GRAVEKEEPER.

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GRAVEKEEPER

Today, when Jason is in his bedroom, he will receive a message on his typewriter.

Are we interrupting? Well, whatever. Your presence is required at the moment. Hope you aren't afraid of the dark.

Immediately after he finishes reading the message, he will feel compelled to walk into the elevator, inside which a shadowy elevator attendant appears as a guide. Once Jason arrives at the destination, he will find himself standing just beyond the iron fence of the graveyard.

It feels particularly eerie on this fine Tuesday - a low wind whistles through the graveyard, rustling trees no one can see, and the moon is shining high and bright overhead.

Standing tall and proud is Orion, holding a shovel in their hands, the spade of it touching the ground. They don't seem to have much to say, simply glancing from Jason over to their companion. With them is Aquarius, seated on top of a gravestone to be just slightly taller than Orion. They, too, have a shovel in their hands, the spade resting against their shoulder.

"Thanks for coming," Aquarius says in a tone that implies they're aware it wasn't by choice.

Orion reaches into their uniform, and pulls out a sheath of papers, and speaks.

"...You've been tasked with an additional duty. Read the contract between the lines, but - keep in mind that there will be consequences if you choose to disagree."

RULES

1. The Gravekeeper is required to keep maintenance of the graves in the graveyard.
2. On Tuesday, the Gravekeeper will select one participant to remove from the hotel to ensure a proper fit to the open graves available.
2A: The Gravekeeper may occasionally have an additional selection made for them, per the discretion of hotel staff.
3. Interference can only be done through the tools of the Gravekeeper trade. The interlopers will not be aware of your interference.
4. The interlopers will be placed into boxes Thursday evening and dealt with accordingly.
5. On Friday morning, the interlopers will be released from their boxes.
6. The Gravekeeper must make their decision as to their power by Thursday evening.
7. The Gravekeeper is not to disclose that they are performing these duties. Discussing them with anyone other than authorized Hotel Staff, including the interlopers, will be considered breach of contract and will result in the death of ROY HARPER.

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

Comments

[unrecked]

You just want me to do all the hard, dangerous work, I get it.

[He shrugs a shoulder, but he's smirking.]

I don't think I'll have to worry about that here, but I'll keep my guard up just in case, you know? Cats can be tricky.

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Thanks for volunteering. [ear flick.]

You know I'm not an actual cat, right?

[unrecked]

Oh yeah? You think I'd really be able to tell when all eight of you keep the Christian veil on with the uniform? Maybe you were hiding the cute kitty features to throw me off.

[Both ears swivel, then face forward again.]

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Nya. [the most exhausted tone in the world.] Okay, you caught me. I am three cats in a uniform. What now?

[unrecked]

[Reaches out like he's going to try to get inside the uniform at the chest. He isn't trying very hard at all because he doesn't care, but this is mostly to spook Aquarius.]

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[unfortunately for jason, aquarius is not spooked and seems to be watching to see just how far he's going to push? what are you doing, todd.]

[unrecked]

[Oh noooo. His game of chicken. He reaches up to put his fingers around the button on Aquarius's right side. But he doesn't try to yank it.]

What are the three cats' names? Eeny, Meeny, and Moe?

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[hello? they still just let this happen apparently.]

Garfield, Heathcliff and Hobbes, actually. Show some respect, man.

[unrecked]

[Both brows raise, and then he barks a laugh as he finally draws back. There is no way he would take the clothes off someone else when he put up so much of a fuss about his own anyway.]

So you know Garfield, Heathcliff, and Hobbes, huh? But Orion over there doesn't even know what a pancake is. You're from Earth, a modern one like mine.

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[the tail swishes like a cat who caught the canary when jason pulls away.]

Well now that's a big assumption. I could've picked that up from anywhere. There are a lot of you here.

[unrecked]

[Stop that, no. It was only luck this time.]

Someone else here told you about Garfield, Heathcliff, and Hobbes in conversation? I don't think so. Maybe you could have picked it up from the hotel, or something. I'll possibly give you that.

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[no let them win!!]

Hey, you never know. The hotel works in mysterious ways. [they wiggle their fingers like "ooooh spooky."]

[unrecked]

[His turn to swat at the hand. Get out of here with that.]

Yeah, okay. We're in the Haunted Mansion, I get it.

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[hehe.]

Yup. Grim Grinning Ghosts and all that.

[unrecked]

[Pointedly squints his eyes but doesn’t say anything. They know what he is thinking again.]

Learned that from the hotel too, huh?

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[no they know nothing, goodbye.]

You're the one who just called it the Haunted Mansion. What do you think?

[unrecked]

I'm going to end up burying you in the hole on Thursday instead of whoever I pick.

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[jason gets the sense they're rolling their eyes.]

Gotta catch me first.

[unrecked]

You're a pain in my ass.

[

Pulls the hat down for the hundredth time so he can turn to leave.]

See ya Thursday, Pussycat.

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[there's another disgruntled noise as they fix the hat.]

Yeah, okay. Don't be late! [goodbye forever.]