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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 4, 2023 7:43:20 GMT
Hello this is your cool thread where you can privately talk to me (the GM). Alibis will be found here for convenience. Otherwise, use of this thread is entirely up to whatever you want to use it for.
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 13, 2023 1:22:14 GMT
## Chapter 1
### Trial Start
#### [Day 14 - 1:00 PM] - [ALL] - Dining Room
The players are gathered in the dining room for a late brunch on day fourteen. Despite all of the fear and consternation caused by learning the true rules of the game, there was also a boredom that led people to gather on occasion.
"Hard to believe that we're already two weeks into this!" Felix says cheerily.
"Say, should we switch roommates? New roomies could be fun!"'
"Yeah! Cool!"
"Oh, sure, we could do that."
"Do we really have to move?
"This certainly sounds interesting!"
The group decides to randomly draw their rooms, and Rebecca does the drawing by ripping up four colored index cards and putting them into her bag and holding it out for the others to stick their hand in and grab one. Red would be room 1, yellow room 2, and so on.
In the end, the following rooms were chosen:
Room 1 - Ava, Lyric, Decker, Sara Bella Room 2 - Yutaro, Rosemary, Rebecca, Felix Room 3 - Cole, Dae, Jackson Room 4 - Raphael, Hisoka, Anastasio, A-SH
"Shit! I can't believe this..."
"Nice, time to try out a new bed!"
"Sorry, Jackson, better luck next time, huh?"
The players disperse and move away.
#### [Day 18 - 5:30 AM] - [Felix|Rosemary|Rebecca|Yutaro] - Room 2
Felix, Rosemary, Rebecca, and Yutaro lay in their room with all the lights out, yet they cannot sleep. Music pounds through the room through the wall connecting to room 1, and even with earplugs, it's impossible to sleep.
Rosemary sighs, "Those idiots. It's five-thirty. It's not cool to stay up past three every. SINGLE. Night."
Rebecca taps away on her computer, apparently still occupied with work even if she cannot access the internet. "We'll just have to adapt to their sleep schedule eventually."
Yutaro groans his head under a pillow, "I mean, my friends are high schoolers and they're not like this! I don't think I can keep working out if I can't sleep."
"Uh... Well, I could go try to talk to them again!" Felix says hopefully. "I don't think they're being malicious. Maybe we could buy them headphones? Wireless earbuds? Ah but then they wouldn't be able to talk, which... we can also hear them doing." Felix trails off, sounding tired and deep in thought.
The night wears on...
#### [Day 18 - 4:00 PM] - [ALL] - Dining Room
"My roommate is having a birthday soon. We can afford a little celebration, even if we get some points for it." Rebecca says one day while everyone is in the dining room, shoveling down some freshly grilled linner steaks.
"Whose birthday?" Anastasio says, their eyes twinkling.
"No thanks," Hisoka says quietly.
Rebecca points at Yutaro who looks sheepishly at his plate, "I don't really need a party."
"Nonsense!" Lyric cries, "Oh what a chance it would be to celebrate your special day. Are you twenty-one?"
"He'll be nineteen tomorrow evening!" Felix says excitedly.
Rebecca nods, "Simply put, although everyone wishes to do this or that, I am interested in having a party for him. I've made a list of who should do what to help prepare. Sara Bella, Felix, Ava, Raphael, and Decker should work in the kitchen. We want a cake and a pasta dinner. Rosemary, Dae, Jackson, and Anastasio should prepare a fireworks display. And everyone else can help by decorating the sitting room for us to party in. Sound good? Start preparing tomorrow at 3 PM. Party starts at 8 PM."
Everyone agrees to Rebecca's plan and goes about the rest of their days.
#### [Day 19 - 1:00 AM] - [A-SH|Decker|Hisoka|Yutaro] - Room 4
PSHHHHHHHH!
White foam covers the room as Decker and A-SH use a fire extinguisher and blast it at Hisoka. Hisoka jolts awake from his deep slumber, trying to steady himself on his puppet-covered arms.
"This will help suffocate the ants," A-SH says matter-of-factly.
Decker nods, but he has a jeering smirk on. "Haha dude! You totally got in the way of where we were using the extinguisher!"
Suddenly, the door to the room opens, but instead of Anastasio or Rosemary heading to bed in room 4, it's Yutaro. "Is something going on in here?" The teenager looks at the android and the skater.
A-SH nods, "We are dealing with an Ant problem in this room. Hisoka has a particular problem with them. The suppressive foam should help suffocate the ants nearby."
Milk and Lotus cough in Hisoka's hands. "Help us! We're being attacked!"
"Stop being so noisy..." Hisoka says as he pushes the puppets into the foam further.
