One Room Death Game OOC/Sign-Up Thread

[MurderWeasel]

Howdy, folks! The check-in is up!

New rules and deadlines:

Revolution! A number of the occupants of the room have decided to attempt to fight back. This disrupts the normal order of things, as Stagehands are dispatched to restore order. This state of affairs may open possibilities, but it may also be dangerous...

[+] OOC

Some characters have decided to fight the power, so until that's resolved one way or the other things will work a little differently. The next phase will be extended to allow the attempt to play out; once it has reached its natural conclusion, the phase will end after one further full week. The one exception is if it feels like enough time has passed for a phase change to be logically necessary, in which case it will happen but the revolution will continue.

Additionally, while the resistance is ongoing characters will not be immediately expelled even should they pass two phases without a medallion; they may be dragged out kicking and screaming depending on what happens, but will be allowed to post normally until such an event occurs, and may be protected from this fate by other characters. However, any such characters will remain marked for expulsion, and if they remain in the room when the revolution concludes, they will be promptly removed as usual, even if they have somehow acquired a medallion.

Any character may participate in the revolution or sit it out as they desire, though they are expected to maintain activity either way. Characters may join in as it goes on if they so desire, and may similarly bow out if that feels right. They can even flip flop back and forth.

Characters participating in the revolution will be at greater risk than normal, however they may also receive opportunities outside the norm. Nobody will be eliminated without a clear OOC warning that it's likely coming unless they change course; there will be no surprise gotchas of that flavor. Characters may, however, face unexpected surprises and hurdles, and may potentially be subject to some GMing at the hands of the powers that be.

The Stagehands will arrive to attempt the extraction in roughly five days (or maybe one or two days later, depending on my focus/availability). Take time to prepare accordingly.

Minimum time until Stagehands arrive:



Additionally, to help with planning/preparation, I'd love to get a quick in/out count for the glorious revolution. This is 100% non-binding; you're free to flow with the vibes as they come. This'll just help me figure out precisely what magnitude of disruption we're gonna see.

[NoLife42069]

Kevin Carter has decided to join the revolution, however because of a character shift he’s waiting to see how things play out before throwing himself head first into it.

[Dr Adjective]

Charlotte's stood up from the table and shoved her whole stack into the middle of the table; she's all in baby.

[Fiori]

Double or nothing, baby.

[Deblod100]

I'm joining the revolution, boys!

[Pippi]

Malachi's fully backing the revolution - participating in it himself? Maybe not so much.

[Dogs231]

Hey, so, stuff's been crazy! Not in a great space to keep up with ORDG stuff. I've cleared it with MW.

[MurderWeasel]

Big ol' important new rule:

Go Out Swinging: The Stagehands are retreating, but for just a moment the chaos seems to be affecting them almost as much as the occupants of the room, and both ends of the righthand corridor lie open. One could potentially chase after them and continue the attack, though the results of this are hard to predict, and wouldn't be known to any who remain in the room...

While Jimmy has successfully been snatched from under the collective noses of the remaining inhabitants of the room, the extraction of the Stagehands has been a little less clean, and a brief window of opportunity is open to capitalize and try to turn the tables.

Any character may charge after the retreating Stagehands, pressing the attack and following them to an unknown destination and destiny. Any character who makes this choice will be considered eliminated from the game, though not by either release or expulsion. This third option will lead to an ambiguous fate—the camera remains in the room, while any who leave charge off to glory or misfortune elsewhere.

To be less nebulous, this is an opportunity for an intentionally uncertain ending. Characters who continue the rebellion are probably in better shape than those who are expelled, but quite possibly worse off than those who are released. Exactly what happens to them will not be fully dealt with at this time, but it could be all sorts of stuff, including:

• Finding at least partial success, and managing to eventually make it outside.
• Getting captured by the Stagehands, and either held captive or inducted into their organization in some capacity.
• Actually dying in the fighting.
• Managing to rescue some or all of the expelled characters.
• Really most other reasonable stuff.

This list isn't me going "Teehee, you don't know what happens!" but rather offering a list of possibilities that you can choose from later. The big catch is, it's not gonna get played out directly—rather, what happens will be a mysterious off-screen event until/unless it's mentioned/alluded to in the second version.

So, yeah, this is an opportunity to go out on (more of) your own terms while building some sequel suspense.

That said, the window here is limited. Characters must act quickly, exiting within the next week (or maybe a day or two more, if I'm slow to update, but no promises). Characters cannot carry Medallions out of the room with them in this way—those will still make the door at the far end of the hall close, so you'll have to drop them in the room.

Once the exit window closes, normal rules resume, IC and OOC. Activity will be monitored more closely, and characters will again be subject to expulsion at the appointed times if left without a Medallion. And if the Stagehands have to pull someone out again, they'll probably come in more organized...