WEEK SEVEN: MINGLE

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W̴͍̎E̴̝̊E̸͚͝K̸͕̿ SEVEN: MINGLE

(18 ḡ̴̻u̷͌͜ê̴̯s̶̢͑t̵̻͝s̴̡̐ ̴c̴h̴e̶c̴k̷e̶d̸ ̶i̴n̴)

Good morning, esteemed guests.

Ha. Hahaha.

As you awaken on Monday, you’ll find that things are just as they were the night before. The kitchen will serve piping hot breakfast during the morning hours, the pool’s been stocked with fresh towels and the gardens are open for anyone who wishes to spend some time among nature. However, should you explore a bit, you’ll find that a few new changes have been made to the hotel itself.

Your room service menus are still on your desks if you wish to browse before leaving for the day.

The front door no longer spins endlessly, for one thing. Should you make an attempt to exit the hotel, you will find yourself entering a new location.

In addition, should you enter the elevator you will find...nothing? There are no new buttons. However, if you look on the Mezzanine you will find a few new areas to peruse. These rooms are still locked from the outside, but perhaps you may ask politely and be granted access. In addition, as you explore the hotel you will find that you have now lost access to certain rooms. How odd.

The portraits from the week before continue to hang in various parts of the hallways and in the rooms themselves, continuing to depict innocuous scenes. Like before, if you linger just a touch too long, you'll soon find that you and whomever you're with will be lost in a swirl of shadows and pulled directly into the portrait itself. You will have to find your way out just like before.

Strangely, however, you no longer have that connection with the person you are with. You're no longer in sync, unable to feel their thoughts or movement or really even have to cooperate. Instead, regardless of where you are in the hotel whether it's inside a portrait, a door, or even your own room, you will begin to experience a feeling of numbness. Perhaps it starts in your body, the inability to feel pain or the touch of someone's hand. Maybe it infiltrates your emotions, quieting everything you've been feeling lately to an even, neutral stance. After a while, you may become so numb you feel yourself fading away entirely, a limb slowly being erased, but you can quickly snap back if someone addresses you.

Try to keep yourselves grounded, everyone.

Finally, for those of you with a spare ticket in your pocket, feel free to visit the Starlight Gift Shop, stocked with new items for this week.

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Comments

[outsidebones]

I'm not sure I agree. I don't want to delay too long, and letters have generally been pretty fast.

[also for ooc reasons we don't want to bring someone back on like. thursday.]

The other thing I'd like to mention - I don't plan to choose anyone who has killed someone, unless the dead have a strong opinion to the contrary. The reasoning is not a moral one, it is because their hostages are safe, and I would rather secure two lives if I can.

[unbested]

[ ...nods. ]

I... think that's fair.

[aono]

That second part's fine. I just think it'd be a bad idea to bring back two people only for them both to go "well you should've brought back this person instead, they have ALL the information and we know jack shit".

What about bringing back someone in like an couple hours, and then listening to them and bringing back the next person? We can give them a little bit of time to talk and come up with an answer between them and still have time for a meeting with them tonight.

[unbested]

Or at least they could make sure to share the information first so whoever we pick will have everything.

[headmt]

It's likely they see what we're doing now, yeah? Just make sure everyone is up to date.

[unbested]

Yeah. So... I don't think we need to wait that long...? If we can decide...

[aono]

That's okay too, but if we go with that then we should give them as much time as possible today before bringing someone back. Just to make sure nothing gets missed.

[preowned]

I don't think that would be the case. They should all be sharing amongst themselves.

[ashenvaliant]

[ to the room in general, but obviously so the dead can hear: ]

I would advise it, yes. If they can bring as much information with them as possible, that would be appreciated.

[preowned]

I am sure they are already doing it. It's their lives that are risk, so they wouldn't just sit down and wait for us to do the work.

[ashenvaliant]

I know. But it's a ... heads up, I suppose. Go over things. Make sure it's all squared and sorted and then whoever comes back is ready to go. We'll still have the letter system, but this might work better.

I never did find out if something I tried worked though. I assume it did, but a confirmation would be nice. Please. [ to the dead: please. ]

[preowned]

Right, right! Confirm away.

[ he waves ]

[outsidebones]

The person we picked at the station was not necessarily the most... [how to put this.] Focused, but she did admirably all the same.

[headmt]

She was a very sweet, empty-headed dingus. Nothing but horniness up there! Incredible, honestly.

[ DONT JUST SAY THAT ]

[outsidebones]

You would know...

[toesies]

But we adored her.

[preowned]

I'm sure she did.

I just mean that concerning all of the organized letters they have been sending us to make sure we all get information, it sounds like they are working hard.

[outsidebones]

Yes. I agree - I think all of them will be able to help.

[outsidebones]

We will wait until very late to see if we receive any letters, and if we don't, we will proceed.

[because oocly this is a little sensitive.]

[aono]

[Rin suddenly has an Idea.]

What if I use that notebook I got a couple weeks back to like, make one person super-obsessed with collecting all of the information possible on that side? Then we'd have a better shot at whoever you're thinking of bringing back would have everything.

[I OOCly do not know if this would actually help any with logistics, this is just Rin trying to help.]

[headmt]

Sorry, what does the notebook do again?

[aono]

If I write a name and a rumor on a page, that person will believe that rumor for 24 hours. So I could write someone's name and then some rumor about needing all the information from that side, and they'll believe they need the information.

[outsidebones]

Maybe you could use the notebook to make me super-obsessed with listening to these ideas. It would be a big help to me.

[headmt]

Harrow.

[aono]

[...]

Right, okay. Shutting up now.