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( MINGLE - WEEK 3 )
 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 doesn't seem like there's anything out of the ordinary on this lovely Monday morning. How quaint. As a reminder, we are now accepting murder proposals for Week 3! If you're interested in having your character commit a murder this week, be sure to send in your proposal before Tuesday, 9:00 PM EST. Without any murders we can't have a murdergame, so go forth and let the bodies hit the floor! As always, feel free to PM us or send us a PP over plurk if you have any questions! ic rulebook | locations | statuses | room assignments private conversations | ic profiles | graveyard | full navigation |
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[ Knoll's tangent tapers off, his voice steadily lowering into complete silence when he's able to identify the blond-haired male.
...Alright, if Knoll was being honest, he wasn't expecting Dave to be dead, and he just couldn't help but sigh to himself. He didn't really have words for this, and even if he did, he wouldn't want to say much of anything. But, he'll be taking a closer look at Dave's corpse now--can he see the damage done up close?
He'll leave the other corpse to other two. ]
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Is - is that Dave? [In the darkness, she can't tell if he's dead or merely unconscious - though with their luck, she can make a guess. Still, she's not about to write him off so soon.] Check his pulse, see if he's still breathing! I'll look over the other one.
[She'll squint around the room, noting the broken fuse box - not that she knows exactly what it is, but she can recognize broken machinery when she sees it.] Violet, you're the most familiar with electricity out of the three of us here, can you see if you can get the lights back on? Or make any sense of what might have happened in here?
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it takes her a moment to restart her brain, but. ] Right. Lights. [ she fumbling pulls out a ribbon to tie her hair back before making her way to the fuse box, looking away from the bodies and trying to focus.
how broken is the fuse box? ]
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Up close, Knoll can see blood across Dave's face, neck and the front of his shirt. His nose is broken and his lip is split, as if he smashed his face against a hard surface. Given where they are right now, any piece of furniture could be the culprit — especially with so little illumination. The shades Dave loved so much are still on his face, but they're crooked and damaged, one of the lenses cracked. However, he obviously didn't die of a broken nose.
There are electrical burns on his neck and face. It's easy to guess what must have happened there.
Next to him is another corpse, this one belonging to a beast. Around the height of Dave's torso, its a mess of tentacles, eyes and mouths. There are cuts all over the creature, sluggishly bleeding black sludge as some of its tentacles still cling to Dave's corpse. Knoll may notice a scalpel is still held in Dave's hand.
The fuse box, as Violet will quickly notice, seems to have been broken by something (or someone) slamming into it. She doesn't have the tools to repeat it, but worry not. Should they turn towards the door, they'll notice a faceless man watching(?) them. There's a toolbox in one of his hands.]
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...
[ For a moment he could only stare; he doesn't follow Aloy's instructions because from what he could tell it would be a waste and he'd bloody as well as dirty his hands. Which, he'd rather not, and so he'll try to avoid that as much as possible. Still, he'll reach out with trembling hands to just sort of. Begin to take that scalpel.
Might as well not leave it there.
He's seen a great deal of corpses on the battlefield and here, though, but he can never really say he's stopped being bothered by them. The presence of the ghastly monster doesn't help, naturally.
Finally, though, he finds his voice after he's decided for now that he's done looking at Dave's corpse. ]
I don't believe there is any point in checking.
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How did he even get into this room? The door was locked! Can it really be that easy breaking through the doors? [because if it is SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE'S DOING THIS WEEK...
Anyway first things first, she's going to stab her knifespear right in the middle of the tentacle corpse just in case it gets any smart ideas about rising from the dead. Then she's going to check it over as much as she can in the dark, running her hands over the cuts. Are they shallow? How many of them are there? Does it look like it might have died of blood loss, or did Dave hit a weakpoint somewhere?]
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through her hands, ] Dave... he's-- he was the Convict. He had the skeleton key, and could go into one locked room each week. [ she feels like she should be pretending she has Wow, No Idea how dave could get into a locked room but it?? doesn't?? matter?? anymore??
she will rub away any desire to maybe cry a bit from her face before moving to take the toolbox from the faceless man, presuming he/it will let her fix the fuse box her damn self. ]
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Though it's a little hard to tell, the beast has electrical burns over its body. It seems like it might have been clinging to Dave when he got electrocuted.
The faceless man will allow Violet to have the toolbox, though he'll remain close by to supervise/lend a hand should it be necessary. It's dreadfully boring if two people die in the same way tonight, after all.]
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[ He murmurs, before standing to full height. Though, he doesn't move from his spot, just in case there was something else that would be easier to spot in the full lighting.
