( MINGLE - WEEK 3 )

[abhoth]

SURVIVORS: 36 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! ( quick navigation ) ic rulebook | locations | statuses | room assignments private conversations | ic profiles | graveyard | full navigation

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[bownthisway]

Uh, you're kidding right? Mysterious locked room full of machinery seems pretty damn relevant to me.

[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]

[inventurous]

If you're leaving, Knoll, be sure to gather everyone and let them know what has happened. Especially... Dirk.

[ 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. ]

[abhoth]

[Depending on what Aloy tries to turn off, she'll leave some rooms without electricity until all switches are back in order. Thanks, pal.

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.]

[rextenebrae]

[ Knoll takes a moment to pause, considering Aloy's words. ]

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?

[bownthisway]

[Okay well she's taking that 100% seriously because it's not like she's an expert on how electricity works and stranger things have happened. So thanks Knoll for that extra five minutes of lights going on and off throughout the motel as Aloy goes through every conceivable pattern she can think of using the switches.]

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]

[inventurous]

[ good idea knoll. also good idea on taking dave's scalpel which I forgot occured whoops. but yep violet is just. swiping all of dave's stuff after his eyes are closed. the glasses she's grabbing for dirk, and she figured kaito might want the now extra room key to not be floating around. she'll check the folded papers but all the stuff is going into her apparently large pockets. #corpselooting ]

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. ]

[abhoth]

[The sheets of paper are blank, alas. No helpful notes there.

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.]