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guestservices) wrote2022-04-26 01:31 pm
guestservices) wrote2022-04-26 01:31 pm
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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!
★ At the very end of the first floor hallway is another door - this one is locked with a padlock. It has a message painted on the door.... Don't dead? Anyway, it seems you can't check just stroll in there! From the looks of it it would be ill-advised to attempt to break in. Occasionally there are muffled shrieks coming from beyond the door. Hmm!
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★ 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!
★ At the very end of the first floor hallway is another door - this one is locked with a padlock. It has a message painted on the door.... Don't dead? Anyway, it seems you can't check just stroll in there! From the looks of it it would be ill-advised to attempt to break in. Occasionally there are muffled shrieks coming from beyond the door. Hmm!
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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.
★ A dumbwaiter sits at the end of the hallway of bedrooms. Inside of it is a typewriter, and a golden bell labeled as Virgo's. 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.
★ A dumbwaiter sits at the end of the hallway of bedrooms. Inside of it is a typewriter, and a golden bell labeled as Virgo's. 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.
★ 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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★ 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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N̸A̵V̴I̶G̶A̶T̴I̴O̸N̷.̷
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At least Souji is providing entertainment.]
Just remember that we need to be able to replicate the process with all of them.
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Anyway Souji just SIGHS about that very true statement, glancing between his own mostly finished player and a couple of the ones nearby.]
Why do they even need this many record players... This place isn't very big! Surely one would be able to fill an entire floor with music?
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[Honestly, he wouldn't mind the noise. He's used to the quiet, but music helps to pass the time. Sometimes conversations can be fun to overhear, too.]
How's yours looking?
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[He's truly attempting so hard to make that stupid cemetery more pleasant to wake up in, god. But after he pops another piece in, he'll set a new record atop and set to playing it!
Unfortunately, though the sound quality is good, it's only moments in that he starts feeling uneasy again.]
--Oh, dear. No, not quite right just yet...
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At any rate, his chest tightens in discomfort as the record continues to play.]
Take it off already.
[Once Souji does, he slides the record player he's working on over to him.]
Since you and I are having different issues, what looks dissimilar?
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Right, right-- [OFF IT GOES very hurriedly because he does not like the rising tide of dread in his chest thanks.
He'll lean over to look at Sieg's record player, though, tapping his chin.]
Mmm... Let's see. Oh - I don't have one of these things- [Plucking at some random coil of cording.] -in mine. Do you have an extra somewhere in here?
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He glances at the coil, then reaches over to grab an extra from the other record player he's been using for comparison.]
Here. Give me that piece over there.
[He points at a corner of Souji's record player for some piece whose name he does not know.]
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Anyway he'll fish that indicated piece out, careful not to jostle the guts of his record player too much in doing so.]
This one? Here. [Passing it over!] What do you think? Have we got all of the crucial bits?
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Now all of them should have the same number of parts. All that's left is to move them around.
[Which is to say that yes, thinks so.]
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Wonderful! I'll try a few new combinations in these ones, then--
[AND SO HE DOES. Now he can add record player maintenance man to his growing list of skills...]
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After what feels like a thousand years, Sieghart pops the first record back onto the player and lets it play. Thankfully, there's no more dread welling inside, though the song still skips a few times before sounding slightly disturbing.
He sighs.]
I'm tired of this.
[But at least it's a marked improvement from the first test.]
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That sounded much better, though! And it didn't make me anxious, either! So we must be going in the right direction...
[He'll fiddle a little more with the one he's been working on before popping the hatch closed again and dropping a record on top. Miraculously... this one plays through! No weird feelings! No disturbing songs! No private conversations! Though it does skip a bit, presumably because this dumbass just dropped it on there.]
--I think that was my fault.
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[Says Sieghart, who tossed a piece earlier. He hands Souji the record in his possession—a safe bet, because they both know it's just music.]
If this one finishes without incident, we'll copy what you did and be done with the task.
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And after setting the arm back in place, it finally at LONG LAST begins to play a record without incident.]
—Oh! I don't want to jinx us, but I think we've done it, Si-san!
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Good job. Now let's take a look at the inside.
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You know, now that everything is in its presumed proper place, the insides actually make a lot of sense.
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[That's because he's not trying to understand their placement.
With glances over at Souji's work, Sieghart shuffles a few parts around in his chosen record player. Once he's finished, his gaze moves to the box of records.]
Should we try another record this time?
[He's feeling adventurous.]
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[He, on the other hand, is trying to understand their placement if only so he can work through fixing more of them faster...]
--Hm... Here! [Fishing out a record and handing it over!] If it's strange, we can just blame my luck.
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Sieghart plays the record handed to him. Fortunately, it's just music—one that plays without skipping, turning hellish, or filling them with dread. It looks like this particular player is also fixed. He pulls out the record and sets the player aside.]
Great. Now let's get the rest fixed and this over with.
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[AND SO they proceed to fix the rest of the record players probably with little incident maybe, so we can run fastly into collecting our gy bonuses. Maybe they'll actually get through this with only a few broken records as casualties... wild.]