week 1

[vicedirector]

seven vices week 1 ♫ monday - thursday Monday morning begins just like the rest, slow and uneasy. At 12pm, every television will go off with its usual bout of static, followed by a calm, albeit disinterested, voice. "Please gather in the hotel lobby within the next hour." That's all that it says before the televisions turn off. Anyone not in their rooms will hear the voice echoing around them as if through a speaker system, although there are (still) no speakers present. Curiously, anyone who has spoken with Miata for any period of time during the past week will notice that the voice coming from the television and her own do not match up. Come Tuesday, the footsteps around the void will begin drifting away from it. The pitter-patter of feet can be heard when standing outside the clinic and chapel as well. On top of the food that was added to the kitchen last week, spaghetti noodles and tomato sauce is now available. You're welcome, Papyrus. >Mingle? This is Week 1's mingle log, covering Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday. Investigations will go up on Friday. When posting toplevels, specify the time and location. If you plan on having any private conversations between characters, remember to let us know in the post linked below. cast setting rulebook profiles private conversations

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[billarious]

That's the spirit! [He's free to ask, not like Bill has any plans on taking away the nicknames he's so lovingly given people. He cracks his fingers though, propping up his chin against the table.]

Smell me, buy me, and deliver me, I won't change. What am I?

[symbologic]

[This one takes a little longer. Probably because of some kind of language barrier conversion taking place since Faize doesn't actually speak a lick of English and this is 100% wordplay.]

That would be...the "sent", spelled s-c-e-n-t, c-e-n-t, and s-e-n-t, respectively.

[billarious]

[Sorry about that, friend. He's got another one coming up though.]

Right again! Alright, let's see if you can get this one. A town only has one barber, who's a male. The barber only shaves all of the people who do not shave themselves. So who shaves the barber?

[symbologic]

.....

[Faize furrows his brow, frowning slightly as he mulls the puzzle over in his head. Though that frown increases ever so slightly as the minutes (days?) tick by. Until finally, the answer clicks into place.]

It's a paradox. This riddle has no answer, since the barber must shave himself but also cannot shave himself.

[If he shaves himself, then the statement "he only shaves those who do not shave themselves" is false. But if he doesn't shave himself...then he HAS to shave himself, because the barber "only shaves those who do not shave themselves".]

[Or, you know, he could just go to another town.]

[billarious]

[Go to another town would also have been an acceptable answer, but obviously Bill was looking for the paradox one in the way he grins immediately.]

That profile ain't lying! You're really up to snuff! I don't meet many mortals able to answer riddles like that, even when I am offering to help 'em!

[Mortals are overwhelmingly stupid...]

[symbologic]

[FINALLY, SOMEBODY OTHER THAN HIM WHO ACTUALLY READ THE PROFILES. Would you believe the number of people who have asked him for information they technically already had? It's ridiculous.]

Ah, I had a feeling this might have been a test as much as it was a way of passing time.

Clearly though, you have been looking in the wrong parts of the universe. There are mortals out there who would be able to make even quicker work of such riddles.

[Bacchus would have destroyed those in no time at all, he's sure.]

[billarious]

[Why wouldn't you read them? It's so much more effective knowing things about people ahead of time, rather than going in blind.]

Clearly! I've found plenty of brilliant minds, but even they have struggled with riddles like that. You're the most intelligent mortal I've met so far. It's a nice change of pace!

[symbologic]

[He chuckles weakly. Wow Bill. You really have no shame when it comes to compliments, do you?]

I hope I can actually live up to this impression I seem to have given you. Though...just how many mortals have you met, if that's the case?

[Like yeah, he's smart and he knows it, but...those riddles really weren't that hard.]