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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. 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. 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

Comments

Kevin Beckman | Ghostbusters

[flying_beefcake]

[His title is definitely something along the lines of "Champion Eye-Candy" or "The Unwitting". Generally sweet and good-natured if a bit self-centered, he definitely thought this was some kind of impromptu vacation until the first body was discovered. His occupation is listed as "Secretary/Mascot," and his likes include modeling, acting, sounding smart, and his job. Dislikes include ghosts and coffee.]

[He has a lot of weird stories about home, made more confusing than necessary by attempted use of mispronounced scientific terms. If nothing else, HE certainly seems to believe them.]

[shinetagonist]

[Hibiki really likes Kevin. Kevin might be his favorite person here. His favorite game is to come up behind him and poke him in the back, then follow around behind Kevin when he turns around. His current record is 15 rotations.

...he's pretty sure he can beat that today.]

[flying_beefcake]

[That hunch isn't a bad one. As usual, Kevin takes the bait hook, line, and cliche.]

Hello?

[Just imagine the fun you could have with a laserpointer.]

Afterparty because why not

[keepmeinyourheart]

[The trial had been rough. Lunafreya had found it hard in the end to vote for another one of the captives here even if they were so blatantly guilty. So when an afterparty was suggested, she volunteered to help host it. Being the Oracle meant being the strength of her people, even if the ones around here weren't from her home.

Seeing Kevin, she walks over with a drink in hand, holding it out for him. Everyone needs a refreshment.]

Here. I was told this was something called fruit punch.

[flying_beefcake]

[Kevin's actually uncharacteristically quiet, for once.]

[That wasn't supposed to happen. They were the good guys, right? That- none of it was good.]

Oh, uh, thanks.

[Just gonna take that and kind of knock it back in one go, like he's chugging a beer.]

That was. Um. ...That was a lot of blood.

[A short pause as he turns it all over in his head, for the hundredth time.]

The trial, I mean. And before. Not- not this, Definitely fruit punch. You can tell by the sugar.

[keepmeinyourheart]

[As long as he doesn't choke on the drink, Luna will feel a little relieved. Seems Kevin was a lot more stressed than previously thought. Much more delicate than he looks.

She nods with a slight grimace.]

I must admit that it wasn't an unfamiliar sight. A lot of people have been struck down in worse ways back home. I take it you have never seen death such as that before?

[Not many seem to have, surprisingly to her. There were so many here that have never been forced to watch entire towns and countries fall.]

Is fruit punch supposed to be sugary?