- Pronouns
- They/Them
Um, what? That's... problematic. I mean, uh.
Future Written In Blood (Death Note)
- Thread starter The Laurent
- Start date
Um, what? That's... problematic. I mean, uh.
- Location
- Somewhere!
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Just my initial thought. It seems like the fastest way to get the FBI on board?
If we choose the target first, it could be a hoax, so that's less credible. We could give them a list or suggest that they choose a prisoner or something, but I think just being up front and letting them pick a name seems like the most effective way in terms of convincing them that we have magical WMDs?
I mean, they might be a little freaked out afterwards, but the whole death god thing was gonna do that regardless.
Pathetic King
"I Speak To The Audient Void."
- Location
- Colorado
You know there is a fan theory that when Light Yagami died, he became a Shinigami. Could it be?
The easiest way is simply the thing we did with the new police chief. It shouldn't be too difficult to get a member of the FBI to come with the police chiefs help, or if necessary we can go to their local office given it shouldn't be too long of a travel.
I'm not to sure about what questions to ask honestly, as the character mentioned he wouldn't ask about his society which is the most interesting part to me. Probably a good question would be the overall powers/things a shinigami could do in case something hasn't been mentioned, is the death note Darius's forever/until he dies or is there some sort of limit, why isn't the information about shinigami's more widely known, are there other avenues/tools/reasons for them to interact with mortals or is the death note an exception. Obvious one would be if he plans to do something if the information about shinigami's becomes more widespread, or in general his plan for after the first death note user is captured or killed.
I'm not too sure what else really needs to be known in the short term. You could try and be cheeky and ask who owns the other death note as a short cut, or his relationship with the shinigami with the first killer.
Pathetic King
"I Speak To The Audient Void."
- Location
- Colorado
How about we offer to test the book out on a death row inmate like what L tried to do.
Evil Plan
Not nearly so nefarious as my name signifies
- Location
- Eastern United States
- Pronouns
- They/Them
Proving to the FBI that we've got something hinky is easy. Convincing them to do the face-to-face meeting, or proving anything interesting and worth proving about a Death Note, is slightly harder.
But proving we've got something hinky is easy.
[X] Get the FBI to send some people, and to have those people give fake names. Tell these people a little bit about the Death Note while Ryuk reads you their names, and then drop their real names.
Since they didn't give you their real birth names but you were able to use them, they know you've got something. Then we can add some other form of proof -- the thing like what we did for the chief, or the kill someone on death row idea, or something.
I can't think of any good questions to ask Ryuk right now. We need to make some, but I'd have to dig back through for a bit.
[Edit]
[X] Do the shinigami's interact or play games with humans in another way?
[X] Can he simply tell us the name of other death note owners?
[/Edit]
[X] Joint team
But proving we've got something hinky is easy.
[X] Get the FBI to send some people, and to have those people give fake names. Tell these people a little bit about the Death Note while Ryuk reads you their names, and then drop their real names.
Since they didn't give you their real birth names but you were able to use them, they know you've got something. Then we can add some other form of proof -- the thing like what we did for the chief, or the kill someone on death row idea, or something.
I can't think of any good questions to ask Ryuk right now. We need to make some, but I'd have to dig back through for a bit.
[Edit]
[X] Do the shinigami's interact or play games with humans in another way?
[X] Can he simply tell us the name of other death note owners?
[/Edit]
Ugh. There needs to be strong co-ordination and information sharing between the two components. I don't trust that to happen fast enough if they're separate. So I guess a joint team, at least for the Mid City case.
[X] Joint team
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Pathetic King
"I Speak To The Audient Void."
- Location
- Colorado
[X] Get the FBI to send some people, and to have those people give fake names. Tell these people a little bit about the Death Note while Ryuk reads you their names, and then drop their real names.
[X] Joint team
[X] Joint team
[X] Get the FBI to send some people, and to have those people give fake names. Tell these people a little bit about the Death Note while Ryuk reads you their names, and then drop their real names.
[X] Joint team
With regards to the difficulty of getting the FBI to send some people, as I previously mentioned it shouldn't be too hard given they have local offices all over the place. If for some strange reason you can't get them to come to you, it should be quite simple and not take too long to go to their office and meet the person leading it and do the explanation there.
