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lockedmods) wrote in thelockedplace2025-05-19 02:54 pm
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MINGLE | WEEK THREE
MINGLE LOG | WEEK 3
Locations | Rooming | Full Nav
Another week gone, and with it, two of your number. Nine of you--or ten, depending on whom you count as yours--are dead. And still, there is no escape.
Pratibha won't turn up on her own this week, but you may be able to reach her if you try. For some reason, she seems particularly scarce every day but Thursday.
Sunday arrives this time with no mysteriously provided gifts, but if you gather together anyway, perhaps you'll find your spirits lifted by a sense of presence?
[cw: hallucinations]
On Monday morning, the house's next attempt to force you all to murder is not necessarily immediately apparent. As the day creeps on, you might catch a flicker of something from the corner of your eye, or hear a murmur when you're sure you're alone. Maybe Anemone was right to worry about losing your minds.
((Mod note: If you don't want to play with this particular motive, let us know! Like Week 1's blot motive, we've provided temporary IC outs in the motive announcement under Monday's header, and you should ALWAYS choose OOCly not to engage with something that isn't right for you, for whatever reason.))
Whatever your mental state, the house's dread ritual continues on. Those solving Tuesday's puzzle will actually find they have a couple days to complete it; once they find all the clues, they're welcome to ask their fellow living housemates for help actually making use of them. Solving the puzzle completely earns you the key to an indoor pool, though the stiff cover over the jacuzzi remains locked tight.
Pool party on Wednesday, anyone? No? It's fine; the day is yours to do with what you will.
Starting Thursday's puzzle requires that all parts of Tuesday's be completed, and once you're done, you can have yourselves a cozy, lovely dinner party. If you're up to it, anyway. If not, you'll also have the key to that jacuzzi, so soak those troubles away with hot water and jets.
Friday is investigation time once again. The investigation post will go live at 3 PM EST, 5/23.
Saturday is the day of your third real ritual. You may find the ritual post here at 12 PM EST, 5/24.
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[ Peers down at her, unsure of why physical contact is still occurring. ]
...Are you quite all right?
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[ Mercifully, Anemone lets him go to look him in the eye, beaming. ]
You don't have to tell me what kept you if you don't want to. I know you're an important man with things to do.
[ She thinks the badgers are codespeak for some secret operation that was keeping him held up... ]
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[ Relieved to be released, but not even slightly comprehending what is happening here. ]
...Would you care for some tea?
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[ Apparently tea is within character for the mystery person Anemone has confused him with. ]
The kitchen's over this way. Would you like anything to eat? It must have been a long trip.
[ Worry not, she's eager to play guide as she leads the way to the kitchen. ]
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[ He doesn't know what she's seeing, but he will feel better knowing that he saw the tea. ]
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[ Anemone flits around the kitchen, grabbing one of those elegant 3-tier trays for snacks to go with afternoon tea. We're having tea the classy way. Has she ever been so eager to please? ]