Ain't No Party Like A Murder Party!

[viking_mod]

13-14; Ain't No Party Like A Murder Party
You're on a boat, a really big boat, the kind that might run into an iceberg. Don't worry that's not happening this time, the Deities have something a little different in store to make this ship party the best (worst) party their citizens have ever had. It's like a murder mystery game but with actual murders. [Death Exemption will apply to this event, stay tuned for more information!]

This voyage is not so bon. Once everyone is settled into their rooms each and every guest receive a discrete letter from a friend sent via the Network.

My Dear ________,

There is not much time. There is a way out of this City. The price is so simple. You must take a life. That is the trick. This is a place without death. Your selected person(s) will revive without harm like always. The so called deities give you this moral dilemma. They think you will shrink away. We are forced to play their game. All this time we have been tricked. Every death is another chance. Every chance is another step home.

Now is your chance.

I understand how this seems unbelievable. This is sent to you and you alone. I know that you are smart and won't dismiss important information. I have seen you and your strife. We all make mistakes. Don't let this be one of them!

I cannot say more. Tell no one. This is your chance and your chance alone. Do everything in your power to keep this a secret.

X

It's crazy enough to work. What other options do Citizens have? With so many guests on the ship, it is anyone's game! Anyone's! There are so many guests trapped together. This is a matter of life and death. Kill or be killed!

This post can be used to organize targets. There can be two-way arrangements like Person A and Person B who wants to get at Person C. This is a two day event, why not have more than one target? "Dead" characters of Saturday revive at 11:59pm to be in on the action for Sunday. NPCs are targets as well as out to get their own way out targeting their own victims. The stakes are high in this game of death. All participants must have a target and must be a target to someone else. Even if their eyes are not on the prize, this is the great opportunity for revenge, for blood, for blowing off steam and not claiming responsibility for your actions! It just would not be a murder party without so much opportunity you see. After a character is slain, your anonymous friend so helpfully will provide another through the device. Their coding is very efficient and unhackable by anyone else. They so nicely scramble the GPS setting to prevent technology from aiding the murder spree.

Characters are encouraged to keep their dirty deeds discrete. The Deities don't know about the letter or the content. Better not draw attention to yourself or your actions! Wait until the target alone, it is a big, big ship. Or better yet make it look like an accident. She really shouldn't keep her hair dryer so close to the bathtub. And wasn't he always clumsy? Who would have known you could fall into a knife more than once?

...what's the harm to it? Not like anyone is really dying now so there is no real crime...right?

Comments

[unflagging]

Okay, okay, okay!

I will offer up all three of mine. Because...dude. You know you want this.

Cain Hargreaves (fond of poison)
The Man With No Name (expert shot)
Rory Fletcher (alias: Randall Flagg) (crazy motherfucking sonuvabitch)

Basically I have no plans yet, so I'd need bothsomeone for them to hunt and someone to hunt them.

COME AT ME.

[pinokosthewife]

Pinoko will have no part in this deathboat, but I'm offering up Nobori (brothertragedy) as prey! o/

[defies_reason]

Idk, how would you feel about someone vs. Isaak in some permutation? >_>

[pinokosthewife]

This is awful and Pinoko will have no part in this! Does that mean she will get away as a non-participant, because she won't be taking anybody's life anyway?

[robot_mod]

Not to worry! You can always opt out if you'd prefer not to have a character participate.

The boat is, well...a boat. It'll be floating in the sea beyond the City. So any character who is not on the boat won't be involved in the murder party. The City will be the same as it always has been. The murders for this curse will only be going on aboard the ship. So you can opt out of the curse by having your character stay in the City.

The Network devices will work between the boat and the City, though, so your character can still communicate with the ones on the boat.

[robot_mod]

Actually, I should provide an addendum here:

If you'd like her to be on the boat, she'll receive the letter and be given a target to kill. If she chooses (or if you choose) not to kill that target, that's perfectly fine. But she would still need to be targeted by someone else (whether a player character or an NPC). If you (and the other player, if applicable) so choose, she could avoid being killed due to good luck, bad timing, a last-moment appeal to the murderer's humanity, or whatever you choose. So she could be on the boat and avoid both killing and being killed, but she would still technically be a participant--she's just more like a conscientious objector with really great survival skills.

I hope that helps!

[signatures]

EAMES LIKES BOMBS

I GUESS IN THIS SETTING, LITTLE BOMBS

[unflagging]

EAMES. EAMES. SHOULD THERE BE A MUTUAL HUNTING THING GOING ON BETWEEN EAMES AND COWBOY? Just a thought.

Wrong account, I know.

[whitetwoguns]

Eames is the bomb.

[brothertragedy]

Who wants a fiery death? The flames will leave the body unharmed, but will burn away your spirit, so at least, you'll be a pretty corpse 'til you come back to life again!

