WEEK FOUR: MINGLE

[cluedin]

WEEK FOUR

OCCUPANCY: 25

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, three images will flicker and change sporadically. While Subete's portrait remains the same, on occasion it will change to an image of a disembodied head, expression frozen in shock. Likewise, Dazai's portrait looks just like himself, though if you blink you may miss it changing into a hulking, dark nine-tailed fox with blood glistening in its teeth. Finally, Anya's portrait reveals a picture of the young girl, but every now and then a blossom of red appears on her pristine outfit as the light fades from her eyes. 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.

After weeks of getting to know each other, you may believe you have learned the most important things about them. You've seen their memories, you've felt their emotions, and you've shared their pain. But even so, some of you continue to hide your true intentions. Starting today, from the moment you wake, a mask will appear and cover half of your face. Each mask is different and though you may not understand what it means yet, each design implies something about you. Those who have experience within the supernatural world might have a white feather pattern across their mask while those who have powers associated with a certain element may find their mask changing color and temperature. Some masks may reflect bloody handprints to reflect the sins of a killer while others will appear black and cracking for someone who has died before. Those holding back a big secret will find their mask slowly covering their whole face and others still will find their masks reflecting anything from acts of betrayal to hidden romantic feelings. Though all are unique to each guest, all will find they are unable to remove these masks.

Some of you may wear your mask proudly as you have nothing left to hide, while others of you may become desperate in your attempt to remove it. Feelings of anger and aggression may bubble up to the surface this week over the smallest problems even for the most calm of people. As the sun sets, you may find that you don't feel quite like yourself, opposite personality trades coming to light. Luckily for you, you may not have to worry. Every now and then you may find a gap in your memory, temporary amnesia removing an embarrassing incident or two.

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

[gitalong]

1) support your local theaters

[ on Monday, Missile can be found in the screening room. is he salivating over the popcorn? playing hide and seek between the rows of seats? no! he's gleefully barking at an unlabeled dvd on the floor before scooping it up and sending it flying over his shoulder through the air. like Spanky wishes he could.

unrelated but i would die for Spanky ]

2) he's gonna need a cone by the end of the week

[ Missile's mask, on the other hand, has almost full snout coverage and boooooy is he not happy about that. he tries to deal with it, but every few steps he can't help but... whining and trying to pull it off. ]

I don't like this... When is it going to go away?

[ huh, his mask seems to have a white feather pattern on it, with fresh bloody paw prints that appear and gradually fade away. and every now and then it seems to glow with flickering blue flames! neat ]

3) wildcard

[ fingerguns at you, you know where to find me ]

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[voidbreaker]

[ ash ducks just in time to avoid getting a dvd to the face. yikes. ]

[gitalong]

[ he didn't get hit, so what's the problem? ]

Hi, Ash! Did you see the neat toys we got this week?!

[voidbreaker]

Is that what you're calling it?

[ hang on, he's gonna pick it up. ]

[gitalong]

It's round, and shiny, and it flies through the air really good! What else could it be?!

[voidbreaker]

[ ...

... ]

... Sure, we'll go with that. [ He's not gonna tell the doggo what's probably on this. ]

[gitalong]

[ coward ]

Um, okay? Hey, are you going to throw it to me or not?

[voidbreaker]

[ whatever it's fine ]

If you want.

[ he's just gonna. PING IT THROUGH THE AIR. go get! ]

[gitalong]

[ you're a coward, becks!!!! ]

!!!

[ Missile nyooms the fuck after it. and after a few minutes, he'll happily trot back with it gently held between his teeth ]

[voidbreaker]

[ i SAT THROUGH THE DOG GETTING MAIMED PHYSICALLY i can’t do it emotionally too trav?? ]


[ welp, there he goes. ash flops down onto the ground and waits for him to come scrabbling back. ]

What’s up with your mask though, lil’ guy? It looks like the design keeps changing.

[gitalong]

[ weak ]

Huh? It does?

[ spits disc out into Ash's hand. nice, dog drool. ]

[voidbreaker]

[ dis

goosting

he tries to subtlely shake the drool off his hand. wow. ]

Yeah. You've got like... paw prints? They keep showing up and vanishing.

[gitalong]

Oh, that makes sense! Because I'm a Pomeranian!

[ surely that's all there is to it, right? ]

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[hamaoned]

Hey—

[ here comes ken to squat down and put his hands over missile's paws. please stop that and continue to be a good boy. ]

If it follows the pattern so far, I'd say by next week.

[gitalong]

[ :( ]

But it's... so uncomfortable!!! Why couldn't it have been hats instead?!

[hamaoned]

[ he'll let got of missile's paws. ]

I don't know, but if they were hats—what if it was super heavy?

[ not that these masks couldn't be equally heavy but—details. ]

[gitalong]

[ he'll... do his best not to rub... for Ken's sake ]

At least it wouldn't be on my snout, then... And hats can come off!

[hamaoned]

[ good dog. ]

Mask are supposed to be able to come off, too. [ hmm. ] Maybe we can just...pull back the part on your snout.

[ cue ken trying to free the snout!! ]

[gitalong]

[ Ken pulls...........!






and nothing happens ]

[hamaoned]

[ ...

...

ken tries harder. ]

[gitalong]

[ ... oh? something's happening...!






the mask affixes itself tighter ]

[hamaoned]

[ that's....weird...


he's. gonna try to pull a little bit


harder


just a bit. ]

[gitalong]

[ as funny as I think it would be to keep this going

at some point, the mask is going to get so tight it strangles Missile

so instead of Ken accidentally committing murder, Missile yelps and pulls his head away from Ken's hands ]

It's even tighter now...!

[hamaoned]

[ ken murders missile during the mingle and then proceeds to end the murder with his own murder. u_u the only acceptable end for ken and missile. ]

It is!? [ immediately lets go and puts his hands at his sides. ] I'm so sorry, Missile.

[ how dare ken hurt the dog. ]

[gitalong]

[ at least they can be a boy and his dog in death too... ]

It's okay... I know you didn't mean to.

[ he says, but with his big puppy eyes and wobbling voice, he probably just gives Ken even more Guilt. ]