WEEK 2

[strangerpeople]

WEEK 2

[A week has passed. There's been no body, no investigation, no trial. No deaths. Congratulations!

Now the question is, will it last? At the moment, the Commander seems content with forcing people to do petty and mean-spirited errands in return for a mere shower. On the one hand, it's just for showers. On the other hand, what if the demands start to get more extreme? Would caving in encourage her? Is anyone willing to try and find out?

Honesty, with all the strange dates and information floating around from what's been uncovered, the only one in this place who's probably not worried as the time slips into its next movement is Sir Riprazor McRockfang. That's right, he's a sir. A grumpy sir, yes, but still a sir. No one's going to mess with him, regardless of what his true origins may be. And if they do, beware - he bites. Omnom. Good luck, everyone.


There are fifteen strangers - and one alligator - in this place.]

SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY

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SUNDAY

[strangerpeople]

[illusionarymelody]

[Vita is in the mess hall eating some of the spaghetti as neatly as she possibly can so it doesn't get on her or what she has with her. She's got a couple of books with her. The hair band is in her hair and the fan is actually hidden away in her outfit made from a bedsheet, but one may notice there is some blue glitter on her hands and outfit.

And no, it's totally not a figment of your imagination that one of those books is glowing a pale blue color. She's looking at it to make sure otherwise it's not harmed or changed in any way.]

[theserpentsmiles]

[It's the glowing book that catches Nagisa's eye, but the larger one that takes his attention. That....looks like...]

Excuse me, may I... May I look at that book...?

[crouching_sin]

[It's Naoya's turn to sit in the mess hall with a few items. There's a leg - the nuts and bolts have been stowed away. The stun gun has similarly been stowed. A pair of cat-ear shaped headphones are hooked around his neck, the wire tucked into his spacesuit.]

[There's also a very large fluffy cat who is sitting on his head as he's working on drawing something. Perhaps more importantly, there's a cougar sitting near his feet, looking at anyone who approaches.]

[fashionfever]

Oh, those are cute. Very "Cool Japan".

[She's openly pointing at the headphones. A tray of food is in her other hand as she hustles over to sit right across from him at the table.

That's when she notices the cougar and the smile on her face freezes.]

[beguiledcard]

[ There's no hesitation to approach, of course, when he notices the cat that's sitting on Naoya's head...

When he notices the cougar at his roommate's feet, however, his steps... almost pause. He blinks a couple of times before resuming his steps, and then stops a few feet away. ]

Soooo... are we opening a zoo together, now?

[ He gestures to what should be familiar to Naoya, at this point, as Akira's familiar. Morgana's currently arching his back and moving so he's behind Akira's feet.

Needless to say, he does not appreciate Big Cat, whoops.

There's a small smile as he looks down at his familiar, and then takes a sip of the coffee in his hand. After a pause, he gestures a tiny bit with the cup, tilting his head a little at Naoya. ]

Apparently, the only way to get decent coffee around here, is to hope it drops out of that machine. [ a beat, and then a small, slightly sheepish grin ] It's, uh... much stronger than what I'm used to, though. I have no idea how long it's going to take me to finish it all.

[toushiro]

[ he walks into the mess hall for a cup of tea, and he's not about to say anything to naoya until he sees the cougar.

he's mentally dragging his hands down his face; physically, he just sighs and runs a hand through his hair. ]

What is with this place and all of the wild animals?

[leftthelighton]

It's not that Passepartout hasn't been out of his room. it's that he's been like a ninja, doing so when you haven't been looking. But here he is now, in the computer room. He's managed to poke and prod at a computer enough to make it print off random nonsense. A lot of random nonsense. In fact, it's been printing for about ten minutes.

He looks quite alarmed at this fact.

[earietale]

[So Barbara has got a bunch tapes she doesn’t know what to do with and figured that it might help if she goes to the computer room.

Then she sees this mess.]

What the-

[She shoves the tapes in her pockets for now as she grabs one of the papers to try reading it.]

Why are you printing all of this?

