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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 4, 2023 7:53:18 GMT
This post will be updated as the game progresses, so be sure to check back frequently! JACKSON----:00000004.50 HISOKA-----:00000112.39 SARABELLA--:00000000.00 DECKER-----:00000004.39 Participants:dootdoot as Jackson Diamond~! (he/him) pancakes as Hisoka Yamashita (he/him) tinyeggz as Sara Bella (she/her) JaytheBluPirate as Decker Wolfe (he/him) [#spoiler=Map] [/spoiler] [#spoiler=RP Rules and Ettiquette]1. Be active. The expectation for activity is about one post per day. Even with just that much the game can be fun and interesting! And even if you miss a few days please just do your best! Let me know as soon as possible about gaps in your availibility. 1. Respect other players. Do not do anything that makes other players feel unsafe / uncomfortable / dejected. This includes going on about how you hate some characters in the OOC discord chat, or having your character harass another character after that player or I set a boundary with you. In general, try to uplift other players. In an RP, your goal is to make other players have fun. 2. Keep it Safe For Work. Some NSFW-ish stuff is okay but please be tastefully oblique and especially respect any boundaries set by other players on this. 3. No godmodding. In general, don't say what the characters of the players do in your post. Sometimes to make things flow better, you might say things like "And then many people went to the movie theater" in order to move a scene along, but if you do this, try to get some agreement from other players first that that's what they seemingly want to do. 4. Be a team player. Not everything will go exactly to your vision of what you want to get out of the game. Please be flexible with the role you want your character to play and support the overall narrative that everyone is a part of. 5. Communicate with the GM. If you have an issue with where your character is headed or with the pacing of the story, please let the GM know. I will do my best to check in with everyone and throw out questions to people fairly frequently since this is ultimately my responsibility, but if you want the most out of this experience please tell me what you want![/spoiler] [#spoiler=Chapter Navigation] Chapter 1 LocationChapter 2 LocationChapter 2 ArrivalChapter 3 Location[/spoiler] [#spoiler=Rules Cards] Ground Floor Rules1. Players may not leave the house by climbing over or tunnelling under the 18-foot privacy walls or by breaking out of any of the doors at the far perimeter of the house. 2. Players must stay sequestered within the house for at least 100 days except during the time designated for organized excusions. 3. The house is under strict surveillance with privacy only given behind bathroom stalls. 4. It is strictly forbidden to use a phone or computer to contact the outside world or to view comments that voice a fact or opinion on this show. 5. No racial or ethnic discrimination, no homophobia or transphobia, no misogyny, and other forms of bigotry may be added to this list as necessary. 6. No sexual harrassment. 7. All players have submitted to neural microchip injections which will allow users to see through your eyes (genetic and behavioral data of each player was gathered beforehand to make sure the injections were safe and done when you were least susceptible to detection). 8. At the end of 100 days, the five players who scored the most points will be permitted to exit the house and they will be considered the winners. 9. All other players, dead or living, will be forced to pay the debt of the winning players, which they will have to work off in a corporate prison of their choosing. 10. Players can earn points by getting votes in online polls or by getting comments about them online; each vote in a poll will give 1 point and each comment will give 1 point; be sure to get the audience all excited. OOC: Check the tab on the OP on how to get points.11. If the above isn't enough, players may also lock in a 100 million point total by winning a round of the Crab Game. 12. The Crab Game is played in the following manner, any player that kills a fellow player becomes the King Crab. 13. The King Crab in the Crab Game is decided by a team of ethicists that pinpoint the player who had most control over the killing. 14. After a dead person is discovered by three people, an announcement will be made that a body has been discovered and a Crab Trial will start within six hours of the body being discovered. 15. During a Crab Trial, all players will try to figure out who is the King Crab by reviewing evidence and alibis. 16. At the end of the Crab Trial, the players will vote for who they think the King Crab is by saying who killed whom and if the majority are correct, the King Crab will be reduced to zero points and be killed; otherwise, the King Crab is set at 100 million points and sequestered in a seperate area from other players for the rest of the game. (In the case that multiple body discoveries take place before the trial, multiple votes will be allowed to take place but they will be resolved simultaneously) 17. All players who die are reduced to zero points and the bodies will be sequestered debt repayment purposes. 