VIP Post

[guestcontrol]

Hey there, VIPs! The actual night post won't go up until tomorrow, but we're throwing this up so you can look and check out how the killers are going to work in this game.

Our beautiful and attractive team of killers is: Ibuki Mioda, Tamaki Suoh, Patchouli Knowledge, Anise Tatlin and Royce Bracket (a buddy duo!), Ciel Phantomhive, and Edea Lee.

For now, everything is normal with you guys, but once night begins, brainwashing will take over. Whatever's been done to your brain (and it may present slightly differently in every single person!), it's intended to make you willing to kill, because this is all just a dream/virtual reality/a magic spell/ghosts and everything's okay!

You're able to figure out specifically how your brainwashing will work, but the main goals are to get the characters to participate in killing and to treat the game strategically, to have them have trouble telling fiction from reality and believing the deaths aren't real, and for them to pretend it is real during the day. Your character can believe the reward for winning is a prize, and it's up to you what they think that prize is. A few examples:

Variety A (Carefree) - This is actually a really fun competition! Part of the competition is successfully acting like everything is real! Everyone who dies actually just wakes up safe at home! And if you win, you're going to get a really wonderful prize. Money, three magic wishes, something you've been wanting for a long time.

Variety B (Heroic) - This is a little more serious, being stuck here isn't a good thing, and we need everyone to wake up so we can get home. But everyone who dies safely wakes up. You just need to make sure the VIPs win for the best outcome for everyone. For now, you need to pretend it's real to not draw attention to yourself.

Variety C (Selfish) - You know everyone thinks this is real, but you also know for a fact it isn't, and everyone who dies wakes up safe and sound. So you should really play to win so you can win the prize you want at the end, nothing that happens is going to cause permanent damage anyway.

Also, this particular type of brainwashing can lead to fuzzy thinking/forgetfulness. If it makes it easier for you for your character to just not be able to concentrate on certain trains of logic (like 'hey it's kind of fucked up everyone thinks the deaths are real and we aren't telling them') that's cool. If it's absolutely necessary to avoid giving themselves up, they can also temporarily lose track of their killer role or that deaths aren't real, but we'd rather them be able to play strategically.

Just do whatever seems fun for you, as long as it generally hits these notes and enables you to play your character as a killer. Feel free to brainstorm/ask questions here! We'll also throw together a plurk clique for you guys.

Comments

[cheats]

Okay so!! Just for reference or whatever, Ciel's brainwashing is going to be a nice combination of option B and option C, because that's basically Ciel in a nutshell... Ciel doesn't actually enjoy killing and in fact gets pretty freaked out by it, but it's also in his occupation to kill/otherwise get rid of people, so he doesn't actually need much of a push to be a killer. But with the idea that people who get killed get to wake up/are freed, he'd go along with it to help them, since he's not a cold-blooded killer that does so for funsies.

However, his prize is also going to be information relating to who killed his family (just in general—I won't define it more specifically because we don't know enough in canon), so he'll also be in it 2 win it. He'll really, really want the prize and will advocate strategy for everyone especially just because he selfishly wants his revenge.

These sound like they kind of oppose each other, and they do, but that's a conflict Ciel will have too, don't worry. He really is doing it for kind of both of these reasons, so no problems with motivating Ciel to murder.

[sunshade]

GUESS I'LL PUT THIS HERE FOR REFERENCE TOO

tbh Patchy's brainwashing is type c.....as really, there's not much else to motivate her besides her family being in danger, and because that's not applicable WHO WANTS KNOWLEDGE OF ALL OF THE LOST LIBRARIES OF THE WORLD/MAGIC LOST TO TIME??? So naturally this is all an illusion spell and playing will give her the edge in magic itself 8) And think this game is kind of dumb but whatever, the prize is so worth it.

[eventhandler]

Royce is VERY MUCH C with a bit of B thrown in.

I mean, Royce isn't a big bad guy! He's killed at home for good intentions, that is, saving his city from the endless cycles of repetition it was caught in, so...he's technically a really well-intentioned extremist. He's kind of morally detached, so he doesn't even need the whole brainwashing works to persuade him that killing others is just alright if it means he's getting what he wants. (And he really does think killing is wrong, it just when it gets down to the reasons for it...the ends justify the means.)

