week two: the morgue...?

[polterguests]

[The maze is prone to its twists and turns, and today you find it doing much the same. Perhaps you're trying to head back to the Heart. Maybe you're enjoying a little exercise at P.E.C.S., or in the middle of running away from the 5th mob this week that's trying to get you executed for crimes you didn't commit.

Regardless of where you start, here's where you suddenly stand: in a long hallway, lit only by cool florescent lights overhead. Not all of them work, leaving parts of the hallway shrouded in darkness. Behind you, there's only endless hallway. Ahead of you, there is one single, metal door.

If you head to the door and push it open, it swings into a morgue, but not the morgue you've seen in the funeral parlor. This morgue is dark and dingy, rust covering nearly every metal surface, as if it hasn't been touched in years. Inside of the room are rows upon rows of mortuary cabinets, some with the doors shut and some slightly ajar. There are also four mortuary slabs, empty for the time being. Each is lit up by a spotlight overhead; the only real source of light in this room, with the rest falling into shadow.

There appear to be two other rooms attached to this one, as well: a separate cold storage room that is even colder than the main room with another row of floor-to-ceiling cabinets similar to the first, and a storage room full of supplies.

Investigate?]

Comments

BODY 1

[polterguests]

[Upon entering the morgue, four clipboards rest at the foot of each mortuary slab. Go over and take a look to see what's written on them and you'll find a checklist.

☐ Retrieve the body.
☐ Wire shut the jaw and shroud the eyes.
☐ Drain the body with the embalming machine.
☐ Apply moisturizer.

What will you do?]

ACTION

[polterguests]

[Comment here with the specific action(s) your character is taking to receive results! Each comment should only tackle one action at a time; please wait for results on one action before proceeding to another! You don't have to stick to checklist order or even do any of the checklist actions at all, and you're free to try things not mentioned on the checklist, too.]

[selfconcept]

[ Okay.

Since we don't have a visual, Hien will just creepily run his fingers through the body's hair. If it is bald, he will gently pat it. Tell me hair details. ]

[dulymoted]

[hello...now it's melinoe time

she and thorns are investigating the gelato place for bodies, because they instinctively sense that italians are behind this. What do they find?]

[vacuous]

[ Congrats on finding the bodies after 90 minutes guys

Tokinaga is kind of nervously around and blanches a bit when the first body arrives... he likely has credentials when it comes to mortuary procedures, but he seems uncertain.

You know who doesn't? Yuma. For either of these things. That boy just comes in with the wire, Let's Do This Style. It forces Tokinaga to go AAAAA and try to step in and intervene so they can do the wiring procedure properly and respectfully. ]

PATIENT GUESS

[polterguests]

[Comment here with guesses as to who the patient is! Feel free to throw in guesses at any point in the process, either independently of the group or not.]

BODY 2

[polterguests]

[Upon entering the morgue, four clipboards rest at the foot of each mortuary slab. Go over and take a look to see what's written on them and you'll find a checklist.

☐ Retrieve the body.
☐ Wire shut the jaw and shroud the eyes.
☐ Drain the body with the embalming machine.
☐ Apply moisturizer.

What will you do?]

ACTION

[polterguests]

[Comment here with the specific action(s) your character is taking to receive results! Each comment should only tackle one action at a time; please wait for results on one action before proceeding to another! You don't have to stick to checklist order or even do any of the checklist actions at all, and you're free to try things not mentioned on the checklist, too.]

[expulse]

[ Sylus and Medea are going to search PECS for bodies! Looking around the glorious busts... and also the gym area... pspspsps ]

[untrusted]

[ i guess sylus is taking a nap uselessly

can medea look this body over.... for identity or gender.... or cause of death.... if it's a dead body....

it could be a body (not dead) ]

PATIENT GUESS

[polterguests]

[Comment here with guesses as to who the patient is! Feel free to throw in guesses at any point in the process, either independently of the group or not.]

[untrusted]

[ is this yosuke ]

BODY 3

[polterguests]

[Upon entering the morgue, four clipboards rest at the foot of each mortuary slab. Go over and take a look to see what's written on them and you'll find a checklist.

☐ Retrieve the body.
☐ Wire shut the jaw and shroud the eyes.
☐ Drain the body with the embalming machine.
☐ Apply moisturizer.

What will you do?]

ACTION

[polterguests]

[Comment here with the specific action(s) your character is taking to receive results! Each comment should only tackle one action at a time; please wait for results on one action before proceeding to another! You don't have to stick to checklist order or even do any of the checklist actions at all, and you're free to try things not mentioned on the checklist, too.]

PATIENT GUESS

[polterguests]

[Comment here with guesses as to who the patient is! Feel free to throw in guesses at any point in the process, either independently of the group or not.]

BODY 4

[polterguests]

[Upon entering the morgue, four clipboards rest at the foot of each mortuary slab. Go over and take a look to see what's written on them and you'll find a checklist.

☐ Retrieve the body.
☐ Wire shut the jaw and shroud the eyes.
☐ Drain the body with the embalming machine.
☐ Apply moisturizer.

What will you do?]

ACTION

[polterguests]

[Comment here with the specific action(s) your character is taking to receive results! Each comment should only tackle one action at a time; please wait for results on one action before proceeding to another! You don't have to stick to checklist order or even do any of the checklist actions at all, and you're free to try things not mentioned on the checklist, too.]

PATIENT GUESS

[polterguests]

[Comment here with guesses as to who the patient is! Feel free to throw in guesses at any point in the process, either independently of the group or not.]

DISCUSS

[polterguests]

[Use this as a mingle space to share what you learn, make decisions, chat amongst each other and so on!]

[lucentia]

How many of us ended up here…?

[looks around as though he could do a headcount.]

[expulse]

[ 🧍‍♂️ ]

Well, this is unexpected. We're supposed to go corpse hunting?

ATTN:

[selfconcept]

"Don't open the cabinets."

[ This is your only warning before he leaves again. gooby ]

[glub]

Is anyone a good swimmer? We could check out the lake, yeah?

[ ... and visit their fish friend? ]

[handfast]

[ anyway he's back from his bodysnatching--i mean, searching. ]

One of the bodies belongs to a woman. [ and he patted her down in her underwear....terrible. ] I also heard a voice that said 'I think Lucien is dead'.

[ LUCIEN WHERE ARE YOU ]

farewell...

[polterguests]

[ Outside, there is the sound of running water.

You may collect your injured companions from the morgue, but you'll find that once they last person exits the location, this new morgue will disappear entirely into the fog. You may try to retrace your steps, but you will be unable to find it again. Instead, you are only able to return to the Heart and the Maze itself until a new Maze will replace it tomorrow.

But if you wish to follow that sound of rushing waves... A new river runs through the center of the Heart. Listening to it is calming, peaceful, and you may even feel drawn to its embrace. Don't you know that all water heals? Certainly it might come at a cost, but isn't that better than this pitiful existence? Dip your feet in. The water welcomes you. ]