The Murder Game Meme

[canescent]

The Murder Game Meme



You know the script. You wake up in a place you've never seen before, with a whole bunch of complete strangers and there's a mysterious voice or a mascot or what have you ready to let you know how things are going to work around here.

The rules are simple: You're trapped here, with no hope of release or rescue. You've been provided with all the basic necessities you need to live comfortably, and all you have to do is settle down and live out the rest of your days here in peace. But if you can't do that -- if you're really so desperate to escape that you'll do anything -- then there's one teeny tiny thing you have to do first.

All you have to do is kill somebody.

But it's not quite that simple. Every death will be followed by a period of investigation, followed by a trial in which the survivors will attempt to solve the mystery and out the culprit. If the survivors guess correctly and out the culprit, the killer is executed and life goes on. But if the survivors guess wrong, then the culprit is free as a bird and everyone else is executed.

Even with the promise of freedom, can you really bring yourself to kill so many other people?

tl;dr: it's a murdergame meme. TIME TO HAVE A BIG OL' MURDERGAME BLAST.


Settings

1. High School A classic! Doesn't matter if you're too old or too young to be in high school -- you've been enrolled and the only way for you to graduate is to kill a fellow student. But hey, the faculties are nice!
2. Tropical Island Weren't you just hankering for a nice tropical vacation? No? Too bad! You're going to have a nice sunny vacation at the beach and if you don't like it, just kill someone and go home. Simple!
3. Prison It doesn't matter if you don't remember committing any crime; you've been tried and found guilty of something or other and now you can go ahead and rot away in jail. If you ever want to see the sunlight again, better put that criminal mind to good use and get rid of your inmates.
4. Wildcard! None of the above scratch your murder itch? Go wild and come up with your own setting!


Downtime

1. Excuse Me, Who Are You? You've just woken up in this weird place and you have no idea what's going on. But hey -- maybe this stranger's more informed than you. Or maybe you can put your heads together and investigate what's going on.
2. Social Link Go! Well, if you're going to be stuck in here for however long, you might as well get to know the people stuck in here with you. You've got plenty of rooms to explore together and there's enough to do to keep you occupied. How do you plan on passing time without killing each other?
3. Vending Machine Woes Somewhere in this place there's a mysterious vending machine that spits out all manner of bizarre items and occasionally dispenses items that belong to you and the other people trapped here. You've got a fat stack of tokens and nothing to lose.
4. Wildcard! GO WILD AND BE FREE (or as free as you can be here, anyways)


PUTTING THE MURDER IN MURDER GAME

1. Motive Your mysterious overseer has decided there's not nearly enough murder going on and so they've ~helpfully~ given you a little push to do the deed. Maybe one of your loved ones is in danger, maybe they're offering more money than you could ever dream of or they're threatening to reveal your deepest darkest secrets. Whatever is it, would you kill for it?
2. Murder WELL APPARENTLY, YES. Are you a killer or are you being killed? Either way, someone's not walking away from this alive.
3. Body Discovery Rise and shine, murdergame! It's a brand new day and someone's dead. Better get investigating!
4. Trial You know how this one goes. Line up all your evidence and sniff out the killer -- or sit there and sweat and hope no one works out you're the murderer. Will they go down with a confession or put up a fight?
5. Afterparty You've survived another trial, but more of your friends have died. Even without the executions, trials are a stressful enough affair. It's time to destress and lick your wounds and support each other.
6. Mastermind It's the end. It's time to uncover all the mysteries behind this murder game -- and find out just who trapped you here. Are they really an unconnected party, or is the mastermind someone among you...?
7. Freedom Just as it says -- you're finally free, but at what cost? Have those you love been returned to you, or are you still reduced to just those who made it to the end? Are you on your own, or is anyone here to help you? And more importantly, how the hell are you going to get home?
8. Wildcard YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO

Comments

"Sing Love" (White Rock Shooter) | Black Rock Shooter: The Game

[canescent]

[ Aloof, ladylike eccentric weirdo of a team mom who keeps a calm head during all the murdering and is usually around to offer a shoulder to cry on should anyone need it. Apparently some kind of world-famous singer back wherever she comes from?