[X] What are Ryuk's overall goals?
[X] What powers or abilities do shinigami's possess in general?
[X] What is his relationship with the shinigami with the first killer?
[X] Can he simply tell us the name of other death note owners?
[X] Do they shinigami's interact or play games with humans in another way?
There's some basic questions that should cover anything we missed out, that should be of immiediete relevance. The other questions I'll say are more speculative given The Laurent had the character mention their society; but it still interests me and I don't really have any other questions.
[X] What is the Shinigami society like, and how are humans involved?
[X] Are there other beings, besides humans and shinigami?
[X] Joint team
With regards to the difficulty of getting the FBI to send some people, as I previously mentioned it shouldn't be too hard given they have local offices all over the place. If for some strange reason you can't get them to come to you, it should be quite simple and not take too long to go to their office and meet the person leading it and do the explanation there.
[X] What are Ryuk's overall goals?
[X] What powers or abilities do shinigami's possess in general?
[X] What is his relationship with the shinigami with the first killer?
[X] Can he simply tell us the name of other death note owners?
[X] Do they shinigami's interact or play games with humans in another way?
There's some basic questions that should cover anything we missed out, that should be of immiediete relevance. The other questions I'll say are more speculative given The Laurent had the character mention their society; but it still interests me and I don't really have any other questions.
[X] What is the Shinigami society like, and how are humans involved?
[X] Are there other beings, besides humans and shinigami?
Assembler
Rocking the life
If we do go with this path, it would be best to use someone on death row like L did in Death Note when setting up decoys. The law would have already condemned the person to death, we'd just be the appointed executioner.
Evil Plan
Not nearly so nefarious as my name signifies
- Location
- Eastern United States
- Pronouns
- They/Them
This is important and I'm going to go add it.
I recall thinking that we should find out more about the "game", but I don't recall if anything ever came of that.
Are you aware we were asked for 5-7 questions?
Evil Plan
Not nearly so nefarious as my name signifies
- Location
- Eastern United States
- Pronouns
- They/Them
Yes, but I haven't thought of a good way to ask anything I'd be interested in. Largely because I haven't been thinking super-hard about this, but still.
[X] Get the FBI to send some people, and to have those people give fake names. Tell these people a little bit about the Death Note while Ryuk reads you their names, and then drop their real names.
[X] Joint team
[X] What are Ryuk's overall goals?
[X] What powers or abilities do shinigami's possess in general?
[X] What is his relationship with the shinigami with the first killer?
[X] Can he simply tell us the name of other death note owners?
[X] Do they shinigami's interact or play games with humans in another way?
[X] What is the Shinigami society like, and how are humans involved?
[X] Are there other beings, besides humans and shinigami?
[X] Joint team
[X] What are Ryuk's overall goals?
[X] What powers or abilities do shinigami's possess in general?
[X] What is his relationship with the shinigami with the first killer?
[X] Can he simply tell us the name of other death note owners?
[X] Do they shinigami's interact or play games with humans in another way?
[X] What is the Shinigami society like, and how are humans involved?
[X] Are there other beings, besides humans and shinigami?
Pathetic King
"I Speak To The Audient Void."
- Location
- Colorado
[X] What are Ryuk's overall goals?
[X] What powers or abilities do shinigami's possess in general?
[X] What is his relationship with the shinigami with the first killer?
[X] Can he simply tell us the name of other death note owners?
[X] Do they shinigami's interact or play games with humans in another way?
[X] What is the Shinigami society like, and how are humans involved?
[X] Are there other beings, besides humans and shinigami?
[X] What powers or abilities do shinigami's possess in general?
[X] What is his relationship with the shinigami with the first killer?
[X] Can he simply tell us the name of other death note owners?
[X] Do they shinigami's interact or play games with humans in another way?
[X] What is the Shinigami society like, and how are humans involved?
[X] Are there other beings, besides humans and shinigami?
- Pronouns
- They/Them
REmember, vote closes tomorrow afternoon!
Evil Plan
Not nearly so nefarious as my name signifies
- Location
- Eastern United States
- Pronouns
- They/Them
Laurent, two things.
