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🛎 ([personal profile] guestservices) wrote2022-07-11 08:16 am
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GRAVEYARD.






GRAVEYARD


Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today...

...to be super dead. No, did you think you were getting a funeral? Sorry.

When you wake up, no matter how you died, you'll find yourself all in one piece, inside of a fairly large box that upon further inspection may in fact be a coffin. However, throwing the lid off isn't too difficult, and as you step out of your own grave, you'll find yourself standing in a cemetery behind a large mansion, where an iron gate stands between you and the entrance. Thankfully, the moment you approach, dirty and tired as you are, the gate swings open, and you're allowed immediate entrance into the mansion.

The mansion itself is a little dusty, and the furnishings are vintage at best, but... hey, it's home. Why don't you explore a little?




FIRST FLOOR.

★ On the first floor is a parlor and sitting area. On one of the tables is a phone, which as of Week 3, Saturday has a dial tone and can be used to contact hotel staff. In addition to that is a kitchen stocked with food - not to mention a large wine cellar full to the bursting with every kind of wine you could imagine. Vintage!

★ Walking down a long hallway, you'll find a laundry room with a washbin and a washboard, a few closets full of dusty old clothes, a large library, and an ornate dining room with a crystal chandelier.

Of note, the dining room in particular has a very tall wall of what look like portraits to one side. If you walk closer, however, you may notice that the portraits are moving - and appear to actually be holding black and white images of your friends (and enemies?) back in the hotel, so you can monitor their activities. That's nice! There are record players set up beneath the portraits, which come with blank records set in there already; if you turn them on while the blank records are set there, you will be able to hear what is being said by the people in the portraits.

★ At the very end of the first floor hallway is another door - it is locked up tight with a padlock, and has a message painted on it.... Don't dead? Inside here is the basement that the dead locked Qi Rong into on Friday of Week 5. In theory you might be able to take the key from someone and go in, since it hasn't been returned to Virgo; inside here is a dark, dank basement illuminated by a lantern giving off a dim green glow. There are barrels of stale water and sour wine, boxes containing stale crackers, extremely questionable jerky, and other rotted foodstuffs, and... uh... there are some unpleasant-looking rats skittering around. Icky. In practice, why would you want to? Just keep it locked.

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SECOND FLOOR.

★ On the second floor of the mansion is a series of bedrooms. Just like the hotel, you'll find a room already booked with your name on a nameplate on the door - and a portrait of yourself, as well as your hostage, hanging just above the nameplate. The inside of the rooms are simple - a bed with red covers, a desk with a typewriter, and a small bathroom with a toilet and a clawfoot tub. Provided that you didn't give your belongings away, you'll find all of them on your bed, waiting for you upon your arrival. This includes tickets (so long as they weren't looted from your body and used to pay for hints) and other things that may have been evidence in your case but belonged to you beforehand.

★ A dumbwaiter sits at the end of the hallway of bedrooms. Inside of it is a typewriter, and a space where there once sat a golden bell labeled as Virgo's; however, the bell is currently missing. An unlabeled bell sits to the side of it. A small sign above the dumbwaiter says: PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT STAFF BY LEAVING A MESSAGE. VIRGO MAY ALSO BE SENT A TIP AND RUNG. PULL THE LEVER TO PRESS SEND. - STAFF

It seems you can reach out to the hotel staff by leaving a message or ringing the bell, though your options are limited for the latter. Sure enough, a lever in the wall next to the dumbwaiter is currently set to the "down" position. Push it to "up" and watch your message disappear.

★ Beside the dumbwaiter is one last bedroom. This room is marked with a plaque that says "Dream Suite", and has several familiar constellations decorating the door. Occasionally, when you ring the bell by the dumbwaiter while thinking of a member of Hotel Staff on the living side, the corresponding constellation on the door will light up, and you'll feel as though you should walk in. Inside, there is a line of comfortable beds. Lie down in one, and you'll have a dreamlike "in person" audience with the NPC you had attempted to contact.


OUTDOORS.

★ Outside of the mansion is a small garage. The ground here is worn down and thin, and you can almost make out what look like railroad tracks embedded in the dirt. Inside of the garage is a rattly old car that moves along those little railroad tracks, from the garage to the mansion front, and then back all the way around to the cemetery.

★ On the grounds, there is a garden full of flowers. There are also the remnants of gardening supplies and supplies to package and send bouquets, but none of these supplies are in useable condition now.

★ A "bumper cars" rink has been made by clearing out all of the rocks, weeds and grass in a sizeable area. There are some small slopes and dips, and a bumper barrier along the outside of the rink which was made by piling up compacted dead leaves from the graveyard. There are two "cars": laundry baskets that have rudimentary jar lid wheels with ladle axles and nails stolen from a dining room chair. They have been padded with some old clothing, like that will save anyone. Since we don't have electricity in hell, each "car" has one paddle made from tree branches broken down into the appropriate size, presumably used to push the cars around.

★ The cemetery where you first awaken is a direct copy of the cemetery outside of the hotel - right down to the placement of statues, mausoleums, and the creepy atmosphere. Your grave remains after you wake up in it, in case you want to take a dirt nap.

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illomened: (humbug)

[personal profile] illomened 2022-07-17 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
If Qi Rong ate our living burger I will be very cross.
callalilies: webtoon. (❄️ appeal.)

