INTRODUCTION

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INTRO

Vault 113

You wake feeling groggy. You have the distinct sense of oversleeping, even if you may not recall ever going to bed in the first place. And this bed? Definitely not yours, no matter how comfortable it may be. And you'd probably not go to sleep in your street clothes*, right? Well, maybe it's time to smooth out your bedhead and get exploring!

(*or whatever else you were wearing at the last moment you remember)

The first thing you'll notice is the complete absence of windows - are you underground? Though you'll encounter quite a few closed doors, there are some rooms for you to look through and maybe catch your breath in. Maybe it's time for a slushie in the dining room? Impatience won't get you anywhere!

And what's better than a sweet drink to bring strangers together? After all, you're not the only one who's crawled out of bed a little late today. Mingle and don't worry too hard about your current predicament!

((The Mastermind will introduce themselves at 7pm EST real time.))

NAVIGATION

Vault 113: a short-run murdergame

RULES

GAME INFO

LOCATIONS

PROFILES

IC RULES

MURDER

PCs

CHECK-INS

code credit

Comments

[magician_0f_words]

[Oh yeah, that's not a normal thing to say at all. Thanks, Takano! He'll gladly lay the blame on someone else for this.]

I mean spirited away! I don't know about you, but I didn't even go to bed before I woke up here. Isn't that really suspicious?

[Expert deflection! Surely!]

[nambu]

'Course it is.

[ by which he means: fuck yeah it is. ]

But they must've picked you for a reason, yeah? So what is it?

[magician_0f_words]

I... can't really think of anything. Ransom, maybe? But this is a really over the top way to go about that. Aren't they meant to gag you, blindfold you, and tell you to stay calm for your own good?

[He shakes his head, dismissing the thought.]

What about you? You're not the kind of guy who seriously has to worry about being kidnapped, are you?

[It shines even through his muted panic that Keiichi thinks that would actually be pretty cool. He's... kind of amazingly easy to read, most of the time.]

[nambu]

Me? Well, I've been kidnapped before, so it's whatever at this point.

[ real frank, but: ]

Think when they don't blindfold you, it means they don't care if their indentities are exposed 'cause they're planning on killing you anyway.

[magician_0f_words]

Right. That makes sense.

[A beat. Keiichi points at the other boy and yells. Just a wordless sound of distress.]

Wait, aren't you actually skipping a whole lot of steps there?! Maybe they'll be wearing masks or something?! You can't just jump straight to murder!

[nambu]

Dunno, man. This place seems real elaborate. Like they're prepared to go all in, you know?

[magician_0f_words]

That- Ugh, that does sound way too plausible...

[1500 seconds. That number echoes like a gunshot in his mind.]

You don't sound too worried about that though, you know.

[nambu]

Well, that's 'cause I don't plan on dying. [ he shrugs. ] No point wasting my energy freaking out. Aren't you tired?

[magician_0f_words]

You...

[Keiichi looks at him, openly baffled, and then shakes his head. Let these useless feelings leave you, Keiichi Maebara!]

You're right. I don't plan on dying either, not when I've still got stuff left to do! [1500 seconds.] So I'm going to... search around, I guess? Try and find a way out.

[nambu]

Yeah, that's the stuff. And you're not alone - I'm not about to let a kid die. You're like... 12? 10?

[magician_0f_words]

[Keiichi makes a choked, offended noise. A squawk, the uncharitable might call it. The honest would also probably call it a squawk.]

I'll have you know that I turned 14 this year! Where the hell did you get 10 from?

[nambu]

[ so he was close. ]

You do that screechy pre-puberty thing.

1/2

[magician_0f_words]

I do not!

2/2

[magician_0f_words]

[He pauses, realizing that he more or less just did it.]

...moving on, I don't think you even introduced yourself.

[Cha-cha real smooth.]

[nambu]

[ he raises an eyebrow. ]

Back atcha. Name's Finn Oldman.

[magician_0f_words]

And I'm Keiichi Maebara. Fourteen years old.

[He crosses his arms, glaring half-heartedly at Finn.]

How old are you, anyways? You can't seriously be that much older than me.

[nambu]

Can't you tell by the name? [ finn grins at his own joke. ] I'm seventeen. But kid, it's all about how you act rather than how old you actually are.

[ says the guy who brought up numbers in the first place. ]

You're not bad though.

[magician_0f_words]

[Keiichi was just about to get defensive again, but the wind gets taken out of his sails.]

Huh? I mean, I guess you're not half bad yourself! [Translation: Keiichi thinks this guy is pretty cool, if kind of infuriating.] There's probably worse people to end up being neighbors with here.

[nambu]

[ cool but infuriating, eh? don't tell finn that. he doesn't hear compliments all that often and it'll just make him stupidly smug. ]

For sure. I did look around a little. Counting our doors, there's around 28 rooms. Not sure all of them are occupied though. Some of them were dead silent.

[magician_0f_words]

Could just mean they were out of their room, couldn't it? But still, that's almost 30 people that've just been dem- [Uh.] -spirited away.

[He shakes his head.]

What a mess, huh?

[nambu]

There's "out of their room" and "out of their room forever" if you get what I mean.

[ yikes, what a pain. ]

We dunno how long we've been asleep after all. So keep calm for now. You know any sort of self-defense?