week one; baby it's cold outside.

[jinglehellmods]

WEEK 1

Well, that sure was quite the way to start your stay, wasn't it? Dead bodies, killers, sandwiches... it's enough to really make your spirits fall, but there should be plenty to do with all these locations you have! Also, now is probably a good time to submit threads for regains! You never know what kind of gifts you might find under the tree.

So take a load off, sip some eggnog and enjoy yourself! You're stuck here, after all. Maybe no one will kill again this week. Or maybe they will, but wouldn't that be exciting? If you're super bored, you can try hitting up one of your lovely hosts. Actually, that's probably who you'd want to hit up for a complaint, right? They should be around, they're not too hard to spot.

And hey! Merry Christmas!

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Comments

[trettende]

motive: aka, I just wanted one top-level

Was that note supposed to be a threat? What are they even talking about...

later.... dining room

[ w h a t e v e r honestly. Hans is enjoying a persimmon at one of the dining room tables while examining the rest of the Christmas presents he didn't immediately toss. So basically, he's got his weird Dawn Stone and a cold bucket of fried chicken with him. (If anyone asks, there's a free pair of Sexy Santa lingerie hanging out in the coat closet.)

You can understand why he's been less than thrilled to leave his room this week. His little knife ploy sure didn't make him many friends, did it... ]

Does this belong to anyone? [ The dawn stone, he means. Sorry if you wanted to eat your persimmon, Sugimoto. You'll have to hope RNG blesses someone nicer next time. ]

dining room

[acherontiastyx]

...

[okay like, there are a million dawn stones out there, probably, but you know the shape of that one-]

Yo. What are you doing with that.

[trettende]

[ Hans casts a quick glance at Guzma. ]

This? A gift from Santa, apparently. Is it yours? Because I don't have much use for a pretty rock.

[acherontiastyx]

...they seriously can't even give the stuff they stole back to the right people.

Okay. Yeah. It's mine. I just need a second to wrap my mind around how stupid this all is.

[trettende]

[ Hans shrugs. ]

Maybe they want us to share or something. [ Too bad, because that persimmon is all his. ] What does this thing do?

[ He's not giving it up immediately, not for free, pal. ]

[acherontiastyx]

Well... for me, it's mostly just a lucky charm, since none of my Pokemon can use it. But it's the kind of thing that can make Pokemon evolve.

...

Like. Change form and get more powerful. It's kind of like going from a kid to a teenager in a few seconds, I guess.

[trettende]

Huh. I see... Sounds strange.

[ He doesn't, but it sounds useless to him. He isn't going to ask ]

It's useless on people, I take it?

[acherontiastyx]

Well, yeah. Most of the stuff that works on Pokemon doesn't work on people.

[trettende]

I guess you can have it, then.

[ He isn't one to give away things for free, so be grateful!! He holds out the dawn stone for Guzma. ]

If you get anything of mine, let me know.

[acherontiastyx]

[he'll snag it!]

Yeah. I normally don't go around doing favors like that, but since you scratched my back, I'll scratch yours, I guess.

motive

[happydreamed]

I suspect 'tis a particularly vague threat. "He"... most likely would be whoever or whatever attacked and killed people the past few days. Certainly someone from here: it makes no sense to target a particular person with a notice that is equally likely to be read by everyone.

[Kantera isn't very impressed.]

[trettende]

Right, if they meant to give it to just one person, they could have done that too. It's very strange.

[ A mystery killer... having "him" swapped in would probably be bad. ]

[happydreamed]

There is a certain primal fear associated with being replaced by someone else, I will admit. However, 'tis no reason to go around murdering people. We are better than our worst instincts, are we not?

[...maybe he shouldn't be asking Hans.]

[trettende]

I agree.

[ Look, it was SELF-DEFENSE.... ]

But if we got replaced by someone, does that mean we would go home? I wouldn't mind that.

[happydreamed]

Given that few of us want to stay here, 'twould not be much of a threat if we were simply allowed to go home.

[trettende]

That's true. Guess there's no guarantee that we'd go anywhere else even if we were "replaced."

[happydreamed]

There are a great deal of variables and 'tis impossible to say much for certain. Myself, I would err on the side of not committing murder.

[Like. Come on.]

[trettende]

Yes, well that is the goal, isn't it?

[happydreamed]

Most would say so, and I should be terribly concerned for those who disagree.

motive;

[thatdarkmage]

I bet it was.

[ ... ]

Maybe they're talking about someone's beloved person? Who knows!

[trettende]

That would make a better threat than swapping in for whoever is killing these people.

I'm more surprised we haven't had to find a killer like we did with poor Mr. Kido. Are we supposed to just be alright with the fact that Ries was killed?

[thatdarkmage]

Apparently!

[ He's smiling the same way he always does. ]

And of course now we have to wonder:

Who will be next?

[trettende]

[ Hans shudders. You're a weird guy, Henry. ]

I don't want to think about that. Bad enough they won't let me carry a knife anymore. If anyone tries to kill me, I'll be defenseless.

[thatdarkmage]

[ Only the weridest of the weird! ]

Well, better hope no one tries to kill you then!

Orrrr you can run really fast.

[trettende]

I suppose so.

[ What an uncomfortable topic, dude!!! ]

I don't really like my odds, honestly.