bluesclues | WEEK TWO: MINGLE

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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[ Okay... Ayabe slowly lowers his hand. But if Akira tries anything, that hand is going right back up to protect his ears. ]

[Akira does not try anything!! he's a good boy]

Do you think I should add more cats?

[ Good... Ayabe's ears are safe, then, so he slowly sinks to the ground so he can sit and rest his hands in his lap ]

Can you draw sheep?

[taps his crayon against his cheek, and then draws a sheep!! below the cats. baaaa]

[ Cute. ]

What about... a rhinoceros?

A rhinoceros. . .

[. . ]

[OKAY HE DRAWS ONE OF THOSE TOO]

[ Rhinoceros... Ayabe nods slowly. ]

And a bear...

[why]

[. . . BUT OKAY HE DRAWS A BEAR TOO]

These are some weird requests.

Are they?

[ Don't ask him what he's thinking, because the answer is, he is not. ]

Yep.

[draws Ayabe next]

[with a rhinoceros horn]

[ why

He touches his nose ]

It's not that large. [ ... ] Is it?

[reaches out to touch Ayabe's nose]

[winds up just splaying his hand in his face instead]

It's not. But it would be, if you were a rhinoceros.

[ bwaaah

Ayabe scrunches up his nose and frowns, and for a stupid moment or two, he asks himself whether he is a rhinoceros, but concludes that he is not. ]

I wish I were a rhinoceros........

[a bit wistfully]

I wish I were a hippopotamus. . .

Aren't they one of the most dangerous animals...? They eat... crocodiles... or something.

[ They can kill crocodiles? They sweat blood. He can't remember what they eat. Galo would have the animal facts, but this is about the extent of what he knows about hippos. ]

Don't they sleep in mud and water all day? That sounds pretty ideal.

[this is a horrible conversation]

You're thinking about pigs. You want to be a pig.

[ It's ideal, though. Just lying there and becoming one with the earth. ]

Oh.

Yeah, I want to be a pig.

[ Mood, Akira ]

Not a bad choice. They're...

...

...pigs.

They eat a lot and sleep a lot and don't have to worry about-- murder.

[. . .]

Until they're turned into bacon.

If they're bacon, they can't worry about murder anymore.

[ They'd be dead. If he were dead, he doesn't have to think about murder either. Wow, this is not where he wants his mind to be going. ]

[WHAT A HORRIBLY MORBID PLACE FOR YOUR BRAIN TO GO AYABE]

Bacon. . . Peach makes bacon for breakfast.

[ AKIRA BROUGHT UP PIGS AND BACON FIRST ]

...I wonder who the bacon used to be.

. . . Wilbur.

[rip Wilbur]

He even had a name...

[ Wilbur........ Ayabe can never eat bacon again ]

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