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!

★ 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.

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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.

★ 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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█ LOCATIONS █ STATUSES █ PROFILES █ AUDIENCES
█ REPORTING █ PRIVATE CONVOS █ MURDER

Comments

[ercnerd]

[There is Sieghart, towering over his headless corpse at the mansion entrance. It takes him a moment to register at what he's looking before he shouts in exasperation.]

What's the big idea!

[frostythehitman]

Hey, don't lose your head about it.

[ercnerd]

Was it you?

[frostythehitman]

What? Of course not. Why would I even want to?

[decaptych]

[ Well he just woke up about an hour ago and was miserably trudging along and then sees this and really genuinely looks like he's gonna pass out any second now. ]

[ercnerd]

. . . Hey, Aikawa! Go and sit down. You look like you're about to knock down.

[decaptych]

Um... that's... did...

[ POINTING WEAKLY AT HIS HEADLESS BODY, HE WAS AWOL ON MOST OF SUNDAY DID HE DO THIS......... ]

[cuedoves]

.... Take it easy. They're not real corpses.

[ at least zuko doesn't think they are??? ]

[decaptych]

I fucking... hope not. That's a bit much.

[ He's so tired!! It's been not even 24 hours!! ]

[illomened]

[Souji is appearing at his elbow like a phantom with a glass of water.....]

[decaptych]

Thanks, Souji...

[ You're his buddy! ]

[stillnot]

... Weirdly, I think this is less disturbing than when it's people we know.

[ seeing your own dead body when you're still walking around is like... eh. whatever. ]

[ercnerd]

Has this happened to you?

[stillnot]

Not yet.

[ and she'd be more concerned about him but like. he's right there. he's clearly fine. ]

[cuedoves]

[ poking a zuko corpse.... ]

.... Still pretty disturbing.

At least we know it's just some sick joke. Like everything else here.

[stillnot]

This one's funnier than the last ones were.

[ IS IT? ]

[cuedoves]

[ zuko looks between sieghart's corpse. sieghart. sieghart. sieghart's corpse. ]

[ he makes a face ]

What is this, some kind of joke? Because it's not funny.

[ercnerd]

Nothing here is funny. You haven't experienced anything like this, have you?

[cuedoves]

Not like this! Have you?

[ nudges a corpse away with his foot ]

[illomened]

[SOUJI'S PRESUMABLY BEEN AROUND TO SEE THIS KERFUFFLE considering he helps sweet Aikawa to not pass out. BUT a little while later, Souji moseys in from the garden. He's got some daffodils in one hand and under the opposite arm is tucked... Sieghart's severed noggin... He seems unperturbed.]

Si-san, I found something of yours!

[ercnerd]

How is that mine!

[decaptych]

[ Bro he told you... ]

[illomened]

[Looks at the noggin.

Looks at Sieghart.

Looks back at the noggin.

...]

...Here!

[HE'S JUST HOLDING IT OUT.]

[dms]

Wah! That's too creepy! I thought we'd be done with dying now that we're here!

[decaptych]

Yeah, that's... not cool.

Are we supposed to figure out what the hell happened?