WEEK TWO: MINGLE

[cluedin]

WEEK TWO

OCCUPANCY: 31

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 Pumpkin is...probably around tending to the animals outside. As you exit your rooms on this lovely morning, guests will find that the barrier leading upstairs has diminished, and a new floor has been opened to explore.

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 Nia's portrait remains the same, on occasion it will change to an image of a headless young lady. Likewise, Asch's portrait looks just like himself, though if you blink you may miss it changing into the image of a young man mid-transformation into something with claws and scales. Finally, Michiru's portrait reveals a picture of a beautiful young lady, but every now and then it will reveal an image of a shriveled up, dried out siren. 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.

It's been some time now. Surely you've made some friends and perhaps even some enemies. Though you may not fully understand each other, they do say the best way to know someone is to walk a mile in their shoes. Starting today you'll find that you've been bound to one other guest by an invisible sort of string. Everything you feel, they will feel. Everything they experience, you will experience. Though the threads may change from time to time, the connection is strongest with only one person. How will you handle this bond?

Some of you may find this easy. For others, this may be a little stressful! The pressure may grow stronger and weigh down on you, an anger so strong you find yourself...howling in the night to express your anguish. Others still may find that the silver cutlery will cause them to break into a painful rash, and others still will find that an increase of hair begins to take over your head, your arms, and even places hidden beneath your clothes. Perhaps it's time to invest in a razor and stick to plastic utensils.

Not to mention that the ailments you experienced last week are still in effect, though they're much less than before. Do try to keep track of your body parts this week...though you've been absolved of your sins.

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

[burningrescue]

Sure! Who doesn't like hot chocolate?

[But not coffee, bleh. The request for a private conversation goes right over his head, but sure.]

[survivaltricks]

[NO COFFEE FOR GALO AFTER HE RUINED THAT ONE CUP!!!]

Haters of fun, maybe.

[burningrescue]

Much better than gross coffee.

[Still not...realizing Akira wants him to go anywhere with him.]

[survivaltricks]

. . .

Soooooo are we going, or what?

[okay fine he'll ask outright!!]

To the kitchen. To talk about my illicit backstory.

["illicit"]

[burningrescue]

Oh! Sure. I wanna hear about it.

[Let's do it, then. Kitchen it is.]

[survivaltricks]

[WELL, COOL THEN. Akira leads Galo to the kitchen, where he immedately goes for the hot cocoa and marshmallows. DELICIOUS!!]

[it takes him a moment to think about how he should phrase this. . .]

If you saw someone in the world acting unjustly, what would you do? How would you fix it?

[burningrescue]

[Good! He's making himself one with a million marshmallows. And nodding along to Akira.]

Of course I'd fix it! [That wasn't the question.]

[survivaltricks]

[huffs in amusement, because although it wasn't the question, it's a charming response]

But how? Especially if you aren't the police.

Especially if the police won't do anything to help.

[burningrescue]

Uh. Well. Things kinda are like that, where I'm from. And I can't say I know the answer. You could try to make it better on your own, or try to get the people who can to do something about it?

[survivaltricks]

They're like that where I come from, too.

[. . . a thoughtful noise]

And I take steps to make it better on my own by stealing the hearts of corrupt criminals and making them confess their crimes to the public.

[burningrescue]

Ah! You can do that? [Immediately interested!!] Can you show me how? I need to know how to do something like that!

[survivaltricks]

Ah. . . it's not that easy.

[sheepish and a bit apologetic, but now he's wondering what the heck kind of place Galo comes from]

In order to steal a heart, we have to travel to a world parallel from our own-- it's called the cognitive world, or the Metaverse. We use the app on our phone to get there.

[a pause]

But we don't have access to that app anymore. And even if we did, not just anyone can use it.