First, all threadmarks after episode 11 have been posted as sub-threadmarks of episode 11. I don't believe that was your intent, so it was probably accidental.
Second, the informational post (specifically the timeline, if I recall correctly) hasn't been updated for a while. *Shrug* At this point if you do update it, should you use spoiler tags?
I had two other quotes here, but I don't remember why. Ugh.
First, all threadmarks after episode 11 have been posted as sub-threadmarks of episode 11. I don't believe that was your intent, so it was probably accidental.
Second, the informational post (specifically the timeline, if I recall correctly) hasn't been updated for a while. *Shrug* At this point if you do update it, should you use spoiler tags?
I think the first time I read this, I thought Alex was asking about how many deaths. Now I think he's asking about how many Death Notes.
I had two other quotes here, but I don't remember why. Ugh.
- Pronouns
- They/Them
Fixed the threadmarks, at least!
[X] Get the FBI to send some people, and to have those people give fake names. Tell these people a little bit about the Death Note while Ryuk reads you their names, and then drop their real names.
[X] Joint team
[X] What are Ryuk's overall goals?
[X] What powers or abilities do shinigami's possess in general?
[X] What is his relationship with the shinigami with the first killer?
[X] Can he simply tell us the name of other death note owners?
[X] Do they shinigami's interact or play games with humans in another way?
[X] What is the Shinigami society like, and how are humans involved?
[X] Are there other beings, besides humans and shinigami?
Somewhat of the opinion that the Death's Row Inmate plan would work, but no harm trying a more subtle approach first.
We can revert to that if the FBI doesn't believe.
[X] Joint team
[X] What are Ryuk's overall goals?
[X] What powers or abilities do shinigami's possess in general?
[X] What is his relationship with the shinigami with the first killer?
[X] Can he simply tell us the name of other death note owners?
[X] Do they shinigami's interact or play games with humans in another way?
[X] What is the Shinigami society like, and how are humans involved?
[X] Are there other beings, besides humans and shinigami?
Somewhat of the opinion that the Death's Row Inmate plan would work, but no harm trying a more subtle approach first.
We can revert to that if the FBI doesn't believe.
- Pronouns
- They/Them
Vote closed. What won?
- Location
- Somewhere!
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Inserted tally
The questions are confusing, but Get the FBI to send some people seems like it's winning for that, and Joint team.
(Also hey, it ignores question marks for votes? Or something. It's counted Veekie even though he left it off.)
The questions are confusing, but Get the FBI to send some people seems like it's winning for that, and Joint team.
(Also hey, it ignores question marks for votes? Or something. It's counted Veekie even though he left it off.)
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Episode 13-C
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- They/Them
Episode 13-C
The room was dark, and there was going to be a single man meeting them there. Ryuk stood, hanging back, wings stretched out, watching everyone. They were tense, because of course they were.
Alex was dressed as professional as they could be, but they knew that this would be a difficult meeting, to say the least. If they proved this, then they'd have to deal with a team not under their control, or under the control of any of the police, at least in part. But it was necessary, and Alex had told themselves this again and again.
It was almost New Years, and they should be drinking in preparation for New Years' Drinking. It was like the pre-game tailgating, really, though Alex knew little enough about sports in general. But there was that feeling that they were missing out on this, but also that they needed to hurry.
The deaths had started up again. This time it was targeting advocates, people whose ideas and causes were beyond the pale. Neo-Nazis, leaders of each of the Klans, anyone who could be targeted without seeming, Alex guessed, too openly political.
Or at least, the wrong kind of political. The first killer wasn't ending the lives of politicians that voted against Gay Marriage or any number of other political stances that the killer, Rachel, and Patricia all seemed to share. Instead, it seemed like the killer, whoever they were, understood that attacking an elected politician was a mistake.
In fact, it was a mistake that they would pay for, either way, because while the first killer hadn't done it, who would be able to help but blame it on them? Nobody would guess the existence of a second killer unless the news came out, and in the meantime, more and more resources would be put forward because of this. The FBI had to bite if it was said that some police department in the mid-west had an idea of what had caused all of this.
So here they were, all five of them, in a dark room, ready to meet a single person. A person who possessed a fake ID, and whose real name Ryuk would hopefully reveal, at least once a bribe was offered.
