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

[survivaltricks]

I didn't wake up in time for breakfast.

[he's a teenager he sleeps in]

And dinner wasn't hot enough to burn my tongue. It's not that; trust me.

[kazokun]

...do you have trouble waking up in time for breakfast?

[ It's not the problem, but, like. Please eat breakfast, it's the most important meal of the day. Be like Ayabe who wakes up at five or six probably to get everything started for the day. ]

[survivaltricks]

I'm not a morning person.

[it's just that simple]

[kazokun]

[ What about school!! Akira ):

Ayabe's going to have to accept nobody else here cares about school, and he tells himself to stop badgering people on things that don't matter. It's fine. Akira should sleep in all he wants, because the less time he's awake, the less of all this he has to be there for. That's how the depression sleep gets you. ]

Alright... I don't know what's up, then. Ken was having trouble tasting things at breakfast as well. Hopefully it's just some sort of... non-febrile infection that'll clear itself up in a few days.

[survivaltricks]

[he wakes up in time for school!! but there is no school here is there]

[also it's spring break]

. . . an "infection" sounds too logical for things that happen in this mansion.

[maybe it's magic]

[kazokun]

When something like this happens, don't you go for the most logical solution?

[ Don't just say it's magic... That's like giving up. You can cure or alleviate an infection; none of them's got anything against magic.

Considering it's FAKE ]

[survivaltricks]

No.

[wh]

[why is that Akira]

[(BECAUSE HIS LIFE IS CRAZY)]

Especially not when this whole situation is already super illogical.

[kazokun]

It seems like that because it's constructed to be confusing and make no sense. But if somebody set this up, there has to be reasons and explanations for things.

[ Just don't ask Ayabe what they are, because he is not smart, he is not here to be the person who will figure things out, I refuse to have him solve anything. ]

[survivaltricks]

[IT'S FINE, I REFUSE TO HAVE AKIRA SOLVE ANYTHING, EVEN THO HE'LL TRY]

Well, you're not wrong about that. I'm just not expecting the reasons and explanations to be something that makes sense.

[low bar, Akira. low bar]

[kazokun]

[ Super low bar. Still, Ayabe sighs and has to concede that much. He's still desperately clinging to the idea this is all his school president's fault somehow, when the president is known for acting on a whim and doing what he wants, with no rhyme or reason that makes sense. ]

I guess it doesn't matter as long as it goes away. Anything... overly technological or scientific [ NOT MAGICAL bc magic is fake ] I'm not going to understand anyways.

[survivaltricks]

[keep telling yourself that Ayabe]

Or magical.

[yeah Akira's saying it]

[kazokun]

[ it's not going to be magic!!! ]

...Fine. If magic is real— and it is not— I wouldn't understand it either.

[survivaltricks]

[heh. Akira's mouth quirks in amusement]

You don't have any experience with magic back home, I'm assuming.

[kazokun]

...I've seen things like making a rubber band jump from one hand to another, and guessing cards from a deck?

[ Those sorts of magic tricks. He knows P4protag level magic. ]

[survivaltricks]

Not that kind of magic.

[I'M CRYING WHY IS P4PROTAG LEVEL MAGIC JUMPING RUBBER BANDS AND CARD DECKS]

[kazokun]

[ That's just how P4tag is ]

Then no. I don't think things like magic exists.