Murder Mysterium - Day 3

[idolpro]

Who: You!
Where: The Game Tower
When: TBD - Day 3

[ When morning comes, you find yourselves more than freed from your rooms—you're completely kicked out of the mansion. You may access the twin garden mazes, 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. Players should comment to relevant private threads that are being eavesdropped.

But before you run off to discuss, you'll want to gather around the fountain (mind the executed bodies). Its water's stopped, though rather than any stillness in water you can instead see . . . murder.

The details of each murder, as well as the rules, are 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. ]

RULES | CHEATSHEET | DAY/NIGHT CYCLES | LOGISTICS & WINNING | ROOMS

MURDER | BRING YOUR OWN TOPLEVELS

Comments

[protectshisown]

....goddamnit Persephone. [This! This is why he worries!]

I think that can be arranged. The last plan seemed to have worked.

[bondsofsuffering]

It's not Persephone's fault his husband's a psycho who gave us an ultimatum of either hand Persephone over or he kills us all. Persephone already volunteered to give in, it's the rest of us resisting.

We'll see what shape everyone's in later, but keep your schedule open and let WILD CITY know. We're all trying to follow the rules of the alliance, so figuring out a way to communicate our plans even through limited means should help for games where there's only so much we can interact.

[protectshisown]

I'm not blaming Persephone for that, I'm just frustrated in his unwillingness to take help when I offered it really freely. Pretty sure the guy already wants to kill me. Has that vibe.

Ah. Yeah, I can let them know. It'd be good to make sure all the newer people definitely know too.

[bondsofsuffering]

Well, killing him outside of games just causes more trouble when he comes back, and there's only so much a bodyguard can do if only certain people get called to the same game... Even being stuck in the dorm because of it, I can see why it didn't seem worth the trouble.

[Sigh.]

Both of our units just need to be careful to keep our newbies informed... Maybe we should draft out an explanation so we can just read it off to them as they come in.

[protectshisown]

You know that isn't why Persephone refused. I also realize Persephone has an awful lot of people who would fuck up his husband for him, which greatly ups the chances of there always being back up.

Just have a pamphlet of 'healers and animals try their very best to not throw each other off a cliff.'

[bondsofsuffering]

The fact that he told us at all instead of making the executive decision to return to Hiroto on his own is an improvement that should still be pointed out for what it is. Failing to trouble more people over it, especially under those circumstances, is understandable.

Baby steps still count, Rye.

Anyway, the pamphlet should also include a rundown on whatever we decide to do regarding communications. It'll be helpful for both newbies and for refreshing ourselves if we need to.

[protectshisown]

.... [He sighs, rubbing at his face.] They do. At least he DID tell you guys. I wasn't sure he did.

Yeah. Though the problem with communications is trying to account for all the weird things they make us do.

[bondsofsuffering]

If he hadn't, we'd have no say in it. Persephone's subtle enough to get past us if he wants to.

The system isn't going to account for everything, but it'll be there in case we can slip something through.

[protectshisown]

I mean, I do know what he smells like now.... [Listen]

[Animals senses are a thing.]

True. We should discuss that in dorms though.

1/2

[bondsofsuffering]

[bondsofsuffering]

Anyway, alliance stuff aside, anything interesting related to this game to talk about?

[protectshisown]

[He can and will track people down, JUST SAYING]

Has SensitIV been keeping safe?

[bondsofsuffering]

Yeah. Khonsu's little brother is on 10IV, and our arrangements have worked out so far. Let me know if there's someplace we should avoid, though.

[protectshisown]

We'll be announcing it. Wild City is playing the bodyguard for Pink's group.

[bondsofsuffering]

Got it. We'll avoid whatever gets announced.

[protectshisown]

Good. Just be careful, okay?

[bondsofsuffering]

Well, duh.

[protectshisown]

What can I say? I worry.

[And when his team is the bodyguard, if things go wrong-]

[bondsofsuffering]

Surprisingly, we've been doing pretty well at self-preservation lately...

[protectshisown]

Fair.

But that doesn't really stop the worry anyway.

[bondsofsuffering]

[Sounds of all of sensitIV getting mcmurdered in some other thread.]

Just focus on taking care of yourselves. In a scenario like this, whether or not we live or die will depend a lot on luck, too.

It can't really be helped if we get got despite our best efforts.

[protectshisown]

[WHY ARE YOU ALL LIKE THIS!!!!]

Still, gotta give it our best shot. Who knows, we might be able to break this if people can keep cool heads.

[bondsofsuffering]

[WHY IS SIV RESPONSIBLE FOR HIROTO BEING A PSYCHO!!]

Well, it'll be nice to try, at least.

[protectshisown]

[CALL FOR HELP, YOU ARE ALLIES WITH ONE OF THE MORE COMBAT ORIENTATED TEAMS]

Helps fight the internal screaming?

[bondsofsuffering]

Gives us something to do, at least.