BAD END = DEAD END

[idolpro]

[ You spill out of the elevator into a graveyard— the elevator is gone when you look back.

It is, predictably, spooky as fuck: cobwebs culminate to huge masses of spindly white on the iron bars that line the plot of land, as well as on the various headstones. They're unreadable by this point, text worn away by time and wind, but while many of these graves have only been exposed to forces of nature, some of them have been tampered by what could only be human hands. Several grave plots have been completely upturned, caskets open and skeletons exposed, bodies completely broken and arranged messily as if someone had manhandled them in order to look for something. The caskets give a clear idea of what that might be: there are parts missing to them, the lining and the decorative emblems and even the hinges, on some caskets. Grave robbing seems to be popular, here.

There are also just a few graves with an open coffin and no body. How . . . mysterious. . .

But this isn’t where you’ll end, is it? No, someone else belongs there. This time, it’s your chance to shine, and it’s your chance to run this show.

Your head suddenly hurts. A loud ringing pierces through your eardrums as you try to remember why you haven’t given up yet. You’ve brought this suffering upon yourself, but you keep going. You should have stopped while you were ahead, but you didn’t because the thrill was just that good. You were having fun.

Why didn’t they stop? It wasn’t supposed to end like this. You want to win this time. If you lose your sanity, or are damaged too far, the sensation will overwhelm you.

A medallion sits on an intact monument.

A readout on your phone tells you the rules and displays the sanity goal (explore rooms) and your traitor goal (to goad someone into starting the fight first, and then killing them, or killing after you've been attacked first) as well as the item that you've been given (medallion). It looks like nothing is stopping you from committing the traitor goal even while you're sane, if you wish to.

There is one exit: East. ]

Comments

Item

[idolpro]

[ A medallion inscribed with a pentagram sits on an intact monument.

Your cellphone tells you its effect: it will render you immune to negative effects of the Pentagram Chamber, Crypt, and Graveyard, and you may instead take these negative effects as positive ones if you wish to. ]

Traitor Goal:

[ Your traitor goal is to goad someone else into starting a fight or murdering someone else in self-defense. Any murder counts, as long as the first physical blow comes from the other party.

You have no desire to and receive no points for committing this act on a unitmate. ]

Session 1 Discussion

[idolpro]

Session 2 Discussion

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Session 3 Discussion

[idolpro]

[mind_blown]

... Guess there's no choice.

[so like. what if the feeling he's overwhelmed with is basically his whole feeling the whole time he's been in hell? what then?]

Session 4 Discussion

[idolpro]

[mind_blown]

[SIGH.]

Session 5 Discussion

[idolpro]

Re: Session 5 Discussion

[criminaljustice]

[... it only takes one glance at the graveyard for him to go pale and still.

and then kind of.

laughs.

a bit.

fucking knew it.]

Session 6 Discussion

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Session 7 Discussion

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Session 8 Discussion

[idolpro]

Re: Session 8 Discussion

[criminaljustice]

[... hah...]

Only one this time, huh...

[holding tightly to his bell and going east]

Session 9 Discussion

[idolpro]

Re: Session 9 Discussion

[mind_blown]

[he sighs.]

Session 10 Discussion

[idolpro]

[fromantequity]

[ Malik is sitting on the ground, examining/cleaning/etc his collection of items: a rabbit's foot, two knives - one ornate and old looking, one just a paring knife from the kitchen - and an old revolver. ]

Have we seen any evidence of an exit yet?

Session 11 Discussion

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Session 12 Discussion

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Session 13 Discussion

[idolpro]

Re: Session 13 Discussion

[searingedgelord]

[Is currently in possession of: A knife, a bell and a gun.

She sighs]

Session 14 Discussion

[idolpro]

Session 15 Discussion

[idolpro]

Re: Session 15 Discussion

[mind_blown]

[headed east.

immediately]

Session 16 Discussion

[idolpro]

Re: Session 16 Discussion

[criminaljustice]

[... you know what he just remembered?

HE HAS ALCOHOL!

cheerily breaking that open to celebrate a good death.

and then heading east, still drinking]

Session 17 Discussion

[idolpro]

Re: Session 17 Discussion

[motorcycle_noises]

[ Tatsuya looks around the graveyard for a moment and sighs. He has no weapons with him this time around. ]

PRISONER'S SANITY BREAK

[idolpro]

[ With that last blow of damage, everything snaps sharply into focus.