"So, Ryuk, what do you want? What are your goals?" James asked, another question they'd been saving for the wait.
"Welll, I'm mostly bored, and I want someone to entertain me. That kid was alright, and he had a fun thing going with the days of Christmas thing." Ryuk scratched his face, looking oddly innocent, or at least a little childish, "so I'm going to follow you around, see if you do anything interesting with the book. Or use it to find the first killer. That'd be neat. Whoever has the most fun wins."
"I don't suppose you could simply tell us the name of the other owner of a death note?" Oliver asked, hopefully.
"Nah, that's no fun at all. And 'sides, you've kept Darius away from your little games, haven't you?"
"Well, it was worth asking," Oliver said. "Do you have any special powers?"
Ryuk nodded, and then he twisted his body around, doing a weird sort of handstand, but then wrapping his body around and around. "When we don't get apples, we get like this."
It looked grotesque, and made Alex's stomach churn a little, the way that bones clearly weren't working the way bones were. If a Shinigami even had bones.
"Anything else?" Ignatius asked.
"Oh, and I can fly."
Darius rolled his eyes.
"So, this game. Is it common? Is the first shinigami the one behind it?"
"Yeah, and most of the Shinigami? They're boring and they're bored. They do nothing more than lay around all day in a decaying nothing, gambling and complaining. And if I even bother to do something a little fun or write too many names in my book, they make jokes about trying too hard." Ryuk said it with a slight annoyance, "It was so boring. But he wants to change that. He gives a bunch of speeches on things that I can't understand, like apparently some of us are so lazy we forget to write a name and die. It happens, actually. You write one and you stop paying attention and just choose whoever you see first, and then you forget."
Ryuk shrugged, "And you can't even write another Shinigami's name down in the notebook, which is no fun at all. So it's lonely and annoying, and we spend all of our time just fucking around."
"Are there any other beings out there?"
"No. Nothing besides us, and you humans," Ryuk said, "and humans are the more interesting ones. So we dropped some notebooks to see what happens." Ryuk gave a shrug, hovering a little bit in the air as he did.
He didn't regret any of this. Alex stared at them. It wasn't even that he'd analyzed things and decided that ultimately it was for the best. He wasn't a deluded murderer. No, he enjoyed this, enjoyed watching this. That's what those eyes said: that if a million people died that'd be even more of a hoot. That he was answering questions because it amused him, and he'd stop answering questions, or at least he'd hem and haw a lot more, if it wasn't for the fact that the more Alex and the other knew, the more fun they might provide.
Yet other questions seemed to beckon, different and branching ones, given time. The right questions could provide the right answers, that much was for sure. "How many of you are there?"
"There used to be one-hundred and nine, but…"
There was a knock on the door, and the lights went on as a man stepped in. He had tanned skin, and brown hair, and a soft beard that looked as if it had been carefully tamed. He looked around, and then his eyes rested on Darius as he stepped forward.
he was wearing a suit, and from it he pulled out a badge. "Morgan Freeman, FBI."
"Nah," Darius said, "not that charming. Ryuk, would you tell me his name for an apple?"
"Hmmmmmmm. How about two?" Ryuk asked.
"Sure, two it is."
'Morgan' looked over at Alex for a moment as they stepped forward. It was the blonde wig, wasn't it? Alex smiled winningly.
"Jesus Smiley," Ryuk said.
Alex could barely hold back a chuckle, though they knew that one didn't choose one's name.
"Jesus Smiley," Alex said, stepping forward, holding out their hand, "you may call me Alex. You may also touch the book."
Darius brought it out, holding it carefully. Smiley reached out, touched the book, and then frowned up at Ryuk.
"What in God's name are you?"
"God?" Ryuk asked, seeming confused, though likely on purpose. "I suppose that's true…"
"He is a Shinigami. And if you want to know why a member of the United States Congress is dead, then it's all in that little book," Alex said, quietly. "And if we want to stop a human with a book that can murder people, we need your help. And your team needs ours."
"Well. I'm going to have to run this up the ladder, but…"
James stepped forward, holding out a hand, "Welcome to the team anyways."
Smiley was not smiling much, "And here I thought it was a joke."
