WEEK SIX: MINGLE

[cluedin]

WEEK SIX

OCCUPANCY: . . .

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...

...a silence lays over the house.

For anyone who ventures into the ballroom, a new change may become apparent. Should you choose to look at the plaques, those of the dead have gone blank. The images that were once there have been covered, though the information is still there.

Additionally, the house rules have been removed.

Odd, isn't it? Where are those strange effects you've grown accustom to over the last several weeks in this house? Your body is as it should be (except for those of you who have lost limbs...you know who you are...), your mind is sound and stable, and there are no strange urges or instincts arising within you.

The mansion is in prime condition. All of the rooms (except for Master Blue's and the servants' quarters) are unlocked, and nothing seems out of place. Perhaps you'll have a chance to relax this morning?

Well, it was nice while it lasted anyway. 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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MONDAY, 12PM

[cluedin]

[As the radio crackles to life, the sounds of Peach, Plum and Pumpkin can be heard speaking to the guests. It's Peach who speaks first, alarmingly cheerful in a way that sounds almost...manic?]

"Good afternoon everyone! There's been a sliiight change of plans...and by slight I mean major. The house sucks."

[Next comes Pumpkin, and hope you're listening because she's talking pretty fast and kind of tripping over her words a bit.]

"So, like, you know what happens when a game dev didn't account for people trying to break their game and suddenly everything gets all weird and like people have to go in and fix things to stop it from getting worse? Think of... think of it like this--Master Blue is the lead programmer, the house is the crappy mean hacker, the three of us are the play testers, and you guys are the ones trying to debug the code... but hey, you're also gonna be getting some help from the data that got trashed earlier in the coding process?

...

What I'm trying to say is that things kinda suck right now and everything is bad but you guys are really close to fixing it and also go check out the graveyard okay just trust me on this!!!"

[And finally there's Plum, steady as ever though a bit more reserved than usual.]

"The house cheated. We will be going ahead and try to-- contain things, along with the Master. This... will not be easy, but you will not be on your own. Please... be careful. We're counting on you."

[As the group begins to head toward the graveyard, they will notice something strange. The three girls appear to be facing the gravestones and flagging people for attention, but they aren't facing the living.

Instead...you may see some...very familiar faces.

Welcome back, slain little monsters.

As for the living? Letters sent anytime over this weekend will bounce back to their senders. A personal delivery is sweeter, don't you think?]

Hello from the other side (Graveyard)

[shortfornow]

[ It's time to rise up.

Here's Dazai holding a photo album in his arms. His gaze is already scanning the crowd to see who is there. ]

You know, it would have been funnier if we came back while they were sleeping.

[ Their wake up could have been spirited. Anyways, now he'll actually address the living. ]

Hello everyone~ Did you miss us?

[voidbreaker]

[ walks back into the house ]

[shortfornow]

[ bye ]

[goldpeony]

[shortfornow]

[ winks

which might not be a wink considering he only has one eye out but whatever you get it ]

[slobjection]

[ did someone say.... rise from the ashes? ]

[ no? well, here he is anyway, in all his ghostly splendor. ]

[ he has various solid object nearby including..... guess what... pudding. ]

Hi there. Ready to go house hunting?

[goldpeony]

[DON'T WINK AT HIM WITH A SINGLE EYE]

Stop that.

[shortfornow]

[ Swiping a pudding. ]

[infire]

...Some may have. Welcome back, Dazai.

[miscakes]

[










THROWS A ROCK AT HIM.]

[slobjection]

Use it responsibly.

[brokethefirst]

[She ain't moving fast at all and honestly 7 other people are ICly gonna be here first, but...

Hello she looks like she wants to cry.]

[disreguarded]

[ sorry hold on she just - skids to a stop in front of him, biting her bottom lip, holding onto his stupid beanie where it's on her head!! hi dad. ]

... I'm keeping your hat. [ she says, stubbornly and wavering. ] But - yeah. Yeah, of course I am.

[madburnout]

[you know how when you catch a cat doing something bad like clawing the furniture and suddenly it becomes aware of your presence and and stops and kind of hunches over like its trying to decide whether to keep doing what its doing or make a break for it but there's that deep element of feral decision making obviously happening in front of you while it stands stock still but every muscle tensed

thats the thing lio is doing right now]

[infire]

[ walks the other way ]

[shortfornow]

[ Just going to walk over. stop that means to come over right? ]

Too bad they couldn't bring us back earlier. I would have liked to see your feathers in person.

[recrypt]

Putting it that way makes it sound like we want to buy the house, and I don't think any of us really want this on our hands.

[slobjection]

[ it goes through him and hits the nearest the nearest object or person ]

Hmm... missed you too, Goro.

[voidbreaker]

[ pudding? seriously? who knows where that's been now. ]

[recrypt]

No.

But I suspect someone might have.

[soba]

... what's that?

[ saying hi feels awkward so he just

asks a question ]

[constellates]

[bet you thought you'd seen the last of me. :^)

when the ghosts arrive and they see you again, anya perks up since i think there genuinely isn't a single person on the living side that she wouldn't be happy to see. she'll wave excitedly before coming up to you, hands outstretched - ]

И снова здравствуйте! Hello again.

[unless you're beau, zenitsu, jin ling, nhs, or toi in which case there is no holding back - she's calling your name and nyooming. in heels.]

[slobjection]

... Hey, Luna. Sorry for all the trouble I caused.

[ please don't cry on him he can't take it ]

[shortfornow]

[ S'up Brilith. She will get something closer to a softer smile for a second before it's gone. ]

It's good to be back. [ He can admit that, even if...they aren't completely back yet. ] It was pretty boring over there.