MINGLE | WEEK ONE

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MINGLE LOG | WEEK 1
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Greetings, house guests. You must be a little more familiar with how things work around here now. There is no escape.

One thing does seem to have changed: characters can now freely investigate the now unlocked Crypt.

On Sunday, nothing much at all happens. Better take the time to rest, recuperate, and decide your next steps. Maybe you have people you want to talk to after that … shit show? Now’s the time: unload those feelings.

Alternatively, with the pantry open with plenty of food available, why not wander into the kitchen for a snack and a chat with whoever is there?

(Don't forget to check out the post-trial afterparty!)

Come Monday, everyone will make up to a most unpleasant surprise: their motive for the week.

Unfortunately for those characters with questions about the motive, Pratibha is nowhere to be found afterwards. Additionally, all the profile entries for Leona, Phoenix, and Yoojin have changed. It’s a fairly clear indicator that they are dead. Enjoy this useful information!

On Tuesday, there are two noticeable changes. The first is that there is a new puzzle. The second thing? Pratibha’s presence. She's finally back. Why was she missing on Sunday and Monday? Why does she seem so … out of it? She’s all curled up in the laundry room this time, intermittently snoozing in the little nook off to one side.

On Wednesday, Pratibha is gone again. And so, unfortunately, is one of your own. What happened? Who is it? All subsequent headers, including Wednesday's, will be frozen until a Wednesday event can take place. We will announce to the playerbase once Wednesday's thread is live for you to investigate!

Thursday brings a very specific change: after 9 PM, no one get into, or out of, your rooms. Plan wisely. You may get stuck in the halls, which might be fine … except we know what happened last Thursday night.

Thursday also brings with it another new puzzle.

Friday is investigation time The investigation post will go live at 3 PM EST, 5/9.

Saturday is the day of your “first” real ritual. You may find the ritual post here at 12 PM EST, 5/10.

Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday

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Comments

[doctopoda]

Like we could forget.

[It's an interesting thing to happen at all, though...Otto takes his own journal out of his pocket, thumbing through it again. Same changes.]

Magic books, too.

[richesse]

Not used to this sort of thing?

[doctopoda]

No, we didn't have magic in my world. At least, not that I'm aware...

[He supposes it's possible, if only in the sense that you can't prove a negative. Not the kind of argument he'd have accepted before, but that was Before.]

But just before this, a wizard screwed up a spell and dragged me into his dimension. So I've seen a little bit of it.

[richesse]

You didn’t have magic, but still ran into a wizard?

[ she laughs, a little. ]

It’s still strange to me that all of you find it so odd. It’s so normal to me.

[doctopoda]

It's that commonplace for you? Even in the other universe, I didn't get the impression there were many other wizards.

[Strange hadn't thought to consult with anyone, which could be put down to arrogance...but even Peter hadn't sought out any help, just hidden them all in that apartment.]

[richesse]

I’m a mage. Of course it’s common.

[doctopoda]

You're a mage.

[Well! This is an exciting opportunity!]

So do you understand how it functions? Does this world's magic seem similar to what you know?

[richesse]

I don’t. Magic seems to work very differently, here. My own has been suppressed. Magic tomes aren’t uncommon, but I haven’t seen one that looks like our journals.

[doctopoda]

Hm. Doesn't seem much like what the wizard was doing either.

[Not that he really understood that. But it was flashy, with an apparently consistent color scheme. If the man could have enchanted that prison to be as impenetrable as this house, Otto's sure he would have.]

That's alright. We're just...starting from scratch here.

[richesse]

Not totally. We have the rules, the profiles… we have information.

[ tilts her head. ]

You’re close to Pratibha, aren’t you?

[doctopoda]

As much as anyone.

[Can you really say you're close to someone after less than a week? But he's certainly closer than most, save maybe Luis.]

[richesse]

Do you think we could ask her? About how the magic of the house works.

[doctopoda]

I have, a bit. Her ability to answer questions is limited. Whether just by some sort of rules, or directly via magic, I'm not sure.

[That's probably a thing magic can do too, right? Ugh, how is anyone supposed to get anything done when literally anything could happen?]

[richesse]

Who knows. It could be both, or something she’s subject to that none of the rest of us are.

Which means … yeah, we’re back to square one.