15 STRANGERS ROUND 7 TEST DRIVE

[strangerpeople]

15 STRANGERS ROUND 7 TEST DRIVE There are 15 strangers (give or take a few, this time around) on the ship. Regardless, someone wants you all dead. Why? And what is a funyarinpa?... 1. ARRIVAL It's time to wake up in your berth on this not-so-fantastic voyage. Why are you here? What happened to your powers? Memories? Who are these other people that've also been abducted? And...what is that smell?... 2. POWER It turns out you have been...'gifted' a power. It's not something you asked for, but you've got it now. It might be best to figure out how they work. Or don't. It's up to you. From chaos comes order, after all! 3. HOME Well, may as well make yourself comfortable for the foreseeable future on this ship. It's not like Zero is letting you go anywhere they don't want you to go. But perhaps you can find something that can help you get out of this situation! Or...maybe you want to give up and just drink in the lounge. That's an option too! Either way, you and your fellow Strangers won't be bored, at least? 4. MINIGAME Apparently Zero has decided you're not entertaining enough on your own, so now you're being tasked with playing in this game. And why not? You're technically on a cruise ship, so why not have some games? You could put some effort into the game, or maybe you're just done with this [BLEEP] by now-it's your choice on what to do. 5. MOTIVE You knew this was coming. Zero has decided they've waited long enough to see some bloodshed, and have released a motive to incentivize you into killing someone else. How are you feeling about it? What motive has Zero come up with? And...are you thinking about doing it...? 6. DEATH It's happened. One of your number has passed on-killed by another Stranger left in your group. There they lay, clear as day. It's officially time to investigate. How will you do so? Look over the body? Look around the room for evidence? Find a room that you believe is suspicious and search there? Or maybe you aren't up for investigating and would rather mourn your loss or pass out. It's up to you. 7. TRIAL It's time to focus-either you solve this case, condemning someone to death for the murder they committed, or you vote incorrectly, executing an innocent person. You've got a limited time to figure out what happened, and if you get it wrong, everyone dies. Take a deep breath, look at the evidence, and do your best to nail down the guilty party before its too late! 8. GUILTY ...Oh. It turns out you were the one responsible for what happened-you are the murderer! Why did you do it? Was it the motive? Was it something else? Are you sorry? Or was everything that has happened between you and the survivors a means to an end? Now is the time to confess everything-you're not likely to get another chance before you're executed! 9. WILDCARD Have an idea that wasn't mentioned above? Do it! Go crazy!

Comments

Anya | Anya's Ghost

[threwabone]

1. Arrival

[You know those days where it feel like everything is going wrong and nothing good will happen?

Yeah, imagine having one of those days, then you wake up on a ship, with no memory of how you got there. Oh, and also you're a teenager and you're generally stressed out on a regular basis thanks to hormones.

Needless to say, when the door to her room opens and she comes running out, Anya is looking very nervous.]

What...what the Hell is going on?!

2. Power

[And just when you think it can't get any worse?

She just. Starts floating? Like there's no gravity??? And judging by the look on her face she doesn't know how she's doing this?????

Help???????]

5. Motive

[Finally - finally - Anya feels at her element. Something stupid was said, and she must point it out.]

Ah, yes. One million dollars. That is what it will take for me to end a human life. Because I'm a spoiled member of the one percent who can't wait for daddy to kick the bucket and give me my unearned inheritance.

[Finally something feels normal.]

6. Death

[Aaaaaaand just when she gets to revel in that normality, this happens.

Anya is the one to find the corpse.

Covered in stab wounds and laying in a puddle of their own blood.

And for a moment. It's just staring. Because how the Hell is she supposed to rea-]

OH MY GOD, HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELP!

[Oh, there it is.]

Motive

[not_a_lego_maniac]

Why not make a billion? Then we could actually buy the boat and end this whole thing, right?

[threwabone]

You say that like they might even be willing to sell this thing.

[Asking as much would probably make Zero laugh in their faces. Among other things.]

[not_a_lego_maniac]

...

It was worth a shot. Right?

[threwabone]

If it makes you feel better.

[You know. The only thing it could do, as far as she's concerned.]

Death

[unpossibilities]

[Kaito, in all honesty, is just trying to make the best of things. This is just...round two, right? He's trapped somewhere else. He has to stay positive. Stay smiling. Stay okay. That's for everyone else. He's got this. He's got this.

He hears that scream and knows immediately that he does not, in fact, got this.

