Round 2 Test Drive Meme

[strangerpeople]

15 STRANGERS ROUND 2 TEST DRIVE There are 15 strangers in this place. Someone knows why. And its clear the odds are stacked against you. 1. ARRIVAL You're here, in the Mall. Wherever the Mall might be, right? And what happened to your powers? Your memories? Who else has been so unlucky as to be brought in with you? Also, why are the rules littered with emojis!? 2. POWER You have been, er, "blessed" with a power. Its not a power you want or care for, but its yours now. You might want to try an control it, lest you hurt someone else. That is...unless you want to. Just don't blow up any public property while you're at it! 3. HOME So now you live in a mall! All right! Modern conveniences galore! And hey, there's a cat cafe and a bar! Maybe living here forever won't be so bad. Unless you're looking for a way out, but surely, you wouldn't do that, right? 4. MINIGAME The Life Coach has decided to do 'games'. Those who win the games will get prizes, the Life Coach has promised. The Test Drive Meme's minigame: a costume contest! The best costume made in five hours wins! Work alone, or in teams - the Life Coach is ok with either~! 5. MOTIVE The Life Coach has announced the motive for the week. Clearly someone really wants to give you a reason to kill someone. How will you react? Will you stand against such an insult and help others to fight the temptation? Or perhaps, you yourself are tempted...? 6. DEATH One of your own has died - no, been killed. The Inquisition has started. The body lies before you, and now you must discern the truth from the clues before you. But can you when you mourn? Or, perhaps you don't mourn the dead. Perhaps you're only playing along because you know more than you let on. 7. TRIAL Well, it looks like the Life Coach wasn't kidding when they said there would be a trial. So now you're here, looking to condemn the responsible killer. If you do, they die. If you don't, you die. Whatever happens, you have to figure out what happened. Can you? 8. WILDCARD Anything not mentioned above. Go wild!

Comments

[theirmagic]

... It... doesn't matter why it picked me anymore. I lost it. I... I ruined my chance. So in the end, we're in the same position. Don't... don't hold me up above you. [ She'll let go, but she will linger. There is some worry on her face--it's clear she's concerned about Croix's well-being right now. ] Whatever you think you did wrong, whatever happened back then, it's... it's fine. I forgive you. I know... you didn't mean any harm. You always were so hard on yourself... but look at how much you've already achieved. The advances you brought to Luna Nova, they're not something just any Witch would think of.

[scienceofmagic]

[ OH BOY DID YOU HAVE TO BRING THAT UP. ]

.............I didn't... Do that for the good of the academy.

[ SHE THOUGHT YOU SUSPECTED THINGS GREAT WITCHES WHY DON'T YOU SUSPECT THINGS??? ]

[theirmagic]

... W-what do you mean? ... I-I admit that, at first, I was concerned it was going to be something like the Dream Fuel Spirit, but... I admit that I was probably overly suspicious because I was... still angry.

[ ... She has no idea. She just... has no idea. Great Witches help them all. ]

[scienceofmagic]

...I came to build my own way to the Grand Triskellion. The Sorcery Solution System was... To make sure no one from Luna Nova, no one who could reach Arcturus... Could interfere. I could... Cut them off, if I needed to.

[ ...Oh boy Chariot is going to hate her so much because she did awful things. ]

...I also... Built a popular app while I began to sow discontent among the people outside of Luna Nova... In order to collect negative emotions. Anger, hatred... They had the strongest response... I could build the Noir Rod with it and... Force my way there with it...

[theirmagic]

... W-what?

[ These words. "Noir Rod". An app about sowing negativity--wasn't there enough dissent in the community?! ]

Then, the riots that had started... Croix, please... please tell me you didn't... cause that... I know you thought you could use the Dream Fuel Spirit for something more, bu-but... that's...

[scienceofmagic]

...I just... Encouraged the hostilities. So that people would vent their frustrations into the app and funnel it to me.

