WEEK SIX

[killerwaves]

WEEK SIX

16 Vacationers

Throughout your time on the island, there's been a steady rhythm; the murders, the trials, the executions, the clean-up afterwards that leave just up remnants for you to remember what was lost. This Monday morning though, things are different. The debris and any biohazards are cleared, but no effort has been made to repair the games at the arcade, or to restock the chemicals and damaged equipment at the laboratory.

Odd.

If you cast your eyes to the sky, you'll also notice that the distortion is also lingering—there's certainly less of it at least, a haze still lingering over the go-karts, one whirlpool lingering out in the sea. It could be worse, surely.

Though there's no new locations for you to take your mind off of all these oddities either. In fact, looking at your device to access the resort map area and scrolling past Kakapo's Nest triggers an error.

There’s one more, slightly more eclectic change: the kittybots, instead of having cute kitty ears and faces, are now without exception round-headed. This would make them look like ordinary robots, but their heads actually now look like a bowl of fish swimming, which occasionally form up into expressions. A change of pace for everything, it seems.

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WEATHER ALERT:

Bulletin:
The current barometric pressure is 29.90 inHg, and is expected to steadily decline over the coming days. Rain and storms are likely in the latter half of the week.

(( OOC: Welcome to endgame week everyone. We'll be running an endgame investigation Friday during our typical investigation timeslot, and Saturday will be endgame proper.

This week your admins can be contacted Monday and Tuesday only, after that they'll be incommunicado. ))

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[dupiety]

Loud and clear, my dear Beel.

[Temenos is measured with his response, but the relief is absolutely present in his tone.]

I trust you're all doing well over there?

[gluttoning]

Temenos...

[A relief of tone in return, though it's quickly drowned out by the crunch crunch]

I miss all of you. And the buffet. The food here is all the same.

[conchy]

[of course the only french word beelzebub knows is buffet smh smh]

[gluttoning]

[Oh speak French to him if it means it's food and his recall will suddenly be so incredible Lobelia]

[dupiety]

I'm glad to hear that there is food, at any rate.

[Beel's not starving, so that's good.]

...I miss you too. Dearly. Hearing all of you speak is certainly uplifting, though.

[gluttoning]

I've got it luckier than some, I guess. It's only been a few days. I think I'd lose my mind if all I had was [don't mind the audio getting garbled for a few syllables.]

If it can give the rest of you hope to keep going... then I'm glad you can hear us.

[dupiety]

[Merlin needs to work on his magical reception.]

Haha. Hopefully you should only need to hang on for a few more days. If we still have access to the kitchen once all of this is over, I'll make you another cheeseburger.

[And this time Beelzebub can have the whole thing.]

Hearing you speak makes it all the more apparent that you all truly are out there somewhere, not far from reach. And if what Merlin says is true, we won't need to rush messages back and forth, either. It's comforting, really.

[gluttoning]

I'd love that. I'd want fifty of them. Maybe fifty more as a second course.

[temenos u sure you wanna do this]

Don't worry about us, though. We have our bodies, and we can see you and hear a lot of what you've been talking about.

For whatever comes next... it sounds like everyone over there will have the tougher job on their hands. Focus on that. We'll do what we can, even if it's not much right now.

I'll keep my promises to all of you.

[dupiety]

I said a cheeseburger. Please remember your Temenos is not a professional chef.

[Though he may shake his head, he's smiling all the while.]

That certainly makes things easier, doesn't it? Good. We'll do what we can to prepare ourselves for the task ahead. If nothing else, I expect there to be a juicy mystery to unravel at the end of all this...

[His priorities may have shifted, but he'll always love a good mystery.]

1/2

[gluttoning]

Oh.

Will you let me watch you, at least? I want to know how you do it.

[burgers.....]

2/2

[gluttoning]

[There's silence for a minute.]

Oh. I wanted to ask.

Do you want me showing Lobelia that picture we took a long time ago?

[dupiety]

Of course I will. We can make some together, if you'd like.

[The question catches him off guard, though.]

Hmm... That is no longer necessary. I doubt it would have the intended effect now.

[Since Lobelia has converted to a Vergilius simp.]

But I would certainly like to look at them again, once this is all over. It's nice to reflect upon simpler times.

nik is sending me over here on a mission

[conchy]

Oh? What picture?

[GUESS YOU'RE SHOWING IT TO HIM NOW, HUH?]

[gluttoning]

[Beel is going silent on mystery audio outside a mild noise of affirmation and some tapping sounds]

[conchy]

[...And Lobelia wanders over to take a look at it. He does have to wonder what the intended effect was supposed to be, but...]

Ah! Your apelike strength never fails to impress me! Now if only your brain was as well-trained as your body.

[Was the intention to get insulted??? Probably not, but their truce did not include a "stop belittling me" clause, so.]

[dupiety]

Lobelia, it is very fortunate for you that there is a barrier between us right now.

[Don't fucking insult his boyfriend's intelligence.]

[conchy]

Heh-ahaha! Calm yourself! You had your opportunity to take your vengeance and refrained, and I'm not so charitable that I'll extend the same offer to you again.

[Kick his ass if you can, daddy! Lobelia will...................... not be able to fight back, so if Temenos insists, he'll have an easy target.]

[dupiety]

That was then and this is now, with you having given me a new desire to punch you.

[He may just insist if he doesn't have bigger priorities when the opportunity presents itself.]

[gluttoning]

You're lucky you taste bad.

[:T]

Guess Temenos was right, though.

[conchy]

[time to ask verg if he agrees]

Oh? About what, if I may ask?

[gluttoning]

Intended effect.

You've changed, though. Sort of. So I'm not surprised.

[dupiety]

[As he's listening to Beel pull the picture up:]

Ah, well. Enjoy, I suppose.

[necrotiem]

Ah...?

Is that the one we took? To think I had almost forgotten the night entirely.

[gluttoning]

It is. It was on my cell phone.

Lobelia died before I could show it to him. But he's seen it now.

[necrotiem]

[It seems like it was a long time ago. Strange to think the same people sat on his back as stand here today.]

I think we took a fair photo, not that I'm an expert, by any means. We're all easy on the eyes, though.