THE MOCK WEEK

[grimgrinningghosts]

[You find yourself waking in a large dressing room, incredibly spacious, but in intense disarray. The bed is comfortable enough, and each room seems to be equipped with a working bathroom and shower, so it's at least livable. But aesthetically, the place has hit the floor.

The horrifying clock mounted on the wall reads 9 am. After enough searching, you'll find a large tourist-y map of the studio on one of the dressers. An ominous note attached to the map with a paperclip reads "12PM WAITING AREA". It's not like you have any choice in the matter, seeing as there doesn't seem to be any way out.

Upon exiting the dressing room, you note a crooked star attached to the door bearing your name. There are 24 others like this, bearing names that you may or may not recognize. A quick tour around the studio reveals it to be in a similar state of disrepair, but something doesn't sit...right with you. Though the place is certainly creepy, you get strange vibes as you explore the building. As you move about the dust-filled halls of the abandoned building, you may spot movement out of the corner of your eye, or hear strange noises from behind you. It's nothing to be worried about, though...right?

At the very least, you'll find some comfort. The projection room and attached theater still seem to be in working order, though you'll have to manually grab one of the reels off the wall and start the thing yourself. In addition, the waiting area and lounge are both filled with reading materials, and the later features a large stage and a microphone. The commissary seems to replenish itself with food whenever you take your eyes off of it, ensuring that we won't be going hungry anytime soon. There are also cabinets full of ingredients and a small kitchen should you not trust whatever your benefactor is placing out for you.

Fortunately for them, the smaller individuals amongst your party won't find a great deal of difficulty moving around. Though their beds remain oversized, there seem to be appropriately-sized staircases and escalators placed about in appropriate spots, so as to make their lives easier. After all, they can't just keep relying on the others to get up to the cabinets and such, can they?

While you're waiting to find out what the deal here is, you might as well come out and socialize.]

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Part prompt, part INVESTIGATION

[pinkflip]

[With that out of the way... Kimberly's really starting to get impatient here. She's never been kidnapped for more than a day, and she can't help but feel herself getting more and more nervous by the hour. She has to do something to keep busy.

...And let's be honest, that something can't be "beat up a bunch of weasels" because she's only seen them twice.

So she leans into the mystery aspect of this and starts to look around. This means digging through the costume storage and prop storage rooms, because they sure seem to have a lot of interesting things in them, right? ...Also because she is...a little tired of wearing the same thing, day after day. Okay, really tired, her sundress is comfy but a girl is not meant to reuse the same outfit twice in one week. She doesn't even have makeup to reapply, and most of hers has washed off now.

Kimberly's looking for interesting outfits, therefore, or at least things she could wear in a normal day. ...Or makeup. Or, you know. Something more useful to their situation, like a hidden passage or a clue to where they are besides "haha Doomtown." Prop storage hunting is more devoted to...well, she's a gymnast. She's just itching for a balance beam.

After all that, she'll idly look around the studio lounge. This time's not really for investigation; rather, she's quite interested in that karaoke machine. What's it have? Maybe she could sing a few bars of something to calm her nerves.

[grimgrinningghosts]

[The costume storage and prop storage rooms both have quite a number of things to go through. Where are we going first, Kimberly?]

[pinkflip]

[Costumes, obviously. What's the room look like? ...Are there dresses?]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[There are dresses! It's a fairly disorganized room - it seems like a lot of people have been through here. One wall is a large rack filled with clothing from top to bottom, filled with clothes that will fit onto people and animals of all shapes and sizes. Most of this stuff looks vintage, too.]

[pinkflip]

[Oh, it's like her closest after trying to pick out an outfit for a date, she's got it. How vintage is vintage? ...I ask because she's from the 90s so.]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[1940s-era.]

[pinkflip]

[Cute, she's never been to the 1940s. Are any of them pink? Please let her have a pink dress.]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[There's one in here! Might look better in blue, though.

There's a tag on the inside. Written in marker on it is "AURORA.]

[pinkflip]

[Silly meta-text, everything best in pink. Kim takes a note of the tag, though she'll remove it. Stick it in a pocket.] Another mysterious name...

[With the dress set to the side, she's going to look through the large clothing rack. There's really things for animals here? That's thoughtful, since they've got a few mice and a cricket.]

Lounge

[pardonmylanguage]

[Tip sidles up to peer at the karaoke machine.] What've they got on there?

[pinkflip]

Hi, Tip! [A bright grin, despite...this morning.] Everything. Stuff I don't even recognize!

[pardonmylanguage]

[She looks at the list herself.] Huh...some of these are from my time, I think, so it makes sense you wouldn't recognize them.

[pinkflip]

Ohhh, future music? [She takes a step back.] Pick me out your favorite thing. What do people listen to twenty years in the future?

[pardonmylanguage]

[She flips through the CDs.] Well...here's one my mom used to put on a lot. [It's a pretty peppy rock song, good for dancing to.] I'm pretty sure I know the lyrics by heart now. [Mun does not want to go searching for actual music right now, haha.]

[pinkflip]

[NO WORRIES HANDWAVE AHOY] Ohhh... This is kinda nice. A bit more... Aha, it's a lil' weird, but I like it. [She lets it play as she looks through other song books.] What'd really be good? If we had some instruments.

[pardonmylanguage]

I don't really play any instruments, unless you count the recorder training I got in music class. You know how to play?

costume room

[rollerscoater]

[Bianca is carefully walking around the room, inspecting anything that may have been left on the floor.]

Where do they get all of this?

[pinkflip]

[Hi, Bianca! Kimberly has a pink dress over her shoulder, and a collection of other articles, the results of her investigating.]

I dunno, but there sure is a lot! There's even stuff your size.

[rollerscoater]

He's certainly prepared. Do you think he's really done this before that many times?

[pinkflip]

I, uh... I don't know. He does seem like he's got a few bases covered. [Which is...uncomfortable.]

[rollerscoater]

I'm sure people would notice, but... I have been thinking. What year is it for you? Everything here is so old-fashioned, and people do not seem to understand.

[pinkflip]

Uhh, end of 1995. Tip said she's from 2012... Are you from the future too, Bianca?

[rollerscoater]

So the times are different! It was 1977 when I left. I worried because of that poor boy, Roxas, since he had mentioned worlds -- I thought I'd misunderstood.

costume storage

[kindaruledatit]

[Speak for yourself. Wendy was taught not to waste, which means wearing the same shirt for a week is fine, right?

Wendy herself wanted to join in the investigating herself, since that seemed to be what everyone was up to, so she strolls into the costume storage, eventually spotting kim looking around.]

Kim! Find a way out yet?

Re: costume storage

[pinkflip]

[The investigation is moooostly done now, she's just looking for other clothes - skirts, blouses, the occasional pair of pants. She can't find any crop tops or woman's shorts, so she's sort of given up on that, but she's got enough to be stylish and also ready to kick butt if needed.

...And is checking out a nice selection of hats, don't give her that look.] Hi! Unless cute all the cute '40s chic can be used as a battering ram? Nope.