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[idolpro]

Escape the mansion and bring evidence of the one responsible for this incident, or die trying.

[ For as long as the game is running, idols will only be able to access the rules on their phones. They may not text/call, nor may they take pictures.

Unit abilities are off. Items are off. Each idol can hold up to 3 items at a time maximum. ]

Comments

[identitypolitics]

I guess I can just light all of them...

[ which she's going to start doing? ]

[warningbells]

@LAVA: Yes!

[worldlyafflictions]

The directions are 'get evidence' and 'escape' though. Hard ta know what the candles are actually for yet. But I think I found a book of victims, so maybe that part's taken care of...

[identitypolitics]

[ ok well she's just gonna light all the candles. that's fine. good job ]

[idolpro]

[ To the west, there's the sound of a distant, subtle click........ ]

[identitypolitics]

Oh, it did something.

Maybe it was the door?

[idolpro]

@LAVA: Affirmative.
@LAVA: i will go check.

[ she's going to go wander over and see if the door did actually like, open ]

[idolpro]

The door is unlocked for you, which means you can walk right in—! . . . right into a gas cloud.

LAVA and everyone else walking into the room will find themselves breathing in something most certainly chemical and painful, exhibiting the following symptoms:

• Coughing fits
  
• Blindness/eye irritation
  
• Difficulty breathing
  
• Insatiable itchiness

[identitypolitics]

Okay I guess that was not it.

[warningbells]

[ IMMEDIATELY JUMPS AWAY WHYYY I DON'T EVEN HAVE A MOUTH I CANNOT SCREAM ]

@LAVA: !!THREAT DETECTED!!
@LAVA: !!THREAT DETECTED!!
@LAVA: !!THREAT DETECTED!!
@LAVA: !!THREAT DETECTED!!
@LAVA: !!THREAT DETECTED!!
@LAVA: !!THREAT DETECTED!!
@LAVA: !!THREAT DETECTED!!
@LAVA: !!THREAT DETECTED!!
@LAVA: !!THREAT DETECTED!!
@LAVA: !!THREAT DETECTED!!
@LAVA: !!THREAT DETECTED!!
@LAVA: !!THREAT DETECTED!!
@LAVA: !!THREAT DETECTED!!

[identitypolitics]

Okay, uh—maybe we're supposed to light them in a pattern? A code or something?

[worldlyafflictions]

[Shoving the door closed again when Lava jumps back. He's got his mask on but his eyes are watering.]

--Ugh--well there's still the fountain ta check...

[warningbells]

@LAVA: i do not like water.

[identitypolitics]

Is it better news that it's blood?

[worldlyafflictions]

It's totally blood.

[Let's go see how much blood]

[idolpro]

[ It doesn't smell any more pleasant when you approach it. The liquid is murky, thick—it's hard to tell how deep or shallow the fountain runs. But it's definitely blood. All blood. 100% blood. ]

[worldlyafflictions]

It's blood.

[Thinking about a variety of unpleasant ways to check the depth........ Let's just see if there's like inscriptions or anything else on it first]

[identitypolitics]

[ meanwhile she's just gonna like

fuck around with changing the number of candles lit? 8 candles. 7 candles. etc ]

[idolpro]

[ Nothing happens............ ]

[worldlyafflictions]

Nothin' here....



... Try two candles in the first row, none in the middle, one in the last?

[identitypolitics]

...all right.

[ she does that. does anything happen ]

[idolpro]

[ AND THEN . . . !!!


. . . The blood fountain stops flowing.

No, not just that—the ground rumbles a little, and the blood drains from the fountain, revealing a staircase. ]

[identitypolitics]

...well. Okay.

Let's get out of the blood room. Why those numbers, though?

[idolpro]

[ The stairs only descend for a little while, before abruptly shifting orientation and going up. Away you go! ]

[idolpro]

[ Doesn't look like there's anything written! ]