WEEK 5 MINGLE

[foundationmods]

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

[latebluemer]

I'm starting to think finding out who 34 is might be almost as important as figuring out what to do about the Outsider.

[She's got a sneaking suspicion about this game of mafia that's being slowly borne out by reading through the meeting texts and notes, and just in general. It's itching under her skin now, demanding more information. It feels like that itch has been there for a while.]

[resortghosts]

Well, my current working theory is that 34 and the short blonde Staff member might be the same person. They seem to have a similar personality.

[latebluemer]

I think you're probably right. There's only so many people it could be, and unless it's someone we haven't seen before in all this time...

[Still. Occam's Razor. They've gone to trial on less evidence than a few sightings of a weird staff member. She doesn't like it, but what else can they do? Now there are about thirty thousand questions left, but first of all...]

What are we going to do if she is 34?

[resortghosts]

I know the mafia's not the mystery genre and this is also real life, but you usually wouldn't introduce someone new this late in the "game"!

And no idea.

If possible, punch her at least once is what I personally want, because while she might have helped us, she did it in a manner that is also kind of. . . fucking with us, too? Like 34 sees this as some sort of prime time entertainment that she's watching, I think.

[latebluemer]

No, you wouldn't. You might introduce a raccoon or two, but not a main character.

[Spice Block is an exception to the mystery genre rules here. We're not in Umineko but we're applying them, natch.]

She helped us about as much as the Outsider. Which means she's using us to help herself. Do you feel like we're just kind of chess pieces to those two? It pisses me off. I'd like to deal with both of them, if possible.