That corner of your mind that you weren't touching before, because it wasn't yours, not something of you is no longer held back. You can't be you right now-- you're in too much pain, too much agony. And this thing is clear. Vengeance is sharp and sure, and it tells you the story and what you need to do next:

You deserve this.

This is the price you pay for getting caught. The bargain has rules, and of course, but they're petty fictions. You lay down a price you'll look the other way for, limits both of you will follow, territories and non-disclosures. Rules you could, shouldn't, but did cheat. It was just a matter of who got caught first. The best games, after all, are dangerous.

And this, now, is the end game. You on your knees, the concrete cold and jagged beneath them, like a tattoo gun's needle pricks through the fabric of your slacks. There's a gun at your back, and the guy is talking to you, like you don't already know what's going to happen. Credits roll, everyone out of the theater. There's no need to wait around for this ending, the part where he blows your brains out.

It's not like real life does sequels, but that doesn't stop you from thinking: next time around, you'll pay attention. Next time, it'll be your finger on the trigger, barrel up against their skull. In the sequel, you win.

Sanity break effects: you may continue to play your character as mostly their normal self, but in pursuit of this goal, through whatever justification you prefer.

You may also play it with the vengeful spirit's personality overlaid on your character to some degree: if you choose to play with this, your character may become the kind of individual who is content to treat life, death, and injury like a game. Reckless, it may no longer matter that your own skin might be forfeit, as long as you can also nail the other guy. The only thing that they might find still mattering is the rules of the game: to not get caught before the other guy does. They'll lie if that's what it takes to rile people up, or lie if that's what it takes to avoid suspicion before the time is right to perform the traitor goal. They might be on the look out for any excuse, and eager to explain to others how they "caught" them in the role of the traitor, even if they're aware that they're only making excuses. The important part is that this time they win. Victory at any price is the name of the game, with this spirit. All of these aspects are optional, and may be individually played up or toned down to whatever degree would be fun for you, so long as they ultimately motivate your character to pursue the traitor goal.

Traitors are aware of the full layout of the house, which can be found here. ]

tomb keeper Sanity Break

[idolpro]

[ With that last blow of damage, everything snaps sharply into focus.

That corner of your mind that you weren't touching before, because it wasn't yours, not something of you is no longer held back. You can't be you right now-- you're in too much pain, too much agony. And this thing is clear. Vengeance is sharp and sure, and it tells you the story and what you need to do next:

You deserve this.

This is the price you pay for getting caught. The bargain has rules, and of course, but they're petty fictions. You lay down a price you'll look the other way for, limits both of you will follow, territories and non-disclosures. Rules you could, shouldn't, but did cheat. It was just a matter of who got caught first. The best games, after all, are dangerous.

And this, now, is the end game. You on your knees, the concrete cold and jagged beneath them, like a tattoo gun's needle pricks through the fabric of your slacks. There's a gun at your back, and the guy is talking to you, like you don't already know what's going to happen. Credits roll, everyone out of the theater. There's no need to wait around for this ending, the part where he blows your brains out.

It's not like real life does sequels, but that doesn't stop you from thinking: next time around, you'll pay attention. Next time, it'll be your finger on the trigger, barrel up against their skull. In the sequel, you win.

Sanity break effects: you may continue to play your character as mostly their normal self, but in pursuit of this goal, through whatever justification you prefer.

You may also play it with the vengeful spirit's personality overlaid on your character to some degree: if you choose to play with this, your character may become the kind of individual who is content to treat life, death, and injury like a game. Reckless, it may no longer matter that your own skin might be forfeit, as long as you can also nail the other guy. The only thing that they might find still mattering is the rules of the game: to not get caught before the other guy does. They'll lie if that's what it takes to rile people up, or lie if that's what it takes to avoid suspicion before the time is right to perform the traitor goal. They might be on the look out for any excuse, and eager to explain to others how they "caught" them in the role of the traitor, even if they're aware that they're only making excuses. The important part is that this time they win. Victory at any price is the name of the game, with this spirit. All of these aspects are optional, and may be individually played up or toned down to whatever degree would be fun for you, so long as they ultimately motivate your character to pursue the traitor goal.

Traitors are aware of the full layout of the house, which can be found here. ]

Thorn's Sanity Break

[idolpro]

[ With that last blow of damage, everything snaps sharply into focus.


That corner of your mind that you weren't touching before, because it wasn't yours, not something of you is no longer held back. You can't be you right now-- you're in too much pain, too much agony. And this thing is clear. Vengeance is sharp and sure, and it tells you the story and what you need to do next:

You deserve this.


