WEEK 5

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Wander and Sylvia are dead, the Ghost Host was snuffed out like a light, and Tarzan is nowhere to be seen. It seems like in an instant everything is changed, not just the circumstances, but the mansion itself. It feels like it's gotten significantly colder in the mansion, and you might also start seeing bugs out of the corner of you eyes, darting away into darkness the moment you try to focus on them.

And, starting this week, any and all ghosts are eerily absent but at the same time, no matter where you go, you feel like you're being watched by something. To make matters worse, the attic doors have been nailed open. 

But there are some bright spots in this week. When you wake up on Sunday, you'll find that you have a brand new tuxedo hanging up on your bedroom door, in your exact size. Later, if you're curious enough to try going from the second floor to the attic, you'll find that there's a whole new floor to explore, but this time it's just comprised of two rooms: a smallish but serviceable laundry room and an expansive casino with an attached bar.

Don't tell Jiminy about this he will have a heart attack.

Feel free to explore, but maybe you want to keep away from the Stretching Room for awhile. Somebody cut the noose on the hanging corpse.

17 guests remain.]

[ SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY ]

{OOC: Don't forget to fill our your Week 4 Activity Check!}

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[grimgrinningghosts]

[somewhere, maybeck seizes up. voices sound from nowhere.]

Come one! Come all!
Hide your children, nail down the rug
Fill the floorboard holes with plugs!
Oh crap! He's here!
Empty out your jars and jugs,
Cover up the cups and mugs,
For it's the awful king of...

[splitaseam]

[From a trapdoor beneath the spotlight...something appears before our guests, in a swarm of colorful insects.

the lights come up. you may have been distracted by that singing, but you're definitely able to notice that there's...a lot of bugs. everywhere. all around you.]

BUGS!

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

It's time that ol' Oogie Boogie comes to town,
It's time that my bugs come up from the ground,
Anything that slithers, crawls or skitters 'round,
Today is now the Haunted Mansion Holiday!
It's the day I give the jitters out in heaps!
It's the day you're guaranteed to get the creeps!
Everything is creepy crawly on my day of bugs!

CREEPY CRAWLY!
ANTHROPODS OF EVERY COLLAR!
CREEPY CRAWLY!

HERE TO SNATCH YOUR BOTTOM DOLLAR!
BINGOS, CRAPS, ROULETTE FOR YOU TO PLAY!
THROW YOUR CASH AT CREEPY CRAWLY DAY!

[...this is what you have to live with now.]

[amadeusrockette]

[Julia screams and falls backwards. SHE IS NOT ABOUT THIS LIFE.]

[terribibble]

[Fiddleford puts out an arm to try and steady her. Or maybe he just grabs onto her because he, too, is freaking the fuck out. It's fine.]

Sweet Jesus--

[splitaseam]

CREEPY CRAWLY!
SERPENTS OPEN UP THEIR GULLETS!
CREEPY CRAWLY!

Feeding on your fattened wallets!
Cross your fingers, pray that you won't pay!
Lose yourself to gambler's folly
In this slimy carnivale,
Serves you right on Creepy Crawly Day!

That's right! I'm here!
Who would like to try their luck?
You could win an easy buck!
That's right! I'm here!
Don't be just another schmuck,
Drag yourself out of the muck!
Else you're just a sitting...
Duck!

[the bugs are everywhere. definitely on their legs. they're doing a choreographed dance routine.]

[sixfingeredstan]

[Ford lets out a very undignified yell, shaking bugs off his legs. This is not going great. Not even a little.]

WHO ARE YOU?!

[kindaruledatit]

[Wendy also lets out a somewhat undignified yell as she jumps again, shaking off those dancing bugs whenever she can.]

What are you?!

[splitaseam]

It's that time ol' Oogie Boogie comes to town,
It's that time my bugs come up from underground,
It's that the king of bugs will double down,
For your lives are now Creepy Crawly Day!
You could be a smorgasbord for insect-kind!
If you complain you'll be wined and dined!
Once a year, the spiders reel in
All the chumps who lost the dealin'
Suckin' down the suckers gone astray!
So try your hardest not to bust on Creepy Crawly Day!

[There's another cackle! That's the end of that routine, at least.]

[toogoodforhim]

[So bugs, right. Bugs are everywhere. They're kind of annoying, you have to brush mites off your horse and sometimes your bread gets eaten by beetles and sometimes they eat into your closet.

THIS IS TOO MANY BUGS.

He wants to go full wine-stomping on this shit right now but instead Maui's wrist is getting a white-knuckled death grip.]

Just when I thought it couldn't get any worse.

[wannagetsmote]

[ Don't worry, Lefou, you're getting lifted up onto his shoulders now. No bugs here. ]

Dude. Come on. Gross.

[toogoodforhim]

[This is acceptable.

Holy shit he might be able to touch the ceiling from here.]

Are you okay, big guy?

[ilovepuppies]

[Star could not be any less impressed.]

Tryhaaaaaard~

[splitaseam]

Oh, pipe down, lady! You're just jealous of ol Ooogie's style!

[aboyandhiscar]

[WATCHING UR CONVO...]

Star, you're not wrong, but let's reel it in a bit--!

[chainbroke]

[ oh no

nope.

she remembers this guy from Sora's memories.

TIME TO LEAVE, IF SHE COULD she's just. Standing at the doors, waiting until they open. Nope. ]

[kindaruledatit]

[There's a WHOLE LOTTA BUGS around here, and she totally understands if you don't want to be here, Namine.

Too bad they can't leave, so everything sucks forever.]

Hey, you okay?

[defyingfrigidity]

[GOOOD LORD Elsa can't fight back the strangled scream as this guy appears. She's also not trying to clam up her powers at all now. If the bugs get frozen as frost starts crawling along the floor, so be it]

[pardonmylanguage]

[SCREAMING. And possibly trying to shake off the bugs on her legs.]

Get off! If you can dance you can understand me, so if you get squashed after I ask you to get off it's your own fault!

[amadeusrockette]

This is worse than a clown.

[She just!!! Assumed!!! The carnival music meant it was gonna be a clown!!! HOW DOES THIS PLACE CONSTANTLY ONE-UP HER EXPECTATIONS.]

[aboyandhiscar]

Guys, guys! Just--play it cool. This is freaky weird, but they're not hurting us, yet.

Look, they're even. . .dancing. Sort of? Let's see this out.

[terribibble]

BUGS SHOULD NOT BE DANCIN', MIKE!

[kindaruledatit]

[Okay Wendy is jumping back, anxiously avoiding the swarm around them. THIS IS FAR TOO MANY BUGS FOR HER LIKING]

Why are they singing? Why do they have to be singing?

[aboyandhiscar]

Holy--

[mike ain't scared of bugs but he sure is VASTLY CONFUSED.]

Should we like, be stepping on these or--??

[trashcubes]

[Please don't commit bug murder in front of our pet cockroach if you can help it, Mike]

[aboyandhiscar]

[wall e my dude cover your pet's eyes this might get ugly. Also try not to roll over any.]