[ 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚝-𝚝𝟸 𝚟𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚖𝚊 #𝟶𝟷 ] 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚗𝚘 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎
the second trial is getting closer and closer to its end. it's time for miki to finally meet jackalope, learn more about how this place works and who she's going to work with in the next season.
(also she has her hair down now!)
(the door opens)
Miki: *sighs*
Miki: Well, uh..
Miki: I guess it's over.
Miki: ...
Miki: It's.. kinda lonely now.
(sound of Miki sitting down on her bed)
Miki: This is so..
Miki: *starts crying*
Miki: This is not.. fair..
Miki: Eiji-san.. had worked so hard..
Miki: A-and now..
Miki: H-he'll be fine, right? I mean, we don't have anyone who can treat him, b-but..
Miki: I-I asked Chiba-san, but she's not a doctor, she's just the oldest one here..
Miki: A-and I can only d-do first aid stuff..
Miki: T-thankfully, it's just a broken arm, it could've been much worse..
Miki: But still..
Miki: .. Why is Eiji-san the only guard that the prisoners can touch?
Jackalope: Good question.
Miki: *SCREAMS*
Jackalope: Okay, before you try to hit me with anything-
Miki: WHO ARE YOU?!
Miki: Or.. uh..
Miki: WHAT ARE YOU?!
Miki: "I.. I knew there was something wrong with this place, but I didn't expect to see this rabbit thing-"
Miki: ...
Miki: .. Rabbit thing?
Jackalope: Here we go again.
Jackalope: Oh-
Miki: Are you the rabbit that Hiyuu-san mentioned?!
Jackalope: S-stop shaking me-
Jackalope: .. Hiyuu?
Miki: Uh.. You know..
Miki: The third guard.
Miki: Wait, why am I even having a conversation with you? How can you even talk?!
Jackalope: Let's talk about that later.
Miki: I literally want to know why we can talk like this!
(sound of Jackalope jumping down on the bed)
Jackalope: Anyway.
Jackalope: So, you're Miki, right?
Jackalope: Yeah, you're definitely the cutest one out of all the guards we have this time.
Miki: .. How many guards do you have exactly?
Jackalope: Eh, there was supposed to be one more, but he couldn't handle the pressure, so..
Miki: .. What do you mean by that?
Jackalope: Actually, maybe I should explain how exactly we chose the guards this time. I don't think anything bad will happen if you learn more about this.
Jackalope: Also, I just trust you more than that Eiji guy. There is a reason why you're the "goddess of this place" after all, haha.
Miki: B-but what happened to the fourth guard-
Jackalope: So, you have probably already noticed that there's some kind of pattern if you think more about the connection you and Eiji have with other prisoners.
Jackalope: Two prisoners in particular.
Miki: .. Eiji-san and Kei-san are brothers. Me and Asahi-san are siblings.
Jackalope: Exactly. So, why do you think we decided that we should choose the prisoners' siblings as the guards?
Miki: .. No idea.
Jackalope: Well, you might be thinking that we did it out of some kind of sadistic urge to make you two judge your own siblings, however, Eiji hates Kei and would love to see him die.. or at least that's what he says, and it took you some time to remember that Marito is actually your brother.
Miki: How do you know his-
Jackalope: It isn't actually that entertaining, especially if we consider how you two tend to vote everyone. Eiji would still vote Kei guilty no matter what and you would do the opposite with Marito and forgive him every single time.
Jackalope: Also, this is just.. tasteless to me. What we need is actual judgement, even if it's based only on the prisoners' looks, and not your connections and relationships and how much you will cry when it's time to vote them guilty.
Jackalope: Though you have to agree that you have.. certain relationship dynamics with some of them. I bet it's getting harder to make decisions because of them.
Miki: So.. Why did you go for the prisoners' siblings?
Jackalope: The answer is simple, really.
Jackalope: Because it was easier.
Miki: .. Huh?
Jackalope: Think about it. What, you think we just found you all in a minute?
Jackalope: Yes, this prison might work in some mysterious ways that are impossible for someone like you to understand, but we had to find ten murderers who live in completely different cities and towns, wait for the right moment to send them here, make sure their family, friends and loved ones didn't find out and we also needed to find guards to judge them. Not one guard, but more, because this time we needed to see how the trial would go with people who have completely different morals.
Jackalope: So, then we found out more information about everyone's family members, we learned about you and Eiji, and we were like..
Jackalope: We need to put these two in the same room and see how it will play out.
Jackalope: But we still needed more than two guards because there was a possibility of you two refusing to work together and we didn't want a 50/50 result, so..
