Betrayal - AlcheME!

[idolpro]

[ You spill out of the elevator into an abandoned room — the elevator is gone when you look back. Before you spreads a room empty of everything save dust. Your steps and the hems of your robes leave footprints and trails through the floor, tracking where you're the first person to be in a long time. There is only one place in the room without dust before you move through— before the wall, where broken glass litters the floor.

They once stood tall and proud there, a silver floor length mirror. A reflection kept for company, a place to scry and keep watch no matter that they couldn't be reached. But now even watching is impossible— someone was left here alone until their mind collapsed, still reaching for a person they couldn't get at, slamming their hands into it until it shattered and sliced them and left them without even that small reprieve. You feel this knowledge vaguely; like something you crammed for on a test and aren't positive of it, it's tentative— you need to reach for it. You probably don't want to. If you lose your sanity, or are damaged too far, though, it will overwhelm you.

A crystal ball sits in the middle of the glass shard pile, with Exael floating above it, cross-legged, upside down, and watching you with her twin-tails dangling. If you have questions and she's not busy with hosting or another unit, she'll appear here to answer them.

A readout on your phone tells you the rules and displays the sanity goal (explore rooms) and your traitor goal (shove someone through the looking-glass) as well as the item that you've been given (crystal ball). 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]

[ In the center of a pile of glass shards sits a crystal ball, hazy images appearing in the glass.

Your cellphone will let you know how to use it. Once someone has turned traitor, once per room, you can attempt a knowledge roll to peer into the Crystal Ball:

4+ You see the truth. Choose either Item or Event. The mods will provide a list of the possibilities, and you can choose the next Event or Item that will be chosen when called for.

1-3 You avert your eyes. Lose 1 Sanity.

0 You stare into Hell. Lose 2 Sanity. ]

[ Use the discussion headers to speak to unitmates in the same session as you. Otherwise, note that you are ready to start exploring the mansion under the header and the next room will be made available to you. ]

Re: Item

[maxxximumeffort]

Wait a minute, I could have had this last round?! FUCKING DAMN IT!

Session 1 Discussion

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Session 2 Discussion

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Session 3 Discussion

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Session 4 Discussion

[idolpro]

Session 5 Discussion

[idolpro]

Re: Session 5 Discussion

[neigh_sayer]

[WELL THIS IS FINE]

Session 6 Discussion

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Re: Session 6 Discussion

[liarliarliar]

[w-wrapping the wound on his arm up it is very bloody and missing a. chunk....]

Re: Session 6 Discussion

[idolpro]

[ For some reason there's just this painting of man here. ]

Re: Session 6 Discussion

[filetofish]

So guys, who's up for winning?

['Cause I sure am.]

Session 7 Discussion

[idolpro]

Re: Session 7 Discussion

[filetofish]

Well, here we go again!

Session 8 Discussion

[idolpro]

Re: Session 8 Discussion

[columbidaring]

[ COVERED IN BLOOD WITH SHREDDED CLOTHES ] [ :///// ]

Session 9 Discussion

[idolpro]

Re: Session 9 Discussion

[columbidaring]

[ I am no more or less bloody than I was last time but that's still PRETTY BLOODY. ]

Session 10 Discussion

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Session 11 Discussion

[idolpro]

[columbidaring]

[ yeah just gets up (bloodier than ever and with a huge gross mat of dried blood in his hair) and heads OUT, he has PLACES TO BE ]

Session 12 Discussion

[idolpro]

Re: Session 12 Discussion

[filetofish]

Jeez, this is getting a little overplayed!

