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we found love in a hopeless place

THE MURDERGAME SHIPPING MEME

This is probably too straight to accurately represent murdergame ships but like. We take what the stock image industry gives us.

So, you've been put into a murder mystery game where you're going to have to fight for your life! Every week another body or two, surrounded by strangers- Wait, you knew that? You actually kind of have your bearings? Well fine, here's a different problem - see that person over there? Yeah, that one. Wouldn't it be a really terrible idea if you fell in love with them right now?

This is a meme for that sometimes most fun of bad choices in murdergames: shipping. Leave a toplevel with info that might be in your character's profile (if you like), maybe a murdergame title (optional but encouraged), and any extra info you want to give along with whatever your shipping prefs are, then either pick from the prompts below or wing it and go tag around!

SETTINGS (note: absolutely not an exhaustive list)
1. Shopping Mall - Live your teen movie romance dreams! Sure, someone seems to get mcfucking murdered in the Starbucks every week, but that doesn't mean you can't go on a coffee date, right?
2. School - Live the... other party of your teen movie romance dreams! It's a little hard to be romantic when the only place for a dinner date is the cafeteria, but in fairness you are also constantly overcoming bigger problems than that here.
3. Generic Facility - Looking for romance? Try scenic Sealed-Off Building Full of Rooms! It's themed in some way - science, underwater - but the concept is the same. Surely there's some kind of bar or inexplicable amusement park in here you could use for a romantic evening, right?
4. Spooky Mansion - You know what they say about going on dates to scary movies, right? What if the scary movie was uh. The whole thing. The whole place. Where you live. And die, sometimes.
5. Romance Zone - I mean hey, maybe you're stuck somewhere literally built for both romance and murder! Pleasure and pain. Life and death. Smoochin' and stabbin'.
6. Other - If you can block off an area, you can put a murdergame there. Get creative!

PROMPTS (ship scenarios)
1. Confession (Fun) - Ah, the start of any good murdergame relationship. Maybe you've been dancing around each other for a week or two, maybe over the course of one thread and a lot of screaming your players decided you're gonna kiss. Time to figure out what these feelings mean while you're, you know. Here. Can be combined with some of the other prompts too, if you like.
2. Dating??? - Where do you even go to date in a murdergame? Is it even worth trying to hang onto this kind of normalcy when either of you could die any day now? It's probably fine.
2b. Dating+ - Can be combined with any other prompt, but somehow, some way, one of you is taking the lead in this date and getting a bunch of emotions in... because you're deathflagging. You're deathflagging hard.
3. Afterparty - Hey, that was a rough trial! Whatever it was! But you're both alive, so... better try to comfort each other, huh? Enjoy whatever kind of snacks you guys have available.
4. Confession (Unfun) - Oops, uh. One of you... seems to have confessed to murder. Better get whatever last moments in that you can before voting ends and one of you gets brutally executed!
5. The Couple That Kills Together - Okay, so maybe you did or didn't actually kill someone together. But at least one of you did a murder, and the body hasn't been properly discovered yet, so... time to talk this through? Make bad choices for love?
6. Deadland Romance - Maybe you've just reunited in the land of the dead, or maybe this is where you're trying to get your relationship off the ground. Either way, there's gotta be some weird emotions to "we're dead and trying to make it work."
7. Golden End Reunion - Great news! You beat up the mastermind (or befriended them, I don't know your style) and got all of the dead people back, including the other half of your ship! That's gotta feel good, seeing them again after however many weeks.
8. What now? - The game is over, it's time to go home. But... which home? If you split up, is there going to be a chance to visit each other again? Can you work that kind of long-distance?
9. Smut Option - Look. It's not generally onscreen, but hookups happen. Did you have to kick roommates out? Is this the fabled... you know, variant of option 5? Basically look, if you wanna use this meme for smut I'm not gonna say no, just tag appropriately.
10. Anything else! - Look, one of the fun things about murdergame ships is how many ways they can go in the emotional crucible inherent to them. I can't account for a lot of things ahead of the basics, so plot with your thread partner and have fun with it! Hell, maybe bring a good ol' murdergame polyblob into the mix, I'm not gonna stop you! Go with ur heart, assume other characters, live your truth!

