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Motree Dancing All Night from The Midnight Channel Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Dancing All Night
#476: Apr 15th 2012 at 7:31:14 PM

"Oh! Glad someone appreciates it! Guess I picked the right guy, then! Ahahahaha! You should go get that Gauze fellow more into it! He's such a fun-killer!"

"Hmm," she seemed to think for a minute, "Well, as for your friend. . . Well, let's just say the powers aren't flawless. This is my first time, y'see. There might be little hiccups or unconscious activation, though I'm not sure if that's an error on the part of the ring or the user. Could be one or the other. So long as their power isn't a grenade or something, they should probably just walk it off or something. Or hide from society for a bit. By the way, if you see Blue, Link, Flip, Ace, or Maus, please commend them on my behalf for a great show yesterday! It's a new record in terms of the amount of time it took for a major fight to break out!"

“DAMMIT WHEN I HEAR 'SPACE CQC' ALL I CAN THINK OF IS BIG BOSS WITH A FISHBOWL ON HIS HEAD, STRANGLING AN ASTRONAUT OUTSIDE THE ISS."
Gilphon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#477: Apr 15th 2012 at 7:42:25 PM

"Hmm, well, I'll pass it on, then. And I'll let the others know, if I get a chance where it won't seem suspicious. As for Gauze…" His smile became a smirk. "The truth is, I was already planning something for him." The smirk became something more… predatory. "You're absolutely right about him. He's no fun at all…"

It then returned to the normal smile. "Heh, I'm Tempted to Ask You for some Extra Info on Him, but I Suppose That Would be Cheating, Wouldn't it?"

Motree Dancing All Night from The Midnight Channel Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Dancing All Night
#478: Apr 15th 2012 at 7:48:58 PM

"Yep, that'd be cheating. And if you cheat, there are punishments involved."

“DAMMIT WHEN I HEAR 'SPACE CQC' ALL I CAN THINK OF IS BIG BOSS WITH A FISHBOWL ON HIS HEAD, STRANGLING AN ASTRONAUT OUTSIDE THE ISS."
Gilphon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#479: Apr 15th 2012 at 7:58:06 PM

"Ahahaha. Shame! Excepted as Much, But It's Still a Shame! Well, I Suppose I'd Better let you get Back to Whatever You Were Doing! Talk to You Later!"

With that, he hung up.

Hmm. So now what? Sheriff had pervented him from getting a chance to talk with Flick alone before. So did the man suspect something, or was it just bad luck? Well, either way, it was probably safer to act under the assumption that Sheriff was on to him.

He found a pencil a piece of paper in his room, and wrote out a short message. Well, if Sheriff didn't want to give him a chance to talk to Flick, he'd go about thing a different way!

SnowyFoxes Drummer Boy from Club Room Since: Oct, 2011 Relationship Status: I know
Drummer Boy
#480: Apr 15th 2012 at 8:01:37 PM

Maus takes the rest of his breakfast with him to the phone booth outside the hotel.

"Hello? Ma'am, do you have a name I can use? Anyway, I was too focused on not getting killed yesterday to worry about this, but are the police going to be after me, or have you made arrangements, this being a murder game and murder being a crime and all? Our little scene probably didn't go unnoticed, and come to think of it, I'm kind of surprised I didn't wake up at the police station."

He speaks quickly and his eyes scan the area, looking for anyone he might remember from yesterday.

The last battle's curtains will open on stage!
Motree Dancing All Night from The Midnight Channel Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Dancing All Night
#481: Apr 15th 2012 at 8:06:48 PM

"Wow! Three times! Am I popular, or what?" She regained her composure, "Don't worry, the police are idiots and too focused on the mafia. Oh, and you can call me Florence, if you like."

“DAMMIT WHEN I HEAR 'SPACE CQC' ALL I CAN THINK OF IS BIG BOSS WITH A FISHBOWL ON HIS HEAD, STRANGLING AN ASTRONAUT OUTSIDE THE ISS."
Aqueos Nova here from Los Angeles Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: Californicating
#482: Apr 15th 2012 at 8:22:16 PM

Gosh he's blunt. Oh well.

