WEEK 4

[umbralant]

WEEK 4

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Last week could probably only be summed up as a mess. Three people died, one was turned to currency and the hotel pool remains in a general state of unusability unless swimming in pulpy mush is someone’s idea of a good time. And that’s not even counting the haunted morse code T-Rex. At least the greenhouse is as relaxing as ever, even if someone seems to have made off with a number of succulents and cacti.

But with the new week comes a new set of locations to explore as the fog retreats to reveal another portion of the city. The half moon wanes to a new moon this week, leaving streets even dimmer this week -- hopefully you have some other portable sources of light available if you plan on straying too far beyond the reach of the lampposts in the new areas.

[[Welcome to Week 4! Note that new areas have been added, and can be found under the Week 4 tab on our Locations page. Once again, feel free to make top levels at your discretion, and remember to note it in your header if you plan on investigating any locations. You can also privately contact The Lady or Rembrandt.]]

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[deadlygoals]

Laundry Day
[ Dazai can be found in the Laundromat wearing a black hoodie from the opera house, and a pair of black trousers. He's loading up the washer machine with...

bandages.

Some of them may even have some old blood stains on them. He's putting them in there with a little bleach and one forbidden snack. ]

Tram it
[ Later, he can be found inside of the tram in the drive's seat. On the dash, there's a skull the tarot shop. ]

Now let's see...

[ He's skimming through the instruction manual. Looks like someone is thinking about driving. ]

Tram it 2.0
[ If anyone is by the tram stations, they might see a tram speeding through as fast as it'll go with Dazai in the driver's seat. Gotta go fast!

He will break very suddenly and at the last minute at each station in case anyone wants to get on. This will be fine. ]

tram it

[psychophant]

[It probably isn't a surprise to find Iago here, since he's like a moth to flame with all things technology, but he is looking a bit dubiously at the skull on the dash.]

Are you familiar with these things?

[The tram, he means.]

[deadlygoals]

[ That's his new friend, Skully. ]

We have them in my world.

[ Checking how fast they could go and make a che sound under his breath. ]

This doesn't go fast enough...

[psychophant]

[...of course it is.]

I hesitate to ask, but does it really need to go all that fast?

cw: dazai's shit (death)

[deadlygoals]

[ there's a very good reason to hesitate, Iago ]

At this speed, you're more likely to just get a concussion or a lot of bruises if it derails.

cw: dazai's shit (death)

[psychophant]

I see.

[HE DOESN'T.]

Well, I'm certainly not going to stop you from... having fun [you can practically hear the ??? here] but do try not to get anyone killed.

cw: dazai's shit (death)

[deadlygoals]

[ This is a normal reaction to Dazai. ]

I won't~ I don't want to help Lady out with her plans, after all.

[ He won't drag anyone down with him ]

cw: dazai's shit (death)

[psychophant]

[Good man, that's really the only thing he cares about at this point.]

Fair enough. Someone likely will tonight, of course.

[we're on a murder schedule here.......]

Anyway, tell me what you've learned about how to operate this. I'm entirely unfamiliar with this sort of technology.

[just like everything else...........]

[deadlygoals]

Her offer was pretty open. After last night, I do wonder if taking her murder deals also sells her a part of your soul.

[ It's an interesting thing to ponder about.

He'll flip the page back to the diagram for all the levers, knobs, and buttons. ]

You start it here, and this is to increase the speed.

[ The two important things clearly ]

[psychophant]

[That first part definitely seems likely, doesn't it. But he'll leave it be, because there's technology to focus on!!]

Oh, I see. How do you stop it?

[THAT ONE MIGHT BE IMPORTANT TOO...]

[deadlygoals]

This one here!

[ It's a yellow button. ]

[psychophant]

Ah, I see. It seems fairly simple to operate.

[deadlygoals]

Right? It even has a horn!

[ Let's just ignore all the other buttons. Only four things are important. ]

tram 2.0!!

[ortion]

[Dist has visited the tram station a few times to play mechanic with the cars, and today was going to be no exception...until he discovers that the car is actually in operation this time.

He is also quite alarmed to see it coming full speed at him.

H-Hm.

He's about to get the fuck out of dodge until it comes to a stop and...Dazai is at the helm.]

When did this happen? Because I highly doubt it was you who restored power.

[No offense Dazai.]

[deadlygoals]

[ go the Distance, Dist

Peeking his head out through the window as he gives a wave. ]

Oh~ Our friends in Twilight brought back power. Pretty nice, right?

[ Except for the fact that Dazai is terrible driver even if the car is on rails. ]

[ortion]

[Honestly the worst part about this for Dist is that Dazai gets to witness him not dressed his best. If he's going to work on machines, he's not wearing a fancy suit.

That said...]

What? They made another appearance?

[...and this was their doing? Huh...]

[deadlygoals]

They did~ They warned us not to take the Lady's hints because you'll pay for it with your soul. That the souls are food for the manifestations- the shadows.

[ It's Dazai. He won't judge.

He may tease though ]

[ortion]

Oh...how lovely.

[He immediately thinks of Seteth. Hopefully he'll be okay with a chunk of soul missing?!]

Did they have anything else to impart on us? I wouldn't have guessed that it was them restoring power...

[deadlygoals]

[ Maybe this is like kingdom hearts and souls or whatever can regrow ]

The Lady's goals might need our powers. We're closer to the end of this, or the manifestation as they called it. That we shouldn't do the plans we thought of at the meeting. They can see and hear us. She's after our souls and not our brains..

[ Thinking about what else was said. ]

I may have missed anything more.

[ It's hard paying attention to everyone's conversations at one tbh ]

[ortion]

[THAT'S A LOT TO UNPACK.]

I- I see. That is certainly plenty to work with, at least. Thank you for getting me caught up.

[He'll have to mull it all over later, because hoo boy. For now though, he'll return his attention to the tram.]

I see you've quickly made use of their efforts. You had better not be planning on wrecking it.

[Dramatic irony...]

[deadlygoals]

[ It's a lot, but Dazai seems to be the about the same ]

You should come join us next time. Just keep an eye out for any lights that shouldn't be on.

[ It's good someone made the most of the tram and the arcade before they both died. RIP the real victims of the week ]

It doesn't go fast enough to be worth wrecking.

[ He wants MOAR SPEED pls ]

[ortion]

I will certainly keep an eye out. I refuse to miss another occurrence!

[He'd love to hear all of this information firsthand, after all.

As for the tram...]

Even at higher speeds, I would reprimand you for even considering it! They are fantastic pieces of machinery, not your toys to turn into scrap metal!

[deadlygoals]

You're really fond of the tram, aren't you?

[ortion]

I am fond of all machines, really. But so far, the tram has been the most interesting piece of machinery that I have come across here. I would like to see the subway trains, but...something is very off about the subway.

[Plus he hasn't even seen one of the trains down there.]

[deadlygoals]

They are similar to these, but they get their power from the rails. They also go much faster, but probably not as fast as a bullet train.

[ Don't ask why he's into gotta go fast ]

Rean mentioned there was something odd about rails down there.