jinglehells | week 3

WEEK 3

Another week gone and it's still Christmas! Or is it? The paint on the walls is beginning to crack and fade, with especially large chunks in character's bedrooms revealing scratched words like "cantgetoutcantgetout" and "god help me i just want to go home i miss my home i miss my mother i miss" etc. Yikes! The locations page might be updated throughout the week as characters discover more. Seems like now's the perfect time to investigate and hope you'll get closer to finding out what's going on here. There's always more places to look and more things to find!

As a reminder that this week's activity check is now live! And as usual, it's never a bad time to submit threads for regains! Have you been naughty or nice? Naughty children still get presents too, don't worry. And if you'd like to check-in on Thursday night, you always can! You never know what fun you might run into.

So go exploring, find something new and pay no mind to the creepy writing on the walls. We're sure everything will be fine! After all, nothing ever goes wrong on Christmas, right?

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[ So about those kitchen changes... yeah, some people are not even remotely amused. He's a little heartbroken actually. As soon as he walks into the kitchen, he stops, disgusted and shocked in equal measure. ]

No... not my precious pantry!

[ Thug Dangerzone can be found running from the kitchen to the pantry with a garbage bag, trying to clean up all the stuff that's suddenly gone rotten overnight. ]

How am I supposed to cook like this??

Hey, look at this way: you could make the world's first gourmet rotten dinner?

[ Thug shakes his head. ]

That's disgusting! I don't want to kill people with my food.

Don't they make those poisonous puffer fish dishes that don't kill people? Come on, I believe in you. If anyone could make something out all this garbage, it's you!

[IT'S POSSIBLE HE FEELS BAD ABOUT ALL THIS . . .]

[ Did you say random food fact? Because you know he's full of those. ]

Puffer fish, called fugu in Japanese, is a delicacy that when prepared correctly, is extremely delicious. The liver, which is the most poisonous, is also the tastiest part. [ Thanks, Wikipedia. ] But you need over three years of training before you're allowed to even touch the stuff! I haven't had nearly enough training for that, never mind rotten meat!

How have you not gotten that training yet, you've done this for years . . . Anyway, c'mon, nobody'd be stupid enough to just eat the stuff outright. You might as well experiment a little, right?

I mean, yeah, but I haven't been training in puffer fish this entire time.

[ Obviously. ]

I guess I could try fermenting some of these things... [ That seems to improve his mood a little! ] Ooh, or I could bury them! Did you know, in Iceland, they bury rotten shark that's made by putting a gutted shark into a hole in the sand for 6-12 weeks? It's called hákarl and it is a delicacy!

Yeah, there you go! We'll have the American version of whatever that is. Put a rotted goose into a hole and let it . . . I don't know, rot or whatever it is . . . anyway! Point is, it's gonna be great, I believe in you, we're definitely gonna still have food by next week and not starve.

Okay, yeah!

[ He's gonna have to follow the Inuit's lead and bury some stuff in the snow, but that's cool. ]

I mean, worst case, there's canned beans in here, right? And I think pumpkin for making pie...

Yeah! I mean, we're . . . probably not gonna starve.

Ooh, maybe there's hot dogs!

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[GUESS WHO ALSO ISN'T INTO THE ROTTING FOOD AT ALL.]

Oh, for pity's sake! What are we expected to do for food now?

Not to mention everything else that seems to be decaying lately... [Grumbles of concern and irritation.]

Right?? This is too far! I can only do so much with canned beans...

[He huffs irritably.] And who, exactly, is in charge of making sure the food supplies don't go stale? Because if it's not you, then you had better file a complaint.

I'm the one who cooks and cleans, you can't expect me to do everything around here.

[ Plus they went bad overnight?? Don't blame poor Thug. ]

[They went bad overnight. Someone's gonna have to explain.]

Alright then, what are Brasco and the Princess in charge of?

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Oh, you know. This and that. Starshine does PR while Brasco is the guy in charge.

[ I think Starshine would disagree. ]

[That raises some eyebrows.]

Brasco? Are you certain about that?

[the fuck, bro, don't question his authority]

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Of course! He's the best.

[ Thug's opinion is clearly law?? ]

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[Oh... why does it suddenly reek of rot in here.......]

Does this happen every time, Thug?

[Oh goodness. She doesn't know how much of this she can handle!]

[ Thug sighs. ]

Not always... It's never happened overnight like this before.

[It's never happened like this before? Are they treading ground none of the others ever have...?]

What does it mean? There are many other changes in the house as well--pleas for help from others that once stayed here, scraps of paper hinting toward a great evil.

I dunno... Nothing good, I guess.

[ No kidding, Thug. No kidding. ]

[Thug, you really don't seem to know too much about this place for someone that's... running it.]

You don't know? [A slight frown of thought.] Thug... how many groups of guests have you seen come through this place?

I lost count, to be honest. It's been a really long time.

This is... like I said, it's the first time it's happened this fast.