M A F I A G A M E :: Take Two, Day Four
It's hard to believe that it's only been four days since you've come out on the island.
Take a short trip away from the mainland, they said. Have a relaxing vacation, they said. Get to know your family members better, they said.
Well, you're all certainly getting the last one right down.
Between the fevered confessions and dark secrets, there's plenty of time for people to make friends- or at the very least, temporary alliances. I'll help you out if you help me, let's just keep each other alive and hopefully we'll last long enough until this whole week's over. That's the idea, anyway, so with luck and a bit of fast talking it won't be your body that everyone wakes up to the next morning. The longer you can keep yourself alive, the more chances you have to get things straight...
"Did anyone ever tell her not to wander around at night?" Lavie asks, looking at the body at her feet. "I'd never have expected her, of all people-"
"Somehow I don't think that would have made a difference," Jill murmurs, frowning slightly. Kneeling down, she closes MIRU's eyes. There's something about the corpse staring straight up at them that's just uncomfortable. Not that it looks any better like this, with something stuffed in her mouth and a torn off bit of cloth acting like a gag in it, hands tied behind its back, lying spread-eagled on the living room floor.
No sign of injury or hurt, at least. The only odd thing about the body would be the upturned bucket on its torso, weighed down with a few rocks. So far, no one's touched it. Not out of respect to the dead, no, but rather out of the knowledge that anything could be ammunition here. Knowledge of the murder, knowledge of the method- it's better not to say anything, that's the first thing on everyone's mind.
But sooner or later, someone has to move the body.
It's Aisu who finally steps up, wordlessly, and starts removing the rocks. She's a little nervous, almost drops one. But one person stepping up was enough and in a second Tess joins her, taking the rest of the rocks and dropping them unceremoniously on the floor.
"Well?" she says, and looks over at Aisu, who shrugs a reply. "Fine. Count of three-"
And then they both lift the bucket off, only for them to drop it almost immediately at the sight underneath.
It's a bloody mess, the torso, with bits of bone showing and blood everywhere. The edges of the wound are jagged, almost as if the skin was ripped out rather than cut-
-no. Not ripped.
Clawed.
Eaten.
From inside the body, there's a faint movement. It takes a second before everyone watching sees it, and that, coupled with the bucket, suddenly makes everything clear.
Aisu gags slightly, backing off into Case, who steadies her before stepping around to take a closer look at Miru. Pao's approached the corpse from the other side, and takes the bucket, putting it away to get a better view.
"You know, I've heard about this before," Yukeh says, from where she's watching the body, her expression critical. "Put some rats in a bucket, hold them over a person and heat the bucket."
"They'll claw straight through flesh," Pao finishes. "Well, whoever did this was certainly... resourceful." She pushes her hair back, out of her face and stands up. "That can't have been a pleasant way to go."
"You mean there's such a thing?" Lavie says, and it's met with some laughter. "Wonder who'll clean up now."
"Well, it's not going to be me," Case replies. "Pity she can't clear up after herself, though. That would be ideal."
"You'd think that, wouldn't you?" Tess mutters, shaking her head. "Well. I'd suggest blowing this whole fucking house up and us all inside it, that'd get rid of whoever's killing us for sure. Seeing as I don't have enough explosives around here, though..."
She doesn't have to say it, really. As far as the rest of you are concerned, well. It looks like it's going to be another day spent getting to know your fellow friends.
Let's hope you know each other well enough to make the right choices.
PLAYER LIST
TESS✟pyrat_xo
VAL✟thrives
MUGS✟ambienteye
CASE✟technophile
AISU✟madelineusher
MIRU✟databomb
TRICKS✟parametric
HANNAH✟ohhfantastic
KAT✟katsumeragi
LAVIE✟signatune
JILL✟gajillion
YUKEH✟yukitsu
PAO✟77ws
the FOURTH DAY
MIRU was killed by rats burrowing through her.
SEVEN are alive.
:: VOTING PROCEDURE ::
- You may vote for any person left alive as the prime suspect of Miru's murder.
- You may vote for yourself.
- You may change your vote multiple times.
- Votes must be in before 0900 HOURS on THE NINETEENTH OF MAY.
- Following this time, no more votes or changes to votes will be accepted.
- The person with the most votes will be killed by the group.
- Votes are to be registered here.
- Votes not registered under the above thread will not be counted.
:: REGARDING THE DEAD ::
- Dead players may not vote.
- Dead players are strongly discouraged from talking about the game with and/or sharing their suspicions with live players.
