There's No Place Like Traumabonding for the Holidays

[beebs]

HOLIDAY MURDERGAME WHERE ARE THEY NOW MEME



It's the hap-happiest season of all, and what better way to celebrate than by remembering that one (or more) horribly traumatic experience that permanently changed the face of not only your relationships but possibly your outlook on life itself?

Any character (including NPCs!) who's ever been in any murdergame is invited! Feel free to share with your friends!

Regardless of how you choose to use this meme, there's two blanket rules:
1) Make sure the header of your comment has your character's name, home canon, and murdergame listed. If you used the same account for several murdergames, you can use the same toplevel for all of them.
2) No blank comments! First and foremost this is a chance to catch up with old murdergame buddies, and maybe make new ones if you choose! Thus, your comment should go into whatever degree of detail you like describing what life has been like since the murdergame ended. Did life go back to normal? Did they get married? Have a kid? Move to another universe entirely and start over with their found family? Have they kept in touch? Go into as much detail as you want, just put something!

You can use this meme to set up any kind of "canon" or canon-compliant holiday threads with your castmates, big holiday party or no.

OR... you can pretend that there's an interdimensional all-murdergame nondescript winter holiday party that you've been invited to attend! Maybe the Curtains narrators made sure the Denny's was conveniently empty (don't mind the weird old guy in the woods out back), or maybe there was some other convenient arrangement. Either way, you received an invite, and you're here now! So spike the eggnog and check for mistletoe, because the night is probably going to get wild.

(If you're not down for one option or the other, just note that somewhere in your top-level.)

Have fun, and Happy Holidays!

Comments

[trashrabbit]

[Releasing him after a moment!]

Pretty much the same as usual! And for the record, I have no idea what the numbers indicate about this place, so if everything goes sideways don't say I didn't warn you!

[unwittingking]

[Yes, actually.]

Expect me to visit at some point, in that case.

Any chance puppies get in at a reduced price? Could make it a family thing.

[pimpplan]

And you've never been more radiant, my darling Mira.

[ He sets the drink down on a convenient ledge nearby, so he can reciprocate the hug in full. Maybe pick her up for half a second, who knows. ]

How're you? I trust things with you and old sour puss are good?

[ Therion's gonna knife him in the back one of these days. ]

[amortristis]

You were eyeing it just now.

[ there is so much (x) doubt on her face right now. ]

It's interesting how it affects people differently. I'm not sure how the only thing you remembered was that I told you I was a princess.

[laytorest]

Y-you're a princess?! Goodness - I'm sorry, was I impolite?!

[WHOMST.]

[amortristis]

[ Oh. Suddenly this makes more sense. ]

I'm Morgan, Yor.

[ Is that a brief shimmer of weird butterfly wings behind her, or is it just a trick of the light? Who can say. ]

[unwittingking]

Fair enough.

[Making it behind the bar, Luca can hear some rummaging sounds before a glass gets set up on the bar-normal sized rather than a shot glass.

Also, was his arm long enough to reach the top of the bar a second ago? Hard to say, really.]

Quick question, do you prefer chocolate or raspberry? I'd offer my own opinion on each, but I think I'm a bit biased for one.

[trashrabbit]

[It's Yoshi he's just like 17 or 18 now and like 5'7"/5'8"ish, the passage of time, etc. etc.]

That's one way to put it!

[Sir???? is this a mission or?????????]

[hellochildren]

[Bruiser wants to stare at this bird that is smaller than him? Well, Pericles can stare back.]

If you are expecting a treat, you vill be sorely disappointed, canine.

[trashrabbit]

[He can absolutely tell them apart.]

Wow, there's two now!

[WILD.]

[hellochildren]

[It's cute that you might think Pericles would stop someone from drinking after their experiences in a murdergame.

Instead, the old bird has a shot glass in his claws as he hovers in front of Yor.]

Do you require some assistance in...'loosening up', I believe ze phrase is?

1/2 replying to myself

[pseudoregelia]

...

2/2

[pseudoregelia]

Tiki-chan?

[hellochildren]

...and I thought I could not feel any more insulted zan I already have...

