week 1

[stagemanagers]

[Well, all escape attempts have failed thus far. None of you have seen the Phantom since his brief appearance on Sunday, or heard from him at all. It looks like, for the time being, you’re all going to be stuck here.

You're free to continue exploring your surroundings to your hearts' content. The only real restriction on your movements is that the kitchen is closed between the hours of 10 pm and 7 am. Better make sure to grab any midnight snacks you may want ahead of time. Also, remember to label any investigation toplevels!

The Merchandise Booth is now open for business as well! The Phantom hasn't deigned to explain how it works, but...well, some of you will start to find mysterious coins in your rooms, and the Booth's got a place to put coins. You'll figure it out.

Should you wish to engage more with your host, you're welcome to drop letters in the box office slot. There's no set way to converse verbally with him, and he's certainly not guaranteed to respond if you just yell at the walls - but that doesn't necessarily mean he isn't listening. Just something to keep in mind.

Enjoy your first week, everyone.]

Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday

(( OOC: This will be the last mod post for this week! Feel free to start submitting regains for any threads that aren't with the Phantom. Remember, song threads mean an extra coin! This is a peace week, so get all that CR while you can! ))

Comments

[37773972]

[First off? There's a sign by the front door of the lobby - specifically taped by the hinges - with duct tape serving as an impromptu warning tape line around it. ACID; DO NOT TOUCH

Whether or not there is, in fact, acid? That's hard to tell.

And after that whole fiasco...Stephen is...taking a bit of a break. And by that we mean once again taking an inventory of the Storage Closet - that is, a more thorough inventory. Just trying to get a better idea of what tools they have at their disposal, and maybe keeping a roll of duct tape for himself. You can find him here most of the day, using a pad of paper to note what he's found and...cleaning it up just a little bit. Just enough that it's easier for him to figure out how much of something there is.

Aside from that, he makes a brief stop in the costume shop, trying to find some clothes to wear that aren't...well. Costumes. He finds a couple things that more or less fits his standards of 'normal' (though perhaps a bit dated), quietly claims them as his own, then heads for the laundry room to wash the things he had been wearing. He'll glance up if he hears anyone enter, maybe offer a short chin-raise of greeting, but otherwise keep to himself here.]

storage closet

[isawallflower]

[ Same priorities? Same priorities!!! Riley's got herself a clipboard, see. ]

Oh! Hello, there. Running through our supplies?

[37773972]

[great minds, etc ec]

Mhm. I'm surprised we were given all this, to be honest; maybe the Phantom's just too lazy to clean this place out.

[isawallflower]

You think it was all here before?

[ She runs a finger over a roll of duct tape. ]

It seems a bit...new, for that.

[37773972]

[...]

I don't know. I think the Phantom's definitely working with someone, though. I can't see how one person could do all this, no matter how smart they are.

[isawallflower]

The Phantom in the story did everything by himself...bbbuut that can't be this guy, because that's just a story, and not real.

[ Said like she's reminding herself. ]

Did you see anything, anyone, other than him...?

[37773972]

[Not. Going to touch on that, just for the moment. Let's take the next subject;]

You mean other than the rest of us who don't know what's going on?...not yet. I spent most of yesterday with Ariel, trying to see if we could make some acid.

[so nonchalant]

laundry

[justmeheere]

[Jeremy found regular clothes yesterday, after a lot of searching. Because I think I'm funny. Anyway now he has two sets of clothes to wash and that seems like enough for laundry with all the bedding. Honestly, he's considering just washing individual outfits, just to drive up the Phantom's water bill. Fuck you, asshole.]

Oh - uh. Hey, Stephen.

[He's just holding a pile of laundry.]

[37773972]

[Someone's got to pay the bill!! just don't use all the washers at once, okay, that's really being an asshole and to the wrong people.]

Hey, Jeremy. Holding up all right?

[justmeheere]

No - I mean, yes? I mean. I'm not allowed to have coffee anymore after I yelled at Christine yesterday.

[That's just, like. A personal thing. Apparently coffee is bad for anxiety? Wow! Who could've guessed. He still looks, as Michael would say, like ass. There's no sense that he's going to vibrate out of his skin from stress, though. So that's something.]

[37773972]

[Big oof- wait, sorry, 2013, that lingo hasn't come in yet. Or has it. IDEFK. Still, Stephen gives him a sympathetic look]

It's a tense situation. Maybe stick with soda, though.

[justmeheere]

[Extremely! Nervous! Laughter!]

Soda, uh. Soda might be worse, actually.

[37773972]

[Allergies? Whelp.]

Tea? [beat] Decaf tea.

storage closet

[madgiganticfeelings]

Oh!

[There's a cheerful voice behind Stephen, and Christine arrives, gently setting down a bucket and mop in the corner of the room.]

Sorry! I borrowed these, you might want to add them to the list!

[37773972]

Oh, hey, Scoob. [He gives her a bit of a smile] I was wondering where those went. Doing some cleanup?

[madgiganticfeelings]

Yeah! I was just trying to tackle some of the ballroom. It's a big space though, I feel like I was just... spreading the dust around instead of actually accomplishing anything.

[A little shrug.]

Are you just trying to figure out what we have available here?

[37773972]

Seems like a big job. You might want to recruit a couple others to help. [Ideally, not him, but. He probably would if asked.

At her question, he nods]

More or less. Maybe there's something useful here, who knows.

[madgiganticfeelings]

I've been trying to... not a lot of people seem to want to tackle the job, though!

[She huffs, sitting down near Stephen to survey the items.]

Investigating is a good plan, though! Maybe you'll find a secret passageway too?

[37773972]

Maybe- there seems to be a lot of them, from what I hear. I'd be happy just finding the one that gets us out.

laundry room

[reassuranceandrevolution]

[Sigyn comes in wearing a simple dress she'd found in the costume shop, her own clothes under her. She returns Stephen's nod and goes to her machine.

After settling things she turns back around]

I don't think we've been properly introduced yet. Name's Sigyn.

[37773972]

[He recognizes her from the playbill, but not much else. Still, in-person introductions seem a lot more...well, personal than just assuming you know everything about everyone from what you read off a piece of paper.

So he offers a smile.]

Stephen. Nice to meet you. You're the resistance leader, right?

[reassuranceandrevolution]

[Sigyn gives a small chuckle] That'd be me. Would that be the tattoo? [She gestures towards the side of his head]

[37773972]

[Awkward smile, and he self-consciously reaches up to scratch at the blue ink]

Yeah. Still trying to understand what it means.

[Or at least- why he has it. Coordinates found, letter read, one thing after another...but no closer to answers than he'd been at the start.]

[reassuranceandrevolution]

All the more reason to get out of here.

Did you see the note on the front door? [She doesn't know who left it there, but it's pretty great]

[37773972]

The one about the acid? I put it there, so. [Have a wry smile] Ariel and I tried something yesterday, but I don't think it's actually working.

[WORTH A SHOT THO]