WEEK ZERO: MINGLE

[cluedin]

WEEK ZERO

OCCUPANCY: 36

For those of you counting along, you'll find that it's been three days since you've arrived at Master Blue's mansion. On this lovely Monday morning, the weak winter sun shines in through the spotless windows. The curtains in the ballroom have been drawn closed and cannot be moved away from the back wall during the daylight hours. The scent of a hot and delicious breakfast wafts from the direction of the dining hall at 7am, and small creaks and groans in the house urge you to awaken.

Perhaps you're a late riser though. No matter! There's still plenty of food you can make for yourself and ways for you to amuse yourself. Though the decor's been taken down, leftover Valentine's candy remains abundant, and a chilly breeze drifts through the halls. Best of all, all damage inflicted on the house has been repaired. In addition, a new placard has been mounted in the entryway.

As you carry on with your day in the mansion and explore the rooms provided, you may come to find that starting today it will appear as though you've all lost the use of one of your senses. Your vision may have grown dim, or maybe you really can't smell the enticing treats in the dining hall after all. How unfortunate.

Then again, something doesn't seem quite right. Walking through the halls, nothing seems terribly out of place. However, turning the corner or entering a room you will find someone who looks a little too much like yourself behaving in a fairly inappropriate manner. You would never read something so lewd. Who would ever think that you would wear something so pink? These mannerisms may seem innocent to others, but you can't help but disapprove.

Too bad no one else can see them.

Come Monday at noon, you will also find a new surprise. The wooden box with your name on it can now be opened, and a rustling crackle of static can be heard from overhead. Try as you might, you won't be able to find the speakers but this message will play loud and clear for all.

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Comments

[dressupqueen]

Oh, no, not at all! You just remind me of someone I know.

[in more ways than one




sadly, she doesn't immediately understand what haruka is referring to here, and she looks between her and the flower with a small amount of confusion for a moment - then remembers the sniffing and gets it.]

Oh... you can't smell it? ...you didn't catch a cold or something, did you?

[stuffy noses are the worst :( ]

[commitaphobe]

[ Oh– 

She's kind of stupid, isn't she?

That's okay, it's kind of charming. In the meantime it means haruka has no reason to admit to whatever strange illness has befallen her. Weaknesses and all that. ]

Something like that.

[ She manages with an earnest chuckle. ]

Can I ask you something? A personal question–

[ She leans in like she might whisper a secret into her ear. ]

Did this place take something from you?

[dressupqueen]

[yeah she really kind of is]

Take something..?

[she turns the rose over in her hand, not noticing when one of the thorns pricks her finger. ouch. except... not ouch, because she doesn't seem to feel it at all.]

What do you mean?

[maybe it took her common sense.]