( MINGLE - WEEK 2 )

[abhoth]

SURVIVORS: 40 The sun is shining, the air conditioner units hum as they always do, and a gentle morning breeze blows against the windows. The scent of pine cones and evergreen follow you wherever you go in the motel, save for the parking lot and outdoor pool. It seems like someone was very generous with the detergent while moping the floors. The two grandfather clocks (one on each floor) will ring with each passing hour, indicating the time of day without fail. With this knowledge — they'll note the motel will continue to be surrounded by fog until 8:00 AM on the dot. It is at that hour that the fog will begin to recede. Not enough to reveal the whole city, but enough to allow residents to explore some of the buildings surrounding the motel. And speaking of the motel, it seems like the Storage room has unlocked itself overnight. How quaint. Welcome to Week 2's mingle, everyone! As of this week, we are now accepting murder proposals. If you're interested in having your character murder someone this week, please send in your proposal before Tuesday, 9:00 PM EST. We'll be contacting you on plurk over the week to finalize the details, or ask for rescheduling if necessary. As always, feel free to PM us or send us a PP over plurk if you have any questions! ( quick navigation ) ic rulebook | locations | statuses | room assignments private conversations | ic profiles | graveyard | full navigation

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[breaksouls]

I. LOBBY - MONDAY

[Someone has gotten a hold of the newspaper and she's pretty clearly not happy. Velvet knew this before reading it, but seeing it in black and white only angers here more. She crumples the paper into a ball in her hand, but doesn't throw it because littering is bad.]

Who the hell took all the knives?! If you have any, return them to the kitchen! If you're worried about defending yourself, you should be worried about what'll happen to you once I find out you're the reason I can't cut up any apples!


II. STORAGE ROOM - TUESDAY

[If you walk past the storage room, you'll hear lots of rumbling around and general movement sounds. The door is wide open, though, revealing Velvet gathering all the cleaning supplies she can in her arms. And she looks pretty excited about the whole prospect! Until something falls out of her hands and there's no way she can grab it with everything she's carrying at the moment.]

Ugh...


III. SECOND FLOOR HALLWAY - WEDNESDAY

[For the most, she's been trying to deal with the whispers as best she can. Ignore them, get on with her life, and act like nothing's happening. She's heard it all before, after all. But as strong as Velvet is, she can't last forever. On Wednesday, she's crouched in the middle of the hallway, hands over her ears.]

Shut up! Shut up already! Grrragh!

IV. WILDCARD

[You know the drill! Feel free to message me here or on plurk if there's something else you'd like to do!]

Tuesday

[vitamin_a]

[Well better pick it up. He's not trying to give it to her, though, it looks like Velvet has her hands too full already]

Why all the cleaning stuff at once? Did someone make a mess around here?

[He's really hoping all this isn't for your room!]

[breaksouls]

No, but they might.

[While she knows it's because she can't hold anything more, she still eyes him a little because he better give that back. She absolutely needs that one specific cleaning thing.]

It's better to be prepared, isn't it? Plus, it's not like this place is too clean to start with... I did an initial sweep of my room, but this should finish the job.

[vitamin_a]

[He will once you have some space for it, hah]

I'm surprised you're going to do it yourself, most people here would ask the employees to do it for them. Does cleaning help you relax?

[breaksouls]

I don't need to relax. But I also don't trust these daemons to do the job right. When I arrived, my room was filthy... the sheets weren't properly tucked in, there was so much dust underneath the beds. and it looked like someone had swept the floor once and then given up. I'm not sleeping in a place like that.

[She may be exaggerating a bit.]

[vitamin_a]

[That actually manages to bother Apollo a bit. That's a big mess! Thank goodness his room wasn't like that]

...somehow that makes Ryou's theory a tad more unsettling than before. He thinks the faceless men resided in this motel before our arrival -- and that'd include sleeping in our rooms.

I guess it'd be correct not to trust their cleaning skills.

