Game 19 - Group B

[arsgoetia]

You are in a small, square room—no more than five or six paces across in either direction. The décor is cramped, black, and gothic a darkened library jammed so full of books and antiquated furniture that you have to be careful moving around to avoid everything.

There is a single window on one wall—covered with heavy red curtains for ambiance, but you can see that it's boarded over on the other side.

The second wall has two large bookcases full of nicely bound books. Between them is an unlit fireplace with a lintel that has several figurines and candlesticks on it, and above that, an absurdly large portrait of a very unfamiliar and gothic-looking noblewoman. Displayed prominently on the fireplace is also an antique gun. For some reason, the painting and the gun have garishly orange pieces of tape stuck to them.

The third wall has a lamp, a liquor cabinet, and a music box on a stand. There is a small stairwell here that goes straight up to the ceiling and then abruptly stops. The outlet for the lamp also has tape on it.

The final wall has a door, which is heavily padlocked, a grandfather clock.

The center of the room has a squat, round coffee table with a ouija board on it. A chandelier hangs from the ceiling, some sort of twisted monstrosity made from animal skulls.

Comments

Re: DISCUSS

[conatus]

[pulling his sweatshirt hood up with a yawn]

Augh, tacky.

Re: DISCUSS

[innerdemon]

I mean, I kind of like the table.

Re: DISCUSS

[conatus]

It's not awful? But if someone thinks I'm going to use that board for anything other than spelling out Tom Petty lyrics, they've got another thing coming.

Re: DISCUSS

[innerdemon]

I would put it in a house, I'm just saying. Maybe not my house, but a house.

Re: DISCUSS

[conatus]

Is this a part of a house, you think? It seems more like a movie set.

Re: DISCUSS

[innerdemon]

I... don't know. I've been in houses like these, but you're right that it feels very... over-decorated, maybe?

We're Elluka, by the way.

Re: DISCUSS

[conatus]

Remus. Nice to meet you.

Re: DISCUSS

[innerdemon]

You too.

Re: DISCUSS

[conatus]

So, do you find yourself waking up in locked rooms often?

Re: DISCUSS

[innerdemon]

This is a first. I've made others wake up in locked rooms before but I've been clean for like seven years now.

Re: DISCUSS

[conatus]

Congratulations? Is this kind of thing in vogue where you're from?

Re: DISCUSS

[innerdemon]

I wouldn't go that far, but it's happened. People wanting to use outside sources that wouldn't link back to them. People wanting to drain that sort of energy... or people just who are connected to folks from out of world, now.

Re: DISCUSS

[hardatwork]

It does have a certain aesthetic...

Re: DISCUSS

[conatus]

'Ugly', the word you're looking for is 'ugly'.

Re: DISCUSS

[hardatwork]

It is a bit much. [eyes the skull chandelier]

Re: DISCUSS

[conatus]

This aesthetic is pretty popular in my extended family. They've got no taste.

Re: DISCUSS

[hardatwork]

My sympathies.

Re: DISCUSS

[conatus]

Thanks.

Re: DISCUSS

[rootless]

Cramped!

Re: DISCUSS

[conatus]

[... blinks when he sees him, recognizing him from Court, but not reacting beyond that]

Mm, a bit.

Re: DISCUSS

[rootless]

[oh, good, that was recognition. he nods slightly as if to confirm it.] I like open spaces... and light. Ah, well.

Re: DISCUSS

[conatus]

You can't win them all, or whatever.

Re: DISCUSS

[rootless]

[nods.]

No kidding.

Re: DISCUSS

[conatus]

Normally I'd just break down a wall, but this room doesn't seem normal.

Re: DISCUSS

[rootless]

...Yeah. It's a shame, but we probably shouldn't break the spooky library.