Intense in threads!))

library

[finalflower]

[Fellow shady goth, clearly the most trustworthy person in this mess. Okay, no. Annu does politely wave coming in, though, as she busies herself with the art history section.]

Compiling notes again? I wouldn't blame you, everyone is trying to get out of this place somehow.

[Ah, yes, the neo-neo-neo-neo-neo-romanticism movement of the 56th century. She lifts the book off the shelf and frowns.]

Vanity vonAegis | OC | voicetesting

[sweetsynergy]

Name: Vanity vonAegis | Champion Inheritor
Age: Yes | Species: Human (Enhanced) | Occupation: AegisCorp CEO
Likes: Sweets, efficiency, pop rock, putt-putt, Healthy Competition
Dislikes: Wastefulness, disorder, pollen, her sisters, cinnamon
Traits: Diligent, competitive, affable
Trivia: Vanity is the youngest company head in AegisCorp’s history.

[Kidnapping into a mutual killing game, did you mean free vacation? But really, Vanity is entirely too blase about the kidnapping and death aspect of everything, at least at the beginning of it all. Her main concern seems to be how her subordinates will run the company in her absence. Her low-key cheerfulness is probably grating for more than a few people given the situation; a rich teenage girl who seems a little too disconnected from the reality of the situation, and maybe in general.]

[So maybe it’s a little surprising that she’s very active in taking inventories, organizing meetings and group activities, and generally doing work to keep things from falling into utter chaos on day one. She makes a point of talking to everyone at least once a day, taking stock and making sure that there are at least no obvious cracks.]

[Once the murders start, this absolutely extends to taking an active hand in all the afterparties.]

[It doesn’t take a lot to guess that keeping busy is her way of dealing with All This. If nothing else, it seems to be working, maybe a little too well, with how dispassionate she starts getting in some of the trials.]

[That’s probably fine.]

[seenochaos]

[ Good afternoon! It's been long enough for the first regain coins to start appearing, and it seems the resident bush thing is having trouble with the gacha machine.

Not that Leshy can't find the machine, he seems to have managed to locate it despite his blindness... But he's on his knees and piling the coins in front of the machine. Which, obviously, does absolutely nothing. ]

... Well? I brought your offering!

[ ... ]

Are the coins not sufficient? Do you require more? Or is this why our captors require blood?

[ . . . ]

.... RRRRGGGHHH!!!

[ Leshy leans in and grabs for the machine in a fit of rage. ] DAMNED ALTAR! I GAVE YOU COIN, NOW GIVE ME WHAT IS RIGHTFULLY MINE!

[ Here he tries to shake the gacha machine in a way that suggests he has never encountered a gacha machine before in his life. ]

Leshy | Cult of the Lamb | voicetest

[seenochaos]

Name: Leshy | Champion Worm
Age: Approx. 3,000 years | Species: Bushy Worm Thing? | Occupation: Cultist (Formerly cult leader)
Likes: Camilla flowers, most of his siblings, digging
Dislikes: Lambs, The Red Crown, Not having eyes
Traits: Prideful, Grouchy, Chaotic
Trivia: Leshy was the youngest Bishop ruling the lands of the Old Faith... Which meant he had dominion over chaos itself.

[ ... That trivia would explain why a "Bishop" had woken up as a four foot tall bush creature that can't even see. Assuming memloss is in effect, we have a Leshy who is very upset about suddenly losing his crown and being dumped here without his god powers or sight... Whatever! The facility is small enough for him to memorize the layout. The thing stuck to his wrist speaks to him! He'll just put up with it until he recovers his crown and lays waste to the fools who trapped him here!

Alas, the longer he's put through these trials, the more he remembers... And the more he remembers, the more he realizes how dire his personal situation is... Only his closest CR will learn more, assuming anyone has put up with his stubbornness and unpredictability long enough.

In the meantime, he's not that fazed by the murders. Sacrifice was part and parcel in his world, and though he's blind his other senses are incredibly sharp. Only issue is he finds the whole trial process to be annoying. Has definitely made some enemies by asking why we can't just sacrifice someone and get it over with.

Other than that, he will be most active in organizing meetings and getting info from the host if possible. Or he could be a menace. Possibly eat your space plants if a garden opens up, nbd. ]

((I haven't set up his permissions page yet, but this boy comes with CONTENT WARNINGS: Cults, eye trauma, possible discussion of body horror and genocide. Cult of the Lamb is a dark game. If you have any questions, feel free to hit me up at Nyanka))

Scanlan Shorthalt | Legend of Vox Machina/Critical Role | Voicetesting

[the_d6]

Name: Scanlan Shorthalt | Champion of the Narrative
Age: 69 | Species: Gnome | Occupation: Entertainer
Likes: Praise, music, romance, sex
Dislikes: Goblins, danger, disappointing others, responsibility
Traits: Dramatic, creative, recklessly verbose
Trivia: He can turn into a triceratops.

[He is here to have an absolutely terrible time. As the deaths roll in and things get bad, he's working overtime giving dramatic speeches and corny jokes to try keeping spirits up, delivering eulogies after trials, coming up with increasingly screwball plans to get everyone off the station. And keeping it entirely to himself how increasingly certain he is that everyone, and himself especially, are going to die horribly, probably because of his personal failures as a person at a critical moment.]

[Has a particular soft spot for any kids, definitely handles those cases the worst.]

[Also, regrettably, the archetypal horny bard for any adults that catch his eye. We're so sorry.]

[Almost certainly snaps and does some kind of kill several weeks in, and tries playing the 'secretly a heartless cad all along' card when he's caught out.]

[Definitely has Curtains Virus, have fun with the musical numbers.]

downtime

[finalflower]

[It's just about motive day, and everyone has been starting to get out a little more again before things are inevitably ruined. Not that the resident creepy, smarmy teenage girl who always wears gloves and pinned the last culprit to their podium while threatening them with a fork has been hiding away or doing anything different. Either way, Annu comes up behind Scanlan while he's working on something at a cafeteria table.]

Oh, another new instalment of your... escape plans?