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Post by Panda on Sept 6, 2023 14:59:34 GMT
69 blaze it let's go
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 6, 2023 19:31:43 GMT
Too soon
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Post by Panda on Sept 6, 2023 22:43:45 GMT
Does Rebecca have microchips too? I guess she wouldn't really be able to tell, given that everyone else's where installed without them even realising.
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 7, 2023 1:31:09 GMT
Yeah you wouldn’t know would ya. But yeah it wasn’t like a thing you did.
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Post by Panda on Sept 7, 2023 8:58:49 GMT
Rebecca examines the mouldy room in more detail. Does it seem to have any connection with the room we saw Bogota in? Felix's comment about him being player #16 is interesting.
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 7, 2023 12:48:05 GMT
They are different. The strange room is not carpeted. Good question.
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Post by Panda on Sept 7, 2023 12:51:40 GMT
Fair enough. The bedroll in there was a bit suspicious, like someone might camp out in there.
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 7, 2023 13:25:53 GMT
Nope nothing suspicious here!
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Post by Panda on Sept 7, 2023 13:26:56 GMT
My original idea was it's some kind of punishment room. Like if people vote for it, someone gets locked in there for a day. Seems like something Rebecca could orchestrate.
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 7, 2023 13:37:30 GMT
It’s kind of what it seems to be
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Post by Panda on Sept 7, 2023 20:26:18 GMT
Step 1: Earn 4 points. Step 2: Buy some dynamite for under $100. Step 3: Break a hole in the garden wall. Step 4: Freedom!
The rules specify going under and going over the wall. They specify going through the doors. They don't specify going through the wall. Maybe Rebecca will try this. Or maybe she'll get someone else to try it, in case it counts as a rules violation still.
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 13, 2023 1:21:23 GMT
## Chapter 1
### Trial Start
#### [Day 14 - 1:00 PM] - [ALL] - Dining Room
The players are gathered in the dining room for a late brunch on day fourteen. Despite all of the fear and consternation caused by learning the true rules of the game, there was also a boredom that led people to gather on occasion.
"Hard to believe that we're already two weeks into this!" Felix says cheerily.
"Say, should we switch roommates? New roomies could be fun!"'
"Yeah! Cool!"
"Oh, sure, we could do that."
"Do we really have to move?
"This certainly sounds interesting!"
The group decides to randomly draw their rooms, and Rebecca does the drawing by ripping up four colored index cards and putting them into her bag and holding it out for the others to stick their hand in and grab one. Red would be room 1, yellow room 2, and so on.
In the end, the following rooms were chosen:
Room 1 - Ava, Lyric, Decker, Sara Bella Room 2 - Yutaro, Rosemary, Rebecca, Felix Room 3 - Cole, Dae, Jackson Room 4 - Raphael, Hisoka, Anastasio, A-SH
"Shit! I can't believe this..."
"Nice, time to try out a new bed!"
"Sorry, Jackson, better luck next time, huh?"
The players disperse and move away.
#### [Day 14 - 1:00 PM] - [Rebecca] - Dining Room - SECRET
Rebecca has been eyeing the other players, and she takes the opportunity during brunch to mix up their current rooming situation. The goal of the switch is simple: cause chaos which she can profit from. In general, she wants Cole and Dae, who are both somewhat aggressive towards the other players, to be stuck in a room with Jackson, who has shown a lot of mental weakness.
To rig the lottery, Rebecca puts all of the colored papers in different pockets of her bag that are all right next to each other. She then opens the pocket filled with the color she wants to give the player who is about to choose. Her plan goes off without a hitch.
#### [Day 18 - 5:30 AM] - [Felix|Rosemary|Rebecca|Yutaro] - Room 2
Felix, Rosemary, Rebecca, and Yutaro lay in their room with all the lights out, yet they cannot sleep. Music pounds through the room through the wall connecting to room 1, and even with earplugs, it's impossible to sleep.
Rosemary sighs, "Those idiots. It's five-thirty. It's not cool to stay up past three every. SINGLE. Night."
Rebecca taps away on her computer, apparently still occupied with work even if she cannot access the internet. "We'll just have to adapt to their sleep schedule eventually."
Yutaro groans his head under a pillow, "I mean, my friends are high schoolers and they're not like this! I don't think I can keep working out if I can't sleep."
"Uh... Well, I could go try to talk to them again!" Felix says hopefully. "I don't think they're being malicious. Maybe we could buy them headphones? Wireless earbuds? Ah but then they wouldn't be able to talk, which... we can also hear them doing." Felix trails off, sounding tired and deep in thought.
The night wears on...
#### [Day 18 - 4:00 PM] - [ALL] - Dining Room
"My roommate is having a birthday soon. We can afford a little celebration, even if we get some points for it." Rebecca says one day while everyone is in the dining room, shoveling down some freshly grilled linner steaks.
