[ 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]

They could be working together... Is that why we've got that sheep cliche going on?

[stds]

Hm, that's a good point. We should consider if they are going to work independently versus as a team.

[pharmahoudini]

And we're supposed to 'find them'... You're thinking that'll end in death, too?

[stds]

Most likely. At least I know I don't want to keep someone alive who might try to kill me again later!

[pharmahoudini]

Not like there's anywhere else for 'em to go. It's high risk, but high reward? Don't know about that.

Seems like they got the short end of the stick.

[stds]

Huh? Am I detecting sympathy for our potential murderers?

[pharmahoudini]

Just trying to get a feel for how they’re thinking about it. There’s a difference between a guy doing a job and a guy with a gun to your head with a gun to his head, right?

[stds]

So they're forced into it you think? I can see that. But I can't say I feel sorry for people who might plan to kill me, regardless of the reason why.

[pharmahoudini]

You don't have to feel sorry for them. You just gotta be prepared for them to try everything they've got. Those are the ones that might be easier to catch. The ones that are doing it because it's up their alley... might be a bit hairier.

[stds]

Yeah, I get that feeling. There are some people I work with who just love killing for sport, and others who see it as a personal mission.

[pharmahoudini]

Starting to get the feeling we've got both types here. Maybe more.

[Stares at everything happening around them.]