( 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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INFORMATION SHARING; TUESDAY, DINING HALL

[lohengrins]

[ it's more than likely that you saw percival, hajime and quer lugging themselves to their room monday afternoon. the three are stained with soot, smell of char and are evidently wounded -- if not in tatters upon entering the motel.

well, skip to the next morning. it's a mostly typical breakfast in the dining hall. you may or may not be seated at the table, but these three certainly are.

percival clears his throat, only to then stand up. ]

We've something to share -- if you're willing to listen.

Yesterday morning, Hajime, Quer and I ventured into the burned building most central to the town. In there, we encountered monsters; large insects that spewed fire.

[ he holds out his arms, and then gestures to hajime and quer. ]

What they're capable of should be evident enough.

We discovered more than that, however. The building itself seemed to have once housed children, and it led to a destroyed cathedral of some sort. It's as though there had been a civilization...compromised of creatures like Craftly.

[ percival looks towards quer, and then hajime. ]

We brought something back for you to see. Any bit of information helps if we intend of figuring out what exactly's happening to us.

[potentite]

[Two days of mostly being in bed is all Jake can stomach so he's down here for breakfast, paying equal amounts of attention to a pile of pancakes and to Percival.]

Sooo... like, um, Innsmouth? Or rather, I mean— see there's a movie, Dagon, but it's based on The Shadow Over Innsmouth, a short story apparently. [Jake has not actually read Lovecraft but he's seen a couple of movies?] The townsfolk in the story took to sacrifices and worship of vile fish beasts in exchange for riches and prosperity. But uh, it didn't go that well.

[g101]

Uh. [ hajime isn't actually eating. her stomach can barely handle soup at the moment, and the bowl in front of her has barely been touched. it's a work in progress. ]

We found a book with... the creation myth they follow, I think. And it was similar to that. It saaaaaid something about life being dirty and death being clean? It all sounded like Yuggoth was made to cleanse people, maybe...? But you guessed everything we read I think. The book got burned up and maybe the church is still on fire so don't go looking for it.

[potentite]

[Oh no Hajime. He's worried but it looks like she's trying her best to eat what she can, so he won't push her at the moment.]

Cleanse people, huh? Well, I don't think that popped up in any movies I've seen, but it might be in the books. [They need to find a nerd quickly.] What do we need cleansing of?

bible study.

[blacktailed]

[Quer stands up then, reaching into her clothes to pull out an old pieces of paper, unfolding it carefully before she begins to read, if everyone's quiet enough to listen.]

"In the beginning, when It created the universe, the earth was formless and desolate. The raging ocean that covered everything was engulfed in total darkness, and the Unclean was moving over the water. In Its divinity across the expanse of the universe, there would be no other like it. Not like this realm. It is here that It allows the First Blessing inland. From the puddle, there was life, all by It's command. It was pleased. The land became more than soil, fulfilled with the prospect of life. It was harmonious."

[sitting back down, she puts the paper in front of her.]

That's what it says. There was more there, about Yuggoth and some leader, but the pages fell apart before we could take them.

[nowyouseeit]

[listening to this, though not without shooting all three of these adventurers concerned looks jfc you guys!!]

"It?" What do you think this "It" is?

[blacktailed]

Whatever sort of god this "Unclean" is. It's a creator, it brought life into the world, and most likely It is the one ruling the rest.

[rextenebrae]

[ ... Well then. ]

'Some leader'...? I don't suppose you would happen to remember anything about what it said concerning that?

[blacktailed]

Not word for word, but the summary of it was that there was a person - Maryanne, it said, she claimed to hear the voice and speak for it, and she said something about devoting to Lake Crotin.

[blacktailed]

One talked about Yuggoth - it was mentioned as a "holy city" given this blessing where everything was good for all the inhabitants thanks to the sacrifice of a "Higher One." And another page had the words of someone called Maryanne, who claimed to speak for the Unclean and mentioned devoting to the lake. She had followers, we know that much.

[if they pool their memories, they might be able to get a word for word version, but hey. summaries work.]

[18x0]

Oceans and waters... the lake is where the executions take place. Could this game have something to do with the First Blessing? Some kind of attempt to reverse whatever caused the town to become abandoned?

[blacktailed]

It's very possible. If the Blessing made the town like a sort of paradise to be, then why wouldn't you want to bring it back?

[g101]

Oh! I remember, the lake. That's a good point. It's called Lake Crotin, and Maryanne... there was a lady in the book called Maryanne, and she said she was devoted to the lake.

[pinesforyou]

Yeesh. As if regular bugs weren't bad enough.

[Mabel shudders]

Don't keep me in suspense! What did you find?

[lohengrins]

Ha. That should be an incentive to not approach those buildings, then.

[ he gestures to quer, and the bible page that's been laid out. ]

That. It seems as though we're a part of something much grander than we thought. In the cathedral, we uncovered a small school...or rather, remains of one. Above it was a church, I believe. Stained glass depicting creatures like Craftly.

I suppose he's only one of many.

[pinesforyou]

Somehow I don't think that'll stop anyone. [she's... including herself in this...]

H u h! How spooky. Maybe that's what all the mother stuff was about... [though she still doesn't understand how Gideon factored into this] How come we only saw him, though? Are the other Craftlys just hanging out with giant bugs in the church or something?

[lohengrins]

You lost a limb and you're lecturing me? Ha!

[ a grimace, and then a scowl. ]

And if we do nothing, we'll simply be resigning ourselves to a grim fate. We need to uncover the truth if we want to do anything about our circumstances.

You make a fair point, though: not everyone should be venturing about the town. But that's why I'm here -- so others mustn't.

[blacktailed]

We could have, but we didn't.

[and that's what matters. don't lecture them when you and Jake partied with skeletons.]

I'm not going to sit and preen and do nothing. We can die if we do nothing as well. At least we'd choose our deaths that way, and by going in a group of three, we balanced the odds a little bit. I want answers - don't you want them too?

[g101]

We could die at any time, though?

[ like, someone just died yesterday. hajime lays her head on the table, looking up at andersen with knitted brows. ]

That's just how this place is. We have to fight back somehow.

[bownthisway]

[She's definitely curious about the info, but first off:]

I'm glad the three of you made it out alive. What you did was very brave - do you need anything for the pain?

[weed. she's talking about weed.]

Human children or child creatures? Are we intruders in their world or are they in ours?

[blacktailed]

[if her hands weren't scalded, she'd point at her partners in crime. as it is, she kind of shrugs her shoulder, since that hurts less.]

If they're trying to be heroes through the pain, don't let them. These hurt.

[and Hajime's the worst of them all. weed might come in handy here, just saying.]

The statues were of adults, I'd say. Human creatures, except for the tentacles. I don't know what was under the robes.