Murder Mysterium - Night 1, Cloak Room

[idolpro]

[ YOU-KAI and FUTURE IS NOW enter.

The cloak room is a dim place, shrouded in three rows of clothing-- one in the center, and one on each side. Cloaks and coats in various shades of monochrome hang to dangle not far from the floor, shelves above them filled with old-fashioned hats: top hats, fedoras, newsboy caps. The various assorted items have been tagged with a number, so as to be found again by guests picking them up on the way out but as none of you brought these in, the numbers don’t seem like they’re likely to be of much use to anyone.

Beyond the usual decor of the room, several bladed weapons are embedded in the floors and walls—easily within access for anyone who wants to pull the weapons out and fight.

future is now will find the weapons heavier to use, however, regardless of their proficiency in them. Everyone in the room knows this: before the dawn comes, future is now will die. Even if it is not directly by YOU-kai's hand, future is now lost the moment they entered. ]

Comments

[caniscorde]

-- this unit?

[asonoficeandfire]

...

[no...]

[caniscorde]

...

It was not supposed to be you.

[asonoficeandfire]

... these games never go how we want them to.

[carrionmywaywardsun]

Well now, this is pretty fucking awkward.

[asonoficeandfire]

... is it.

[ibedeadpeople]

[:<]

I-I'm so sorry! This wasn't supposed to happen at all!

[ibedeadpeople]

Er... What happened to that one kid?

[caniscorde]

[ she looks.

embarrassed? no, mortified, and angry. ]

... perhaps I was too quick to trust.

[byallmeans]

Somewhere else, probably hoping we're dead.

[carrionmywaywardsun]

[look at fin]

Who the fuck are you?

[byallmeans]

...I see.

[carrionmywaywardsun]

Man, the worst part is gonna be Patches going "I told you so"...

[angleordevil]

[fUCK.

going for a blade.]

[asonoficeandfire]

Frosty, wait—

[carrionmywaywardsun]

[sure ok Crow is also going for a blade, let's go]

[caniscorde]

[ ahhh

frowning, but not going for a blade just yet. ]

It was not supposed to be this way.

[ibedeadpeople]

Oh--be careful!

[byallmeans]

[Also getting one down, to make sure he's armed if that's the way we're going]

[He is the wrong class for blade work, though, so - just going to let the teammate who knows what he's doing with a sword take care of this,]

[hasavision]

[This child also has a sword but with a grip that says he knows how to use it.

But he's mostly got it in a defensive stance, watching all this go down with clear unease.]

[hasavision]

[DDDDDD:]

But...

[ibedeadpeople]

[This is bad,]

[byallmeans]

But?

This is the kind of game this is. That's all.

[caniscorde]

[ covering his eyes, when crow finishes off frosty. sorry buddy. ]

JUST BEFORE DAWN

[idolpro]

[ At once, the blades pick themselves up from the floors and walls as though held by invisible forces, or perhaps compelled by some sort of magnetism; they float in place for a couple moments before directing themselves—right at every member of future is now.

The weapons surround them ominously, a faint tremor in the air with great energy. Then—they strike.

They implant themselves into every single member of future is now—

No, that's not quite right. future is now will find themselves whisked away to another place just in time. However, to YOU-kai's eyes, they'll see the members of future is now have their bodies pierced and skewed by the blades, before they're dropped to the ground, lifeless.

The door unlocks. YOU-kai is free to head on to the next day. ]