[ Chariot will never forgive her. She's done such horrible things. So many awful, awful things. She's hurt so many people. ]

[theirmagic]

... Then it's not too late to stop it. You could... turn the bad effects off, right?

[ She frowns. This is... deeply unsettling, to say the least. Honestly if they hadn't just had this entire conversation, yeah, she'd be really angry. But as it is, she's just worried. ]

[scienceofmagic]

Not from here. Until we can get back, it'll just keep building and building.

[ ...Ha. Haha... There's the possibility that it might build up too much, too. Oops. ]

[theirmagic]

... [ Well shit. ] H-how long do you think we'd have before it overloaded and caused a problem? Would... Luna Nova even be safe?

[scienceofmagic]

...Awhile. Don't worry. It's... What I'm building is meant to be big.

[ Listen she learned to be flashy from you. ]

It would need a lot of power to rival anything the Nine Great Witches created.

[theirmagic]

[ She sighs. RIGHT. OKAY THEN. ]

Then we'll just have to focus on getting out of here somehow to go... turn it off. It's fine! No harm done! We'll... we'll definitely manage. I'm sure if we just... turn all that off, and then never, ever tell the school about it...

[ Her voice is definitely not shaking a little bit. ]

[scienceofmagic]

I could probably repurpose the Sorcery Solution System to be legitimate... It would help with magic shortages, for sure.

[ ...Why are you like this. Why are you forgiving her. ]

[theirmagic]

There, see... no problem! Besides, it's really nice to have something like the Sorcery Solution System. I mean, in the off chance the Sorcerer's Stone gets stolen again, then we at least have a way to do magic and our students should be able to continue their curriculum. [ She exhales. It's... fine... this is... fine. It's fine. It's c o o l. T h e r e i s n o p r o b l e m. ]

[scienceofmagic]

.............What? [ THE SORCERER'S STONE GOT STOLEN!? ]

[theirmagic]

Well... yes, so it turns out those rumors about a dragon living nearby when we used to go to school? Were completely true! And he had a loan in Luna Nova's name from... a long time ago, apparently. In writing, even. But because the school supposedly didn't pay him back enough--something about interest, I believe--we "defaulted" on our loan, so he took the Sorcerer's Stone as collateral... [ A small chuckle. ] Thankfully, Miss Cavendish was there to read the old dragon script and realized that we'd actually already paid off all our dues, and there was no interest like he'd been saying. He was lying because he was greedy. Honestly, if she hadn't stopped to read the old loan paper, Luna Nova would have been shut down. She reminds me so much of you, Croix... that same selfless striving to help better things in her family's name.

[scienceofmagic]

...................I need a drink.

[ WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED IN THE PAST YEAR. WHAT THE FUCK. NEXT YOU'LL TELL HER SOME STUDENTS ACCIDENTALLY RAISED THE DEAD. ]

[theirmagic]

... Qu-quite a bit happened recently... I mean, things are always a little all over at Luna Nova, but there was also that time Miss Kagari accidentally threw Professor Pisces down a drain and had to go retrieve her... h-hahah! [ BOY DOES SHE REMEMBER THAT DAY... ] Honestly, Luna Nova's... ah... liveliness with Miss Kagari and her friends around reminds me of our days. We did get up to some trouble, sometimes... [ A pause. ] Perhaps... we should get you something stronger to drink?

[scienceofmagic]

...She really knows how to make a mess of things, huh?

[ Yeah. Yeah let's go get more alcohol tbh ]

[theirmagic]

... She usually cleans it up!

[ She loves Akko so much, okay... she already paid for her food so she'll just. Get something to put it away in for later and then they can go. ]

I admit that I'm at a bit of a loss in this place, not having my magic accessible to me has been... troubling.

[scienceofmagic]

Mm. Well, I'm sure you'll adapt. You always do.

[ Listen Chariot you are the most adaptable person in the world. ]

[theirmagic]

[ AWKWARD LAUGH, go. ]

I... wouldn't say that's always true. You're a far more adaptable person than I am.