The Artist And His Muse

> "*I remember looking up at those clouds, each and every day. And each day they just started looking the exact same, every single one of them. I just remember thinking: There's got to be more than this than the life that i'm living. I just wanted something different."*
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> – Percy Blackwood
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## The Artist And His Muse

### Scenarios

* Murder on the Murder Express
* Discord Murder Party IN SPACE!!!!

### Cast Present

* Kristen
* Split
* Alex
* Uprising
* JoJo
* Juno
* Scott
* Bro
* Darby
* Queen
* Adric
* Kikyo

### Release Date

February 16, 2019

"The Artist and His Muse" is the third episode of the second season of Discord Murder Party and the fifteenth episode overall.

This is the first episode to include the Bodyguard and the Tanner as official roles. It is also the first episode to feature a Tabletop RPG scenario.

## Plot Summary:

### Intro

In the Awakened Lounge, Tommy Gwendolyn had just finished reading the Harry Potter book series to Dr. McGillicutty. McGillicutty found it ridiculous, especially since he was confused as to why the characters didn't use the time turners frequently. After discussing about the subject, Vincent Reid showed up and offered the two of them drinks. When McGillicutty asked Vincent if he had just been drinking for the past two scenarios, to which he responded that he was looking around a little bit but then decided to spend his time at the bar to have a celebration. Tommy asked what exactly was Vincent celebrating, to which he responded that he was celebrating fixing Tommy. After overcoming his drunken state, Vincent asked the others what he missed. They told him about the two previous scenarios and how one of the souls was repeating faces, thinking that he was going back to previous scenarios. Vincent concluded that since Murder God recycled the werecorgi scenario, that might have been what caused that soul to repeat faces. Vincent proposed that they point out anything slightly related to old scenarios in the next game to make the others remember, to which the others agreed when he explained the method in more detail. When Tommy mentioned that they should remind this to Grace Garden, Vincent asked where she was. McGillicutty and Tommy then told him about how she punched Murder God in the face, much to Vincent's amusement. Afterwards Murder God showed up to inform the Awakened to get ready for the next game.

### Scenario 1: Murder on the Murder Express

This scenario takes place in between the 1920s 30s 40s on a train called the Murder Express, owned by Miss Murder. The passengers of the train were Dr. McGillicutty, who had been on many trains before. Murder God then pulled Grace out of the void and fixed her broken body parts, reminding her to play along with the game. Grace played the role of a detective called on the train to investigate misdoings on the train. Moving on, there was Harold Press, a journalist who was certain that he was supposed to be at his office, to which Murder God told him that he was the newspaper boy of the train. Moving on, there was Heracle Pierrot, a detective who doesn't trust the name of the train. Hugh Dunnit, he likes riding trains. John, he's on his way to see his wife. Timothy Chute, he collects rusty and toy guns and is on his way to see his uncle. Tommy Gwendolyn, who always wanted to be on a train. Zulie the Beheader, a wrestler in the 1920s. And lastly, there was Vincent Reid, who was confused about if wrestling existed in this time. Dr. McGillicutty then mentioned that they could check newspapers from Magazine Magazine News for historical accuracy, to which Murder God responded that she would look into it by looking into the newspaper that Harold worked at, without saying it's actual name. She then sent everyone to sleep. In a completely shocking twist, there were actual murderers on the Murder Express who were planning to kill the other passengers.

The next day, Murder God informed the passengers about the results of a wheel spin, which gave one of them the role of the lonely guy. In other news, Grace was attacked by two murderers during the night, but someone defended her, thus saving her from death. Murder God then gave the passengers the job to find out who the attackers were. The group suggested that Grace should lead them, but then Zulie suggested that the bodyguard should be the leader. When the group asked who the bodyguard was, Vincent revealed that it was him. Afterwards, Grace agreed to be the leader, so everyone voted for her. Vincent then asked Hugh who he think was responsible for the attack, to which he responded that Zulie was a bit suspicious to him due to having the wrestling stage name "The Beheader" and she was the only one who voted against Grace being the leader. Zulie and Tommy then explained to the others that wrestling was fake, which made Vincent believe that everyone just became a sissy after World War I. Vincent once again asked Hugh who he think did it, to which he responded that John had been very quiet this whole time. Grace then decided that instead of the murderer being quiet one, it would be the loud one. So she suspected Tommy, who claimed that he was innocent. Dr. McGillicutty then revealed that he got a good look at one of the murderers while they were escaping the crime scene, it was Zulie. The group then accused her and she was voted out. She was revealed to be the murderer and she jumped off the train. While the group got rid of the first murderer, one of them became a traitor thanks to the result of a wheel spin.

