Week 5

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Five deaths in one week, and almost half of the guests have died now. The Narrator is now claiming that the man who's trying to save all the guests is a cold-hearted killer, and he doesn't seem to be lying about this. But on the other hand, that doesn't explain why he continues to do any of this, or if he's even an entirely good guy here.

Whether you like it or not, tension is becoming unusually high in this hotel now.

But hey, at least you get a nice new floor to tide you over.

13 guests remain]

[SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY]

{ooc: Don't forget to fill in this week's Activity Check! The deadline is 11/01 @ 1 PM EST!}

Comments

1/2

[hellosalem]

[She raises her hand up, and motions for the raven to fly over.]

Come to me, my pet.

[The raven does so, landing on her arm. Mary leans in and takes a whiff.]

2/2

[hellosalem]

...Winnie, there is a spirit possessing this bird.

[hallotween]

[!!!] What can you do with that?

[hellosalem]

Well, we can try to unbind the spirit from the bird's body. If it's a benevolent spirit, it will probably do something to help us! If it's a mean spirit, it will probably murder us all and feast on our bones.

One of the two.

[hellosalem]

The second! The second!

[hallotween]

Chances sound good enough to me!

[hellosalem]

Are we really doing this. This is your last-ditch plan to somehow free us from this hellhole. Summoning a potentially evil spirit that could eat us.

[The raven caws.]

[hallotween]

Pretty much, yeah.

[coulombslaw]

Yeah, I have noticed Marnie is really into summoning stuff that may or may not eat us.

[CHILD-EATING WITCHES, MARNIE, HE'S NOT LETTING THIS GO]

[hallotween]

I'm into taking risks that could have big pay-offs.

1/2

[hellosalem]

...Child, if this works, I promise to eat you last.

[She holds her fingers over the raven, twirling them around. The raven begins to glow a dark purple color.]

Ah say ento pi alpha mabi upendi...
Ah say ento pi alpha mabi upendi...
In comma coriyama...
In comma coriyama...
Ayayayay...

[Suddenly, a shape starts to materialize from the raven's body.]

[yourghosthost]

[...it materializes into a humanesque figure, who floats down from the woman's hand. He appears to be having trouble with his neck, no thanks to the noose that's being used as a makeshift necktie, and comically snaps his neck back into place before dusting himself off.]

I thought you people would never get the idea.

[hallotween]

... Oh, he doesn't look evil at all! [SUCK IT ASSHOLES]

[yourghosthost]

I'm much more a fan of polite and friendly scares, thank you.

...I would like to take a moment to say that you children are much more volatile than the first group. They had sensibilities. They knew never to summon witches or...or attempt to decapitate their hosts with fishhooks.

But I digress.

[geomanctic]

First group?

[hallotween]

... When did we do that second part... [besides in her dreams...]

[coulombslaw]

[Virgil looks at the figure carefully, finally commenting:]

This could have gone worse, I guess.

[greatwidesomewhere]

...Who....who are you?

[yourghosthost]

...A friend once referred to me as Ghostave.

I believe that is a fitting name.

[greatwidesomewhere]

...Ghostave. And are...are you Monsieur Rod's mysterious benefactor...? The one playing this cruel game?

[tadaishi]

...Unbelievable.

[Also fuck.]

[yourghosthost]

[with spite in his voice:]

Hello, Tadashi.

[theduck]

[As if the hotel didn't have to deal with enough new guests today... but at least he hasn't, y'know, tried to destroy them all yet?]

Uh-- how long have you been... in the bird...?

[yourghosthost]

I once shared a body with a large, unpleasant man. After I was able to leave his body, I had taken on that form to travel through the Underworld without being spotted by the lord of the death.

I arrived here through the same portal that Tadashi did.

[darnsitall]

First a devil, then witches, and now a ghost! What a wonderful Halloween this is!

[SALLY, ROD JUST DIED.]