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

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WEEK 4, SATURDAY

[highestheim]

[ ding! a little after hope and sieg have finished talking to virgo, everyone will find a new message at their typewriters. ]

FROM: h.estheim
TO:   ALL

Please meet me in the cemetery in fifteen minutes. I'll explain once everyone is present and accounted for.

[ and, once that time has passed, hope will be at the cemetery, standing in front of his own grave. morbid! but anyway... ]

I apologize for the choice of location... it was the furthest place I could think of in order to safely discuss these matters. [ ahem ] In any case—Sieghart and I took a trip to ask Virgo about some things. While our interrogation proved fruitless in our original attempt, I think we've stumbled upon other important information, and thus, I propose an idea.

First, to get that out of the way... Virgo doesn't know anything about what happened to the bodies missing from the graveyard on the living's side. According to them, they are not aware of anything that happens on the other side unless their bell is rung, or they are presiding over trials on Saturdays. So... in that sense, our investigation was a dead end.

This knowledge, however, has given me another idea. That being—when Virgo is gone, there is no one to watch the door on the mansion's first floor that they usually guard. Therefore, I suggest we take advantage of their absence to try and break into the locked room.

My current proposal is to split into several groups tomorrow: one or two individuals will go up to the second floor to ring Virgo's bell, thus summoning them into a private audience as a distraction, ensuring their presence away from the door. Another two or three people will be posted in the first floor hallway, keeping an eye out and then attempting to breach the door once they confirm Virgo is gone. The rest of our group will stay behind in order to welcome the newly arrived, and... perhaps most importantly, take inventory of any tickets among them in preparation for anything that might happen to the second group.

Of course, this is a rather hastily thrown-together plan, but I, for one, am not a fan of sitting around just to see what may or may not happen... regardless of the lackadaisical nature I've shown the past few days. [ a h e m ] If given the opportunity, I would like to take matters into my own hands and decide my own fate. Are there any concerns or objections to anything I've said thus far?

[frostythehitman]

Sounds like a pretty solid plan. [ Bucky nods approvingly ]

But are we prepared to pull it off? There could be an infinite army of shadows in there waiting to tear us apart, for all we know.

[decaptych]

Mmmmm... should we get guys who know how to defend themselves tackling the door, then? Just in case it's actually hiding something super bad...

[frostythehitman]

It could help, but unless we really know what we're going into, it's going to be a gamble.

[decaptych]

[ Well Virgo is now here but anyways. ]

Do any of us have any idea what's up in there though? 'Don't dead open inside' is pretty foreboding.

[ Yes he will call it that. ]

[dms]

[ ...hesitantly speaks up. ]

I... don't want to say it's a bad idea. But whoever goes into the room should be someone who can defend themselves from something, since we don't know what's there. You know... just in case.

Do we even have the tickets to pay for healing if we need it? I only had the one for last week, so the only way I'll be able to help is with the first aid kit.

[frostythehitman]

I still have three tickets, so I can cover a fair amount. But if we get hurt doing this and have another 'field trip,' it's gonna be tough.

[guestservices]

[i really hate to say this

but



this is addressed to "ALL" and virgo has a typewriter.

so, like, hi. they're here.]

[ercnerd]

[ . . . ]

[guestservices]

[jiiiii]

[dms]

[ ah ]

[guestservices]

[jiiiii]

[decaptych]

[guestservices]

[jiiiii]

[frostythehitman]

[ immediately stops all discussion, looks at Virgo, and just. sighs and pinches the bridge of his nose. ]

[guestservices]

[jiiiii]

[cuedoves]

[ he has not chimed in yet so hello he is here and will actually talk to virgo instead of plotting behind their back ]

What is behind the door, anyway?

[guestservices]

[unfortunately hope is bolting so virgo is bolting after them]

[stillnot]

Walkers, probably. I've seen signs like that before.

[ cannot stress enough that the door is FROM TWD ]

[illomened]

[WELL HE'D BEEN OPENING HIS MOUTH TO SAY SOMETHING but apparently their sweet child Virgo is here. :amen: rip in rest hope hopeson who tried so very hard.]

[ercnerd]

[Now that Virgo and Hope have run off, Sieghart turns around.]

Do you have something to say, Souji?

[highestheim]

. . .

[ if virgo is here that means they're not at the door so he starts running toward the mansion ]

[guestservices]

[ ! ]

Hey! WHAT THE FUCK!

{they



chase after him




USE A SHADOW PORTAL YOU DUMBASS]

[dms]

[ RUN HOPE RUN ]

[frostythehitman]

[ RUN WHITE BOY RUN ]