... except that's all BS and she's actually a massively hedonistic alien creature who spearheaded an invasion of Earth that caused humanity's extinction and did all this for giggles. she's kind of awful. ]

[ussa]

[RNG gave me murder at a prison. Do you prefer Gene being the culprit or Sing Love surprising him with her awfulness?]

Honoka Kousaka - Love Live!

[korekara]

Sherlock Holmes | BBC series

[shootthewall]

[obviously he will find the killer first. can be victorian or modern Holmes]

[moriarty_was_real]

[Unless Moriarty manages to frame Sherlock.]

"Marie" | OC | OTA

[onewithwater]

CHARA | Undertale | OTA

[abouttime]

[Probably a murderer who's great at acting both innocent and creepy. They switch wildly between moods and demeanors even before anyone starts dying, so it might be hard to tell whether or not they're the culprit.]

Sawatari Makoto | Kanon

[yes_im_kawaii]

[An absolute idiot. I'm very sorry.]

RNG gave me 2-3 (downtime)

[ussa]

[A quiet day, like any other. The silence that permeates the island after the trial lingers the next morning as Gene wakes up early to investigate the vending machine. All attempts at radio contact has produced no results, and he has finally succumbed to childish pasttimes.

At the very least, he came here early enough that there is little chance that the other participants will see the space captain put in a handful of coins, hiding any hint of anticipation on his face.

He has an image to uphold, after all.]

byakuya togami || dangan ronpa

[bigbucks]

[ fuck all y'all i won this game before ]

hello!

[liquidbaby]

[ Ron has killed before, at the age of five. Now he's seven, and he only wants to kill if he has to.

The pajama dressed child walks up to the vending machine, but can't reach the button he wants to get to.

And then what happens? Part oh his hair starts to turn into liquid, and tendrils of water move up to press the button as he sucks at the tip of his finger. ]

...Hairpin...

[ He's never had one before. ]

Kylo Ren | Star Wars

[darthvaderfanboy]

[Death to you all.]

Ichimatsu Matsuno | Osomatsu-san

[messyhair]

[definitely the culprit... or is he?]

Rachel 'Ray' Gardner | Angel of Slaughter

[thesacrificed]

[She might be a little young but Ray has some experience in murder games. Logical and doll-like emotionally.]

motive!

[angelofslaughter]

[So the motive this week is that the mastermind has cards with a bunch of numbers on them, and told everybody that they're everyone's kill counts and if nobody dies this week, he'll let everyone know exactly how many people everybody here has killed.]

Big deal!

[Obviously, one person here doesn't care in the slightest if everyone else knows how many people he's murdered.]

What a lame motive.

blind mag | repo! the genetic opera

[mightyfineprint]

Nio Hashiri | Akuma no Riddle

[yuritrash]

[Happy and helpful and somehow knows a lot about how to determine cause of death! ...Also probably occasionally making weirdly unsettling passive-aggressive critiques of this murdergame. Her boss' was so much better >:| ]

Wendy Corduroy | That Show with the Falling and Such

[aflippingcorduroy]

Gene Peeples | Thrilling Adventure Hour

[ussa]

[Token Responsible Adult who tries to take leadership during trials. Not likely to murder...unless certain motives are brought up.]

Oswald Cobblepot | Gotham

[king_of_gotham]

Leon Powalski | Star Fox

[falcoff]

[Professional mercenary and sniper who may enjoy his job too much aka prime suspect material.]

Kaguya Houraisan | Touhou Project

[aeterna_filia]

[Ex-moon princess with centuries of life experience. Unbelievably smug and patient. Also more amused than she should be with the whole idea.]

Mei Misaki | Another

[colorofdeath]

[Has seen more than enough death for one lifetime. Can also be played as a survivor of a previous murdergame.]

Sideshow Bob | The Simpsons | ota

[diebartdie]

Naoto Shirogane - Persona 4

[shiroganeheir]

[Putting herself forward as the detective. But is she?]

Shootie (Trip) | Pokemon Best Wishes!

[shootaro]

[Got a soul-devouring lamp and a paralysis-inducing-poisonous jellyfish that likes to drown things, also got youth to his benefit. Who'd suspect, let alone execute, him?]