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[[File:523px-Crucible1_2735.png|frame|[[Weirdness Magnet|A mere fraction of what goes on in the game]]]]

 

{{quote|''Would you like to play a game?''|'''CRUX'''}}

 

 

Shortly after, someone named D started a blog vowing to find out about CRUX and to stop his games, and a mysterious third party, ARC, who seems to have a connection to CRUX, revealed himself.

(Also contains demon gods.)

 

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* [[Anyone Can Die]]: Even the Players. ''[[Especially Zoidberg|Especially the Players.]]''

* [[Arc Words]]

* [[Bullying a Dragon]]: Otherwise known as "poking the bear", which has become a favorite pass-time of Players. Unfortunately this tends to [[Do Not Taunt Cthulhu|backfire really horribly]].

* [[Childhood Friends]]: Dante and Allison. Although due to reasons Allison would rather not get into they have agreed to be [[Just Friends]].

* [[Cryptic Conversation]]: Almost every conversation with a plot device.

* [[Curiosity Causes Conversion]]: Because let's face it, looking for the TREE on purpose is just asking for trouble.

* [[Dreaming of Things to Come]]: CRUX's and Near's dreams.

* [[Dull Surprise]]: Surprisingly subverted, especially with the number of Genre Savvy players.

* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: The TREE. Anyone who looks at it goes crazy and gains a [[Split Personality]].

* [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink]]: As if [[The Slender Man Mythos|the Slender Man]] and [[The Fear Mythos|the Fears]] weren't enough to deal with. The monsters involved also include [[Skin Walker|Skinwalkers]], [[Our Angels Are Different|something akin to angels]], and [[Demon Lords and Archdevils|Demonic Gods]] of the [[Seven Deadly Sins]].

* [[Figure It Out Yourself]]: Every major plot device. It doesn't matter how much you prod a character either.

* [[Genre Blindness]]: A number of characters are guilty of this. Most notably RED and CRUX.

** You can also add Dean to that list.

** Also, anytime somebody mentions to a character that they have a split personality.

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Has become very common once Gorger appeared.

* [[Hidden Purpose Test]]: The game.

* [[Hypocrisy Nod]]: When a Player sacrificed herself for the sake of everyone she loved after promising not to, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9v_bCtwlkg&feature=player_embedded she was rather quick to admit it.]

* [[Meaningful Name]]: Both the CPIRA agents' code names and the names of the Sins.

** [[Red Rage]]'s nicknames for the Players.

* [[Serious Business]]

* [[Seven Deadly Sins]]: There's a Fear for every one of them.

** Gluttony -- [[Villainous Glutton|Gorger]]

** Lust -- [[The Casanova|Duke]]

** Pride -- Unknown

** Sloth -- Unknown

** Wrath -- Theorized to be Beast

** CPIRA's logo is the Swollen Eyeball from [[Invader Zim]].

** [[Monty Python's Flying Circus|"Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition!"]]

** The Zalgo Virus which forces its victim to type in [[Zalgo]] text.

** The objects that some Players choose to hold on to in order to produce some form of solidarity are referred to as [[Pirates of the Caribbean|The Pieces of Eight]].

* [[Slender Man]]

* [[Split Personality]]: Everyone who has seen the TREE has one.

* [[Split Personality Takeover]]: {{spoiler|So far Blackmuse/Pseudomuse, and Trickster/Daft, although Civil/CRUX is well on his way.}}

* [[Stuffed Into the Fridge]]: Ink, specifically when Dean decides it would be a good idea to continue using her tumblr.

* [[Sure Why Not]]: The addition of COSM/Dean.

* [[Survivor Guilt]]: Almost everyone who's still alive.

* [[Tempting Fate]]: Anytime somebody mentions how quiet it's been. It's gotten to a point where players have to knock on wood afterwards.

* [[Things Man Was Not Meant to Know]]: Anything that crawls around inside the Empty City will do.

* [[Weirdness Magnet]]: The game itself.

* [[Why Don't Ya Just Shoot Him]]

* [[Xanatos Gambit]]: CPIRA's plan to save CRUX from himself.

 

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