There's No Place Like Traumabonding for the Holidays

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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

[nojohnyouare]

It seems like it. Though... It's hard to tell how anyone is feeling. I don't think he would blame you. If he doesn't blame anyone else but Nina.

[theundertaken]

Mmm. Yeah, maybe. Prom's...I mean, I guess he's kinda okay with him being around, but I don't think they're ever gonna be buddies.

[And of course, that's where Max's loyalties really lie.]

[tellthestory]

[on one hand, what the fuck is she talking about. on the other....]

What assassinations?

[nojohnyouare]

I think I understand that too. People who hurt you, then having reformed. They didn't believe it at first, and thought we were tricked. But it makes sense. Why would they?

[mopocalypse]

Uh, an evil little kid was gonna send people after our families and stuff if we didn't join her cult, but that was, like, forever ago. And now I work for a place that tries to stop that cult from doing stuff 'cause they ruined the world? I'm probably leaving out a lot of stuff, but I'm really, really bad at explanations and they should really just let me fix things instead of fill out forms.

[tellthestory]

Didn't know any of these things got so bureaucratic. We just sort of...hang out. I mean, me and my, uh...

[what? is? she?]

Me and someone else tried to stop this most recent game before it started, but it went pretty badly. That's why I was in it at all.

[theundertaken]

If...

[He hesitates and swallows.]

Well. I don't - I don't go to Akira and Kaiba's, you know? They visit me.

[Because Manika lives there. And he still can't see her. Wouldn't matter what she's done since, though he doesn't even think she's even really pretending to have changed.]

[mopocalypse]

...Sorry. [She scuffs her foot on the floor.] But you guys got out and stuff, right? I mean, it doesn't help, like... get rid of what happened or anything.

[nojohnyouare]

[Mai lowers her head. It's not something she can relate to. Her only enemy was herself -- it always was, even when others had it out for her.]

Safer. And better for you. That's understandable, too.

[laytorest]

I'm glad you've been taking care of yourself!

Have you talked to the others, too? I saw Nageki earlier.

wallflower | cw: alcohol

[themuseabandonsyou]

[ Orpheus does like this! He's always been a lot more of a holidays person than Eurydice, and while this sort of festivity has its share of differences from the desperate, half-crazed final toast to the end of the harvest that is Little Dionysia, he's found it's not too hard to adapt to the much more relaxed, less extremely alcohol-fueled traditions that their friends from elsewhere seem to expect. General appreciation for the much more cheerful atmosphere aside, it'll be nice to not wake up with a hangover tomorrow.

He is absolutely drinking the spiked eggnog also though. Just, not the traditional "until you can't walk without help" amounts that festivals of Dionysus usually call for. ]

I couldn't leave you by yourself here the entire night, [ he says, brightly. ] It's been nice seeing everyone else again though, hasn't it?

[keyringwitness]

[Yasu laughs, scritching Kakuya under the chin. Gosh, she can't wait until Kakuya's approved for a human(ish) form; then they can hold hands for real... and hug... and m- maybe other things...]

[theundertaken]

Mmm. Yeah.

[Why'd he bring that up? It always kinda tanks his mood, and he wanted to enjoy the party...Jessie bobs a little closer, at least, sucking up some of that negativity.]

Well, it's fine. I don't...really get it, but I kinda get it. I mean, we all kinda - being here, who isn't buddies with a killer or two? Not you, you don't count. But, uh...yeah.

[He's kinda not okay with it, but he's okay with not being that okay with it?]

[tellthestory]

Yeah, we did. We're all fine now, more or less. You know how it is, I guess.

[They're not all just TOTALLY GOOD NOW, but it's mostly fine. Lots of things are better, even!]

[thefifthchild]

[Out of a family full of nothing but chunni, he is somehow the chunniest.

So, not a fox. From the sounds of it, probably a particularly gruesome murder or a mastermind or collaborator. Not that he can judge. He lead the slaughter of an entire police station.]

Our mastermind is walking around unchecked. I don't see how it's fair that your friend has to wear a sign around her neck.

