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πŸ›Ž ([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?




β˜…
FIRST FLOOR.

β˜… 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!

β˜… 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.

β˜… 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.

1, 2, 3


β˜…
SECOND FLOOR.

β˜… 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.

β˜… 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.

β˜… 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.


β˜…
OUTDOORS.

β˜… 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.

β˜… 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.

β˜… 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.

β˜… 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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supremity: sα΄‡α΄‹α΄œΚœα΄€Κ€α΄€ (₀₄₇)

[personal profile] supremity 2022-07-28 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
[ he folds his thumb over the top of kaeya's hand, trapping it there with a quick squeeze, a tap, and then letting go. acknowledging. ]

Careful, might get frostbite with these. [ CORPSE FINGIES ] They never do, do they?

[ hua cheng over here looking like jack nicholson from the shining with the frost in his hair. ]
supremity: sα΄‡α΄‹α΄œΚœα΄€Κ€α΄€ (πŸ¦‹ β‚€β‚€β‚„)

[personal profile] supremity 2022-07-28 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
[ he wraps this second one around his own head like he's a russian babushka. ]

Reason why it was best some stayed behind to ensure that we weren't all lost out there.
frostythehitman: (judging)

[personal profile] frostythehitman 2022-07-28 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
What is it with you and my nipples, Kaeya.
frostythehitman: (uhhh)

[personal profile] frostythehitman 2022-07-28 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
You cocooned me in this too? What the hell, Kazu?

What am I supposed to be, anyway, a fish?
frostythehitman: (what the fuck is this now)

[personal profile] frostythehitman 2022-07-28 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
Lightning strikes?

Maybe it's good I didn't end up going with you guys, then.

[ luv 2 have conductive metal welded straight onto your flesh ]
frostythehitman: (confused but kinda smug about it)

[personal profile] frostythehitman 2022-07-28 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe once the weather's better.
frostythehitman: (confused but kinda smug about it)

[personal profile] frostythehitman 2022-07-28 02:25 am (UTC)(link)
[ stares in "multiple spy missions in siberian winters wearing only very light jackets" ]

...alright. Well, you don't have any frostbite or anything, do you? Because I'm out of tickets, and I don't know who's still got some.
supremity: sα΄‹Κα΄„α΄ΚŸα΄Κ€α΄‡α΄… βˆ— ᴘʟs ᴅᴏɴ'α΄› ᴛᴀᴋᴇ (₁₃₄ πŸ‘‘)

[personal profile] supremity 2022-07-28 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
[ oh, there they go. hua cheng also watches this, less concerned about eating and mostly just vaguely amused by the antics. his daemon being made into a simple animal has given him conflicted feelings for two months, but, you know, whaddya gonna do? at least it's free entertainment.

the huli jing lets out a surprised noise, and tears through the snow, weaving past other peoples' work in the snow to scurry away from turbo pig.
]

A ball..? Not too hard, you just have to make sure you're not rolling it over clumps of snow. Slightly damp snow will help, as well, as it's easier to pack. [ hate that i knew this. ] It is. I call him Dianxia or gege. His name is Xie Lian.

[ it takes him a beat to actually say his name, btw. ]
illomened: (crutch)

[personal profile] illomened 2022-07-28 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
[What a charming granny.]

Yes... Though I can't say we wouldn't have run off after you to find you if you'd taken any longer to come back.
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[personal profile] overruns 2022-07-28 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
[ aw, emet. they're all pretending to be cowabummer right now, but he does reach out and carefully squeeze his arm. they'll manage. ]
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[personal profile] overruns 2022-07-28 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
...Must you phrase it so...
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[personal profile] supremity 2022-07-28 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
[ old enough to be one ]

Oh, that wouldn't surprise me. Lot of people that'd go running into danger, here, but at least we'd have a cavalry.
overruns: (vwyn19)

[personal profile] overruns 2022-07-28 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
[ STOP he's just going to leave and be 'sad' somewhere else, this is unbearable ]
frostythehitman: (why do i have to listen to you)

[personal profile] frostythehitman 2022-07-28 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
What? It's the truth.
illomened: (but somehow)

[personal profile] illomened 2022-07-28 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
[HELP it's true tho]

It's better to be those sorts of people in a situation like this, I'd say.
illomened: (curious)

[personal profile] illomened 2022-07-28 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
[THERE THEY GO... They're probably just leaving a trail of mowed down snow in their wake like a couple of snowblowers. Maybe tripping over some people. Maybe tripping people over... Souji is used to Saizo's energetic antics by now and is sure he'll play nice, so he's not fussed. BE FREE, LOCAL CHAOS CREATURES.]

Hm... I'll keep that in mind, then! Maybe I can improve my snow Saizo yet. [It's lumpy now but it will be so smooth and round thanks to snow's knowledge and thus hua cheng's knowledge.

Anyway, something about the name has him perking up a little!]


That name reminds me of something... [Whatever it is is a mystery though, because he carries on with:] May I ask a little bit about him?
dms: (rainbow painter)

[personal profile] dms 2022-07-28 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
All you have to do is ask! Okay, let's see here... The overall shape is right - he's super round! But it's all in the little details - and the face is what helps give him life! So here, we'll start with the eyes!

[ whips out a paintbrush and uses the tail end of it to carve out some eyes!! ]
dms: (sparkles)

[personal profile] dms 2022-07-28 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
You were asleep! I didn't want you to get cold, and snow is actually really insulating, you know!

You're a mermaid! Half person, half fish!
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[personal profile] supremity 2022-07-28 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
[ sorry to everybody that might be in the middle of working on their own projects, but they're just. gone. they'll probably circle back around once saizo catches tanhua and they switch who's "it," so it's going to be funny seeing someone minding their own business, getting taken out, and then being bowled over a second time after they get back up... ]

Fresh snow doesn't stick as easily unless it's already got something to stick to, so it makes for a good foundation. [ hua cheng just knows so much useless shit ]

Hm? You may, of course - I could never say no to talking about gege.
frostythehitman: (judging)

[personal profile] frostythehitman 2022-07-28 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
[ dourly: ] Oh, I know all about being cocooned in freezing temperatures.

...okay but why?
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[personal profile] illomened 2022-07-28 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
[Watching as Kazu's magic art hands bring this big round plop of snow to life... Saizo's also running in circles around both the giant snowball and Kazu.]

Ah! That's exactly what the little girls in the village used to say. They loved seeing Saizo, but they all said that his eyes were his best feature... They're right, you know.

[Said half to Saizo, who has stopped to stare up at him with his big ol piggy eyes...]
illomened: (οΌˆγƒ»β–‘γƒ»οΌ‰)

[personal profile] illomened 2022-07-28 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
[THEY'RE JUST A COMEDY DUO. All the better to keep everyone's spirits a little buoyed...]

You've done a lot of work with snow, haven't you... [TO HAVE ALL THIS KNOWLEDGE. Though he supposes Sieghart is also full of useless knowledge, and has hundreds of years under his belt, too. Maybe all immortal beings are simply Like This.

ANYWAY about that gege.]


He's dear to you, yes? What sort of person is he?
dms: (wanderlust! abroad)

[personal profile] dms 2022-07-28 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
'Cause it's fun and cute! I got pics, too!
dms: ((*^β–½^*))

[personal profile] dms 2022-07-28 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
They're totally right! He's got the cutest little eyes. They're so expressive, how could you not love him?!

Here, how's this look? It's not quite the same as seeing him IRL, but I tried to capture his whole essence in the snow.
frostythehitman: (eugh)

[personal profile] frostythehitman 2022-07-28 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
Why do people keep insisting on calling me cute.