alkaev-in-wonderland

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Everyone receives a note on colorful construction paper. It reads: Sorry to bother you, but could you please reply to this note with the time that you received it? I want to see how long it takes for notes to be delivered. -Ava Alkaev

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Motive - Anonymity

It’s been five whole days since Zertro came along with his downer party, and a lot’s happen since then. Johnny’s breakfast failure, captain voting, the bloody scissors ordeal, the appearance of those missing posters…not to mention the whole trials thing. Yeah, it’s been an action-packed last couple of days, but at least no one’s murdered yet, right?

…Well, the key word is ‘yet’ in this situation.

You’re woken up on the morning of the sixth day by a notification on your IDs. Another one? What could it be this time…?

Hey, you lot! Looks like none of you have murdered yet. Boooooooring. Well, you’ve made it this far, so I thought I’d make things interesting for you lot. I’m sure that some of you have noticed the new holes hidden in each of the houses. Why don’t we make use of them? If you leave a note with someone’s name on it in one of these holes, I’ll have some of my little friends deliver it to that person to you anonymously! You don’t even have to sign your name on it or anything. It can be anything from love letters to death threats, I don’t care. Have fun! And kill over this, srsly

P.S. Don’t even think about covering those holes, either! I’m adding it to the rules.

…Is this some sort of motive he’s giving you…? This isn’t that bad…?

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Dishabiliophobia || Ava || re: scissors

Whether she wanted to or not, Ava was caught up in the middle of all these people who decided to run for Captain. She certainly didn’t want the position. Leadership… wasn’t for her. She didn’t really know who to vote for either. Voting for one person would mean she wasn’t voting for the others, and she didn’t want to make anyone angry or disappointed.

But then there was the scissors.

“Bl-Blood…!“ 

Ava squeaked, covering her eyes when they were shown. She shuddered, but even though she was uncomfortable, she still felt like she needed to say something.

"Um… I got… a dress from… the machine… and it already had… chemical stains on it… S-So maybe… it just… gives out used things…?”

Ava peeked out from between her fingers. Were the scissors gone? But there was discussion of pairing up and doing body checks–

“No… Please… E-Even if… it’s Usahara-san… I don’t–… I don’t want… to do that… Sorry…”

She shifted from side to side, wringing her hands together. Clearly she was uncomfortable with this idea.

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EMERGENCY!|| Ranam || Captain Voting Event

Using the crowds gathered for speeches, Ranam took the spotlight, cranking the volume on her gloves up as high as possible. [Hey, this is really important, so please listen. I used the gachapon this morning, and I found something… I found a pair of scissors, with fresh blood on them. I’m not sure how it got in there, but… please look around you. If anyone is missing, let others know. Someone was attacked. If the victim is standing here… You don’t have to be afraid. We’re all here… We’ll protect you. But someone used these.] She held up up a pair of scissors in a baggy with blood on them. [We need to find out who was attacked, and make sure they’re safe, and we need to find who attacked them, and decide what to do from there.]

[Can someone taller than me do a headcount please?] Her eyes flicked from person to person hoping there wouldn’t be any faces missing from the crowd, but… Inevitably everyone wouldn’t be present… This wasn’t a mandatory meeting… Still… It was all she could do.

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Event - Captain Voting

The day after Johnny’s breakfast surprise, an alert suddenly pops up on your IDs. Tapping it takes you to a screen with all your classmate’s faces on it.

Please select your vote for your class’ Captain.

There is also a brief description of the Captain role–along with their vote counting double in the event of trial, they are given a small amount of power over the other students. The other students are expected to listen to their demands, but aren’t required to do so. You get that the Captain is more like a respected figurehead than an actual leader in this case.

Send an ask with your character’s vote for Captain! All Captain votes will be private. However, if it is in-character for your character to do so, we encourage your character to campaign! You can do this by either submitting a post if they do something like a speech for everyone to hear, or by sending an ask if it’s something small like them putting up a campaign poster. This event will end in 24 hours IC and OOC.

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Pistolpetaphobia || Ava & Ranam || The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly Reaction

The last time Ava had been summoned to a food party, it had gone alright. But rather than being invited by her roommate, the announcer was Johnny. The moment she’d heard his voice, she’d wanted to pull her covers up over her head and pretend that she’d never heard him. Daniele clearly had though, and was already on his way out, so there really wasn’t much point for her to lie about it. She went.

Sitting down at an end spot, Ava kept her plate empty. She didn’t like eating food that other people prepared. Although she had tried Daniele’s pizza after watching everyone else eat, the fact that Johnny prefaced the event with the words ‘It ain’t poisoned, I promise’ didn’t exactly give her the courage to even sniff the food, let alone taste it.

