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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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[ Rhetorical or not, she thinks on the question. Then again, it's something she's been thinking about a lot lately. Hard not to here, really. ]

Well... I can only speak for myself, obviously, but it helps to have someone to talk to. To feel like you can rely on. And when something happens to them, or because of them...

It's hard to reconcile that. And you start to think if others are capable of doing the same thing, with the right motive. It's easier to stop thinking those things when you're with someone you care about, but-- at night, when you just can't sleep, your mind starts to wander.

[He nods and hums in agreement, taking another sip of tea. Now that it's cooled some, it's easier to drink. Comforting in and of itself.]

That is how it usually goes, isn't it. Thoughts like that can only catch you when you're trying to sleep, right?

[He lifts one shoulder in a shrug.]

It's why I drag them out into the light of day. That way, they don't have anywhere to hide.

[That doesn't mean Yuri sleeps easily - life in Abyss and in his line of work require one to wake at a moment's notice. But at least he can sleep, somewhat.]

Wouldn't advise it for everybody, but, that's just one way of...coping, I guess?

During the light of day, huh?

[ She lets out a quiet laugh--more tired than anything. ]

If only we could see the light of day here. Before long, I might actually get used to this.

[ She lets out a breath, then looks to Yuri. Her smile isn't quite as easy as usual, and it's certainly small, but it's genuine. ]

I guess that's why I'm grateful there are people here I can count on to brighten this place up.

[It's a metaphorical light, but when you're used to the darkness, it gets easier to imagine it instead of counting on seeing it again. Maybe that's why Yuri has adapted like he has.]

Well, don't go getting used to it yet. Not everyone should have to. [And not someone like Mira.] There's still time to step out into the sunrise.

... That's a pretty optimistic way to look at it.

[ She sounds almost unsure when she says it. The thing is, she means it. She's just not sure if she can believe it. Especially not with as much conviction as Yuri seems to have.

She kind of admires that. ]

But... I'll keep it in mind. It's just... sometimes really hard to believe that.

It's less optimism, and more fact. A fact I intend to make true.

[Why's he sharing this? Perhaps the presence of comforting familiarity, in both tea and Mira, is getting to him.]

For as many of us as I can.

Mm.

[ That's all he gets, for a few moments, and she at least has the excuse of tea to buy her a while as she thinks. ]

You're a pretty determined guy, Yuri. [ She's staring at her cup for some time, but she looks at him as she says-- ] It's something I definitely admire here, especially in a place like this.

Yeah?

[He turns to meet her gaze, and

It causes him to pause, for a moment, as he really takes in the look in her eyes. That sort of thoughtful look.]

...Well. I'd rather be determined, all things considered.

[ All things considered, it feels... wrong, to be so at ease at all. But Yuri kind of has that effect--on her, at least. Maybe some people would say she's a touch too trusting, but she just can't help it. ]

You have a point. [ She gives a quiet little hum. ] Even with how bad things can get, and how easy it would be... I don't really want to give up.

If I did, everyone else-- they'd be gone for nothing. So I have to keep pressing on, you know?

[He gives her a firm nod.]

I know.

[...Is one of Mira's hands free, or is she holding her tea with both?]

Mm. I thought as much.

[ Her voice is soft--just a recognition of his acknowledgment.

And she's definitely got a hand free. ]

[Can he just

gently reach over to put his hand over hers]

[ He sure can!

And while she definitely looks surprised, it melts and softens into something quietly affectionate. She even turns her hand over, to take his. ]

... I'm glad you're here, you know.

[Oh that's for sure a blush on his face, too, even if it's a light one.]

Yeah? You're sure about that?

[ Oh...

That's actually pretty cute. Despite how the whole day had gone, she manages a little smile. ]

Very sure about that. I'm a terrible liar, so I wouldn't say anything I didn't absolutely mean.

Well, aren't I a lucky fellow.

[ Now she's the one to turn a little pink. She glances away for a moment, then back to him. ]

Well... if you think so, it must be true.

we found love in a hopeless place

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