Murder Mysterium - Day 1

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Who: You!
Where: The Game Tower
When: TBD - Day 1

[ When you come to the Game Tower, you find yourself in front of a large mansion couched in between two large garden mazes, and though you're not told to step inside the mansion yet you're free to roam around the gardens. Encouraged, even—there are alcoves in the gardens with flowers wrapping around the gates that are to your unit's color, and upon entering them you'll be able to speak to your unitmates without fear of being overheard, as though there were some sort of soundproofing barrier. You may only enter your unit-specific alcove. There are also plenty of other non-unit specific alcoves for you to enter and converse with someone, but it won't be entirely private—these pockets don't have soundproofing.

The rules are already available on your phones, and in fact, that and the photos app are the only things you can access on your phone right now. Your powers are off too, although you were allowed to bring whatever items are ordinarily on your person—provided they aren't any weapons.

Incidentally, your clothes have just changed in general—they're now distinctly early 1900s Americana, ranging anywhere from the Roaring 20s (Great Gadsby party-chic, flapper dresses, vintage and mobster suits) to Golden Age 30s (Hollywood regency glamour) to WWII 40s (bomber jackets, furcoats, oversized winter coats, sweatervests).

The game starts now. ]

RULES | CHEATSHEET | DAY/NIGHT CYCLES | LOGISTICS & WINNING | ROOMS | BRING YOUR OWN TOPLEVELS

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RULES

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CHEATSHEET

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Blades are stronger than Blunts
Blunts are stronger than Firearms
Firearms are stronger than Blades
Explosives are stronger than everything
No weapon is stronger than nothing

OOC RULES IN SECTIONS

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THE FIRST DAY

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The first 2 hours of the game will be used as the First Day. Units can do the following:

• Talk to other units
  
• Pick one of each:
  
  • A location (out of a certain #)
    
  • A weapon (out of 5—3 normal weapons, 1 special weapon, 1 "no weapon")
    
  • A motive (freeform answer)

There will be 1 hour intermission for gamerunners to process results once the 2 hours are up. Then the First Night will start.

THE FIRST NIGHT

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The 2 hours after the intermission will be used as the First Night. This is what will happen:

• Units will be sent to the locations they chose on the First Day.
  
• If two or more units meet in the same room, the following occurs:
  
  • If all units have no weapons, they may spend the night together without incident.
    
  • If at least one unit in the group has a weapon:
    
    • A unit with no weapon will "die".
      
    • A unit with a stronger weapon will "kill" the unit with the weaker weapon (or the unit with no weapon, if there is a third unit).
      
      • Strength is determined by a weapon triangle system: Blades are stronger than Blunts; Blunts are stronger than Firearms; Firearms are stronger than Blades.
    • A unit with a weapon of equal strength will injure but not "kill" each other.
      
    • There are no extraneous witnesses. If 3 units are in the same room, only the "killer" and the "killed" will know they shared a room, and the third will be sent to an empty version of the room.
  • If at least one unit in the group has a special weapon:
    
    • All units in the same room will "die".
      
    • Units with the special weapon will not "die". Instead, they become accomplices and must use the Night Phase to target another room. If they fail to target another room, all units in this room will "die".

There will be an intermission for gamerunners to process any extra results from the Night Phase. The aim is for this phase to be less than 30 minutes long.

2ND DAY/NIGHT AND BEYOND

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The Second Day will start after the First Night (~5 hours after game start). Living units will immediately learn:

• Who died
  
• Where they died
  
• How they died
  
• What the killer's motive was

After which, every unit may ask the victim unit one question per living unit to gain more clues. Ghosts may respond only by picking a picture from a hand of pictures given to them by the gamerunners.

Within the 21 hours of the "Day" cycle, units must:

• Vote on who is the "guilty" party using the clues provided.
  
  • The voted unit will be "executed". This will be determined on plurality, not majority.
    
  • If no unit is determined to be guilty, or if the wrong unit is determined to be guilty, the killer will go scot-free for their crime and cannot be re-tried for the night's crime.
    
