RECORDING 7: THE THIRD WEEK.

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A third week in this place begins, with less of your number among you. The final week completely covered by everyone's rations, though with proper meting out, you'll be able to make it stretch until after week 4. It seems as if everyone will have to go without a few meals here and there..

To make things worse, when you wake up - it's clear the Miasma has gotten thicker. Everyone, save those still protected either by their powers or items they brought with them, is now even more deeply affected by the curse. Arguments will be flaring up more, along with negative thoughts and feelings...and even more worrying Is that any magic that touches the house itself will corrode over time. If a barrier is put in place and touches the floor, walls, or ceiling, in half a day it will be completely consumed by the miasma and fizzle out. Spells or seals will also corrode, and even personal healing abilities have been halved.

The Temperature has dropped, just a bit - down to the mid to low 60's. Strange, isn't it? As before,the rooms have changed, so hopefully you kept anything essential in the static area.

25 of your number still remain.

...What new horrors await you this week?


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[accrowed]

As much as I want to stop badgering the poor guy, if we leave now there's no guarantee we'll see him again.

[ And... bye Sissel. He kind of just scratches the back of his head and decides, all right. He might as well try luring it too. Especially because it doesn't look like raccoon #2 worked.

With a sigh, he pulls off one of his shiny, silver earrings and holds it down for the raccoon to see. Look, look, shiny! He sets it on the ground and backs away. ]

[noneforall]

The real problem is that he's another mouth to feed.

[Subete glances curiously after the cat but doesn't stop Sissel -- for now he's just going to let his water kanji vanish into a puddle on the ground while he spectates Crow sacrificing his personal item to the raccoon, apparently. He probably shouldn't look so amused considering they've been nominally trapped in a room with it for two days a while now!]

You know, if the cat doesn't speak raccoon, maybe that convenient little collar of his does?

[ghostricked]

My collar?

[Look who's back with his treat bag in his mouth]

If you can catch him it can't hurt to try.

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[IF you can catch him.

though lbr here he's a big chungus and can't move fast, you probably can catch him.]

[accrowed]

Not taking either bait, huh? This is a stubborn one.

[ Only one thing left to do!! Plucking his earring up and putting it back on. Time to just use force here...!! ] One of us might as well try to get him. If you wanna grab the collar, I'll take the raccoon-panda.

[ Okay!! Putting his fists together and going for it!! Will he successfully catch the raccoon? Find out... eventually! ]

[noneforall]

It's starting to feel like we're coddling a baby more than we're trying to lure a raccoon. Look at all these toys and treats.

[There's something definitely sarcastic in the way he says that as Subete moves over to meet Sissel and his bag of treats; Crow is free to wrangle the chonky chunginator to his heart's content, he is the one with gloves, presumably. Maybe? Hopefully.

Don't get Schrodinger's Rabies, Crow.]

Hmm. Don't mind if I borrow this, then.

[Annnd he'll reach over to unfasten the collar if Sissel's down for it.]

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[The raccoon is indeed a stubborn one, but Crow is able to grab him up! He weakly squirms while making some uncomfortable noises, but luckily he is rabies-free so he won't be attacking.

Do your worst! Or just put the collar on him.]

[accrowed]

Let's just hope it's worth the hassle. If not, we can always shove it out the chimney and see what happens.

[ Nevermind that they have it extremely easy compared to everyone else.

Anyway, +1 raccoon!! Thankfully it isn't doing anything more than squirming, which is absolutely something Crow can handle. He holds the raccoon up for Subete for whenever he gets that collar! ]

[noneforall]

Ha, I guess that is one useful place it could go.

[He's not even opposed. And like, he has barely done anything at this point but it's fine.

But man, he still has to at least nominally touch the raccoon... maybe he should wear gloves from now on in anticipation of sudden wildlife and possibly people dying messily in his general vicinity, but of course none of that is happening today. There's just this fat thing that he's gingerly using a literal handkerchief to try and fasten a collar on. This is stupid.

COLLAR equipped! ♫ ♪]

Don't get your hopes up.

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[It's going to take a moment because this chonker has a fat neck. But after adjusting the collar size, they'll be able to get it on the raccoon.

