week 1 - weekend

[productions]

murder manor week one



friday, saturday, sunday

28 players remaining.

This is a general mingle post. Please put your character's name, the time, and location in the subject heading of their comment. Players may also thread in logs, either posted to murdermanor or in a private locked journal post filtered to include productions.

This post will cover the weekend period from the end of trial Thursday evening to early Sunday evening, when new incentives will be announced. No murders will take place over this time.

Setting & Rules
Private Conversations

Comments

[throe]

There are plenty, but none of them can compare to us. You've got the terrible ones like the Limp Lizards, or the pathetic try-hard Misfits, and even the goody two-shoes Jem and the Holograms. [ She shrugs casually as if their names mean nothing more than just syllables and letters put together. ]

Even when Minx and I were Misfits briefly, we just didn't have that same... charisma and confidence like we have with Riot. The Stingers are the greatest band to ever hit Europe and the U.S., there's nothing more to it.

[inthebones]

[Susan will rightly translate this to 'actually there's a few out there and we're all competing to be the best but I have every confidence we'll reach the top and stay there.']

Well. Best of luck to you, then.

The Disc isn't quite ready for your kind of music yet, but I expect we can't resist it forever. It will only be a matter of time before Music With Rocks In rears its head again.

[music with what]

[allice]

Well of course. And I like to think I wear these grandmother clothes very well, even if they aren't part of my regular wardrobe.

[Hey, who is she to turn down a compliment? She has no shame in how fabulous she looks.]

[allice]

Sometimes yes. But they were still charged for endangerment of human lives. These games weren't what we'd call "safe" or "legal" by any means. The lack of consent from those involved only added more charges onto it, but it only added years to a sentence.

[tsarcasm]

Huh? [ It takes her a second to realize what he's talking about, but she fishes out her notebook and checks the info card. What. ]

This can't be right! They... they probably made a typo or something and then you went and got drunk and decided it was true.

[aozaki]

Sentence means legal court procedures were involved, this is practically a kangaroo court in contrast. You've done studies in that field though, Alice? It's a particular topic to have knowledge in.

[balzams]

Nuh-uh! The republic's the typo! The age is real!

[And he takes another swig of wine. Latvia's speech is surprisingly clear, but he's definitely not using his inside voice]

You're just jealous because you'll never look this good at five hundred!

Ah~ but you'll actually age, you'll actually be an adult...

Dammit I'm really jealous!

[throe]

Music with what.

[ She knits her eyebrows together, looking very confused, until she realizes... ]

You mean rock and roll?

[allice]

Well...I'm sure you took a look at my information card, right? It mentioned I was trained by the United States government for a reason: I work as an agent in the Department of Defense.

[aozaki]

That's way out of my field, aha. [waves hand chuckling sheepishly! herp herp] I can't even begin to imagine the sort of mission you would be trained for, so please forgive my ignorance over the matter. [magi aren't really worldly beings...] Did you had to go over such cases in your career then, if that's not top secret classified information?

[inthebones]

...What on earth does rolling have to do with anything?

[Not that rocks had anything to do with it, either.]

I mean whatever you were singing before. Perhaps the terminology is slightly different.

[throe]

You know... I think I heard somewhere that it was called rock and roll because that's what happens when someone is possessed by demons. Rock music itself is always heavily associated with Satanism in the first place that it's not that far of a stretch, I guess.

[inthebones]

...That's absurd. Demons have much better things to do than rolling about on the ground; no one has time for that sort of nonsense. If it were named after demonic possession, the music would be called 'Be As Subtly Corruptive As You Can While Assembling Lackies To Wage Eternally Fruitless Power Struggles.'

[throe]

[ Rapture is sure Susan would almost be just a great of a best friend as Minx is. Almost.

She places her hands on her hips. ]

Yeah, but not everyone understands the real facts about demonology, so they have to equate two things they neither know nor understand together.

You really should hear what some people say about our songs... though I can't disagree that some divine spirits have a little influence to do with the Stingers. Just not the way they think.

[inthebones]

...I suppose the name wouldn't be quite as catchy, true.

[Susan is perfectly well aware of the benefits of letting people continue to believe in their delusions.]

And if you're going to say that you're inspired in the opposite direction, I can't say that the gods are very interested in composing song lyrics, either.

[humanic]

I've got a vested interest in werewolves, let's just put it that way.

[allice]

Sorry, but it is. Even letting slip my job is a violation and I really shouldn't say any more than this.

[Especially because of her theory that someone inside the mansion is possibly working for this "Hostess", much like how Zero III was just a stand-in for the real Zero. There's no telling how much they know, so it's better to keep it as quiet as possible.]

[pasodoble]

Really? ( He knew Rapture was a musician but he wasn't expect one so famous. ) Perhaps I can trouble you for an autograph? Ah, but I don't have anything to write on or with...

[pasodoble]

( Have an amused but unsure look in response before he recovers a smile and nods his head. He has no idea what Stiles means but perhaps its best to just roll with it for now. Besides, there was something else that he said that interests him right now, )

This Poland... He and I are important where you're from?

[pasodoble]

I know someone who would say it's a "classic" look. ( . . . ) ... Or was it classy.

( This was supposed to be a compliment but once again, the Kingdom of Spain drops the ball. )

But the style isn't too old, is it?

[throe]

Oh, of course. Any thing for a fan.

[ She presses her lips into a smile. ]

There are a couple of fountain pens in the study. I'm sure one of the blank pages of the books could be used to write on too.

[throe]

I don't look to them for song lyrics, I look to them for inspiration! Riot is divine enough, but I still seek the help of divine spirits to help us radiate our aura of natural charismatic sureness on stage to everyone in the audience or to gain energy before a rehearsal.

[ No, she just really does it because having a mysterious, occult edge from one member really helps with their image. ]

[aozaki]

Guess it can't be helped. I'm happy with the company, at least. They could've brought in people we don't like, although I guess that may be too much too obvious, in terms of motive and incentive.

[allice]

Heh, yeah. I can name at least one asshole I wouldn't want to see here. He goes around dressing like he's from the circus and acts like he's a tough big man, but I could kick his ass without even trying.

[aozaki]

That sounds awfully familiar, Alice. [MAKES A WARPED SMILE but she's justified ok...] A personal case of mine is also fond of sporting an obnoxious red silk top hat, it clashes terribly with his blonde hair. A cockroach and a preacher, I might kill him if he shows just to spare everyone else.

[casually talking about murdering in murder house with a government employee

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