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

Trial

[jinglebros]

Yeah? What do you swear on, the Bible we don't even have?

[ No, but Aoi believes him. He's just being antagonistic, because he thinks this will help him get more information from this guy in particular. ]

[not_a_lego_maniac]

I-I swear on my...my family I'm innocent!

[Not like he has anything else to swear on at the moment.]

I was asleep for the majority of the night, and then I went to the rec room to read a book. I didn't see anything strange happen!`

[jinglebros]

Your family isn't here, either. You can't swear on that.

[ Aoi... ]

Show us the book.

[not_a_lego_maniac]

I can't swear on anyone else's life!

[Unless you want him to swear on an object like...his toothbrush. Cut him some slack, he's got nothing.]

And...I can't, I put it back on the shelf after I started to doze off. But I can tell you it was called The Yearling?

[jinglebros]

Tell me about it.

[ Apparently he's just going to quiz him now. This actually isn't useless - the more he gets him talking, the more he can study him. It doesn't actually matter what about, though he's going to pretend it does. ]

[not_a_lego_maniac]

...right, ok. So there's this yearling-that's a baby deer? And it was orphaned because the main character shot its mom. Uh, he shot the mom because his dad was bitten by a snake while they were out looking for pigs that their neighbors stole...and something about the liver helped with getting the venom out of his dad? And he adopts the baby deer afterwards because he always wanted a pet.

[All things considered, Zack does have a decent memory. He clearly started reading the book.]

[jinglebros]

Good job.

[ Aoi claps. ]

Now was it the part with the venom where you bashed his head in?

[not_a_lego_maniac]

There wasn't any bas-hey! No, of course not!

[jinglebros]

So tell me what there was.

How did you do it?

[not_a_lego_maniac]

Do what? Put the book away!?

[jinglebros]

If you're so sure you didn't do it, did you witness anything? Cross through the area?

[ Aoi spreads his hands apart in front of him. ]

We've got to have some way to account for this meaningless and circumstantial evidence.

[not_a_lego_maniac]

...Considering the murder happened in a location that I couldn't have possibly accessed without the victim's watch, no. I didn't see anything and I wasn't in the room.

[jinglebros]

[ Yeah, Aoi really doesn't care what happens with this, so he's just fucking around. As long as he's not blamed, what does it matter at this point? ]

I'm saying the evidence can't be held against you.

[not_a_lego_maniac]

. . .

So you know I'm innocent, right?

[jinglebros]

I mean, it's obvious.

[ Not that Aoi is going to say why it's obvious. That'd get him killed. ]

[not_a_lego_maniac]

...well, what about you? Where were you last night?

[Ok look, he knows the guy has white hair but turnabout is fair play, ok?]

[jinglebros]

Are you kidding me? Do you think the carpet doesn't match the drapes, or something?

[not_a_lego_maniac]

I don't know, mate, do they?

[jinglebros]

[ His eyes narrow. ]

That's pretty personal to ask about.

[not_a_lego_maniac]

Well, is it normal for a...however old you are to have white hair where you come from?

[T U R N A B O U T is F A I R P L A Y but is Zack really going to call for a strip search a la Fruits Basket? Really Zack?? Really?????]

Nobody asked you.

[jinglebros]

You must think I'm younger than I am.

[ Okay, now Aoi's just outright bullshitting. ]

[not_a_lego_maniac]

Well, I assume you're young enough to remember what you were doing last night.

[Because he's not going down for a murder he didn't commit, damnit.]

[jinglebros]

Of course I do. But you don't?

[ Aoi raises his eyebrows, as if he's offended. ]

[not_a_lego_maniac]

So tell us what you were doing.

[Whether he's aware of Aoi's bullshitting or not ...he's not, he's not playing the game, clearly.]

[jinglebros]

Staying in my room, considering there's a motive out there.