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🐾 ([personal profile] cluedin) wrote in [community profile] bluesclues2020-03-22 05:59 pm

WEEK FIVE: MINGLE

WEEK FIVE



OCCUPANCY: 23


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 Phoenix's portrait remains the same, on occasion it will change to an unrecognizable figure, flames surrounding the charred flesh. Likewise, Four's portrait looks just like herself, though if you blink you may miss the sharp knives protruding through her chest, rivers of blood dripping down her front. 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.

You know what to expect by now. Once a week, one of your own transforms into someone unrecognizable. But it's hard to empathize with someone without experiencing the hardship for yourself, isn't it? Worry not. Starting today, from the moment you wake, you will find that you yourself have changed into something unrecognizable. Claws, fangs, fur, scales, extra limbs, extra mouths...the changes are numerous as your monster form takes a hold of you. Oh but it's alright! It's just the physical appearance, after all. You're still yourself inside...but it may be hard to believe that as the week goes on.

Some of you may be able to brush these strange changes aside. Others of you may find yourself struggling to understand who you really are. And others of you will find even more problems on hand. Is it your imagination, or did the mansion grow several degrees colder? You just can't quite to seem to warm up. While you may normally be comfortable sharing blankets with your fellow guests, you now find yourself feeling a bit greedy and unwilling to share...well, anything, really. The insatiable greed requires you to take and take and take, no matter if you require the necessities you're taking. And yet even as you take, and especially as you consume, you find that you're never quite satisfied, belly never quite full regardless of how much you eat. That's troubling, isn't it?

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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disreguarded: (34)

[personal profile] disreguarded 2020-03-25 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he grabs a handful of feathers, probably, which fluff defensively. ]

Look - both of you are going to have to work together here because I have fucking talon hands, so I can't do anything with precision. So stop snipping at each other or I'm gonna knock you both out.

[ a beat. ] Where the fuck is the bag.

[ she keeps herself in between both of them because she DOESN'T TRUST THEM and peers around for it. ]

Gimme it so I can look through it. Hunter, it's right there, on your side. [ to jin ling, handing him the clipboard: ] Hold this and see if you can figure anything out from the notes on there.
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[personal profile] counterclocked 2020-03-25 06:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[He’s muttering again after Jin Ling finishes speaking, something that sounds suspiciously like “what would you know, you don’t have any of those things”, but he’s grabbing the bag as Beau asks him to. He doesn’t really seem sorry at all, but he’ll hold his tongue for now.

He’ll open up the bag for her so she can look inside, too.]
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[personal profile] goldpeony 2020-03-25 06:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[He looks ready to jump across Beau and start socking Hunter in the face, but... Beau is between them, and he doesn't do anything but growl birdishly after given the board.

He holds it up to look over--WOW.]


Patient has suffered a... significant loss and withdrawn... [He starts off strong, but then gets more grumbly as he goes along.] Unable to properly express himself... patient has... become irritable and somewhat violent... [HE HATES THIS. His voice lowers.] ...An expansion of understanding... is required for further treatment.
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[personal profile] disreguarded 2020-03-25 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[ as jin ling reads that off, beau's going through the doctor's bag and pulling stuff out of it clumsily. she pulls out: one of those cans of fake snakes that explode in your face when you open it, a pair of scissors, a book labeled how to feel things like a real person, a stethoscope, a bottle of pills that read anger management and a medical face mask that has a peacock feather design. there's more stuff in there, she just gets distracted.

hm. she glances at jin ling. gently, she reaches over to hunter to hold his wrist - just to shush him for a second. don't say anything mean, please. ]


So maybe, like everything else in this place, it's more of a metaphysical thing. Think there's a way to listen to his problems? Maybe that way we don't have to cut into him.

[ she's EYEING BOTH OF YOU. ]
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[personal profile] counterclocked 2020-03-25 07:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[He's also frowning the longer that goes on! Bad. After Jin Ling finishes reading all of that off and Beau gives that suggestion, he looks thoughtful, at least.]

Maybe, but... How are we going to do that, exactly? I mean, it's a doll.
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[personal profile] goldpeony 2020-03-25 08:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[He frowns in the doll's direction. He almost thinks it's some kind of slight at him; he sounds way too familiar. When he looks back between them, he only glances at Hunter for half a second and then looks mostly at Beau.