He scrambles in and nearly trips over himself, looking to Anya.]

SHIT--are--are--whoa-- [He steadies himself.] Are you o--... [And then he sees the body.] ....oooohhhh.

[Yeah. Round two.]

[threwabone]

[Sorry Kaito, she is not paying much attention to that question!! This is the second corpse she's been faced with since the start of junior year and this one has a lot more flesh on it!!! So she is not going to be calm for a bit!!!!]

I-I was just trying to get breakfast-I didn't think anyone would actually-OH MY GOD!

[Backing up into a wall and panicking because holy fuck this is awful, what is she supposed to do now, why did this have to be her, why couldn't it have been literally anyone else at Hamilton School-]

[unpossibilities]

[Kaito nods--he gets it, he really does. He knows that feeling all too well. So he gently grabs one of Anya's shoulders.]

Hey. Deep breaths. We've got this.

[He lets go and walks over, crouching down and looking over the body.]

...God. Okay. The wounds are fresh, it can't have been that long ago...

[...Three. There's probably one more to come to see this, then everyone will know.]

[threwabone]

I...fuck, okay.

[Taking deep breaths now. Trying very hard not to hyperventilate and...mostly succeeding.

Taking a couple shaky steps closer. Not too close, but closer.]

Like, what...last night a while ago? Or an hour or two ago?

[Someone clearly knows what they're doing here, or can fake it at least. May as well ask.]

2. Power

[somuchshipping]

[Hermes takes a glance at you and then just gently pushes you to see how far you go.]

[threwabone]

[oh, there she go, when will she stop, she don't know

probably when she hits a wall

definitely when she hits a wall]

NOT HELPING?!?

[At least the shock of the situation is keeping the anger out of her tone.

You know, for a few more minutes.]

[somuchshipping]

I didn't know real humans could fly like that! Do some somersaults!

[threwabone]

WE DON'T!!!

Not-not usually!!

[She may be spinning right now but that is not because she wants to!!! She is hating this!!!]

Motive

[lovedthemost]

[Brain doesn't look particularly interested in the offered motive either, pushing his glasses up on his nose with a finger]

The human dependence on monetary gain truly makes them deplorably manipulatable.

[threwabone]

I'm...not entirely sure what you just said, but I'm gonna assume you're agreeing that this is stupid.

[Let it be known that Anya has never claimed to be the best student at Hamilton. She knows better than to lie about that kind of stuff.]

[lovedthemost]

[Brain sighs at that, clearly put upon]

If you want to dumb it down, certainly.

[threwabone]

[Putting her hands up defensively]

Look, I never said I got into Hamilton because I was smart, that's just the best child support buys back home.

Death

[valkavian]

Christ, you're such a pu-

[ The smell hits Val before she can say anything else, and slowly, but frantically, she kneels to the puddle of blood.

Then she scoops it up and sips some from her cupped hand.]

[threwabone]

I don't-

[And then. That. The blood scooping. And drinking. That happens.

And Anya, like literally any normal teenager should, shrieks like a banshee because what the absolute FUCK IS SHE LOOKING AT!?!??!?]

[valkavian]

[ This unfortunately has gone either unnoticed or uncared about by Val, whose eyes have rolled back into her skull as she's just. Lapping up this blood, like a shitty little dog.

And then she waves her hand around and some of the blood gets on Anya. ]

[threwabone]

[Continues screaming. Because again, how the Hell else is she supposed to react to this.

And then the blood gets splashed on her and she just. Reaches an even higher pitch as her body reflexively tries to get the blood off.

Have you ever been kicked in the face before Val? Well, you have now.

This is why you should tell people about you vampire habits before they can come up.]

Motive

[hatesdeerstalkers]

Perhaps not for you, my dear. But money can be quite the motivator! Men have killed for less.

[Said with conviction, as if he'd seen such things with his own eyes.

...A pause.]

...Though I must admit, it does seem a bit high.

[Moriarty???]

[threwabone]

Maybe, but for right now? Pretty sure it still sucks. For most of us anyway.

[And raising an eyebrow at that latter comment.]

What's that supposed to mean?

[hatesdeerstalkers]

Just that you hardly need a million dollars to have someone killed.

[Why does he sound so confident about this???]

Some will do it for about a quarter of the price.

[threwabone]

Maybe don't give them ideas? I'd like to at least pretend it takes that much to get someone killed here.

[No one wants to find out their life is worth about a hundred and nine dollars and sixty two cents plus tax. That tends to make people a little upset.]