WEEK 2

[grimgrinningghosts]

[One week. One week spent in the Haunted Mansion, and nothing seems to have changed. The hinges still creak in doorless chambers, strange and frightening sounds still echo through and you still occasionally catch a flicker of candlelight out of the corner of your eye. You might be slowly becoming familiar with the mundanity of this communal life, and we've recognized that possibility.

Something has to give.]

[SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY]

{ooc: Don't forget to turn in your week 1/intro AC! As per murdergame tradition, this begins our new weekly schedule - Tuesday and onwards are locked for the motive. Everybody's just working for the weekend.

Additionally, a few people this week are going to get tagged by...something. If you'd like to opt out of this, please let us know.}

Comments

[wannagetsmote]

[He could argue, but he's raw strength rather than sheer speed. So he backs off, easing back down the stairs. Once he's settled, he motions to Sylvia.]

Good luck, Grumpy.

[thetimebomb]

[She sticks her tongue out at Maui.]

I don't need luck, Mudboy.

[She readies herself and sprints up the stairs as fast as possible. To be fair, she is going pretty fast and if running fast could break the magic, she'd have a good shot at it... Until she trips on one of the steps and comes tumbling down the stairs. She finds herself right at Maui's feet with nothing gained but a few new bruises.]

If I hear one peep outta you...

[wannagetsmote]

[And a peep she wouldn't get. At least right away. Maui was far too busy studying the stairwell, frown on his face. Sylvia was far fast than he was, maybe the fastest in the building. And if she couldn't break the spell?]

Good hustle. Guess we got answers now.

[thetimebomb]

[Sylvia blinks, actually surprised that Maui didn't even chuckle at her. After a pause, she hops back onto her feet.]

Ugh, I guess so. But I really wanna know what's up there now. If it was something really bad they would have just sealed the wall... right?

[wannagetsmote]

Unless you're that old guy, a sealed wall is usually a surefire way of not getting someone to think twice. My guess? It's like this intentionally. To give us hope of something more? To watch us grasp at vines in hopes of getting out. [He blinked, a little surprised at himself.]

Or maybe it's just for exercise.

[thetimebomb]

If they wanted to give us exercise, I'd rather they'd give us an actual gym. These stairs just feel like they're constantly taunting me.

[wannagetsmote]

Huh...

What do you think would happen if I threw you?

[thetimebomb]

Wait, whaddya mean what would happen if you threw me?

[She has an idea of what Maui is talking about, but she's not sure she likes this idea.]

[wannagetsmote]

Listen... Neither one of us can run fast enough. But I can throw things hard and fast. Maybe if I toss you up there, we can break the spell?

[thetimebomb]

Maui, that has got to be the stupidest idea I've heard in awhile.

[... Sylvia deflates a little.]

But I really don't have any other ideas on how to get outta here.

[Why is she agreeing to this why is she agreeing to this]

[wannagetsmote]

Well smart ideas clearly aren't working. Now we have to get creative.

[Maui knelt down, holding his arms open wide.]

C'mon, Grumpy. Let's do it.

[thetimebomb]

[She accepts the offer, looking very determined for someone who just said this was a terrible idea.]

Whatever you say, Mudboy!

[wannagetsmote]

[Without a word, Maui wrapped his sausage fingers his hands around Sylvia's form. He heaved her up into the air, not unlike a soccer player might prepare for a throw-in. Planting his feet, he bent his arms back and released a breath.]

Here goes nothing.

[Actually, here goes Sylvia, flying up the stairs.]

[thetimebomb]

[Sylvia lets out a battle cry as she is flung over the stairs. She makes some distances until she... loses altitude and is rammed face first into the stairs. She flops over until she is once again at the bottom of the stairs, looking much worse for wear than the last time she fell.]

Ow...

[Grop she's in so much pain. Is this what dying feels like? This feels like dying.]

[wannagetsmote]

[Well... that definitely did not go to plan. And while Maui wasn't usually the caring for others type (not outwardly, at least), if Sylvia wound up dead, well... He knew whose shoulders hat would be on.

And he definitely didn't want to see what happened to killers in this game they were playing.]

You alive up there, Grumpy? Should I, uh, get someone for you?

[thetimebomb]

[There is a no response from upstairs. Sylvia is dead- wait no after a tiny bit, Maui should hear some groaning as Sylvia finally gets up.]

No I'll be fine. That just hurt a lot worse than I thought it would.

[wannagetsmote]

[Well, if she's alive then it's time to focus on more important things. Things that don't involve helping her up or offering to get her something.]

I think you're too big. We need someone smaller to throw. One of the kids, maybe? Light, but not too light!

[thetimebomb]

[Thanks Maui, you're a real pal.

She eases her way back down the stairs. She is so tempted to call Maui out on that "too big" comment but decides against it for now.]

This isn't going to work. Whatever is keeping us from going upstairs isn't going to break just by tossing people up here.