"If it is, nobody is laughing," Ignatius said.
And Ryuk, a master of timing as he was, deciding to take that moment to start laughing uncontrollably.
*******
What to do to prepare for the team-up? (Choose 2)
[] Get the papers in order, make sure that everything is ready and waiting and prepared for the new team.
[] Begin gathering/putting together a case for why Patricia or Rachel are the most likely suspects.
[] Maybe now's the time to push to see if you can get legal permission to listen in on their phone conversations?
[] Follow them around some more, and begin marking locations… the FBI does have more than a little pull.
[] Use Damien to get closer to them.
[] Use Darius as a sort of threat against them.
[] Try to use their family…
[] Write-in.
*******
A/N: And thus ends another episode.
The room was dark, and there was going to be a single man meeting them there. Ryuk stood, hanging back, wings stretched out, watching everyone. They were tense, because of course they were.
Alex was dressed as professional as they could be, but they knew that this would be a difficult meeting, to say the least. If they proved this, then they'd have to deal with a team not under their control, or under the control of any of the police, at least in part. But it was necessary, and Alex had told themselves this again and again.
It was almost New Years, and they should be drinking in preparation for New Years' Drinking. It was like the pre-game tailgating, really, though Alex knew little enough about sports in general. But there was that feeling that they were missing out on this, but also that they needed to hurry.
The deaths had started up again. This time it was targeting advocates, people whose ideas and causes were beyond the pale. Neo-Nazis, leaders of each of the Klans, anyone who could be targeted without seeming, Alex guessed, too openly political.
Or at least, the wrong kind of political. The first killer wasn't ending the lives of politicians that voted against Gay Marriage or any number of other political stances that the killer, Rachel, and Patricia all seemed to share. Instead, it seemed like the killer, whoever they were, understood that attacking an elected politician was a mistake.
In fact, it was a mistake that they would pay for, either way, because while the first killer hadn't done it, who would be able to help but blame it on them? Nobody would guess the existence of a second killer unless the news came out, and in the meantime, more and more resources would be put forward because of this. The FBI had to bite if it was said that some police department in the mid-west had an idea of what had caused all of this.
So here they were, all five of them, in a dark room, ready to meet a single person. A person who possessed a fake ID, and whose real name Ryuk would hopefully reveal, at least once a bribe was offered.
"So, Ryuk, what do you want? What are your goals?" James asked, another question they'd been saving for the wait.
"Welll, I'm mostly bored, and I want someone to entertain me. That kid was alright, and he had a fun thing going with the days of Christmas thing." Ryuk scratched his face, looking oddly innocent, or at least a little childish, "so I'm going to follow you around, see if you do anything interesting with the book. Or use it to find the first killer. That'd be neat. Whoever has the most fun wins."
"I don't suppose you could simply tell us the name of the other owner of a death note?" Oliver asked, hopefully.
"Nah, that's no fun at all. And 'sides, you've kept Darius away from your little games, haven't you?"
"Well, it was worth asking," Oliver said. "Do you have any special powers?"
Ryuk nodded, and then he twisted his body around, doing a weird sort of handstand, but then wrapping his body around and around. "When we don't get apples, we get like this."
It looked grotesque, and made Alex's stomach churn a little, the way that bones clearly weren't working the way bones were. If a Shinigami even had bones.
"Anything else?" Ignatius asked.
"Oh, and I can fly."
Darius rolled his eyes.
"So, this game. Is it common? Is the first shinigami the one behind it?"
"Yeah, and most of the Shinigami? They're boring and they're bored. They do nothing more than lay around all day in a decaying nothing, gambling and complaining. And if I even bother to do something a little fun or write too many names in my book, they make jokes about trying too hard." Ryuk said it with a slight annoyance, "It was so boring. But he wants to change that. He gives a bunch of speeches on things that I can't understand, like apparently some of us are so lazy we forget to write a name and die. It happens, actually. You write one and you stop paying attention and just choose whoever you see first, and then you forget."
Ryuk shrugged, "And you can't even write another Shinigami's name down in the notebook, which is no fun at all. So it's lonely and annoying, and we spend all of our time just fucking around."
"Are there any other beings out there?"
