And the trial has started.

Just another reminder, don't rattle off all the information I gave you via PM unless it's relevant to the investigation. If you do have to say something, make sure it's consistent with what I sent you. Wouldn't want the case to be unsolvable because someone misrepresented observational evidence. Of course, it's also possible that with our large cast of characters I simply overlooked something. But I feel pretty confident about this one.

Anyway, get to throwing around baseless accusations. ESPECIALLY you, banana boy!

Alright, so I have a few people assaulting me Via PM about this, so I'm going to clear this up real quick.

The times I gave you in your notes are not 100% accurate. So if your notes say that your character was somewhere between two different times, they could be a few minutes off. This is to account for the fact that your characters do not have perfect memory, and to make the case more interesting. For instances like this, you may need to rely on other clues to make a chronological order of "by the minute" events. Read your clues carefully...

Tower of Carnage Described in four words:

With the case over, it's time for my announcement.

I think the trial was successful. Thanks to everyone who participated. I do like the alibi-system over the logic-track system I had been using for the last two trials. With everyone's actions right in front of me, it was very easy to clear up questions that were asked during the trial, and made constructing the case faster and easier to fact check. It got to a slow start, but I think I can improve that next time. But I'm glad most of you liked the case. I'm sure the next case will be even better. My only criticisms to the players would be when Ice made up evidence and Faith and Max's attempted to recreate the theory chat convo. Both of these events could have been disastrous. In the future, I would like you to talk to me if you have any questions about your alibis. And while theory chat is fun, dropping a half baked theory into the RP does more harm than good. Overall I was very happy with everyone's contributions to the case. You were able to solve it with minimal help on my part.

Now for the part of the announcement that everyone's been waiting for, the news about new characters.

Once the new chapter starts, I will be restricting everyone to a single character, unless they already have two.

However, I told Addamus, Majora, Famished, and Aime that they could all make a second character. I plan on keeping my word to them. They may make one extra character to be accepted into the RP.

BUT!

It is important that you realize that I am simply unwilling to go back on my word. You may be excited about your new character, but I most certainly am not. Why? There are a few reasons...

-Everyone who killed off their character this chapter did so to bring in a new character. Because they talked about their new character at length, everyone knew exactly who was going to die. I doubt this chapter's deaths surprised very many people.

-In Danganronpa, Death is suppose to be sad. We're seeing a journey end too soon. Characters aren't an old pair of boots you throw away once they wear out. “Out with the old, in with the new” Might be a good concept for walking dead, lost, etc, but it isn't what Danganronpa death is suppose to be about.

-The roleplay is more than half over, and the new characters can only expect to gain as much development as the oldest characters have right now.

-Danganronpa casts start with fewer characters than we presently have, and we're through 3 murders already. If everyone makes a character, the cast for Tower of Carnage will be as large as it's ever been. This is the opposite of what's suppose to happen in a killing game.

Short version:I will allow those I promised a new second character to make one, but only begrudgingly. Do know that my standards are going to be much higher than they were when you first joined. The roleplay is rapidly approaching its final stages, and I really don't need a bunch of surplus characters who have nothing to offer. I strongly encourage you to reconsider making a new character if:

-You have difficulty posting regularly.

-You take long hiatuses.

-You dislike confrontation. Do not expect the first draft of your character to go through.

-You're making this character “because all the cool kids have two.”

-You're getting bored with your current character, and you're doing this to keep things interesting for the next few weeks.

On the other hand, I will allow ANYONE to adopt NPC characters with no fuss. The only exception being Lucy because I've sort of taken a liking to her. But I assure you both Denis and Emily can be molded into interesting characters.

And with that out of the way, let's see what happens next. The chapter isn't quite over yet.

i would like to purchase one denis please

Have a character!

@AimeChambers I think I'd like to see Noah with a more specific talent than something as broad as "researcher." There have been quite a few people with researching talents already. Maybe something that pertains to behavior? You also didn't send me a questionnaire.

@Warpcircuit Here are the adoption papers enjoy your Denis. <3

@MyCatGinger Makise Kurisu is for all intents and purposes accepted, though I would prefer it if her talent was described a bit better. At present I'm not sure if she works on clocks, actually researches time, or both. You may post them in the character tab.

@AimeChambers That's good enough, you may post them in the character tab.

@FamishedPants You may post him in the character tab.

Also, I've decided to put Lucy up for adoption. There will be some special conditions when playing her though, but I've decided I don't need to take direct control of her if someone else is willing.

@Majoras End You can post them in the character tab.

@Warpcircuit Very well, Lucy is yours.



I will write the chapter ending post over the weekend, which for someone in retail like myself is Sunday/Mondayish. I'm also American, so timezones and the like need to be factored into that.

With everyone's new characters in the RP, we have 20 characters total. That doesn't account for any of the NPCs (of which I count Caora among them) That's 24 characters total. From here on out, I'm going to be looking to shrink that number as much as possible. One could say the plans are already laid...

But just because the next chapter is beginning doesn't mean my work is over. Before I even tackle the case, I need to do these important tasks.

-Add the last chapter to the chronicle, so it may be preserved even if this forum falls.

-Update the Character tab, so we may know those lost, loved, and living.

-Restructure the OOC page, so the players may know harmony.

-Create a map of the next floor, for a perilous journey is deserving of guidance.

-Flesh out the NoC, for the spread of carnage need not be a chaotic endeavor.

You guys can actually help with some of this. I need room ideas for the resort and hospital towers, as well as brief descriptions of them. You could make a blueprint of the floor. It doesn't have to be pretty, so long as I can make a map out of it we should be fine.

I also need everyone who has ideas for the NoC to message me. Be it your character being impaled on Alexandria's pike, or an interesting challenge/motivation for the characters.

Lastly, I am still deciding on a blackened and victim for this case. Do know that the case five characters have already been selected, and this will be your last chance to participate in either one of these rolls.



If you are going to come to me and offer to sacrifice your characters to the despair gods, be it victim, blackened, or something else, there are no take backs. I had a victim bail on me for the last case, and two NoC fatalities bail on me. Neither of these instances were fun to deal with, and I almost regret letting them off the hook so easy. So just a word of warning: Once you say yes, they're mine!

Faith, as is typical, misinterpreted everything. The jist is still there though.

@Mateotis I await Daimyon's decision.

@Herringson

Warpy what are you doing xd

So I wrote a little poem-slash-song after being inspired by this piece, similar to what I wrote for Til enda. I'm not sure what it would be called, as it's the exact opposite of a cover—the lyrics are changed, not the instrumentals. Either way, the intended way of reading it is to the rhythm of the original song. I recommend listening to this karaoke version, as it has doots for guidance.



You could also listen to White Room with its actual lyrics (it's a great song!) to get a feeling for how it's sung. As for a general structure, the verses are each made up of 4 lines in a 4-4-4 syllable scheme per line. Between the verses are two-line intermissions, which have a more varied scheme.

Enjoy, everyone!