"Whose birthday?" Anastasio says, their eyes twinkling.
"No thanks," Hisoka says quietly.
Rebecca points at Yutaro who looks sheepishly at his plate, "I don't really need a party."
"Nonsense!" Lyric cries, "Oh what a chance it would be to celebrate your special day. Are you twenty-one?"
"He'll be nineteen tomorrow evening!" Felix says excitedly.
Rebecca nods, "Simply put, although everyone wishes to do this or that, I am interested in having a party for him. I've made a list of who should do what to help prepare. Sara Bella, Felix, Ava, Raphael, and Decker should work in the kitchen. We want a cake and a pasta dinner. Rosemary, Dae, Jackson, and Anastasio should prepare a fireworks display. And everyone else can help by decorating the sitting room for us to party in. Sound good? Start preparing tomorrow at 3 PM. Party starts at 8 PM."
Everyone agrees to Rebecca's plan and goes about the rest of their days.
#### [Day 19 - 3:00 PM] - [Hisoka|Rebecca|A-SH|Lyric|Cole] - Sitting Room
Hisoka, Rebecca, A-SH, Lyric, and Cole are tasked with preparing the sitting room for the party. They start by setting up the many wireless speakers around the room. There's about ten of them total, and they are placed all around the room. The group then sets up a laptop and adjusts the volume of the individual speakers so that the room sounds nice as different music plays.
They then take some time to clean the floors and wipe off all of the table areas. They check in each room, but there's way too much clutter and trash in them to clean. They end up throwing away some of the stuff that was in the rooms.
After that, the group sets up streamers and balloons that somebody bought the other day. The streamers are put up around the room and it takes a very long time.
They cut and make some signs like, "Happy Birthday!" and so on, leaving those on the counters and couches.
Next, they set up some table cloths and card tables with some bottles of alcohol on them.
Then they sit around and add music to the playlist for a while and set up a little dance area by moving the couches. This takes them a few hours and then the cooks come upstairs around 8 and begin socializing.
#### [Day 19 - 8:00 PM] - [A-SH|Cole|Rosemary|Raphael|Hisoka|Yutaro|Sarabella|Ava|Felix|Lyric|Rebecca|Decker] - Sitting Room
A-SH, Cole, Rosemary, Raphael, Hisoka, Sara, Ava, Felix, Lyric, and Rebecca hide upstairs around the room. It's kind of silly and pointless, but even so it's fun to make
Yutaro makes it to the top of the stairs and everyone jumps out and claps excitedly, cheering.
"Happy birthday, Yutaro!" Lyric says, immediately guiding the young man around the room, despite the fact that he had been seeing these people for nineteen days already.
"Has anyone seen Jackson?" Sara asks, standing on tiptoes to try and look around the room.
Rosemary shakes her head, "I figure he must just be exhausted, what with the bloody noise in this house all the time."
There's a beat of quiet before Raphael let's out a, "Well that seems fair," and everyone starts moving around the room.
Soon, the party is in full force. Drinking, Karaoke and Dancing takes up everybody's time. The music is loud and keeps everyone moving.
The lasagna is served along with a side of salad. Both are very delicious to eat.
The group then goes out to the balcony at about 9:00 to watch the fireworks display. Rocket after rocket are shot up into the sky. People huddle in little circles as they watch. Cole, Hisoka, Yutaro, Felix, Ava, Lyric, Decker, A-SH, and Sara sit up front. Raphael and Rosemary are in a corner in the back. Rebecca spends the time on her computer at one of the tables behind everyone. Bunny sits on A-SH's head.
Finally, after the fireworks conclude, everyone goes inside to eat cake. They light the candles and all sing happy birthday. Cake goes fast and soon everyone puts their plates and garbage in the trash.
"Thanks, guys," Yutaro says modestly. "This whole thing was a lot but in a good way."
Rebecca smirks, "It should be good. We were all cast on this show to provide something. Glad you were entertained."
Around this time, some people divide and move around.
#### [Day 19 - 9:30 PM] - [Rebecca] - Balcony - SECRET
Rebecca sees A-SH and Bunny glow during the fireworks. What kind of calculation are they making? Rebecca decides it's best to keep it to herself.
#### [Day 19 - 10:00 PM] - [A-SH|Lyric|Hisoka|Rebecca|Sarabella] - Sitting Room
A-SH, Lyric, Sara, Hisoka, and Rebecca sit in the sitting room when suddenly a burst of fire sprays all across the room like a firework. Flames lick and seep into the walls and floors. All five of them get up and start to run everywhere, but then the voice of Bogota rings out, "Go to Room 2 and escape!"