The next day, Timothy was given two mocktails by a wannabe bartender, which made him sleepy. Witch gave the murderers the perfect chance to sneak into his cabin and murder him. So they stabbed Timothy, but he was carrying a gun. He then attempted to shot Tommy, but Murder God then informed that he was already dead since he went to spend time with somebody and that somebody was one of the murderers. Timothy then shot John, who was one of the murderers. Afterwards Grace asked Hugh who he thought the murderer was, to which he responded that Heracle was suspicious since he accompanied Timothy to his room. Murder God then reminded the group that the remaining murderer was a traitor, so the group accused Heracle. Heracle was voted out, but it turns out that he was the tanner. He then exploded the wheels of the train and hopped off, thus ending the game.

Just as Murder God was about to send everyone off the train, Harold Press started saying that this was all wrong. He then claimed that he read the book Murder on the Orient Express before, a book that ended with a number of murderers. He then recognized Grace from the previous scenario, which lead her to reveal herself as the final murderer. He then said that this wasn't what he wanted, to which the Awakened asked him what did he want. He then told them that he was under the impression that they were repeating scenes and that they would follow the actual plot of the book for this game. Murder God tried to clarify things to Harold but he said that everything had to follow a theme from one sense to another. He then said that he was there, which Vincent confirmed that he was there, in all of them. Harold asked the Awakened what they knew that he didn't. Grace told him that he's been asleep for a while, much to his confusion. The group then recalled the previous names that he had and Vincent asked him if he remembered his real name. After a while, Harold remembered something.

He remembered staying at a farm for about two decades, he remembered looking at the clouds every day and each day they looked the same, he remembered thinking that there had to be more to his life and that he wanted something different. Murder God then told him that she did give him something different, taking him to so many different places. Harold then asked why he was here, Murder God told him that she thought that he would appreciate a classic murder mystery, to which he responded that nothing had changed. Grace realized that he felt trapped at the farm and that he wanted to run away. She told him that this place was just as much of a prison as the farm was and that Murder God was running out of ideas. Murder God then claimed that she wasn't running out of ideas and that she made this scenario along with the circus and musical scenarios to make him happy. Harold then asked her why she went back to the beginning, to which she responded that it was for thematic purposes. But the Awakened claimed that those were lies and she was running out of ideas. Vincent told Harold that every single time it was the same game and they couldn't even skip over a vote even if it's unanimous, to which Murder God replied that there were rules that she had to follow. She then told Harold that she had given him what he asked for, but he told her to get out of his head. He then said that he had intentions to leave the farm and he took his pen and paper because he wanted to make something of himself. Despite Murder Gods wishes, Harold finally remembered his real name, Percy Blackwood. He then recognized Murder God, who recalled to him that she was his muse who came to him in his dreams to show him visions. She then asked him if he remembered any of the previous scenarios such as the Cyberpunk scenario or Reality Island, to which he responded that he did remember. Murder God told Percy and the rest of the Awakened that they were going to try something different, so she snapped her fingers and sent them to the next game.

### Scenario 2: Discord Murder Party IN SPACE!!!!

This scenario takes place in space, following the adventures of the space crew of the S.S. Casilda. The members of the crew are all different forms of space life but they all have one purpose, to defeat the Jerks, a group of evil snails who crawl into peoples heads and mind control them. The members of this space crew are, Blorble Bobenz, the glitched internet history droid. Dr. McGillicutty, the medical officer. Grace Garden, she was given the role of pilot and she's not happy to be in space. Marvin the Martian, the demolition expert. Tames T. Jerk, the ambassador of the ship. Titan Shirogane, he's just a few days away from retirement. Tommy Gwendolyn, he was given the role of science officer and he's so excited to be in space. Vincent Reid, he was given the role of the first mate and he's also not happy to be in space. And last but not least, there was Captain Percy Blackwood, who was amazed to be in space. The ship made it's way through the glittering sea of dust and ionized gas, but the calm didn't last for long. The S.S. Casilda was under attack from the Jerks, who launched a surprise attack starboard. The shields were disabled, the enemy cruiser was preparing another blast and three fighters were heading into the ship. The crew all went to their battle stations, much to the confusion of Vincent and Grace. Murder God then explained the Awakened how this game was going to work. Every character had a sheet with information about themselves, their aspects and their troubles. And as the story advanced, the characters would determine how the story would advance by rolling a dice for them to take action. The characters could also use Story Points to invoke their aspects for a more successful roll, and their troubles would be invoked to mess things up. The crew had three turns to fend off the invaders and if they succeeded in disabling the enemy cruiser they would get an extra turn.

