GRAVEYARD.

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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

w4, saturday trial watch

[dms]

[ it's trial time and kazunari has brought you all some cute mochi to snack on for the day. he's also eyeing the voting box with curiosity. ]

So we can vote, too...?

[ but also - ]

They put him in the trash?! That's so rude!

vote discussion

[dms]

[ who are we voting for lads ]

[cuedoves]

[ it sure it 45 minutes before vote time ]

..... Do we even have a suspect? I know Sylvain matches the feet, and the shirt.... and there's the S, but.....

[ is this really decisive. zuko seems conflicted ]

[dms]

I think it's just him right now... But maybe something new will come up in the security room?

[cuedoves]

Yeah.. plus, they have that uh, air horn thing.

[ when they actually get a suspect... ]

[frostythehitman]

We might end up pulling another me.

[cuedoves]

Once is more than enough.

[ :t ]

[highestheim]

How much do you think our votes would be able to affect the results...? Like, do you think ours have the same weight as they did when we were alive?

[frostythehitman]

[ because i can't let this go unremarked upon ]

Why the hell does he have his crest on his underwear?

...at least Sylvain's back to normal. Finally.

[dms]

Maybe it's like how moms sew their kids' names into the tags for summer camp or something? I don't know. Could just be a sword thing, too.

[frostythehitman]

Who the hell is sewing nametags into their children's underwear.

body reports react

[cuedoves]

[ zuko kind of scoffs when diluc talks, but his expression darkens at dimitri's report of rupert's body. ]

I don't care if a shadow was involved or not, there's no need for such horrible cruelty.

[illomened]

[YEAH HELLO... He glances over toward their resident confirmed killers.]

None of you felt compelled to act in particularly brutal or egregious ways, right?

[Are they just dealing..........with a maniac. Mahito is here.]

[dms]

[ shakes his head... ]

Unless you count being made willing to kill someone at all, no. I just wanted to get it over with.

[ercnerd]

[While the conversation leads to new revelations, Sieghart withdraws his arm from around Souji as he focuses on the trial.]

[dms]

[ well when kazunari hears this, he flinches and turns away from the portraits. ]

[illomened]

[EVERYTHING IS GOING BAD SO FAST BUT HE'S JUST GENTLY RESTING A HAND ON KAZU'S SHOULDER HELP.]

[dms]

[ EVERYTHING SUCKS BUT I GUESS HE'LL LEAN INTO THE TOUCH JUST A LITTLE BECAUSE IT'S AFFECTION WEEK HELP ]

[cuedoves]

[ hand on shoulder for affection week ]

[frostythehitman]

[ trial is over, but Bucky just watches this and feeling like he's aging 20 years with every passing second. thanks! he hates it! ]

[illomened]

[yknow what bucky gets a hug too this was a roughass final hour for everyone]

[frostythehitman]

[ he normally wouldn't be receptive to a hug like this but, fuck it, touch week. He dips his head into the hug, placing one of his hands on souji in return ]

[sageguidance]

[ Welp. And then this happens and Sheila vote happens and.

Alphinaud doesn't look so good, but at least Bradley punched him in the face. ]

[illomened]

[He's going down the line and hugging all of you fuckers.]

[sageguidance]

[ well it's affection week so like

yeah, it's time for a hug ]