itscurtains | week 1

[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! ))

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Yes! And you're - [Oh god, he's never actually heard it pronounced out loud.] Sig-yin? You'd think I'd be better at this, I'm Jewish.

[It's a Greek name, Jeremy.]

Very close. It's Sigyn.

[She smiles, but doesn't comment on the mention of Jeremy's heritage, seeing as she has no idea what it is.]

How are you? You seemed...stressed at the meeting.

Me? [He laughs nervously.] My secret is I'm just. Just always stressed!

[Like the Hulk but instead of turning into a superstrong dude sometimes you just lie on the floor.]

((ooc: damn, Jeremy, same))

[Sigyn gives an almost sad smile]

Well, this is a rather stressful situaiton we find ourselves in.

Yeah, uh. Not to. Not to dump problems on you or anything, but being constantly afraid I'm going to die is uh. A new one? Usually I'm just w-worried if I smell bad or something.

[Normal Problems vs Murdergame Problems]

No one as young as you should every have had to worry about.

If you ever need someone to talk to, don't hesitate to come to me.

[Boy. Wait until two weeks from now when he finds out he has actual problems, not just regular teen problems!]

I mean, it's. I dunno, my mom left a while ago and this feels kind of like that? Like, um. [He pauses, not quite sure how to word it.] Like I'm meeting all you guys and then. Then you'll just leave too? Which is. It's stupid, because obviously. Obviously the circumstances are totally different! But I just, you know.

[Feeling weird just makes me sad.]

We will leave, eventually. [Sugar coating it won't help anything] But you're going to be leaving as well. No one is getting left behind.

Feeling sad about that, though, is...natural.

It is? [People who honestly just need to be told their feelings are valid: Jeremy.] I mean, it's. I always just feel like I should be able to just. I dunno. Get over it?

[Be More Chill's plot could be almost entirely avoided if someone told Jeremy you can get help for anxiety. Just let Jeremy take medication for his clear mental illness. Don't put a supercomputer in your brain to solve your problems!!!]

When you break a bone, do you tell yourself to just "get over it?"

Well, I mean. I'd dig the sling out of the closet first, but yeah unless I could see bone sticking out? It's, like. Expensive to go to the emergency room.

[SORRY SIGYN, HE'S REALLY JUST LIKE THIS ABOUT EVERYTHING.]

[There's...a lot to unpack there, but lets focus on the metaphor]

Right, but even then you can't just tell your bones to stop being broken. You can't just tell your brain to stop worrying. You have to be able to remove the source of worry first.

Right now that isn't exactly possible.

[Jeremy blinks.]

So like. You can't fix something if it's still happening? [Jeremy Heere has never learned anything about self care and sometimes it shows.] And we're, um. Stuck here, so I won't stop worrying until we're not?

Pretty much, yeah. Better to channel that worry into something, else though. If you just sit and thing about it all the time you'll just...shut down. [For a brief moment a sad look crosses her face, but a moment later it's replaced by the same look of general concern.]

That, uh. That makes sense. [He's not very good at it, but that's great advice.] I, um. I know I catastrophize a lot and it's. It's not a good habit.

Well, I don't know if being here is going to help break that habit, but we can try.

If you ever feel like you need to be put to work to get your mind off it all, come find me. I'm sure we'll figure something out for you to do.

Oh! Thank you, um. That's. It's really nice of you to, uh. [He wants to say "deal with me," but he's aware that sounds garbage.] Help me out.

It's no problem, helping people helps me not to focus on my own issues as much.

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cw: the american medical system being a nightmare

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