WEEK 5 MINGLE

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WEEK 5

They said it was a break week, but two of your number were lost anyway last week. While you're all tired and still recovering, the speakers crackle to life with the voice of The Lady.

"Attention, Guests. The game is back on. Break week is now over. Happy Holidays."

The Staff are still like they were last week - only this time, the orders almost always go wrong, if they even manage to go through - the Staff are vanishing constantly. Meals are also getting affected - they're still perfectly edible, but they're not as delicious as they once were, with seasoning and other things occasionally being off. The Sign warning people to not take knives is still on the kitchen door, but The Chef seems incredibly tired, often resting on a chair in the corner.

The Resort is still furnished with Holiday items - but after Medic's christmas protest, there are more items related to other holidays up, and it's much more balanced - objects and colors of multiple holidays side by side in harmony, with the mistletoe still up for any needed smooching. There are, however, more wriggling...things, and there's even an entire 'tree' made of eldritch tentacles with glowing balls of light on them that wink in an oddly hypnotic fashion.

The weather is still nothing, but the courtyard seems to have switched to a much warmer clime, which while still a little cool is pleasant enough to sit outside in. Finally, the music this week seems... almost ominous...?

On Monday morning, another memory is returned to everyone, one more traumatic this time instead of gentle like the others have been. Yet, you feel as if you know a little more about your time in this world, now. Not everything, but...enough.

Enough to see this game through to the end, at least.


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Comments

jacuzzi

[resortghosts]

[Well, good luck trying to stare at absolutely nothing Rean, because that's what's happening right now, even if he can probably hear the slight sound of feet on the water around it.

There's no actual verbal response (why would a ghost bring a tablet near water?) but there is the sound of water shifting as they enter, so.

Good luck with that?!]

[relentlesslyonwards]

[Oh, uh. Hm. Having this happen makes him realize how lucky they were to have the tablets (although then again, Medic makes due with sticky notes). For a couple minutes, he just stays there pondering what he should be doing here. Normally, he'd go for a conversation, but with that avenue cut off, it's just sitting around awkwardly with someone who may or may not be naked in a hot tub.]

Um... so. Nice evening, huh?

[Look. He's trying.]

[resortghosts]

[An attempt is being made, at least?

There's going to be the sound of light tapping on the concrete as if to indicate something? Who knows what that means, though.]

[relentlesslyonwards]

[Just looking over and...

How many taps and is there a pattern to it? Because if it's morse code, I can totally bullshit that Rean learned it from either Fie or while he was at Thors. Although he might be rusty.]

[resortghosts]

[It's just a single tap for now!

Although morse code may or may not potentially happen, who knows.]

[relentlesslyonwards]

[Hmm. There's a number of things it could mean, but for now.

50 questions it is?!]

Did you come here just to warm up?

[resortghosts]

[Fifty questions it is!

There is one tap. Does it mean 'yes' or does it mean 'no', who knows??]

[relentlesslyonwards]

[Only one way to find out...?! He looks up into the void above them and says:]

It's a pretty starry night, huh? Perfect for this kind of thing.

[resortghosts]

[There's actually some movement in the water as if someone was trying to splash it with one arm before more tapping.

This time, it is in morse code:

.. - .----. ... / .- / ...- --- .. -.. .-.-.-]

[relentlesslyonwards]

[It takes a moment for him to parse, but he manages.]

Haha... well, we can pretend. Anyways, just felt like giving this place a try?

[resortghosts]

[There's a pause, and then more morse:

... --- -- . - .... .. -. --. / .-.. .. -.- . / - .... .- - .-.-.-]

[relentlesslyonwards]

[Hmm... That's kind of a vague answer.]

...Was there something on your mind?

[resortghosts]

[Just taps this out:

.- / .-.. .. - - .-.. . / -... .. - .-.-.- / .- .-.. - .... --- ..- --. .... / -- --- .-. ... . / .. ... -. .----. - / . -..- .- -.-. - .-.. -.-- / - .... . / -... . ... - / .-- .- -.-- / - --- / -.-. --- -- -- ..- -. .. -.-. .- - . / .. - .-.-.-]

[relentlesslyonwards]

[Yeah, this takes him longer to go through and part of it is because he just kind of puts it together through context because he probably missed a couple of taps.]

Haha... yeah, I'm really starting to get what you mean here. For now, I guess we can stick to some yes or no questions, unless you feel like bringing your tablet over.

[Not that he recommends it, but.]

[resortghosts]

[Another pause, and then something a little shorter:

.---- / ..-. --- .-. / -.-- . ... / ..--- / ..-. --- .-. / -. ---]

[relentlesslyonwards]

Yeah, that works. [That was what they used before during trials too, if he's remembering correctly, so.]

I know you said you'd never been to an outdoor hot spring, but have you used these before?

[resortghosts]

[Two taps.]