suitedreams | WEEK SEVEN: MINGLE

W̴͍̎E̴̝̊E̸͚͝K̸͕̿ SEVEN: MINGLE

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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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Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

... This gonna be a problem?

[ he might not know this face but he knows this baby anyway ]

Probably! But what isn't a problem at this point? [there's a sigh.] Hey, Cloud.

Hey, Aquarius. [ he's not going to push it by trying to ask for a name, because he looks around and kind of grimaces. Problems ] What happened?

[there's a pause.]

Nico. [his face is already revealed, so it's not like this can get worse for him.] We ended up...you know how the hotel's been kicking people to different places all week? Some of us were checking stuff, and others were in their rooms. We all got sent into that portrait and had to find our way out. Fought some stuff. Nearly died a couple of dozen times. But we made it.

... Hey, Nico.

[ wow. a baby. anyway, he listens to all of that with a frown because Bad ]

Made it with a little bit missing. [ your faces. they are so bare. ] Glad you're alright for now.

Could say the same for you. [but yeah, no veil!!!] I don't think there's a way for us to go back and grab what we lost. We're just going to have to be careful and figure out something else for the next couple of days.

... Maybe you can make do with some of the stuff in the costume closet.

[ rip ]

I'm not putting a veil back on, Cloud.

[no!!!]

You look a lot less stupid without it. [ he agrees? he's just worried!! ]

Better than a wolf's mask though. [dryly. but also kind of teasing.]

Didn't have to look in the mirror much, did you? [ they were both ridiculous and he clearly knows it ]

My face was constantly covered so what difference did it make?

So you never got to see how stupid you guys looked. [ he can do it now so

ruffles his hair ]

[there's an indignant noise and he swats at cloud's hand, ultimately letting him though.]

Just because you keep saying it doesn't mean you looked any less stupid. [you're both stupid, how about that?]

Wasn't trying to deny it. [ unlike you is implied!! but he leaves Nico's hair alone after his brief ruffling ] Everyone looks stupid in those get ups. We've got the statues to prove it.