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

[highestheim]

[ this works out, because sieg handling the icebreaking means hope can do what he does best—taking responsibility and getting things done... ]

...We have some questions about today's findings. Namely, what happened to the missing bodies? [ beat ] This includes Clementine's body, despite the presence of her head still in her grave.

[guestservices]

[virgo makes a tch sound and does not sit down to give their feet a break.]

How the fuck should I know? I'm stuck over here with you until I get called.

[ercnerd]

[As expected.]

Is that how it always is . . . ?

[highestheim]

[ huh! ]

Was that also the case when I summoned you for Aikawa's heal?

[guestservices]

Yes. Until someone rings my bell, I'm stuck here.

[ercnerd]

[Poor guy.]

You really are . . .

[He trails off.]

[highestheim]

. . .

[ you know, they did come here to ask about one thing, but something else has just now occurred to hope. ]

Until someone rings your bell, or if it's your turn to preside over trial?

[guestservices]

...right. Until that. I only get to see the new places in the hotel and on the excursions unless someone calls me. Fucking shitty, isn't it? Hahahaha, I'm stuck here with you, but you're also stuck here with me! Sucks to be you.

[ercnerd]

[This is so sad.]

By that logic, doesn't it suck to be you, too . . . ?

[highestheim]

[ he shoots a furtive glance at sieg, kind of like a "i have something to tell you later" signal, before turning his attention back to virgo. ]

Considering the fact that we've all died, it already sucks to be us. [ he shifts his weight. no use trying to beat a dead horse... ] What about our votes, then? How much sway did those who cast a ballot hold in condemning Sheila?

[guestservices]

Hahahaha...

[that's the only answer sieg gets. rip, sieg. as for hope, though - ]

Collectively, you all count for one vote. That vote gets cast for whoever gets the majority vote over here.

[ercnerd]

[Sieg? RIP, Virgo.

He ignores Hope's glance.]

What happens when one of us gets the majority vote, anyway?

[highestheim]

[ hope frowns at sieg's supposed ignorance and stands here to let virgo answer sieg's question. :/ ]

[guestservices]

[stares at him]

At the trials? Whoever gets the majority vote is locked into execution the next day.

[ercnerd]

Hmm . . .

[He finally looks at Hope.]

Got any other questions?

[highestheim]

...Actually, what happens if one of us is voted for? That's something that's allowed here, isn't it?

[guestservices]

You're already dead! You can't get executed if you're already dead, hahahaha... but it only counts if someone who killed the same week is voted for.

[ercnerd]

. . . Yeah? How do we do that?

[highestheim]

[ sorry i should have specified, hope is obvs still here but i'm doing a thing rn and also he's math ladying something so sieg can keep asking stuff until he gets tired or snaps hope out of it ]

[guestservices]

You're not a valid vote anymore, because you're already fucking dead. But for example... we had two people dead this week, didn't we? If Kaeya had been the one to kill Rupert, and then he'd gotten killed by someone else, but they found enough evidence and decided to vote for Kaeya, they wouldn't be able to fucking execute him. He's already dead! But it would have been a valid vote if that had been the case.

[ercnerd]

So that's why . . .

[He trails off, somewhat wide-eyed.]

[highestheim]

[ dial up noises ]

[guestservices]

Why what?

[ercnerd]

Huh?

[He folds his arms across his chest.]

. . . Nothing important.

Anyway, what would happen if everyone were to vote for someone who died, but didn't kill that week? Does the vote get passed off to somebody else?