18. Serious rule breaking will be met with immediate death. Basement Rules19. You are now a Hermit Crab. 20. You cannot become King Crab by killing a Hermit Crab. 21. If a Hermit Crab becomes a King Crab and wins the Crab Game, all Hermit Crabs may leave this basement and return to the ground floor, and all those on the ground floor must go to the basement and become Hermit Crabs. 22. Hermit Crabs can no longer earn points by gaining favor with the audience. Instead a Hermit Crab must earn points by completing designated tasks around the basement. 23. A Hermit Crab must not be seen by the crabs on the ground floor. 24. Any neural microchip that is dropped into the basement must be inserted into the cloning chamber within ten minutes. [/spoiler]
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 4, 2023 7:55:49 GMT
Ssssssssss... Ka-Chunk...A hiss of steam fills a dank, echoey room. A red light blinks on a camera in the corner of the room. A large machine stretches from the floor to the ceiling on the side of the room. A large door sits on its surface. The only way to interact with the machine is that on the front a chip can be inserted into a small slot. At this moment, a chip is being read by the machine. [ Music: Elegy of the Bottom Feeders] The machine churns and whirrs along before the door on it opens and a frail-looking person is spit out onto the floor, completely naked. The person looks around the basement, barely able to see due to a single halogen lamp buzzing overhead. Displayed on the wall is a rules card: [#spoiler=Basement Rules Card] Basement Rules19. You are now a Hermit Crab. 20. You cannot become King Crab by killing a Hermit Crab. 21. If a Hermit Crab becomes a King Crab and wins the Crab Game, all Hermit Crabs may leave this basement and return to the ground floor, and all those on the ground floor must go to the basement and become Hermit Crabs. 22. Hermit Crabs can no longer earn points by gaining favor with the audience. Instead a Hermit Crab must earn points by completing designated tasks around the basement. 23. A Hermit Crab must not be seen by the crabs on the ground floor. 24. Any neural microchip that is dropped into the basement must be inserted into the cloning chamber within ten minutes. [/spoiler] After reading the rules, the person looks around and explores the other parts of the basement room: [#spoiler=Voting Machine]A square looking machine sits in the corner. On it, there are a few options: 1 - You can select one of the players to give 1 point to. Apparently, this can be done by spending .01 points. This can be done at most ten times per day. 2 - Vote for who you think will die next. If this person does die next, you get 10 points to spend. 3 - Vote for who the King Crab is. This seems to affect the vote totals in the Crab Trial[/spoiler] [#spoiler=Shop]A small hole is carved into the corner of the room. There is a tray that can be passed through the hole and a bell to ring. There is a small pad of paper and a pencil. Posted near it is the following menu: Hermit Crab Menu: Cup Noodles / Fast Food Item - .1 Question about rules - .1 Miscelaneous Items (Mattress, Coat, Etc.) - .5+[/spoiler] [#spoiler=Cameras]There's an ipad that's hooked up to a cable. Through it, you can see the various currently operational cameras in the house, and hear the audio from them as you go to them. This lets you see everything going on in the thread.[/spoiler] [#spoiler=Cardboard]There's a stack of cardboard in the corner. There's a note nearby: Fold each of these cardboard forms into a pizza box. Each one you fold will earn you .01 points.[OOC: You may fold one pizza box per post. You must post that you are folding one.][/spoiler] [#spoiler=Ladder]In the center of the room is a ladder that leads up to the first floor. The ladder leads up to the area behind the shop counter on the first floor of the building. There's a note that you may complete a request at this counter in order to earn one tenth of the value of the request filled. Seems like somebody was already completing these requests when you were in the house. There's a door here to exit but it is locked[/spoiler] [#spoiler=Storm Drain]On one side of the basement is a storm drain in the ceiling where cold air and water leaks down that leads up to the garden. The storm drain has a heavy padlock locking it into place and would be very difficult to climb up to.[/spoiler] [#spoiler=Bathroom]There's a tiny bathroom area where you can use a sink. There is no soap. There is a toilet as well.[/spoiler] [#spoiler=Door]There is a tiny door in the corner of the room that is heavy and can't be opened. Maybe it's electronically locked.[/spoiler] Other than the above things, there are plenty of anonymous pipes and wires lining all sides of the room. There is nowhere nice to sleep, and it's quite cold. It's time to get used to your new life.
