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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[infire]

Well, as long as no one acts too rashly after seeing those videos, we won't have anything to worry about.

[voidbreaker]

Can't really do much other than wait and see. Unless we figure out something real big, real fast.

[infire]

We're working on recreating a cure. But aside from that, we have no other leads on a way to get anyone home, as far as I know. I don't think they've ever given us any indication of what it will take to end this cycle.

[voidbreaker]

I'd hope it's not when we're all dead. [ But hey. ]

I wonder if there are anymore just raring to go. Antidotes, I mean.

[infire]

That is one way to do it, but it seems like other groups had a more obvious condition to end it.

...I don't know. They'd have to search more rooms, probably, but I wouldn't rely on it. If Hunter agrees to it, reverse engineering it ourselves would be the most reliable method.

[voidbreaker]

Have any of them said what their conditions were?

It's that, or we keep up the whole turning into monsters and killing each other cycle going until it's too late.

[infire]

[ i have no idea when things happen so this is all just one timey-wimey bundle of Stuff but anyway ]

Varian told me that his group was promised a reward if they were the last man standing. He didn't say whether it was from Master Blue or someone else, though.

[voidbreaker]

[ wobbles hand timey wimey. ]

Or what the reward was, apparently. Would you kill for a vague promise of an unknown reward?

[infire]

Absolutely not. For all we'd know, their definition of a "gift" could simply be killing the last one standing in a slightly more humane way than the rest.

[voidbreaker]

They must've known then. Or they got so desperate they didn't know what else to do.

[infire]

It could go either way. With the way Varian spoke, they either didn't know, or they may have each been promised something more personal. I don't know, but I wouldn't be surprised if it really was desperation, in the end. If he doesn't know what happened to those two... then they either escaped, or their souls were destroyed thoroughly enough that they weren't even left behind as ghosts, like the rest.

[voidbreaker]

[ there's a silence, before he just kinda ... sharp sighs. ]

This place is such bullshit.

[infire]

[ a hum of agreement. ]

It will make it even better when we find a way to stop this even when nothing seems to be in our favor.

[ awakened brilith is a spiteful bitch send tweet ]

[voidbreaker]

[ hell yeah spiteful bitches assemble. ]

It is more fun to root for the underdog.