thefoundation | WEEK 5 MINGLE

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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... A puzzle? I've never been one for games.

[ But, he... guesses he can make some guesses. He stares intently at the page for a bit. ]

"Find other boxes," perhaps, though I'm uncertain. The next line could be "twelve in all."

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[Puzzles aren't his forte either, but meh.]

'Find other boxes' makes sense, especially since there's that note about 'storage'. The last line could be... um.

[Give him a sec...]

'Activate together'?

Whoa! You both are super duper smart.

[ She loves you both. Just going to give Gerbear a hug and then give one to Reanie Jojo ]

Let's see if that works!

Well, there's probably still some other options out there... Maybe we should try and see what else we can get before we go on a wild goose chase.

[But he'll take the hug anyways!]

[ Jojo hugs with all the leggies in spirit? ]

Yeah, trying to approach it from all directions would be good.

[All of them...!!

But anyways, after another period of staring at the puzzle... yeah, he's got nothing unless they decide to overcomplicate things. He scratches his head.]

Huh... I can't really find anything that makes that much sense. I guess this'll have to be it.

If we can't solve it...we can always try hitting it super duper hard!

[For some reason he's getting a sense of deja vu here... except she's not proposing explosives, thank Aidios.]

Haha... definitely leave that as our very last option. Besides, it'd be a problem if it was considered resort property and we damaged it.

[Cinque getting shot is an absolute no?!]

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...And the ghosts found a note of "eeedddeeeddd"... 12 letters. If I were to guess, those are what we need to "activate".

Yeah, that matches up. So... I guess we're going to the storage room? [Unless there are other conspicuously box-filled spaces in the resort.]

That's pretty likely. We also need to see if we can figure out which boxes are "e's" and which ones are "d's"...

It might make more sense when we actually find them. They might be marked off somehow, or colored or something. Although the question also becomes how we can tell if we've found the right boxes or not.

[He puts a hand to his chin.]

Still, nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Do you think the repeating pattern could be a clue?

Well, it's hard to say for certain without seeing all the boxes we need to find. The code probably gives us an order to the boxes, but I can't say for sure that that's correct without seeing the boxes themselves.

Actually, if we're taking the third line to be 'activate together', then maybe 'd' and 'e' are settings on the boxes.

[Or their contents, w/e.]

...that does sound like it all fits together.

[ Y'all did good. ]

Haha... well, let's hope it leads to something.

[ Meh. They can be horribly wrong together. ]

I suppose. Nothing else comes to mind immediately for the combination of "gee hot," so you may be onto something. [ Let it be known that "gee hot" is a dumb phrase that he feels dumb saying. ]

[ Hehe. ]

Gee hot!

[ Cinque has learned +1 thing ]

Stop that.

[ Don't learn from this!! ]

[ Wrapping her arms around him. Hiiii ]

Gerbear! I'm glad you're feeling better. Also you should use that on Owain!

And that! [ Cinque is gonna be the death of him with all these hugs!! Think of his poor gashes that is trying so hard to hide. Clearing throat. ]

I... would prefer not to use such a ridiculous line on Owain. Besides, he's more cute than— [ Freezin'. ]

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[...He kind of wants to laugh at hearing Gerome say that, but he'll refrain. Somehow.]

It's a pretty weird 'answer', so I'm not sure about it either, but maybe it means they'll have some sort of switch or panel?

No matter how hard I try, there are few other options I can think of. Let's hope we won't need to spend the rest of our night rooting through boxes and trying to find hidden switches.

[ 'Cause that would suck. ]

[Well, Akira and Cinque are going at it so technically they don't have to spend the night doing that. rip if there's nothing tho]

Haha... well, if we find something, at least we'll know it was worth it. Probably. [Unless it was just trolling them...]