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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[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.

[tigerpoet]

Maybe it's something you'll remember at the right time? Like how we remembered our deal with Grimm after being 'executed'.

[yes_im_kawaii]

I better. [rubs head] Auu, maybe it was dumb anyway. I hope I at least remember what I wished for when I get it.

[tigerpoet]

It'd be a shame if you didn't... Have you asked Grimm about your memory problems?

did I seriously miss that notif

[yes_im_kawaii]

No... [sulk] I just tried to get revenge on him a bunch of times. And then I died.

it do be like that sometimes

[tigerpoet]

Ah... Well, I can't blame you for that under the circumstances.

[yes_im_kawaii]

I'm still kinda mad. But now I more just want to punch whoever in the past made the Ritual. And I don't want Brumm to get caught, either.

[She watches the living through the mirror, whining a little.]

I wonder what they're gonna pick. Helping him or going with what Grimm wants.

[tigerpoet]

If they sabotage the Ritual, they won't get their wishes. But all of this might happen again someday to someone else.

[This might be worth it to some of them, even if they don't remember that they agreed.]

[yes_im_kawaii]

So it's better to finish the Ritual, since it needs to happen anyway. [She shudders and hugs herself tighter.] No fair! I hate this. I wanna go home and I don't even know what home's gonna be.

[tigerpoet]

Is there somewhere else you want to go...?

[yes_im_kawaii]

I dunno. [whine] I don't wanna get left behind again. Circus stuff can't be that hard. I wonder if they have manga in this world.

[tigerpoet]

They have writing, comics can't be that far off. You could invent it, if no one else has.