And then everything went from bad to worse. He was encouraging the killing to start, offering himself up as an accomplice. Just when she’d finally started to relax enough to be around people and not expect them to plunge a knife into her back, Johnny brought all of her fear screaming back into the forefront of her mind.

There was yelling, loud banging of pots and pans, interrupted punches, sarcastic comments, suggestions that people kill themselves, and worse, offering themselves for death. It was all too much. Her eyes were burning as fresh tears sprung forth. Ava covered her ears, already pushing back her seat and starting to retreat towards the door.

“Why… I d-don’t want–…”

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Ranam on the other hand had reacted in quite a less spectacular way. She slumped her shoulders and gave a sigh… All the efforts that had been made to make friends, to help people feel comfortable, to make it seem as though all of this horrific stuff wasn’t happening, and Johnny managed to destroy it with ease.

The blue-haired girl switched her gloves off, speaking only to Ava. [Ava-san. It’s okay… Let’s go somewhere else for a while though. Okay?]

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[Okay. I’ll follow you.] Ava signed back, taking her hands off of her ears. She winced at the sounds still going on. It was clear that she was still very afraid, but she was more comfortable around Ranam than she was around most. The statistician opened the door, holding it open or the other girl to pass through. Ava looked back into the room just long enough to check that no one was chasing after them, shuddering with fear at the idea, before she left the chaos Johnny had wrought behind.

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Event - The Ugly

The words are……. Well, maybe some of you expected things like this from Johnny Kane by now. But it’s still a pretty absurd thing to say so jovially, a pretty horrible joke given the situation you’re all in. Because that’s what he does, right? Make horrible jokes, mock you and your pain, lie, threaten? That’s basically all he seems to have done so far. This is probably like that, right?

But there’s no follow up to explain he was just kidding, no laughter at the looks on your faces. Instead, there’s this: Johnny raises his hands slightly, and continues, as friendly in tone as before.

“Of course I wouldn’t expect you to tell the whole group! This ain’t a killer trap, I’m not a cop. I ain’t gonna judge. Y’all got family outside, don’t you? Jobs? Pets? A life to get back to? Can’t stay here forever, right? And even if it’s just for fun….”

He lowers his voice a little.

“……..Well, you gotta do what you gotta do.”

Only a momentary drop, and not one in mood it seems, as he seems strangely upbeat still about the whole thing when he continues his increasingly unsettling speech.

“There’s plenty of ways ‘round here. Stab em, strangle em, push em from a window. Put your hands around their throat and watch the life drain from em right there up close and personal. I don’t care, it’s a free for all, ain’t it? There’s probably someone here weak enough for you to kill.”

He doesn’t name any of you, but for a moment you could swear he makes eye contact with you personally, and his eyes are worse than cold, they’re shining, bright with something you can’t place.

Maybe it’s just a different form of the levity in his voice, because he still isn’t done talking. In fact, he claps his hands before he does, once, as if your attention wasn’t already on him, as if what he has to say truly is cause for celebration.

“So here’s the real deal, deal of a lifetime! You, killer, whoever you are, you do your thing. And I, Johnny Kane, I’ll help you out. With the deed or the aftermath, whatever you want! Get you a weapon, set up a plan, hide evidence, provide alibis- though the last one won’t be all that useful given no one here is gonna believe a WORD I’d say in terms of alibis anymore now, huh?”

He laughs, actually laughs, even though it’s short.

“Oh, but-“ He takes a moment to steady himself. “I won’t do the deed for you. You wanna kill, you gotta take that into your own hands. Gotta take that knife yourself and plunge it deep into their heart. Or whatever method you prefer. I’ll be there for all the rest if you need me, free of charge. That’s the only condition. Don’t even give a shit about teams or whatever. Long as we’re here, the offer stands.”

He leans back again, apparently not at all worried about anything he’s said, or the backlash. He even puts one of his hands in his pocket, which just seems unnecessary given he’s already sitting.

“That’s all.”

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Event - The Bad

When you arrive at the House of Love, you see that all the tables have been arranged into one once again, with twenty plates set somewhere close to the chairs, and a large pot of what seems like…. Baked beans in the middle. Off to the sides are fried eggs, toast and bacon. There’s also water, and even orange juice…. It doesn’t…. look that bad, surprisingly. Surprisingly? Yes, because at the end of the table, like a patriarch lording over the rest of you, sits Johnny Kane, the man responsible for this, lounging in his chair, legs stretched out, waiting.

He doesn’t say anything as you enter, one by one, until there’s a good number of you present, at which point he motions to those still standing.

“Well, what are ya waitin for? Sit! Take some! It ain’t poisoned, promise.”

Maybe you don’t follow his advice. Or maybe you do. That much is up to you, and Johnny doesn’t interfere even if you don’t eat. If you do, though, you find the food……….

