notasstrange | TDM: ROUND 3

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!

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[Sure, staring isn't polite, but there's not much else you can do when somebody's turning into animate darkness in the dining hall, now, is there?

Screw it, this kind of weird calls for having ice cream for breakfast, and that's what's in the bowl Jonathan's holding when he walks over.]

You, uh... you okay there?

[He sighs and turns back, frowning.]

I'm fine. I'm simply not used to this... ability. I don't like it. It reminds me a bit too much of a certain someone I know...

[That's not the answer Jonathan was expecting, in any way. He lets out a low whistle, and sits down nearby. Not too close, the living shadow thing is kind of mashing every last monster-hunter RUN AWAY button possible, but he's determined to ignore that.]

Damn, that's rough. Still, you'll get control of it eventually, I'm sure.

[And here we have someone who should never have been granted limited telekinesis showing off and picking his spoon up without anything but his mind.

Pay no attention to the fact that it wobbles. He didn't actually spill the ice cream, that's what counts.]

It's fine. It's not as if I'm all that concerned. This is just an annoyance. I'm more irritated that my skills have been taken from me.

[He watches the telekinesis with some interest.]

At least that one's useful.

[There's not an immediate answer, as Jonathan leans forward and takes the spoon into his mouth. He pulls it out, swallows that bite of ice cream, and shrugs, wiggling the spoon between two of his fingers.]

I guess. Anything heavier than one of the textbooks upstairs won't move, but... well, if I could do more I guess having problems like you're having would've sent somebody to the ceiling and back by now. Is it just happening randomly?

[There's someone who isn't here who would know better than that what questions to ask, but - she isn't here, that's the problem. He's going to try to figure this out, though, and when they all get out of here he'll be able to tell her he managed to do it!]

Not randomly, but when I'm not paying attention. It requires a bit of concentration to not do it. It's ridiculous and I'd rather have something like what you have - at least you could bean someone with a book if they start coming after you to kill you.

Well, when you put it like that, it does sound better... still... I hope it's not as automatic as blinking or bre - wait, does it sort of match up to when you blink?

[JONATHAN tried LOGIC! It's... not in any way effective, dear God.]

No, it doesn't. It'll take a bit of experimenting to figure out what exactly the trigger is, but we have nothing but time here, don't we?

[These eggs he's eating are... not great.]

Yeah... time, and a tin can to live in.

[He looks pretty glum for a moment, but - well, he doesn't perk up as he notices the gingerly way that Naoya's eating, but he snaps out of the gloom very quickly.]

Were those the ones you're just supposed to dump water on and heat up, or the ones from the freezer? There's plenty more ice cream if you'd rather have something not... that....

[Seriously, the longer he looks the less that looks like eggs and more like some kind of rubber.]

The water ones. And yes, I know there's ice cream. I do want that, but I thought I should try to eat something that wasn't that...

[He sighs and stands up.]

Ice cream for now, and then later I'll have to see if the tapes will give me anything good.

[It's. It's possible?]

Wait, we can get food back from those!?

[Not that he's anything approaching good at the games yet, but... he's getting really, really tired of the shiny spacefuture B-rations.]

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