Link sits on the bed as opposed to the chair, the mattress for some reason more comforting to him.

"Maybe we can practice some then go out for supplies? Still we need to call that woman, preferably with all of us present."

How is the question there, but I'll let him decide.

"After all we all probably have something to ask right?"

Bet you didn't see that coming
Chubert highly secure from California Since: Jan, 2010
highly secure
#483: Apr 15th 2012 at 8:41:18 PM

The clarity of the way out was becoming...a bit more clear. There were still several unknowns, but nothing yet suggested that the base, core plan was impossible. Just unlikely, and there were ways to work around that.

First, Gauze needed previous winners, if they still lived at all. To start, Gauze made his way to the nearest library, and spent several hours scanning the world's 1925 newspapers, while still keeping an eye out for any collars.

Trends that would catch Gauze's eye, hidden in the side columns, were an increase in property damage (most likely caused by contestant activity), an increase in gang violence (again, contestant activity), inexplicable phenomena, violent, inexplicable spontaneous decapitations occurring simultaneously across multiple locations in the same city (the last day of the game), a decrease in the value of the dollar (unlikely, but given enough contestant spending...), or an increase in missing person reports (obvious). Alone, except for the spontaneous decapitations, none of the trends really meant anything. Together, they couldn't be a coincidence. Gauze wanted to triangulate where the last Game had occurred. He could work from there.

edited 15th Apr '12 8:57:30 PM by Chubert

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chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#484: Apr 15th 2012 at 8:54:03 PM

Blue took a little more time. He shifted his arm toward the side dug the dirt of his fingernails. Since the only source of lighting was the opened window, his skin looked a bit darkened. Then he said. "We should call that girl first then. We wouldn't want to be tripping onto anything potentially lethal to any of us."

He turned toward the door and said somewhat loudly, "How about you, girls?"

Teamwork was important, if they wanted revenge.

edited 15th Apr '12 8:54:35 PM by chihuahua0

SnowyFoxes Drummer Boy from Club Room Since: Oct, 2011 Relationship Status: I know
Drummer Boy
#485: Apr 15th 2012 at 9:02:54 PM

"Florence? That's a pretty name. Well, I suppose that's one less thing to worry about. Thank you."

Maus hangs up and stuffs the last scone in his mouth. He finds a clothing store in the same lower-middle-class area as his hotel and buys two sets of brown overalls and white shirts, some extra socks, a flat brown hat, and a dark brown coat. He changes clothes in his room.

Now looking somewhat respectable and free of blood, Maus returns to the bakery where he bought the scones. The warmth and the smell of bread comforts him. There's something familiar about it. Maybe he worked in a bakery before the game.

But the reason doesn't matter. What's important is that being here helps him think. He keeps one hand on a pile of coins sitting on the table in front of him in case he needs them, and he watches the people passing by, straining to find someone with a collar or ring similar to his.

The other contestants would likely be found in a better area than this. Infinite money, thirty days or less to live—why not enjoy it while they can?

Maus can't see himself walking up a hotel concierge dressed even better than him and asking if anyone with a collar and unconventional name had checked in the night before.

Would anyone go back to the speakeasy?

He almost slaps himself. Why would they do that?

Wait. That means he could hide there. But if someone does go back....

Almost frightened by the new idea, Maus buys another loaf of bread to gnaw on slowly while he thinks, writing and sketching quickly on his notepad.

The last battle's curtains will open on stage!
CrystalGlacia from at least we're not detroit (Living Relic)
#486: Apr 15th 2012 at 9:15:28 PM

Screw it, it looks like Blue and friends are going to be hiding out for a while.

Asimi thought about getting some more comfortable clothes, just because he couldn't wear the same suit every day, and going to the tailor would mean taking his shirt off with the tattoos and all...

He sought out a diner and enjoyed some excellent steak, eggs, fresh coffee, and sexy waitresses, thinking over what the hell could have driven him to tattoo so much of his body, how troublesome it was to hide them from people and what they'd think.

Wait. Who gives a shit what people think? He has thirty days left to live, and as long as he keeps his drinks and practices quiet, the cops are never even going to pay attention to him. Fuck yes.

