Week 5

[grimgrinningghosts]

[...So that was a mess. All of it was a mess, and things don't look to be improving any time soon. With tensions at an all-time high and conditions worsened, it seems pretty safe to say that this whole week promises a great deal of foreboding atmosphere.

But, hey, things aren't entirely bad. Just as Randall promised, you're now able to leave the Manor! 

Just don't stay out there for too long. There's still a lot of you, and you just can't afford to lose numbers.

24 guests remain]

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[pinkflip]

[ "You'll be able to leave," Randall said. Oh, well, it really isn't that simple.

Kimberly's kind of jumpy today, but it's nothing she can't get over. In the afternoon, she finds herself in the music room, nervously strumming a guitar. Playing to...relax herself, it seems?

Later on, toward the evening, Kim's putting up signs in the foyer, next to the door to the outside. They read as such: ]

Do not spend a long time outside! It is freezing and dangerous. Please take caution if you're going to explore.

[ ...Yeah, guess who didn't have a fun time earlier today. ]

How's that look, Saba?

[ Hanging on her belt, hesitating a moment: ] I believe it's straight, but Ms. Hart, I'm afraid to say I might be crooked.

...Oops.

Foyer

[bestchefinparis]

Is there even anything outside?

[Rémy didn't dare to go further than the door threshold. He knows there's ground, but other than that...well it just doesn't look like a good place to be at]

[pinkflip]

Yes. [ That's instant. ] I- I think.

[bestchefinparis]

...I don't know, I think it'll be better to not go outside at all. Take it from me, it feels extremely dangerous.

[Prey animal instincts, yeah]

[pinkflip]

I hear you, we just... [ She frowns. ] I'd like to figure out if there's anything we can use, to get out of here.

[ Then that frown turns right into a reassuring smile. ]

But anyone who can't defend themselves should stay right here. No one'll make you go out there.

[bestchefinparis]

I'd feel bad not doing anything if there's anything I can do to help...

[Not that he's in a hurry to go suffer outside]

[pinkflip]

...Hey. [ She turns her full attention to him with a sweet smile. ] No one wants you getting hurt, okay? You help out plenty.

[bestchefinparis]

Yeah, I suppose I do. [Maybe said a bit too quickly, but he doesn't want her to think he's undervaluing himself] Did you try taking a flashlight outside? I doubt it'll work for long, but there could be something written on the walls, just like there was something on the door.

[pinkflip]

I did, but it didn't help, like, at all. We need to find some kind of...more powerful light source. And, uh, something to drown out the sounds, if we're out there long enough.

[bestchefinparis]

The sounds..?

[He hadn't heard anything while being near the front door. Did he miss something, he wonders?]

[pinkflip]

The- the...you know. [ She looks kind of uncomfortable, like she wants to get away from the door. ] The whispers.

Later that night....

[fantasmick]

[Well Kim may be jumpy but eventually she's got to sleep that night, right?

And when she does, she will see a good new friend!]

Kim! Glad to see you're still alive!

[pinkflip]

[ She does jump, but this light place is much better than the shadows. ]

Mickey! Ohh, everything has gone so wrong. I'm so glad to see you.

[fantasmick]

[He frowns at that.]

I'm so sorry to hear that. Did you want to talk about it?

[pinkflip]

[ She plops down on the ground, miserably. No one else can see her here - no Hiro or Marco, no mom or Tommy - so she's free to just...fall apart, it feels. ]

Where do I start, about how a psychoduck broke our only way to contact the others outside, or how he manipulated a kid into getting executed?

[fantasmick]

The duck broke contact with the outside?

But you should start with the other thing first, that seems more worrying.

[pinkflip]

[ She's already sniffling. ]

He talked this innocent little boy into making a death trap for Randall, and it got Mr. Arrow instead! He didn't even know it'd kill anyone, and we had to- ohh, it was awful.

[fantasmick]

[Mickey is just going to gently pat Kim's back now.]

Oh Kim, I'm so sorry to hear that. Poor Pinocchio didn't deserve any of that.

[pinkflip]

He didn't! And because of those stupid rules, we had to...to- [ She rubs at her eyes with the back of her hand. ] I wanna go home. I hate this place.

[fantasmick]

H-hey!

[He moves to wrap an arm around her shoulder in a half hug.]

I'm so sorry Kim. This place is terrible. I'm so sorry I haven't been able to help you out yet.

[pinkflip]

[ Sitting there, knees up to her chest, Kim tries her best not to sob. ]

I- it's- it's not your fault we're here. [ Sniffles. ] Just- knowing someone's trying makes a-all the difference, you know? I j-just... Have you found them? R-Rod and the others?

[fantasmick]

I'm afraid not yet. There's a lot of locations and universes out there and even if they tried signalling me that still leads so many places for me to look over. And right now trying to find a weakspot in the manor is a higher priority for myself right now.

[pinkflip]

[ She tries not to let this get her down. Tries, but it's hard. ]

R- right. Of course. We- we're in the middle of this...this big...black thing, and there's all these whispers outside, and- d-does that help?