And then he leans over to look in the bag to see what all Beau is pulling out.]


Well... I always have Fairy. [Not that he's LIKE this at ALL.] Maybe we should give him something like that.
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[personal profile] disreguarded 2020-03-25 09:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[ nothing useful is coming out of this bag - well, actually, when jin ling says fairy, beau pulls out - a tiny plush toy. it is friend shaped. she has to grab it with her gross talon hands, so it's only partially successful.

and she immediately drops it. which means it hits the can of snakes, which makes the can of snakes explode into jin ling's direction, and jostles the body, which probably shocks both hunter and beau. ]


Ow, fuck!
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[personal profile] counterclocked 2020-03-25 09:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[He's absolutely trying to reach out and steady the doll as it gets jostled, so yeah, he's getting shocked. He gives a small, surprised noise of pain, which would probably be louder if he was with anyone but Jin Ling. As it is, he just lets go of the doll and shakes his hands out with a pinched expression.]

You okay, Beau?
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[personal profile] goldpeony 2020-03-25 09:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[Look. He's not expecting the damn snakes in the can. When it shoots out, he gives a scream of surprise as they pelt and cover him, his arms swinging to toss them off.

The peacock tail is fluffed up and startled, an attempt to make himself look bigger than some perceived attacker. Just snakes, though. But his instincts make him start stomping all over the poor snakes on the ground.

Die snakes!]
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[personal profile] disreguarded 2020-03-25 09:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[ what if they were real snakes just to make this funnier - no, they're probably just paper ones.

beau also shakes her hands out, making disgruntled bird noises - also a weird clicking sound? like. a beak maybe. her feathers are all floofed out from the shock. ]


Ow. Yes, I'm fine, are you okay, babe -- Jin Ling. [ wow he's really going at those snakes huh. ]
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[personal profile] counterclocked 2020-03-25 09:57 pm (UTC)(link)
...I'm fine.

[He's also staring at Jin Ling, though. He's... trying not to laugh? A minimal effort is being made. That minimal effort might be holding a hand over his mouth as he obviously laughs, but it's fine.]
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[personal profile] goldpeony 2020-03-25 11:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Stop laughing! [He glares, but there's not really supreme venom behind it. Mostly only embarrassment.] It isn't funny!

[But he has vanquished the pretend, silly snakes. Thanks to his excellent bird instinct. He did a good job.]

They're dead.
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[personal profile] disreguarded 2020-03-26 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
Congratulations, you did it. [ beau says flatly. the snakes are now flat. ]

This is getting us nowhere. Come on, let's - okay, what about this. [ she huffs, trying to make her feathers settle down as she talks. ] He needs to be able to express himself, right? So - maybe we show him how to do that.

[ very carefully, she picks up the plush, and hands it to hunter. ] Give that to him. And then we get all the fucking bad out by saying what's bothering us.

[ because if these two keep fighting she's going to midtrial them ]
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[personal profile] counterclocked 2020-03-26 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
They weren't—

[Alive in the first place, he almost says, but then Beau is handing him some kind of stuffed animal. He blinks as he listens to her.]

—Wait, seriously?

[He glances towards Jin Ling for a second before looking back at Beau.]
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[personal profile] goldpeony 2020-03-26 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
[Jin Ling looks like Beau socked him in the face unexpectedly. She did, but, like, metaphorically.]

What?! Nothing is bothering me, so I don't have anything to say!

[This is very clearly bullshit, but like hell he is going to--! His eyes cut sharply and warily at Hunter, and then he jerks his head away. Absolutely not, no.]
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[personal profile] disreguarded 2020-03-26 01:13 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, seriously. [ she says, folding her arms. ] Don't fuckin' lie to me, Jin Ling.

[ she would scowl if she had!! a mouth!! not that. they can see that. ]

Look, I'll fucking go first if I gotta. Someone's gotta do something or we're just gonna sit in here with the creepy doll for an hour.
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[personal profile] counterclocked 2020-03-26 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
...How about you go first and we’ll see if it works?

[He still thinks Beau will ground him, but he also has like -38848484 desire to do this.]
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[personal profile] goldpeony 2020-03-26 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
This is stupid and weird!

