( MINGLE - WEEK 4 )

[abhoth]

SURVIVORS: 32 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 buildings surrounding the motel, it seems like the Library is now open. How quaint. As a reminder, we are now accepting murder proposals for Week 4! 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. Remember that we can't have a murdergame without any murders, 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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[pinesfortruth]

At least it wasn't all hanging out? I kind of expected it to be all hanging out. We had to really look for those organs.

Which is a sentence I have never wanted to say ever before in my life, yet here I am.

[ninjay]

So. Tell me your theory on why there's a missing freezer.

[ he knows dipper has one. ]

[pinesfortruth]

Big one right now is that "Mother"'s using someone here as a vessel. Non-physical all-powerful beings have a habit with that. She's hitching a ride somewhere until she can get to her actual physical super powerful form once the ritual is complete.

[ninjay]

Wow. I can't believe we've topped "a god forces people to kill each other and collects organs," on the awful scale, but you somehow just managed it. Congratulations.

[ that is concerning for a lot of reasons, such as, ] If that's true, then would she be able to witness everything her host is?

[pinesfortruth]

It was pretty low on the awful scale of terrible goditude. Had to up it up somehow. Just... had to up it up.

[he does not look like he wanted it to be upped up. but anyway:]

Yep. Whether they're aware of it or not... I'm edging closer to aware? It's not always the case with those kind of host deals, but considering we had three volunteers for this ritual anyway, it might be a safe bet to make.

[ninjay]

If your theory is correct, what do you think would happen if the person who's acting as the host gets killed?

[pinesfortruth]

Well... in the worst case scenario she can just switch, but in the best case scenario, that's actually one way to mess up the ritual? If I'm right, there's a good chance she picked a host we wouldn't be likely to try and murder or vote for, though.

[ninjay]

[ he looks at dipper pointedly. ]

[pinesfortruth]

What? No! Not me! Anyway, Mabel would know if I was being possessed by some kind of evil entity or whatever. Again.

[ninjay]

Sometimes I worry about you.

[ dipper what was your life before yuggoth ]

[pinesfortruth]

Look, I would recommend against making any kind of deal with a triangle wearing a top hat and a bow tie, that's all I'm saying on that. The point is, Mabel would know and vice-versa. We're twins.

[ninjay]

[ jay could point out that mabel could also be working for mother, but he opts not to. it's funny to rile dipper up, but the kid has been traumatized enough. ]

I think one of the other kids would be a better choice than you.

[pinesfortruth]

Isn't that too obvious a murder thing? It's always a creepy little ghost girl.

[since. all the other kids are girls. rip dipper.]

I think logically it'd have to be someone people are looking to as a... not a leader, we don't really have that, but someone people would trust.

[ninjay]

That might be a little difficult to figure. Look at last week. Yukina is one of the more harmless seeming ones and everyone had no issues with pointing fingers on her based on very little evidence.

[ jay will you let that go already ]

[pinesfortruth]

Yeah, I enjoyed the part where no one wanted to believe you and Kaito but everyone was listening to Aloy when it came to Mira's role.

[dipper was busy trying to use ciphers on a hangman puzzle the whole time and also is forgetting this is in public probbly]

[ninjay]

[ jay has no problems with letting everyone know he's bitter because he made it very clear that everyone annoyed him. ]

And then Yukina ended up being the reason we even caught Mira. Funny, that.

[pinesfortruth]

At least we got her in the end?

[ninjay]

Those notes on the board said there's two other people working with her.

[pinesfortruth]

Which is a lot less than I expected.

[opt...imism?]

[curedham]

[butts the fuck in here]

Excellent observation, Dipper. Given my own experiences, I'm inclined to agree.

[this is literally the plot of fe8]

The task then, of course, becomes sussing out the vessel and dealing with them and their wicked parasite accordingly.

[pinesfortruth]

[he's basing all his theories off bill cipher so rip]

If I'm right, I think the only method for getting rid of them would have to be either a full-blown exorcism or... the execution.

[curedham]

I will admit that I have never known of an exorcism ritual powerful enough to extract such a demon from its host. [She sighs, but she's very quickly back to her usual self.] Of course, we are worlds away from that now, so who knows what may be possible! The wretches here are worms compared to the opponents I have bested, so I cannot dismiss the idea.

[pinesfortruth]

I've mostly dealt with ghost possessions, not... the demonic kind. [or at least not in a way that an exorcism would work]

[curedham]

Ghosts..? Truly? How intriguing!

[ghosts aren't even a THING where she comes from?? giant floating eyeballs, though, those are fine]

To my knowledge, only the most powerful of demons are capable of existing outside a vessel with enough strength to seize a human's heart. But of course, because of their great strength, it takes little for the two souls to be inexorably linked. Worse yet, of course, is an instance where a host has acted of their own will...

[she glance aside, thoughtful. literally the plot of fe8. it's barely a moment before she refocuses on Dipper, though.]

The more I learn about this "Mother" figure, the more parallels I see to the battles I have already fought.

[pinesfortruth]

Yeah, even took care of a category 10 ghost once. The trick is to get the local rich girl to apologize. It's probably her family's fault.

[is he joking. yes. and also, no. the demon stuff has him listening enraptured as usual, though...hm]

You know, you're not the only one who noticed something like that. There's a lot of similarities between what people have gone through in their own dimension and the stuff going on around here. I thought it was a coincidence, but maybe that's the reason we were picked for this thing.