week 4

[vicedirector]

seven vices week 4 28 players remaining ♫ 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. After hearing the motive, characters who choose to explore will find that the void around the town has retracted a bit, and there is now a police station to the far east of the chapel. On the chapel wall near the altar, black and white portraits of Youko, Zelos, and Morrigan have been hung up. Anyone looking for them will find that Youko's pink shoes and the fragments of Zelos's crystal are now gone. >Mingle? This is Week 4'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. More plot elements will be introduced this week. Mod comments will be occasionally distributed to open toplevels, accordingly. cast setting rulebook profiles private conversations

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[princessantly]

[ Roxy, why. ]

His personality when it comes to teasing others could use some improvement.

[ Look, 96% of this town is mean to Rhys, but still. ]

[princessantly]

[ Only in your dreams, Faize. ]

I'm fine-- [ And it's hard not to notice that Faize was staggering, so one tired princess is going to reach out to try and support one tired alien, they're doing great. ]

That wasn't remotely close to full power... but for some reason, it feels as though I've just emerged from some sort of strenuous battle.

[princessantly]

I... was practicing...

[ SHE SAYS SO MEEKLY. ] I'm incredibly sorry...

[symbologic]

[He hums thoughtfully.]

I assure you, there is both logic and a method behind this. It is not some inexplicable phenomenon. Sooner or later, we will uncover the truth.

[princessantly]

Then, please be careful. Something like this is the last thing I'd want to see go missing.

[dhaosu]

... Yes, we do not know if 'suddenly' when the potential killer goes out at night, they will grab a gun, happening to stumble upon 'ammunition' or perhaps even decide to grab that rod [ Gestures to the nightstick, once they're within. ].

There is enough 'magic' involved, after all, and...with what you said, I believe when new areas open up, we are going to require to do this more than once.

[ Dhaos heads towards that display rack. ]

[princessantly]

Yes... [ Oh... well, yes, she'd expected some sort of scolding. ] It won't happen again, Lady Selena.

Tuesdayafternoon!

[hopefragment]

Not this again...

[Though tbh, it's a welcome distraction from watching that TV screen. He'd talked to her earlier already, but talking to Roxy is really easy? A good thing.]

Don't tell me you're playing hot or not again...

[Eight people are dead Roxy.]

[princessantly]

I fall behind on the weekends [ obviously ] so I thought perhaps pushing myself a bit more during the week would make up for it.

[muties]

[ Don't worry, Roxy will release you now. No intergalactic offenses made. ]

For realsies. You can't just hit a reset button and-- [ pauses. scrunches nose. remembers that her and a goober back home did... that... like a few weeks ago... ] You usually can't just do that. Plus, does anyone really think these a-holes are gonna make good on shit like that?

[ Like... really. They're here to murder each other, THEY AREN'T GETTING PRIZES... ]

[symbologic]

[Now you notice, Bill. IT'S YOUR FAULT, Y'KNOW. Some friend!!! But he'll look back at you anyway to answer your question.]

Yes, more or less. While using symbology normally causes mental fatigue, here it's as though that side effect has been amplified. Though there does not seem to be a hard number limit on how many times I can cast, I tire much more quickly than I would under normal circumstances. [Like...a nap sounds really good right now, honestly. He might go back to the hotel and do that once they're done here. He definitely can't finish his sword training in this state.] And it would seem something similar is rue of Alisha's abilities as well...

[muties]

[ Snorts. ]

No one should be a part of that conversation. Has anyone told Satori what that means yet...? [ because deer lord wow ] He's not even a hot dad, it's so sad.

[ Flips to... Buddy, aaaand no that is a Child. Flips to... Zelos! That's. Not any better OH WELL. ] Hot or not?

[fourleafcleaver]

We could also eat them all ourselves. [She mmmmiiiight be joking?] But I bet people'll be interested.

[Still balancing her mixing bowl, she's already rooting through lower cabinets for another baking tray so she doesn't have to clean any of the ones she's used.] I do a lot of this at work, so it's kinda like second nature. [But "quite good"! Compliments from people she actually likes are always exciting, she's even bouncier than before all of a sudden.]

[muties]

[ so little respect for the dead!! ]

Fair enough. Ok, next. [ Flips to... Selena! ] Hot or not?

[symbologic]

[He is free.]

Usually? [Roxy, he's pretty sure that's not true. You can't ever do that.] But you raise another excellent point. It isn't as though our captors have given us much reason to trust them or their word. Surely...that much, everyone will see, even if they are desperate to change the past.

[muties]

[ Mentally drags hands down face WHAT DID SHE EXPECT, REALLY... She'll put it down tho. This is important information. ]

Snappy turtle. [ Nods. ] Ok, next. [ Flips to... Zelos! Oh my god why do these people keep coming up. ] Turtle or rabbit?

[symbologic]

[You are Faize's new favorite, Gilbert. Or you wold be, if he knew that you know how to bake cookies.]

[Thank you for not digging through his laundry though, that would be weird. Perhaps eventually it will dawn on him to separate things instead of just shoving them all in there at once.]

You must have...very resilient germs then. [No.] So I simply pour the detergent in, start the machine and...that's it?

[muties]

[ What could go wrong indeed. Hilariously, Ranulf is currently Winning with 2 hots and no nots! ]

I'mma show you a profile and you rate their attractiveness by givin' them a hot or a not. So, [ Flips to... Cheshire! ] Hot or not?

[muties]

[ Wow that wasn't even on purpose!! ]

No, this is a trick to get you to rate our fellow captives on their attractiveness!

Like, [ Flips to... Lithuania! Yes, that was chosen at random. ] Hot or not?

[hopefragment]

Huh?!

[She startles him! Enough that he jumps, banging his knee against the desk with a quiet bark of pain. When will Hajime Hinata not be in pain, the real q.]

C-cute, really...? It was Urashima's idea.

[He can't help but sound a little proud though.]

[muties]

Just a survey, with one question. Repeatedly.

[ Flips to... Bill! ] Attractive or no?

[stupidly]

[For a second, he actually did think she was alluding to thinking it was Papyrus, BUT THERE'S NO WAY... He's too pure, far too pure.]

You aren't planning on holding a stakeout or anything like that, are you? What if that's exactly what they're trying to get you to do!

[He doesn't need paranoia week to be paranoid!!]

[stupidly]

[That counts like, negatively. Minus points for technology for the computer monitor and its horrible recordings...]

I'm not sure if any sort of trial run would be good... A mistake seems likely- [Because poor Miata sure does have to deal with a lot of shit that she seemingly doesn't anticipate?!] -but I don't know if that would be much better in the end.

[stupidly]

[Nodding along... Their killers have used weirder things so far. Like that whole scale set-up, good lord?! He can definitely see someone taking advantage of the guns, though, and he's not having it.]

That should be easy enough to manage, at least... If it keeps going at the rate of one new building a week, anyway.

[He'll follow along after, picking up one of the guns.]

[muties]

... Ok, I won't tell you.

[ but 28 people are still alive!! ]

Wanna play a game that is clearly not the game you just told me not to tell you I'm playing?