GAME 2 - DAY 4

[protoshepherd]

[ Considering how there was very little food over the night, one might feel more tired than usual. The night is quiet much like how the day was, and everyone sleeps rather peacefully. The ousted team just disappears without anybody knowing what happened or where they went. Bam. Magic. Their mirrors have also cracked, and so have Grace and Tony's.

Come sunrise - nobody knows when sunrise is, though - there's a clicking sound coming from backstage. Nobody might have been around when it happened, but the other dressing room is now unlocked, and the door is open. "Roxanne" is still blasting through the speaker found in one of the corners of the room, too.

The dressing room is rather messy. Leather jackets on one side of the room, guitars on both corners, and some police uniforms near the speakers. There's a table with udon! It looks delicious, but… wait. It's made of plastic! HOW DARE! On the table are a pair of gloves, sunglasses, some coffee cups with coffee in them, and some postcards of a lady in a blue cloak and some words written in Wingdings-like characters.

There's make-up by the drawers, and some other rockstar paraphernalia in various areas of the room. There doesn' seem to be anything helpful, though.

… or is there?

If one decides to check the dresser, they might find that there's a badger standing behind them. Kind of like what happened on the first day. If one looks back, they won't see the badger, but the badger will be there… in the mirror. Feel free to talk to the creepy thing. It's about time to meet the game's actual host.

No… he talks to the person he sees through the glass, first. It's a rather itchy and hoarse voice, if one can figure it out when there's nothing auditory, anyway. ]

Game will end soon if wolf not oust.

[ Much like how he texts… his sentences are broken.

And once again, the poll has been updated. Check your cellphones! ]

Poll #16645

This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Just the Poll Creator, participants: 5

hu is wolf

Nagi Springfield, Gilderoy Lockhart
2 (40.0%)

Asuna Yuuki, Aoi Kurashiki
0 (0.0%)

Inspector Cabanela, Jesse Pinkman
0 (0.0%)

Luca Valentino, Lucina
0 (0.0%)

L'Arachel, Kongwai Tao
0 (0.0%)

Diana, Dandy
3 (60.0%)

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[ No more clues! The 29th will be a quiet day.

00 EST 30 April: Suspicion poll comes to an end and Ousting poll gets put up.

00 EST 1 May: Ousting poll draws to a close. A new day begins…? ]

Comments

[catmagnet]

American dollars?

[ Kongwai tilts his head to the side questioningly. Yeaaaaah, he's not going to know what that's supposed to mean. ]

[fencefatale]

Currency. America's the country, dollars is the money. Next to each item there's a price next to it. You either put in the coins or the bills inside the slot for the machine and then press the buttons that correspond for the item. For example, if I wanted chips, I'd have to put in a dollar and forty-nine cents and use a mixture of paper bills and coins to get to that price. Since the chips are here [ she gestures ] I'd put the money in and then press A-2. The chips would then drop down below and then you can get it.

Does that make any sense?

[notaccurate]

[Luca's eyes widen as he hears that number.]

That is unreasonable! I could buy a decent pair of gloves for that much!

[fencefatale]

Maybe in the 18th or 19th century. But inflation happened and prices went up.

[notaccurate]

[19th century represent.]

But still, that is nearly two days' wages for me. I do not think I even have that much on me, currently.

[fencefatale]

Well, I don't know how much wages are in California, but I'd assume that it's about ten to twelve dollars an hour. [ She doesn't know for sure, but. ] I think Cabanela-san is from America, so he might have some cash on him? If not, then we could break it open. I'll pay for all of it if we end up getting in trouble. I just can't do it currently since all my money's in yen.

[ It's not like buying things is a problem for her, she's pretty rich.... ]

[curedham]

[Fascinated as she is by the vending machine and its many buttons at the moment, L'Arachel does tear herself away from her curious inspection to hop back into the conversation.] Even if any of us do have any currency of any kind on hand, it absolutely should not be given to our captor! Surely they will collect any funds put here. No, we must decide on another way to get through.

[Still idly twirling her staff a little. Still doing that. Still totally down to just go busting shit open.]

[notaccurate]

[Yeah no he's not going to bother people for money for snackfoods. He will go back to inspecting the panel idly as he speaks.]

They have to put food into it, so there must be a door. Perhaps this is the lock?

[He points to a small keyhole, near the keypad.]

I am not sure how it would open, though. There is no obvious door on it, besides the small one at the bottom.

[catmagnet]

Perhaps they move the glass out of the way to do so? Or there could be a door behind it.

[ The fastest way would still be breaking it open, but he does concede that dealing with the aftermath might be a pain. Also, it might squish the food. ]

[fencefatale]

[ After getting angry for a bit, Asuna has seemed to calm down a bit. Wait, did they say a keyhole-- ]

Actually, I did see a set of keys the other day. If there's a lock, maybe those keys open it?

[curedham]

Oh! Do we remember where they were placed? [The urge to take the past few days' frustrations out on the vending machine has not gone away but okay, she guesses they could be reasonable about this.]

[notaccurate]

[Oh look someone just mentioned the keys so yeah he's looking to Kongwai for said keys.]

[catmagnet]

[ Kongwai's already wordlessly trying to jam the lock open with said keys. YOU'RE WELCOME. Except not because it isn't opening. ]

Looks like we're going to need another key.

[curedham]

And where do you think we would be able to find...oh—has the recently unlocked room been investigated thoroughly yet?

[catmagnet]

I picked up the keys a little late this morning, so there's a slim chance someone tried to already and put it back after. Not that I would count on it.

[notaccurate]

[But how can they look for keys on an empty stomach?

Luca crouches down to inspect the small door at the bottom, where the food comes out. ]

I think I can get my arm in here...

[curedham]

Would you actually be able to reach anything in there? ...Would it be safe to? [Glancing towards the resident vending machine expert, i.e. Asuna; what kind of dangers lurk in these things]

[immortalhope]

If it's not too much trouble, I would ask you to remove your hand and stand aside, please.

[She'll politely wait for Luca, of course, but she's got her sword out and she's ready to bash a motherfucker open.]

[notaccurate]

[Oh yes hello Lucina. Luca will definitely remove his hand and step back, so she can have a go.]

[immortalhope]

[She lines Falchion up with the locks on the front, and in one swift, clean strike, cuts through both of them.

That is, that was her intention. She's able to barely break through the top one through her own brute strength, but her blade is not as supernaturally sharp as she remembers it.]

Damn... has even Falchion's power been taken from it in this place?

[She tugs on the handle of her sword. It's, um. It's stuck.]

[catmagnet]

[ Well then. That's an unfortunate turn of events. ]

...Shall I get that guitar then?

[notaccurate]

How is a guitar going to help this?

[Welp.

Time to go look for a crowbar.]

[catmagnet]

I jest.

[ He doesn't look like he's joking though... ]

[curedham]

...We may need some more muscle to help fix this problem. [She glances around at the others—look, she's a mage; she doesn't even get a STR stat, someone else deal with this???]

[fencefatale]

Well, I don't think that the vending machine even belongs to our captors.

[ She swears if they get into trouble for breaking that shit, she is going to have to smooth things over, isn't she? ] Vending machines usually never belong to the people who own the place, they belong to a separate company. I'd rather not get in trouble with the American government, honestly.

[ LIKE SERIOUSLY SHE'S NOT GETTING INVOLVED

if you guys want to break that, go ahead... ]