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

Loki of Asgard | MCU | Ars Arcana

[cuttingremark]

Here, try.

[Loki's holding out a very fancy looking gold-wrapped chocolate that for sure doesn't have a brussels sprout under that lovely coating of chocolate! (It does. Sorry about him)]

[When he isn't trying to get people to eat disgusting things, he's either found sticking to Bruno like glue, or making polite conversation with people he knows and those he doesn't.]

[ghostsguysgyuudon]

Oh, thank you, Loki-san!

[Mei suspects absolutely nothing. She inhales the candy right away -- did she even chew? -- so it takes her a moment to realize what's wrong.]

...that was another prank, right?

[cuttingremark]

A prank? No! Would I do that?

[A very familiar, shitty grin, spreads across Loki's face.]

[ghostsguysgyuudon]

Um... always? [Mei scratches her head.] I guess as long as it's fun for you! Though I'm a little worried about all these people.

[cuttingremark]

[Loki waves a dismissive hand.]

Just a bit of fun. It's not as if I poisoned this batch!

[ghostsguysgyuudon]

I think that's a really bad joke in a place like this...

[cuttingremark]

Oh, I'm sure they can all take a joke! Gallows humor, you know.

[ghostsguysgyuudon]

I guess if you're sure.

[Nothing will convince Mei to be more skeptical, apparently.]

They seem nice, though! I mean, I haven't talked to most of them yet. But it's good to see so many people having fun, right?

[cuttingremark]

[If knowing Loki didn't make Mei more skeptical, nothing will.]

Yes, they seem pleasant for the most part. A shame we couldn't be brought together through better circumstances. [Nothing like meeting people by going 'Same trauma!']

[ghostsguysgyuudon]

At least it's a party? Even if it's scary to know that this happened to so many people, things seem all right for now. And there's all this good food, and fun things to do, so isn't that a good point?

[burninglight]

[Cheerfully:]

Absolutely not, thank you. Shan't be falling for culinary crimes again any time soon.

[cuttingremark]

But I worked ever so hard on them!

[Listen, some people are too smart to fall for Loki's bullshit, even if they don't know him. Still, he can have some fun.]

They're an Asgardian delicacy, you know.

[burninglight]

I'm sure they are, and I've a bridge in Insomnia to sell you.

[oh shiva there's two of them]

[cuttingremark]

I bet it's quite a lovely bridge as well.

[Loki chuckles, the golden 'treat' disappearing from his hand.]

I'm surprised to see you here with Somnus lurking around. [He recognizes the man from the party after they escaped the tower, though there's something different about Ardyn Loki can't quite put his finger on.]

[burninglight]

Oh, spectacular. Holds up against wind, rain, and daemon attacks.

[ardyn.]

And whyever should I let his presence bother me? I'm having quite a good time, particularly seeing him physically incapable of the same. Best revenge is living well and all that.

[cuttingremark]

You did try rather hard to double-kill him after our group escaped from the tower.

[burninglight]

...Did I? Much as that sounds like me, I think you've the wrong Ardyn. I haven't seen my brother in quite some years now, spectral or otherwise. I dare presume you met my less pleasant and more daemonic counterpart, perhaps?

[A shrug.]

Timelines.

[cuttingremark]

[Loki is sure he saw their sullen-faced ghosty friend floating in a corner somewhere. He'll have to go harass find him later.]

So are you instead a survivor of one of these 'games'?

[burninglight]

Quite so--twice over, technically.

[Holding out a mildly stigmata-scarred hand, because Somnus preemptively ruined Christmas for the whole planet:]

Ardyn Tenmyouji-Church, formerly Lucis Caelum and several other names. Terribly sorry for the trouble my miserable little brother no doubt caused you.

[ichbindereinzelganger]

Oh, thanks.

[nom nom nom]

...

................

[Head tilt]

Huh. Interesting combination. It's definitely different.



May I have another?

[cuttingremark]

[...okay, not the reaction he was hoping for.

Stunned, Loki offers another chocolate covered brussel sprout.]

Wait, you seriously like it?

[ichbindereinzelganger]

Yeah. It's not bad. Why?

[She readily accepts the chocolate brussel sprout, her expression neutral.

She is completely unaware that she's out Loki'd Loki, go figure.]

[predecir]

That's mean.

[He lightly smacks Loki's shoulder. Notably, though, Bruno does this when no one else is around and he is not stopping anyone from eating them!]

[cuttingremark]

[They're both gremlins, Bruno's just better at hiding it.]

No, mean would have been if I coated them in laxative chocolates.

[predecir]

Mmmh, yeah, that'd be more mean. We don't even know if any of them deserve it. The most I saw was, eh, two twins fighting or something.