The Murder Challenge

[Dookie]

> You're streaming this on YouTube you say? I'm pretty sure if people actually die you're going to violate their terms of service. And even if not you'll get roasted in the comments. But I guess some people are okay with getting cancelled on social media...

"Yeah I already got that covered."

[PopcornPie]

"Sounds like you're officially sponsored."

[Caret]

"THIS IS BRAND NEW, HUH?" Mettaton remarks dryly. "THEN WHAT ABOUT THE HUNGER GAMES? OR BATTLE ROYALE? OR DAGANRONPA? OR SQUID GAME? OR FORTNITE? OR MTT GAMES' DEATH BATTLE 100? ALL OF THOSE ARE PERFECTLY FINE MEANS OF SATISFYING YOUR INNER DESIRE FOR SOME GOOD OL' BLOODY ACTION WITHOUT HOSTING A KILLING GAME IN REAL LIFE AND STREAMING IT FOR THE WHOLE WORLD TO SEE! GET SOME SENSE, HANDSOME!"

[PopcornPie]

"How are we going to figure out who is going to be possessed? Theoretically, we can do it in this room, while we're gathered. Just wait until night and see who screams!"

[Cassie]

...All that tells us right away is who becomes the victim. We have to figure out from the resulting carnage on who becomes "possessed." Dammit...I was right...

[PopcornPie]

"No, I mean we take shifts watching to see who wakes up with the urge to kill!"

[Despair's Archon of Memes]

That's not... That WOULD be a great idea... but I'm pretty sure that's not how our host here wants us to play this game...

[Cassie]

> You're streaming this on YouTube you say? I'm pretty sure if people actually die you're going to violate their terms of service. And even if not you'll get roasted in the comments. But I guess some people are okay with getting cancelled on social media...

"Yeah I already got that covered."

By the gods, I hope that doesn't last long.

..."Gods?" What?

...And I don't think taking shifts watching would work. At all. I just know it wouldn't.

[PopcornPie]

"I think it would. A watched killer doesn't kill, right?"

[PointMaid]

Maybe... or maybe our hosts would knock us out so we couldn't stay up all night. I wouldn't put it past them, since they've already kidnapped all of us.

[Dookie]

Meanwhile, in another room.

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"Am I the only one getting a bit anxious?"

"Nope. I uh...I'm thinking something's up. He wouldn't just lock us in a room for 30 minutes, insult us, leave, and then lock us in for another 30 minutes."

"Could we potentially open the window and escape through there?"

"No. That's a bit extreme. I'm not hopeful, but it's not gonna be that bad. We'll probably look back on this as just an odd morning, or a bad prank video."

"I want to believe you. I truly do...but what prank is he even doing? Being insane for 24 hours? Treating my friends like shit? This makes no sense. I don't want to resort to climbing out the window, but if we're stuck in here for any longer, I'm at least banging on the door and asking him to let us out."

There's a silence over the room.

"Do you guys really think he's filming?"

"No."

'Probably not."

"Why would he? He'd just be alienating the fans that way."

More silence.

"It'll probably get resolved soon. I'm gonna wait a few more minutes, then I'll ask him what got into him."

"Good plan."

"Yeah."

"I really do wonder what he's doing, though..."

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“Any more questions? Alright, good. Because it's time for a poll!” He says to the camera, “Audience, you can participate, too.”

He turns the screen in the theater to HDMI3.

“Let's first present who you're voting for in this poll.”

The screen on the television transitions to a montage of clips from throughout the channel, and individual people on its history.

“If you don't know who these people are, get out of that rock, and enter this universe. The Crazy 8s are one of the biggest groups on YouTube, with over 38 Million subscribers between them. Here are every one of them:”

“First and most importantly, is Jamie-I mean, me. The best of all of them, and the most popular of all of them (for good reason). He is not going to be a part of the poll, as i'm the ringleader of this whole event.”

“Second off is Martin. Sweetz is the most obscure channel of the 8, but the fanbase is pretty big (and toxic)! You might know him from his game streams, which he's been doing for almost 10 years now (Happy anniversary)! He's relaxed and fair. On the other hand, he's also dishonest, and as any person in the group can tell you, he'll agree with almost anything you throw at him, even if it means he's a hypocrite.”

"Third, Asher (Or Ash). A very bland and very mediocre reaction YouTuber. He's certainly one of the nicest here, but he's very immature. He's the type of guy who still laughs at 69 jokes because he's that fucking immature.”

“Fourth? Aubrey Davis. She's got the most critically liked videos of us, and unlike other people, her videos are actually reflective of who she is as a person. Sarcastic, dry, and a bit humorless, but she's easy to get along with. She's a bit stubborn and can be a real pain sometimes, but she seems to be popular in the household.”

