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Dear Members of the Chatterbox,
I think we should start a ski lodge murder mystery game. The rules are listed below:
-First of all, it is not supposed to be gory or scary. It is supposed to appropriate and humorous.
-You play as yourself. The premise is: You are invited to a ski lodge for however many days. You go and have fun but then people start dying mysteriously. You need to figure out who the culprit is.
-The murderer is one of you who join the game but you won't know who it is. I will.
-One person dies a day.
-Strange things happen in the ski lodge. Logic doesn't nessecarily apply here, as you will soon see.
-Every day, I will post (probably in the morning) the day's events. Read, enjoy, speculate, and if you like, write the day from your point of view or something you think happened. The sillier the better.
-You die randomly. I pull your name out of a Sugarbowl. By the way, Gollum, remember last year when I lost your name in my lunchbox? I found it two days ago on my art easel in the garage. I have absolutely no idea how it got there.
-The game shall start on July 7. I know it's Camp NaNo, but it shouldn't take you guys too long to check every day and a short conversation or something if you feel like it.
-I don't know when it will end, that depends on how many people want to play.
-This is the same kind of thing that happened last year in October. Hopefully, I don't have nightmares for three months straight this time.
-Please, please join. Just say "I want to join" to join.
And that's all. If you have any questions, please don't be afraid to ask.
Sincerely,
The Omnipotent Narrator
submitted by T.O.N.
(June 18, 2013 - 12:49 pm)
(June 18, 2013 - 12:49 pm)
I like chocolate cake. And now I'm really curious.
(July 15, 2013 - 11:36 pm)
Day 10
It has come to my attention that most days have been starting out rather negatively. This is bad for morale. Thus, today will start out on a positive note! Happy 15th Birthday, Ima! Everyone at the ski lodge held a birthday party for you!
Gollum Impersonator: Hoppy birdy to thou! Hoppy birdy to thou! Hoppy birdy dear Imaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Hoppy birdy to thou!
Gollum Impersonator/ Admin Impersonator Impersonator: Many happy returns!
Red baked a chocolate cake. (Someone thought it would be a good idea to let Jem Louise Margaret cut the cake. I'm sure you can imagine how that turned out.)
Melody sang the Disney "Happy Birthday" song.
Daffodil gave Ima a set of Oz books because "we have far too many at our house. Take these and run before Joe notices they're missing."
Theo gave Ima a copy of JINXED because he said it was quite good. (By the way, Theo, Ettiquette and Episonage isn't very good. If you want good steampunk, I reccommend books by James P. Blaylock, a.k.a. "The Grandfather of Steampunk". I got to meet him in person two weeks ago which was really cool.)
Later, the party mood was (somewhat) dampened by discovering that Red somehow managed to fall off a cliff while skiing. Which is tragic. *cough cough that'swhatyougetfornotgettingmeabirthdaypresent cough cough*
Gollum Impersonator: My suspicions were incorrect!
Happy birthday, Ima. And rest in (somewhat) peace Red.
Captcha says xtif. Sign here, FantasyQuill.
(July 16, 2013 - 11:07 am)
It's JINX. But yes, it is good. And also, Ima, I'm not sure if it's really your brithday or not, but happy possibly your birthday!
(July 16, 2013 - 4:58 pm)
It actually is my fifteenth birthday! Thanks. :)
(July 16, 2013 - 5:56 pm)
Many Happy Returns of the Day!
Now that's over with and before we go on to the actual point of the celebration, me posting as Admin Impersonator is kind of a "There's a birthday!" alert now.
Hoppy Birdy to thou!
Hoppy Birdy to thou!
(July 16, 2013 - 6:45 pm)
Haha. Very funny. I do have a birthday present for you, it's just taking a little while to arrive. You should get it tomorrow.
Happy birthday, Ima!
(July 16, 2013 - 5:27 pm)
Now that we're down to four, do you want to start guessing who the killer is? I think it's either me or Daffodil.
(July 16, 2013 - 3:49 pm)
Yes. Sorry, Melody, I think it's you.
(July 16, 2013 - 8:52 pm)
I think it's not Red, because there have been hints that it is, and as it's a murder mystery, they're probably a red herring.
(July 17, 2013 - 12:52 am)
That, and he's kind of dead. It isn't any of the dead people. Why do you guys think it's Melody?
(July 17, 2013 - 10:43 am)
Right, I... forgot that he was dead. Oops. Sorry, Red.
