The Locked Place

MINGLE LOG | WEEK 2
Locations | Rooming | Full Nav

A ball. Splendid and scintillating, this gracefully lit space is warmed by the sound of distant music that has no apparent source. There are tables for food and drink, and more tables besides at which to sit. The star, however, is the dance floor; are you feeling brave enough to step out there? More importantly: with whom as your partner?

The windows display only endless green forest before night falls. Twilight and rising darkness paint the ballroom in shadows and shades of gold. All of it is enchanting and lovely to behold. The ballroom even sports numerous little nooks for ... privacy.

Remember, above all, rule 5: Get to know each other. Become friends. Become more. Who cares. Just do it.

MINGLE LOG | WEEK 0
Premise | Rooming | Full Nav

1. You wake up in whatever state you arrived in, be that hale and hearty or ... less so. You will not find medical supplies immediately available, so you will have to make do, for now. You will wake up in one of two places: in bed in your room, or sitting at the dining table. Why not speak to your roomies, or fellow ... dining guests? and get to know them? Or question them, as it were. What if they're the reason you're here, after all?


2. Shortly after waking, you will happen across two items: your room key, and your journal. The former is in your pocket; don’t worry how it got there. Just don’t lose it. The journal’s cover is blank, but you can somehow sense that it is yours. Keep it close. It comes with one pen; do not lose it, as you may not find another. Opening it will greet you to two important pieces of information: the very first page contains the rules, and the subsequent few pages contain the profiles, pictures and all. Past that, the journal is filled with entirely blank pages; it seems as if you may do as you wish with the blank space that remains to you. Use it wisely. (For Snake only, this item will be a laptop, with a basic Word processor acting as the journal itself. It will open to already contain all the above information, as well as room to write. A screen reader is available, and will describe both text and images.)


3. Should you get up to explore, you won't ... find much. The grand foyer is spacious, and lined with oddly crooked paintings. The bedrooms are dim affairs, located on the second floor of the manor; each has a plaque fixed to the door with the names of its occupants. How convenient! Within, you’ll find there is a bunk bed and a pull-out couch in each room, so you’ll have to decide amongst yourselves who sleeps where—especially if your room has four people. The bedrooms also have wardrobes, with just enough clothing for about a week's worth of wear for each character, including underthings and, strangely, a swimsuit. The kitchen is spacious, possessed of every cooking implement and appliance you could want. However, the pantry is locked. There is no food immediately accessible to the characters on Wednesday. Also available are the dining room, which seats ten; the laundry room, with two washers and dryers each; and the greenhouse, which affords the clearest and most spectacular views of the countryside--no, forest--no, plain--no... well, of whatever is outside.


4. In the greenhouse is a girl. Perhaps you should talk with her.

1. The pantry is now open. You may make food. Rejoice!


2. With the opening of the pantry came a key, and a clue. Someone ought to hold onto both of those, come to think of it...


3. Have you noticed it yet? That hallway is too long. This hallway is full of too many doors. That hallway has no doors at all. These stairs just lead to the ceiling. How on earth did you circle back to the foyer after going upstairs? What is that distant creaking, crackling sound? Did a door just slam behind you? Is this house ... haunted?


4. Today, the mysterious girl--who you may know by now as Pratibha--is sitting in the laundry room, reading a book. It is not a journal; it is an actual book. Where on earth did she get it?


5. At 8:50 PM on the dot, the lights all throughout the house will flicker steadily, the way the lights might dim before the beginning of a theater performance. At 8:55, they will flicker again. At 9:00 PM, all the bedroom doors will shut and lock, unable to be opened except by those with the correct key. Where you are at that time is your own prerogative, of course...