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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SOME THINGS...

[cluedin]

WEDNESDAY EVENING

[ on wednesday evening, guests may notice some strange happenings around the house.

most of this week's paranormal activity seems to be centered around the second floor... let's go in order, shall we?

room 3 is covered in glitter and paper confetti. there does not seem to be any rhyme or reason to how it's been scattered.

above the bed in room 4 is a message that's been carved into the wall with something extremely hot, like a brand. it reads "THIS HOUSE LOVES PEOPLE". once the words have been witnessed by at least one person, they will start to bleed... and won't stop. the bed will eventually be stained a deep crimson.

room 5 has several notebooks on the bed. they are arranged in a circle and opened to a specific page. at first, they might be hard to read, because it looks like they were written by someone in very distinct, very stylized handwriting that not everyone will be able to understand... but, should guests recognize the language, they'll find the word 捕食 is written over and over and over again until the pages the books are opened to are filled in harsh red ink. all other pages of the notebooks are empty.

while room 12 itself is untouched, there's something waiting in the hallway in front of it... a message composed entirely of the forks from last week: "WE ARE WATCHING. WE ARE HERE. BULLY PUMPKIN." after the final word is an unused pile of forks.

moving away from the bedrooms, anyone walking by the music room will hear a haunting tune. checking inside reveals a gramophone, playing swan lake, act ii, no. 11 scene allegro vivo. in case no one is cultured enough to recognize it, a tag with the song's name sits on top of the horn.

last but not least... in the kitchen is a loaf of pumpkin bread, with the appropriate aroma to match. lest any guests think this too normal to be considered spooky, the longer they stay in the kitchen, the more apparent it will become that someone is humming happily... though no one else seems to be in the room.

just kidding we had one more thing. there's a candle and plastic knife from the gift bags everyone received upon arrival on top of the ouija board in the museum.

please stop messing with the house. plum is going to kill you all. ]

[survivaltricks]

[thanks for the pumpkin bread he's gonna eat some]

[oathic]

[mood]

[burningrescue]

[Coming out of room four!!]

Yuck! What the hell!

[madburnout]

[YEAH ALSO LEAVING ROOM 4.]

Disgusting.

[voidbreaker]

[ this is what you get for your horny crimes ]

[voidbreaker]

[ bully pumpkin, you say ]

[gitalong]

[ Missile still can't fucking read!!!!!!

he sniffs the forks as his tail starts wagging. ]

... Oh! Hello, Mammon!

[mammoney]

[Missile maybe probably is now going to feel a hand playfully petting him on the head.]

[Good dog!]

[unanswering]

[haha cool. cool! there's a yelp from inside room 5, then one of those notebooks comes fucking flying out of the open door and smacks against the opposite side, or against your face maybe. i don't know your hallway-standing life.]

[madburnout]

[We'll he's coming out of the room next door - so. Yeah. Hit directly in the face.]

[unanswering]

I'm sorry-!

[he's coming out after it, at least, though he looks hesitant to pick that notebook up. he just frowns down at it, nervously.]

This-- they just appeared in our room...

[madburnout]

[Not picking it up either? It hit him in the face?]

What do you mean? Like ours? [Scoffing. Pointing into room 4. There's like-- his bed is covered in blood????]

[slobjection]

[ yea he's getting hit in the face with it.

.... I guess that's one way to get things into the Court Record.

[unanswering]

Into the what? What's happening here?!

[sorry about your face, phoenix-- he belatedly realizes that.]

Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't know anyone was...

[disreguarded]

Whoa, whoa - holy shit --

[ AAAA DOOR ]

[unanswering]

[he literally just doesn't even say anything before he tugs at beau's arm to drag her into the room, there it is, there's the pc setup we didn't have yet]

[hamaoned]

[ ken has an idea of why room three (his room) is covered in glitter and confetti and he can't help but laugh a little to himself. ]

[kazokun]

[ no!!!!!!!!!!! ]

[hamaoned]

[ he'll help clean up the confetti but they're screwed about the glitter. ]

[miscakes]

[time to steal forks from BULLY PUMPKIN ig]

[voidbreaker]

[ you're gonna have to fight ash for them i'm not even kidding ]

[miscakes]

[ash he is doing the mansion and plum a SERVICE.]

[infire]

[ ROLLING HER EYES and just gradually picking up these stupid forks, grumbling the whole while ]

If he's really watching, he'd know I moved his collection already and stop making more work.

[ why's she gotta care about a stupid demon and his blood collection anyway!! ]

[disreguarded]

[ beau kind of just laughs at the forks. ]

Yeah. Working on it, partner.

[ and she flips off the message in room four because she's pretty sure she knows who that is. ]