And the raccoon says...something. It's some kind of spoken language, but the actual language is unknown to both Crow and Subete.]

[accrowed]

[ ... ]

So. Chimney?

[noneforall]

[He totally took a video clip of that, just because he's a millennial and also it's vaguely relevant to his interests minus the entirety of the raccoon, but once he's wiped off and re-pocketed his cellphone Subete is yoinking that collar back and then...

You know, glancing between Crow and the raccoon and the chimney for a split second before he gives a pleasant shrug.]

Chimney.

[If there's anyone or anycat objecting to this, speak now or furever hold your peace.]

[ghostricked]

Mrrr.

[He doesn't have his collar on so he can't say anything but let it be known that he was the counter vote here]

[foundationmods]

[Please tell me you're taking Sissel's collar back before you shove the raccoon up the chimney.]

[ghostricked]

[Yeah they got it no worries modly one]

[accrowed]

[ Yup!! Can't forget something as important as that.

Once Subete's got the collar, he pokes his head into the fireplace and looks up. Does it look like the raccoon will even fit? ]

[foundationmods]

[It's going to be a tight squeeze, but you might be able to shove him in there. Getting him to climb up though, that might be the challenge.]

[accrowed]

[ Crow gives the raccoon's head a comforting pat. Which probably isn't that comforting if the raccoon understands them but whatever. ]

Either of you know where a broom is?

[noneforall]

You sure we can't just light a fire under that thing?

[He's joking, probably. Probably.

Subete is going to scour the room for a broom, but presumably there's mostly the fireplace tool things. Raccoon might get poker up its butt but y'know. Hey mods, is raccoon getting pokered in the butt??

Sissel might have to wait a little to get his collar back... unless he really demands it.]

[foundationmods]

[Yeah, no brooms around here. You're gonna have to poker his butt.

If you decide to do that, he'll hiss and crawl up the chimney and to freedom. Bye Felicia.]

[accrowed]

Only if you wanna be the one shoving him.

[ He's not fireproof and he doesn't wanna catch on fire!! Also after this he needs the longest shower and to sanitize his earring. They probably need to sanitize this whole room, but he's just going to avoid it instead.

Just kidding, the firepoker will work?? But that sounds like a dirty job for Subete, not Crow.]

[noneforall]

I'll pass. Still not a zookeeper.

[Did he just call Crow a zookeeper by proxy?? Vote now on your phones.

Subete is totally getting a shower too, so I guess they'll spend the rest of the day fighting over the shower or something. (no) The trophy room seems mostly useless unless you want to look at dead animal heads, which might be slightly more useful than the live animal heads they've been contending with, but eh?

Poker to the butt it is. Run free, chimney chonk. ☆]

[accrowed]

Haha...

[ He totally did!! You wrangle one raccoon and suddenly you're a zookeeper. The surprise of this season is Subete actually does use the firepoker (why not the brush or the shovel man) but, hey.

Crow doesn't have to do it so no complaints here. As soon as it's gone, he waves goodbye to it! Try not to die to whatever monster spider is outside, raccoon.] Think we should light a fire to make sure it doesn't come back in?

[noneforall]

[I mean it could be worse, Crow could be wrangling spiders, a real and present possibility apparently in every room of this house; in turn, Subete considers that the indignity of having to handle a raccoon totally entitles him to be jabbing its hindquarters a little with a fire poker. Even if said fire poker is terribly old and dusty.

Poke, poke. Wobble. Truly an unassked for experience. Maybe in the future, someday, people will find a whole-ass raccoon out in the wilds of America. You never know.]

... There's plenty of kindling here, so I wouldn't be opposed.

[And then they blew themselves up, the end.




Nah, he's actually down for transporting kindling instead of raccoons. Go figure.]

[accrowed]

[ Too bad they still don't have anything to light a fire. And Sissel still is collarless which is probably in both Subete and Crow's best interest.

Actually, wait. Once they're done (or he's done, if Subete isn't going to help him move the wood), he turns to Sissel. ]

Wait. Before we light anything up, do you wanna try crawling out? [ Talking to Sissel here. ]