He belatedly notices the faceless man and feels like he almost had a heart attack. Those things are as silent as death, jeez. ]
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[And then she'll just go ahead and. Casually slice the creature open from top to bottom with her knife before digging into the carcass for a closer examination (and possibly a machine part!!). Does its insides look similar to an animal's or human's, or is it completely unfamiliar? Would she be able to discern any particular weakpoints or vulnerable areas from it? How tough is the skin, and would she...be able to make leather from it....
i'm sorry mods for the way aloy is]
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If there is something, would we have been allowed in here to find the aftermath? [ she will work on the fuse box so we can Find Out. but if it looks ready to electrocute her she will let the faceless man help. so he can be electrocuted instead. sorry. ] But it'd be worth looking, once we can actually see.
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The fusebox is not an easy fix, but Violet will get there. Everything should be back online by 8:10 PM at the absolute latest. While she's working on it, however, she might notice that the breakers were once labeled. Kind of a pity that all the ink and paper has been thoroughly fried, though.]
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[ He can't finish for a moment and then just raises a hand to cover his nose, and he looks like he's paling considerably thanks to the smell. That's...that's fantastic. Really. It is.
It is just a pity they're going to be here for a bit, but it's not like the worst smell in the world. It just so happens to come very close. ]
P...Perhaps that wasn't the best of ideas.
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[Anyway, she doesn't have much to do until the lights are back on, so she'll wait for that.] I don't see how they could have stopped us from getting in, not after Dave unlocked the door and killed the creature inside. He died getting us in here - I'd hate to think it was for nothing.
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This might take a while. [ hopefully they don't have to stand around for like an hour but. welp. ]
I suppose so, and... I'd hate that too. If he died for nothing. [ for nothing here meaning for being a reckless jerk and dying, but. ]
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The faceless man will take mercy on them at some point, so he'll help Violet through her learning experience. Apparently, being an electrical engineer is a part of every young eldritch abomination's education? Who knew.
Either way, they'll at least get to check the room out once the lights are back on. But there's not a whole lot to be found, besides numerous counters and meters. One of the metal cabinets will have dried blood on it, which can easily be tied to Dave's broken nose and busted lip, but other than that? It seems it's just the central hub for controlling the motel's electricity.
That may be troublesome in the future.]
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[ Knoll sounds only a touch reluctant about Aloy cutting up the monster because it reeks. Honestly, he takes pause, as he walks around the room some in its newly-returned light. He can't see any good coming of this--and in fact, some part of him wonders if this could be exploitable in the future. ]
From what I can see, there's nothing else of relevance. Unless I missed something...
[ He now begins to inch towards the door. ]
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[listen Aloy is a RPG protag which means that when confronted with a room full of equipment and switches, her immediate two options are 1. break everything or 2. push everything. She'll go around inspecting every machine carefully, making notes of the numbers the counters and meters are at and trying to see if she can figure anything about about what they're measuring.
but uh yeah if no one stops her she is absolutely gunning for whatever she can turn off or on]
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[ she sees you inching away??? dude.
and then is. lowkey watching aloy to make sure she does Not touch random buttons. please don't?? oh my god. she does not trust adults. ] Be careful, we don't want to break something we might need.
[ but also: whatever. she will just go to dave's body and after a moment of silence... start digging in his pockets violet what the actual fuck. she's looking for his wallet. and his scalpel. and his knife. no one judge her wait no that sounds worse. she's also gently going to take his glasses and make sure his eyes are closed and not. deathly staring at them. ]
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Dave's eyes may be deathly staring at them, yikes. His wallet and knife are still on him, along with his room key, some red ballpoint pens, and a few folded up sheets of paper. His scalpel was previously in his hand, but Knoll took care of that.]
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Aloy, if you keep at it in a pattern, it could cause another locked area to open up.
[ He's not being actually serious though so he doesn't expect to be taken as such. He'll just wait until she's done, to be honest. Because otherwise the lights going on and off might disorient him and cause him to trip over his feet. ]
... I was considering leaving, but...for now I'll wait until she's done. Did you manage to find anything?
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Ugh. If my Focus was working, this would be so much easier. [but fine she'll give up eventually and flip everything back to the on position]
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Okay, I'll go then and let you guys finish up investigating if you want to...? [ she is pretty sure knoll's idea is bs but she'll let aloy keep trying?? violet just wants to stop having to. look at dave's dead body and the sparkly monster. :(
like she lowkey wants to check out the dials and switches and stuff too but welp. ]
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Once they're done checking stuff out, however, the motel staff retrieve Dave's corpse. Anyone who tries to follow them to find out where bodies are taken will suddenly be unable to move, their legs feeling less like flesh and more like concrete.]