[fashionfever]

[Angela is over here not seeing Passe at first. She's just close to one of the printers and carefully tidying up the printouts into a pile.]

[crouching_sin]

[Naoya steps into the computer room, where he spends a lot of time.]

[This? This was not what he expected. Someone who clearly doesn't know what they're doing. He sighs and walks over to the computer, nudging the nervous Frenchman out of the way if he has to.]

I've got it, I've got it...

[beguiledcard]

[ Have a genuine look of concern, buddy. ]

Having... trouble?

more check-in than meeting!

[beguiledcard]

[ Unlike last time, he has Angela helping with this one. In this case, he needed someone to help set up so that he could put the messages on everyone's doors (or hand them out in person, possibly, in some cases). Like last time, there are notes on the doors! They're free of customized pictures, but they instruct everyone to "meowt up" in the Mess Hall at 2PM/1400 with a... picture of a cat wearing yellow bandanna beneath said message.

And, speaking of wearing things? When people arrive, they might notice that Akira is wearing a toga and petting a cat that's wearing a yellow collar.

This time, there are pieces of paper set onto the table, along with pens of various colors, though namely the 'normal' kind (though there's a pink one and some yellow). As he waits for people to settle in, he takes the moment to slowly sip at the coffee that came from the vending machine.

Not the ammonia kind, obviously; it's a kind that he's having to drink very slowly, because it's already giving him a boost, and he isn't even a fourth of the way through the cup...

He will wave to people as they approach, and offer the occasional smile and nod to go with the gesture. ]

MONDAY

[strangerpeople]

TUESDAY

[strangerpeople]

MOTIVE: THE THIN LINE

[commandurr]

[Early this morning, the door to the computer room is mysteriously shut for about an hour. Anyone who might have been awake at the time can't access it. Hm.

However, as to who was the one using the computer room, it becomes obvious as, later in the day, every bunk has an envelope on it. Upon opening it, Strangers will find a very detailed dot matrix image of...well.]

OH MY GOD, YOU PEOPLE ARE JUST SO LAZY!! I GUESS I HAVE TO GIVE YOU AN INCENTIVE TO ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING AROUND HERE, DON'T I!?

[Let Marie herself tell you, because suddenly her voice is coming out really loud from a Base-wide speaker system that you can't see and you can't turn off. Go figure.]

SO I JUST TOTALLY SENT EACH OF YOU A PICTURE! IT'S OF SOMEONE YOU REALLY, REALLY CARE ABOUT!! I BET YOU DIDN'T KNOW I KNEW ABOUT ALL OF THEM, DID YOU!?! AHAHAHA!!

SO!! WHAT IF I TOLD YOU I HAD THE POWER TO BRING THEM BACK TO LIFE?? I DO, REALLY!! IF YOU LIKE THEM, AT LEAST! BUT IF YOU HATE WHOEVER'S IN THE PICTURE, LIKE REALLY REALLY HATE, WELL...I CAN MAKE THAT WORK TOO! THEY'LL NEVER EVER COME BACK TO ANNOY YOU! HMMM!!

BUT ONLY IF YOU...KILL SOMEONE ELSE AND GET AWAY WITH IT!!

OH...AND IF NO ONE DOES ANYTHING BY THE END OF THIS WEEK? YOU CAN FORGET I EVER MADE THIS OFFER TO YOU! NOT THAT IT MATTERS, BECAUSE AT THIS RATE YOU'LL PROBABLY NEVER SEE THEM AGAIN ANYWAYS, LOVE THEM OR HATE THEM!! SO MUCH FOR DOING NOTHING AND HOPING NOTHING BAD HAPPENS, HUH??

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHA HA...!

WEDNESDAY

[strangerpeople]

MINI GAME: COOKING CONTEST

[strangerpeople]

got some leftover character items here + some new ones!

[beguiledcard]

[ Yesterday sure did suck a lot, and that's why Akira had taken some time to himself after motive drop.

