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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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decaptych: ([024])

[personal profile] decaptych 2022-07-10 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
Oh yeah, that's smarter.

[ ... ]

If we can crack it open, we can... uh... sacrifice Peanut... even.
dms: (so it's like this)

[personal profile] dms 2022-07-10 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
[ wait a sec ]

Actually, if there's a crack in the door, maybe we could use my phone and get a pic of whatever's inside?
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[personal profile] decaptych 2022-07-10 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
I'm fully expecting nothing but darkness or whatever creepy ass shit, but I think that's also a good shot too.
dms: (super mr triangle)

[personal profile] dms 2022-07-10 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
I mean, phones have flash. I can just switch the setting to add flash to all pics and see if something comes out of it.
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[personal profile] decaptych 2022-07-10 03:53 am (UTC)(link)
[ Me thinking about how Dorohedoro doesn't really seem to have smartphones as far as normal smartphones go so I assume he isn't familiar. ]

Wonder if we can't get a flashlight?
dms: (cue in hand)

[personal profile] dms 2022-07-10 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
I dunno, but that's the kind of thing flash is for, so it should still help! Though a flashlight would be better, as long as whoever's there can handle both.
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[personal profile] decaptych 2022-07-10 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
...

I thought you were gonna hold the phone?
dms: (spectating)

[personal profile] dms 2022-07-10 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ he's gonna do what now ]

I mean, I can? But I'd be highkey useless if it comes down to having to defend ourselves or whatever. I'm a lover, not a fighter!
decaptych: ([029])

[personal profile] decaptych 2022-07-10 04:06 am (UTC)(link)
I mean, you could just hold the phone, if whatever's in there is violent, I can't fight it off and hold a phone at the same time.
dms: (not a single thought)

[personal profile] dms 2022-07-10 04:13 am (UTC)(link)
[ doubtful, but... ]

Sure, I guess we could do that. It'd probs be better to have at least one other person, though, so I wouldn't be getting in your way or anything.
illomened: (consider)

[personal profile] illomened 2022-07-10 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
[SWEET PEANUT.]

Maybe if there's something in there, it might appreciate an offering... You know - like the staff getting tips?
decaptych: ([007])

[personal profile] decaptych 2022-07-10 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
Ohh, hmm...

Should we try food first, then? Toss a dango or two in there and see.
illomened: (from a lost and lonely world)

[personal profile] illomened 2022-07-10 03:54 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe we can offer something to eat and the note at the same time? We do have plenty of food to spare.
decaptych: ([013])

[personal profile] decaptych 2022-07-10 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, why not. Let's just throw all our eggs at it and see what happens.

[ NOT LITERAL NOT LITERAL ]
illomened: (( â—•â–¿|)

[personal profile] illomened 2022-07-10 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
[yes literal, egg the soul-eating monster]