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[personal profile] malewife 2022-07-04 07:32 pm (UTC)(link)
… This must also be a room fit to someone’s taste. A light switch doesn’t fit the gaudy aesthetic.

[ Dokja may hold a hand which Joonghyuk takes without complaint. It’s a firm, solid handholding in this dusty ass room today.

Niah will sniff the puddle. This is blood??? Not like he can tell anyone if it is, but Joonghyuk will come over to see if it’s how blood naturally stains flooring. Eventually, Niah follows the trail of smaller paw prints.

Dokja can look at the statue or elsewhere if he wants.
]

This is not a few weeks of dust.
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[personal profile] afterword 2022-07-04 07:38 pm (UTC)(link)
You judge everyone's room, no matter how it looks. [ ... ] It is a bit gaudy though.

Any guesses on whose?

[ hei and I looking at each other like Well.

anyways, Dokja will crouch down to see if he can get a peek at the statue's face. while still trying to hold onto Joonghyuk with that solid grip idk. if he can't find a face to peek he will glance under the bed after.

Jin will peek a little under the bed as well but she will opt to follow Niah after the paw prints. Whomst..? ]


Think that's blood?
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[personal profile] malewife 2022-07-04 07:52 pm (UTC)(link)
I have a guess, only because there are small paw prints here and there, but nothing I can confirm. [ For now. also: ] It’s blood.

[ is the statue Xie Lian in a Hua Cheng’s favorite doggy style pose

Joonghyuk CAN’T follow to the closet while they’re holding hands, so he temporarily unlinks them… I am sorry. Exploring is more important, though now he feels nervous—which makes him hate the weekly effects more. May this place crumble one day.

So! The closet! He opens it.
]
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[personal profile] afterword 2022-07-04 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, I can just tell you since I can see their face. But I'll let you guess first. [ is this statue qi rong, mods just tell me it's qi rong ] I have to assume the blood belongs to them.

[ if sisi doesn't kill hei first I WILL, FOR WRITING OUT THAT SENTENCE RIGHT THERE.

oh, Dokja also does not like the feeling of their hands being unlinked. but he'll stay here and not go following after like a sad puppy. he's [REDACTED] years old or something he isn't a child. though it's fine because Jin, belatedly as her brain buffers, realizes something WAS under the bed and goes trotting on back to help Dokja since Joonghyuk is with Niah now.

Jin will press to the floor and try to scoot under the bed to gingerly try and paw the sleeping form out. very very gently. Dokja will turn his attention to what Jin is doing with a squint that you give your cat when you think they're probably eating something they aren't supposed to eat. ]


Jin might have found something.
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[personal profile] malewife 2022-07-04 08:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[ So it is Xie Lian in doggy style position. Joonghyuk will come back after closing the closet to see the statue, then look around the room then back to the statue. ]

It's Xie Lian. [ The statue, he means. Niah also returns, but at the sound of a hiss he snarls loudly— ] Don't eat it. You don't know where it has been.

[ He goes back to exploring! Is the dining table also looking like it hasn't been used in a while? Is there BLOOD here, too? What about the cauldron? ]

If we don't find anything interesting, we should look at the other door.
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[personal profile] afterword 2022-07-04 08:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[ listen i wanted to avoid saying xie lian because that is my friend and makes me want to fight qr with every ounce of my being of having a statue of him like this. though, this makes me glad i didn't bring hc instead of yjh. i can only imagine the kind of damage hc would do.

Jin responds to the aggressive launch with a loud rippling snarl and bare of her fangs. however, the white nine-tailed fox does not fight, but rather pounces with her front paws to squish and pin the weasel in place. CEASE. if Jin isn't able to catch it so easily, Dokja will help and try to grab it too. even if he'd rather avoid touching it. daemon on the mind. ]


She won't eat it. [ he hopes, he gives her a look though just to make sure. ]

Alright. [ he'll push to a stand. ] So, what? They were brought here like us, with suite rooms of their own, and became staff? This room has been untouched for a while now.