[Them standing around, telling their tragedies, practically holding hands. AWKWARD. He doesn't like it.] Fine. You go first. [And then the two boys will..............not go at all maybe.]
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[personal profile] disreguarded 2020-03-26 01:34 am (UTC)(link)
[ SIGHS.

beau shifts. folds her arms across her chest. ]


Okay. So - losing someone... losing someone sucks. [ she says, eyes on the doll. ] It hurts a fucking lot. It feels like - something's been ripped out of you, a part that you can't function without. Like your heart. And you can cover up the hole, and it's easiest to do that with anger, right? Pulling away is so fucking easy to do.

[ deep breath. ]

I don't know who you lost. But it's okay. The bleeding will stop eventually. It has for me, and I'm - it still hurts, but. It'll be even easier if you just - let people in. So try to do that. Try to let people in.
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[personal profile] counterclocked 2020-03-26 01:38 am (UTC)(link)
Don't call her idea stupid and weird.

[He says, despite the fact that he also finds this incredibly weird and uncomfortable. As she speaks, though, he looks towards her with open concern. He doesn't address the doll even after she's done, but:]

Beau...
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[personal profile] goldpeony 2020-03-26 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
[His lips thin into a heavy frown as he listens. It's awkward to be a part of, standing on the outside and listening, but then being roped in somehow nonetheless. It's awkward and awful. And familiar, in a distant way.

He glances at the doll, and then at Beau again, his brows narrowed.]


Are you talking about the... [He doesn't know what tf that kind of being was, but.] ...person with the strange skin and the colorful robe?

[It was a jacket, but still.]
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[personal profile] disreguarded 2020-03-26 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
[ she glances at jin ling. ]

Who, Molly? Yeah. He's one of them. [ a pause. she doesn't look at hunter for now, feeling a bit raw. ] I just get it, is all. The notes said he needs understanding.

If you guys can think of something else to help, you should do it, since I imagine you guys actually saying anything like what I just did is next to zero. [ they can do this revivification ritual style. ]
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[personal profile] counterclocked 2020-03-26 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
No, I can... I can help.

[He looks towards Beau, then towards the doll. He doesn't necessarily want to do this, still, but - he doesn't want to make her the only one who opened up like that. He is, however, very fervently not looking at Jin Ling as he talks. It sounds a little bit stilted and awkward even with that extra effort put in.]

I've, um - I've lost someone really important to me, too. Maybe the most important person. And I get it, why that might mean that you don't know how to express yourself. It's - hard to explain to anyone how it feels, when someone that important is just gone, even if people tell you that you can talk to them. But... Withdrawing from people doesn't really fix anything. So, if people want to help you, you should let them, even if it's hard to talk about.
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[personal profile] goldpeony 2020-03-26 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
[This is, by far, the worst thing he's ever been apart of almost. He's sure of it. Between Beau and Hunter, he really would like the ground to open up and swallow him whole. Now he's just put in that awkward position if being a coward if he tries to back out. Someone without any kind of dignity and honor.

Both hands fist at his sides. He stares at the two of them even if they won't give him a single glance. It's similar, but it isn't it, he doesn't think.

Stepping forward, around Beau, he reaches out and snatches the plush from Hunter's hand. He turns around and tucks it on Hiro's chest with an arm around it.]


Don't listen to either of them. You don't have to talk to anyone if you don't want to yet. Not unless you're ready. They won't understand anyway, most of them. That's fine. You still have someone important now. [The friend, he means.] They've been with you when your face was the thinnest. You take care of them because they need you, too. They're loyal, and you do things together all the time.

They'll always listen, and won't give you platitudes, or judge you for not having a family, or tell you you're childish, or you didn't do enough. And if you just have this one friend, that's okay. One is enough until you want more.
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[personal profile] disreguarded 2020-03-26 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
[ she has never been more proud of both of them, honestly.

granted, jin ling's could've been better in beau's opinion but she's not saying anything. she's just glad he said anything at all. and it maybe gives her a bit of insight into how his head works. definitely gives her something to think about with hunter, too.

jin ling finishes - and the doll opens his eyes, looking over at them.

beau absolutely yelps. ]

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