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week 3

Week 3

[Well, someone took the bait last week, and now two people (if either of them could really be called a person) are dead. Not only that, it seems like your first host is now out of commission and replaced by someone who claims to be The Phantom. While he may not be incredibly worse than Facilier yet, it would be a stretch to say he's an improvement.

But, things aren't all bad! When the guests wake up on Sunday, they will find the stairs in the foyer are now open, leading to a whole new floor to explore!

And there's booze so no one will have to drink vinegar anymore.

28 guests remain]

[SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY]

[OOC: and don't forget to fill out this week's activity check!]

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[Louis has brought a variety of new things that he's received from the slot machine today. In his arms, he's carrying a whole stack of dollar bills, some champagne, the envelope addressed to 'Rod Serling' (whoever that is), and a squirming black-and-white kitten. He holds it up for everyone to see, trying not to get scratched by its claws.]

Is this anyone's cat?

[Pinocchio's face lights up as soon as he spots Louis' pile of stuff. He'd recognize that furry demon anywhere.]

Oh! It's Figaro!

[Please stop shoving his pets into the slot machine?]

[since when were small wooden children allowed to have pets

Well since Pinocchio knows its name he's just going to place it gently on the ground to rejoin its owner.]

Figaro, huh? Cute name. Why are live animals comin' out of the machine?

[He scoops Figaro up off of the ground and sets him on the table, near Cleo's fishbowl. He figures the two of them would probably want to see each other again after being stuck in a machine for... an indefinite period of time.]

I dunno! But Cleo came out of it, too.

...Y'know, it's kinda weird. Almost all of my family is here now.

[like. 3/5ths.]

Your...family. Consisting of a fish and a cat?

[Well, stranger things have happened, but...still? Sort of weird? He wouldn't trust a kitten and a fish to look after some weird doll toddler.]

If it can dispense live critters, maybe it'll give us somethin' to actually get us out of here. Like, a key to the front door or somethin'.

Pets are family.

[obviously.]

I dunno. It's mostly givin' us stuff from home, isn't it? And those weird dolls...

[I MEAN, FAIR

Louis shudders--he had briefly glanced at one of those...things earlier and had vowed to stay far, far away from those things.]

Ech. I try and stay as far away from voodoo as possible. There's some nasty stuff that can happen if you mess with it too much. Just...don't fool around with 'em if you get 'em.

Really?

[He glances over at the two Oswald voodoo dolls he'd brought in for the meeting, and then picks one of them up.]

What sorta stuff?

[YIKES OK

LOUIS DOESN'T LIKE THAT]

U-Um. It...it makes you do stuff or feel pain or...or whatever the person likes, if they have the doll. A lotta p-p-people use it for evil. If you excuse th-the metaphor, s'like b-being a puppet for the person who c-controls the doll.

[He gulps.] M-Maybe you ought to p-put that down.

I'm not gonna hurt it or anything.

[Though he does tug on one of the doll's arms a bit before setting it back down.]

I don't even know who this is supposed to be a doll of. What if it's not a real person? Sometimes dolls are just dolls.

Well, look at Minnie. Does she look like any mouse you've ever seen?

[sorry minnie he still loves you]

I think it's supposed to be a...a....[He squints at it, tilting his head.] Actually, I'm not too sure what it is.

I've never seen any other mouse before... except for Basil, I guess. She seems normal to me, though.

[his world is full of nothing but inconsistencies concerning how animals work so he. uh. really shouldn't be the one to judge this.]

Me, either. So it's probably not supposed to look like a real person, right? I don't think anything'll actually happen.

[on one hand he's trying to reassure Louis but on the other hand he wants to justify messing around with the dolls more]

Oh. Okay, then.

[He keeps forgetting this child is like...what, three weeks old by now?]

Well, I sure HOPE not. I don't want anythin' to do with that sorta magic. It's, um...[He leans down to whisper:] it's the kind of stuff Facilier did.

[Maybe that'll convince him.]

It is?

[.....]

Cool. He musta been really good at magic, then.

[pinocchio]

Well, yeah, for all the wrong reasons. He turned my friends into frogs and tried to put the whole town under his control. And maybe steal a few souls here and there.

There's nothing wrong with being a frog... but I guess stealing souls is probably pretty bad.

[probably. what's a soul]

It's awful--from what I've heard, if you get your soul stolen, you get all your emotions and stuff sucked outta you. You don't feel anythin'. Your eyes get all nasty-like and, and glowy!

[As he talks, he gets more and more agitated. It's unclear how much of this Louis has actually heard versus what he's made up in his panicked mindset.]

At the very most, you'll be a shamblin' husk, unable to recognize even your best friends! You wither away, day by day, 'till you're nothin' but dust. You'll be lost inside your own mind, 'cept you won't even have any thoughts 'bout anythin'! It's...it's--

[He takes several deep breaths, trying to calm himself down.]

Gee... that sounds awful!

[But Louis, uh. Definitely seems to be more shaken up over the whole concept than Pinocchio is.]

Well, um... we don't have to worry about it anymore, 'cause the voodoo guy's not really around, right? So it's okay!

Y-Yeah. I...I guess not. He's no longer here. We ain't gotta worry 'bout it.

[It sounds like he's trying to reassure himself more than Pinocchio.]

S-Sorry 'bout that, heh. Um. I've heard--heck, I've seen some scary stuff.

[Good lord Louis let's hope you didn't traumatize Pinocchio. Probably not but]

Right!

[Pinocchio's trying to reassure Louis more than he is himself so it's... fine. He's fine. This is fine.]

Um... yeah, it sure sounds like it... but I dunno, I guess I thought magic was always supposed to be good before. Even if it's scary sometimes.

[It's a lesson he was bound to learn eventually? But he probably could've gone without the horrifying level of detail, thanks Louis!]

W-Well. Um. I suppose there is good magic, it's just...for most people, I guess it's hard to not turn to evil when you have that kinda power. I sorta know this voodoo queen called Mama Odie, and she's pretty nice. Crazy, but nice.

[Mama Odie's been on this Earth for far too long to be evil to anyone. Except, maybe evildoers.]

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[ GASP ]

A kitty cat! Ohhh, the poor little dear, must've been so...cramped and confused in there!

Yeah... I wonder how long he was in there for. And he's probably real confused that he's not at home anymore.

[He's glad Figaro at least seems happier now that he's out, but he can't help but wonder if there's other pets stuck in that machine or something.]

...You pulled a cat out? A live one?

Y...Yeah. It was really weird. I think last week Squirrel Girl got a cat, too? I think her name was Mew Mew.

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