[Game 14] (that time had forgotten)

The pantry is cramped and dark, a single burnt-out lightbulb set in the ceiling, with a long swinging chain hanging down from it. The shelves are all empty (for some reason . . . now. . .), and the walls behind them are brick, and heavy with cobwebs, especially near the back.

"This is where the entrance is," says Bastien-in-Shuri, standing by the door as the others filter in. "But I'm warning you now, this isn't going to be pleasant."

He combs his fingers through the spiderwebs, irritably flicking a spider off his hand, and locates a switch behind a crumbling piece of brick. There is a dull click and something shifts on the floor.

A trapdoor is pulled open to reveal a drop straight down into darkness, with a rickety ladder along one side—it's a narrow descent into darkness, into which you will have to proceed one-by-one.

[Game 14] (but would come back to haunt you)

The pathway from the catacombs ends in a solid stone door aimed straight up; it takes a bit of shoving, but it pops up and opens outward on a hinge.

As you pile out you find yourself in the graveyard on the plateau near the house; you can see lights flickering nearby from the house and it's otherwise a bright, clear night—

No, that's not true at all. The castle is dark and hard to see through the fog—

—no, it's bright and clear and —

Information hits you like a wall, thoughts and scenes and unspoken details all at once . . .

( a memory )

[Game 14] (if you weren't careful)

Through the silence and the darkness you suddenly hear a bloodcurdling shriek.

"WHAT THE HELL IS EVEN—A DRAGON? THIS HAD BETTER NOT BE—SIDNEY, PREPARE FOR A FIGHT, OKAY? GODDAMN THIS STUPID HOUSE!"

. . . there are four figures approaching from lower down on the hill: two boys in their late teens/early twenties, a pink-haired girl, and her unnaturally tall butler.

[Game 14] Epilogue

[It is decided that, perhaps, the house—while it may in the future be inhabited by a newlywed couple once more—is probably not the best place to relax and unwind from recent events, and so the Bellcourts Mayfair-Oak-Bellcourt familystrocity escorts everyone to nearby Dundee, where Lucia, at least, still has her townhouse.]

[Food, bathing, medical care, and entertainment are provided, and phones can be charged if you need to make any calls.]

GAME 14: THANK YOU, QUESTIONS, ANYTHING GOES

1) Keep threading in epilogue as long as you want; we'll be picking up throughout the week. (We'll also pick up stuff in endgame since we rushed through that lmao)

2) Remember to friend/follow @demonverse on Plurk as the all our announcements will go up there (thumbtacking arsgoetia on DW is also a good idea in case for some reason we miss a Plurk signalboost). Our webpage is here though it's already out of date weep weep. Also feel free to hang out forever with Zazzle and Haru in #deadgaysatanists on IRC.

3) AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PLAYING AND HAPPY FOURTH ANNIVERSARY TO OLD PLAYERS, NEW PLAYERS, AND EVERYONE IN BETWEEN ♥ We're so happy to have come this far with everyone and we're looking forward to what we hope will be a fantastic game 15 (Is the 5th and 6th of October good for people? Tentatively sounding that out -- it should be a short game)!


Now, the purpose of the post! ANYTHING GOES. We invite questions and discussions of absolutely anything (although we reserve the right to smile mysteriously over anything that might give away the plot of future games, you can still ask anything). And ANYTHING ELSE. Self-indulgences, memes, music you were listening to, anythiiiing. If you want to know the usual sort of thing, you can find our ooc tag here but use this post for anything you feel like -- It's called Anything Goes for a reason.