Yutaro shakes his head. "Ugh, I need to go to bed, but I'll help clean. You two need to stay out of this." He shoots an extra glare at Decker.
Yutaro and Hisoka clean the bed area for a while and the others disperse.
#### [Day 19 - 1:00 PM] - [Jackson|Hisoka|Raphael|Yutaro] - Room 4
The door to room 4 opens and Jackson walks in. He looks worse for wear. Tired, weary, anxious. Hisoka and Raphael are in there quietly sitting. Yutaro is also in there, cleaning for some reason.
"There's still residue from that foam..." Yutaro grumbles.
"I didn't get any sleep last night," he whines, his eyes looking dead.
"Tell me about it. I've only gotten a few hours every day since we last switched rooms. I might kill room one if they keep me up on my birthday too," Yutaro says, apparently quite bitter.
Lotus sobs, "Oh please! Let us sleep in peace!" Hisoka rolls his eyes, but they look tired as well.
Raphael looks bleary-eyed as well, "Yeah, I think I'm going to take a nap before we have to start preparing stuff.
Jackson nods, "I'm not going to help anyone! Not with how things are going recently. Sorry to the birthday boy but I'm going to sleep! I'm going to go crazy if I don't sleep!" He stomps out of the room, leaving the others to continue what they are doing quietly.
#### [Day 19 - 3:00 PM] - [Rosemary|Yutaro|Dae|Anastasio] - Garden Sitting Area
Rosemary, Dae, and Anastasio sit outside and try to set up fireworks from a box that Rosemary bought.
"I don't think there's that much work to do, but we've got hours," Rosemary says. She places a lighter next to the box of fireworks.
Anastasio grins ear to ear. "Excellent! And what a fine day it is to enjoy!"
Dae looks a little distracted, "Well, maybe we could shoot some off?"
Just then, Yutaro walks up. "Hey, so I don't have anywhere to go right now?"
"Sure!" Anastasio says quickly. "Let's all enjoy one another's company out here."
The four of them sit outside until about 8. The whole time, none of them leave. At 8, Yutaro and Rosemary leave, but the other two stay.
#### [Day 19 - 8:00 PM] - [A-SH|Cole|Rosemary|Raphael|Hisoka|Yutaro|Sarabella|Ava|Felix|Lyric|Rebecca|Decker] - Sitting Room
A-SH, Cole, Rosemary, Raphael, Hisoka, Sara, Ava, Felix, Lyric, and Rebecca hide upstairs around the room. It's kind of silly and pointless, but even so it's fun to make
Yutaro makes it to the top of the stairs and everyone jumps out and claps excitedly, cheering.
"Happy birthday, Yutaro!" Lyric says, immediately guiding the young man around the room, despite the fact that he had been seeing these people for nineteen days already.
"Has anyone seen Jackson?" Sara asks, standing on tiptoes to try and look around the room.
Rosemary shakes her head, "I figure he must just be exhausted, what with the bloody noise in this house all the time."
There's a beat of quiet before Raphael let's out a, "Well that seems fair," and everyone starts moving around the room.
Soon, the party is in full force. Drinking, Karaoke and Dancing takes up everybody's time. The music is loud and keeps everyone moving.
The lasagna is served along with a side of salad. Both are very delicious to eat.
The group then goes out to the balcony at about 9:00 to watch the fireworks display. Rocket after rocket are shot up into the sky. People huddle in little circles as they watch. Cole, Hisoka, Yutaro, Felix, Ava, Lyric, Decker, A-SH, and Sara sit up front. Raphael and Rosemary are in a corner in the back. Rebecca spends the time on her computer at one of the tables behind everyone. Bunny sits on A-SH's head.
Finally, after the fireworks conclude, everyone goes inside to eat cake. They light the candles and all sing happy birthday. Cake goes fast and soon everyone puts their plates and garbage in the trash.
"Thanks, guys," Yutaro says modestly. "This whole thing was a lot but in a good way."
Rebecca smirks, "It should be good. We were all cast on this show to provide something. Glad you were entertained."
Around this time, some people divide and move around.
#### [Day 19 - 10:00 PM] - [Ava|Yutaro|Decker|Cole] - Room 2
Room 2 fills up with people as Ava, Yutaro, Decker, and Cole all duck out of the main party area.
Yutaro looks at Decker, "Hey, so you guys haven't let me get any sleep all week. Can you stop partying all night?"
Ava wheezes. "Don't be rediculous! I guess maybe we can let the birthday boy rest and turn down the music, but wouldn't it be more interesting if he joined in? Fresh meat for the party!"
"Dude, we're just having fun," Decker says, annoyed.
Yutaro squeezes a fist, not threateningly, but it could be read that way. "Oh, like you're just having fun when you used that fire extinguisher on me and Hisoka?"
