week 0 - day 1

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murder manor week zero



saturday

[Saturday begins much like Friday, with no further answers provided, and no means of escape. However, at 3 PM on Saturday, the old grandfather clock in the foyer begins to chime. From the foyer, the ballroom doors stand open, and the room is bright with sunshine. Soft, dreamy music plays from a radio inside.

Inside the ballroom, what seems to be a magnificent party is laid out. There is a buffet table laden with finger foods - vegetables and dips, finger sandwiches, pastries, fruit, and cheeses. Next to the table are glasses filled with wine, champagne, or juice. Most of the room is empty, with room to stand and talk, although towards the windows looking out on the courtyard are six tables with five place settings each, set for a larger meal.

And then there's a seventh table, at the back of the room, on which are thirty small notebooks. Inside, the notebooks appear to be some sort of album, with each page containing a picture of and information about your fellow guests.

After everyone has filed in, the doors shut and lock behind the final guest; the doors to the courtyard close as well. You'll have some time to talk amongst yourself, for it will be another hour of dining before anyone else appears]

This is an open mingle log for the welcome feast. Please tag one another. There will be NPC interaction in the post later in the day.

Setting
Information Cards

Comments

Lithuania | 3:10 PM

[vytis]

[It took Lithuania a moment to spot the notebooks, but once he did it wasn't long before he opened them. It isn't long before he finds himself listed.]

E-ehh, this is an invasion of privacy--how did they even know about those?

[His scars, that is. Well, he is in different clothes than usual... But that's even worse to think about.]

[balzams]

So you admit that it's true?

[Latvia stands a few steps away, looking through his own notebook]

[vytis]

That's not really any of your business. [Lithuania can't help but be a little more snippy than usual, given the information suddenly on display.]

[balzams]

...

You didn't have to say anything. I don't think all of it is truthful.

[But he's still worried about where they got that picture or collected all that information, the bits that were right at least]

[vytis]

[Lithuania looks back down at his information card.]

Even if some of it is false, the fact that some of it isn't is a little unsettling, don't you think?

[balzams]

I guess so...

Whether it's true or false the fact that we're being given information about everyone else here like this is really making me anxious...

[vytis]

[Lithuania nods.] I feel a little like I'm intruding, looking through this...

[balzams]

You don't have to look then...

[And he closes his own book]

Were you one of the people who woke up here yesterday?

[vytis]

Yes. Everyone I've met so far has been, as well. Are you?

[obsideo]

(She's not looking at his, but generally flipped through all of them.)

Oh, no. Awkward stuff?

[vytis]

A little. [He's never told anyone about his scars, not one person, and now twenty-nine other people he's never met know.] I don't see how any of this is relevant, anyway.

[obsideo]

It's just creepy. I hope there's no reason they want us to know this stuff.

(Wait, this guy...this was one of the countries, wasn't it? Now that's kind of weird. But maybe he doesn't want her to know? She can't help but feel curious.)

[vytis]

They could just be showing off how much they know about all of us. It's kind of sinister, though. [He pauses.] Not that the kidnapping itself isn't sinister.

[obsideo]

Yeah. It's just the type of info...I don't know. I've got a bad feeling about what's next.

(Curiosity is struggling against trying not to be rude. So finally she just decides to introduce herself.)

I'm Marlow.

[vytis]

I'm Lithuania. Although the circumstances could be--a lot better, it's nice to meet you.

[He manages a smile, at least.]

[obsideo]

Hey.

(She smiles back.)

Is it weird if I ask what's up with the named-after-country thing?

[motheringnation]

[Ukraine is looking at her own with a pale look.]

.....I don't know how they got this information.

[vytis]

It seems like they've been--watching us, or something.

[motheringnation]

You'd think we'd have noticed....or someone around us would have noticed.

[vytis]

Mm, but these people did manage to kidnap all of us, and if even half of what's on these cards is true... [There are a lot of varied people here with a lot of varied abilities. Whoever kidnapped them all must be powerful themselves.]

[motheringnation]

That's true...

It's hard to imagine who would be that powerful.

[vytis]

I wonder what they could possibly want? [Lithuania is starting to doubt ransom.]

[motheringnation]

I don't know. You'd think they'd keep us locked up if this was about ransom money.

[And really stealing countries? It sounded like something out of a bad movie.]

[mostlymarried]

[of more interest is-]

You are a country as well?

[vytis]

Yes. I didn't realize there were others here. [He doesn't recognize any of them, even though there are apparently several.] As I said earlier, I'm Lithuania--but my full name is the Republic of Lithuania. Lietuvos Respublika.