He tipped his waitress double the bill, then headed back out to purchase clothes.

Just then, he noticed that kid from yesterday, eyeing passerby.

edited 15th Apr '12 9:21:00 PM by CrystalGlacia

"Jack, you have debauched my sloth."
SnowyFoxes Drummer Boy from Club Room Since: Oct, 2011 Relationship Status: I know
Drummer Boy
#487: Apr 15th 2012 at 9:34:05 PM

Maus's eyes widen. He was sure he saw that tattooed man yesterday in the speakeasy before he ran away like an idiot.

He looks down at what he's written so far and decides it's satisfactory, so he quickly memorizes it and runs out to step in front of the man.

"Did you see the fight yesterday? Well, more chase than fight, but whatever you want to call it, did you see?" In an attempt to make himself look serious, Maus ends up with a more sullen expression than any child has any business wearing. "There are four people after me now for no real reason. All right, I shot metal shards at their eyes, but I thought my life was in danger. If you just want to enjoy the last thirty days of your life, I'll leave you alone, but I need help from someone."

The last battle's curtains will open on stage!
CrystalGlacia from at least we're not detroit (Living Relic)
#488: Apr 15th 2012 at 9:45:31 PM

"I actually watched that yesterday; it was an incredibly fun show." He was talking to a kid?! "Wonder what got them so riled up at you."

But... he seemed like a decent kid, at least. Asimi could afford to stay a bit.

"Jack, you have debauched my sloth."
SnowyFoxes Drummer Boy from Club Room Since: Oct, 2011 Relationship Status: I know
Drummer Boy
#489: Apr 15th 2012 at 10:09:55 PM

"My trinket is a mouse. I got a little mouse blood on my clothes when I accidentally squashed it." Maus adopts a dry, pedantic tone. "It didn't seem like a a problem. It was only a little bit. The really skinny boy started screaming about how I was about to kill them. I was so scared, I just flung the shards at their eyes as a distraction and ran. Didn't want to risk talking, in case they weren't willing to listen. But I tried to yell so they'd know it wasn't human blood and I hadn't hurt anyone, just leave me alone... but they acted like I hadn't said anything at all, so maybe running was the right thing to do." Maus sighs. "I understand if you don't want me hanging around you, but if you see them—"

He tears out a piece of paper from his notebook. "I wrote this for them. I don't think they'll believe me, but at least that tells me what kind of people they are." Maus scowls with un-childlike ferocity. "And the world would be a better place without people like that."

He holds out another piece of paper to Asimi. "I know two of their powers. Well, I don't know the specifics. I'm just going by what I saw. They sound like bad people. Everyone should know, even if it's just two out of four."

edited 15th Apr '12 10:12:54 PM by SnowyFoxes

The last battle's curtains will open on stage!
CrystalGlacia from at least we're not detroit (Living Relic)
#490: Apr 16th 2012 at 5:00:51 PM

As he listened, Asimi took the slip and skimmed it, then handed it back to Maus without comment. Meh... eh... he didn't care. His plan was just to get ready now in case some asshole attempted to kill him. But then if they saw him talking to this kid, he was almost certainly fucked.

"They're all staying in the same hotel as me."

"Jack, you have debauched my sloth."
SnowyFoxes Drummer Boy from Club Room Since: Oct, 2011 Relationship Status: I know
Drummer Boy
#491: Apr 16th 2012 at 5:15:18 PM

"And what hotel is that?"

Maus tucks the paper inside the notebook cover. Asimi doesn't seem like a person that liked kids.

"If you need to go, can you tell me about some of the other contestants? Anything. And then I'll leave you alone."

The last battle's curtains will open on stage!
CrystalGlacia from at least we're not detroit (Living Relic)
#492: Apr 16th 2012 at 5:44:29 PM

"It's the*

Clydesdale. I've only met three other contestants than those four who tried to kill you yesterday. Sheriff tries to be the good little White Knight, Rock's most likely insane, and Judas... I dunno where to start."

He didn't even know the kid's name-

"Um... I guess your name is Maus, or something?"

