[Fin] The Murder-Free Hotel

[wahoothis]

Ranma just stared at Vivi's cat ears. Do not freak out, do not freak out, do not throw something at the possible cat girl. He's just going to quickly brush past Vivi, acting like she's some kind of poison to avoid.

[SmilyCube112]

Moon, Angle and Calli were walking by when they see all the newcomers, with Moon getting excited about it, saying: "YAY! New people! Hi, I'm Moon, and these are my friends Angel and Calli!"

"'Ey......." Angel says, after taking a quick sip of booze.

"Hi there."

[GoldenCityBird]

Rasel, who, it should be noted, is a muscular tiger, who currently had Jindra, a small, pink-furred creature, perched on his shoulder, notices Ranma and, not wanting anything bad to happen, cautioisly stands back.

Jindra, on the other hand, chooses to jump down from Rasel's shoulder. "More guests? Well, I suppose it can't hurt to say hi."

[Kennifer]

After checking back into her room (and finding her stuff still there probably) and taking a much-needed shower and changing her clothes, Alexis heads back into the lobby, shaking her damp hair off her face.

"Ahhhh, that's MUCH better. Next order of business, I... should probably eat something."

...she'd eaten what, two sandwiches, a couple bags of chips and several cans of soda over the course of almost a week? Yeah, some kind of nutritious meal was definitely in order.

[wingedcatgirl]

"... Boy's not fond of felines, huh?" Vivi remarks, shrugging.

"This many arrivals at once, I assume a murdergame just ended. Any participants feel a need to vent about it?"

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

Then a man with blonde hair, a crazed look in his eyes and big teeth walks up to the newcomers, while carrying a crate full of peanuts with him.

Wow, newcomers. Haven't done much here myself, been in my room for a while, but welcome to the nut house.

[Kennifer]

"Mine was... I mean, I lived and I got a good new friend, so that much was okay. Other than that, though..."

Alexis would hold up her notepads as if to prove something about this, but she'd left them in her room. She then does a double-take at seeing the blond guy.

"Is it just me or does he look like that actor... Gary Busey or something like that? I think I've seen that guy in a couple things, but I don't pay as much attention if it's not, y'know, a musical."

[SmilyCube112]

At that moment, Bakugo walks in, and Calli notices him, recognizing him instantly. Moon and Angel, though, aren't aware of his presence yet as Moon says: "Oh, right, I forgot to mention: Calli's a popular internet celebrity, having amassed over a million subscribers on YouTube!"

"Err, Moon? Add one more newcomer to the list." Calli says, pointing to Bakugo, prompting Moon to do so, with Angel looking his way too. Bakugo's still confused, and says: "What the FUCK is happening right now?!?!"

"Beats me."
"Dinnae keek at me, laddie, a dinnae ken whit's happened tae ye."
"Same here, who knows?"

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

That's because I am Gary Busey, or at least I think so. Let me check my wallet.

He opens up his wallet and checks out his drivers' license.

Yep, I sure am Gary Busey. Here's my ID and all, just to clarify.

He shows off his ID to Alexis.

[Kennifer]

"Well, huh. That's... wait, were you in a murdergame or something? Holy shit."

[wahoothis]

Smart decision Rasel. Ranma really doesn't want his first impression here being to act like a cat and probably attack everyone. "Name's Ranma Saotome. And you're right, we just left a murdergame. Head's up, if you see a girl in a weirdly designed armor, keep an eye on her. She caused me to lick doorknob poison."

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

Yep, I sure was. I was once on an island. Taken there by this plant alien thing. I nearly died over there but I pulled through. What about you?

[Kennifer]

"I've been in two of them... actually the first one I was in was hosted by a plant person too. The name "Sendri" ring a bell? The most recent one was more a university thing. Both of them were pretty messed up, but I mean... they're games where people are supposed to kill one another, I wouldn't expect them to be pleasant."

[wahoothis]

Ranma looked over at the drug addict blond man, arms crossed. "We only lost four people. The first one killed because of cookies. And the other did it so we'd vote for an unpleasant person."

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

Yea, that was the one. Sendri. You've been through that too? Barbaric these games are. I've seen the face of death several times but to be in one of those games.... ugh.

Busey turns his attention to Ranma.

You were there at university with her? Look like a martial artist type, hope you kept everyone safe.

[Kennifer]

"Fortunately, the majority of us were either reluctant to kill or tried to convince us they weren't too chickenshit to kill directly but hid in the office all night and thought poisoning faucets and medicine would make them 'indispensable' or whatever due to having their heavily-armored head way up their own ass."

...okay that's a bit specific there, Alexis...

[wahoothis]

Bit specific to guess his occupation Busey, but Ranma's not going to question it. He is being praised after all. The martial artist grinned and nodded. "Of course I did. Because that's what a martial artist, no, what a man does."

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

Whoa, a man. I can respect someone like that. A guy willing to step up to the plate and look after people, because that's what a true man does. I knew you had that look about you when I first saw you. And someone like you always trains hard to better his skills.

[SmilyCube112]

"I had to deal with a virus of some kind, and Angel was in a murderhouse that ended with the host being injured. What a crybaby."

"I'll say. They're a weak, whiny bastard."

[Kennifer]

"Why are there so many of these games? How many are there? This is crazy..."

[wahoothis]

"Uh. . . Thanks, I guess?" Is. . . Is that what he sounds like whenever he talks about being a man. No, can't be. . . Right? He just feels weird getting complicated by this somewhat creepy old guy. He looked over at the others and shook his head. "Geez. . . How many sickos are there out there running these things?"

[wingedcatgirl]

"Too many," Vivi responds idly, momentarily forgetting that Ranma is at this point probably out of (non-Miqo'te) hearing range.

[Kennifer]

"I'm worried I'm going to keep getting thrown into these games until I die..."

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

Apparently, there have been a bunch of them. One at a carnival, another at a burger joint, a few of them on islands. Whole thing's crazy.

Gary goes to Ranma again.

I knew martial arts is all about speed and stamina. Good way to build that up is have a fat guy in a thong chase you around with a banana. Your body will definitely build up after that and you will run like hell and get faster and faster. Believe me, I know from experience.

[wingedcatgirl]

Vivi smiles sadly at Alexis. "I can't even be sure death would stop them. At least two people have been pulled into a murdergame again even after dying once."