Ep. 1.1: These People Seem So Stupid

Episode description: *The lovely contestants in Ziglet's Zany Murder Mania are interviewed and welcomed to the Island of Murder.*

## These People Seem So Stupid

### Content Warnings

eye horror, mention of murder, mention of death, physical fighting, explosions

## Synopsis

The episode opens with all the contestants gathered on a dark stage. King Jimmy Ximglet Ziglet welcomes them to the show and conducts a brief interview of each contestant, asking for their name, pronouns, where they're from, and why they think they'll win Ziglet's Zany Murder Mania. After concluding introductions, Jimmy snaps his fingers, and all ten contestants are instantly transported to the Island of Murder.

Jimmy, who is now a hologram, skims over some basic rules and tells the contestants that they can summon him instantly by simply saying "Hey, Jimmy"-- or in Toh's case, "Hey, Daddy". The rest of the day will consist of a series of activities, and at the end of the day they will be asked to choose roommates.

### Who's Most Likely

Jimmy explains the first activity as follows:

> *"A handful of you all will be chosen to partake in an activity, and the rest of the gang will vote on who they think is most likely to fail. Whoever completes the activity best will get two points, the second place will get one point, and after the activity is over, the audience-predicted loser will be revealed. If the Predicted Loser didn’t lose, their points are doubled. But if the Predicted Loser indeed lost, they’ll get a point subtracted."*
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Bass, Toh, Nil, and Bloke are asked to solve a riddle. The remaining contestants are tasked to determine who will solve the riddle last. Bass is hindered in this regard by his apparent inability to read, and loses the challenge in accordance with the predictions set forth by the other contestants.

Rubgy, Dickie, and Leggy are tasked with performing in a mini talent show, while the others are instructed to vote on who they think will give the "shittiest performance". Leggy does a knife-throwing routine, Rubgy attempts to do a glassblowing performance that results in some property damage and no actual blown glass, and Dickie performs a song from the hit musical *Lard*. There is a tie between Dickie and Leggy, who are then awarded 3 and 1.5 points, respectively.

Cal, Iso, and Kamir are pitted against each other in a fight. The other seven must vote on who they think will be the first to be knocked unconscious. Kamir is the first to go, but nobody had predicted this turn of events, so the fight continues. Iso beats the ever-loving shit out of the pathetic little business boy with her mace, and the activity concludes. Cal and Kamir are revived so that they can break for lunch.

### Lunch and Second Activity

Lunch occurs in the cafeteria. The contestants are assigned to sit in pairs: Nil and Leggy, Iso and Toh, Bass and Bloke, Cal and Dickie, and Rubgy and Kamir. They converse during the meal. After lunch ends, Jimmy appears to introduce the next activity:

> "Now, hopefully, you really got to know your partner in that last activity, so now your challenge is to do a short impression of the person you’ve just gotten to know! They will then rate your impression privately to me from 1-10 -- whenever we rate, 1 is the lowest and 10 is the highest."
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Bass, Toh, Iso, and Kamir each receive 3 points; Cal and Leggy each get 1; and Bloke, Nil, Dickie, and Rubgy do not receive any points. Jimmy announces that there is one more activity before they choose roommates and receive target assignments.