WEEK ONE: MINGLE

[cluedin]

WEEK ONE

OCCUPANCY: 34

Rise and shine, little monsters. A new week is waiting just for you. The events of yesterday may have been hard to stomach, but time heals all wounds, after all. The damages the house has incurred over the last week have been reverted and the staff is hard at work fulfilling their roles in this mansion. A piping hot breakfast is served in the dining room promptly at 7am, every square inch of floor and furniture has been cleaned spotless, and...the sound of birds chirping fills the hallway. The sun's shining brightly through the glass windows, and the curtain has been drawn back from the doors in the ballroom. The barriers blocking off the stairs down to the basement and to the balconies have been removed, and all guests may now explore these areas.

For anyone who ventures into the ballroom, a new change may become apparent. Should you choose to look at the plaques long enough, two images will flicker and change sporadically. While Haruka's portrait remains the same, on occasion it will change to an image of a pale, scratched up woman with yellow foam dripping from the corner of her lips. Likewise, Nikki's portrait looks just like herself, though if you blink you may miss it changing into the image of a large, rabid rat. There is no rhyme and reason for the change...though perhaps it serves as a reminder to those who remain.

Additionally, the house rules have been moved from the ballroom and back into the hallway, mounted in the entryway as they were.

But with this new bit of freedom comes another strange set of circumstances, you see. Starting today you'll find that the urge to give in to some nasty little traits has grown stronger. Greed, Pride, Jealousy....any of those seven deadly feelings will begin to bubble up inside you. Can you remain calm under the weight of your sins?

Perhaps so. Perhaps you're the type who's capable of ignoring these feelings even in your worst moments. You may be a beacon of hope for those who struggle with their emotions, but something else seems amiss. Even if you've managed to avoid those prickly feelings, some of you may experience a brain fog, making your thoughts hazy and hard to focus. Others may find themselves with a constant craving for sustenance, an insatiable hunger...though it may not be for food alone. And others still...it is a bit alarming for your arm to detach itself from your body, isn't it? Why would your feet run away without you? Best take stock of all of your limbs now because for the next week they may be just a bit too easy to remove. Don't lose your head over it though. They'll reattach easily enough.

You may experience only some of these events. Then again, maybe you're unlucky and you're experiencing all of these events at different points in time. Time is of the essence, however, and come Monday at noon a rustling crackle of static can be heard from overhead. Try as you might, you won't be able to find the speakers but a message will play loud and clear for all.

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Comments

[voidbreaker]

[ welp. also tRAV THAT ICON ]

Yeah. All of those things, and then some.

[gitalong]

[ :) ]

Have you been hit with a "bang" before, Ash?

[voidbreaker]

Nope. I've seen them though.

[gitalong]

That's for the best. I wouldn't recommend replacing the bullet it shoots with a hardhat either.

[voidbreaker]

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[ trav stop breaking my character ]

You what.

[gitalong]

[ i can't do anything about canon, becks uwu ]

There wasn't anything else that was the right shape, the first time!!! It was an easy mistake!

[voidbreaker]

What does the shape have to do with anything, a hard hat couldn’t fire from a gun let alone fit in the barrel of one??

[gitalong]

I didn't Swap it while it was in the gun! I waited until it was fired! Otherwise how would I know what shape it was?

[ duh ]

[voidbreaker]

... Okay but how. A gun fires pretty damn quickly, you can't just snatch a bullet out of thin air.

[ And you don't have thumbs?? ]

[gitalong]

I stopped time, obviously.

[ duh ]

[voidbreaker]

....

Obviously.

You do that frequently then? [ guess who can do that with orbal tech spells. or at least slow down an enemy. ]

[gitalong]

Yes! I do!

[ as frequently as one night let's you, at least ]

When you're trying to change fate, you're always on the lookout for that perfect moment! And sometimes you have to made everything stop to get to the right place!

[voidbreaker]

[ mouthing to himself "change fate, what" ]

...

That's a pretty specific example, little guy.

[gitalong]

It was a pretty specific situation. But we did it, and we saved the Inspector!!!

He still had a bunch of injuries, but he wasn't dead! That's the most important part!

[voidbreaker]

I kinda feel like you're telling me a story and I keep passing out and missing chunks of it.

[gitalong]

Sometimes, you just have to go with the flow.

[voidbreaker]

Even if it makes no sense?

[gitalong]

Lots of things don't make sense! But we live with them anyways.

[ ah yes, how sensibl- ]

Like how the moving box gets more attention than me! It's so unfair! I'm much cuter than the box!

[voidbreaker]

[ If you'd just stopped after the first sentence, Missile... ]

Moving box? I mean, sure. Small and fluffy usually beats out a cardboard box.

[gitalong]

... A cardboard box? What does that have to do with anything?

[ he didn't say anything about cardboard, Ash! ]

[voidbreaker]

It moves if you move it. How else is a box gonna move?

[gitalong]

... A cardboard box isn't a moving box, Ash. It's just a box.

[ there's something a little like pity in his voice. ]

[voidbreaker]

Then what's the moving box?

[ Don't. Use the pity voice, pupper. ]

[gitalong]

The picture on it moves! And there's noises! And if you point the stick at it, the picture will change to something else entirely!!!

[ it's a TV ]

[voidbreaker]

[ ... GUESS WHO'S WORLD HAS SCREENS FOR COMMUNICATION BUT NO TV SHOWS. ]

... Like an ARCUS screen?