Serial Killer Round 39: Return of the Doubles Round (Cycle 12: We Have A Winner!)
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@Nouw: *sneaks into secret society with an excellent fake mustache*
Evening chaps. Isn't it great to be a frequent poster around here? >.>
Evening chaps. Isn't it great to be a frequent poster around here? >.>
This town had one of the highest homicide rates in the world. Which wouldn't be unusual if the crimes atleast seemed to have a purpose - during thefts, or after drunken arguements. But they didn't - they were nearly all done by serial killers or angry mobs seeking said killers. It was perfect, but he would need to be very careful. They could never find out the truth.
*******
It hadn't quite worked out how he'd planned. One of the killers was dead, murdered by an angry mob. That wasn't how it was meant to happen. As he sat on the bench, waiting for nothing in particular, he knew tonight would be the night. Someone else would be murdered. And then someone hit him so hard he thought he'd been shot. As he faded out of consciousness, he stared at the teeth that had ejected themselves from his mouth. Someone really wanted him dead.
*******
"We know it's you. You want to know how?"
Mission failure. He had rolled the dice and lost.
"We're always suspiscious of the new guy, see. You slipped through the net - till last night anyway."
"You don't understand..." he murmered, the blood in his mouth making speech difficult.
"Oh we understand. Phoned the head of police from your old town. Told us all about your wife. Murdered in her sleep, just like the others. Butchered, he said. So certain it was you, but no proof. Then you disappear, turn up here and people start dying again."
He could feel the anger rising from his chest. Nobody understood. She told him it was okay. It didn't matter now.
"So then we come to find you, and you're sitting on that damn bench, waiting for a victim. We knock you out, and look what we find."
A member of the mob stepped forward and threw the contents of his backpack on the floor. The map of the town. The locations where the victims had been killed, marked with neat X's in a red marker. Some rope. His 9mm pistol. But there was one that didn't belong. One that wasn't his.
"Now we killed you, okay? You die, murders stop for awhile, and we can all relax until some other murdering douchebag turns up. Just the way it works."
It was only at this point that he recognised the smell. Gasoline...they were going to set him on fire, like a witch. These people really were from the dark ages.
*******
At the back of the baying mob, a figure stood with a grin spread widely on its face, the type of grin reserved for evil clowns and the insane. Planting that item, the item only the killer could have, had been a masterstroke. The idiot had done the rest to bury himself in evidence. As the flames grew higher, a final shout erupted from the dying figure.
"I needed to know why. Why her? Why..."
*******
It hadn't quite worked out how he'd planned. One of the killers was dead, murdered by an angry mob. That wasn't how it was meant to happen. As he sat on the bench, waiting for nothing in particular, he knew tonight would be the night. Someone else would be murdered. And then someone hit him so hard he thought he'd been shot. As he faded out of consciousness, he stared at the teeth that had ejected themselves from his mouth. Someone really wanted him dead.
*******
"We know it's you. You want to know how?"
Mission failure. He had rolled the dice and lost.
"We're always suspiscious of the new guy, see. You slipped through the net - till last night anyway."
"You don't understand..." he murmered, the blood in his mouth making speech difficult.
"Oh we understand. Phoned the head of police from your old town. Told us all about your wife. Murdered in her sleep, just like the others. Butchered, he said. So certain it was you, but no proof. Then you disappear, turn up here and people start dying again."
He could feel the anger rising from his chest. Nobody understood. She told him it was okay. It didn't matter now.
"So then we come to find you, and you're sitting on that damn bench, waiting for a victim. We knock you out, and look what we find."
A member of the mob stepped forward and threw the contents of his backpack on the floor. The map of the town. The locations where the victims had been killed, marked with neat X's in a red marker. Some rope. His 9mm pistol. But there was one that didn't belong. One that wasn't his.
"Now we killed you, okay? You die, murders stop for awhile, and we can all relax until some other murdering douchebag turns up. Just the way it works."
It was only at this point that he recognised the smell. Gasoline...they were going to set him on fire, like a witch. These people really were from the dark ages.
*******
At the back of the baying mob, a figure stood with a grin spread widely on its face, the type of grin reserved for evil clowns and the insane. Planting that item, the item only the killer could have, had been a masterstroke. The idiot had done the rest to bury himself in evidence. As the flames grew higher, a final shout erupted from the dying figure.
"I needed to know why. Why her? Why..."
Couldn't really think of an RP reason for a double voter, hope this will do.
@VonKlaw: See, that's sort of why I was thinking that we should change the name of the Double Voter to something with a little more thematic weight. If they were called something like The Judge then players would be a bit more clear on how to role play it for their death.
Speaking of, that was a pretty good one. I have to ask though...which one was the item that didn't belong?
Speaking of, that was a pretty good one. I have to ask though...which one was the item that didn't belong?
@[user]Link[/user] That would probably be for the better. I'm guessing law-related, but I'm trying to come up with something...
As long as we don't use what I've been using in Werewolf. "Constable" and "Village Elder" would be a little out of place here.
As long as we don't use what I've been using in Werewolf. "Constable" and "Village Elder" would be a little out of place here.
@Link: Calling it the Judge (or something along that line) would make more sense - then there would be a clear reason why that person has more sway with the mob.
It's the first piece of fiction (beyond the "why do you want this job" on applications) that i've written in months, was rather hoping I'd get murdered instead.
It's the first piece of fiction (beyond the "why do you want this job" on applications) that i've written in months, was rather hoping I'd get murdered instead.
@Names: When I asked Skye about it, since she created the role, she suggested the Gemini.
[HEADING=2]VonKlaw was indeed the next to be executed! Cycle 10 beginneth.[/HEADING]
@CA: Hehe...the astrologic symbol for the twins. Clever.
Still, I don't know if that one really fixes the name issue. I don't know if there is really any more RP ideas or possibilities stemmed from Gemini then there is from Double Voter. They're both just really abstract and without a recognizable real world analogue.
I would debate this more but I'm in schoolwork crunch mode as of now. I just need to survive a couple more weeks and I'm out of school for good finally. :/
@Malyc: Are...are we allowed to execute someone twice?
Still, I don't know if that one really fixes the name issue. I don't know if there is really any more RP ideas or possibilities stemmed from Gemini then there is from Double Voter. They're both just really abstract and without a recognizable real world analogue.
I would debate this more but I'm in schoolwork crunch mode as of now. I just need to survive a couple more weeks and I'm out of school for good finally. :/
@Malyc: Are...are we allowed to execute someone twice?
@Malyc: You are becoming increasingly suspicious. I don't know if we would be able to stop a ghost serial killer. I'm a pretty skilled amateur ghostbuster...but I'm still just an amateur. I don't get paid enough for this shit... >.>
Interesting note. "This shit" wishes it was a palindrome but just couldn't quite pull it off. How disappointing. :/
*falls asleep on keyboard*
Edit: If memory serves, when we reach 3430 posts, this will become the longest thread in SK history. When we reach 3500 posts, this will be the first thread to break 100 pages in SK history.
We've got this in the bag.
*falls back asleep on keyboard*
Interesting note. "This shit" wishes it was a palindrome but just couldn't quite pull it off. How disappointing. :/
*falls asleep on keyboard*
Edit: If memory serves, when we reach 3430 posts, this will become the longest thread in SK history. When we reach 3500 posts, this will be the first thread to break 100 pages in SK history.
We've got this in the bag.
*falls back asleep on keyboard*