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[ teenage daughter of king charming (xth of his name), really wants to uh. rescue damsels, if you catch the meaning. which her parents dont. approve of. because they want her to be a damsel and get rescued by a prince. ask her about the wildly fucked-up concept of what "a person's destiny" means in her world! uses uh. just some truly spectacular kids show slang. totally hexcellent. f/f only if the above didnt make it clear. ]

[Alfyn's expression softens. Both the question and the beat Gershom takes before speaking, they tug at something in his chest.]

'Course not. It's what keeps us going.

[Never one to be daunted by someone else's physical hesitation, Alfyn slings his arm around those boniest of shoulders and sighs.]

Without the rest of you, and you especially, Gershom... I don't think I could take living like this.

[18+ only but otherwise go ham, he's not an easy fellow to woo but very... intense if you do. Also probably should be down with at least a little murder]

[Is probably early 20s but what are pokemon ages.]

[Every moment spent waiting is worth it to Camilla; she knows that Lunafreya will not allow herself to be seen in any manner less than perfect, though Camilla would argue that Lunafreya is perfect no matter what state she is in. She's beauty and grace...

And that much hits Camilla when Lunafreya opens the door for her, Camilla's smile warm in kind--her heart beating ever faster at the beautiful, bright smile on the other woman's face. Oh she's in deep and she knows it. Camilla's almost tempted to say that Lunafreya doesn't need the brush, she's perfect as is, but--baby steps.]

Oh my, darling, it seems that you read my mind! [Camilla's hand comes to her mouth briefly as she chuckles, politely muffling it before her hand goes back down.] I was indeed going to ask if you would like to join me for some afternoon tea in the garden--I don't suppose I could spirit you away for that, hm?

[There's a part of her that'd love to ask, that'd love to offer to help Lunafreya freshen up--to run her hands through that silken hair, to have an excuse to do so, but--decency. And patience, at that. This isn't one of her siblings, this is a woman she respects and wants nothing more than to treat with the utmost respect.]

[Alfyn is such a kind person, reaching out to him first. Gershom leans a little into his arm, smiling softly.]

It's not something I'd wish on anybody - but especially not someone as wonderful as you.

[Available in pre-CRAU (13), MGRP CRAU (13), WtL CRAU (13-16), or 15S CRAU (15). No smut, obviously.]

[Alternate option: Pokemon date?]

[Fresh out of saving the world, 18-19. For those of you who played with Unknown Seas Nira, this is her still unattached and way more impulsive and worse at comfort. No smut, she's ace.]

[18 and ready to flirt with anyone. Either this is a memloss game and he doesn't remember his canon bf or he's from before they hooked up. Open to smut!]

[Available in pre-CRAU (18) or WCB CRAU (18+around a century of time looping). Tentatively open to smut.]

[Castle Krakenburg has never once been considered a true 'home' by Camilla; in many ways, it's made adjusting to the life of this hideous game all the easier because she doesn't conflate it with any warm feelings of home, nor any sentiment in the slightest. Her 'home' is with the people she loves, and when the knight calls her out of her room to come deal with this week's motivation to kill, Camilla isn't expecting much.

Of course, by the end of it, the sheer fury in Camilla's expression was unmistakable. These cretins, these vile miscreants would threaten her family? Her siblings, those she loves and adores--oh, Camilla didn't say anything, but the severity of her expression spoke all she needed to as she walked away once they were dismissed. She cared little of the other's reactions, simply going down a training area to grab one of it's less-than-useful axes to relieve the spike of anger that was coursing through her.

Camilla has...calmed down a bit, by the time Fang finds her--Camilla doesn't startle when Fang's voice cuts through the silence of Camilla preparing her next swing, but she turns toward the other woman with a tired smile. She didn't wish to give Fang any less; it was certainly hard to say what feelings were digging themselves into her heart when she saw the other woman. She was strong, confident, beautiful, and quite frankly could kick her ass and she'd say thank you.

And in a way, despite their differing stations, Camilla more than easily saw Fang as an equal. But that didn't feel like it was all there was, even if Camilla didn't quite understand it herself.]

