ROOM 7

[dramatispersonae]

[You enter a pleasant sitting room: there are nine plush comfy chairs in a semi-circle in front of a crackling fireplace, and a table set with various finger-foods and two carafes, one of water and one of wine. It'd be a very nice room ... if not for the dummy lying facedown on the floor with a giant butcher knife sticking out of its back and a little bottle by one of its hands, marked with a tiny skull and crossbones. There's a hangman's noose around its neck, though the other end looks rather frayed.

The pleasant voice of a woman -- not the persona -- begins to speak:]

Hello and welcome. I wish it could have been under better circumstances, but today has some interesting circumstances. As you can see, my good associate, Mister X, has met an unfortunate end. I've reason to believe it might be one of you! Shall we see if I'm right?

Comments

Re: START

[medpacksapunch]

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh because they wont let me leave obviously?

Re: START

[doubleminded]

I don't see you writing in the book yet, but you're very eager for others to.

Re: START

[medpacksapunch]

We're doing this to-get-her so if I just walk out before we've come to a group decision to be done, I'm kind of failing.

And I don't know about you, but I hate losing, so I'm not leaving until we're actually done.

Jeez, did you pay attention at all?

Re: START

[doubleminded]

Or you didn't make yourself clear enough.

Re: START

[medpacksapunch]

[leans in close]

You sayin' I'm unclear?

Re: START

[doubleminded]

[tenses again.]

Yes.

Re: START

[medpacksapunch]

[...even super dedicated to my role, I can at least still read your body language, and like to think we've interacted enough to know when ...not to push anymore]

Yeah, well. Concern noted. I'm really sad I'm so misunderstood.

Re: START

[doubleminded]

[just glares.]

[medpacksapunch]

Much better! I knew you had a spine in there.