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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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stillnot: (pic#14415543)

[personal profile] stillnot 2022-07-06 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[ you know what, she is not touching this chart business. so instead she's watching the living. ]

Should we be answering these questions too?

[ that sounds like a fun getting-to-know-you game. ]
dms: (farmboy)

[personal profile] dms 2022-07-06 09:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, great idea! Or we can come up with our own, too, like... What's the most fun experience you've ever had?
stillnot: (pic#14287031)

[personal profile] stillnot 2022-07-06 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
I got to go on a ferris wheel once.

[ it's not sad!!!!!! ]

What about you?
dms: (pure delight)

[personal profile] dms 2022-07-06 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Ohhh, it does sound fun! Was it festival? Did you go with friends, or AJ?!
stillnot: (pic#14286987)

[personal profile] stillnot 2022-07-06 10:01 pm (UTC)(link)
It was a date.

And don't ignore my question.
dms: (do you believe in magic)

[personal profile] dms 2022-07-06 10:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he wasn't ignoring it i am just a fool who can't read ]

Awww, cute! You've got to tell me about your boo sometime; I want to hear all about it!

It's hard to choose! But if I had to pick... prooooobs the first time that the Summer Troupe set off fireworks together. We were having a rough time at this training camp, but doing that really helped us get on the same wavelength, and we've celebrated almost every show that way since then.

[ so he's going to be a little sad when he sees the living got fireworks later lmao ]
stillnot: (pic#14415554)

[personal profile] stillnot 2022-07-06 10:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[ she. makes a face at the word boo. but it's fine. ]

Fireworks sound fun.

But... Summer Troupe? What kind of shows do you do?
dms: (xoxo)

[personal profile] dms 2022-07-06 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he's curious about that but also! not going to ask! ]

They are! You can play games with the sparkler kind and everything - and the loser usually buys us all ice cream!

The Summer Troupe's specialty is comedy. We're the ones you come to when you want to laugh and have a good time, and we always try to change the show up a little to keep it fresh. It's really fun.
stillnot: (pic#14286768)

[personal profile] stillnot 2022-07-07 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
[ it just sounds silly! ]

I'd like to see a show, sometime.
dms: (great idea!)

[personal profile] dms 2022-07-07 11:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Really? I could get you tickets - both you and AJ! Maybe an extra for your date, too? You could even come backstage to meet everyone after the show!
stillnot: (pic#14286783)

[personal profile] stillnot 2022-07-08 12:33 am (UTC)(link)
Oh yeah? I've never been backstage before.
illomened: (curious)

[personal profile] illomened 2022-07-07 12:32 am (UTC)(link)
[THE CHARTS RANDY but that's fair, honestly. He's also pretty distracted by the living, glancing over now and then.]

Do you think so? [Listening in...] --What's a D*sney character?

[Extra hilarious given he came from the game with Tangleds.]
stillnot: (pic#14286786)

[personal profile] stillnot 2022-07-07 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
I don't know... A kid's show or something? Not anything I know about.
illomened: (oh?)

[personal profile] illomened 2022-07-07 05:11 am (UTC)(link)
Hm... We can skip that one, then! Though most of these questions are a bit...

["What kind of vegetable would you be"????]

What's a random thing that you're very knowledgeable about?
stillnot: (pic#14286986)

[personal profile] stillnot 2022-07-07 05:14 am (UTC)(link)
I'm more of a jack of all trades.
illomened: (hewwo)

[personal profile] illomened 2022-07-07 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
That would make sense... Then, what's a skill you have that other people are most likely to underestimate? Whether they underestimate its use or something else.