"Jack, you have debauched my sloth."
SnowyFoxes Drummer Boy from Club Room Since: Oct, 2011 Relationship Status: I know
Drummer Boy
#493: Apr 16th 2012 at 5:54:28 PM

"Er... yes." Maus crosses his arms. "Well, thank you. I'll be doing a little more practicing, and I'm not sure what I'll be doing after that. But you can attend to your own business now, if you must."

He counts on his fingers. That leaves... four players he doesn't know anything about. It feels like an awful lot for some reason.

"Uhm, what are you calling yourself?"

edited 16th Apr '12 5:54:40 PM by SnowyFoxes

The last battle's curtains will open on stage!
Taco Since: Jan, 2001
#494: Apr 16th 2012 at 5:59:12 PM

"So are your powers back under control?" Sheriff asked, leaning against the wall next to the door to Flick's room. "I'll never really have to, ah, deal with that sort of thing, I think. Hey, speaking of which, you mind swinging a punch at me? I've been trying to put up resistant forces with my powers, I guess we can get some more practice in while Glass gets ready." Sheriff put up his fists in an imitation of a boxer. "Come at me, then."

CrystalGlacia from at least we're not detroit (Living Relic)
#495: Apr 16th 2012 at 5:59:47 PM

"Asimi." He lit a new cigarette and started to head out.

"I'm going to get the fuck out of here before those hoodlums crawl out of the woodwork and try to kill us."

And then he left, disappearing into a clothing shop about a block away.

edited 16th Apr '12 6:00:18 PM by CrystalGlacia

"Jack, you have debauched my sloth."
daltar (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#496: Apr 16th 2012 at 7:54:23 PM

After the five minutes Glass walked out of the room, yawning a bit and with a very slight case of bed hair as he rubbed one of his eyes "Alright... I'm here... What was that which you wanted me for... breakfast?"

neobullseye R.I.P. Stuntel: 1-9-2012 from Here, of course. Since: Jun, 2011
R.I.P. Stuntel: 1-9-2012
#497: Apr 17th 2012 at 2:46:56 AM

"...I think they are," Flick said. He then added a mental note. And I hope they stay under control too... He scratched the back of his neck as an automatic response to Sheriff's somewhat strange request, then shrugged. "Uhm, sure? If you want me to..." He pulled his arm back, but just before he could strike, he heard a sound coming from down the hall. "Hm?" Flick quickly turned his head around to see the source of the sound, letting the arm he had pulled back seconds ago lower in a more natural position, then shook his head when he realized it was just Glass.
Glass then proceeded to ask why they needed him "Huh? Oh yeah, breakfast, that's right.", he said. He then turned to Sheriff. "Heh, I guess your training has to wait for a bit. Shall we?"

edited 17th Apr '12 2:47:26 AM by neobullseye

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Taco Since: Jan, 2001
#498: Apr 17th 2012 at 9:22:20 AM

"Breakfast, exactly!" Sheriff said, somehow fully bright-eyed and bushy-tailed despite yesterday's events. "Should we wait for Rock, too? We don't want him to get jumped while he's all alone."

Gilphon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#499: Apr 17th 2012 at 9:37:32 AM

"No Need to Wait!" said Rock as he walked in the door with impeccable timing. "I'm Here Now!"

"Oh, and Flick- I talked to the Orchestrator for you. She Said Not to Worry too Much; It's Just a Byproduct of The Fact that She Barely Knows What's She Doing!" He laughed. "Apparently it Should get Better Over Time, Though."

He handed Flick a folded piece of paper. "I wrote down the Details of what She said Here, in Case you Were Wondering."

neobullseye R.I.P. Stuntel: 1-9-2012 from Here, of course. Since: Jun, 2011
R.I.P. Stuntel: 1-9-2012
#500: Apr 17th 2012 at 10:05:43 AM

"Great," Flick says, "I get screwed over by the fact that whoever is behind this is a bumbling idiot. Then again, I guess we all got screwed over... Meh, I'm just relieved that it's going to get better over time." At least I hope it will... He takes the paper Rock is holding out to him. "Thanks, I'll give it a read later. ...So, shall we go and get a bite?"

edited 17th Apr '12 10:27:06 AM by neobullseye

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