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]

[SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY]

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

Comments

[astronomics]

[ Having spent the first motive week hallucinating her dead friends, Jyn has decided very firmly that outside sounds like a bad place to be. And she does very good at avoiding the elephants, for a while! She spends some more time floating in the pool, or in the kitchen trying to... do something with a bunch of baking goods? It doesn't seem to be totally working.

But eventually, on her way to grab a book at the library, one of the elephants finds and touches her.

Oh shit.

She ends up kind of... pressed against one of the bookshelves, wide-eyed and breathing heavily. ]

It's not... I didn't... I'm sorry.

[ And then she kind of... slumps down the bookshelf until she's sitting on the ground.

... so yeah uh warning this prompt is gonna be very about death!! The kitchen prompt is the fun one! ]

Library because I enjoy suffering

[sorrydoods]

[Soos has managed to avoid the elephants mainly out of pure luck at this point, despite what he may think. That doesn't stop him from understanding what's going on here.]

Jyn? Are...are you alright?

[He crouches down so their eye to eye, but he won't get too close just to make sure he doesn't get a repeat of what happened with Freddie on Sunday.]

[astronomics]

I don't... they're...

[ it's a bad time but she doesn't look super Panicky??? ]

[sorrydoods]

Uh...um...

[Okay, okay, how do you calm someone down when they're hallucinating? Probably by being as comforting as possible, right?

Soos is gonna get a little closer.]

Okay, Jyn, whatever you're seeing, it...it isn't real, okay? It's just a hallucination, okay?

[astronomics]

No, it's... they're right there, I can hear them.

[sorrydoods]

I swear, they're fake! I-I'll prove it...um...

[Think, think, think! How can he prove they're not real?

Suddenly, an idea!]

Where are they? Point me to where they are.

library why the fuck would i do something that's NOT suffering

[pinkflip]

[ ...Yeah, she. Kim recognizes that look. She recognizes that stance. It's how she's sure she looked, yesterday.

She approaches carefully, not getting too close. ]

Hey... Hey, Jyn? It's Kim, can you hear me?

idk maybe we could be pure and wholesome for one day in this fuck of a murdergame

[astronomics]

Kim? I... yes, but...

[ Points at empty space! ]

sounds fake

[pinkflip]

[ She glances, sees nothing. ]

No, look at me. I'm here. [ She...doesn't know if Jyn's seeing her in a horrific way too, but she bets it's preferable to whatever else is out there. ]

[astronomics]

I... you don't see them?

[pinkflip]

Only you see them, Jyn. They're in your head.

[astronomics]

But they're right there!

[pinkflip]

[ She shakes her head gently. ]

It's- it's those stupid elephants. Whoever you're seeing, they're not here.

[astronomics]

They're... Of course they're not.

[ She shakes her head. ]

I don't... are you sure?

kitchen

[angelgoatdemon]

[Well howdy! He's about to bake yet another batch of brownies for the manor, and what better way to bond with a fellow guest through sweet desserts?]

Aa-aaah.

[He waves at Jyn with a hoof-hand. Does she need help or anything?]

[astronomics]

[ Oh sup, goat guy? ]

Oh, uh... I'm just trying to find some things.

[angelgoatdemon]

Oh!!!

[May he offer you a spatula in these trying times? There's a couple of cooking utensils too as he does his best to help.]

huge library party

[kickbuttseatnuts]

[Allene needed something new to read before bed, although she's been reluctant to go places with tight corners that she might not be able to see big pink fella hiding behind.

That is not a pink fella on the ground. It looks a lot more like someone important and caring in the middle of a crisis.

She's by her said, hand on her shoulder, in an instant.]

Honey? Its okay- I'm here.

real big library shindig

[astronomics]

[ Haha oh boy Jyn brings a hand up to grab Allene's, eyes still wide. ]

A-Allene?

fucking raves and dabs in here

[kickbuttseatnuts]

[She has to resist the instinct to look around to make sure no one heard that because how dare you, how dare you think something like that right now]

Yeah, its me. We're right here, in the library.

raves, dabs, has a hallucinatory episode

[astronomics]

[ Jyn looks around. ]

It's... but they're here too. You shouldn't... I...

[ Points at... empty space. ]

[kickbuttseatnuts]

[Goodness. What do you even do in this situation? Should you indulge the hallucination or panic her more by telling her they aren't there.]

....Who are they?

[astronomics]

T-The Pontas, and Saw, and... everyone else who might still be alive if it weren't for...

[ "me." ]

[kickbuttseatnuts]

[oh god. oh geez. oh wow. She squeezes her hand.]

Are they saying anything? I can't hear them.

[astronomics]

They're just standing there, asking- asking why I'm still alive.