Murder God then told Percy to give the orders. Percy gave Marvin the order to fire the canons at the enemy ship, but Titan suggested that they should locate the ship before firing the canons. Blorble then used his Detect Danger aspect to find where the enemies were. Blorble rolled a 5 and hit a couple of his buttons, showing screens which located where the enemy ship was. Tommy then gave Vincent and Grace the directions to the first mate and pilot seats. Percy then suggested that they move the ship closer towards the enemy ship. Grace was overwhelmed and didn't know what she was doing, thus invoking a trouble. However she rolled a double 5, meaning that she was able to bring the ship closer towards the Jerk ship. Tommy then suggested that they get the shields working again. Tommy used his aspect Science is Magic and rolled a 5, thus fixing the shields. Percy finally gave Marvin the order to fire the cannons. After another successful roll, Marvin shot the cannons at the Jerk ship, thus leaving only one of their canons operational, and there were still three fighters heading towards the ship. Vincent asked Tommy what he had to do, to which he gave him the description of his job. Vincent then turned off the alarm since it was not good for moral. Afterwards, one of the three enemy fighters was almost on board the ship. Titan rolled a 6 and successfully shot down two of the enemy fighters. Afterwards, Tames offered to charm the enemies so that they could resolve the conflict peacefully. The crew contacted the ship and were answered by Prince Viser Space Louie III. Tames charmed Prince Louie and offered him a good time in exchange for leaving the rest of the crew alone. He then rolled a 6 using his aspect Casanova Among the Stars, and so Louie agreed to stop the attack and come on board the ship.

The space cruiser flew over to the S.S. Casilda, but just as it was getting close, the remaining fighter shot a hole in the ship and got inside, thus meaning a bunch of monstrosities were on board. Murder God then rolled a dice to determine how many monsters there were, and decided that there would be five of them (she then changed to three). The monsters started banging on the door. Percy asked Murder God if they were given any firearms, to which she responded that they all had a bunch of them. Tommy then asked Percy for permission to make a forcefield, to which he granted permission. Tommy rolled a 3, thus meaning that only one of the monsters would be trapped behind the forcefield while the other two managed to get inside. Vincent then suggested that everyone aim a weapon at the door, but Percy suggested that Blorble being the only one to fire since he had multiple firearms. The rest of the crew took cover as the monsters finally broke down the door. Blorble made a successful roll but Murder God invoked a trouble causing him to glitch, however due to another successful roll, he freezed in the right position and fired several shots into the enemies. The monsters were hurt, but not dead, so they fired back and dismantled Blorble. But because they were so shaken up, they accidentally hit themselves. However, there was one monster left wandering around the halls of the ship, who was one his way to the engine room. Marvin then asked if they could turn on the hallway defenses, so Murder God rolled to see if they were working. She rolled a 3 and decided that they were partially working. Vincent then suggested that he and Titan shoot the remaining monster in the room and then one of them would go after the one trying to find the engine room. Titan missed the shot due to an unsuccessful roll but Vincent shot him dead thanks to using his aspect Sharp Shooter. Tommy then suggested that they send a team down to the engine room, one who could use weapons and another who could heal and one who could fix them, So Percy decided to send Dr. McGillicutty and Marvin. The two of them ran down the hall after the monster. The monster shot Marvin in the leg, but Marvin rolled another 6 and tripped the monster and it fell into the ground. Dr. McGillicutty rolled another 6 and helped Marvin get back on his feet. As Marvin got up his knee bumped into the monster and hit him in the weak point and he died.

Afterwards, the backdoor opened up and Prince Louie came onboard the ship and approached towards Tames T. Jerk. Louie offered to climb inside of Tames' head and become one with him, to which Tames accepted. Louie climbed out of his body and crawled into Tames' head, and then Louie was able to mind control Tames and aimed his blaster at Percy. Louie told Tames that he had to take all of them down so that they could escape everything and live a romantic life together. Vincent then asked if everything moved with the ship if it moved in a specific direction, to which Titan responded that they could turn off the gravity. Percy then rolled a 5, and hit the anti-gravity button. And so Prince Tames T. Jerk floated into the air, however he had impressive muscle control and flexibility, meaning that his blaster was still aimed at Percy. Tames temporarily gained back control and told them that he could charm Prince Louie out of this situation. Tames then had an internal discussion with Prince Louie so that he could leave the others alone. Tames rolled a 4, so Prince Louie told Tames that he couldn't let the others live since they've seen his beautiful face. Prince Louie then made Tames aim the gun at himself. Tommy then rolled a 5 so the electromagnetic blast went off, which stopped the gun and sent it flying away. Vincent then set his gun to stun mode, however due to an undesired roll, Prince Tames wasn't paralyzed but the flashing lights confused him. Grace suggested that she could use her story point to knock Prince Tames out, so Percy suggested that once he was knocked they could launch him into one of the escape pods. Grace then pulled out her magnifying glass and threw it at Prince Tames, thus knocking him out. Dr. McGillicutty then turned gravity back on. Vincent then turned on his taser and shot the old body of Prince Louie, just in case. The crew then threw Tames into the pod, and so the pod flew out into space and the crew waved goodbye to Tames and the day was saved. Percy then asked what the ludicrous speed button did, despite everyone's warnings, he pushed the button and so they all blasted off into space, thus ending the scenario.