Ava's face freezes and she looks at Decker, "You did WHAT? Isn't that dangerous?"
"I don't know what he's talking about! This is so annoying!" Decker says, trying to stubbornly do an ollie away from Ava.
Ava though isn't having it. "I can't stand a bully, Decker! If this is who you really are than the whole hanging out thing is over!"
"Oh that's rich coming from--" Decker's words leave his body as he's smacked off his skateboard by Cole weilding a pillow.
"BULLIES DESERVE WHAT THEY GET!" Cole screams, beating Decker with a pillow.
Yutaro tries to break up the fight, sensing danger.
Suddenly the door bursts open and people start flooding in. The sitting room appears to be on fire.
"There's a fire escape this way!" Shouts Yutaro, everyone goes out the window in Room 2, down the fire escape, and to the front of the front garden.
### Investigation Group 1 - [Yutaro|Anastasio|Felix|Lyric]
#### Garden
The area where all the fireworks were shot off has a box for fifty fireworks but its empty.
All around the ground are the cardboard shells of four dozen fireworks.
There is a plastic ring like the kind that carry rolls of tape out here in the grass.
#### Crime Scene
Autopsy Report:
Name: Jackson Diamond - Time of Death: 11:15 PM - Cause of Death: Head and neck trauma - Other injuries: Smoke filled lungs, exhaustion
The corpse lays next to the building, head against a garden rock. Blood drips from his head and into the nearby storm drain.
Pockets are empty. He is in regular clothes.
Next to where he fell is the ladder and platform of the fire escape. They appear badly battered from the fall.
A large metal spike (like a tent stake) sits on the ground nearby. Two metal spikes poke out of the metal walkway.
Looking up the side of the building, there appears to be holes where the fire escape was set into the building. A glance at the fire escape on the other side confirms this.
There is a crack in the wall between the window Jackson fell from and the adjacent window leading into room 4. It looks wide and there are ants crawling around it.
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Oct 7, 2023 17:54:01 GMT
[#spoiler=Secret] [Day 42 - 9:00 PM] - [Yutaro|Dae|Ava|Decker|Rosemary|Lyric|Sara] - Forest - SECRET "Hey, you guys want some real drinks? I stole some booze from the winery." Word spreads fast. Even though the food and drink ban hasn't been going on very long, the temptation represented by the camraderie is strong.
Rosemary, who apparently set the whole thing up, is sitting by a fire in the woods. Sara, Decker, Ava, Yutaro, Lyric, Dae, and Carror all arrive shortly afterward. The fire crackles, bottles of booze sit nearby.
Everyone walked here, but it seems like Rosemary took the ATV out here as it is parked nearby.
Rosemary passes out drinks, "Hehe! Yutaro, are you sure you're going to be okay drinking a little booze?" She teases him in an almost weird way.
People soon begin to enjoy the fire and each other's company.
Ava throws up immediately after drinking the wine. It makes people concerned that maybe she was poisoned, but she insists she wasn't.
Everyone is very giddy and lighthearted the entire time. To add onto the giddiness and light-heartedness, Decker decides to have a grand old time on the skateboard in front of everyone. He takes a dive and crashes into a crate of bottles, much to everyone's mirth and joy. Decker laughs and lets everyone know that it's not usually like this at all. He then takes off his soaked shirt and leaves it to dry on the ATV.
Sara tries to climb Carrot but falls to the ground as well. All the silliness is highly enjoyable for her. Although Carrot looks slightly concerned.
Dae, downing his bottle of liquor, suddenly looks very sweaty. "Do you think the fans are watching right now?" He glances around, fearful.
Lyric tries to comfort him, but rudely keeps laughing at him, "Hey, don't be so paranoid okay? You're okay."
Dae nods, "Oh so the fans aren't watching? Then maybe I can get away with infringing on the ban..."
"The ban...?" Ava cocks her head with a giggle. Her brain can't figure out what Dae means.
"Hey Yutaro, want to start walking back?" Dae looks at Yu.
Yu swallows, "Oh, uh... Why do I feel so weird?"
Lyric laughs, prodding Yu. "You don't got anything to worry about Yu, just get on out of here!"
After Dae and Yu leave, the party dies down and dissolves. [/spoiler]
[#spoiler=Secret] [Day 43 - 6:00 PM] - [Dae|Yutaro] - Forest - SECRET During Sara's performance, Dae grabs Yutaro and heads out of the Horse Barn. Yutaro reluctantly follows him into the woods.
"Hey," Smiles Dae at Yutaro, a serene confidence about him.
Yutaro looks at him blankly. "Yeah?"
"So, we should probably talk about the other night," Dae says, still smiling.
"Should we?" Yutaro asks, a little coldly.