  • Characters will not know whether the "executed" party was right or not until the end.
• Pick one of each:
  
  • A location
    
  • A weapon
    
  • A motive

There will be a 1 hour intermission for gamerunners to post the "Night" cycle. All Night cycles will be the same as the First Night.

LOGISTICS & WINNING

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• Powers are off. Items are allowed, but not weapons.
  
• The game will run out of time, entirely on the idolpro account.
  
• Assume characters who arrive late, leave early, or otherwise miss a cycle, got lost in the gardens. Please note they will not experience sofaform.
  
• Characters do not IC die until the end of the game. It is possible to "die" on Night 1 and avoid death. This is ICly known.
  
• Characters who "die" will be sent to the Graveyard, where they may watch both Days and Nights. In the Graveyard, they may chatter with the other "dead".
  
• There will also be an additional loser's PvP tournament in the Graveyard. This will not be ICly known until the units die and enter the Graveyard.
  
• Powers are on in the Graveyard.
  
• The game will end once there are six units or less alive. It will always end on a "Day" cycle so that there can be a trial for the murders that took place. This is ICly known.
  
• Winners are determined as follows (and is ICly known):
  
  • Killer Win: You manage to get away with at least one murder
    
  • Detective Win: You correctly identify the murderers (highest %)
    
  • Victim Win: Your killer is correctly identified and voted out
    
  • Serial Killer Win: You manage to get away with two or more murders. Serial Killer Winners will be allowed to heal one other unit/prevent their deaths.

ROOMS

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LiliS
sensitIV
pep!pep!
Taisho Roman Revolution
BAD END=DEAD END
future is now
WILD CITY
☆ZRAEL
Heart Soldier Senshi
AlcheME!
avante en garde
BARiTONES
YOU-kai
10IV
necROMANTIC
sea.Di

Graveyard

[lionhurt]

So, who wants an alibi tomorrow? Let's plan a sleepover. 10IV gets first dibs, courtesy Kon-kun's request.

[salientfacts]

Ah, do you know someone on our unit...?

[lionhurt]

Kon-kun does. He wants to keep Geki-kun safe, so~ an alibi for tomorrow is the best bet. Is he here right now or what?

[salientfacts]

Ah, somewhere about, I think, for better or for worse...

...ah, in that case both of our units would be choosing no weapon, then?

[lionhurt]

That's the plan~.

As for room, Kon-kun says a room just like where the medical centre was. Ask Geki-kun about it.

[crossmyheartandhope]

[About halfway through the first day, HSS is making a WHOLE lot of noise outside their alcove, calling for the other teams to come out]

[When everyone does:]

Hey. So.

We been talking. The long and short of it is, it sounds like the best way for everyone to come out on top in this one is for everyone to go in empty-handed.

If every team says they ain’t gonna bring a weapon, the whole round’s a tie and no one gets shanked.

[stayathome]

-- what, you can just do that? Really? What if they stab you in the back?

[lionhurt]

Then we die and it sucks, obviously?

[stayathome]

And you're just accepting that??

[avestan]

Isn't it a bit late for this now? There's no way at least a couple units haven't already picked a weapon.

[sunflowering]

While I agree with that... and I'm not wanting to harm anyone, of course. If we do this every round, I don't think the game will end without them introducing new terms. Or forcing our hands in some way.

I'm not saying 'no'. Only that I'm unsure how viable this solution would be in the long run. Or that others haven't already chosen weapons and rooms.

[vitainmorte]

...

With how willing others are to attack certain units, even though we cannot choose properly, I'm not certain this is a realistic option.

Not accounting for those who have already chosen weapons.

[crossmyheartandhope]

So? They still got time to change their minds.

[inspiteful]

[ Hey so, there's a lone AlcheME out in the common area. He seems to be looking for certain people in particular, so if you're a You-kai he'll approach.

That said, if anyone else wants to talk to him he's not going to ignore them either. ]

[unbr8kable]

...

[crossmyheartandhope]

What're they gonna do, let it run forever?

If we keep it up, they're gonna have to let it end sometime.

[heavenlyvisitor]

...

Haven't you been here since the very beginning?

You know that isn't how this works.