progresscity | EVENT LOG PT. 2 Well you tried to have fun

Who: Everyone at the party
What: An intruder changes plans
Where: The Adventurer's Club
When: Later in the night on the Fourth of July
Warnings: Cartoonish Evil Doers

[All in all, the party’s gone off without a hitch so far, Food was eaten, fun was had, and it just seems like a pretty normal event so far!

That is, until the light’s suddenly shut off in the Adventurer’s Club. After about a minute of confused panic, a spotlight suddenly shines down on on who can only be described as a strange suited furry. He grins at the party goers around him.]

Welcome, foolish mortals, I’ve had my eye on this city and I thought we would play a little game.

All the doors and windows are locked in this building, so there’s no way in, and most importantly for you, NO WAY OUT.

Your little party has become an indefinite stay here, with one catch: You have to kill one of your fellow party goers and get away with it!

Now, why don’t you all make this fun?

[OOC: As a note: The second part of the event won’t last for more than a few hours ICly for those worried about being trapped here. But of course there has to be some way out of this mess, right?]

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[Not even getting up from where he had been drinking here.]

For the love of me--again, really? Has no one sent you the memo yet about that particular game being considered out of style now?

What can I say? I love the classics!

[Screw you too Josh.]

So do I, when they're done right.

[And then Josh is lazily flapping a hand here in the air.]

How much do you wanna bet on this ending with you getting trampled, or one of the other people we're stuck here with suddenly has a redemption arc that requires a heroic sacrifice that causes everyone to see them in a better light? Personally, I'm really excited to see how Plankton turns a new leaf and throws himself under the bus to redeem himself for his brief mayoral failings.

... Oh wow that actually sounds super cool, though...

It would at least make this more exciting. He hasn't even given a motive yet, what an amateur.

Mee-muh meep meep...

[You and him both, man.

Down With Plankton]

Not right now, I hope, it would be boring if we got a character arc in a few hours.

Are you kidding me? That would be the quickest turn around we've ever had, and I want to see it happen sooner than having it drawn out over the span of weeks, where it will get buried under the countless number of ridiculous jokes and memes that are likely spawned to keep ourselves sane.

I thought you simple folk needed those dumb memes to make you feel better about yourselves.

Some people do. I, on the other hand, have my genuinely funny commentary and good looks to get me by.

[... how in the hell joshua didn't get murdered in foolish mortals with this attitude is honestly a miracle]

...Wait, what do you mean "again"?

[did he miss something? why isn't everyone screaming in terror like they should be]

Oh... you sweet summer child, have you never been invited to a murder game before now? Now I'm almost sad that you missed it: there was a killer one not too long ago, but now after three or four rounds, it's an old fad. Nobody blinks at that sort of entertainment anymore.

Sweet summer child?

[Pete looks as if he's about to punch Joshua for that before he frowns, scratching his chin. Murder game? Three or four rounds? He knows all of these individual words that are coming out of this weirdo's mouth, but not all of them together. He musters a confident grin and crosses his arms.]

Heh, isn't it obvious? I'm too good to be invited to these games, y'see. You says they've gone out of style?

Indeed. Just ask our mayor: he's run one before too, and he can tell you all about how quickly that stopped being considered fashionable.

[Looks towards Rod Serling with a mixture of awe and fear.]

...I didn't know these murder games was a Twilight Zone thing. HEY, SERLING! DIDYA MURDER PEOPLE FOR FUN?

[Ugh Josh why??]

It's a long story! I regretted it the moment I agreed to it and that's when I thought I had no other option out there.

[A pause. And then--]

UGH. TYPICAL. A GUY LIKE YOU COULD NEVER BE A REAL VILLAIN!

[And then he turns back to Josh.]

So yer sayin' that this ain't the first time this thing's been done? That ol' Blot must be runnin' out of ideas.

Edited 2018-07-11 05:02 (UTC)

Precisely. It's been like... four or five times? I've lost count of how many have happened by now.

I'm all for some chaos, but this is just kinda cheap.

[Like he's one to comment--Pete's been doing the same villainous thing ever since he was conceived.]

BLOT! THIS CROWD AIN'T BUYIN' WHAT YOU'RE SELLIN'!

Edited 2018-07-11 05:06 (UTC)

... Wait, his name is Blot? Seriously?

Edited 2018-07-11 05:23 (UTC)

I think his full name is...Phantom Blot? I'm not sure, we've never really worked together that much.

... And we're supposed to be intimidated by a guy with that kind of name?

Hey! Just 'cus you don't think a guy's name is intimidating don't mean he ain't evil! Back home, this guy's one of the top villains around!

Besides me, of course. I'm still number one.

... And you are?

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[look he needed more than "down to murder" Marnie over here to help make a point]