Right before Spooky disappeared, Marceline could swear she saw her giggle quietly to herlself... How ominous... It was also noted that Marceline appeared to have
lost her supernatural abilities, at least while she was in this mansion.
Continued from the Prologue
Round 1 - First Blood
Wherever people were throughout the mansion, in unison, each and every one seemed to lose touch with reality for a moment, and Spooky's image appeared in their minds. Looks like this was her way of... Communicating, albeit a rather intrusive way, it definitely saved her the trouble of gathering everyone in one place, at least for the moment.
"Heh... You know, I did say this was going to be a party... But I never mentioned anything about this being a... Normal party~." She said almost playfully.
For a moment, images of a peculiar, and maybe even frightening flashed in everyone's minds...
Poniko, the seemingly mute, quiet girl, who had only really interacted with a few individuals, before walkign out... Appeared to be
laying motionless on a stone floor, there was a brief glimpse of
something else on the floor along with purplish bricks. It looked like she might be somewhere in the
hall of jumpscares.
"As you can see... We have our first victim! Her death was no accident... You see, I, personally hid a killer among the guests!" Spooky said, raising her hands above her head for a moment, in an overdramatic fashion.
"Now now, don't worry! I'll make things a little easier for you... The killer is one of the guests that were here before my invitations I sent out!" Spooky explained, a mischevious grin was on her face.
"Because we only have one killer... Everyone will be allowed to vote for the suspect at any time! But! Starting from today, you'll only have three days before you can no longer change your vote. That's when I will tally the votes together, and the guest with the most votes, will be the final decision for who the suspected killer is." Spooky paused, seeming to think about this next part of her little speech for a while.
"Now! If the killer gets the most votes... I'll give you a prize!, and... Well, set you free!" She said gleefully.
Then, her expression turned more sinister.
"But... If the person who gets the most votes isn't the killer... Well..." A creepy glint appeared in her eyes.
"Let's hope it doesn't come to that." She said eerily.
Her expression suddenly changed to a more thoughtfull one again as she suddenly realized something.
"Oh! Yes! Other than the body... The killer will leave clues in places in the mansion... Just be carefull which ones to trust~." She said, but then seemed to remember something else too.
"Oh right right... Maps... ... Gimme a sec and... SHAH!!!" She shouted.
The sound of thunder could be heard somewhere in the background, before everyone appeared to
feel two distinct rolls of paper, entangled with one another in their hands.
"Remember to look for clues! They'll point you in the right direction... Or maybe just help you out!... Or not... Better start hunting! And talking!" She said, giggling a little.
Then, her little intrusion was gone, and everyone was brought back to reality.
However, this time, a more ominous feeling filled the air of the mansion; looks like Spooky's presense wasn't completely benign after all. Each and every one of the guests would notice that they were now
holding some sort of map consisting of two pieces of paper, rolled up with one another.
Looks like there were a few options left for everyone right now:
Visit the Hall of Jumpscares and
locate Poniko's body to figure out the cause of death, and perhaps find some evidence where she lay.
Explore the Mansion in an effort to
locate more clues.
Or,
talk with the NPC's in the mansion, to see if they had any helpfull information to give, or perhaps eventually slip up with their words, and accidentally reveal something they shouldn't have.
...
Perhaps it was unwise of her to drink from someone else's cup
Especially if she didn't even know who that cup belonged to
...
OOC Note: So basically this is where the investigations begin! Remember that only
NPC's have the potential to be the killer here, so it is a VERY good idea to start interacting with them.
Each round, various clues will be scattered around various locations in the map, but watch out! There might be a few red herrings scattered here and there, but on the other hand... There IS a small
side quest that may involve certain items, which does involve Spooky, and her backstory, to a degree.
Oh! And remember to tag
@Ringmaster for the following rooms;
The
Hall of mirrors, the
trophy room, and the
haunted wing.
The rest of the rooms are going to be GMed by me for the most part, while the
courtyard is basically GMed by both me and
@Ringmaster so I suppose tagging both of us is fine for the time being.
Cast:
@Archmage Jeremiah as
Angela, the Witch of the Wilds from
Overwatch
@Atomyk as
Yuki Takeya from
School-Live!