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Post by dootdoot on Sept 13, 2023 1:18:04 GMT
Jackson, naked and afraid, skittered around the basement like some kind of frightened bug for a while, taking in the scenery.
Eventually, he scrambled over to the shop and scrawled the following words into the notepad:
HAM BURGER
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 13, 2023 1:27:02 GMT
"Not enough cash, bozo. I swear they don't pay me enough to be doing all this at once. Get to work." Bogota can be heard over a muffled microphone. "I don't get outta bed for nothing."
JACKSON----:00000000.00
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Post by dootdoot on Sept 13, 2023 1:31:46 GMT
"Bogota! What's going on?! Why am I naked?!" Jackson screamed and hyperventilated on the cold floor of the basement. "It's so cold..."
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 13, 2023 1:37:41 GMT
"Why are you asking me those questions? You died. We're gonna sell you to our labor buyers. You're one of those robots like the one upstairs."
Bogota is silent for a second, and then a red jumpsuit gets shoved through the wall into the room.
"There, now quit whining. I thought you'd be used to crashing in place by now."
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 16, 2023 19:52:47 GMT
The trial goes on upstairs, Jackson has a good view of the whole thing.
As Lyric starts accusing Bogota of being in the basement, he yells at Jackson through the gap. “Bro, you gotta be kidding me? How are you selling us out from in the basement?”
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 17, 2023 19:38:16 GMT
Plink!A microchip falls into the basement. A fear washes over Jackson and he quickly takes it and brings it over to the fabrication machine. He sets it inside and follows the basic instructions. Hisssssssss!!! Ka-Chunk!The machine opens after a while and an android, bearing stunning resemblance to Hisoka, tumbles out. Naked and trembling. [ Music: Elegy of the Bottom Feeders] Chapter 1: END 2 Hermit Crabs Lie In Waiting
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Post by pancakes on Sept 17, 2023 19:47:56 GMT
"...Huh..."
Oh! Hisoka was a robot now. He looked around, investigating his new body. He didn't feel any different...aside from being naked. His first instinct was not Jackson, who was probably panicking from being alone this entire time. At least, that's what he assumed.
"Miiiilk...Lotus....are you here? I'm sorry for taking out my anger on you guys...all this time..."
He walked around, turning every nook and cranny, looking for his puppet friends. He even walked up to Jackson and checked the pockets of his jumpsuit.
"Oh...it's you," Hisoka said, stumbling back a bit. "Do you remember what happened..? I think...I killed you...sorry about that, but I didn't really have a choice...by the way, have you seen Milk or Lotus..?"
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 17, 2023 20:06:30 GMT
"What the hell man? Why are you talking about puppets! You died, everyone turned against you! Haven't you grown out of that?" Bogota sounds annoyed from the other room, revealing that he too, is stuck down here.
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Post by pancakes on Sept 17, 2023 20:09:24 GMT
"...Oh, Bogota, you're here, too," Hisoka noticed. "Um...yeah, but they were my friends...I feel a little bad for mistreating them all this time, I think death really put all that into perspective..."
Hisoka's ears perked up. "Besides...these new rules...this new body...ah, it's a second chance for me. That's what it is, isn't it..? I can still kill my parents..."
"And for that...I need Milk and Lotus...I wonder where they went?"
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 17, 2023 20:15:15 GMT
"Dude are you still on that?" Bogota says, shocked. "I mean, they were pretty brutal I guess. I told them they didn't have to shoot you or nothing, but they didn't really listen. Geez, I would never kill anyone though. I'm not about that life. I'm so freaking clean in all this."
"You'll probably have to figure out how to remake them. They were both shot too."
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Post by pancakes on Sept 17, 2023 20:19:43 GMT
"They disposed of me...like garbage," Hisoka growled. "I can't have them do the same thing to Jiro...Now that I realize it, it was probably my parents who set me up to come here..."
