RECORDING 13: THE FIFTH WEEK.

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A fifth week in this place begins, with less of your number among you. It's practically routine at this point, isn't it?

Routine, also is the feeling when you wake up - it's clear the Miasma has gotten even thicker. Now everyone is at level 4 - barring the two 'lucky' negators among you, you are all suffering the effects, your eyes flashing a deep, dark purple when experiencing negative emotion.

Any magic that touches the house itself will corrode over time, just like last week. If a barrier is put in place and touches the floor, walls, or ceiling, in a few hours it will be completely consumed by the miasma and fizzle out. Spells or seals will also give off miasma, and healing is still reduced to even the most powerful of spells only healing minor injuries.

You will not be able to save a grievously injured person from death through spells anymore.

The Temperature has taken another dip. It's now in the 50's, and nippy to need a layer or two. As before, the rooms have changed, so hopefully you kept anything essential in the static area.

17 of your number still remain.

...What new horrors await you this week?


WARNING: Some investigations of new areas will contain traps that may be harmful or even lethal.
MIASMA LEVEL: 4
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MONDAY

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TUESDAY

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WEDNESDAY

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THURSDAY

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A THING

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[This event will happen at 6pm est.]

VENTQUEST

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[This will open at noon EST. All are welcome, but participation carries a risk of death.

Limited to three people. ]

Your Vessel is here

[notbymyside]

[It might be expected, given the pattern of the last few weeks. Fortunately, the new vessel isn't one to be disappointed by such predictability. Routine, after all, is what he thrives on.]

Please arrive in the living room within the next ten minutes.

[The polite, calm speech is accompanied by the click of his shoes against the hardwood floor as he travels from room to room, rapping on each door before giving his announcement. After he has cycled through each door, he relocates himself to the living room, where he waits for everyone to arrive.

He waits patiently for the ten minutes to pass, letting people congregate in the room. With 2 minutes to go, living characters will feel the driving need to show up, like failing to make a deadline presented by a boss would be disastrous. Still Ango says nothing, focusing instead on the papers in his hand as he gives them a final check-over. It is only when the ten minutes has fully passed that he finally starts to speak.]

I will keep this meeting brief, as there is much work to be done yet.

I will be serving as the Vessel this week. I will allow all of you to continue using my given name if you so please, but I will also respond to 'Sakaguchi-san' if you prefer. I expect all of you to work as diligently as ever and complete your mission here.
Death is no excuse for laziness, after all.

[It is at that point he will hand out a schedule to everyone. It has everyone's day micro-managed down to the half-hour.]

These are the schedules you will be expected to follow. You will also be required to wear your Foundation-issued uniforms from 8 am to 8 pm every day, excluding bathing times and if an injury prevents you from wearing part of your uniform. Being out of uniform or deviating from the schedule or without an acceptable excuse for doing so will count as an infraction against you.

Additionally, if you are disrespectful to myself or any of the other ghosts, we can issue an infraction against you. If you fail to complete your daily duties, we can issue an infraction against you. Outside of official Vessel-run meetings, if you are caught in groups of eight or more we will issue an infraction against all present.

All infractions will be punished by either nonlethal force or by sharing secrets you would rather keep hidden. I caution you against testing me on this.

[He pauses for a moment, considering something. Then he speaks again.]

Ah, right. Battler-kun. Since he is unable to take punishment, a different person each day will be responsible for him. If he earns an infraction, you will take the punishment. For Monday, that will be Marona. I will pick another person at midnight each day and alert them to their new duties.

For our final order of business: you all have been killing rather spectacularly, but I feel like the group left will need some more motivation.

[He snaps his fingers, and suddenly a ghostly clock appears on one of the walls. It reads "99:99:99".]

When this timer runs out, I will start killing each of you, one-by-one. The only way to stop the timer is by having a living person kill another living person in this house.

[He snaps his fingers again, and the timer starts to tick down. 99 hours, 99 minutes, 99 seconds. 98...97...96...]

Please make an adequate use of your time. If you have any questions, you are free to ask them. Otherwise, this meeting is adjourned.

A thing

[foundationmods]

[So.

There is a phone in one of the rooms.

What do?]

((NOTE: please limit this to no more than 4 people at a time. People can swap in and out as needed.))

[oxidegreen]

[Hello she's just

speechless.

There is so much to unpack here but what if we just throw out the entire suitcase!!

JK she actually is going to do something and it's go to get Battler and wake him up.]

Re: Your Vessel is here

[zweivoltage]

[He raised a hand. He can't believe he's doing this. And he had a sinking feeling, given how many people are not military, or have an inclination for a more orderly way of life.]

Excuse me, Sagakuchi sir. I ended up tossing out my Foundation uniform after the first week because it was unrecoverable after the trial. Would my Order's uniform serve as a substitute?

Re: Your Vessel is here

[cw_suicide]

... I knew you were a hardass boss, but really...?

[this is tragic to the point of comedy, everyone.]

[white_camellia]

This motivation seems a bit unusual. I assumed the purpose of the motivations was so that we would blame each other rather than the ghosts for the killing, but is this not forcing things in such a way that the ghosts are clearly to blame?

[She is... trying to maintain civility here, at least?]

[soupervillain]

[ Giovanni's fuming as he stares at the schedule - how dare it tell him what to do and when! He's his own man, beholden to no piece of paper! Then that motive hits, and he immediately jabs a hand into the air. ]

Wait a minute! If you guys could just kill us anytime you wanted, what's the point of trying to get us to do it in the first place?!

[cw_suicide]

Turning us against each other and suffering, of course.

[finalring]

[ well here's romani...looking like he has definitely seen better days. the ache in his shoulder is somehow even more painful than it was on saturday, and he's breaking out into a cold sweat.

but that isn't just because of the pain. it's because of ango as well. ]

W-wait, An- [ no. that's not ango. that's the vessel. ] Sakaguchi sir...is there any chance that I could trade places with Marona?

[soupervillain]

That's dumb! Dying makes you suffer anyway, according to my moderately reliable ghost sources!

[onemolife]

[ What, no good morning kiss?

He is actually here at the meeting in time. His hair is down because he couldn't save the braid any longer, so he's over here looking mopey and pale.

When he gets the schedule, he's going to stare. Oh no he's in trouble. ]

You know, the last time someone tried getting me to follow a lot of rules, a thousand more rules had to be added because of me.

[cw_suicide]

That's a mood.

[and yet he knows exactly how Ango can wrangle him and he's so salty about it]

[cw_suicide]

I don't disagree.

[sageking]

[ He's going to literally kill you, Romani ]

How about trying not to be an imbecile? You're injured.

[reanimania]

[ How was the actual military officer more lenient than this...

Anyway, he's... fine with schedules, and is choosing to focus on that part right now because he really, really doesn't want to think about the motive!!

Raises hand. ]

Clarification, please. The "weekly exploration" time slots -- are we required to participate in those explorations, or is that just the only time during which we are allowed to do so?

[ He's probably going to have other questions as he looks over this thing, but starting off with that... ]

[onemolife]

[ How much trouble will they be in this week? ]

[reanimania]

[ it's fucking monday, romani ]

[cw_suicide]

[lots.

so much.

clearly they must keep in mind that people they like will be used against them.]

[zweivoltage]

Dr. Archaman. You're in no shape to take any kind of punishment.