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]

... If they're still troubled in their dreams, then they should probably seek aid. Fighting on your own is ill-advised in the best of times. And a demon is never going to be the solution to their problems.

[ SORRY but he doesn't trust you. ]

Perhaps it's in my nature to be suspicious of wordsmiths who twist things, because I am one, but I have a feeling you are leaving quite a bit aside.

[vividsins]

Not everyone has the luxury of depending on doctors. And that's where I come in. I can't eat dreams. Only nightmares. So I'd think the contract is mutually beneficial, isn't it?

[ No, he doesn't eat dreams. But he can still take them. ]

I'm but a humble servant with a very important job who has many clients waiting for him. The longer I'm here, the more sleep all those young ones with bad dreams keeping them up lose.

[losergod]

[ His yellow eyes just... stare at the Baku. They seem to bore into him, as if looking through him a moment.

He's silent, for a good while. Then he speaks. ]

... And I've a heavenly host to return to. Nobody here WANTS to be here. But I doubt you're doing yourself any favors like this.

[vividsins]

That's why I made myself so useful. Whether I do myself favors or not... I refuse to die here. And if the rules are kill-or-be-killed? I'd rather be doing the killing at this point.

[ It may sound cold, but it's simply practical to him. ]

I'm going to outlive you all anyway, even if we all lived. I've no reason to feel attachment to a single person here when your lives are so impossibly short compared to mine.

[losergod]

It's rather difficult to outlive a God.

[ He smiles. He's going to ignore that first bit. ]

And what makes you so sure you'll live after that stunt? Just because you know things doesn't mean you won't die.

[vividsins]

Because I'm good at getting information. And all of you need that to get out of here, don't you?

[ Information from the person in charge. Who says he only has their secrets? ]

[losergod]

It doesn't particularly matter to me. The others might not see it that way, though. Would you really have that gamble? What if someone kills you in hopes of obtaining that information? Not everyone is going to care that much, or think it's worthwhile more than you being here is. You're a liability now. You could get more of us killed.

[ He's just saying, you're not in a great spot. ]

[vividsins]

I've secured my ticket out of here--I've no other reason to kill. And I only work on exchanges, sorry. So they can kill me, but what I have? They'll never force it from my lips. Rules mean a lot to a demon.

[ So yeah, nothing gets you nothing. Everything has a price. ]

[losergod]

...

[ Sorry, he just... starts laughing. He can't help it. ]

[vividsins]

[ I MEAN. DO YOU THINK HE CARES, CHAR? ]

[losergod]

You're going to die with that philosophy, Mister Baku.

[ Why does his tone sound so fond? ]

You're so sure you won't, but people aren't as predictable as you like to think. Violence will always happen when you least expect it.

[vividsins]

I'm more aware of that than you think.

[ And there's a flicker of something... More. Much worse, angry, distorted... Beneath his calm mask. ]

[losergod]

[ ... Now that catches his attention, and once more, he finds himself reminded of that blank spot in his memories he can't quite place.

I have to be clean, the voice comes to his mind. But he can't... recall them. ]

It's a good thing, then, that you aren't human, isn't it?

[vividsins]

It is, indeed.

[ But something about that feels hollow--like he's lost something. ]

[losergod]

I envy you. Being stuck in a meat suit isn't fun.

[ He siiiiighs. ]

Well, I certainly hope no one comes after your head after all of that nasty business. It'll hardly benefit anybody to have MORE murder.