Murder, they wrote
Murder, they wrote;
OT12; all members
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EXO's team-building exercise; starring a helpless detective, his side-kicks, and their mission to destroy the formidable forces of evil.
“Team-building exercise?”
“That’s correct – for the duration of your stay in this lodging house, we – the managers – have organised a ‘team-building exercise’, a little game that you can all enjoy for the next few days.”
Twelve boys, gathered around a spacious living room, exchanged curious looks.
“All twelve of you will be working together, so this will be a good chance for members from both groups to work with people they don’t normally work with.
“Let me introduce the game that you are about to play – The Murder Game. There is a murderer on the loose, and his aim is to murder as many players as he can. He may begin killing from the beginning of the game, which will be at midnight, until the end of the game, which is exactly a week from today.
“There will be two primary roles – first, the murderer, and second, the detective. The detective’s job is to gather all the clues and evidence from the subsequent murders, and use this information to discover who the murderer is. A trial will be held straight after the game finishes, in which the detective must accuse his suspected player and present the evidence to prove his guilt. Yes, Wu Fan?”
Wu Fan had raised a hand. “But what if the detective himself gets murdered?”
“Ah, that won’t be possible, because as soon as the roles have been allocated, the detective must make himself known. This must seem to put the detective at a disadvantage, but not so – out of twelve people, only ten, in effect, will get murdered, which should give the detective a big clue should the murderer succeed in murdering all the players.”
“But who chooses the roles?”
“Good question, Joonmyun – the roles will be chosen completely at random. We will be passing around a box