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

Death

[unpossibilities]

[Kaito is almost heading to the bathroom when...he pauses. Oh. Hey. He's seen that guy once or twice. The guy who has the whole corporate vibe. He looks vexed. He hasn't had much reason to approach him before, but...]

...Hey, man. What's going on? Did a whole crime scene happen in--

[He motions his head at the bathroom. He does not, in fact, mean it literally.]

[onychomance]

I think you'll find humor like that is a bit tasteless in the current situation.

[Kira looks even more vexed at Kaito's appearance. He strikes him as a noisy punk, exactly the sort he's rapidly become tired of dealing with over the past few months of his life. Could he be the one who did this, with that lackadaisical attitude? No one has looked for evidence yet but it would be really vindicating.... he lets the brief annoyance pass and sighs.]

Of course... what I mean is that someone is already threatening our peaceful existence here. I just got here though, haven't gone in to be sure they're not simply playing an even worse prank.

[unpossibilities]

What do you-- [And then it hits him.] I didn't mean it like that! [Oop. Foot, enter mouth. Ah well.]

...Someone is--wait, do you mean that there's an actual...?? There's an actual crime scene in there?! Then we gotta investigate!

[onychomance]

Exactly why I'm preserving the crime scene by keeping this closed for now. We wouldn't want just anyone going in and making a mess, would we?

[totally not because he didn't want to deal with it. He is a responsible adult who knows due process]

[unpossibilities]

Well--in the normal world, sure, sure! But here? We gotta do it ourselves, man!!! We're the investigating group, there's gonna be a trial after this! We gotta convict someone, and we can't be wrong about it, or we'll all suffer for it!

[it's making him look pretty sussy, too. he's not sure if mister aspiring CEO knows the rules properly, but if he does, then he's screwing around--!! sussy!

kaito is also judgemental.]

[onychomance]

All the more reason to get an organized start, I thought. But if you want to look in there that badly, who am I to stop you? I'll open it now if you want.

[What an annoying brat. He could already be off getting more people for his all-important investigation if he didn't feel such a need to lecture Kira, who is honestly being completely normal given the circumstances! Who would want to dive headfirst into an investigation accompanied only by a dimwitted child?]

[unpossibilities]

Yeah!! Open it!!!

[he's ready! he's not like shuichi, all....organized about it, but okay, mister CEO can be organized! he'll just dive right in and look for the truth! it's definitely out there, right there waiting for a hero like him to find it!]

[onychomance]

Frankly, I'm still hoping this is just a bad joke...

[he just feels the need to make this disclaimer before he opens it because the scene IS ludicrous enough to warrant the skepticism from him.

Anyway, there lies 'Masked Woman' positioned in the center of the weird bathroom ritual circle. No obvious wounds visible... yet. It simply evokes an image like her soul was ripped out of her body. The scene smells like candle wax and bleach.]

[unpossibilities]

[That's...he arches his brows. His first thought is to be spooked, because that's the sort of shit that brings ghosts around, and he hates ghosts, but...]

Quartz?! [That was the name she'd given him, at least. He bolts in, looking around.] Shit, shit, shit...

[Ugh. It looks like some kind of...cult bullshit. He clenches his fist.]

It's not fair...it's not fair!!!

[He crouches down and tries to examine the body closer, but...damn.]

[onychomance]

Quartz? Hm...

[poor Kaito, she must have thought you were like Lien if she gave you that name..... Then again Kira never spoke with her (short. cagey. gloved. not his type of woman) so all he had to go off was the very literal description on her rather barebones profile. So that name is as good to him as any. But drawing close with Kaito, it's now readily apparent that at least this corpse is stiff and unbreathing.]

She was a rather isolated sort, was she not? I suppose that would put a target on her back, but.... it certainly is not...

[Unfair the most mysterious person died first which will make the case more annoying to solve, anyway.]

Damn.

[unpossibilities]

[Of course she thought he was like Lien. He's a himbo. Kaito looked over the corpse, looking for any particular wounds that might've done her in.]

She didn't tell me much, yeah. Just that her name was Quartz, and she was looking for her sister when she was taken here...I wanted to talk to her more. But now...

[He looks around.]

This isn't my first stupid occult ritual rodeo, but it's still creepy...ugh.

[onychomance]

If she was looking for her sister, then she might have had a reason to act on this motive herself. That could be how she was gotten alone.

[It's the hostage motive with the dolls. That just seems to add to the occult aura, in retrospect.]

...Is it not? Is this what's popular with teens nowadays?