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

[selfreliar]

[Lortel may have to help him bring his laundry down the stairs, but Aqua insists on doing the rest himself. In he comes now, putting his not-very-heavy basket of laundry down right inside the door and leaning against the frame to catch his breath. Owwwww.

All these kids are doing great. Anyway, he hasn't seen Pratibha yet.]

[inlocked]

[ startles awake to stare at him ]

You’re the one that’s like half dead. What’re you doing?

[selfreliar]

[Also startles, then exhales and straightens up.]

Laundry.

[He only has so much wearable clothing.]

...You don't look so well, either.

[inlocked]

I’m fine. You’re the one that’s like actually hurt? What even happened to you, anyway.

[selfreliar]

You don't know?

[It's a genuine question.]

[inlocked]

No. Why would I know that.

[selfreliar]

How do you know the things written about us in the journals?

...Or... do you?

[inlocked]

Someone had to show me my own profile. No, I didn’t write them. They were as much a surprise to me as they were to you guys. I mean have you seen mine? Creepy cryptic bullshit.

[selfreliar]

But you wrote the rules, right?

[They sound like her.]

[inlocked]

Those were me, yeah. I can set the rules, move around the house, answer some questions… but I don’t know everything. I’m as trapped here as you guys are, for one.

[selfreliar]

I see.

...To answer your question, I was stabbed with a knife and then fell off a sea cliff.

[Just normal high schooler things.]

[inlocked]

Jeeeesus. Who’d you piss off?

[selfreliar]

[Haha. What an interesting question. When it comes, Aqua's thin, cryptic smile could be described as interesting, too.]

Everyone I know, probably.

[Under other circumstances, he's sure Kana would be cursing him out and slapping his corpse, just like she promised. What are they doing now, he wonders? If only one body was discovered, did his plan fail after all?]

But no one more than myself.

1/2

[inlocked]

[ stares at him ]

[inlocked]

So, what. Everybody you knew stabbed you? You stabbed yourself? That doesn’t actually answer my question, drama queen. You don’t gotta tell me what really happened, but feeding me a lot of self-loathing bullshit ain’t it.

[selfreliar]

The latter.




[Starts painstakingly loading his laundry into the washing machine.]

[inlocked]

You stabbed yourself?

[cw: whoops I probably should've warned for self-harm in the tag above]

[selfreliar]

It doesn't matter if I tell you, does it? It won't get back to anybody. As you've said, you're as trapped here as the rest of us.

[inlocked]

… no, but like … seriously? You stabbed yourself? … why?

[selfreliar]

...It was the only way to avenge my mother without destroying everything else.

[cw: suicide mention]

[inlocked]

The more you talk, the less sense this makes. How the hell does killing yourself avenge your mother?

[selfreliar]

Because it needed to look like I was the victim. Not the bastard I took with me.

[inlocked]

Oh. … you kill him?

[selfreliar]

I hope so. [He puts the laundry detergent in and closes the door.] Or it'll all have been for nothing.

[inlocked]

… so like stop me if I get any of this wrong. But you tried to kill some guy to avenge your mom and definitely stabbed yourself and you don’t even know for sure if the other guy even bit it?

What kind of revenge is that?