### Aftermath

Just before returning to the Lounge, Murder God asked Percy if he had a good time, to which he responded yes. Murder God then reminded Percy that as long as he stayed in the void he could have these experiences whenever he wanted, Percy replied that we would keep the offer in mind.

Back at the Lounge, Vincent and Grace were feeling terrible after that last game, even Tommy was a bit lost. As the Awakened were about to serve some drinks, Percy showed up. When Grace asked what he was doing here, Vincent responded that they got his name so now he's one of them. Grace then asked him if he was the girl who shot her in the neck that one time, to which Dr. McGillicutty replied that it could be possible. When Tommy asked who Percy was, the Awakened informed him about how they managed to get Percy's name. Vincent then introduced himself and the other Awakened to Percy. Vincent then offered to make him a drink, to which he responded that he wanted something tame. Vincent then gave Tommy a juice box and served some scotch for him, Grace and Percy. Vincent then welcomed him to to the Lounge, which he said that he would call a sanctuary but that would be giving Murder God credit. Percy then asked if they were talking about "the muse", to which they responded that she was no muse. Percy then pulled out his sketchpad and showed them a page with pictures of her. Percy told them that he wanted to do art for a living but he was limited due to living on the farm. He then told them that she showed up in his dreams one evening and offered this to him, and he accepted. The Awakened were frustrated upon hearing this, even more when Percy said that this place was paradise for him. Vincent then asked Percy where he thought he was, to which he responded that they were in a bar by the looks of things, but he couldn't tell where the bar was. Vincent then revealed to him that he and the rest of the Awakened were in the literal void, and that they didn't want to be here. He then told Percy that while Murder God may have shown him things, she gave everyone else here a promise and she broke or twisted it. Percy then suggested that they look at things more optimistically, which caused McGillicutty to leave and let the others deal with him. Tommy then asked Percy where he was before he got here, to which he responded that all he could remember was that he was in his room on a rainy day. Tommy then asked him if he remembered the other scenarios, to which he responded that he did remember them perfectly well. He even remembered Vincent calling him a killer, to which he responded that they were all killers since they were forced to be. Percy then told them that this was all just a big show and that they were playing different roles, to which Vincent replied that it was real and that they all experienced this every time. Percy then told them that every show has a bit of tragedy, which caused Grace to get on her nerves. She then explained Percy about her split personality disorder and about how she wished to be whole again, and Murder God did that by making her forget and when she remembered it split back again. She then told Percy that he would eventually realize that this wasn't right. Vincent explained to him that Murder God stripped them all from their humanity and took away everything they cared about and decided that when they wanted it back, she wouldn't give it to them. He then told Percy that while he may not have anything to get back, everyone else does and he was willing to help him find something. Vincent then told him that he needs to awaken everyone else trapped here and get them on his side to escape this place and that he needs Percy's help to do so. Percy said that he was willing to help them, but he was perfectly happy here. The Awakened then told them that it was perfect here until they remembered the pain of dying over and over. They then explained to Percy that they were just toys for Murder God's games and they want to get everyone's humanity back, to which he once again replied that he was willing to help them escape but he wanted to stay here. Grace then angrily left and cursed at Percy, Vincent and Tommy told him not to worry about it since she snaps easily. Vincent then explained to Percy that if he didn't join the Awakened, then they could never leave. Percy then suggested that they get to know each other first, to which Tommy and Vincent agreed.

## Starring:

* Kristen Trawczynski as Murder God and Prince Viser Space Louie III
* SplitGuardian as Vincent Reid
* Alex Beckham as Dr. McGillicutty
* Uprising Attorney as Zulie the Beheader
* JoJoSoda as Timothy Chute and Blorble Bobenz
* Juno Son as Heracle Pierrot and Marvin the Martian
* Scott Orenstein as ~~Harold Press~~ Percy Blackwood
* Brodingles as Hugh Dunnit and Titan Shirogane
* Darby Cupit as Tames T. Jerk
* QueenCreeps as Grace Garden
* Adric as Tommy Tommy Gwendolyn
* Kikyo Yuuki as John