Weighted Mortality: Uncertain Death

**Weighted Mortality: Uncertain Death** is the title for the fifth game in the Weighted Mortality series. It is also known as **Weighted Mortality 5** (WM5.)

It had two game masters during its run, Clay Bongiovanni and Ink, and was set in a museum.

It launched officially on February 6, 2022. It ended officially on March 18, 2022. It succeeded Weighted Mortality: Ludomania and is succeeded by Weighted Mortality: Eternity's End.

## Teasers

Five teasers were released for WM5. The first simply announced the launch date. The second, third, fourth, and fifth each displayed different cryptic images with the texts "SEE NO eVIL," "HEAR NO eVIL," "SPEAK NO eVIL," and "LIVE NO eVIL" respectively. These are likely references to the three wise monkeys.

### First Teaser

The first teaser showed a ghostly figure (later discovered to be Clay Bongiovanni) looking out towards a museum. It featured the text "WEIGHTeD MORTALITY: UNCERTAIN DEATH LAUNCHeS FEBRUARY 6."

### "SEE NO eVIL"

This teaser showed the text "SEE NO eVIL" overlaid on top of a dark image of a diaphonized human eyeball within a cracked clear glass orb, and liquid spilling from it. This teaser was accompanied with the text, *"'A gift, for you, my friend. Just don’t let it break' A promise stays in tact. Will you be the one to break it?"* This is a reference to this orb being atop Clay's Eye of Truth, and the eyeball being a gift from Brando Croce to Clay Bongiovanni. Croce is also the speaker of the quote.

### "HEAR NO eVIL"

This teaser showed the text "HEAR NO eVIL" overlaid on top of an image of a greyscale ear bleeding black from the inner ear. This was a reference to Ink, as Ink is an entity made of ink, and does not bleed red blood. This teaser was accompanied with the text, *"'How is it that it came to be like this? Coming from someone like that?' A prophecy was told years before. Will you be the one it chose?"* This text is a reference to Ink's prophecized existence, and how their summoning was unexpected. India Gallo became Ink after their death, and the quote at the beginning is meant to be an exclamation from Clay Bongiovanni.

### "SPEAK NO eVIL"

This teaser showed the text "SPEAK NO eVIL" overlaid on top of an image of a computer, a tiny screen reading MUI-1L, a microphone, and pair of red glasses (the same ones worn by Cibil.) This was hinting at both the existence of MUI-1L and MUI-1L's nature of being this timeline's Cibil. This teaser was accompanied with the text, *"'She’s all yours, father. I just wish I could’ve done something.' Someone betrays the one who trusted them most. Will you save yourself?"* This text is also about MUI-1L, and specifically Silas' betrayal. The dialogue is spoken by Silas to an unknown "father," likely a priest or someone similar, possibly Marco Zeppeli.

### "LIVE NO eVIL"

This teaser was a special fifth teaser image, released just one day before the launch of Weighted Mortality: Uncertain Death. This teaser showed the text "LIVE NO eVIL" overlaid on top of an image of a blank canvas hung in a dimly-lit museum hallway. Upon further inspection of the image, there are glitched boxes with a signature for "Clay Bongiovanni." This teaser was the reveal for Clay Bongiovanni's name. This teaser was accompanies with the text, *"'This museum is no ordinary place. The ink here flows in two directions; Mr. Bongiovanni has dominion over the entire thing.' A place not even devils can see, hear, or speak of. Will you **survive?**"* This text was hinting at "devils," which was later revealed to be Ink. It was also the first teaser to mention a museum directly. The dialogue is actually a direct quote from MUI-1L in-game, as MUI-1L exclusively refers to Clay Bongiovanni as "Mr. Bongiovanni."

## Participants

This game featured nine participants, and two hidden participants, totaling eleven participants in the end.

