ain't no time for moping when we're working and we're coping

[isawallflower]

[ Here we are, another meeting! Noon comes fast (sorry to the stake-out folks!) and Riley's got everything...well, there's not much to set up besides food and drink (no Mountain Dew this time) but she has a clipboard and a cheery attitude, nevertheless. Hosting Mode is on. ]

Welcome, everyone~! I know we've all been looking around into...everything. So! I thought it would be important to share anything we've found with the group, so we can all put our heads together, to try and. Solve this whole thing!

[ #NailedIt ]

Let's try and keep this civil and relaxed, okay?

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[isawallflower]

[ Okay. Okay, intro done, so- ]

Sooo, I'll start. Iii went over the wall outside the other day. [ Riley-- ] I tried to see how far into the forest I could get, but um. Every time I did, a weird door would appear! And I couldn't go any farther. And...it opened back into the lobby. And disappeared.

[ Her pep remains but she's. Clearly a little frustrated. ]

I tried from multiple directions, walked around...the whole thing. But...there was nothing. It was too dark to see any farther than the doors, too.

[37773972]

Wait. You found a...wormhole?

[isawallflower]

I...guess? If that's what it's called?

[heathencall]

[Mephisto is here. It's been a long night but... At least he doesn't look as tired as his companions do.

He sits down with a nice snack for himself.]

The kitchen has an angry lightning disc that cleans every night.

[Yep. That's it.]

[37773972]

He means a roomba with a taser.

[isawallflower]

Why would someone put a taser on a roomba?!

[superbeliever]

An... Angry lightning disk? Like some kind of magic spirit?

[can we get a brain cell? Can we PLEASE get a brain cell??]

[heathencall]

Yes, exactly like that. And a vengeful one at that.

[Does he know slightly better? Maybe. Is he going to miss an opportunity to mess with Richard? Absolutely not.]

[etincelledefierte]

No, it’s a -

[thinking. How to translate this.]

It’s like a broom, only instead of brushing aside the dirt, it sucks it up. Only this one is equipped with a taser, which could give you a nasty shock.

[musacal]

[ Nana hasn’t really been investigating much but she does actually have something to share. ]

Oh! It’s not much but I think I know what the actual date here is now!

[37773972]

[You Have The Man's Attention]

How'd you figure that?

[musacal]

On Sunday there was a cupcake and a birthday card on my vanity! I know it doesn’t prove anything but I also don’t know why else I would get one unless it actually was my birthday?

If that’s the case then Sunday was July 12th!

[madgiganticfeelings]

So uh, I don't have... much to report, right now. I'm really sorry... I've been trying to figure out how to make something to help with, uh, Jeremy.

[A glance over in that direction because why is he drunk]

I did find out from one of my memories that what's... in him, is in me. Just turned off. So if anyone's found out anything about that, I think I should know.

[She's not really. Sure she should be asking for information when she has so little to give, so she eventually mumbles a "sorry" and returns to listening carefully.]

[37773972]

[


oh god he doesn't want to have to feed you alcohol too]

'Turned off'?

[madgiganticfeelings]

Y-Yeah. I mean, I think so, at least? In my memory, I say I remember how it 'felt,' and Jeremy asked what mine looked like. Which was Ruth Bader Ginsburg. And in my pamphlet, that matches the information in my trivia section. It says deactivated, and I'm not... really feeling off like him?

[A little nervous look at Stephen.]

Uh, unless I've just been possessed and didn't notice it? Have you seen me doing anything weird?

[Christine, everything you do is weird.]

[isawallflower]

[ Memories this, memories that. Riley's carefully placed Meeting Smile falters. ]

How- why is everyone just...assuming we've forgotten things? This isn't... It's just as likely that we're having you know. Dreams.

[etincelledefierte]

I have a question. Did anyone else ‘remember’ someone from home disappearing? Specifically, did they seem to have disappeared without anyone else noticing?

[37773972]

What do you mean?

[justmeheere]

The SQUIP can op. Ope. [You know what? "Optic nerve block" is too complicated.] Eye blockers. So you can't see. Can't see your friends anymore.

[He doesn't think that's what she's talking about but uh. It feels important to mention.]

[mcfife]

I was investigating the cemetery a while back. I couldn't find hints of another secret tunnel to the crypts, but they appear to be more recent additions compared to the mausoleums. It's not that those buildings are run down, no, they are well-kept.

I was wondering if the names "Daae" or "Betelgeuse" sound familiar at all to you.

[heathencall]

Beetle Juice? [He leans forward, looking puzzled.] Some sort of alchemical ingredient?

[justmeheere]

Betelgeuse. Heh. It sounds like Beetlejuice.

[Guess who's currently up on their pop culture and not smart enough to realize this is possibly a bad idea!!!!]

[37773972]

Betelgeuse is a star. Not sure about Daae.

[holyspit]

I haven't found much. But I think the Phantom might not be human? Or not completely. I asked about how all the plants in the garden grow without sunlight, and he basically said it was magic? Which I'm pretty sure regular humans can't really do, at least not alone.

[herwiggles]

They can't? Then, maybe he's another Gem, like me!