@Bomb as
K-Sha from the
Hyperdimension Neptunia series
@Chewy Rabbits as
Sam from
Trick 'r Treat &
Micheal Myers from the
Halloween Series
@Crimson Spartan as
Keaton & Asugi from the
Fire Emblem series
@Crow as
Mirei Hayasaka & Layla from
the Idolmaster; Cinderella Girls
@C.T. as
Doctor Aphra from
Star Wars
@Dec as
Jacket from
Hotline Miami
@Hana as
Wadanohara from
Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea
@Hospes as
Emerald Sustrai &
Neopolitan from
RWBY
@Jeremi as
Nikkare Aoe from
Touken Ranbu &
Seaplane Tender Princess from the
Kantai Collection
@Kaykay as
Koto from
Kyosogiga
@Klutzy Ninja Kitty as
Crona Gorgon from
Soul Eater
@Krieg as
Reynauld the Crusador from
Darkest Dungeon
@LuckycoolHawk9 as
Scooby Doo & Scrappy Doo from the
Scooby-Doo franchise
@Mari as
Alice Cullen from
Twilight
@Michale CS as
Tucker & Dale from
Tucker & Dale vs Evil
@Minerva as
Ada Wong from
Resident Evil
@Ringmaster as
Leon Scott Kennedy from
Resident Evil &
The Black Knight, and OC from the Castlevania Series
@Sen as
Kana from the
Fire Emblem Series
@Mason Moretti as
Gym Leader Valerie from the
Pokemon Franchise
@Moca Latté as
Marceline from
Adventure Time
@Takumi as
Morgan Lowell from the
Fire Emblem Series
@TheColourlessRainbow as
Lizzy from ??? (OC)
@The Wanderer as
"Vector" from the
Resident Evil Franchise &
Pyro from
Team Fortress 2
@Verdegris as
Herbet Pulmer from ??? (OC)
@Verite as
Richter Belmont from
Castlevania &
MIki Naoki from
School-Live!
@wakely as
Wilson from
Don't Starve
@Yun Lee as
Sakura Kasunago & Dan Hibiki from
Street Fighter
Well, whoever the man was, he looked a little puzzled at the imagery he had been shown by spooky the ghost, as well as the map that he now held in onf of his hands. However, after a few moments, he regained his composure, and cleared his throat, speaking as clearly as he could.
"Call me 'Blue'." He said simply.
"Blue" eyed the area around him, looking to be alot more on his guard now before he said anything more.
"So. Unless that ghost was playing some trick on us... There's a body somewhere, and someone in this room is responsible. Any guesses?" He asked.
This guy was surprisingly calm in a situation like this, but there was still a chance, however slim it may be that he was the killer after all.
The game started like any pacman game... Except, unlike a pacman game, it seemed that the player controlled a miniaturized sprite of
Spooky the Ghost, and it quickly became obvious that the goal of the game was to
catch up to pacman and touch him. This resulted in a large nail flying from offscreen, impaling pacman with a rather loud death rattle playing in the background... How chilling. The game appeared to restart each time it happened.
What kind of game was this? It was almost like something from a predictable "creepy pasta" article, really.
@LuckycoolHawk9 @Mari
@Mrs Spook
...
The machine booted up, instantly starting Wadonara in a game session it seems, throwing her right into the action almost immediately.
Overall, it seemed that Spooky Kart played surprisingly similar to Mario Kart, if any of the players had ever played that game... Except, unlike Mario Kart, the player controlled some sort of marauder military Trick. The goal of the game appeared to be to catch up to other racers
cause said racers to crash by ramming into them.
An announcer usually said something like:
"Nitrous!",
"Checkpoint!",
"Killer!", or
"Crime doesn't pay!" whenever another player was successfully eliminated.
The game only appears to end when the player themselves wiped out, or when the game runs out of time.
@Crow @Hana
@Spooky Kart
That piece of toast might have smiled a little before it suddenly
retracted into a hidden slot in the wall.
As whoever dared to do so, continued further down the "hall of jumpscares", now with the knowledge of a body laying around somewhere... They would make their way through a
wooden door, which was not really an exit, but instead just opened up to another hallway... This was less of a hall, more of network of rooms... The place seemed alot bigger on the inside.
It wasn't long before the group could
spot the figure of someone laying on the floor, but any that dared to draw close enough would find something unexpectedly popping out at them.
With a much more distorted, and sharper sounding sound effect, a cardboard cutout of what had once been a cartoonish ghost popped out of the wall. A much more chilling face appeared to have been painted onto its surface.
Fortunately, it was still nothing more than a cardboard cutout, or at least that's what one would hope, and those who ventured past would discover
Poniko's lifeless body laying on the ground, from where they were, and oddly enough, there was a
plastic cup laying on the floor, like the ones laying around on the refreshment tables in the ball room.
Of course, one could always investigate Poniko's body if they were feeling particularly inquisitive, but it would appear that Spooky had been telling the truth about the body... Which meant that there was indeed a killer on the loose now, pretending to be one of the party guests that had arrived before the ones with invitations.
@Verite @Jeremi @Atomyk
@Hall of Jumpscares