[ has this weasel just been scraping by on rats... not everyone cares for their daemons but damb. ]
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[personal profile] malewife 2022-07-04 08:53 pm (UTC)(link)
I was talking to Niah, too. [ Niah looking huffy. ] That seems to be the case. I didn't expect them to have their own suites, however.

[ To be honest, if the meat was substantial enough, Joonghyuk would steal it, but scraps are not enough. Niah will sniff the weasel, but at a safe distance. It is familiar?

Joonghyuk will go to the other door in the room then.
]

It must mean this door leads to another staff member's room, shared by a bathroom.

[ OPEN? OR IS THIS LOCKED? ]
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[personal profile] afterword 2022-07-04 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[ i don't want to know what that means for qr if the daemons eat the weasel. (he gets vored.)

Dokja eyes the weasel, putting two and two together. the consistency of the dust, room and weasel's appearance. ]


It was likely forgotten here, which with the state of the room.. [ matches up. ] You still have some treats on you?

[ at least give it something that isn't a dead rat for it to nom on so it isn't hissing and squeaking so offendedly. Jin just watches the weasel with a tilt of her head, using her paws to turn it over onto its tummy so she can quickly wrap her muzzle around its back to carry the weasel like a pup. this is her toy now.

Dokja will follow Joonghyuk to the other door, humming with thought. ]


If that's the case, we probably won't be able to explore the other room. I only have this one key.
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[personal profile] malewife 2022-07-04 09:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Shuts the door instantly. It offended his nose. Dokja can open it again. ]

I do.

[ He's guessing Dokja wants some, so he proffers snacks he made personally for Niah and Jin. Niah comes over to the sound of treats? ]
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[personal profile] afterword 2022-07-04 09:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks.

[ YOO JOONGHYUK.... HELP. that's fair. that stench is so rancid.

Jin drools just a little at the sound of treats though, with weasel in her mouth, rip. but when Dokja takes a snack made for the daemons and he offers it to the weasel instead. if he gets bit in the process, it's fine. take the treat you stinky lil guy and stop your hissing.

with that done, he gestures for Jin to stay so she will lounge in the current room and keep the weasel with her. no wandering into the smelly room.

... he will regret it but, he'll cover his nose as he opens up the door again and enter the room. the smell of blood and corpses isn't all that new to them. feels having your world go into apocalyptic ruin. still, not a pleasant smell and god it's so gross, but he'll check out the counter first for that glint of metal. is this a knife? ]
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[personal profile] malewife 2022-07-04 10:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Niah pushes through even if it's smelly. Joonghyuk follows along, too, then looks at the butcher's knife.

Going to the far side, he... Opens the cabinet?
]

At this point, I'm sure we know who used to inhabit this room.

[ Niah is just nosing around. ]
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[personal profile] afterword 2022-07-04 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Jin and the weasel will stay in the other room, so we shall focus on this room so i don't force the mod to rp the weasel more for now

Dokja stares tiredly at the butcher's knife with its bits of nasty gore. he is not surprised at all. ]


Qi Rong, obviously.

[ he'll look around while Joonghyuk checks the cabinet, does anything else stand out? is this actually a shared bathroom or is this some other room connecting to the main one. ]
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[personal profile] malewife 2022-07-04 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
... He should have at least clean up.

[ Closes the cabinet doors. GROSS. A postcard, though? He picks it up and gently dusts it off. What's on it? Niah will not bring it over because he knows it's dusty, so he waits for Joonghyuk to also come over since the wolf is just staring at him so long.

He goes over to pick that on up, too. What are on these two cards?
]
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[personal profile] afterword 2022-07-04 10:55 pm (UTC)(link)
When has he ever given off the impression that he cleans?

[ Dokja will pick up the two scattered on the floor in the meantime, also cleaning off the dust on it.

give us the lore on these four postcards :creature: ]
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[personal profile] malewife 2022-07-04 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Some fools can change.

[ ...

Looks on the back? Brushes off the dust if there's any on that side, too.
]
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[personal profile] afterword 2022-07-04 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Name one, and you can't say me.