[He decides to not crowd the fox.]

What were her crimes anyway?

[crimson_flamel]

[Edelgard almost laughs. She does smile, slightly, and glance over at him. She's changed a fair bit over the last year, or her dress sense has. She wears her crown that curl around her head like horns, symbolizing her decision to act the part of the demon king. Or it did formerly. The war was already won as soon as McGillis and Linhardt started reverse engineering Gundam.]

It's not too late for us to redact our decision to spare your life, you know.

[Even despite their relationship, it's pretty evident by her tone that this is her attempt at a joke.]

I suppose that implies this isn't your attempt at a reprisal, though. [She takes a sip of eggnog from a mug.] I can't say I've ever heard of the holiday though.

[twilightspykle]

[Hm? What's this now? An organization was involved in these matters? But the man before him seemed awfully candid about it... was it not a secret?

....But this is certainly another father. Loid can tell immediately - and he didn't need to be a master spy for that. Military-trained, too. The posture was too correct for anyone civilian, but not so that he tried to hide it, either.]

...Loid Forger.

[somewhat confused, he took the hand in a stern shake.]

You said something about a 'Future Foundation'? I'm not familiar.

[reanimania]

[ THIS IS WHY HE TRIED TO RUN!!!! ]

...Right.

[ deep breath!! ]

Well, it's... good to finally have all doubt removed, I suppose.

Anyway, you'll be glad to know I don't intend to chase after you anymore. [ ... ] Er, this me, I mean.

[ dist is still Out There

there's a sniff, and he covertly pulls a handkerchief out of his coat pocket to wipe his nose... dropping a business card reading Saphir Balfour, PhD, Professor of Engineering, The University of Minnesota Twin Cities in the process and hastily scrambling to pick it back up because this last name makes him look like an absolute jackass after saying that.

he has so many regrets. ]

[pyriscence]

Could some of them simply be... friends and relatives, perhaps? We had quite a boisterous party of our own when the Duke arranged our banquet but I'd say we ourselves were outnumbered by those invited on our behalf...

[ Hand to chin as she mulls it over... ]

[scribbly]

[Mary has been doing a good job of letting her sister have her own Party Experience, which is the REAL character development she's been through. They can be separated sometimes and it's fine!! Fucked up if true!!!!

But she does keep drifting back and forth between Ib and the rest of the party, and at one point she does show up after curiosity gets the better of her.]

Hey, Ib. [Gently nudging her with one elbow.] Over there—she looks familiar, right? Like, we know her, don't we?

[It's gonna bother her if she doesn't confirm!!! She's uhhhhhhhhh. She's pointing at Kyrie.]

[cheapdivorce]

[Audrey's gotten the low-down by this point, at least, though she still looks a bit nervous seeing him on his own. She's actually by the drink table, right now, which also brings up weird memories.]

...oh, hey there, kid. You thirsty?

[cheapdivorce]

[Audrey blinks at the enthusiastic little bat, before asking:] Are you also a Kenomogami?

Audrey Gravescreams | Trixie Slaughteraxe For President | WCB R4

[cheapdivorce]

[Audrey's looking a lot more relaxed than she was in the death game. Despite now being part of an anti-government organization that regularly has to fight, at least she's now doing something good with the second chance she was given. Her hair's been cut shorter as well, though she's dressed in her usual outfit. Strangers can find her simply looking around at all the decorations and making various small talk, such as the tree:]

...so, this represents human triumph over nature, right?

[Her fellow R4s might get more of her thoughtful side, though, as she nurses a proper drink and points out people as if she's counting them.]

Okay, doing the math, just how many of those little games or experiments or plays or whatever does that make this?

[ordinarythings]

[A chin leans gently onto his shoulder.] Huh, any interesting news? [Surolam loves her new friends and family, but she has to admit she's curious at times what her "original" is up to.]

[ordinarythings]

[Oh dear. There's a shudder as Surolam shifts into her full dragon form, head darting forward to pluck Snake off the ground by the collar.]

Please be more careful, Snake. We don't want to aggravate too many of these other attendees.