This is the price you pay for getting caught. The bargain has rules, and of course, but they're petty fictions. You lay down a price you'll look the other way for, limits both of you will follow, territories and non-disclosures. Rules you could, shouldn't, but did cheat. It was just a matter of who got caught first. The best games, after all, are dangerous.


And this, now, is the end game. You on your knees, the concrete cold and jagged beneath them, like a tattoo gun's needle pricks through the fabric of your slacks. There's a gun at your back, and the guy is talking to you, like you don't already know what's going to happen. Credits roll, everyone out of the theater. There's no need to wait around for this ending, the part where he blows your brains out.


It's not like real life does sequels, but that doesn't stop you from thinking: next time around, you'll pay attention. Next time, it'll be your finger on the trigger, barrel up against their skull. In the sequel, you win.

Sanity break effects: you may continue to play your character as mostly their normal self, but in pursuit of this goal, through whatever justification you prefer.


You may also play it with the vengeful spirit's personality overlaid on your character to some degree: if you choose to play with this, your character may become the kind of individual who is content to treat life, death, and injury like a game. Reckless, it may no longer matter that your own skin might be forfeit, as long as you can also nail the other guy. The only thing that they might find still mattering is the rules of the game: to not get caught before the other guy does. They'll lie if that's what it takes to rile people up, or lie if that's what it takes to avoid suspicion before the time is right to perform the traitor goal. They might be on the look out for any excuse, and eager to explain to others how they "caught" them in the role of the traitor, even if they're aware that they're only making excuses. The important part is that this time they win. Victory at any price is the name of the game, with this spirit. All of these aspects are optional, and may be individually played up or toned down to whatever degree would be fun for you, so long as they ultimately motivate your character to pursue the traitor goal.


Traitors are aware of the full layout of the house, which can be found here. ]

Firestarter's Sanity Break

[idolpro]

[ With that last blow of damage, everything snaps sharply into focus.

That corner of your mind that you weren't touching before, because it wasn't yours, not something of you is no longer held back. You can't be you right now-- you're in too much pain, too much agony. And this thing is clear. Vengeance is sharp and sure, and it tells you the story and what you need to do next:

You deserve this.

This is the price you pay for getting caught. The bargain has rules, and of course, but they're petty fictions. You lay down a price you'll look the other way for, limits both of you will follow, territories and non-disclosures. Rules you could, shouldn't, but did cheat. It was just a matter of who got caught first. The best games, after all, are dangerous.

And this, now, is the end game. You on your knees, the concrete cold and jagged beneath them, like a tattoo gun's needle pricks through the fabric of your slacks. There's a gun at your back, and the guy is talking to you, like you don't already know what's going to happen. Credits roll, everyone out of the theater. There's no need to wait around for this ending, the part where he blows your brains out.

It's not like real life does sequels, but that doesn't stop you from thinking: next time around, you'll pay attention. Next time, it'll be your finger on the trigger, barrel up against their skull. In the sequel, you win.

Sanity break effects: you may continue to play your character as mostly their normal self, but in pursuit of this goal, through whatever justification you prefer.

You may also play it with the vengeful spirit's personality overlaid on your character to some degree: if you choose to play with this, your character may become the kind of individual who is content to treat life, death, and injury like a game. Reckless, it may no longer matter that your own skin might be forfeit, as long as you can also nail the other guy. The only thing that they might find still mattering is the rules of the game: to not get caught before the other guy does. They'll lie if that's what it takes to rile people up, or lie if that's what it takes to avoid suspicion before the time is right to perform the traitor goal. They might be on the look out for any excuse, and eager to explain to others how they "caught" them in the role of the traitor, even if they're aware that they're only making excuses. The important part is that this time they win. Victory at any price is the name of the game, with this spirit. All of these aspects are optional, and may be individually played up or toned down to whatever degree would be fun for you, so long as they ultimately motivate your character to pursue the traitor goal.

Traitors are aware of the full layout of the house, which can be found here. ]

Session 18 Discussion

[idolpro]

Re: Session 18 Discussion

[searingedgelord]

This is getting old.

Session 19 Discussion

[idolpro]

Re: Session 19 Discussion

[criminaljustice]

[... well.

that happened.

hope Silk made it out alive.


AND SOMEONE. STOLE. HIS CHALK. SO MAD!]

Session 20 Discussion

[idolpro]

Re: Session 20 Discussion

[motorcycle_noises]

[ Tatsuya reaches absently for the old scar around his neck (it's clearly from prior to these rounds of Betrayal) and looks around the graveyard. ]