In other words, Nobori and Chandela will very begrudgingly be playing this game.

[whitetwoguns]

Can Dr. House try to kill Nobori? :( He would try to poison him or puncture him in a vital part of his body. Given his physical short comings he would try to do it quickly. :(

[whitetwoguns]

HERP. And of course this means that Chandela and Nobori can defend themselves and kill House.

[defies_reason]

Alas! Cameron would never agree to this, and Neil and Frankie don't want to leave the City, so I suppose they are out for this one ;_; and here I was looking forward to criminal adventures!

Mr. Isaak Sirko, on the other hand, has no qualms about murdering a stranger here and there, so I suppose I'll go ahead and toss him into the fray. I am willing to have him die if necessary, but be warned it won't be easy: he's paranoid and really quite good at self-defense. He might also hold a grudge, but I won't have him come after anyone later unless you'd like to explore that possibility. (Actually, thinking further, I'd rather he at least get to do some damage, so if you're looking for an easy slay with absolutely no repercussions, this is not the d00d for you.)

I would also be more than happy to have him successfully kill someone else, and even mutual destruction (or his death one day, someone else's the other) would be quite agreeable. Mutual killing especially. (Likewise. I am open to continuing feuding, though I would prefer not to actually kill him without exemption.)

I think a relative stranger would be best (plus! new CR!) since... mostly he doesn't want people knowing about his bad side... but we'll see what we can do ;3

[pinkeffinprofessional]

Mistah Pink will be paranoid but damn if he will not kill to get out. He has a gun and will use it!

As for killing him - the cockroach is hard to get but it's possible!

[prosopopoeia]

Marie Delacroix CALLS A BULLSHIT FOUL ON ALL OF THIS. Mostly because... SHODAN pulled a similar thing on the Von Braun. I am game for her to be killed, she can handle it. I would also really enjoy her killing someone in self-defense! That would be a nice weight on her conscience :)

Carla Is always game to kill. She's a psychobitch. I am not offering her up to die this time though! Trying to lay off her wangst a bit, and dying always upsets her.

[greatcherubim]

Since you don't want Carla to die, maybe she could be Gabriel's target, if you don't get any other/better offers? Gabriel doesn't intend to kill whoever she gets.

[recognize_an_opportunity]

I'm just gonna... Offer all three of my guys up here.

Meyer, Jimmy, and Andrew are all totally up for grabs, and are totally up for killing and being killed (though they're not necessarily easy targets, so that should provide some fun!) Come hunt them, or be hunted by them -- mutual killing is also great, if they want to take each other out in a blaze of glory.

Jimmy is probably my least subtle of characters. He may just walk around with a gun the whole time. The other two are far more subtle, and also might have slightly better survival instincts. If anyone wants 'em, have at 'em!

[pinkeffinprofessional]

Hey so uh.

Maybe Jimmy is Pink's target? IF ONLY FOR FACE CANON TRAGEDY LULZ?

[greatcherubim]

I'm late to the party, but I'm signing Gabriel up for this! She won't be going after her target, so if you'd like your character to be on the boat but want to give them an "out" so they don't die, she might be a good choice.

As far as killing her, I can go either way. :D So characters who would or wouldn't kill their target are both fine! Given that she's a water angel and they are all on a boat, I feel like murder methods that don't require hand to hand combat might work best for offing her, unless your character is obscenely overpowered.

[whitetwoguns]

Would Gabriel defend herself from mortal weapons or shrug them off?

[makingastatement]

Pretty sure Al would try to kill someone if it meant a chance to get home-- or meeting new people in a posse-up? idek. He's good with a gun and physical weapons, but I doubt he's into and/or suspects anything discreet like poison/trickery/etc. So, uh, if you're into that you can kill Al Capone.

SHOW ME YOUR WAR FACE-- y'know, if you want.

[not_like_the_rest]

How about trying to kill a Victor that will be sunbathing nude on the deck?

[tangledintower]

Ugh, I'm so late for this...:/

BUT UH WELL, I'm gonna throw poor Rapunzel in here. She knows how to use a frying pan as a surprisingly effective weapon, and can bludgeon people with it. However, she'll probably try not to kill people, because its wrong. So she's opting out of that for now, unless she caves because it's so tempting.

:D And she's free to be murdered horribly by whoever wants to go at it!

[not_like_the_rest]

How about getting killed with an Axe? 83

[silvering]

Very late to the party, but Jem is up for killing targetting any supernatural types.

[not_like_the_rest]

johanna here is all up for killing everyone. She has no mercy for the people she kills.

Of course someone is open to killing her, but for real, you'll have to be very skilled to get it done.

[virginwings]

Also very left. Gazelle here is up for being killed or joining up with people trying not to get killed because she doesn't have the heart to kill or the care to return home. Though she does have a bit of fight in her and her Air Trecks so she would be a tricky one to get. She's not superhuman though.