- Dead players may have a party to get over their recent demise.
Take a short trip away from the mainland, they said. Have a relaxing vacation, they said. Get to know your family members better, they said.
Well, you're all certainly getting the last one right down.
Between the fevered confessions and dark secrets, there's plenty of time for people to make friends- or at the very least, temporary alliances. I'll help you out if you help me, let's just keep each other alive and hopefully we'll last long enough until this whole week's over. That's the idea, anyway, so with luck and a bit of fast talking it won't be your body that everyone wakes up to the next morning. The longer you can keep yourself alive, the more chances you have to get things straight...
"Did anyone ever tell her not to wander around at night?" Lavie asks, looking at the body at her feet. "I'd never have expected her, of all people-"
"Somehow I don't think that would have made a difference," Jill murmurs, frowning slightly. Kneeling down, she closes MIRU's eyes. There's something about the corpse staring straight up at them that's just uncomfortable. Not that it looks any better like this, with something stuffed in her mouth and a torn off bit of cloth acting like a gag in it, hands tied behind its back, lying spread-eagled on the living room floor.
No sign of injury or hurt, at least. The only odd thing about the body would be the upturned bucket on its torso, weighed down with a few rocks. So far, no one's touched it. Not out of respect to the dead, no, but rather out of the knowledge that anything could be ammunition here. Knowledge of the murder, knowledge of the method- it's better not to say anything, that's the first thing on everyone's mind.
But sooner or later, someone has to move the body.
It's Aisu who finally steps up, wordlessly, and starts removing the rocks. She's a little nervous, almost drops one. But one person stepping up was enough and in a second Tess joins her, taking the rest of the rocks and dropping them unceremoniously on the floor.
"Well?" she says, and looks over at Aisu, who shrugs a reply. "Fine. Count of three-"
And then they both lift the bucket off, only for them to drop it almost immediately at the sight underneath.
It's a bloody mess, the torso, with bits of bone showing and blood everywhere. The edges of the wound are jagged, almost as if the skin was ripped out rather than cut-
-no. Not ripped.
Clawed.
Eaten.
From inside the body, there's a faint movement. It takes a second before everyone watching sees it, and that, coupled with the bucket, suddenly makes everything clear.
Aisu gags slightly, backing off into Case, who steadies her before stepping around to take a closer look at Miru. Pao's approached the corpse from the other side, and takes the bucket, putting it away to get a better view.
"You know, I've heard about this before," Yukeh says, from where she's watching the body, her expression critical. "Put some rats in a bucket, hold them over a person and heat the bucket."
"They'll claw straight through flesh," Pao finishes. "Well, whoever did this was certainly... resourceful." She pushes her hair back, out of her face and stands up. "That can't have been a pleasant way to go."
"You mean there's such a thing?" Lavie says, and it's met with some laughter. "Wonder who'll clean up now."
"Well, it's not going to be me," Case replies. "Pity she can't clear up after herself, though. That would be ideal."
"You'd think that, wouldn't you?" Tess mutters, shaking her head. "Well. I'd suggest blowing this whole fucking house up and us all inside it, that'd get rid of whoever's killing us for sure. Seeing as I don't have enough explosives around here, though..."
She doesn't have to say it, really. As far as the rest of you are concerned, well. It looks like it's going to be another day spent getting to know your fellow friends.
Let's hope you know each other well enough to make the right choices.
PLAYER LIST
TESS✟pyrat_xo
VAL✟thrives
MUGS✟ambienteye
CASE✟technophile
AISU✟madelineusher
MIRU✟databomb
TRICKS✟parametric
HANNAH✟ohhfantastic
KAT✟katsumeragi
LAVIE✟signatune
JILL✟gajillion
YUKEH✟yukitsu
PAO✟77ws
the FOURTH DAY
MIRU was killed by rats burrowing through her.
SEVEN are alive.
:: VOTING PROCEDURE ::
- You may vote for any person left alive as the prime suspect of Miru's murder.
- You may vote for yourself.
- You may change your vote multiple times.
- Votes must be in before 0900 HOURS on THE NINETEENTH OF MAY.
- Following this time, no more votes or changes to votes will be accepted.
- The person with the most votes will be killed by the group.
- Votes are to be registered here.
- Votes not registered under the above thread will not be counted.
:: REGARDING THE DEAD ::
- Dead players may not vote.
- Dead players are strongly discouraged from talking about the game with and/or sharing their suspicions with live players.
- Dead players may have a party to get over their recent demise.