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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Comments

Re: ENTER

[dramatispersonae]

COME ON YOU GUYS YOU DON'T HAVE THE ONLY MURDER MYSTERY MANSION IN EXISTENCE.

Re: ENTER

[itsalluseless]

[OKAY FINE JUST CHECKING

also peering into that last room on the left]

Re: ENTER

[dramatispersonae]

It appears to be a bedroom! You can't see anything amiss, but the door's only open a few inches...

Re: ENTER

[itsalluseless]

[...opening it a little further]

Re: ENTER

[dramatispersonae]

It certainly appears to be a bedroom.

Re: ENTER

[itsalluseless]

[after a quick glance, moving on into the dining room]

Re: ENTER

[dramatispersonae]

As you enter the dining room and look around, you notice Erika, who is sitting at the head of the table on your right. She meets your eyes with a slight smile but doesn't rise from her seat.

To your left, there's an open doorway to what appears to be a kitchen. Beyond the dining table is a very large door. It also appears to have a strip of duct tape on it.

Re: ENTER

[itsalluseless]

Hosting a dinner party for us? That's awfully polite of you.

Re: ENTER

[thinkoutsidethebox]

It's not for you. And it's no longer a dinner party.

Re: ENTER

[itsalluseless]

I guess it makes sense for your heart to be a mystery game. What's behind all those sealed doors?

Re: ENTER

[thinkoutsidethebox]

That's for you to investigate, isn't it?

Re: ENTER

[itsalluseless]

Fair enough.

[...glances at Beatrice, but this is really not the time or place for important conversations and she seems to be doing her own thing, so goes to take a look at the kitchen]

Re: ENTER

[dramatispersonae]

You head into the kitchen.

Re: ENTER

[itsalluseless]

[returning from the kitchen, trying the large door]

Re: ENTER

[boxupallthebutterflies]

[sup]

Hello.

Re: ENTER

[itsalluseless]

...Hey. Found anything interesting?

Re: ENTER

[boxupallthebutterflies]

Our Game Master is Erika, though that might not come as much of a surprise. Time is progressing and has progressed since we first entered. All events henceforth will happen in sequence. The duct tape seals on the doors in the hallway are intact. ...What have you found?

Re: ENTER

[itsalluseless]

Not much. The kitchen's mostly empty. I didn't take a proper look at the unsealed room yet, but I think I saw keys in there, probably for the other doors.

Re: ENTER

[boxupallthebutterflies]

"Mostly" empty?

...If there's a chain lock on all of them, it doesn't matter. We need... wire cutters.

Re: ENTER

[itsalluseless]

There was ash in the oven, so at least that's been used at some point. Aside from that, I didn't really notice anything.

[nods]

We should look for those, then.

Re: ENTER

[boxupallthebutterflies]

Ash...

[hmmm. well ok, hooking their arms together]

Where...?

Re: ENTER

[itsalluseless]

[oh ok, that works]

That open room seems like a good place to start, right?

Re: ENTER

[dramatispersonae]

The large door doesn't appear to have a lock, and it swings open a few inches when you try it, tearing the duct tape seal.

However, it is then stopped by a chain lock on the other side.

Re: ENTER

[itsalluseless]

[ugh, fucking chain locks]

[pushing it closed again]

Re: ENTER

[dramatispersonae]

The chain lock clatters as you pull the door closed again.