WEEK 7

[grimgrinningghosts]

[You've all been here for well over a month and it's getting harder and harder to keep spirits up. There has been small hope thanks to a mysterious person talking to you through your dreams. A small hope that maybe you'll be able to escape and get your friends back, but you'll have to escape first.

There are no new floors to explore, the outside area remains the same as it's always been. Might as well get comfy here.

11 guests remain.]

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[kindaruledatit]

[Despite a concentrated effort on their part, multiple times, in fact... the ghosts didn't answer. They never found their friends. Their attempts failed.

Wendy, for the most part, didn't do much after that. The week was coming and going, and everything felt a bit more... empty, all of a sudden. She can be found earlier in the day in the study sitting at the huge desk, feet propped up on the table as she plays with her phone.

her eyes run over old text messages, pictures with her friends back in Gravity falls, and then it suddenly changes to pictures of her in here, with her new friends, people that are alive and dead.

And then, the unthinkable happens. Her phone dies.]

...[She gives a rough sigh, letting it drop out of her hands onto the floor.] Perfect.

[Later, she's gone for a change of scenery, now outside in the graveyard, busy sharpening her axe with a rock as she sits against a gravestone. She's not doing great, but the fresh air is a bit helpful.]

graveyard

[chainbroke]

[ It still makes her nervous to come out here, but... Wendy's out here, and so Naminé decides to join her. ]

Hi, Wendy.

[kindaruledatit]

[Come on out, Namine. It's pretty empty out here.]

Huh? Hey, dudette. [she offers Namine a smile and sets down her axe. She knows how it makes the girl nervous.] How's it hanging?

graveyard!

[aboyandhiscar]

[Mike's up in some trees--closest things to dang skyscrapers around here--just trying to get some exercise and trying to jump to branch to branch. He's no Tarzan though, so there's a heckuva lot of rustling in the leaves and bushes. What could it be???]

[kindaruledatit]

[...??

The bushes rustle and shake, and Wendy's instantly on her feet, and heading towards the commotion.

??? Okay, she's never seen the trees shaking like this. Nothing a little old elbow grease can't fix though... Which means kicking, she's giving the tree a few kicks.]

Hey! Any squirrels up there?

[aboyandhiscar]

[Fun fact: it is really freaking hard to keep your balance or try not to slip while standing in a tree wearing boots.

Which is to say when Wendy gives the tree some shakes with that kicking, Mike tumbles right on out, grabbing a branch at the last second. He kinda looks like a cat that forgot how to climb down.]

--woah, WOAH easy there! No squirrels, just me!

[kindaruledatit]

Whoa! [Jumping back like geeze, she did not expect this to happen. They almost had another trial on their hands.

Seeing Mike there... is probably the last thing she expected though. Huh.]

Sorry man, didn't think it was you. [uhh.] What are you doing up there?

[aboyandhiscar]

[The true murderer was Wendy all along. Mike just....hangs there....looking to the tree, and then the ground. He shrugs as much as he's able.]

Oh, you knwo, just getting some fresh air! Aaand mostly just trying to burn off some energy. Not much else to hop off of around here, you know?

[kindaruledatit]

And... you're planning to do that by climbing trees? [Geeze, that's...] Dude, you're pretty hardcore.

[And she smiles, like she totally didn't almost kill a friend by accident.]

Hey, any room up in those trees for one more?

[aboyandhiscar]

Don't see why not, branches for everyone! [He swings a little, trying to build some momentum, until he's finally able to flip himself back up on the branch. Safe!!]

Weather's great up here! Not much of a view though, what with, the never ending woods and graves, heh. C'mon up.

[kindaruledatit]

[Low whistle. Nice. One side.

[And a- hup! And she's climbing up the tree after him. She's pretty good at this, even without a lot of clear footholds.]

I'd love a good view, even if it's nothing

[aboyandhiscar]

It's one of the best views of nothing you'll ever have, at least! It's surprising that we even get this much, to be honest. [That's better than nothing!! He'll make room on the branch.]

You scrambled up fast, it's like you're a natural.

[kindaruledatit]

Oh yeah, my dad made me compete in all these lumberjack games when I was younger. I basically ruled at it.

[Thumbs up! She finds a branch she can put her feet on now that she's up here.]

You're not so bad yourself, you know?

Study

[whistlenotchirp]

[Alright, he's curious.]

Something going wrong on your... box-phone?

[kindaruledatit]

[She glances up, face set in a deeply annoyed look.]

My cellphone. It's... dead. [She gestures to the little flip gizmo on the floor.] It ran out of power.

[whistlenotchirp]

[wha

he steps closer to it warily, peeking at it nervously.]

...do we have to investigate its death?

[kindaruledatit]

...What? No, no it- I mean, probably not?

[The phone opens up and bits Jiminy, a trial wi-no, it doesn't do anything, because it is a phone.]

It's just out of power. If I could charge it, I would, but I kind of left my charger at home.

[She didn't think she'd be taking a trip.... for two months.]

[whistlenotchirp]

...Charge...r?

[He's so old but he's trying really hard.]

Out of power... so its out of energy and can't work anymore... [Sort of a commentary on life, in a way.]

[kindaruledatit]

Yeah, it... [....Sigh.] You know, it's really not that important, you know?

[She doesn't want to give the old guy a headache.]

Yeah, it can't work anymore. At least until I can give it some more power. Just, really sucks that it died now. I was looking at some pictures of... our friends.

[whistlenotchirp]

[He's never... seen a phone, but he hears they're connected to cords of electricity. So maybe these need like a... temporary cord connection?? Wallace was electric, but he was pretty mobile.

He was gonna pester with more questions but his features soften at that. He'll give her shoe a pat pat.] Oh. Happy ones I expect?

[kindaruledatit]

[He wouldn't be too far off if he did say that. But she didn't want to confuse him all at once.

She's even somewhat appreciative of his kind gesture.]

Yup. Plenty of good pics from back home, and here too. Great pictures with WALL-E and Kiara and some others.

[whistlenotchirp]

[Wendy is deffo his favorite. Which he'll never admit because grumpy old man but. She's a good kid.]

Well, golly gosh. Is there really no way of bringing them back in this place? [It'd be nice for people to see the faces of old friends every once in a while.]

[kindaruledatit]

[She appreciates it, old man.]

Well... maybe Mcgucket and Ford can come up with something. [If anyone could build a cellphone charger, it was them.]

At least the pictures aren't gone forever. You just can't see them right now.

[whistlenotchirp]

They are a clever duo...

Oh, that's good. Seeing folks happy is better than being stuck with the, uh...

[He gestures to the direction of the foyer like "man those are still kinda eerie amirite"]

[kindaruledatit]

...Being stuck with all of us right now?

[That's... kind of rude, and she knows that.]

Man, I seriously wish we could do something. I just want things to be alright.