……….Well……

The beans are burnt. The egg is…. Weird tasting, sometimes too salty, sometimes too dry, and you didn’t think it was possibly to make fried egg taste weird quite like this. But on the other hand the bacon is pretty passable. Crispy. And the toast is…. It’s toast. So that’s. Something. You wouldn’t say the quality is balanced, but it’s at least not inedible all in all, even if it’s not the greatest.

Johnny watches you, all of you, one by one, not eating anything himself. Probably would be hard through the mask. He doesn’t even wait until you’re finished until he speaks up again, louder, to make sure everyone hears.

“So!”

He still hasn’t moved much, comfortably lounging in his chair, his tone not suggesting anything grave following, which makes it all the harder to believe the words that follow.

“Who’s gonna start the killing?”

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Event - The Good

It’s been a day, a full day, since Alloran became Zertro (or maybe he always was) and made that announcement that would change the nature of your stay here for the worse.

Whether you believed it or not, there’s no denying there’s been a change in atmosphere, the question on everyone’s mind: What do the others think? And is there one among you that maybe, maybe… takes it a bit too seriously? It only takes one, after all.

Of course whether you addressed that matter, brought it up with anyone or not, time passed all the same, and before you know it, the next day arrives. Maybe you’ll wake up and find all is normal, as it’s been before Zertro- before coming here, you may correct yourself. Even before being asked to kill, your situation was far from normal.

But it seems that even falling asleep and dreaming, even opening your eyes the next morning doesn’t change that you’re still in the same place, with the same people.

At least, though, you opened them. At least you woke up at all.

Nothing seems unusual, other than the obviously strange things your life has now become a part of, until your morning routine, whatever that may be, is interrupted by a loud banging on your door.

“Time for breakfast!”

You may recognize the voice, rough and slightly muffled through the door but also his mask, as Johnny Kane’s.

“You better come, it’s a team meeting- plus, food’s gettin cold!”

You hear a loud slam, probably caused by him jumping down the ladder, and then steps quickly getting quieter, farther away.

What did he want here? Not the most likely of messengers. Though he did say there was a team meeting, so maybe you should go….

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Chapter 1 Start - Updates

The Destroyer and Light Garden have been updated on the maps page.

The masks in the House of Secrets and those that have been taken from there have lost their effects.

A mod will PM you your character’s role and team shortly.

You can now participate in the trials! Just gather a group of no more than five people at the Light Garden and add Mod Addlez to the chat! Please note that you can only enter the trials once per (IRL) day.

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Prologue End - Danger Zone

What…what is this? A role, a team, and…

Sooooo…yeah, you kids are smart to figure out that you can’t just kill willy-nilly with this. You have to use your brain and all that good stuff to figure out who’s your allies and who’s your enemies and make sure you kill your enemies and not your allies, yadda yadda, all that good stuff. I don’t think I need to explain this any further. The roles are just there to make this interesting and make things easier for some of you, as always~

As always…?

…Are you just a one trick pony?

Hm? I dunno what you’re talking about~ Anyway…you kids better get to killing if you ever want to see home ever again! I’ll be watching~

And with that, Zertro disappears in a puff of black smoke.

…Somehow, that was more ridiculous than the other times he’s done this.

He’s done this before? What?

…This isn’t an ideal situation, but try not to do anything hasty. The progress I’m making on getting you guys out of here is slow, but it’s progress nonetheless. So…please don’t do anything stupid that you’ll regret. In the meanwhile…I suppose I’ll create a way for you guys to open up the way to the trials on your own to keep you occupied in the meanwhile.

She gives you a curt nod and heads back towards her own house, leaving you all scared, tired, and confused. This is…a lot to take in all of a sudden, especially with the absolute lack of explanation on Zertro’s part, but you at least know one thing:

This is not good.

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Prologue - The ElectroID (UPDATE)

By default, it seems to be set on a screen with your picture on it, along with your name, talent, age, height, weight, etc.. You also notice a few extra tabs you can tap on the sides:

Class

A list of all students in your class that displays pretty basic information about them.

Maps

It’s a map of the area you’re in, apparently. Strange…

Rules

Rules that must be upheld by all Hope’s Peak Students. They read:

“Night Time” is from 10PM to 7AM.

Sleeping anywhere other than the dormitories can be detrimental to your well-being and we heavily discourage you from doing so.

Attempting to enter The Trials too often, bar special circumstances, will be seen as a distraction from class, and will close off the The Trials to all students for the rest of the day.

ElectroIDs are vital to your school life and must not be destroyed.

Anyone who kills a fellow student will become the “blackened”, and should a “blackened” kill a member of the opposite team without getting caught, they will be allowed to visit home.

Should the “blackened“ be caught by their peers, they will be executed.

With minimal restrictions, you are free to explore the area at your discretion.

