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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KEY PLAYERS

[vicedirector]

[ Come Monday morning, the corkboard sign has been updated. ]

Well done! For your tenacity, problem-solving, or perhaps random luck, you've been given immunity for the week. Violent acts will unable to be taken against you by other participants, due to the blessings on your pendants. Please see Miss Miata to receive them.

Faize Sheifa Beleth
Sadie Swenson
Urashima Kotetsu

[earie]

Yes. [ She is so pleased, this is obviously because she solved the case before anyone else. What do you mean Morrigan wasn't guilty?? ]

[vicedirector]

'grats, Earmuffs.

[ unenthusiastic clapping ]

[earie]

Thanks. [ Unenthusiastic gratitude. She hands Miata her pendant. ]

Hey, whatever happened to that little boy here?

[vicedirector]

[ ....? ]

Little boy?

[ give her a second

.......

............ ]

What, one of those phantoms?

[sobowtor]

[Poland claps!]

You did it!

[symbologic]

[Faize actually looks mildly surprised to see his name on there. Sure, he dug around in the victims' guts more than was strictly necessary, but...it's not like the really solved anything because of that.]

Hmmm...

[He doesn't linger long before he heads off in search of Miata, though you may be able to get a short chat out of him before he finds her.]

[If not, you can always find him afterwards, either in the lobby or making a cup of coffee in the kitchen if you want to bully test his immunity. Or has the fun in doing that worn off by now unless it's a member of the punching bag squad?]

[vicedirector]

[ Since it's still Monday, she's in the kitchen making lunch at the moment. Sup, nerd? ]

[symbologic]

[Well he needs to get his pendant blessed, for one! But also he needs to talk to you about your sass master of a little sister.]

Immunity is only granted once you have blessed a pendant, correct? If that is the case, is it possible to simply bless another's pendant instead of my own?

[Faize, do you wanna die?]

[vicedirector]

[ POINTS A MIXING SPOON AT HIM IN A VERY ACCUSATORY MANNER ]

Do you want a reward for sticking your hands into Zelos's guts, or not?

[symbologic]

[AH. SO THAT ACTUALLY WAS THE REASON. He puts his hands up defensively.]

I don't mean to sound ungrateful! But I thought, perhaps, since I was not the only one to investigate the bodies... [Ah. So that's who he wants to give it to.] However...I suppose the answer is "no" then?

[vicedirector]

No. Either you get it or you don't.

[ someone's a little extra sour today ]

[symbologic]

[Jeez, clearly. Who spit in your oatmeal, Miata?]

Alright. Then...I suppose there is little sense in letting it go to waste. [And how many people would wring his neck for doing that? He pulls his pendant out from under his sweater vest and holds it out.] There is...another matter I have been meaning to discuss with you as well, if that's alright.

[vicedirector]

[ She wipes her hands off on her apron before taking the pendant in between them. It glows, briefly, and she lets it drop again.

Miata takes a deep breath, as if to steady herself. Her words come out marginally less angry. ]

What is it?

[symbologic]

[Look, he's sorry he is a pure-hearted nerd with too much compassion for a single human body to contain. He'll try to keep it to himself from now on!]

Is this town...truly as abandoned as it seems? Though I know not the reason, everything I see here indicates that no one has lived here in quite some time. However...I met your younger sister last week. And I couldn't help but notice certain...inconsistencies in her statements.

[minogame]

( Urashima is surprised to see his name but he doesn't stick around for very long, quickly running off to find Miata. Wow, this kid sure wants to get his pendant blessed! When he finds her, he doesn't exactly offer it up, instead he asks, )

Uhm... Miss Miata? I was wondering...

( Can he... give his immunity to someone else... look, this is probably right after Faize, even. )

[vicedirector]

Oh my God, no, you cannot give your immunity to someone else.

[ CUTTING HIM OFF IMMEDIATELY SHE DOES NOT WANT TO DEAL WITH THIS. WHY!! ]

[minogame]

( AAAAAAAH )

How did you know!?

[vicedirector]

Because Faize just asked me the same fucking thing.

[ POUNDING THIS BREAD DOUGH!! REALLY AGGRESSIVELY!! ]

[minogame]

( GDI FAIZE )

I didn't know, I didn't know! ( She pounds the dough and he flinches. AH THAT SOUND LIKE IT HURT. ) Sorry! I'm sorry!

[vicedirector]

[ Miata doesn't say anything for a second, continuing to take out her silent anger on the dough. Just when it appears she's cut off the conversation, she adds: ]

Do you want some cinnamon bread or something?!

[ SAID ALSO VERY AGGRESSIVELY more like a yell than a question

god you're scaring the smol soard ]

[minogame]

( AAAAAH HE'S STEPPING AWAY NOW )

NO!

( Gosh, he said that pretty loudly and aggressively right back, )

I'm okay! Bye!

( And he literally runs away, making his retreat for now.




And totally forget to get his pendant blessed. Look, he'll come back later to get it blessed. When shes' in a better mood, AAAAAAAH )

[minogame]

( And sure enough


an hour or two later, he's back lingering around a bit to make sure she's in a good mood before speaking again, )

Miss Miata? ( . . . ) It's me again.

( He realized he forgot something. )

[vicedirector]

[ She seems calmer, at least? ]

Mmm, what is it? The pendant?

[minogame]

( A nod, )

Yes. ( He'll come over... cautiously. ) And I have a question too. A different one.