Lem (
followedbylemmings) wrote in
bakerstreet2013-10-09 05:31 pm
It seemed legit.
It's a meme in which you're trapped in some enclosed environment and are forced to run around like an idiot whilst playing some kind of game (typically one in which failure means death) and some mysterious gamemaster points and laughs at you. Dangan Ronpa, 999, Portal, you know the drill. And it shall pierce the heavens.
So let's get the formalities over with.
Where are you trapped?
1. An amusement park with deadly rides and booby trapped attractions!
2. A creepy mansion with the obligatory ghosts and cursed objects!
3. A small island that's, thankfully, at least reasonably tropical so you won't have to worry about getting cold!
4. A boat that's slowly sinking even as I type this!
5. A zoo except there's some sort of super creepy twist like the animals exhibited are actually whatever species you are!
6. Something seemingly innocent that you can walk out of any time, like a high school or a Subway or a Walmart- okay, innocentish except the twist is that it's actually VR and there's no escape no matter how far you run!
X. Fuck your number options I do what I want.
What are you supposed to do?
1. Run around and solve puzzles like an idiot for an indefinite period of time!
2. FIND A WAY OUT. That's it. And probably one or more of the other items on this list in the process but mainly just FIND A WAY OUT.
3. Kill other people until you're the last person standing!
4. Find a certain important object that's hidden somewhere in the playing field!
5. Figure out who the douchy gamemaster is and what they want because otherwise you'll probably be stuck doing various forms of 1-4 until you die!
=. I told you. Fuck your number options I do what I want.
Who are you really?
1. Some genuinely innocent bystander who somehow got sucked into this mess but mainly someone confused.
2. Someone who secretly has deep dark ties to everything that's going on.
3. The douchy gamemaster in disguise. Surprise!
~. I reject your numbers and do what I want!
What's potentially going to kill you?
1. Bombs.
2. Some esoteric neurotoxin that was injected into your blood and the douchy gamemaster is the only person who has the cure on them.
3. Some guy with a knife/gun/sword, possibly cursed or hacked depending on your stuck location.
4. Unsure because the methods are myriad and diverse. Who knows.
Q. Do I really have to spell out what this is at this point?
And has anyone died yet?
1. No.
2. Yes, and they're important.
3. Yes but they're just some NPC named Phil, whose grim death underscores what's really at stake but otherwise you can't really give a fuck about him. Sorry.
$. ...I'm not sure how you can take a third option with this given the dying/not dying thing but I have full confidence that you'll be able to do so.

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