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suitedreams2022-07-24 05:18 pm
guestservices) wrote in suitedreams2022-07-24 05:18 pm
WEEK SEVEN: MINGLE
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.
N̸A̵V̴I̶G̶A̶T̴I̴O̸N̷.̷
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Smack 'em!
[ maybe she really should have been carrying that dino grabber everywhere, damn ]
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[ he ducks one and makes a shooing motion with his hands. ]
With what? Flailing and the force of my will?
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futaba and yuri will have, like, thirty seconds of peace before they come back, bringing the Bad Vibes with them again as they approach.]
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You've got the longer reach. [ but the bad juju intensifies so uuuuh maybe not smacking them. ]
Unless you've got any other bright ideas?? Rushing them? Catching them??
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[ he shoos away the bad juju again. be gone. ]
That being said, the shadows keep getting darker when the butterflies aren't nearby. Maybe we're going to need to suck it up when we get further inside and just deal with the negative energy.
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the shadows gathering along the glass windows darken again, and it's quiet in the room save for the flapping of butterfly wings.]
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[ go forth body shield ]
I'll keep watch.
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it's hard to see where they're walking.
eventually, there's a change in the sounds they're hearing - there's the flapping of two sets of wings, approaching them again and bringing bad vibes with them.]
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We probably want to move a little faster.
[ she tugs on his sleeve because uuuuh the butterflies are coming. ]
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[ he's listening to those double wing flaps... white butterflies are you out there? ]
C'mon. Let's hurry.
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futaba and yuri continue on in the dark, but it's hard to see, and they seem to just be going in circles - there are plants and trees around them, but the path underfoot is unsteady.
and two of the dark butterflies are following them, getting closer and closer.]
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[ mutter mutter. surprisingly the dice say she's being pretty limber in the dark. thanks dice. ]
You don't think we're missing something, are we? Like big shadowy 'hey it's this way!' sign.
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Probably. But it's too dark to see it.
[ ... ]
The only consistent things are the butterflies and the fact we're walking in circles. Stand still a moment, let them get in close. If it's too much we'll run, but it's not like I want to wander for hours and find nothing either.
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but yuri, at least, will have one of the butterflies land on him, since he's staying still. if futaba listens to him, the same thing will happen to her.
for a moment, they're overcome by whichever negative emotion is strongest in them after nearly eight weeks in a murder hotel. but only for a moment. in the next breath, a light forms over their faces, and they suddenly find it much easier to see in the room.
the larger swarm of butterflies is moving, now - with purpose, each and every one of them taking a winding path toward the back end of the garden. with the light over their eyes, they can see well enough to follow.]
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So maybe we should've let that happen first.
[ she pokes at her face though because this is new but also very familiar ]
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he exhales slowly, once it's done though. ]
We've spent weeks avoiding them. Hard not to go with what you know.
[ he'll give her a little tug back into a steady stance, but doesn't remove her grip from his arm. ]
C'mon. At least we have some idea of where we're going now.
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once they get to the back of the gardens, the swarm of butterflies shifts and changes - forming the rough impression of a tree. they flutter about, not quite still, not quite solid, until the two butterflies that had landed on futaba and yuri break off to go join them, sliding into place. the light vanishes from around their eyes, but the shadows on the glass lighten up a bit, allowing them to see. the butterflies then dissolve into shadows, leaving behind...
an actual tree, which wasn't there before.
it has a sizable hole in the trunk.]
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[ she's not Akira who just jumps on shadowy things with glee. but hey! it all worked out. time to peek over yuri's arm and jiiiii at the tree. ]
....And. Well. That's a sign as any.
[ so if he doesn't object, futaba's toddling over to stick her head into the hole ]
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Nice of them to lead us right to it, I suppose.
[ well, futaba's going to stick her head in i guess. yuri will hover behind getting as good a look as he can. what's hiding in this tree? ]
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well, first thing they'll notice is there's a body in here.]
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futaba, in another life, might have recognized her. or maybe she will, if she ended up with any of her other self's memories during memshare week?
yuri, on the other hand, may recognize the style of clothing and shoes she's wearing as being very similar to the women's clothes in the closet of the room he broke into.
zzz...]
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she, on the other hand, squints dubiously because honestly sleeping in a tree sure is a choice. then again it's still better than under the floor? ...... she has no way of being mean about this either, rude. ]
Sooooooo now what? I don't see any helpful indicators.
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I recognise the clothes, but-- [ he goes quiet for a moment, but remembers they sent people out on a door journey, hopefully someone took them up on it. ] I think it's like the other couple people have run across.
[ he's going to lean over futaba and see if he can't see anything else in here. can he pat her shoulder, or...? ]
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yuri is able to pat her shoulder. when he does, she stirs slightly -
but before anything else can happen, the entire room is plunged into deep, dark shadows. when futaba and yuri next blink, the shadows clear, and they find themselves in the normal version of the butterfly gardens again.
the tree is gone. the girl is gone.
perhaps they should report their findings.]