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letsplayamurder2025-06-09 03:00 am
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LPM Test Drive
Greetings, mortals.
I thank you for accepting my plea. From across universes, I have summoned you to aid me in bringing light back to this land. Here, though, in this small pocket, we are free to relax for the moment. Steel yourself, and meet with me soon.
There is much to discuss.
Welcome to the official test drive for Let's Play A Murder, an experimental murdergame! Characters will work together to unravel an oncoming threat that strikes each week with something new to tear them apart. For now, tag around with potential picks for the upcoming game and get a feel for that sweet sweet murder CR! If you have any questions, please DM
Threads from this TDM (and others if you so choose) will count towards the RP sample of the applications.
Wherever you were, whatever you were doing... you're not there anymore. Instead, you've awoken on an unfamiliar but very soft bed. The room is sparsely decorated, ornate carvings of heroic figures intermingle on the walls with hairline cracks. This place has seen better days, but, possibly, so have you.
There is a nightstand beside your bed, as naked as anything save for an envelope sealed in wax. Inside is a letter written in a careful hand, welcoming you to this place; a safe area, free of those that would cause harm. Your host had to step away briefly, but she will return. In the meanwhile, she expects everyone to obey the rules of this place.
Included in the envelope was a small bronze key - to your room, no doubt. And luck - it unlocks your door. You're free to venture out into a semicircle of these homes you've found yourself in. And you're not alone, either.
Perhaps you should say hello to your new neighbors.
You've all become acquainted with each other, and met with your gracious benefactor. She had to dip out again, but has left you all with a veritable island paradise to explore. In the center pantheon, large profiles of each of you have been cast in the stone walls, details of your life chiseled beneath them in perhaps too much detail. Along with a set of rules cast on a bronze plaque. Seems straightforward enough.
Beyond that, it seems whatever information you'll gain will only be found by your own hand. You have the free time now, and it's a beautiful day outside. There's plenty to explore among the towering obelisks and half-standing temples. Just avoid trying to leave the edge of the island - a golden barrier will very rudely smack you in the face.
Feel free to make up locations for this. The island is anachronistic with all the amnesties of a modern home.
Purple clown? What? None of that here. But once you've found out where to leave those tribute coins you've 'earned' there's a small pile of items waiting outside your door. Some of which you might even recognize from home.
Or perhaps you've been given twenty wooden cut-outs of... who the heck is this guy.
Training exercises! In order to discern your godly nature, what better way to start than a good, very old-fashioned obstacle course.
Balance across the beams, avoid getting beaned in the head by a swinging bat. Swing from a rope. Or, if you're really feeling up to a challenge, pick up a sword and meet someone's steel with steel.
Or you can sit back and prepare medical supplies. Someone's definitely going to get hurt.
The sky darkens. Lightning overtakes the calm summers day. It's not long before the whole area is under attack.
From the very earth itself, monsters crawl from the ground; undead hands clutching rusted swords and shields. Digging themselves from their graves so that they can put you in yours. Somewhere, distantly, your mentor yells to take up arms, and is already lost in her own fray.
It's up to you to defend yourself, or to defend others. There's no honor in running away, but if you need to survive, it's not like anyone would blame you.
Congrats! You've survived the onslaught. But even as the sky clears, an ultimatum has been passed down from on high; if one of your group isn't slain by the end of the week, then the world you belong to will be destroyed.
Surely, nothing would actually be able to accomplish that, but that faint hope doesn't remove the tension from the air.
Seems that someone didn't want to take the chance.
One of your fellows has met with a gruesome end, and if up to you and everyone else to play detective and figure out just who did it. The hourglass is running out. Just try not to trip over any evidence.
Investigation’s done, it’s time for a trial! Perhaps you nailed it and someone's already confessing to their crimes. Perhaps you've been running around in circles, looking for anything that could move the trial forward. Maybe you all just decided to strip down, even if it wasn't necessary. Whatever the case, tensions are still high. Not just because you have to point out a culprit... but you have to lay down punishment for them too.
Majority vote decides, of course. This is a democracy, after all, but you can still waste time dithering on what to do next.
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[He pauses mid chatter and stares at his weapon]
Oh! Yes, indeed! Is that an offer then?
[He spins the massive spear with ease]
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Do I look like I can even swing a sword?
[ She waves a skinny arm for emphasis. ]
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Hm... I see.
[He carefully puts the dory away... only to grab two light one handed swords]
So you are in need of training. Worry not, you could not have picked a finer teacher!
[One could ALMOST assume he was mocking her, but those earnest golden retriever eyes look nearly incapable of that level of sarcasm]
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The same pessimism that tells Velvet that this is what she gets for deciding to leave her room and opening her big dumb mouth also tells her that trying to bail herself out of this is probably impossible (doubt), so she may as well get this over with. After some hesitation, she takes one of the swords. ]
Fair warning, you're probably gonna regret this. [ If he was hoping for it to accomplish anything meaningful, she means. ]
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[Said surprisingly softly. Well, for him at least]
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For a moment, she looks at the sword, testing its weight in her hand with awkward air to her—like she sort of knows what to do in theory but has never actually had to put it to practice herself. Then, she takes a stance. Ferdinand can probably hear the sound of metal as her legs move. Certainly heavier than you'd expect from most people. ]
L-Like this?
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[But no practical experience, he can tell that for sure.]
Your stance is a bit stiff, but not incorrect.
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[ At some point she learnt the hard way that her puppets simply swinging blades wasn't very effective, so she had to do some research to give them proper fighting capabilities. ]
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[he walks over and lifts a hand before pausing]
Oh, forgive me- may I touch you?
[He's got in trouble for just bursting ahead with such things without asking before. Oops]
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...That said, it feels almost surreal that someone is actually asking for permission, but that probably says more about the sorts of people she's known than anything else. ]
I—give me a moment. [ She has to take a deep breath to calm herself down. ] Right, it's fine. Thanks for asking.
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Here, just adjusting your stance slightly- there we go!
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...Huh. Feels a little less awkward now.
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[He returns to in front of her, lifting his own sword]
Shall we run a few drills?
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[ Frankly, she isn't sure she'll make it past a drill, knowing her stamina. ]