The Murder Challenge

[PopcornPie]

"I think we should be more concerned about ourselves. If we don't fortify ourselves by tonight, at least one of us is going to be murdered." Finally, some seriousness to Entrapta's tone.

[Cassie]

Gah, Sericle felt pretty stressed out over this situation. And she's been in too many to know that it's too difficult to rebel against the hosts themselves to do anything meaningful.

The Horde? I suppose that sounds awful given from what we've seen so far...

[PopcornPie]

"Mm-hmm. I wonder if I should just..." Her voice trailed. "I mean, on the off chance I'll be possessed...I'd rather harm myself than anyone else..."

[Kennifer]

"And some of them, the worst is... they're perky or lazy or immature or sarcastic or something? How is any of that remotely worth putting someone to death over?"

Michelle frowns.

"Unless this is some weird psychology test to see who's actually willing to vote..."

[PopcornPie]

"Maybe if we leave the right person alived, they'll help us!" Optimism returned to her voice. "I want the jerkass one. If he's anything like Hordak, I'll be safe as long as I'm on his good side. But if this is a psychological test, I, uh...I failed." She blushed.

[Zanreo]

"cmon this gota b a prank vid or something?" Hypercam says, clearly not sounding too sure. "bcus if it is youre takin dos WAY 2 far!"

[Oggy123]

"...."

"Noooo! I was afraid of this! We're in another danger! I don't want to be destroyed!"

"I don't want to die! I don't want to! Noooo!"

"And now we have to vote some of this people to their doo. Oh geez, what did they even do?"

[PopcornPie]

"Hey, if you've been through this before, how did you survive? There must be some trick we can exploit. Or are you robots and able to be rebuilt?"

[PointMaid]

...So, what's going to happen if we refuse to vote?

[PopcornPie]

Well, our captor doesn't seem very sound of mind, so I imagine whoever doesn't vote isn't allowed to leave this room at best, and..." She swallowed. "...killed alongside the person with the most voters at worst..."

[Oggy123]

"Hey, if you've been through this before, how did you survive? There must be some trick we can exploit. Or are you robots and able to be rebuilt?"

"Sadly, i got accused, and they got the leader of that project to destroy me. Of course, my friends rebuilt me, and now i got some new powers! Of course, i'd reckon the Traiots have finished the others off now..."

"I've never been in a situation like this!"

[PopcornPie]

"Oh. Well, so much for the hope that death in this world isn't permanent, unless we can also be rebuilt. Do you suppose our consciousnesses were uploaded into robot clone bodies while we were asleep?"

[Cassie]

...clearly Nintendo was talking about death.

She was familiar with that too. She's been through death herself.

So you've went through death yourself, huh? She says pensively.

...Same.

To the others, this might've been a real shocker.

[Guma]

unfortunately i dont have the DARK chaod emeralds weith me (like the normal chaos emeralds but DARK), so if we die, were not coming back.

onme thing is sure thogh. whoever the killerds are, their not going fown without a fight

[PopcornPie]

"Huh? You too? Am I the only one here who has never died? Fascinating, but scary..." Entrapta shrouded herself in her hair. Death was just something people went through in this world? Casually? Like just entering sleep and waking up somewhere else? Was being murdered just an inconvenience to the others? How long had people been enduring death in this dimension?

[Caret]

Huh, Mettaton thinks. A sizable portion of people here have participated in at least one killing game. Is this just a mere coincidence?

"LISTEN, DARLING. I HONESTY HAVE NO IDEA HOW I CAME BACK TO LIFE AFTER I WAS EXECUTED BY ALIENS! WHOEVER THE HELL MADE KILLING GAMES A HOT TREND MUST HAVE TAKEN EXTRA STEPS TO MAKE SURE ITS CONTESTANTS... COMPETE FOREVER!"

[Oggy123]

"You have died before!?" Nintendo said to Sericle.

"Oh, geez. Some other people had been in these types of things!? And some of them DIED!?" asked SEGA.

[Cassie]

onme thing is sure thogh. whoever the killerds are, their not going fown without a fight

...Look, I'm in the same sentiment, but I've tried in such a manner and suffered...greatly from it. I didn't die, I just...

...she seems to be trailing off, lost in thought. What's exactly did she suffer that she's not throwing it out of her mouth?

[PopcornPie]

Even Mettaton had died before? Confusion and frustration swirled into a thick mixture that flooded Entrapta's head, turning her potato-colored skin a sharp rose. She clenched her eyes and allowed sweat to come in thick drops, brain overheating as she tried to make sense of it all. She couldn't take this for very long, however, and she cried out.

"EVERYONE, SLOW DOWN FOR ME!"

She breathed.

"You've all given me way too much to take in! Killing games are common in this dimension? You have all died before? And you just respawn in a new killing game? No one has ever found a way to get out of this dimension? Why are you acting so surprised if you've seen people be murdered in front of you before? Is this some kind of afterlife?"

[Cassie]

"You've all given me way too much to take in! Killing games are common in this dimension? You have all died before? And you just respawn in a new killing game? No one has ever found a way to get out of this dimension? Why are you acting so surprised if you've seen people be murdered in front of you before? Is this some kind of afterlife?"

I have a life outside of the killing games! I don't "respawn" in a new one, okay!?

...whoa, Sericle kinda snapped there!

[Cassie]

AND THIS IS NOT THE AFTERLIFE!

...did she just pull out a rope

[PopcornPie]

"Okay. Then how often do you end up in a new one? How often do these happen? Is that a murder weapon?!" She lifted a monstrous lock of hair in self defense.

[Guma]

look. were sorry. personally ive never been in any of these "killing gamez" but ive been through....don't want to say worse shit but definitely just as bad. this is a lot to process. i get that.

[Cassie]

"Okay. Then how often do you end up in a new one? How often do these happen? Is that a murder weapon?!" She lifted a monstrous lock of hair in self defense.

...I think it's been every few months or so. I don't know how often these happen though...



...These ropes are meant for self-defense.

[PopcornPie]

"I see...What if I die and don't come back, though? Because I'm not from this world?" She relaxed her hair, wrapping it tightly around herself. "Jamie says not to trust anyone, but I'm even starting to not trust myself with my own life."