[ squints at the images. kito is that you. he'll do the same as yjh and turn them around to look at their other side as he dusts them off as well. anything written? ]
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[personal profile] malewife 2022-07-04 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
I wouldn't name you. You've barely changed.

[ Joonghyuk goes over to Dokja to exchange postcards cause he wants to see it. ]

Two of them have the same illustration.

[ Is there anything else to note in this room? Or are they free to return to the other room. Joonghyuk may or may not try to steal the knife. ]
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[personal profile] afterword 2022-07-05 12:01 am (UTC)(link)
If that's the case, maybe I should revert to my earlier changes.

[ you brat. he'll look over Joonghyuk's in turn. ]

Hm. A lot of mention of flowers. ..What are these even doing in here?

[ he'll put all four postcards together so they're in a neat stack. ew, leave the gorey knife alone. jk he won't scold him, steal away. he'll give one last look around for anything else as well. ]
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[personal profile] malewife 2022-07-05 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
[ to be honest… very gross. ]

They have dust on them, so they must have been there for a long time. The flowers might be flower language.

[ Anything that should catch their interest in the main room? Can they break down the statue. ]
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[personal profile] afterword 2022-07-05 12:20 am (UTC)(link)
[ mods are valid, orvs are just stinky thieves. ]

So likely since the last time he was in here. ..Flower language is a code of sorts to get some messages across.

[ thinks of akira's code messages. but back to the main room they go, are there any other doors other than this one and the one they came in?

Jin wags her tails as they come back, still holding the weasel like a pup that is presumedly still chomping on some provided snacks. ]
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[personal profile] malewife 2022-07-05 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, unless there is some strange time paradox in this hotel.

[ Are we able to pocket the postcards? If not, Joonghyuk will write the contents down.

Also, after they speed tour the bathroom, Joonghyuk stares at the statue.
]

Should we do something about this?
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[personal profile] afterword 2022-07-05 12:48 am (UTC)(link)
That could be possible.

[ after yjh is done writing it down, assuming we cannot keep postcards, he'll glance over to the statue.

... ]
Yeah. I don't really want to risk Hua Cheng finding it.

[ could they potentially use the cauldron to beat down this statue? he'll look around for anything else that might help but.

Jin growls anytime the weasel starts to flail, only quietening when the creature resumes eating snacks. ]


What about his daemon? I feel like if we leave it in here, it might starve to death. [ eyes it. i'm gonna assume they just can't keep it so ] We could probably return it to Qi Rong but.

[ not sure how that's gonna play out. guess they already got and learned what they could so it's probably fine if they find out they snooped already. but if its fate must be unknown mods can always have it slip out of jin's grasp. ]
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[personal profile] malewife 2022-07-05 12:59 am (UTC)(link)
That guy is crazy enough without this statue existing.

[ Simp King. Also, we would never kill an animal this weasel is ours(?)

More like Dokja’s. Every time the weasel flails, Niah hovers of it and watches.
]

If that’s what you want to do.

[ He won’t stop Dokja from wanting to return the weasel? If the cauldron weighs less than the statue, then they can use the cauldron… If it’s that the statue weighs less, then maybe the other way around??

Point is they’re going to try to break the statue, if possible.
]
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[personal profile] afterword 2022-07-05 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
You can't blame him what with the hostage situation.

[ yeah we truly would not kill it. kdj has a daughter that is an avid animal lover, it is but a hungy and innocent weasel as of now so no need to kill that's f*cked up :pensive:

but yes this is ours now... until he probably returns it. he is not keeping this weasel forever. in the end when this is all over he does not want to hold onto a stinky soul. ]


Alright, so how should we do this?

[ Dokja will help Joonghyuk in any way they want to approach this, whether it is use cauldron on statue or the other way around. whatever weighs less i guess. ]
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[personal profile] malewife 2022-07-05 01:11 am (UTC)(link)
[ Joonghyuk sweeps the statue bits under the bed. ]

We’ve seen enough.

[ Yaaaay. ]
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[personal profile] afterword 2022-07-05 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
[ nice. our did it. this is for you xl

with that feeling settled, he'll nod and gesture to the door. ]


Let's go then.

[ YAAAAAY ]