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(ROLE) CULT 5.0
cult.
On Monday at 10 PM, Otome, Luxanna, Dimitri, and Manwol receive an encrypted e-mail.
No one is in the halls as they creep to the abandoned classroom circled on the map. The normally locked door opens, revealing the room inside.
There are no windows and the lights are off, leaving the room cast in near darkness. Only a handful of candles, in what's probably a fire hazard, keep it illuminated; the fog being emitted from a personal fog machine doesn't help with visibility. What was once the teacher's desk has been pushed to the center of the room, with chairs seated around it. For some reason, there are cat decorations everywhere, mixed in with various (garish) occult items and patterns.
As of Week 3, a lamp has been added to the room to give it some light.
There is a cat-shaped bulletin board hanging on the wall, which reads:
As of Week 3, more notes have been added.
d4rkness@Wiwaldi.edu
Come to classroom 1304; see attached map.
No one is in the halls as they creep to the abandoned classroom circled on the map. The normally locked door opens, revealing the room inside.
There are no windows and the lights are off, leaving the room cast in near darkness. Only a handful of candles, in what's probably a fire hazard, keep it illuminated; the fog being emitted from a personal fog machine doesn't help with visibility. What was once the teacher's desk has been pushed to the center of the room, with chairs seated around it. For some reason, there are cat decorations everywhere, mixed in with various (garish) occult items and patterns.
As of Week 3, a lamp has been added to the room to give it some light.
There is a cat-shaped bulletin board hanging on the wall, which reads:
» This world is trying to assimilate all of you, who started this year, into its setting. If it succeeds, you'll remain trapped in this school, your souls drained until you cease to exist.
» Each week, this place will make active efforts on a few select students. Once the weekend hits, they'll all be beyond saving. However, if any one of them is killed before then, they'll all be freed from the link, at least for the remainder of the week.
» Death isn't necessarily permanent. Those who died can potentially be saved. However, no such option exists for the fully assimilated.
» At the start of the week you'll be informed if you may recruit one person to join the cult. Provide a list of 4-8 people you want to recruit and you'll be told which one of them is approved. If you extend an invitation and they accept, they will join the cult the following week.
» Preventing the assimilation aside, even the original cult was meant to be a secret, so it's important that word doesn't spread. If anyone else learns about your involvement in the cult or your task, whether from your mouth or another's, this world may enact consequences. No guarantee on who they might affect, so it's up to you to decide if risking harm upon another is worth it.
As of Week 3, more notes have been added.
A summary of what the others were told previously:
» This world is forced to act according to an internal logic. It isn't always aware of everything going on, and it can't break whatever rules it wishes. This would presumably be why you all arrived here with your minds intact, rather than already assimilated; it's possible that this defence mechanism has manifested in other ways as well, to try and correct things to how they should be.
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[she takes a moment to look at him,]
I can't tell if you really believe what you're saying, or if you're just being made to act out another role.
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Then I won't be able to spy on you and sabotage your devious efforts.
[god chugo!!!!]
Speaking of efforts, I know we can't tell anyone, but what happens if someone outside of this group figures it out? Would they be able to tell others?
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This cult was always meant to be a secret by design, regardless of its purpose. Furthermore, the world likely lashed out upon realizing what we're actually doing. [so multiple causes for last week's punishment, basically.] Going by that rationale, it doesn't matter who the info is coming from, just that it's out there.
[oocly, this means that barring certain circumstances, if someone else somehow confirms your role/the maf lore and shares it, consequences still apply!]
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Manwol frowns. She's exhausted. ALSO STOP CALLING IT A CULT, MANWOL DOESN'T DO CULTS!! THEY MESS WITH HER VIBES]
...What if someone other from this group finds out, but decides not to share it with others? That should be fine, right?
[...]
What stops us from inviting everyone to this group, and then letting them leave after?
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Well, how in this hypothetical scenario is someone finding out in the first place?
[a beat.]
Adora's death wasn't enough of a deterrent?
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I don't want someone else to die like she did. But things can't keep on going like this. Either we just keep on killing, or we're all going to get caught.
[look at your murderers, chad. they're all sad, blonde, depressed, and they have tea time with their victims.]
...Kon has the ability to see someone's memories -- up to a minute. [...] What if I read the billboard for that amount of time, and then let him see that memory? He'll know that I'm part of the group, but I won't reveal anyone else's identities.
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[...]
It doesn't matter what your methods are. If the amount of people who learn what we're up to extends past a certain number [one per week, right now], the world will likely take notice and lash out.
I imagine you'd effectively be repeating what happened last trial, so it's up to you if that's a consequence you're willing to accept.
[(but oocly your mods prefer you don't do this/absolutely run it by us before you try anything like this :pensive:)]
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manwol does not goofy grip chad's hand. she's pensive.]
...Fine. [...well, she thought this might happen.] There are other killers besides us, right? Like the person who killed Sieghart. Are they being influenced by the world?
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Probably. I don't actually know anything for certain about their circumstances, but that's the impression I've been hearing.
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why does this world suck so much.............]
This is exhausting. [she needs like a spa day...
Manwol looks at the fog machine]
-- And is that really necessary? We can still be a cult in a nicely lit room.
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... Again, if you don't want to go through with this, you can pretend it never happened.
[this isn't even him trying to be mean, he just doesn't want her to feel obliged? to participate? everything sucks, man.
but per her request, he goes to turn it off.]
I'd prefer not being a cult at all.
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So would I, but neither of us are going to leave.
[she can't now. she's stressed about their murder habits.]
Can I redecorate the room? It'll alleviate my stress.
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Do as you please with it. Try to leave anything that seems important, but otherwise, you can treat it as your own personal room, if you want.
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Leave it to me. I'll make all of this better.
[she'll add like essential oils... aromatherapy for otome..... flowers for luxanna............. a SAD lamp for Dimitri........ im jk but i will submit a location change]
-- Oh, right. I almost forgot to ask. Is the dorm wars at all related to the murders?
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No. The Dorm Wars are probably just part of the general plot this world was going for, by my guess.
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...So it doesn't matter who wins?
[then WHAT has their COUCH drama been all FOR!!!]
What about our wish? Or that thing where the dorm who wins gets to remake the world or something?
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[ aka please don't tell kon, all of winter gossips so fucking much ]
...I know it is difficult not to explain ourselves. But the others will find the truth on their own, eventually. We are not here to save everyone on our own—have faith in their ability.
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SHE HUFFS]
I'd have more faith if there was more ways than just 'wait for people to come back horribly injured on Thursdays', or interrogate us while we refuse to answer their questions.
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Regardless of how... painful it is to collect information here, people are doing well with what they're given.
I believe they will arrive at the right conclusions so long as we give them time. Besides, we do not have all the answers either.