They all go to Room 2, and as they open it, four more people are there, shocked to see the fire erupting in the sitting room.
"There's a fire escape this way!" Shouts Yutaro, everyone goes out the window in Room 2, down the fire escape, and to the front of the front garden.
### Investigation Team 3 - [A-SH|Rebecca|Sara|Dae|Rosmary]
#### Sitting Room
The sitting room is heavily burned. There are points of heavy burning and then points that aren't so heavily burned.
The trash can is burned very badly in particular and partially melted. A small scrap of carboard sits near it.
Under one of the charred tables are several tiny emptied spirits bottles.
A ring of melted plastic sits in one of the cabinets.
There are burnt streamers and balloons hanging from the ceiling. Most are tied up there. One or two are taped.
In the corner is an empty wooden box where a fire extinguisher usually sits.
#### Room 1
Looking through bedroom one, there's a strange object on the side table by Decker's bed. Looks to be a key ring with a pin attached.
There is a broken boom box in the corner.
Under one of the beds is a fire extinguisher. When it's attempted to be used, it doesn't work.
#### Room 2
Rebecca's bag has a set of four pockets right next to one another on the inside. Each of them has some differently-colored slips of paper.
#### Room 3
A bucket sits in the corner of the room, filled partially with water.
One of the beds has water damage on the sheets. There are only two suitcases in the room.
#### Room 4
A lighter can be found in the charred remains of Raphael's things.
In the corner of room 3 appears to be a completely melted black plastic thing with electronic parts inside.
Going through A-SH's stuff, a bag filled with sugar and cheese crumbs can be found tucked away.
Many sets of unclean and now charred dishes sit under Hisoka's bed. Ants are fried inside of them.
#### Stuffy Room / Hallway
The outside of the stuffy room (in the little hallway) there is a big glob of disgusting, charred clear-ish plastic. It streams from the middle of the door by the handle, down to the floor.
Inside the stuffy room, there is a suitcase belonging to Jackson Diamond. Basically everything in it is burned. There is a pile of suits in the middle of the room on the floor.
The room is otherwise empty.
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Post by Panda on Sept 13, 2023 19:30:46 GMT
Is the melted thing in room 3 or 4?
Also, am I expected to hide that I saw A-SH glowing, or was that just in the moment when it seemingly wasn't important?
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 13, 2023 20:28:02 GMT
It is in 4
I think you can say the thing about the glowing but you don't have to.
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Post by Panda on Sept 13, 2023 20:35:19 GMT
Cool, thanks.
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Post by Panda on Sept 19, 2023 22:52:56 GMT
I waited a bit to see her temperament in the thread, but I don't want to wait so long that I just waste FTE time. I'll request Ava now, please.
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 19, 2023 23:18:01 GMT
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Post by Panda on Sept 19, 2023 23:21:55 GMT
Heck yeah
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 19, 2023 23:51:36 GMT
I was scared for a moment that this would be the wrong FTE... Thank goodness.
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Post by Panda on Sept 20, 2023 9:26:44 GMT
Dangit now you made me double-check
Unrelated, but it's wild to me that Rebecca isn't intended as the 'designated antagonist'. I was expecting someone else to be acting up more.
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 20, 2023 13:32:33 GMT
Hmm maybe we should make it that way then. She might be better than the other options that I thought would be antagonistic.
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Post by Panda on Sept 20, 2023 14:19:24 GMT
How important is the antagonist role? I wasn't specifically planning on Rebecca becoming more antagonistic, though paranoia is a powerful driver so it's possible.
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 20, 2023 14:42:11 GMT
I think she’s pretty bad in the next two cases.
It’s not super important.
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Post by Panda on Sept 20, 2023 15:35:59 GMT
Ah, I'll try to stay consistent with what's in the cases at least.
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Post by Panda on Sept 22, 2023 11:30:09 GMT
Can Rebecca use her points to buy some cameras that transmit to her laptop? Or would that cause issues for the upcoming mystery? (I also considered her buying some equipment to tap into the game's own cameras, but I don't know if that's possible and even if it was, that definitely seems like it would be awkward for the mystery.)
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 22, 2023 13:01:25 GMT
She can do that! No problem!
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 22, 2023 13:03:54 GMT
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Post by Panda on Sept 22, 2023 13:43:00 GMT
Rebecca has a little over 1500 points. She might just spend all of that on three sets of $100 cameras, unless she can buy in bulk for under $100. My thinking is she sticks them around the place and spies on people, out of paranoia and also a desire to eavesdrop and learn secrets. Hopefully she can use that to recoup the lost points and earn some more on top of that.
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 22, 2023 17:52:05 GMT
Okay that sounds like a plan.
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 23, 2023 14:56:49 GMT
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