“The next one? Why, if it isn't Tony himself. You may know him as the kindhearted doofus running the self-titled skit channel, but if so, his persona's fooled you, too. As someone who lives in the same house as him, he's strong and cares about his friends and such, but that only extends to extreme situations. He's actually a dick, and a big one at that. He's probably the least liked in this house, but ehhhh…it's not much of a competition considering everyone in it sucks.”

“Jenny's next. She's a nice, gentle, and agreeable person, but an overly cheery one. She's the most annoying one in this house, and somewhat dim. She reviews movies just fine, but her common sense is lacking.”

“Second to last is Donna. She's a perfectly nice, perfectly trustworthy, perfectly modest individual. But there's a reason she can only post once a month. She spends most of her time slacking off and only gets around to working when we have to remind her. Honestly, if she wasn't here, she wouldn't have a YouTube channel today.”

“Ezekiel's last. He's probably got the most book smarts of us, and he'll remind you he's the smartest of us every chance he gets. If you look in Urban Dictionary, he's in the sentence for “Try-hard.” He's brave and smart, but can be insufferable when things don't turn out perfectly.”

“Now, you know who you're voting for. Here's the question: Who's dying first?”

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Yep. You've seen them interact twice, and you've heard the positive traits and negative traits about them. Now it's time to vote for which of the Crazy 8s you want to see dead first. Either send your choice through Trouble Cube PM or Discord PM. If you are spectating but do not have a character in-game, you may also vote. Votes will be private until 12:00 PM CST tomorrow, when the top voted individual will be executed, unless there is a tie, to where people will vote on the tied individuals.

Your character is allowed to leave the theater after you vote.

[PopcornPie]

"Oh. You're right. Then I have to spend the night fortifying myself in the cell. On the off chance there's a way for me to get home, I don't want to get murdered!"

[Caret]

"I'M PRETTY SURE JAMIE HAS TRICKS UP HIS SLEEVE TO MAKE SURE THE KILLERS CAN OPERATE UNSEEN. IF EVERYONE WAS WATCHING THE MURDERERS, THAT WOULD TAKE OUT THE SUSPENSE!"

[PopcornPie]

"Wait, we have to choose already?! I don't even know any of those people. Can I just be kept in the theater?" She had a feeling that wouldn't be possible, so she simply rubbed her chin and considered carefully.

[Caret]

Mettaton is caught off guard upon hearing Jamie's announcement.

"HOW WILL THIS FLY BY THE ADVERTISERS? THEY DON'T WANT A HUGELY POPULAR INFLUNCER LIKE ME CONDONING THINGS SUCH AS MURDER. OH WAIT. I ATTEMPTED TO MURDER A YOUNG CHILD ON LIVE TV ONCE, AND NOBODY SEEMED TO CARE! THEY MUST HAVE THOUGHT IT WAS PART OF THE SHOW."

[Kennifer]

"I don't want to vote for anybody to die, especially if they haven't done anything. Maybe get their channels taken down or get demonetized or something if they've been offensive, but not die."

[PointMaid]

...I don't want to kill any of these people. They're probably as much captives as we are and as far as I know they haven't done us any harm!

[PopcornPie]

[COLOR=#BC396C9]"Maybe if we spread our votes out, no one will die. Anyway, I guess this is my cell now."[/COLOR] She just reclined where she sat.

[Despair's Archon of Memes]

... Um...

Kanade's familiar with this setup... several people set up to be killed with the mere votes... For the first time since the Accident... actual lives were put in her hands, ready to be killed at any moment... she was sweating... but, at the spur of a moment, she chose, although reluctantly, closed her eyes, signed her vote in secret... and left without a word.

[PopcornPie]

[COLOR=#BC396C9]"Hey! We're not supposed to leave!..Are we?"[/COLOR]

[Guma]

i only kill peorple of they deserve it. like. if they piss me off really. really hard

or steal my cheetos

[PopcornPie]

"Yeah, that's just it. What'd these people do to deserve dying?" A question clearly more curious than worried.

[PointMaid]

Yeah, exactly

[PopcornPie]

"I'm starting to think Jamie is part of the Horde..." Entrapta said softly.

[Zanreo]

"w-wat!" Hypercam serms pretty shocked about this whole thing. "ur saying we not only will b havign 2 actully KILL kill somone at day after thy kiled one of us earlyer, but also votin out one off thede peple now? wat have they even don? wat hapen 2 jsut votin em out and thye stil can stay around da place, lik in kfad?"