[personal profile] callalilies 2022-07-17 11:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Or our dead ate a burger.
Edited 2022-07-17 23:08 (UTC)
highestheim: (pic#15732092)

[personal profile] highestheim 2022-07-17 11:08 pm (UTC)(link)
. . . We did see how those from the station are willing to do almost anything to protect each other last week.
decaptych: ([150])

[personal profile] decaptych 2022-07-17 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[ BE NICE TO THE SEASONS ]
illomened: ((◡‿◡))

[personal profile] illomened 2022-07-17 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[THEIR CANNIBAL THAT THEY SUPERMURDERED SO HARD HIS BODY CEASED TO EXIST...]

Mm. Ah - though to note, it's still part of the hotel property at large, which means we are still very much under a watchful eye.
illomened: (every secret)

[personal profile] illomened 2022-07-17 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah... Well. [THINGS ARE A LITTLE FB: COMPLICATED STATUS AFTER THE CANNIBAL HEIST.] They've been doing their best from the very start in their own way, and I quite enjoy their company, at least.
illomened: (ink)

[personal profile] illomened 2022-07-17 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
That would be acceptable. Unless we for some reason needed that burger to get out of here.

[His tone is clearly jesting though. BUT WATCH IT BE TRUE.]
philandery: (pic#15159518)

[personal profile] philandery 2022-07-17 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[ the evil has been defeated (for now)... sylvain nods ]
callalilies: webtoon. (❄️ huh?)

[personal profile] callalilies 2022-07-17 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[ oh jeez what the fuck, this didn't happen last week? kaeya's gonna head over and crouch down at either of them and probably try to assess what the fuck is wrong, helping to support someone who might have face-planted on the ground. ]

Hey, hey stay with us...

[ don't fucking double die. ]

We'll get someone down here. [ hahaaaaa just virgo... fuck. ]
Edited 2022-07-17 23:11 (UTC)
illomened: (snapdragon)

[personal profile] illomened 2022-07-17 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[UMMMMM GIRL HELP?!?!? Souji's immediately rushing over with their SHITTY WEIRD MEDICAL SUPPLIES SALVAGED FROM SCRAPS and immediately going "hm" when he sees how bad they look. Something about this scene also gives him pause but it's fine.]

Hold on, we'll get Vi-san—
shaft: (war » a61)

[personal profile] shaft 2022-07-17 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[ YOU ARE THE SEASONS ]
callalilies: webtoon. (❄️ suggestion.)

[personal profile] callalilies 2022-07-17 11:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[ for now... he will lift a hand and just.

pat him on the chest briefly. ]


Finding your bearings here alright?
ktiseos: (24)

[personal profile] ktiseos 2022-07-17 11:13 pm (UTC)(link)
They are certainly not the only ones, either.

...I have never been certain if I think it is lucky or unlucky, to have such a group here.
frostythehitman: (fine but I WON'T LIKE IT)

[personal profile] frostythehitman 2022-07-17 11:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[ watches them both on the floor ]

Well.

We called for Virgo yet? I've got my tickets handy.
ktiseos: (32)

[personal profile] ktiseos 2022-07-17 11:15 pm (UTC)(link)
I should not think their senses extend this far, however.

[why are you so chipper for a dead person.]
callalilies: webtoon. (❄️ hm?)

[personal profile] callalilies 2022-07-17 11:15 pm (UTC)(link)
I've got one too, just in case.

No one came back from one of these last week...
dms: (rawr rawr☆mode off)

[personal profile] dms 2022-07-17 11:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[ brings! his one medkit! ]

U-Um, if there's something I can do while we wait for GoGo...

[ where does he even START help ]
ktiseos: all icons by flurry!! (Default)

[personal profile] ktiseos 2022-07-17 11:17 pm (UTC)(link)
...I do not know, but I also do not think she would lie about this. If she says so, she has reason to believe it is true.

I spoke with one of the staff of checking the graves each week, as well, and they implied there would certainly be consequences if they were disturbed so.
ercnerd: (41)

[personal profile] ercnerd 2022-07-17 11:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[Sieghart is much warmer than his pallor suggests he would be. His eyes flutter open and he brings his arm close to try to push himself up as he offers weakly:]

Aikawa . . . He has an open wound.

[Please stem it.]
frostythehitman: (this is doing me a concern)

[personal profile] frostythehitman 2022-07-17 11:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[ drags his singular hand down his face ] Damn. I told him the same, but... [ yeah. feelings.

He falls silent for a moment, working his jaw as he tries to articulate literally anything about how he himself feels about this. ]


...I don't know how to help this.
dms: (birthday boy)

[personal profile] dms 2022-07-17 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't think she would lie about it either, but...

[ glances at those who had missing bodies or missing body parts... ]

They deserve to know, don't they? Even if it's not for a case, that's still... their bodies.
illomened: ((´∀`))

[personal profile] illomened 2022-07-17 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[STOP he has so many sick days to make up for...]

But you can't say for sure, yes? You should give him a wave, too! After all, he can't see us either, but he continues to wave regardless.
callalilies: webtoon. (❄️ dislike... 2!)

[personal profile] callalilies 2022-07-17 11:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Aikawa's got an open wound, let's stem the bleeding there for now.
dms: (store your passion in the details)

[personal profile] dms 2022-07-17 11:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[ just. nods slowly. mood. ]

...I really wish I could talk to him. Letters don't really work for things like this.