Introduction

[grimgrinningghosts]

[You wake up in a bed.

A rather comfy bed, but as you open your eyes, you realize that this room is not one you’ve ever been in before. And even the most villainous of you should notice that something is immediately very off by how morbid your room looks. While generally clean, it looked dark and like it was a part of a very old house.

And that “Rest in Peace” throw pillow really isn’t doing the room any favors.

Meanwhile, on the dresser on top of your new notebook, there is also a message:]

When the clock strikes 13 o’clock. You must all meet in the stretching room for a special announcement.

[Well, it would be rude to refuse an invitation, right?

As soon as you leave your room, you notice a stark difference between the bedroom and the rest of the building. It looked like it hadn’t been kept up in ages, and it shows with how everything is caked in dust or covered in cobwebs. But judging by the other bedroom doors, possibly with other people peering out at the same time you, at least you’re not alone in this strange situation.

As you explore the rest of the first floor of the mansion, you’ll come to realize that, besides the bedrooms, the whole place is rather decrepit and dimly lit. While all rooms may provide a great interest in you, the the bios of all your foolish mortals might be useful to you, especially if you enjoy finding out how much your new captor has learned about you.]

Comments

bios

[chainbroke]

Is there something strange about yours?

[ She'd played her own, and it had been lovely (maybe too lovely for her) but unrecognizable. ]

[tangerinetrees]

[ What are you doing hurting me like this in your first action text to me? ]

It's just... it feels kind of like a bad joke.

[chainbroke]

[ that's how i do ]

I see... I'm sorry.

[ A beat. ]

What is your song? You recognize it, so it must mean something to you.

[tangerinetrees]

It's... a pop song about a girl from space. I think. [ Train lyrics are hard to interpret. ] At least the chorus is. And like this thing says, my parents were from another world, but I only found out I'm an alien a little while ago.

[chainbroke]

[ Alien girl? That's honestly not weird. Naminé has seen some bizarre stuff, after all. But it is disturbing... She looks troubled. ]

I see... I wonder how this person found out so much about all of us, enough to write those profiles and find fitting songs, for the most part.

[tangerinetrees]

Yeah. I didn't even know... what I was called. But whoever took us sure does, apparently.

[ She sounds genuinely Hurt about that, um. ]

[chainbroke]

Mm... It's worrying, isn't it...?

[ But more importantly... ]

... Will you be alright, um-- [ she glances at the bio ] --Karolina?

[tangerinetrees]

I'll be fine. I have people to get out of here and get back to. How... are you holding up? Uh... Namine?

[chainbroke]

[ She blinks, surprised that someone's asking her how she's doing. And someone she just met! ]

Oh, I'm alright. Um, I do have something I need to do, back where I came from... [ She frowns a little. ] It's important. I hope... things haven't been ruined because of this.

[tangerinetrees]

Oh no... I'm sure we'll all get out of here soon. There has to be a way, somehow.

[chainbroke]

I hope so... but, I haven't even begun to figure out how.

I'm not sure it'll be easy to leave...

[tangerinetrees]

Probably not, but I've never seen a building that doesn't have an exit. Or one you can't put an exit into.

[chainbroke]

Do you mean... destroying part of the building?

[tangerinetrees]

Well sure, if we've been kidnapped.

[chainbroke]

I... suppose you have a point. Mm, do you think there's something to do that with around here?

[tangerinetrees]

I don't know. The biggest problem I've seen is I can't find signs of an actual kidnapper anywhere.

[chainbroke]

You're right... But, maybe they were the one who wrote that message in those notebooks in the rooms?

[tangerinetrees]

That's the closest thing I can figure. Maybe they just want to... give us time to meet each other?

[chainbroke]

Maybe... Mm, I wonder why, though. I'm not sure we were brought here just to make friends...

[tangerinetrees]

Yeah, no, probably not. I don't know why they'd wait so long otherwise, though.

[chainbroke]

I'm not sure. And we haven't been given anything else to do, either. Except... look around?