[He's leaving real quick but if any chatting is wanted catch him]

EXAEL

[opening_act]

[ If Tristan is running your session, she's available. If not, you might need to wait for a backthread. So you don't have to pause threads and wait for her, assume she's only visible sometimes, so no timelocking happens-- if he's not available to respond, neither is she. ]

TRAITOR GOAL

[opening_act]

[ Your traitor goal is to shove someone through the looking glass, to take the place of your reflection. They know the spell for this, but need to perform it wherever a significant reflective surface exists. These places are: the vault (chrome), the bloody room (vanity), the dining room (wall), kitchen (chrome appliance surfaces), the attic (mirrors), junk room (mirrors), bedroom (polished floor). ]

A Bird With Blue Wings' 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:

When you (they) were left behind they promised they would come back for you (them). The mirror was left with you (them) from the start; they always knew you (they) were watching. As soon as it's safe again I'll come back for you, they said. Just watch.

And yet as you (they) watched, their life went on. And on. And on. And on. You (they) always hoped to see some sign that you were not forgotten, but instead you watched them find happiness, make progress, change and grow, while you were left alone with nowhere to go, nothing to do, no way to speak to them. There was nothing for you except to stare into the glass, hour after hour, year after year without end, hoping and praying for them to even so much as look at you look at you look at you

Your own wailing started to sound the same as silence to you at some point but when the glass shattered under your hands you finally heard yourself cease.

At that time you were in the depths of despair, thinking you would never even see them again - but now you can move as you like. You won't be left alone anymore.

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 do so, your character may be equal parts desperately, agonizingly lonely and jealously resentful of any hint of abandonment or other suggestion that someone around them could be happy without them, simply one or the other, or oscillating wildly between the two. You may want to mirror-entrap other player characters purely to inflict your own misery on them, or to ensure that there will be someone with you if you are trapped there again, or both! (Most likely both.) 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. ]

Is this a Pigeon'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:

When you (they) were left behind they promised they would come back for you (them). The mirror was left with you (them) from the start; they always knew you (they) were watching. As soon as it's safe again I'll come back for you, they said. Just watch.

And yet as you (they) watched, their life went on. And on. And on. And on. You (they) always hoped to see some sign that you were not forgotten, but instead you watched them find happiness, make progress, change and grow, while you were left alone with nowhere to go, nothing to do, no way to speak to them. There was nothing for you except to stare into the glass, hour after hour, year after year without end, hoping and praying for them to even so much as look at you look at you look at you

Your own wailing started to sound the same as silence to you at some point but when the glass shattered under your hands you finally heard yourself cease.

At that time you were in the depths of despair, thinking you would never even see them again - but now you can move as you like. You won't be left alone anymore.

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 do so, your character may be equal parts desperately, agonizingly lonely and jealously resentful of any hint of abandonment or other suggestion that someone around them could be happy without them, simply one or the other, or oscillating wildly between the two. You may want to mirror-entrap other player characters purely to inflict your own misery on them, or to ensure that there will be someone with you if you are trapped there again, or both! (Most likely both.) 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. ]

Pleasant Boy'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:

When you (they) were left behind they promised they would come back for you (them). The mirror was left with you (them) from the start; they always knew you (they) were watching. As soon as it's safe again I'll come back for you, they said. Just watch.

And yet as you (they) watched, their life went on. And on. And on. And on. You (they) always hoped to see some sign that you were not forgotten, but instead you watched them find happiness, make progress, change and grow, while you were left alone with nowhere to go, nothing to do, no way to speak to them. There was nothing for you except to stare into the glass, hour after hour, year after year without end, hoping and praying for them to even so much as look at you look at you look at you

Your own wailing started to sound the same as silence to you at some point but when the glass shattered under your hands you finally heard yourself cease.

At that time you were in the depths of despair, thinking you would never even see them again - but now you can move as you like. You won't be left alone anymore.

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 do so, your character may be equal parts desperately, agonizingly lonely and jealously resentful of any hint of abandonment or other suggestion that someone around them could be happy without them, simply one or the other, or oscillating wildly between the two. You may want to mirror-entrap other player characters purely to inflict your own misery on them, or to ensure that there will be someone with you if you are trapped there again, or both! (Most likely both.) 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. ]