GENERIC MURDERGAME R3

[hagrides]

the psl of the Murdergame That Never Was

You've awoken in a creepy goth carnival, with a rasping moth man informing you that you've entered a tournament as part of a greater Ritual. The ritual will be complete, and the living returned to their world, when only one participant remains. If no one kills, then Grimm will be forced to provide a little extra incentive to get things moving.

Whether you like it or not, you're part of a murdergame.

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same tho

[yes_im_kawaii]

Who writes a song about that? [Headscratch.] Are all the lyrics "everyone dies but not really and then Grimm dies for actual?" 'Cause that's what Brumm said it meant. I talked to him and everything.

[tigerpoet]

They're a little more poetic than that. "Burn the father, feed the child." But yes.

[yes_im_kawaii]

Auu... What do you think they're gonna do when they find out? Try and go through with it anyway?

[tigerpoet]

They've been promised a wish after the successful completion of the Ritual, so I think at least a few of them will want to see it through...

[yes_im_kawaii]

[Makoto grumbles.] This whole thing is stupid. Grimmchild shouldn't die, it's cute. But...

[She looks around, instinctively sniffs the air despite the fact that it won't do anything, and whispers.]

Brumm's gonna try and mess up the Ritual 'cause he doesn't want Grimm to die, either. So I dunno if he's leaving stuff for them there or if Grimm did that. You better not tell anyone.

[tigerpoet]

Oh - I promise.

[Finger to his lips. Secret!]

But... isn't Grimm okay with it?

[yes_im_kawaii]

I don't know who'd be okay with dying. Grimm's weird. Did he say that to you?

[It's totally not her fault that most of her conversations with Grimm involved revenge plots.]

[tigerpoet]

Not directly. But we talked about Grimmchild a little - one parent to another. He said that he would do anything to make sure they grew up healthy.

[yes_im_kawaii]

Anyone would do that, obviously. I wanna help them too. They took a nap on me once and it was the cutest thing in the world. I don't want them to die, even if it sucks that we all had to.

Can't someone just invent time travel to punch the ancient people and make them not make the Ritual this way?

[tigerpoet]

I don't know how to time travel, unfortunately. Do you?

[yes_im_kawaii]

I wish I did. That would be so cool.

What are you guys gonna do when you get your wish?

[tigerpoet]

Go home, I suppose? There's plenty of work that still needs to be done there.

[yes_im_kawaii]

That sounds boring. [Munch.] You at least better have friends there or something.

[tigerpoet]

I do, you don't have to worry about me. What about you?

[He doesn't remember if she has anywhere to go back to...]

[yes_im_kawaii]

...I dunno. I remember stuff I liked, people who were nice. But I'm gone now, and it kind of feels like... auu.

[Makoto holds her head and whines.]

I just wanna be someplace I don't have to leave, where nobody leaves me, either. I bet everyone wants that.

[tigerpoet]

...It's hard, being left behind. Few people leave you on purpose.

[He certainly didn't die young and leave his family because he wanted to.]

[yes_im_kawaii]

Are you sure? Don't people always abandon each other?

[tigerpoet]

It's true that no one can stay with you forever. But if it isn't on purpose, I don't think that's the same as abandoning you.

[yes_im_kawaii]

...

[She finishes her cabbage bun and hugs herself.]

Auu. But sometimes. Like, Grimm's gonna die on purpose, so that's leaving all his friends. And if Brumm gets caught putting it off, he's probably gonna get kicked out. That's abandoning someone too.

[tigerpoet]

That's true. But I think more people die young because they're sick, or unlucky, or other things they don't have any control over.

[yes_im_kawaii]

[Makoto sulks.] I guess. Did you get sick?

[tigerpoet]

That's right. I didn't want to leave my wife and children behind, but it was out of my control.

[yes_im_kawaii]

Auu. ...I wish life were fair. But even if you wish for stuff, it doesn't last, right?

[tigerpoet]

That's true. Nothing lasts as long as you'd like it to.

[yes_im_kawaii]

I feel like that's familiar. Like there's something about wishing, and not from Grimm. But it makes my head hurt trying to think of it.