HOUSEKEEPER.

[guestservices]

HOUSEKEEPER

Today, when Harrowhark is in her bedroom, she will receive a message on her typewriter.

You didn't think you'd just get to laze around all day, did you? Get up. You've got a job to do.

Immediately after she finishes reading the message, she will feel compelled to walk into the elevator, inside which a shadowy elevator attendant appears as a guide. Once she arrives at the destination, she will find herself in a room.

It looks vaguely like a combination of office and supply closet, with shelves against one wall that have a variety of labeled boxes on them - "Cleaning Supplies," "Linens," "Poisons," "Uniforms," and so on. Normal stuff. Along the other wall, there is a desk with ink, a quill, some papers, and a few binders. Two chairs are in font of it, in case Harrowhark would like to take a seat.

Vulpecula is standing by the entrance, their arms crossed, and they give a little huff as she passes through the entryway.

"About time. Okay, let's make this quick, before anyone notices you're gone."

They procure a few pages that are bound together, then flip to the very last one and hold it out to her. It's labeled PARTICIPATION CONTRACT: ADDENDUM.

"Read this over and familiarize yourself with it. This isn't a negotiation, so you'll either sign it or you won't - but if you won't, you might not like what happens next."

RULES

1. Once a week, after at least one murder has been committed but before the discovery of the victim (or victims), you will perform housekeeping duties.
2. These duties will be performed in exchange for THE BODY's safety. If these duties are not performed, THE BODY shall be wiped from existence.
3. Prior to the murder(s), you will choose three (3) guests whose personal rooms you will visit. This choice will be communicated to Vulpecula, who will ensure that you are granted access to these rooms.
4. On Thursday night, you will be responsible for searching your three chosen rooms for any evidence that the occupant may have committed a murder. Any such evidence must be deposited in the housekeeper's cart in the Housekeeping Room.
5. You must select a minimum of one belonging from each room to put into the housekeeper's cart, whether evidence of a murder is found or not. You may select more than one item from each room if you wish.
6. Once you have made your selections, be sure to clean the rooms thoroughly, change out the linens, and make the beds. Be sure to include a mint on the pillow. Customer service is key!
7. You may encounter a "DO NOT DISTURB" sign on one or more doors in the course of your duties. If that is the case, you will not be able to enter, but will still be given credit for performing your duty in that room.
8. You are not to disclose that you are performing these duties. Discussing them with anyone other than authorized Hotel Staff will be considered breach of contract and will result in the destruction of THE BODY.

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█ LOCATIONS █ STATUSES █ PROFILES █ AUDIENCES
█ REPORTING █ PRIVATE CONVOS █ MURDER

Comments

TALK TO VULPECULA

[guestservices]

[they are here if you have any questions!]

[outsidebones]

Good morning.

[she will try to hold vulpecula's hand. hi.]

[guestservices]

[help. they suppose they will let her.]

Good morning, Harrow.

[outsidebones]

I recall now that I did in fact do my duties on Saturday. Aikawa erased my memories. Anyway, I believe Rin killed Alphinaud, so that's something. I accidentally framed Mollymauk, which is less good.

[guestservices]

I see... he must have wanted you to get away with it. [wild.] That was, um, surprising. I didn't realize his feet would be similar in size to so many people.

[outsidebones]

He has the feet that match the most people of anyone here...

[both the small and large...the platonic ideal of a foot...]

[guestservices]

Thinking about feet makes me exhausted.

[SIGHS]

...how are you feeling? Now that you know what happened again?

[outsidebones]

[she sighs and pokes her finger into the bruised side of her face.]

...I did a very ugly thing. But my home will be safe, now.

[guestservices]

[harrow your face - their free hand flutters a bit, like she wants to stop her from touching her bruises.]

...you did what you had to, to make sure that your home would survive. [...] But that doesn't really answer the question of how you're feeling.

I guess what I'm asking is... are you okay?

[outsidebones]

I'm not sure of the answer to that just yet.

[well, she'll stop at the motion.]

I'm not sure what I ought to feel. Guilt? Relief? Anger? It's all too messy to unsort just yet.

[guestservices]

...I don't think there's any sort of "ought to" when it comes to this sort of thing. It's okay not to know.

[...]

But if it gets - hard, to deal with... I hope you'll rely on your friends to help you through it.

[outsidebones]

They're all very angry with me.

[she knew they would be, and she feels like she deserves it, but also she is emotionally stunted and doesn't know how to have people be angry with her without feeling devastated by it.]

[guestservices]

They're angry with you because they're worried about you, I think. Wouldn't you be, if one of them had acted without telling you?

[outsidebones]

[ask gu yun.]

Yes.

[guestservices]

So in that sense - their anger is a sign of how much they care.

[outsidebones]

And in another sense, it's a sign of their anger.

[guestservices]

I think they'll get over it as long as they're able to keep you safe.

[outsidebones]

[she grumbles slightly.]

Probably.

[guestservices]

They will. That's what friends do, Harrow.