TDM: ROUND 3

[strangerpeople]

15 STRANGERS ROUND 3 TEST DRIVE There are 15 strangers in this place. Someone knows why. And its clear the odds are stacked against you. 1. ARRIVAL Oh god, you're inside a Base. Why are you here? What happened to your powers? Your memories? Who else has been so unlucky as to be brought in with you? What are you wearing? What are these strange rules? And...why do you feel like the person who wrote them is going to like yelling at you? 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. Or if you want to try and see if you can break out of your new domicile. Or, hey, go ahead and blow things up - there's no rule against property damage aside from the camerabots, after all... 3. HOME So now you live in a Base of some kind. Whee. Maybe living here forever won't be so bad, since there are things to do with your free time. Unless you're looking for a way out, but surely, you wouldn't do that, right? 4. MINIGAME The Commander has decided to do...erm, 'games'. Those who win the games will get prizes, the Commander has promised. This Test Drive Meme's minigame: a laundry folding contest! The most items folded in one hour wins! Work alone, or in teams - either way, you get the feeling there's an ulterior motive to the Commander making you do this while they watch and laugh... 5. MOTIVE The Commander has (somewhat too gleefully) announced the motive for the week. Clearly someone out there really wants to give you a reason to kill someone else. 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 Commander wasn't kidding when they said there would be a trial if someone was murdered. So now you're here, looking to condemn the responsible killer. If you do, they die. If you don't, well, you'll end up killing an innocent person, as the Commander has announced what would happen if the majority votes incorrectly. Whatever happens, you have to figure out what happened. Can you? 8. SCAPEGOAT Oh dear...the Commander has just announced that the person everyone just voted for...was actually completely innocent! Not only that, but they've revealed who the real culprit was! Maybe you're that innocent person, trying to say your goodbyes or beg for your life. Maybe you're one of the ones who voted for the innocent person, trying to cope with the horrible act you've just committed. Or maybe you're the true culprit, who now has to not only deal with an innocent dying for your actions, but also the fact that you can now be killed without repercussion!... 9. WILDCARD Anything not mentioned above. Go wild!

Comments

[losergod]

Why, were you planning to kill and then chug a bottle?

[ Listen there is someone he knows that would do exactly that. ]

[coralroot]

Actually, I was gonna set up a bar the next time we're dragged to one of those trials.

[losergod]

... Wouldn't being inebriated make the proceedings worse? Alcohol is a depressant.

[ He appreciates the thought, but... ]

Not to mention I know for a fact there's SOME people who would abuse that... they'd be far too depressed if someone they cared about died.

[ It's cold to say, but they need everyone functional. ]

[coralroot]

What, as opposed to the garbage fire we got going for us now?

[losergod]

... No kidding. Whoever wrote this story really forgot the art of a good script.

[ A dramatic sigh. ]

If only they actually cared enough to actually make the setting something interesting. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy did this entire thing much better...

[coralroot]

Never read it.

[losergod]

[ This is the saddest look you're ever going to get. ]

You should read them sometime.

... No showers for the main occupants, a lack of actual functional facilities... it's more akin to a ward than an actual base, this place. They definitely want to coop the people here up mentally and physically, it's designed to make you want to kill, on a practical level.