He glanced over the rules one more time. "I guess...I'll just have to win this hermit crab game."
Hisoka walked up to the fabrication machine.
"How does this work..? Do I just need one of those microchips..?"
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 17, 2023 20:26:36 GMT
"Duh! I mean, that's for making you guys after you die into robots. So yeah that's what you need. Those chips have your consciousness on them, you know?" Bogota says, a mixture of impatient but also a bit pitying.
"Man, why do you keep talking about your brother like that? Now I'm stressed about it too!" His face isn't visible beyond the hole in the wall where the store is, but Bogota is pacing audibly.
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Post by pancakes on Sept 17, 2023 20:32:22 GMT
"It's like a ticking time bomb. In just a few days, I was forcibly shipped into the show and shot in the head. Imagine what they'll do to him now that I'm not there..."
Hisoka looked around for a couple of microchips that he could use.
"Where do I find these chips? Can I buy them with points?"
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 17, 2023 20:39:34 GMT
"No, I mean. They're like for people! We only got enough for the lot of you!" Bogota tries to reason with Hisoka. "In theory we could buy more, but... Yeah they'd be expensive. LIke way more than you can make folding pizza boxes."
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Post by pancakes on Sept 17, 2023 20:47:00 GMT
"...Hey, Bogota, do me a favor and get me some more microchips," Hisoka pestered, ignoring basically everything he said. "Aren't people watching us in this basement, too? If they are watching me...well, I'm not complete without Milk or Lotus."
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 17, 2023 20:55:02 GMT
"What are we even going to do with the microchips? Those two are puppets! Can't you just make them out of felt?" Bogota says, trying and failing to keep his voice level.
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Post by pancakes on Sept 17, 2023 21:00:31 GMT
"I have...bigger plans for them."
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 17, 2023 21:04:01 GMT
"Holy shit! I don't think that machine makes bears though. Also I feel like you should put on clothes!" Bogota shoves another jumpsuit through the slot for Hisoka.
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Post by pancakes on Sept 17, 2023 21:10:20 GMT
"Ah..."
Hisoka put on his jumpsuit.
"...Oh come on, what are you so afraid of? Aren't you locked down here with us, too?"
He tilted his head. "Actually...speaking of which, are you a hermit crab?"
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 17, 2023 21:20:47 GMT
"No, my situation is different. As long as I do my part to bring up viewership, I will be just fine. I won't have to go to any slave mill." Bogota says darkly. "Everyone at home, don't forget to subscribe."
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Post by pancakes on Sept 17, 2023 21:42:13 GMT
"...Oh...then why are you here?"
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 17, 2023 22:14:34 GMT
"Pssh!" Bogota sputters. "Because! It's a cheap place to stay for right now, you know? I'm still on the come up right now. I'm a frugal guy! I gotta save up for a little salon treatment!"
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Post by pancakes on Sept 17, 2023 23:00:47 GMT
"Liar..."
Hisoka walked up to get a pizza box, and began folding it.
"This counts, right..? I get a tenth of a point for this..?"
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 18, 2023 0:16:01 GMT
"Yeah. Just hand it to me and I'll make sure you're paid each time." Bogota says, a hind of defeat in his voice. "God, this is so annoying."
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Post by pancakes on Sept 18, 2023 0:51:25 GMT
"Here you go," Hisoka nodded, handing Bogota a pizza box. He folded another pizza box and handed it to Bogota, seeing as this was a second post. "What are all of these pizza boxes for, anyways?"
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 18, 2023 1:31:01 GMT
Bogota hums, “We have a deal with a national pizza chain to outsource their work. This is marginally cheaper than fixing the machine that broke recently. It’s pretty good cash.”
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Post by pancakes on Sept 18, 2023 1:44:17 GMT
"So we're just being used as slave labor?" Hisoka asked, folding another pizza box and handing it to Bogota.
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 18, 2023 2:36:11 GMT
"Well, I mean, it was in the contract for the show! Don't blame me, blame legal for somehow figuring this whole thing out! Plus we gotta pay legal fees somehow..."
"So now you're at .3 points! That's really good!" Bogota says, accepting the boxes.
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