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?

★

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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Comments

[illomened]

[S...SWEATILY TURNING HIS ATTENTION AWAY, TOO.......]

--They're one of my favorites, so!

[HAHA. Oh dear. At least it's not getting worse even if it's also not getting any better. Goodbye living yall are on your own.]

[decaptych]

[ Aikawa has never been cursed and while I, OOCly, think that is a shame, ICly, he is A-Okay Coolio Beans about it. Cheers, living! ]

Yeah? What else can you make? ...You know how to make gyoza?

[illomened]

[SOMEDAY...SOMEDAY HE'LL GET HIS CURSE AND YOU, LOWE, CAN HAVE A GREAT TIME while Aikawa suffers bigly.

In the meantime Souji's expression lights up immediately because holy shit finally someone in this fckin family with a food preference, potentially.]

I can make quite a few things! Dumplings, noodles, soups - plenty of things with fish and potato... Gyoza too, yes!

[It's anachronistic but listen, he learned how to cook some French food from a pirate.]

[decaptych]

[ I'VE ONLY EVER BEEN CURSED ONCE THIS ENTIRE YEAR AND A HALF I'VE MG'D...

And help. Aikawa DEFINITELY has food preferences, Souji please. EVERYONE. ]

So like, ramen and stuff too?... I'm not really all that much of a fish and potatoes kinda guy, but I'll eat 'em if they're around.

[ Hey. French food is popular in Japan I'll accept it. ]

[illomened]

[I'VE NEVER BEEN CURSED AND I'VE BEEN MGING FOR ALMOST A DECADE SO PUTS 20 HANDS ON UR SHOULDERS. MAYBE WE'RE IN HELL AFTER ALL...

People are truly all just out here like "give me whatever" and Souji cries internally.]

Yes! Fluffy eggs, too. The ingredients here can be a bit lacking, so I have to make do, but I've managed decently, I think. Do you like ramen and gyoza, then? I can make them for tomorrow, if you'd like!

[decaptych]

[ HELP HELLO????? BY GOD. ]

...Do you know how to make [ pretend he says this name of this thing I don't know what it's called help me. ]?

[illomened]

[HELL!! me staring at this for like a full minute before reverse googling it like WHAT ARE YOU. Aikawa deserves tasty food after the hell of dying and ending up in the circus, so even though this is also anachronistic:]

Oh, yes! That does sound familiar to me... [JAMJARS! Great for learning all kinds of stuff.] Shall I try to make that, then?

[decaptych]

[ HELP It all just called it 'Chinese-style fried eggs' but I feel like that's a bit too broad to convey exactly what kind of eggs I was thinking of so you may have that picture. ]

If you really don't mind, then. Yeah. I can help? I'm no good at cooking myself, but I can follow instructions.

[illomened]

[THIS SPECIFIC PICTURE IS THE EXACT THING THEY WILL MAKE, SPECIFICALLY.

Souji's face also lights up like a little star because he's always so happy to be spending time with other people help.]

I don't mind at all! And if you want to help, that's wonderful, too. It's always more fun when you get to enjoy something you cooked with friends!

[Souji literally two days after meeting this man: friends now.]

[decaptych]

[ TBF. IF AIKAWA WAS IN A BETTER MOOD HE'D BE VIBING RN WITH SOUJI. He's always down for some instant friends. As it is, though, he's still a bit awkward. ]

Uh -- y-yeah, I mean. I'd just feel kinda bad if I basically ordered you to make some food and just ate it like that, you know? The least I can do is help out.

[illomened]

[SWEET AIKAWA... It's okay, Souji will still be here waiting and just as full of friendship beams whenever he manages to get back into the swing of things.]

Oh, you sound so much like Alphinaud-san! [He sounds amused...] Don't feel bad; I enjoy cooking, after all. But I also enjoy company, so please feel free to join me whenever you would like.

[decaptych]

...You know, I've heard a lot of shit, but that might actually take the cake for being the most insane thing I've ever heard.

[ AIKAWA SOUNDING JUST LIKE ALPHINAUD. Incredible. ]

Yeah, of course though. I mean, I'm the same.

[illomened]

And yet, you both fret about eating the food I make without offering to help.

[CUTE. MATCHIES. There's an understanding little nod at that, though... Same social hat.]

The more the merrier, then! Perhaps the three of us could make something together someday, even.

[decaptych]

Okay, enough of that. I get your point.

[ He opens his mouth a little bit at the next thing Souji says, and then for a moment, his expression falters. Crumbles a little bit at the edges.

Fuck. That's right... ]

R-right. Yeah.

That sounds nice, actually.

[illomened]

[OH NO HELP he has no idea they're from the same place but he's like oopsies. Hesitant at first, he reaches out to gently rest a hand on sweet Aikawa's arm.]

--Whenever you'd like, then, of course. Any time.

[They have so much time here before they get vored.]

[decaptych]

No, it's uh.

The night before Alphinaud died, I said something similar to him. About us going up to Lup and asking her about learning to make something together, haha...

Guess the plan's still on, even if it's -- not exactly what we planned.

[illomened]

[oh my god that's so sad.....]

Ah... [SOMETIMES DEATH COMES SWOOPING IN and just wholeass steals people away from local Lup Lupson.] --Well. We can bribe Vi-san into bringing treats and such to the hotel staff, so perhaps you can share what we make with Lup-san that way?

[At least they'll have a little bit of a connection then...]

[decaptych]

[ I KNOW Aikawa is really going through it every week and for what. His luck is so bad, which is incredibly IC.

But he snorts a little bit. Then, ah. ]

...Actually, that's a great idea. Do you know how to make sesame dango too? They've kinda been obsessed with them ever since I showed 'em that. It'd be a good way to bribe Virgo.

[illomened]

[STOP BEATING AIKAWA UP, LUCK, JUST STOP THAT.]

I do, yes! Those are quite easy to make. I didn't know they were interested... [He says this fondly because he thinks Virgo is cute, unfortunately.]

[decaptych]

We had some when we went out for food, and said they'd play baseball if I gave them some as a tip. So.

Sounds about right, right?

[illomened]

Oh, how sweet! ["SWEET".] That should work excellently as a bartering chip, then.

[decaptych]

Alright, let's do this! Between the dango and the food invite, there's no way they're gonna say no.

[ Virgo is now their hostage. ]

[illomened]

Mm, sounds like a plan!

[VIRGO IS BEING HELD HOSTAGE IN THEIR OWN HOME. They deserve it probably, it's fine.]

[decaptych]

[ It's fine!!! ]