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

[skyagain]

You're going to run before the sap gets near you?

[insincerely]

I mean that if you need clarification on anything going on, now's the time to do it while we've dropped all pretenses.

[skyagain]

I know.

[ he was making fun of him... please... ]

We've been finding your other friends all over the place.

[insincerely]

And as your delightful dickpop told you, leave them there.

[skyagain]

Yeah. But I'm guessing it wasn't exactly meant to happen either?

[insincerely]

You weren't exactly meant to find them, no. But that's what happens when the hotel breaks a little, I guess.

[skyagain]

This the programming thing, then? He's upping the danger levels? Or something else?

[insincerely]

Sort of. The hotel's always acted up once in a while on its own, since it's somewhat self-autonomous. It's just doing it more of that now because of the changes, yeah.

[skyagain]

Any chance it fully breaks under pressure before we get a chance to fulfill our contracts?

[insincerely]

I doubt it. It's not literally breaking as so much as it's just doing the unexpected.

[skyagain]

That's something, at least. Pain in the ass.

[insincerely]

It's a pain, but one that can be used, at least. You guys would be in a much worse position without those hiccups.

[skyagain]

Just have to find the right one to serve our purpose?

[insincerely]

Pretty much. Make use of what you have.