Ah, Fang. I am... [There is a pause as Camilla considers what to say, before simply shaking her head.] ...I must admit, quite shaken that these dastards would stoop so low. To attack those we consider precious...were it not for these pesky rules in place, I'd kill them for the slight.

[It's easy to be honest with Fang, really. And she has a feeling that the woman would see right through her if she said otherwise; she's one of the few.]

...What of yourself, Fang? How are you faring?

[Well, Scorpia didn't have to wait long for Surolam to follow her, at least. She smelled blood, and saw that distinctive red body lying on the floor, and the next thing she knew she was being voted out at trial with zero regrets. And now...she wakes up to what looks like endless desert. Getting to her feet, she starts wandering in a random direction, taking slow, careful steps.]

Scorpia? Are you there?

[Nira is young and impulsive, and her heart falls easily for people willing to fight alongside her without coddling her. So is it any surprise that she fell so hard for Cassandra the instant she saw the other woman wielding a sword? Ah, but now...]

So...you have your duty back home, don't you? And I have mine as well...

[...Oh. Hm. Curious, that, but Linhardt does find his expression lighten a touch.]

I do not disagree with such a statement. In truth, I find your companionship quite favorable as well; moreso than most. It is not often that one finds friendly company in a dismal place, is it not?

Oh - oh, thank you very much.

[Biologically speaking, it should be impossible for Gershom to blush, as he has no blood. And yet there's still a pinkish tint to his cheekbones.

oh he's a useless homosexual.]

[Eliza wonders, just the tiniest bit, if Steven had lived, would she still have killed? Maybe he could have talked her down, she thinks, as she walks to her execution. They were...close, after all. They'd shared so many stories, of Gems and Pokemon and her adventures in the Meadous.

She wakes up in a surprisingly comfortable bed, and sits up to see him not far away.]

...oh. Hi Steven.

[As in a date between the Pokemon?]

[Yup! I'm assuming his team is based off his G/S team?]

Me!

[He breathes out a surprised, delighted laugh and pats Gershom's scapula.]

Shucks, I'm nothing special. I'm doing my best, sure, but... well, look. [Alfyn smiles right at him.] You're right here with me, aren't you?

You're special to me!

...I mean, um, erm...

[crap, he just blurted that out.]

[I default to HG/SS, I guess because I'm just so used to imagining Lapras on his team, but I can be flexible there! Suppose it sure would be useful to have an Espeon around with a character so unmotivated to communicate his thoughts and feelings himself.]

[In truth, Linhardt really only wanted to go to this party due to the food and drink that were on offer; such shindigs were usually far too much of an effort to go to, and he wasn't getting nearly as many naps as he needed to. But...he supposed he could make the effort to stay a while. It wasn't because he was starting to like anyone involved. Certainly not.

At any rate, Linhardt is doing his very best to wallflower with the best of 'em, but ah--Cid. He finds himself smiling at the other man; he's found Cid's company preferable to most in this place. He's intelligent, certainly, and most importantly, he's interesting. Kind of like Hubert, in a way, without all of his annoying Hubert-isms.]

Ah, Cid. [Linhardt tips his head towards the rest of the party goers--other wallflowers and the many social butterflies going over and making it all the more lively.] I suppose I cannot say it is bad, at any rate. Perhaps the slightest bit tiring, but if what they say is true, that perhaps a little bit of bonding will prevent another murder...well, I suppose I'm not too opposed to it.

[He's not enjoying himself at all, you're imagining the smile on his face, shush--]

Ah, but what of yourself? Are you finding the festivities to your liking?

[Oh.

Alfyn blinks and--just a bit, hard to see against that well-sunned, healthy Riverlands complexion of his--goes a little pink across the cheeks.]

...Hah, ah. Am I?

[He does not in any way draw his arm back from around Gershom's shoulders. They're very close.]

[Gershom would probably rather die than pull away at this point. It should be impossible for a skeleton to blush, and yet there's a tinge of pink around his cheekbones.]

Well... w-well...

I like you a lot. A whole lot.

[For someone who used to be a poet, he's sure not having any luck with words right now.]

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