[ week one: overflow ]

[murderhost]

MINGLE LOG

The way you arrive might vary from person to person. Perhaps, you wake up on the beach, with your pet cat licking your face. Or you wake up tucked away in your bed, an item of yours nearby and a card on the bedside table reading your name and Welcome to the manor!

Either way, you end up in a modern mansion on a empty, lonely beach, with no explanation of why you're there or what's going on. In the driveway, there is a car with keys in the ignition but, unfortunately, no gas in the tank. In the living room, there is a touch screen television featuring a variety of profiles featuring you and the many other lost souls trapped in this mansion alongside with you.

There is also a camera crew. A camera crew? Really? But following the characters along are blank faced mannequins in a variety of colors, dressed in all black, operating cameras to film them. If you try and talk to the crew, they say nothing (as they have no mouth or eyes or... anything) and just continue to film them. Trying to touch them results in the mannequin falling over and going immobile, only to be replaced by a new one that appears from... somewhere? Weird.

The kitchen is fully stocked. There are spare clothes in the closets. There's even a few video game systems with games in the living room as well. There are books to read in the library. There's writing and drawing materials in the office. There's things to do. Just... why? To what end? What's going on here?

For those intrepid folks who decide to walk as far as they can away from the manor and the beach will find themselves blinking at one point and suddenly being back in the front yard of the manor. Huh. Strange.

Answers don't seem to be coming anytime soon. You might as well just... settle in?

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PROPERTY DAMAGE | PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS

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Comments

[pharmahoudini]

I think the murder fans like it more in the past tense. Like, on crime shows...

[Is this a crime show?? What kind of crime show is this.]

So the obituaries are supposed to be, what, pre-gaming??

[murderhost]

[ Waves a hand dismissively. ]

This isn't a true crime show. This is a reality TV show! Two different things.

[ Anyway. ]

Also, yes!

[pharmahoudini]

That's what I'm saying! Even true crime shows aren't as popular these days, never mind the tacky death game stuff. Nobody's gonna believe it's real even if we kill each other.

[That's the kind of world it is!!!!

Even the entertainment ain't entertaining anymore. He watches the rest of this mess a little thoughtfully, but mostly:]

Still not dead yet, huh... What happens if nobody kills before you run out of money?

[murderhost]

That won't happen. We have plenty of money! A lot a lot a lot of money.

[pharmahoudini]

Man, what a waste of funds... Seriously, no chance of rebranding? Quiz shows? Game shows? I'd make a killing (not a real one) out of one of those obstacle courses, you know?

[murderhost]

Murder sells, baby! We have a cult following and they're preeeetty dedicated to the show.

[pharmahoudini]

Cult followings are the worst...

[Ugh!! Also everyone else has such good questions and meanwhile:]

So we're getting blasted on social media, too? That's what that was before?

[murderhost]

Blasted is the wrong word to use! Watched and admired, yes! People love this show and they love commenting on what's going on.

[pharmahoudini]

Pretty sure it's both? That's how these things go, right?

[He's used to being watched but this is a whole new level of watched, really. 24/7 celebrity life........ overrated.]

What about fan gifts and supplies and all that, that's usually part of these things.

[They're probably not and he's just smashing together anything he knows about showbiz......]

[murderhost]

[ ❓ ]

Why would you get fan gifts while the show is filming?

[pharmahoudini]

To use on the show? Obviously.

[murderhost]

No. Just ask me for stuff.

[pharmahoudini]

A gun, then? Nice pistol, maybe an energy rifle?

[murderhost]

Okay, maybe. I'll see what I can do.

[pharmahoudini]

[Looks down at Echinacea, looks at them both bullying this PBall after asking for shit. Oops.]

Monday, then?

[murderhost]

Yeah, yeah, Monday.

[ rip he is just a little guy ]