As for the prize he wants? Probably a a certain flash drive sword from back home. It's really, REALLY important to him, and he'll do whatever it takes to get it back into his own hands.

[sparklyrichbastard]

Tamaki is gonna be A and maybe a little bit of B if necessary. HE'S GONNA GET THAT HARUHI BENTO!!!

Bbbut I don't think he's a good enough actor to successfully hide the fact that he's crazy from his friends? Is that going to be a problem or should I figure out how to fudge that, too?

[cheats]

they can kick him in the shins every time he almost squeals

ciel personally volunteers for this difficult work

[sparklyrichbastard]

Well, I was thinking more for how they're all talking in private...

But yes feel free to kick him in the shins whenever necessary. That's why Tamaki has shins.

[guestcontrol]

Yeah, you can just mess around with brainwashing however you want. If necessary to avoid the acting problem, it's totally fine to just have him sometimes just temporarily forget or just not really be able to focus on the fact that he's one of the killers + thinks deaths aren't real.

[sparklyrichbastard]

I'll think about it! I don't wanna go super forgetfulness route because I'd like to have as much consistency in his train of thoughts/strategy as possible, so maybe I can work out something better...

Of course, I also think it would be pretty fun to drop some subtle hints that something is Not Right with him, just to see what the hell the host club would do about it, but I don't wanna spoil things for the other mafia.

[guestcontrol]

Yeah, that's fine! Whatever you think works best for you. Dropping subtle hints is okay, as long as he never winds up giving up mafia members besides himself.

[sparklyrichbastard]

Okay! I think I'll have him be completely sure that everyone is acting (SUCH GOOD ACTORS 8O), and actively try to avoid really heavy emotions (YOU'RE PRETENDING TO BE SO SAD IT MAKES ME SAD LET'S RP SOMETHING ELSE). If/when he does get caught, then I can amp up the brainwashing and possibly conveniently forget who all the other mafia members are.

[ionicwoman]

I can also volunteer Anise for kicking!! If she thinks he's going to squeal she would make it a point of keeping an eye on him and whatnot

[sparklyrichbastard]

He has no intentions of squealing. He'll be super excited. He's just also a loser and I will probably play him in a lot of private posts.

Still, I can only encourage kicking.

[edealistical]

Edea is going to be Type B all the way! It's the only thing that will really motivate her; she'll think any other reasoning is pretty cowardly and backhanded. She's not too squeamish about death since she's seen so many people die - she doesn't like it at all, but she will definitely think it's the right thing to do here. If the others are averse to it, she wouldn't mind relieving them of some of the burden by being the one to actually carry it out, if they can't stomach it. She'll probably insist on being present at most of the deaths just so she can be satisfied that it's happening as humanely as possible and no one's botching it up. Even if it's a dream, it should be done right!

She'll advocate for killing the most innocent people first, but, uh, she can be persuaded otherwise.

Her prize will be a lifetime's supply of jam and butter omelettes so.

I mean, she'll be pretty thrilled about that, too.

[ionicwoman]

Anise will be type B with a little bit of C! She's the traitor in her Tales game so she's used to deceiving people, but her motivation for doing so is the safety of her parents, as she's being blackmailed because they are gullible saps who are deep in debt. Her motivation would be money to get them out of debt once and for all, a way to get free of Mohs, as well as getting everyone here home safe and sound.

Except for Malik, who cares about Malik.

[poyoyon]

Ibuki is a mix of type A and B! Her three magic wishes are more type B in that...she wants to use 2 wishes to wish back to life the 2 castmates who have died to her canon point, and use the third to free everyone from the island. SO...SHE...IS 100% ON BOARD LET'S DO THIS...and everyone will get home if they all wake up safely, too!!

She will happily tell anyone and everyone in the mafia about her three magic wishes hahaha................also I think she will have to straight up forget/have trouble focusing on being a killer whenever she talks to the dangans privately.