Miki: What is a "50/50 result"?
Jackalope: So yeah, we just decided that it will be easier to choose the prisoners' siblings as the guards because we wouldn't have to think too hard about it.
Miki: ...
Miki: U-um, sir, I don't know your name..
Jackalope: Oh, right, please forgive me for not introducing myself earlier, haha. Call me Jackalope-
Miki: A-anyway, sir, that's kind of lame.
Jackalope: Huh.
Miki: I AM SO SORRY, PLEASE PRETEND YOU HAVEN'T HEARD THAT!
Jackalope: No, no, I want you to elaborate.
Miki: Well.. I thought that there would be more thought put into..
Miki: You know.. All of this.
Jackalope: But we did put a lot of thought into it!
Jackalope: For example, we've even chosen-
Jackalope: .. Ahem. I did agree to tell you about the siblings part, but I have to stop myself here. You're lucky that you're cute and it's hard to say no to you.
Miki: "I just wanted to learn more about the fourth guard.."
Miki: S-so, the fourth guard is-
Jackalope: We actually weren't sure if we should make you and Eiji the prisoners or Kei and Asahi.
Miki: ... What?
Jackalope: Or, you know, Kei and you, Eiji and Asahi, whatever.
Miki: W-what? Why?
Miki: W-why would you have a problem with making that choice?
Jackalope: Well, I think you already know the answer.
Jackalope: I mean, you all are murderers in some way.
Miki: ...
(sound of Miki falling on the floor)
Jackalope: Aw, don't look so sad. You already knew that-
Miki: But I.. But..
Miki: B-but Marito is alive! He's here! I didn't kill him!
Miki: I still think I'm a terrible sister and he deserves someone better than me, but..
Jackalope: Oh, Miki, you know I'm talking about someone else.
Miki: ...
Jackalope: We both know that Marito wasn't your victim.
Miki: ...
Miki: Well, Eiji-san can't be a murderer. He's too good for that.
Jackalope: "Good"? *laughs* You're way too pure for someone like him.
Jackalope: You seriously think a normal guy would have so much fun punishing everyone? And would be so experienced with coming up with ways to torture people?
Miki: E-even if he did kill someone, I'm sure he had a reason-
Jackalope: And so what? He's still a murderer.
Jackalope: You are a murderer. He is a murderer. The prisoners are murderers too.
Jackalope: Milgram doesn't care about how you guys did it and why. You all had something to do with someone's death. Whether it was a direct murder, whether it was driving someone to suicide, whether it was causing someone's death by inaction, whether it was an accident, whether it was self-defense, this prison doesn't care.
Miki: .. But this isn't how a normal prison works. This isn't how normal trials work.
Jackalope: And you already know this place is anything but normal.
Miki: .. Is Hiyuu-san also a murderer?
Jackalope: Hm.. Kind of, but not really. Though he is partially responsible for someone.. almost dying.
Jackalope: And because of you and Eiji being more.. direct, we made you two wake up first.
Jackalope: Actually, if we count the fourth one, he was the one who woke up first, but.. There was a reason for that.
Miki:"We weren't the ones who woke up first?!"
Jackalope: There also was another reason why we went for the siblings, but this one.. Yeah, I'm not going to talk about it much.
Jackalope: So let's just say, it would be easier for us to make some.. changes to the trial.
Miki: "Changes"?
Jackalope: Well, for example..
Jackalope: If you keep asking more questions, maybe one day you will be the one waking up in a prison cell and waiting for your brother to judge you.
Miki: B-but you were the one who decided to tell me all this!..
Miki: Wait..
Miki: What.. does this all mean?
Miki: Actually, who are "we"?
Miki: You're wearing what looks like a guard uniform.. But I don't think you're one of the guards..
Jackalope: Haha, no, I'm not the fourth guard-
Miki: THEN WHO ARE YOU?!
Miki: WHO ARE ALL OF YOU?!
Miki: WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THIS? WHY ARE WE HERE?
Miki: JUST ANSWER ALREADY OR I WILL K-
Miki: ...
Jackalope: See? You all are murderers. Simple as that.
Jackalope: Oh, right, it's time for you two to properly meet each other.
Jackalope: I know you two have already met in person..
Jackalope: Even though I had told him not to leave his room..
Jackalope: Anyway, meet the third guard of the Milgram prison: Kuroki Hinode!
(the door opens)
(sounds of Hinode's steps)
Hinode: I really could just use a screen for this, but it'd be very rude..
Hinode: Hello, Miki-san. It's very nice to meet you again like this.
