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

[frostythehitman]

Alright, Mr. Explored His Body, what clues did you find on it other than that the head is detached?

[ercnerd]

[He's about to say that there aren't additional clues when Souji busts in with the missing head. Wonderful.]

[frostythehitman]

Huh. Give it here? Might be more clues on it.

[ercnerd]

Here.

[He holds the head up. Gnarly.]

[frostythehitman]

[ he holds it up and scrutinizes it every which way, looking for marks or injuries that might explain what beheaded this not-sieghart, and where we might find further clues.

As he starts really checking over the face, though, he brings in the head for a closer look...closer...closer...

until he smooches it. ]

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[ercnerd]

[ercnerd]

[ercnerd]

[ercnerd]

What!

[frostythehitman]

[ As soon as Bucky realizes what he's done, he just

fully yeets the head away from him as far as he can ]

[ercnerd]

Hey!

[That's not his head, but it's still his head.]

[frostythehitman]

What, did you want me to keep kissing it?!

[ercnerd]

[He takes a step back.]

That doesn't mean you had to throw it . . . !

[frostythehitman]

I panicked! I didn't think I was going to kiss it!

[ ...runs over to get the head back. as he brings it back over, he roughly wipes his hand over the cold, dead lips a few times. to get rid of his cooties. He offers it back out to Sieghart. ]

Here.

[decaptych]

So, I want to be permadead. Like, no more consciousness.

[stillnot]

Why, so Bucky will kiss you?

[illomened]

[HE'S SHAKING FROM THE FORCE OF TRYING TO KEEP HIS LAUGHTER CONTAINED.]

[decaptych]

Fuck! I don't know how you did it but now I'm suddenly determined to be alive more than ever!

[frostythehitman]

Hey. No jokes about it, or you're next.

[stillnot]

[ that's problematic? ]

I have a boyfriend.

[ercnerd]

[He has a girlfriend.]

[frostythehitman]

Then don't make jokes about me kissing anyone, and we won't have a problem.

[highestheim]

[ i'm deciding now that hope is a lightweight so he's already kind of tipsy which is why he spits out whatever he's drinking at this. ]

[decaptych]

[ I have decided he will suffer for this with wine drink being spat in his direction. ]





We're a hot mess.

[highestheim]

My bad.

[ ... ]

Oh, are you Aikawa now?