Week 4

[foundationmods]

It finally happened. Someone murdered, and was punished for it. After a particularly grueling trial, one much worse than the games ever were, everyone definitely needed the rest of the weekend to rest up. But now it is Monday once more, and that means it is time to get back to 'work'.

The cameras have moved again, and the contestants will need to be careful where they say what until their new locations have been revealed. In addition to that, the house itself seems to have changed, with its usual colorful appearance suddenly a bit more grey. Even the weather seems to be gloomy, with those storm clouds from last week starting to overcast the area, threatening to drop rain.

Seventeen contestants remain in this game of death. How many more will fall before the game is over? And how many more will be driven to murder?


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[darkova]

[Ingway utterly ignores the motive: he has no "home" to yearn for anymore. Instead he can be found in the usual places- the garage, the kitchen. He's easy enough to find if you need him.

But beside his normal haunts you might catch him wandering the House, doing... measurements? Writing his findings in a notebook.]

Poor Domicile... 'Twas the first death in your walls. Dumped in your very veins like so much garbage. No wonder you look ill.

[dereban]

[ a part of her wants to say 'I'm surprised it didn't start looking sick earlier', but she refrains from doing so entirely, because a part of her wonders if the House knows what 'Dazai' is doing. ]

It makes me wonder if the emotions that were fueled by the death isn't helping the House at all.

[ if it's similar to the Hotel, then. ]

[darkova]

That's what I'm hoping to learn... though it seems not only ill but depressed.

[dereban]

Back when we were at the Hotel, our negative emotions helped it when it wasn't feeling well even if it could cure it completely - it's kind of like medicine, you know? But if you give something that wasn't sick to begin with medicine it might start feeling more ill.

If it's feeling like that, though. . . we might have to give it a little more positivity somehow.

[darkova]

Positivity, eh? Hmm... but what could cut through what happened this weekend?

[dereban]

That's definitely troublesome. . .

[ she hums a little bit; it's evident that she doesn't seem all that bothered about what happened over the weekend herself. ]

Maybe I need to bring back the icebreaker bonding games, or maybe we should just do something relaxing and fun for once.

[visionem]

[ Alcor is very much contained to roof life these past few days, but sometimes you need to come in for coffee. He stops at seeing Ingway take measurements, head tilted. ]

Ah, the dumping was not intentional.

[darkova]

Intentional or not, you should accept responcibility for your actions.

Bad surroundings stunts growth.

[ While he's clearly talking about the House his tone suggests something more]

[visionem]

Have I not? [ His tone is honestly curious here. ]

They do, but stress can also promote necessary adaptations.

[darkova]

[He scowls- he doesn't disagree, but]

There is a line before stress becomes cruelty.

[visionem]

And you believe this line has been crossed?

[odasaku]

You can see the house’s feelings?

[ ???????????? ]

[darkova]

[He laughs softly]

Of course not. But you don't need to be a gardener to tell when a plant is wilting.

[odasaku]

Ah...

[ oda looks at the surroundings again, nodding. ]

Sometimes I forget that the House is a living creature, too. [ he pauses, considering his words carefully. ] I guess... it does look sad. Like it might break into tears.

[darkova]

Even the weather itself has turned foul...

[odasaku]

It has. I wonder if there's anything we can do to help it cheer up...

[duskhound]

[Ellie's just going to watch that for the time being, but she does speak up a bit while when Ingway starts talking to the house.]

...From what I understand, these sentient houses more or less feed on the emotions of those inside of it. Positive emotions act as food, while negative emotions are supposed to be good to help it heal, but...

Even the Hotel, who was dying at the time, seemed to hate all of the murder and death happening inside her walls.

[darkova]

So that may be why it had a growth spurt...

[duskhound]

That seems likely, yeah... Still, there's a lot we don't know about these Houses.

[darkova]

[He nods]

That is why I'm taking measurements. So I can observe it.

[iblistriggered]

Wait... so the house is... sick?

[darkova]

I can not say. But a broken heart can be just as crippling as a broken limb.

[iblistriggered]

[Silver frowns, running his hand on the wall] Yeah.... it's probably pretty sad that people are getting hurt inside it... [and everyone being a bunch of depressed sadsacks probably doesn't help either]

[darkova]

Being forced to watch suffering with no hope in sight would cause anyone to suffer.

[iblistriggered]

[Silver sighs. He pats the wall]

... Sorry, House. I'm probably not helping.