WEEK 4 MINGLE

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WEEK 4

The weekend that just passed was....frankly, a lot. Yet despite all odds, you somehow pulled out a win from the jaws of utter defeat. As you wake up feeling tired but happy, the speakers crackle to life with the voice of The Lady.

"Attention, Guests. This week, The game is temporarily suspended. This week, there will be no mafia kill. Take a break for your hard work."

And...indeed, it seems like this is a peace week. The Staff, after the disappearance of The Captain, are acting worse than they did last week - not only is there the blankness and the stuttering, but sometimes they even get orders wrong, with potentially hazardous results. Asking the Staff for things has become more dangerous and unreliable, but at least you meals are still good. Speaking of, The Chef has put a sign up on the door, reading "DO NOT TAKE KNIVES WITHOUT ASKING FIRST!! THAT MEANS YOU!!" written in big, angry letters. The resort also seems to be gearing up for Christmas - there are lights and trees scattered around the place, as well as mistletoe for couples to get their public displays of affection on. There's also some other holiday decorations around, for Kwanzaa and....something else you definitely have never seen before. The thing....wriggles, and you don't want to be around it for long.

The weather is still nothing, except for the courtyard, which is still pleasantly snowy. There is still music playing in the halls, and the cover songs continue with some low-key music for the week.

On Monday morning, another memory is returned to everyone. Are you getting closer to the truth of this place, maybe? It's hard to say.


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Comments

[whirlingmace]

Whoa! That's not good. [ Says the kid who was raised to fight a war ]

Why would they celebrate something like that anyways?

[resortghosts]

Because Australia is a lawless place. Also, Old Nick demands at least a certain amount of cheer from the masses, even if you have to fake it :/ That doesn't explain why some people genuinely enjoy the holiday though!!!

[whirlingmace]

Well, all the lights and decorations look like a lot of fun. Maybe they just ignore all the bad to focus on that?

[resortghosts]

[There's a brief pause between note writing while Medic considers this.]

Well, fair enough. And the lights are fine. I'm just bitter I suppose

[whirlingmace]

[ Hmm. She'll scroll back up on her tablet for a moment. ]

Can you tell me about Hanukkah? What's that about?

[resortghosts]

Oh!!!

Hanukkah is a Jewish holiday that lasts eight nights

it's a time of celebration for us :)!

[whirlingmace]

How do you celebrate it? Can you still do it, even if you're late?

[resortghosts]

the most barebones explanation i can give is that you just need to place candles in the Menorah- that's this the weird octopus thing. It. Doesn't normally look like an octopus

Anyway, you place one candle in it at sundown every evening and light them, for 8 days straight

there's a lot more to it all of course, but that's the part I find most important.

[whirlingmace]

[ Looking at the octopus. ]

I think it has a lot of character.

[ And it's pretty cute. ]

Why do you feel it's important?

[resortghosts]

[... Aw. Medic smiles a little at that.]

You're right about that! It certainly matches this resort's aesthetic fairly well

[He mulls over the second thing for a minute, tapping his chin with the pen in his hand. How do you explain the significance of Jewish celebration to a kid who didn't know what Hanukkah was?]

Lighting the Menorah was the only aspect of the holidays that I distinctly remember my family doing when I was a child, though it wasn't done openly and we had to stop over time. So being able to do so publicly is important to me! Like making up for lost time.

[whirlingmace]

What does it normally look like?

[ Explaining it this way works. She smiles pretty fondly at that. ]

Doing stuff with family is really nice. Do you miss them a lot?