***
Jackalope: So, how are you doing?
(silence)
Jackalope: Not good, huh? Understandable.
Jackalope: But hey, at least it was Yurika who broke your arm. I can't imagine how you'd react if it was Kei.
(silence)
Jackalope: Well, I doubt you'll be able to participate in the voting process this time.
Jackalope: Anyway, see you-
Eiji: .. Judge..
Jackalope: Hm?
Eiji: I still..
Eiji: Need to judge them..
Jackalope: Hey, I admire your diligence, but we already have a guard with health problems, so-
Eiji: Well, what else do you expect me to do?!
Eiji: I'm not just gonna lie here!
Eiji: If I can't judge them, WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?!
Eiji: I FINALLY KNOW WHAT I WAS BORN TO DO! I KNOW WHAT THE PURPOSE OF MY LIFE IS!
Eiji: JUST LET ME DO MY JOB ALREADY!
Eiji: !
Eiji: .. It hurts..
Jackalope: *sighs* I really wish you could be more obedient. Why can't you just follow the others' example?
Eiji: .. Did you do something to me?
Jackalope: Huh?
Eiji: Nobody can touch Miki. But they can touch me perfectly fine.
Eiji: And if I remember correctly, this started to happen only when the second trial began.
Eiji: So.. Again, did you do something to me?
Jackalope: .. Seriously, why do you remember our first meeting so well?
Jackalope: Now, where was that thing..
Jackalope: Right. Anyway, you'll forget everything in like five minutes, so I can just say it to you right now.
Jackalope: Eiji, I mean this in the nicest way possible.
Jackalope: Your punishments are creative. I really wish I could see you punish more prisoners after the first trial.
Jackalope: But no, there wasn't even any fight between you and Miki. You've just let her save like seven prisoners.
Jackalope: So, uh.. You don't really make a good guard.
Jackalope: And you didn't give us the result we wanted, so..
Jackalope: Yeah, this is your punishment.
Eiji: ...
Jackalope: Anyway, have a nice dream.
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Soooo it took a few weeks but here's the D4DJ magic au explanation post! (This post will be pretty long I apologize, and to the people curious about each unit's magic I will make the unit magic posts later, I still dont have an idea on what to do with some of them and those ones need to have drawings to be able to explain and show what the magic looks like properly and im a bit busy atm to do that!)
So! How did I make the magic? It's very simple... I think. I based all of their magic on the kind of person they are, their hobbies, their unit aesthetic, their role in the unit, meaning of their names, the vibes of their songs and then mix them all together! If the magic might not fit the name meaning very well but fit nicely with what kind of person they are, it's okay! As long as the magic is connected to each point in some way then it counts!
Example: If the unit aesthetic are the stars and the character is a very excitable person (someone like Rinku or Rika), I might make them have magic that let them produce stars that can burst into glitter, confetti, or little light particles! Another example is if their name has a connection to water, but their unit performances are very hyped up, maybe I'll try to make their magic help them be able to hype the crowd in some way!
Very important thing to think out of all of this though is their role in the unit, if the character is the vocalist then it has to connect to their voice in some way unless they also dance, if the character is a VJ then it has to involve visuals, etc, etc. That has to be kept in mind while making the magic.
Now, like every power, I need to add side effects to them, so how did I decide those? Simple! (Maybe.) I decided the side effects based on their personality and magic! (It's a very simplified explanation but it's still gets the point across) The side effects are a "defense mechanism" to the magic, the will only take effect once you overexert, overwhelm, or tire yourself out. They last for in between an hour or a whole week.
Example: If your magic is the star bursting one, I might make the side effect make them hungry or very exhausted.
That's a simple one right? But! I need to add a bit more than that! I need to be very specific, some might have the "same" side effect but their reactions might be very different depending on the person! If the person has alright stamina they might just get tired and maybe take a nap and such, if the person has terrible stamina, then they might be winded that they literally sleep or they faint. (I don't like making the extreme reactions the actual side effect unless it makes sense for the character.)
Another way I make side effects is by making it affect something that is very important to magic making.
Example: If the magic has something to do with the arms and legs I might make the side effect the arms and legs aching because they were overwhelmed by the work, If the magic involves doing something with the head, I might make the side effect a headache, etc., etc.
That's all you need to know to understand my Au, nothing else. But I'll add a cut here if you're curious about the full explanation of the side effects, how instruments work in the Au (as of this moment), and the now scrapped performance rules! Will make a Lore post after making the unit posts because that might be boring for you guys haha.
