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

[arpeggiositar]

[Yeah, that wasn't very helpful, but Demyx refrains from saying that. Instead he takes one of the still unopened chess boards]

You played this before? I guess I'll just...spend fifteen minutes or so with this. Better this than staring at the wall for an hour, right?

[Yeah, he's desperate if he's turning to chess. Needless to say, he's a complete beginner]

[chainbroke]

[ She shakes her head, deciding to look at the pieces instead of him. ]

No, I've... never had the time or chance to play games. But maybe we can figure it out...

[arpeggiositar]

Ah, true, you haven't got time with that, what with the... [The being trapped in castles and stuff. Sucks to be you, Naminé] That doesn't matter. You're here and that's what matters right now. Forget about the rest for now.

[Demyx manages to set up the board, just making the mistakes of placing the rooks in the place of the bishops, but other than that it's fine]

So how're you getting along with everyone? Strange bunch of people, eh?

[chainbroke]

[ She shouldn't be surprised that Demyx is saying something like that and yet... she is. ]

I'll... I'll try.

[ Being comforted by Demyx. There's a new one. ]

Strange... maybe. Everyone is very kind. It's... nice. [ She smiles. ] And I even have my own room. What about you?

[arpeggiositar]

It's...odd. I hadn't been living for so long among random people ever since, well... [Ever since he had his heart, even though he doesn't really remember much from the times before that] But it's nice! I think I like it.

I have been hanging out with that Mike guy. Kinda reminds me of a cheerier Axel, somehow. Between you and me, I dunno if I should talk with Ax--uh, Lea.

[It's weird to talk with the person Axel used to be. The first encounter went well- Demyx moves a random pawn forward without giving it much thought]

So that Mike guy's nice enough to spend some time with.

[chainbroke]

It's... very different, yes, from what either of us are used to. We don't have to... really do anything, do we?

[ No missions. No rescues. No orders, no manipulations, no lies. ... Mostly. ]

It's... it's so strange, seeing him like that. So young. [ Her lips tremble, and she looks down. ] It's a little... difficult to talk with him.

[arpeggiositar]

Are you scared? I mean, I'm unsure about him because it's weird to think of him and Axel as the same person, but I'm not scared of him.

[Demyx will get over that. Maybe you will too, Naminé]

[chainbroke]

Oh, no! I'm not scared at all... Axel, he--

[ She bites her lip. ]

He was my friend. It's just... so strange, to see him as Lea, and to know that he doesn't know who I am.