Erika heart

[dramatispersonae]

You get the sense that you pass through a door, but it shuts immediately behind you. However, when you look back, there is nothing but a dead end wall behind you. There is carpet is lush beneath your feet, and the corners are free of dust. Except for the lack of any actual entrance, it could easily be the entranceway of a lavish mansion.

Any magical or otherwise supernatural abilities you have are disabled.

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BEDROOM J

[dramatispersonae]

This room is a bedroom, but it's incredibly bare. There's only a narrow bed in it.

Erika is sitting on the bed, and she looks up immediately when you enter.

Re: BEDROOM J

[debossy]

--Erika?!

[UH I WAS EXPECTING A CORPSE? SOMEONE TOLD ME THERE WAS A CORPSE HERE?]

Re: BEDROOM J

[thinkoutsidethebox]

[She looks identical to Game Master Erika outside, although substantially less smug.]

What, were you expecting someone else...?

Re: BEDROOM J

[debossy]

As a matter of fact, I was. We're meant to be investigating a murder, aren't we? I see no crime here.

[coming over to her!]

Re: BEDROOM J

[thinkoutsidethebox]

[glances at him sidelong]

It's true. No crime has occurred here.

Re: BEDROOM J

[debossy]

[hopping up onto the bed!]

I see. However . . . this room would not be here if it weren't significant somehow, and so investigate it I shall. Perhaps you have information.

Re: BEDROOM J

[thinkoutsidethebox]

I might...

Re: BEDROOM J

[debossy]

Are you some representation of some part of Erika?

[also glancing around! NOTHING IN THE BED?]

Re: BEDROOM J

[thinkoutsidethebox]

A representation? I suppose you could say that. Well, we're all representations. Not me any more than the others.

[There's nothing in the bed, although it looks like someone has been turning in it restlessly.]

Re: BEDROOM J

[debossy]

Aha . . .

Then each of these will be Erika's room. It wasn't only the one labeled "I." That was full of novels, clothing, and some investigative tools. But this has nothing . . .

Are the letters significant? "I." Investigation?

Re: BEDROOM J

[thinkoutsidethebox]

It's not like I decided it.

Re: BEDROOM J

[debossy]

--If this is J, is this Jasper?

Re: BEDROOM J

[thinkoutsidethebox]

...No. I can assure you that's incorrect.

Re: BEDROOM J

[debossy]

[sigh]

That's, perhaps, a relief. Or perhaps not. Can you tell me what this is? You seem subdued. Have you been restless by yourself?

Re: BEDROOM J

[thinkoutsidethebox]

...

Did you know, we were waiting for a guest for dinner, last night...? They must have been occupied elsewhere.

Re: BEDROOM J

[debossy]

We meaning all of you in these rooms?

Then, are you saying you were disappointed not to meet them, and were unable to sleep when they declined to arrive?

Re: BEDROOM J

[thinkoutsidethebox]

I wouldn't say I was disappointed...! It's rude not to keep an appointment, right?!

Re: BEDROOM J

[debossy]

Of course it is! Without even calling to cancel? How gauche! Such a person has no sense of the importance of scheduling! I despise tardy people. What sort of appointment was it? A dinner?

Re: BEDROOM J

[thinkoutsidethebox]

That's right.

Re: BEDROOM J

[debossy]

Hmph. Who was this guest? . . . Do not tell me it was another Erika.

Re: BEDROOM J

[thinkoutsidethebox]

No... I don't recall specifically who it was.

Re: BEDROOM J

[debossy]

Still, you not ought simply sit and wait. Have you nothing to do but toss and turn? What a bleak picture this room makes. If you will excuse me, I'll return in a moment.

[hopping down!]

Re: BEDROOM J

[thinkoutsidethebox]

I was sleeping. It's not like there's anything else I need.

Re: BEDROOM J

[debossy]

I will be back soon.

[headed down the hall to make a quick stop in the dining room first!]

Re: BEDROOM J

[debossy]

[WHEN HE COMES BACK, has taken a few novels from Room I and sets them on the bed next to her.]

You ought to occupy yourself, Erika.

[and peeking under the bed while he's down here.]