Okay, wow, you really are interested if you clicked keep reading huh? Anyway I'm going to be explaining the side effects properly right now, next one is the instruments, then last is the performance rules.
Okay. So the side effects are like what I said, a defense mechanism against the person's magic. Sounds weird though, right? Why did I word it like that? Because that's literally what it is, a defense mechanism. Some bodies' can't handle their magic while some can, mostly because some side effects aren't extreme like body aches and can just be getting tired easily, but it still stands. Some people need to train up their bodies so the side effects won't be as extreme or make accommodations for them to make it easier.
Example: If the side effect makes them cold, then they might need to place a heater near the backroom just in case or if the side effect is the body having a lot of static current then they need to wear a blanket over them to not electrocute people.
The side effects will only last between an hour and a whole week, it's random. Some people sometimes immediately get the side effect and then it lasts an entire week, or vise versa. Sometimes it's just for two days, or even four. Everyone's side effects will last randomly as well so you can be super lucky or just. Struggle.
Now, onto the instruments! Since Rei and Nagisa have instruments I needed to find a way to include that into their magic and performances. (Also I really want to make a bandori version of this magic au so I'm going to cover my bases for this haha.)
The explanation is super simple. I think. If someone has a bass and the magic is making butterflies it HAS TO have little butterfly designs on the neck if they want to make it make butterflies while playing the bass, if not then they're going to have a normal bass and nothing interesting will happen.
Instruments don't come with the design though, they can either paint it on with a special -- and expensive -- ink or put stickers that are also expensive and need to be custom made near the area the music will be made.
I will now list where you can put the sticker/paint the ink for almost every kind of instrument. (If the instrument is the same type as one instrument listed here then it might act like that.)
For piano: Can just slap a sticker on it and call it a day, or be insane and paint it full of the designs with the special ink.
For stringed instruments: Either paint/slap the design on or near the neck, the strings, close to the strings, or behind the neck.
For percussion instruments: Since some percussions are made up of different stuff some need to either put stickers on every SINGLE part of the kit or paint every SINGLE part.
For brass instruments: Unlike the other instruments, brass guys can only use stickers and they can pretty much slap it on anywhere as long as it doesn't affect the sound.
The reason why there isn't one for turntables is because the DJs don't always have their hands on the turntables so they can easily do their magic with no problems.
And like actual ink and stickers, they fade so you need to buy a lot of ink and stickers. So. Good
Now. Onto the scrapped performance rules! You must be wondering why I call it scrapped, it's because this Au was originally supposed to be a full fantasy Au that had world building and steampunk-themed instruments and such but that was too much work for me ahah.
I'll just. copy and paste what I wrote in my doc for this part because I'm tired and will explain more after. The explanation might be confusing so I apologize in advance.
To start a performance, they need to first “set the stage” by making these discs with these special signs. The signs can be burned into, written on, melted into, etc., etc. They place it on this device (that looks like a Vinyl record player) that makes it go around and makes the sign transfer onto where they are performing, they place this sign down so that their magic won’t go out and hurt anyone or target someone by accident, the larger the sign, the bigger the safety net. (The signs being the unit logos, but with some tweaks, additional details and such.)
The ones who make and place the signs in each unit (except for L.M.O) are Maho, Shinobu (sometimes Kyoko), Saki (it used to be Shano who made the signs and Saki placed them), Haruna, Aoi, Saori, Toka, Lumina, and Neo.
You can tweak signs if you want, but you have to know how to write them properly to make it not sloppy and accidentally hurt someone in the crowd.
For smaller performances like ones on the street, they have to use a device (that looks like a portable CD player) to control their magic, thanks to its size, their magic is smaller. Non-magic users see it as a hindrance, but for magic-users it helps with trying to be creative thanks to the size. (Nagisa is an expert with this, so when she was first trying to get used to the larger signs that Aoi made, she would get a bit carried away.)
The signs while they perform react differently to the magic if it gets too close to the audience, some of them simply make them disappear, some make it turn into confetti, bubbles, little lights, petals, etc., etc. You make them anything, hell even glitter is allowed. (But for places like Yoba and Arisugawa, it’s usually banned, unless you find a way to sneak it in the performance like Kurumi and Miiko.)
Now. So. I'm actually going to keep some stuff I wrote for this, the part I'm keeping will be everything involving the signs, I was so smart for that. So. Yeah.
(Also, if you read the entire thing HI HELLO YOU DESERVE SO MUCH LOVE AND CARE. YOU DESERVE TO STAY IN YOUR COMFORT PLACE WHENEVER YOU FEEL SAD OR NEGATIVE IN ANYWAY)
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