WEEK 6

[al2955]

the pygmalion. . . ONLINE CAPTAIN'S LOG: WEEK (6)

monday - thursday (31) survivors Sunday's trial was only mere hours ago, but you find yourself faced with a new week on The Pygmalion. When you awaken, you will find the ship restored to its previous state, all areas interfered with during the murder looking mostly the same as they did before. Along with this, it appears there are new areas opened on the ship. It seems you have more exploring to do. The robot in the cafeteria has prepared another breakfast of various foods. (OOC: Please submit your murder proposals by 9 PM EST Tuesday.) taken list profiles private conversations setting rulebook murder proposals ENTER COMMAND_

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VALUED & VULNERABLE

[al2955]

[ Around 9 AM, AL-2955's voice chimes in throughout the ship. ]

Hello, travelers. I have an announcement to make about this week's valued and vulnerable participants. If you have forgotten, I will remind you: those that are valued are protected this week and cannot be made into a victim, but are still allowed to carry out a murder if they so wish. If a participant wishes to kill a vulnerable participant, they will be allotted one extra tool of their choice to carry out the murder. It is not necessary for a vulnerable participant to be a victim. Any participant not on the valued participants list may be selected as a victim. The tools are as follows.

[ She reads off a list of tools. ]

The valued players this week are as follows.

Iron Bull, for this week's most salacious love life.
Adam Parrish, for being this week's most engaged participant.
Grell Sutcliffe, for undisclosed reasons.


The vulnerable players are as follows.

Fumi Kanno, for being a fussy young lady.
Light Field, because there is no accessibility in space.

MOTIVE

[al2955]

[ Around noon on Monday morning, AL-2955's disembodied voice echoes throughout the ship, calm and smooth as usual. ]

Good morning, travelers. I trust you all thirty-one of you are well. I am here to announce this week's motive. This one may be familiar.

[ There is a small pause, as if she must take a moment to clear her throat before continuing. ]

“One morning, as Gregor Samsa was waking up from anxious dreams, he discovered that in his bed he had been changed into a monstrous bug…”. This is the opening line to Franz Kafka's novella The Metamorphosis. Kafka's writing is noteworthy for handling surreal and gruesome situations casually. In The Metamorphosis, Kafka's protagonist, Gregor, is transformed into a giant insect, most likely a cockroach, for seemingly inexplicable reasons. No reasoning is given. That is because the reason does not matter — his nightmares had become reality, and he gradually becomes more and more of a burden on all facets of society — for his family, for his career, and for civilization as a whole. He becomes both a literal and allegorical cockroach.

Will you, too, become a cockroach like Gregor? I have to wonder. This week, you will be plagued with nightmarish visions — those of your worst possible fears. In time, you may become what you foresee in those nightmares. The only way to allay your mind is to kill this week.

ALICE

[al2955]

[ Alice, as usual, can be contacted in any room of the ship. If your character is in a room with a statue, she will appear before them. Please state which room she is contacted in if you choose to speak with her. ]

[toprotecttheworld]

And what exactly is a cockroach? It sounds pathetic. This Kafka was just overreacting.

[thatbites]

[Emily's passing by but she can't pass this up, so... casually said over her shoulder.]

Look in a mirror and you'll see one.

[toprotecttheworld]

Of course I'd say the worth 'pathetic' and you'd show up.

[It's time for more Meowthfighting.]

Did you get that joke from a candy wrapper?

[Confirmed: The Pokemon world has Laffy Taffy.]

[puzzlesss]

[ this is illegal in some solar system

right ]

I really should be long past the point of expecting tact from a murder ship...

[ why is he still hopeful again ]

[socloverit]

HEY!

[Alice's blind jokes might be lost to anyone standing too close to where Clover's here fucking yelling because she isn't even waiting for that sentence to finish?? jesus shit

anyway she's IMMEDIATELY at Light's side and glaring at absolutely everyone who so much as looks at them like she's gonna kill them herself. bark bark bark bark grrrrrrr]

[chiseler]

[From somewhere in his bedroom shortly after the motive-announcement because like hell he wants anyone else overhearing this.]

Hey, Alice. I've got a question for you about our motive here. Got a minute?

[tacklefordwhimsy]

You have never seen a cockroach?

[That's it, she has half of her mind on living in your world. No cockroaches, that's awesome]

Those are horrible! They are brown, have like twelve legs and tend to carry diseases everywhere. There can be whole buildings infested with them!

[toprotecttheworld]

It's no Pokémon I've ever heard of.

[But she's listening to the description. Brown, lots of legs...hm. It might not be the same thing, but.]

You. Do you have any paper on you? Let me show you something.

[tacklefordwhimsy]

[Coincidentally, Shelley does have paper and a pencil on her! She gives it to Jessie. One side is blank, use it! Just...don't look at the other side]

Here you go.

[muties]

Your face is an allegorical cockroach.

[isodope]

Hey, excuse me! Alice, you made a mistake with the valued player list - why the hell isn't Elizabeth on there?

[that's right, he's gonna stan for liz.]

[toprotecttheworld]

Let's see here...

[She takes a seat at one of the tables before drawing a somewhat childish sketch of a bug. She thanks Shelley for the paper sometime while she's drawing, too, she has some manners. Barely. Sometimes. For Shelley, anyways.]

Does a cockroach look like this? These are brownish and have too many legs. We call them Weedle. They're disgusting, and they're poisonous.

[it does look a little like a cock if u squint]

[puzzlesss]

[ pink chihuahua squad, here for the rescue

and light's just over here to put a reassuring hand on clover's shoulder. ]

Clover.

[ IT'S FINE THEY'RE FINE someone's going to get stabbed, murder before friday ]

[socloverit]

Don't—don't "Clover" me! [the fuck does that mean clover

REASSURANCE FAILED THE NIGHTMARES HAVEN'T EVEN STARTED AND SHE'S ALREADY PANICKING]

[tacklefordwhimsy]

No, cockroaches don't look anything like this, but...

[Welp. Poisonous and disgusting]

...tell me Weedle aren't common in your world, please...

[toprotecttheworld]

Hm. No, they're everywhere. It could be worse, some bugs are huge. These ones are only about a foot long and weigh only eight pounds or so. Their evolved form, Beedrill, are much nastier. I hate them.

[But moving on, she wants to know what a cockroach looks like.]

Here. Let's flip this over, and you can draw me a cockroach, alright?

[thanatosincarnate]

{ There's a quiet sound of amusement somewhere nearby. Nice one, Roxy. }

[laptopper]

... Well, if anyone's going to try and murder me, make it quick.

[ FUMI'S SO DONE. ]

[thanatosincarnate]

Hmph. I doubt you'd really allow someone to easily murder you, if at all.

{ Yet, he eyes the vulnerable list reasons with disdain-- he'll presume she's just frustrated. But. Here he is anyway. }

[laptopper]

Well, I did say try. I'd rather not wait for them to take a week to concoct some ridiculously elaborate plan only for it to backfire because they didn't take proper precautions.

[thanatosincarnate]

{ He remembers how some of these...'murders' have not gone quite as planned at some point. }

If it backfired embarrassingly enough for their attempted murder to fail, everyone could be alerted of their intentions by your word and the would-be killer disgraced appropriately.

{ Yet, he scoffs at the thought. }

[probings]

Going straight for baiting them on this one, huh?

[she's not amused at any part of this situation right now.]