"No. Nothing besides us, and you humans," Ryuk said, "and humans are the more interesting ones. So we dropped some notebooks to see what happens." Ryuk gave a shrug, hovering a little bit in the air as he did.
He didn't regret any of this. Alex stared at them. It wasn't even that he'd analyzed things and decided that ultimately it was for the best. He wasn't a deluded murderer. No, he enjoyed this, enjoyed watching this. That's what those eyes said: that if a million people died that'd be even more of a hoot. That he was answering questions because it amused him, and he'd stop answering questions, or at least he'd hem and haw a lot more, if it wasn't for the fact that the more Alex and the other knew, the more fun they might provide.
Yet other questions seemed to beckon, different and branching ones, given time. The right questions could provide the right answers, that much was for sure. "How many of you are there?"
"There used to be one-hundred and nine, but…"
There was a knock on the door, and the lights went on as a man stepped in. He had tanned skin, and brown hair, and a soft beard that looked as if it had been carefully tamed. He looked around, and then his eyes rested on Darius as he stepped forward.
he was wearing a suit, and from it he pulled out a badge. "Morgan Freeman, FBI."
"Nah," Darius said, "not that charming. Ryuk, would you tell me his name for an apple?"
"Hmmmmmmm. How about two?" Ryuk asked.
"Sure, two it is."
'Morgan' looked over at Alex for a moment as they stepped forward. It was the blonde wig, wasn't it? Alex smiled winningly.
"Jesus Smiley," Ryuk said.
Alex could barely hold back a chuckle, though they knew that one didn't choose one's name.
"Jesus Smiley," Alex said, stepping forward, holding out their hand, "you may call me Alex. You may also touch the book."
Darius brought it out, holding it carefully. Smiley reached out, touched the book, and then frowned up at Ryuk.
"What in God's name are you?"
"God?" Ryuk asked, seeming confused, though likely on purpose. "I suppose that's true…"
"He is a Shinigami. And if you want to know why a member of the United States Congress is dead, then it's all in that little book," Alex said, quietly. "And if we want to stop a human with a book that can murder people, we need your help. And your team needs ours."
"Well. I'm going to have to run this up the ladder, but…"
James stepped forward, holding out a hand, "Welcome to the team anyways."
Smiley was not smiling much, "And here I thought it was a joke."
"If it is, nobody is laughing," Ignatius said.
And Ryuk, a master of timing as he was, deciding to take that moment to start laughing uncontrollably.
*******
What to do to prepare for the team-up? (Choose 2)
[] Get the papers in order, make sure that everything is ready and waiting and prepared for the new team.
[] Begin gathering/putting together a case for why Patricia or Rachel are the most likely suspects.
[] Maybe now's the time to push to see if you can get legal permission to listen in on their phone conversations?
[] Follow them around some more, and begin marking locations… the FBI does have more than a little pull.
[] Use Damien to get closer to them.
[] Use Darius as a sort of threat against them.
[] Try to use their family…
[] Write-in.
*******
A/N: And thus ends another episode.
- Location
- Somewhere!
- Pronouns
- She/Her
[X] Begin gathering/putting together a case for why Patricia or Rachel are the most likely suspects.
[X] Use Damien to get closer to them.
[X] Use Damien to get closer to them.
NeverDies
Classy Coleoptera ಠ_ರೃ
- Location
- Colorado
I wonder if Ryuk would be interested in appearing before a space tycoon, convincing then to build a generation ship, and then road-tripping to Alpha Centauri.
It'd certainly be more interesting than anything else he'd ever experienced.
Maybe he'd even get to meet aliens.
Either way, we could potentially convince him to abandon the game and give us the other Death Note users name.
It'd certainly be more interesting than anything else he'd ever experienced.
Maybe he'd even get to meet aliens.
Either way, we could potentially convince him to abandon the game and give us the other Death Note users name.
Pathetic King
"I Speak To The Audient Void."
- Location
- Colorado
[X] Begin gathering/putting together a case for why Patricia or Rachel are the most likely suspects.
[X] Get the papers in order, make sure that everything is ready and waiting and prepared for the new team.
These choices seem the most practical.
[X] Get the papers in order, make sure that everything is ready and waiting and prepared for the new team.
These choices seem the most practical.