[If no one stops him, Pericles is just going to start ripping pages out of the book. Not tearing them to shreds, though. Instead, he's folding them up, cutting out pieces (where did he get scissors? better question is how he uses them with wings) and unfolding them to reveal...

Snowflakes!]

At least zey have some use, I suppose.

[hellochildren]

I sink you are going to be severely disappointed, if you try such a thing to me.

[You got an old ass bird staring you down, Dio. Do you want to risk it?]

[hellochildren]

[For maximum comedic effect-]

I...believe zat might be considered a form of cannibalism.

[Even if not, it feels a little morbid, even for him.]

[hellochildren]

[Ah, a fellow bird! Some decent company.]

Humans have a tendency to decorate for holidays wis things associate wis ze season of said holiday. During Thanksgiving zey may have false decaying leaves in a cornucopia, and as it is cold during Christmas time, zey associate it wis things in a cold climate, including penguins like yourself.

[dullshooter]

Come on, you’re telling me you don’t recognise me at all?

[Like, the appearance is a given, but who else has his stunning personality?]

It’s me.

[…]

Your buddy.

[…]

Misfire.

cw: ableist insensitivity

[dullshooter]

[Misfire squints at the comparison, but otherwise lets it slide like he does most of the strange things the people around him say. He’s even trying to be nicer about it! Look at that.

Anyway, he whistles low.]

That’s… [crazy.] rough, buddy.

[He places a holohand on his shoulder and gestures to the rest of the room.]

Hey, at least you’re not just a jackass. You’re a jackass among other jackasses. Bet you’ll find way worse in here.

[hey wheres vholran??]

[dethzarasu]

The…Santaliens?

[Explain, small child.]

Loid Forger | Spy x Family | We Could Be R4

[twilightspykle]

[As it turns out, taking down a far-right nationalist party to prevent another war is significantly easier than defeating a reality-shifting, demonic pyramid. Especially when your wife completely supports the endeavor. How shocked was WISE, when their top agent appeared with a wild story, and an even wilder turn of events - the Thorn Princess as their ally.

From there.... well, it was work. Good work. He's proud of his part in it, and he's glad to take this moment to relax.

As it stands, Loid showed up with his wife and daughter in tow. But they end up going separate ways, as you do at parties. Loid's personable, perfectly happy to chat up anyone that approaches.

In fact, he seems almost... puzzled as the party stretches on.]

I... had no idea that there could be so many [cough incidents like the one we were subject to.

Not here but I'm not deleting it

[bolderfell]

[It would be the perfect crime. Even if Therion did absolutely nothing to hide whodunnit, no murdergame jury in the multiverse would convict him.]

[steampunkborgia]

[Just hearing that voice makes Lucrezia choke with eggnog. Give her a moment while she coughs and spills the glass, before turning around. Oh, yup, it's him. Hello, former collaborator]

Why are you here too?!

[And then she glares at Shin as if he was personally responsible for this demon being invited to the party. Shin, can you believe this?]

[unsweeten]

[ Stopping in front of the doorframe...

(Sadly he is broke today, i.e. he does not have Money.) ]

Eh? Th-this isn't that kind of event, is it?

[canismajorcontrolfreak]

[This is...a lot of information, to take in all at once. A being that doesn't have a soul. That lacking a soul means no empathy, no compassion, no anything when it comes to emotions. Having to live with such a thing for thousands of years. Determination being something that can be harnessed and controlled...

Knowing what it's like to die, only to come back in a way that should be impossible.

Well. He's still not happy with this. But not for the reasons he felt before.]

I'm...I'm sorry, that you had to go through all that. Dying, becoming nonexistent, only to come back and have to live without a soul for so long. Even if you got a happy ending in helping people, it still sounds...unpleasant.

And-if that doesn't mean much, with however all of this soul stuff works, then...just know that...I'm not going to bring it up if you don't want to talk about it.

[That's reasonable enough, right? Something smart or wise? He hopes it is. This is the most he's ever felt out of his element since waking up in the horrible school, and it's making his stomach twist into knots with anxiety.

Better switch the topic-speaking of that school.]

Do you need to hear more emotions? 'Cause it wasn't just fear, there.