future is now

[idolpro]

[ There is one sentence in the rules when you wake up. ]

Escape the mansion and bring evidence of the one responsible for this incident, or die trying.

[ For as long as the game is running, idols will only be able to access the rules on their phones. They may not text/call, nor may they take pictures.

Unit abilities are off. Items are off. Each idol can hold up to 3 items at a time maximum. ]

Comments

1 - BASEMENT

[idolpro]

[ The room's stench is the first thing you notice upon waking up: it's an unpleasant mix of incense, smoke, and metal. Although the room is poorly lit, the light from the hanging wall lamps show that the room is quite big . . . and quite crowded.

Not with living people, of course. You find yourselves surrounded by corpses, mutilated beyond recognition. Vaguely humanoid shapes and limbs indicate these used to be humans—probably. . . ?

The metal smell is more easily identifiable as blood, now—though even if you could not make the connection, the floor is sticky with pools and rivers of red, so it's quite easy to tell that these—people?—met their end right here.

Yet, you won't find even a drop of blood on yourself, or even near your body. In fact, the carnage is absent on both your clothes as well as the ground immediately surrounding you, which is just as well because the blood would have otherwise obfuscated the white-chalked summoning circle that surrounds the idols.

You're situated in the center of the room.
Against the north wall is a table, where there are two oil lamps and a number of other things, though you'll have to get closer to really inspect them.
Against the east wall is a running fountain pool of sorts—the stench of blood is strongest here.
Against the south wall is a large portrait, though without coming closer, you can't make out who those people in the portrait are.
Against the west wall is a closed wooden door. ]

STARTING EVENT

[idolpro]

It seems your arrival was not entirely without injury, however: Velleity will find themself situated in the very center of the summoning circle, atop of various sharp implements—the murder weapons, perhaps?

While the idol can safely extricate themself for the most part, there's no avoiding the sharp blade that scrapes their shoulderblade. The injury itself is negligible, both in deepness of wound and depth of pain, for it's strangely rather numbing . . . for now.

As time progresses, the idol will begin to exhibit the following symptoms:

• Weakness/numbing of limbs
  
• Fever/chills
  
• Dizziness/mind fog
  
• Difficulty moving or staying awake, sluggishness

Re: STARTING EVENT

[trainphreaking]

Bloody hell—

[ she starts to extricate herself, and then hisses at the sting of metal. this is very rude. ]

...well. Nothing like uncertain death to really start a day.

Re: STARTING EVENT

[numberedays]

[Oh dear.]

Are you alright?

[Tries... to offer her a hand???]

Re: STARTING EVENT

[trainphreaking]

[ pause

takes the hand. ]

It's just a scratch. Don't suppose you know where this is.

Re: STARTING EVENT

[numberedays]

Not at all. Some kind of game was my assumption, but I don't know anything more than that.

Re: 1 - BASEMENT

[numberedays]

[Still smiling faintly but also looking like. Kind of pale and sickly about it. This is possibly the most visibly distressed this man gets.]

No more kind ones, hm?

1/2

[onemoreknight]

[ um

This isn't future is now's dorm??? ]

Re: 1/2

[onemoreknight]

What.

Re: 1/2

[numberedays]

Ah. Welcome back.

Re: 1/2

[onemoreknight]

What did you do while I was gone?!

Re: 1/2

[numberedays]

Oh, this isn't our doing. It's a game, I think?

Re: 1/2

[trainphreaking]

...what.

Re: 1/2

[onemoreknight]

Oh - you're...new?

Re: 1/2

[trainphreaking]

Relatively speaking.

I take it you're—returning, then.

!!!

[idolpro]

A sudden howl reverberates through the whole building, but especially in the room; the sound is so loud and piercing it feels like ice picks on your eardrums.

Causality and everyone who does not cover their ears now exhibit the following symptoms:

• Ruptured eardrum(s), icepick-like pain
  
• Dizziness
  
• Partial to complete deafness
  

Re: !!!

[numberedays]

[ow. his ear is bleeding, that's probably not a good sign.]

Re: !!!

[trainphreaking]

[ CLAPS HER HANDS OVER HER EARS. WHY ]

Re: !!!

[onemoreknight]

[ SHE HAS TWO SETS OF EARS AND CAN ONLY COVER ONE OF THEM THIS IS PATENTLY UNFAIR ]

!!!

[idolpro]

The ground begins to shake violently, and blocks of stone that make up the ceiling slip out of their place.

Vallumi and anyone who's not vigilant will find themselves the unfortunate beneficiaries of rocks falling from the ceiling, and will exhibit the following symptoms:

• Bleeding
  
• Dizziness
  
• Blunt force trauma (not fatal)
  
• Limb/joint injury

Re: !!!

[onemoreknight]

[ SEE THIS IS WHY YOU ALWAYS NEED TO BE FULLY ARMED AND ARMOURED ]

!!!

[idolpro]

It's unclear what mechanism went off, or what anyone touched, but the stones in the west wall shift and an array of arrows shoot from the walls abruptly, firing off a quick barrage before the stones rearrange themselves back to a normal wall.

Velleity and others who aren't on their guard will find themselves with one(1) arrow friend lodged somewhere on their body, exhibiting the following symptoms:

• Bleeding
  
• Arrowhead stuck in body

Re: !!!

[numberedays]

[Bruh he didn't even hear these coming, ow ow ow.]

Re: !!!

[trainphreaking]

WHY

Re: !!!

[onemoreknight]

[ SHE IS ALWAYS ON HER GUARD

ESPECIALLY AFTER ROCKS FALL ON HER ]