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

Week 4: Monday - MEETING

[ercnerd]

[Whether or not imitation corpses are still scattered across the mansion, one shouldn't skip a meal. Come dinnertime, Sieghart takes his seat between Souji and a vacancy before clearing his throat.]

Let's talk about dreams, shall we?

The week I was possessed, I had recurring nightmares of three particular guests until the night I took Flayn's life. I couldn't say anything then; however, those three people were always in anguish when I closed my eyes. I don't know whether the nature of the dreams is the same for everyone, but it sounds like those taken by the shadow are subjected to them.

[He pauses there, seemingly waiting for someone else to pick up the slack . . . ]

[illomened]

[That someone is Souji, who's dutifully laid out a very nice meal for everyone! Anyone who's told him a food preference will find that among the dishes, even if it's just a vague "savory" or "sweet". SO MANY PEOPLE HERE JUST GO "I'M NOT PICKY" he's going to beat everyone up. Did he make a little too much? Maybe, but that's fine. He stress-cooks and he's had a lot of stress since Sunday.

He'll glance over toward Sieghart though, before continuing.]

...I also wanted to share a dream that I had, before waking up here. I had quite a few of them, but there's only one that I remember very clearly... I couldn't see anything - I was surrounded by shadows, and I was hungry, but satisfied? There was a meal for me that I was supposed to wait before eating, and I wanted to sneak a bite, but I felt this pain in the back of my head before I could. After that, all I recall are the sound of chains and something heavy being dragged, and some sort of rumbling sound.

[He was the vore all along.......

But after that, the somberness and mild nervousness seems to dissipate in the face of HYPE.]

Ah—! By the way, it seems the living may be able to contact us through that phone now. Only for short periods of time, but... Tsurumaru-san called just a bit earlier. He says hello to everyone! They don't have much to share right now, but they were getting concerned because they hadn't heard from us yet, so...

[Clearly Virgo is eating their letters.]

I was able to pass on some basic information - where we are, what we do here. I mentioned the contents of the record, as well. Oh- [A glance toward sweet Alphinaud.] -and I let him know to tell people to stop stealing tickets and the like.

[decaptych]

[ Sitting here really awkwardly, though he is picking at the food. Tfw you're really not in the mood to eat but you also have such a high appetite all the time. ]

...Other guys who killed also getting the same dreams? 'Cause I, uh, haven't had those.

[ Though, yeah what the fuck Souji. You ARE the vore. ]

That's fucked. You're only sharing that now?

[ercnerd]

[Once Souji finishes speaking, Sieghart reaches out and strokes him on the head as he watches the ensuing discussion. Good boy.]

[stillnot]

I had the same kinds of dreams as you, Sieghart.

[ but uh definitely not the same kinds of dreams as souji? she looks at him like. hello???? ]

Think that "meal" has anything to do with what the recording says about consuming us?

[frostythehitman]

What? They haven't heard from us at all? What the hell have we been sending letters for then?

....wait. You had a dream before you woke up here. But you were here from the start, you were never in the hotel. Right?

[dms]

Oh, I had those dreams, too! It was like they were being tortured.

[ horrible!! ]

Is that the first time someone's been able to get through? How does it work? Like... do they have to call us, and hope someone's around to answer, or can we call them, too?

[sageguidance]

Thank you.

[ Because he was this || close to writing a strongly worded letter, and nobody needs that pretentious shit. ]

I will be quite cross with anyone else who decides to steal them henceforth, so let us hope the matter is settled now. Moving on...

[ hm! ]

This place is fond of dreams, it would seem. I've not experienced aught of the like—only the night I had spent at the bar—but we know the reason behind that. I'm surprised Souji had experienced a dream, however... I had none of the sort ere my own demise.

[highestheim]

...Who were the three you dreamed of, if I may ask?

[ercnerd]

[He draws his hand away from Souji.]

Rupert, Aikawa, and Bradley.

[dms]

[ hesitant, but - ]

Do you think who it is might mean something important?

[stillnot]

[ since sieg answered, she will too. ]

Alphinaud, Lup, and Emet.

WE ALMOST FORGOT!!!

[frostythehitman]

Oh yeah--

Alphinaud, how the hell are you your own hostage? How does that work?

[decaptych]

Fucking what.

[highestheim]

. . .

[ercnerd]

[stillnot]

[sageguidance]

... What?

[dms]

[ kazu's been watching the living on and off and now there's sylvain currently declaring his love for jason

and he just. turns to look at bucky for a long moment when he asks alphi this question. glances at sylvain, then back at bucky. ]

the living are up to some shit

[illomened]

[At SOME POINT while they're just trying to ENJOY A MEAL and SHARE PLOT........ this happens.

Souji is just watching this unfold hello.]

[stillnot]

[ HELLO???????? ]

[frostythehitman]

[ what ]

[dms]

I thought he was seeing Yaya.

[decaptych]

Haha, dumplings. It's like you knew what kinda food I liked before I even came here.

[ BLATANTLY IGNORING ]

why is everything so much

[sageguidance]

[ SO... AFTER THEIR MEETING.......

I'm putting this here for convenience, but. Alphinaud will try to seek out anyone who cares enough to be stopped. ]

By the by, if you were wondering why it would seem as though our letters have not reached those at the hotel yet...

[ get this. ]

... It is because they have not. Virgo has informed me that they have yet to find the mail room.