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🛎 ([personal profile] 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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★
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.




★
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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ercnerd: (01)

[personal profile] ercnerd 2022-06-26 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[If no one else, today's arrivals are wholly entitled to what they feel. Sieghart is slow to approach, hanging back by the gates through Bucky's initial series of reactions upon exiting the grave. Another moment passes, and then he moves to close the gap.

The dead experience the effects of the living just as much. Sieghart's figure is covered in patches of ice while his eyes emit a soft yet piercing blue glow.
]

. . . Hey. Looks like you're awake.
frostythehitman: (full of ragret)

[personal profile] frostythehitman 2022-06-26 11:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[ As soon as someone else approaches, it's like everything leaves him and Bucky deflates. He looks over. ]

...hey.
ercnerd: (48)

[personal profile] ercnerd 2022-06-26 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[He cants his head ever slightly.]

Want to come inside? Souji prepared something light for everyone. There's a room for you, too.
frostythehitman: (landing on an endless desert)

[personal profile] frostythehitman 2022-06-26 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[ sighs. ]

Fine.

Souji's the...other guy?
ercnerd: (03)

[personal profile] ercnerd 2022-06-27 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
[He nods, then turns back toward the gate. This way.]

He's a rascal, but a good one. He likes to keep himself busy, so you'll never go hungry while he's around.
frostythehitman: (look at this sappy fuck)

[personal profile] frostythehitman 2022-06-27 01:49 am (UTC)(link)
[ he almost laughs because rascal is SUCH SPECIFIC IMAGERY ]

Well, at least there's that. Is his food any good?
ercnerd: (47)

[personal profile] ercnerd 2022-06-27 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
It's better than what I had at the daycare last time. Most of his dishes are ethnic, but that's not a bad thing. The snacks are especially good.
frostythehitman: (confused but kinda smug about it)

[personal profile] frostythehitman 2022-06-27 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
The daycare...didn't you only have applesauce there? That's a pretty low bar you're setting.
ercnerd: (11)

[personal profile] ercnerd 2022-06-27 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
[Sieghart opens his mouth to answer when he recalls the brownies and how funny everything was after he ate them. His lips remain parted for a moment.]

. . . We had access to a café toward the end. His food's better than the stuff that was there.
frostythehitman: (landing on an endless desert)

[personal profile] frostythehitman 2022-06-27 03:23 am (UTC)(link)
[ WEED? Y'ALL HAD GRAVEYARD WEED??? ]

Alright, well that's something. And food always tastes better when you're not the one making it anyway.
ercnerd: (02)

[personal profile] ercnerd 2022-06-27 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
[They sure had a garden.]

Right? Now you know that the food's always going to taste better.
frostythehitman: (but no one laughs when they get there)

[personal profile] frostythehitman 2022-06-28 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
At least the bar isn't on the floor anymore.
ercnerd: (02)

[personal profile] ercnerd 2022-06-28 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
There's a wine cellar, too.
frostythehitman: (unclear if mocking or genuinely grinning)

[personal profile] frostythehitman 2022-06-28 07:22 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, so the bar's on an actual bar now.
ercnerd: (47)

[personal profile] ercnerd 2022-06-28 07:38 am (UTC)(link)
You should check it out sometime. There are all kinds of drinks down there.
frostythehitman: (confused but kinda smug about it)

[personal profile] frostythehitman 2022-06-29 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
It's not just wine?
ercnerd: (02)

[personal profile] ercnerd 2022-06-29 05:51 am (UTC)(link)
I mean the types of wine. . . . Want to take a look now?
frostythehitman: (why do i have to listen to you)

[personal profile] frostythehitman 2022-06-29 07:17 am (UTC)(link)
[ pauses. ]

...yeah, why not. It's not like I've got anything else to do.
ercnerd: (25)

[personal profile] ercnerd 2022-06-29 07:18 am (UTC)(link)
I thought you'd say that. Come on; let's go.
frostythehitman: (unclear if mocking or genuinely grinning)

[personal profile] frostythehitman 2022-06-30 05:55 am (UTC)(link)
[ FOLLOWS ALONG! ]