Dae siezes up a little bit, "Uh..."
Yutaro just looks at him.
Dae thinks, "I don't uh, remember what happened after too well..."
Yutaro looks a little bit annoyed.
"Okay! Got it! I was just wondering if..." Dae starts but loses his place again, having not thought this conversation through at all.
"Are you concerned what people watching are thinking about you?" Yutaro asks, still not giving Dae peace.
Dae laughs, "Haha, not to worry, Yu! I don't think about that at all!"
Yutaro nods, "Then we have nothing to talk about, huh?"
Dae's heart skips a beat, "Well, I guess so! Haha!"
The two of them hang out for a while before awkwardly splitting up. Right before they do though, they see Felix sneaking around outside in the woods from far away. [/spoiler]
[#spoiler=Secret] [Day 43 - 8:00 PM] - [Dae|Ava|Yutaro|Anastasio] - Cabin - SECRET Ava, Dae, Yutaro, and Anastasio are in the cabin together.
"We should totally drink again!" Dae says, excited.
Yutaro doesn't really say anything in response.
Ava cheers, "Oh yeah! Great opportunity to get smashed!"
Anastasio tilts stars head. "Should we cook someone while nobody is watching us! Oh we would be so adventurous if we did that."
"Exactly Stasi!" Dae exclaims, trying to read Yutaro's response. "Let's cook and be chums!"
"Chums?" Ava is slightly put off by the word choice.
"Yeah! You know us, we're all being chums, huh?" Dae says.
The four of them then cook a fresh pizza in the cabin together using ingredients that they bought from the store that day. Everyone has fun. Dae tries to talk with Yutaro but Ava keeps swooping in and interrupting them, effectively taking Yutaro’s attention.
"Hey, you two are making Stasi feel like a third wheel! Look at star!" Dae points. Somehow Dae is the one who is feeling more like a third wheel.
Stasi cocks an eyebrow. "I'm doing wonderfully!"
Yutaro rolls his eyes, "Okay, should we clean up?"
"Already?" Ava is a bit disappointed but helps the others clean. [/spoiler]
[#spoiler] [Day 45 - 9:00 AM] - [Dae|Yutaro|Ava] - Forest Dae, Yutaro, and Ava are back together again the next day, walking together in the forest.
Dae figures he will be doing most of the talking, but somehow the situation becomes Ava talking with Yutaro, with Dae walking behind.
"Hey so, you guys remember that night the other night?" Dae tries to make conversation with the two of them.
"What about it?" Ava says loudly as they pass a tree that has a huge crack in it.
"Well, I had a lot of fun with Yutaro," Dae begins.
"What about having fun with me?" Ava asks, perhaps trying to be annoying on purpose. "Oh or do you mean a certain kind of fun?"
"That didn't happen," Yutaro points out. "Dae thinks it did though and has been bugging me about it for days."
Ava almost dies laughing, much to Dae's regret, he tries to shush them. "It's not like that! I just know I might have said things I regret! That's what I'm saying!"
"Oh yeah you did!" Ava says, taunting him, still cackling. "Well, all this nonsense is making me need to piss!" Ava says, walking away.
Yutaro looks at Dae, "So are you ready to say something more than just you liking me?"
Dae is silent, or at least, Ava comes back a few minutes later and doesn't hear anything.
"Do you guys know where we are?" Ava asks.
Yutaro and Dae shake their heads. The three of them realize they are lost. And they begin to wander and wander and wander.
“Uh oh! We could die! It’s now or never, make the most of every moment with each other!" Ava taunts as they keep walking. [/spoiler]
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Oct 8, 2023 0:48:03 GMT
(Btw since Ava is a lesbian she wouldn’t flirt with you two so I had to take that out, lol. Should be fixed now!)
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Oct 8, 2023 5:27:24 GMT
Okay so options for what Dae said walking Yu home from the party:
A. Yu expected a confession but didn't get one and is acting a little grumpy with Dae
B. Yu got a confession but Dae made a mess of it (for reasons you may not be privy to)
Which one is more fun for you?
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Post by Joker on Oct 8, 2023 16:54:17 GMT
B, if I had to pick from those, but I don't think Yu would even realize that Dae likes him. I also don't think he'd know for sure how he feels about Dae in a romantic sense either.
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Oct 8, 2023 17:24:45 GMT
Yeah I assumed A would be a bit of a stretch.
So maybe it could be something where Yutaro is acting normal because there was no confession but Dae is getting more paranoid and Yu doesn’t really understand what the weird vibes he’s getting are?
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Post by Joker on Oct 8, 2023 17:36:51 GMT
Sure, that works for me!
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Oct 8, 2023 19:08:20 GMT
Okay so it’s official: Yu is acting normal and no confession happened.
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