GRAVEYARD.

[guestservices]

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?

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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.

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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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Comments

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[overruns]

[ Dimitri will do the same, looking tired. There's this paper. Then, as unawkwardly as possible... ]

It would not be much of a group meeting if we did not have a fun activity to go along with it. It ought to be something exciting, so that we can have a great amount of... fun.

This activity should be something thrilling. Mayhaps we could do some brainstorming together? Doing something so exciting might be distracting, so people may only be able to pay attention to one, but I believe it's worthwhile for maximum entertainment.

[ he's of the mind that dangerous is fine but okay, rupert ]

[dms]

[ kazu's gonna be predictable here and say, ]

Oh, oh! We could do a play!

[agleam]

[he nods]

Actually, I was curious, and you've been here a little longer than me - I know we have the dream suite for the rest of the staff apart from Virgo, but have we found any way to get the others physically over here? I guess we could use the suite to do something if not. Still, it'd be nice to see them all together in person!

[dms]

Hmmm, not that I've heard of! They usually say that they let GoGo keep to themselves over here, but maybe we could ask?

[agleam]

Right! As long as we do our best to keep it a surprise, especially from the staff.

[callalilies]

Thrilling activities... it's hard to come by ones that aren't by nature a little dangerous, but.

[ hmm ]

Parties are exciting, and we could fit a number of different things inside of one. Games, activities, something a little more physical for those who like a challenge?

People also like dinner and a show

[dms]

Dinner and a show, yes! But I'd totes be down to throw a party, too.

The thing would be getting everyone to RSVP and show up on time, you know? Especially the ones who don't like this stuff as much.

[callalilies]

Perhaps we take a day to suss out the invitations' wording to keep things mostly a surprise and send them all in the box at once when they're complete. That way they should be delivered all at once, yes?

Give them a deadline to submit by so that we can make certain everyone has received word and advertise to a few especially extroverted guests that they should encourage "full attendance"?

[illomened]

If we're going to invite the staff and we can only use the dream suite to do so, that doesn't leave as many people for a party, though.

[callalilies]

Perhaps a last minute invitation they can't say no to? Surprise them even more?


[ we kidnap them ]

[illomened]

[Honestly Souji's always down to kidnap people he wants to socialize with BUT ALSO--]

I meant more along the lines of... I don't know if it's possible for the others outside of Vi-san to get here, physically.

[callalilies]

Oh that is a good point. Not sure if the rest can get down here... Ah. Perhaps we could have the living try to figure a way out to do so? As they'll have their letters first? Or we could try and subtly ask if the staff are able to visit us physically in some way?

We're very close to the deadline. Certain things might be able to flex a bit more.

[illomened]

That's true... We could try that, or we could see if we can use that suite a little more creatively, I suppose.

[agleam]

Well... Even if they aren't here physically, we could find something for them to do, right? Souji, do you know if it's possible for multiple people to go into the suites at once? Like, more than just one person and one staff member that they ask for.

[highestheim]

[ a small nod here ]

Gemini has more or less confirmed this to be the case to me. Our side is strictly Virgo's domain.

[agleam]

Yeah! If we use the bells and go into the suites, they aren't really allowed to say no, right? And we could get fun stuff ready to do in there!

[callalilies]

Exactly. I don't see why it's not possible so long as we perhaps... ambush them. Then we'll have them all at once.

[highestheim]

Are you suggesting we bully them into saying yes?

[ which, like, he isn't necessarily against! ]

[overruns]

Yes. I believe only people who enjoy thrilling surprises should go and participate in the exciting activity, while the others can enjoy talking about whatever is on their minds.

[illomened]

[oic, is what his expression says...]

Ah, that is a very good point! Perhaps those who sit out of the thrilling surprises could try to visit our staff together...?

[overruns]

Something like that, yes. And even if the staff cannot participate, we can still have fun amongst ourselves. [ he loves having fun ]

[highestheim]

I know Souji has been taking it upon himself to make us all food, but I would hate to add more to his plate in order to provide for the staff, too.

[callalilies]

We could always offer to pitch in.

[highestheim]

Ah... I can't say I have much experience. Making meals for myself is one thing, but cooking for others... I've never really done it.

[ktiseos]

It all sounds quite ridiculous, if you ask me.

[he says, arms folded, though he is definitely still here and watching them attentively.

the thing is that he knows it would look suspicious if emet-selch of all people was like yes let's do something fun and thrilling]