Starting Participants:

* Brigitte "Siren" Bartley
* India Gallo
* Everyx Alcourde
* Shaun Wolpaw
* Rosemary Clark
* Samantha Forrest
* Erica Forrest
* Squire Cuedas
* Ella Graves

Hidden participants:

* Marcus Gibson
* Korrin Parathras

### Other relevant characters

* Ink
* CIB-1L
* Luisa Perfezionista
* Dr. Brando Croce
* Jaenice Katopodes
* Silas Katopodes
* Elizabeth Forrest
* Anwend Virsill

## Synopsis

The game took place within a museum called the Bongiovanni Museum, in which there were many creepy art pieces, and even rooms for the players to stay in. Each "personal room" as they were called hosted a painted portrait of the player, a chaise lounge, and a fax machine.

### Pre-Game events

The events that led up to this game date back to 1958, with the birth of Clay Bongiovanni. He grew up with six older sisters and had a great passion for art, but an even greater drive to achieve perfection. In 1989 Luisa, now called Yusia, runs away from her home in Mongolia to Italy. Anwend Virsill is born the same year. Shaun Wolpaw is born in 1991, and in 1992 Yusia changes her name to Luisa and begins the I Perfezionisti art movement. The art movement is inspired by Catholicism and the art of the Italian Renaissance. Clay Bongiovanni is one of the members of this art movement from it's beginning, as he joined in 1992 at age 34. The movement, which is actually a cult, develops over the next few decades, and gains much power. In 2006, Clay Bongiovanni builds "Pinnochio," a puppet completely unrelated to the famous tale. In 2008, the Cibil Katopodes of this timeline dies at age six. That same year Jaenice, Cibil's mother, works on developing the CIB program to imitate her daughter. As Clay ages and loses himself, he begins to treat Pinnochio as if he is a real boy, and his son. In 2017 Marcus Gibson begins partnership with Brando Croce. During this partnership, Marcus loses a finger and his memory but he gains illusionist skills. One year later, Brigitte, currently under the alias Emma Sly, breaks up with and fires Anwend, her boyfriend and manager. In October 2019, Anwend goes missing. One month later, Marcus, using the stage name Dolus Erebus, begins his performances, and gains notoriety online and offline. Brando and Marcus end their partnership early 2021. The CIB program reaches version Lambda, making CIB-1L also in 2021. The Bongiovanni Museum begins construction around now. In October, the CIB-1L program is stolen, and on January 1, 2022, CIB-1L is adapted into MUI-1L. Jaenice Katopodes then dies in a strange accident on January 3, 2022. Korrin and Dolus enter the museum after it is fully constructed, each unbeknownst to the other, and remain hidden while the game begins on February 6, 2022.

### Prologue

Nine participants walk through a strange door in their dreams to awake in an odd museum. This museum has plentiful sculptures, an odd ink-streaked canvas, a portrait of Clay Bongiovanni, and a room for each player to stay in. Each of these rooms contains a "personal room portrait" in the participant's likeness.

### Part 1

After the formation of Ink and the death of India Gallo, part one begins.

## Art Pieces

*For main article, view Art of the Bongiovanni Museum.*

At the Bongiovanni Museum's core there were several art pieces which hinted at lore and puzzles. Three cameras existed in each exhibit of the museum, hidden within art pieces. The East Atrium, in the form exhibit, had sculptures, the West Atrium, in the color exhibit, had paintings, the East Ventricle, in the variety exhibit, had a combination of mediums, and the undiscovered West Ventricle, in the unity exhibit, contained portraits of each player and an empty display.

Each personal room also contained a portrait of its lived-in participant. Each private room had a different piece based on the private room's "key."

## Connections to other games

In-game, there are several artworks that contain references to earlier games. These artworks are *The Goddess Pandora*, *The Heathen's Ghost*, *Ludwig's Last Punch*, *Son of God of Gods*, *in infinity, we can isolate every variable*, and *Tears of Lonely Reality Undying Freely*.

The computer program CIB-1L was created based on Cibil Katopodes, who, in this timeline, died at a young age.

## Gallery

The logo representing WM5.The first teaser released for WM5.The "See No Evil" teaser.The "Hear No Evil" teaser.The "See No Evil" teaser.The "Live No Evil" teaser.
## Trivia

* Weighted Mortality: Uncertain Death was originally titled Weighted Mortality: Exhibit of Exile to play into its museum setting.
* The "DEVILS" secret of the teasers was a complete accident.