He can't say he expected the cooking thing to turn out how it did, but... oh well. It's later that night, he can be found working on a cup of coffee in the Mess Hall. He has a few things left from before - rose, wrist computer, embroidered tapestry, playing card, and baseball sitting on the table.

Alongside the old things, however, is an arrangement of new things - cell phone, model coffin, pack of 16 pink candles, and...

Uhhh... floating cards...???

... Yep. Akira is actually playing with some cards that are now flying through the air. He might look a bit like a magician, right now. Or perhaps some comic book character. Strange, perhaps, that... in spite of this? He doesn't look like he's having much fun with it. If anything, there's a sort of exhausted-to-the-point-of-emptiness thing going on with his expression...



Not long after he's given people time to notice and grab their items, if they want, he's going to go looking for two people, in particular. He's looking for Nagisa, first... who will be getting flagged down, as soon as he sees him; he'll be asking to meet somewhere private. And, not long after that, he'll be asking Naoya to meet him in their room. ]

THURSDAY

[strangerpeople]

[mementodagger]

[The week is ticking by quickly and no one has made a move yet. Judging by the reactions of some people, the Commander's potential pool of killers isn't what she thinks it is. Either this is the wrong motivation, people don't believe it's possible, or... Yurick's too tired to think of more possibilities.

He's been spending his days reading in the library, occasionally mixing things up by tinkering with the computers or the kitchen, tired of feeling ignorant in the face of this "technology" thing. There's even been a couple of days where he's avoided everyone, even if it means tucking himself into the most obscure and tiny corners. It's not like he needs friends here.

Later today, though, he ends up in the theater, trying to figure out how the video machine works. He won't admit it out loud, but he's curious about these moving images. Who knows, there could be clues hidden in them?]

THE SHITTYFLUTENING

[crouching_sin]

[Thursday night, there is... a sound.]

[A sound possibly straight from hell, depending on your musical preferences - because in the evening, a 'song' starts playing on the computers.]

[Nearly every computer, including some in the rooms, is blasting that at full volume. The entire song. There is no discernible way to turn it off, nor is it very clear what caused it. But the entire song will play, all six minutes of it.]

[Enjoy, Strangers.]

[losergod]

[ Guess who was playing with the tape machine? If you guessed C, you guessed correctly. Most of the things he gets out of it are innocent, but when the wheel of cheese and the... other... worm-things come out, he practically loses it, letting out a whine of distress and edging back.

The last thing to fall out is a bottle of pills, which he'll reach for in a moment to see what it is. He's not okay. Someone help him get rid of the gross cheese and worms. You might get something out of it! ]

[illusionarymelody]

[Earlier today Vita put up some more notices that she'll be singing a few songs to honor the loved ones they have lost and parted from. It will most definitely be set after the shittyflute concert. Again, it will be in the theater. She'll also leave a note specifically for Jonathan saying that she was able to find one of the songs he requested. His note is also signed with a cute heart at the end.

Vita is actually dressed up quite nicely since she was able to obtain one of her dresses. Also, she's set up a memorial that has room for people to contribute to if they wish. It also even has a smaller section for defacing hated ones and she has included a very poorly drawn doodle of two men with Xs over them in that section. In the memorial, she's included the picture she was given at the motive

She'll perform two songs. One is from her world and the second she'll say was a special request.

Afterwards, she's available to talk. Later on she'll move the memorial to the mess hall.]

[backuphero]

[It's not that he really believes that they'll be losing somebody tomorrow, but... at the same time, just enough of him does at this point that Jonathan has decided it's time to finally set out a tiny little free tag sale of his own in the mess hall, a little bit before lunch.

Obviously the Alleged Corn is gone, but a sculptural cane based on a Tapir remains, along with a strange playing card (currently propped up on a little stand folded from some paper flinched from the computer room), and last but not least, a very damaged necktie with a crescent moon on it. He's tried to fold it as neatly as he can, but... it's heavily damaged. Someone's going to be unhappy to see that thing, he just knows it, and that's why he is just sitting nearby, sipping at some of the kitchen-standard Roosevelt Brew and waiting to see who sees and takes back what.]