[You know what, he's going to get to the storage to pick some cleaning stuff too, way to make him a bit nervous about the state of his room. He'll return all the stuff later.

He still has your nondescript cleaning implement, though]

monday;

[rextenebrae]

[ ...Yikes, as usual. But, honestly, the exasperation is real. ]

It'd be nice to know, but I don't believe anyone would readily admit to taking the knives. Unfortunately.

Though, I suppose you could try asking some of the others directly and try finding out that way...

Re: monday;

[breaksouls]

Hm? We could also search their rooms. I'm sure your friend Percival would help us out with that, right? It's in the name of justice, after all.

[rextenebrae]

I... well, I cannot speak for Lord Percival. However, I don't think people would allow us to search their rooms for knives--they can simply keep the door closed and bar us from entry.

[ Besides the fact that Knoll is wary of trying to force that upon anyone... ]

[breaksouls]

[Velvet raises an eyebrow. Is that stuffy guy really some sort of nobility or?]

You don't call me Lord Velvet. Is there some reason for that?

Either way, he seems trustworthy, or enough so that if he is forceful people will forgive him. Obviously if I go asking for knives, no one will listen. And if you go, well, I doubt you'll get anywhere.

[rextenebrae]

You're not a member of royal family.

[ Maybe if she was, he would...! ]

Even though he's trustworthy, not everyone will forgive him if he's too forceful, and not everyone trusts him. You are also right in that we wouldn't get anywhere.

monday

[perceptions]

Wait - someone seriously took every sharp knife out of the kitchen? Man, people here work fast.

[breaksouls]

I know. And everyone here was worried about me killing them. Given how this is all going, I probably won't have to do a thing.

[perceptions]

Yeah, guess you got beat to the punch. [Life is simply unfair, isn't it Velvet?] Maybe you can find a scalpel at the clinic and cut apples with that?

[breaksouls]

... I don't think that would work very well. For now, I'm settling on tableware, but there are dishes that need certain knives in order to prepare them. I wonder how those faceless daemons are dealing with this...

tuesday

[fauxtetsu]

I got you.

[ He picks up the scrub brush off the floor. Nagasone tries to see if he can balance on the pile of stuff Velvet has in hands, but decides against the prospect. ]

I didn't know you had experience as a maid-- did you find something to do?

Re: tuesday

[breaksouls]

[If she could safely nod, she would, but instead she just gives him a little look that can be interpreted as thanks. At this point, it would be easier to just say the words.]

I don't. And clearly, no one else here does either. There's still some corners of my room I need to clean, so this should help.

[fauxtetsu]

Your welcome. Usually guests don't need to worry about upkeep. [ Of which they then complain about if it's subpar. ] But I commend it on your part.

[ This is a soft side of Velvet that's nice. ]

If that's where you're taking these, then I'll follow in case something drops along the way. Would you like help with cleaning?

[breaksouls]

Guests shouldn't have to, but when the housekeeping's a joke like it is here, there's nothing else you can do.

[Another look of acknowledgement because really, if she nods it will all come tumbling down.]

It'll go faster if I do it alone. So, no thanks.

Monday

[potentite]

[Jake was just passing through but it's hard not to notice Velvet's very justified anger.]

I thought there was something mighty fishy about the lack of knives. Someone really took them all?

[breaksouls]

I don't know if it was necessarily just someone. Considering how many are gone, I'd imagine it's multiple people.

[potentite]

I can't say I'm fond of the idea of a bunch of hooligans running loose with knives in this situation.

[breaksouls]

Yeah. But I'm sure they think they're somehow justified. At least, more justified than I am.

lobby

[zombiearm]

Sounds like it's time to get creative. A reliance on knives will get you nowhere.

[Helpful commentary from the peanut gallery as he glances over upon hearing her outburst.]

[breaksouls]

What? So I should just rip apart a piece of meat before grilling it?

[Actually, if she still had her arm, that wouldn't be too bad of an idea.]