(July 17, 2013 - 4:16 pm)
Day 11
After the merriments of yesterday, the (rather small) group decided to head out to go skiing. Each person decided to take a different run. However, one person stopped as soon as she was out of sight of the others. She smiled as she lifted a small flute to her mouth and blew into it. The sound that resonated from it was too high pitched for humans to hear, but it heard. Somewhere deep in the forest, it lifted its head and sniffed. It knew what that sound meant. Prey.
Theo happily skied along the run he had chosen. This was great fun! He loved being by himself and listeining to the sounds of the world. The snow swishing from his ski runners, the call of whatever birds were here in this frozen place, the snapping of tree branches... Come to think of it, those branches were abnormally loud. It almost sounded as if... whole trees were being snapped. That's just silly! Theo thought. There's nothing that big that can smash whole trees like that! The noise was getting very loud, Theo had to admit. He turned his head slightly and gasped. There. It. Was. The largest rabbit the world had ever seen. Theo screamed.
Theo wasn't back for lunch. The others were getting worried.
Daffodil: I really hope he's okay!
Melody: What if he got in trouble? What if he's hurt? We need to make a search party!
Ima: We can't do it by ourselves. Girls, let's just stay calm. I'm going to call the Ski Patrol.
Ima found the number in the phone book and tried calling using the ski lodge phone.
Ima: I think the lines are down. I can't get through.
Daffodil: There's no cell phone reception, either!
Meldoy: Let's go out ourselves! We need to find Theo!
Daffodil: I'm scared!
Melody: If anything goes wrong, we'll blame it on Ima!
Ima: Whaaaaatttt????
Melody: You're the oldest! The oldest is always in charge!
Ima: Well, if anything happens to me or I'm not around, it's all Melody's fault!
Jem Louise Margaret: Blame Katherine, but it's still all Peter's fault.
Daffodil: What?
Jem Louise Margaret: Today's a dangerous day. There's ancient things at this ski lodge that shouldn't be disturbed. Best be careful while you look for your friend.
Daffodil: ... Well, that's not cryptic.
The search party of three set out to find their lost friend. They skied down Theo's run, calling out his name all the while. Melody found him first. At the bottom.
Daffodil: Is he okay?????
Melody: No... Don't come down here, it's disgusting!
Ima: What happened? (She came down to look anyway.)
Melody: He looks like he's been... nibbled on.
Ima: Are these paw prints? It's like Bigfoot but... a human couldn't have made these prints.
Daffodil: Hey, guys, do you remember what the crazy proprietress said? There's a giant carnivorous rabbit going around the mountains.
Ima: I thought she was joking!
Melody: Sure doesn't look like it....
Speaking of the strange proprietress, she sent another postcard in. "I ran into an axe murderer and a pillow murderer today, and they reminded me of you. (Although I don't know if you like murdering axes or pillows!) If Jem Louise Margaret is around, would you mind telling her to put a saucer of milk out for the lemming brownies, send her dear female friends out to do thier work, and if an angry woman with an electric linx comes by, tell her I'm not around and I shan't be back until next #4's Death Day? Thank you very much! Watch out for wild cabbages and always remember, 'Never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared to them to be otherwise.'"
Melody:No. I still can't take her seriously.
Sadly, Jem Louise Margaret was nowhere to be found. It was suspected that she was stabbed.
Daffodil: I guess we'll have to give her that message tomorrow....
I know today was pretty dark, but it will be funnier tomorrow! And then it will get dark again... Well, you'll just have to wait and see!
Rest in peace, Theo. Rest in peace.
(July 17, 2013 - 11:39 am)
Hmm. Well I suspect Melody, but then if we all suspect one person, will it be the other, then they'll know we suspect the other, so it'll be the other first one?
(July 17, 2013 - 4:18 pm)
What? Okay... Let's try to see what you're saying.
BHR suspects Melody. Everyone suspects person 1. The murderer is hypothetically person 2. Person 2 knows everyone suspects person 1. Therefore, the murderer will be person 1. Is that what you were trying to say?
Actually, you can figure out who the murderer is by logic. Good luck.
By the way, I really want to hear everyone's reasoning for why they think the murderer is such and such.
(July 17, 2013 - 5:21 pm)
I saw the foreshadowing of the fluffy bunny killing me... it was right in the text.
(July 17, 2013 - 5:16 pm)