Additional rules may be added as necessary.

Role

This tab displays your role, role abilities, and descriptions of other roles.

Team

This tab has icons of all of your fellow classmates. Below them is your team. It seems to be a tool you can use to figure out who is on your team, and who isn’t.

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Prologue - The Destroyer

Give me back my powers, you…you nincompoop!

…Nincompoop, huh? That’s a new one. Didn’t your mother teach you not to interrupt people while they’re talking, little Iffi?

…Istari is clearly not happy at his taunt, but bites her tongue and clenches her fists at her sides. Allo…Zertro just laughs and turns his attention back to the rest of you.

Theeeeerrree we go. Now…I brought you all here for a reason. We’re gonna play a little game. And if you happen to win this game…I’ll let you return home and all that fun jazz.

Oh, and to win this game…you just have to kill one of your fellow classmates!

…What?

Not just any of your classmates, though…that would be far too simple. It’ll be boring to explain all the rules, so here, read up.

And with that, your IDs buzz.

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Prologue - Stagnant Air

Three days have passed since you first woke up in this strange place, and it feels as if no progress has been made towards getting you back home. At least this place is…relatively comfortable? Some of the places are a little unnerving to be around, but you have food, shelter, and company.

There’s not much you could really ask for…except for information as to where exactly you are and a way home.

It’s on the morning of the fourth day that things start to feel…strange. The air around you feels…cold, and it sends something of a chill down your spine. Before you can dismiss it as your imagination though, an unfamiliar voice rings through your head, just as Istari’s did before:

It’s time to get this party started. Come to the Light Garden or face dire consequences.

…Yeah, talk about ominous. Maybe it’s best that you try to avoid these dire consequences for now.

When you arrive at the Light Garden, you notice two things. Well, one of the things you noticed as you left your dorms. There’s now…a massive, ominous-looking tower behind the House of Rest and House of Strength now that seems to stretch infinitely up into the sky. When…when did that get there?

The second thing you notice is Istari and the one you’ve come to know as Alloran waiting for you in the Light Garden.

…Well, waiting might not be the right term in Istari’s case.

Hey guys! I got my memories back~! So, turns out my name is Zertro, and–

…His tone does not match his threatening appearance at all.

–actually, y’know what? That can wait. Now, let’s get straight to business.

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Prologue - Event

Days had been passing, since you’d awoken in that strange place, greeted by those two creatures- it was about the third now, in the evening, before night fell. You probably had had time to meet others, start knowing them, maybe even form bonds, or maybe decide some were enemies to avoid. You’d also had a chance to explore the area, and had found many wonders within it. Perhaps, you had sought a way out yourself, only to come up empty-handed, and just as trapped as before.

Many questions lingered, unanswered still- why were you there? What was the purpose of this all? Who even where those two? What would happen to you? When would you be able to return home? Reasonable questions, these and more, that you had been asking yourselves.

However, they were not to be answered today.

Today, something else had happened. You might have seen a person going around, holding some things and placing them at different spots around the various houses. They had been placed so that you would run into one of them, no matter what. After all, you were likely outside, and that was where they’d been placed.

Your mood when you picked this piece of paper up might have been excited- finally something was shaking up the monotony of those days!; maybe you were afraid, afraid of whatever would happen; or maybe you were just mildly surprised to find a piece of paper written in pen, with a calligraphy that seemed a midway between the calligraphy of someone who knew how to write stuff because they’d memorized how to, and the calligraphy of someone who had no clue what they were even doing. In short, not really a good calligraphy. Even so, it was legible.

If you hadn’t already discarded it, that was. When you picked it up, it read: ”Pizza Night!”

Come to the House of Love for delicious Pizza!

Today, at night!

-Daniele Giacomelli

Short and sweet, bearing the signature of one of your classmates- and which classmate but the SHSL Pizza Cook himself? You thus headed towards the House of Love- only to find out its layout had changed somewhat. Now, there was a huge table at the center, huge enough to fit all of you, and properly set up too, with everything, from glasses to towels to forks and knives.

But before even seeing that, the first thing you noticed was probably the scent, a strong scent of pizza. Which, as it turned out, came from the many pizzas prepared on another table, on many plates. The boy had really worked hard- there were a lot of different pizzas, from the simple Margherita (Tomato+Mozzarella), to some that had bacon and eggs on it. There were even two vegetarian and one vegan pizza. More surprisingly perhaps, there was one pizza that bore the burden of the forbidden topping- pineapple, placed at one end of the table, figuratively cast away from the others.

As you step in, Daniele- over there in the kitchen, still cooking some more pizzas- smiles at you and waves.

“Hello! Welcome to the pizza night!”

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And part two, that’s all of them folks!

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There you go, the first half of those pictures I said I’d do.