SUMMER COMMON ROOM - WEEK 3

[dormheads]

common room.

The common room is as bright and open as the rest of the dorm. Beanbag chairs and even more hammocks are situated around for any of your resting needs, because who needs couches? There are a few blankets on the couch just for comfort, but the temperature is never cold enough to need them because of chill. There's also an absurd amount of pillows.

The walls are decorated with paintings that are either modern art pieces or done by kindergarteners. There are also photographs tacked onto the walls as well, of seemingly random things like a vase of flowers, a mailbox, a bird on a tree branch. The photos are less about grand views and feels more like someone testing out a camera.

On a table is a welcome basket.

specialty room.

In the common room, there's a door that leads to what can only be described as an Occult Room for some strange reason. Unlike the rest of the dorm, this room is dimly lit and is crowded with items—a skeleton that may or may not be real, taxidermy animals, really creepy looking dolls, an actual coffin, etc. On a table to the side is a Ouija board, a few tarot decks, and crystal ball.

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Comments

[amain]

... Then from what I've been told by others, there is a script you can purchase for three vouchers or so, but it paints this place as something similar to the shows that play in the SUB. It falls in line to what Kaoruko has said about "playing along." I'm not sure if purchasing this ourselves would be helpful.

[ Reality TV. ]

It may be good for one of us to talk to Sally and ask if there's anything new we could receive in terms of information this week. I wouldn't want us all bombarding her with the same ask... It has been tough on her these past weeks. I know it has been tough on all of us. If vouchers are needed, I can donate some.

In trial, we've learned that we are allowed one truth... Thing. Alongside Beauregard's truth... punch? [ what the fuck ] And that powers to equal a coupon's power would be approximately eight vouchers. As a recommendation, I encourage everyone to bring their vouchers to trial, whether or not you want to use them, and make a log of your own purchases as a reference in case you are ever questioned in trial. It would be best if you have someone to vouch for you, too.

For the past murder cases, Kaoruko and Rupert said theirs were planned. Rupert was also a... [ uhm... What did people call it in trial. ] Repeat killer. Neither would talk about their reason.

As a recap from the first week two groups disappeared and went somewhere, it seems like these trips give us some information. They were about some of the dorm heads and a map. We should have copies of them in here. Not sure how helpful these are yet.

[ We are going to have copies in here, somewhere. Here is the combined map, Luke file, Chad file, Sally file, and Viola file which have been shared during week 1 trial for people to copy ]

The group that went recently received something, too. I'll let Byleth show it since it is hers.

[arcsplainist]

—Planned?

[ hewwo, you got his attention ]

So he was aware of what he was doing this whole time?

[amain]

Yes, that was what I was told. He had planned both Lan Wangji's and Bradley's murder, so most likely the person he killed with also had planned it. We won't know until they're caught.

[ Even if Mabel is here, or people in this dorm liked Rupert, Nier believes in closure for those that liked Bradley. He believes that the dead should be honored at the very least. ]

The theory that involuntary killing I think might still be a thing... It's hard to say right now, but for Rupert and Kaoruko it had been their choice. Whatever they're killing for, bribed or threatened, it was worth it.

[arcsplainist]

[ Well, it's gotta be said regardless of the company. Alphinaud listens, then exhales tiredly. ]

Those who oft spoke with him believe he had to have been controlled because he hadn't seemed the type to kill.

[amain]

[ ... ]

... I think everyone is capable of killing. In the end, it's about what they're willing to kill for.

[arcsplainist]

Aye. To base it solely on that...

... No matter—in the end, he was found. Yet there is still another guilty persons hiding among us, their willingness or otherwise unknown.

[duranduel]

I wonder if its like..."kill one person to spare the death of everyone else"...maybe...otherwise its just selfish...

[divineimpulse]

[she nods, and loads an image on to her phone.]

I want to interpret this positively.

[duranduel]

I...what is this? All the ones who died...

[divineimpulse]

It suggests the dead go... somewhere else.

[duranduel]

What do you mean, "somewhere else"? They're dead.

[divineimpulse]

[she taps her phone.]

Daycare.

[arcsplainist]

A... daycare? What would that be?

[divineimpulse]

Apparently, a place people leave their children with supervision while they work.

[arcsplainist]

And yet the names of the dead are written down... In the end, it must surely mean something, but looking at it now it only feels like a terrible joke.

[divineimpulse]

I'll keep thinking of it as a positive sign.

[foreversweaterweather]

It's...a daycare for dead people? Isn't that just a cemetery or a funeral home?

[divineimpulse]

You could think of it like that.

[foreversweaterweather]

But then that just means they're dead forever.

[divineimpulse]

I don't think they are.

[foreversweaterweather]

[ oh wow, this is a lot. ]

Sooooo...what's the script do?

[amain]

Apparently, it's a script for this place... A scrapped one.

[foreversweaterweather]

You mean like...someone's writing a story about us?

...if it's scrapped, does that mean there's a real script we're all acting out?

[amain]

Rather than acting out, I think... It's more like we're part of its premise.

[ HE DOESN'T KNOW REALITY TV ENOUGH. ]

Our actions and emotions are real, but we're engaging with the setting and rules.

[foreversweaterweather]

...how's that any different to just doing stuff like normal?

[ what is life, really, but engaging with a setting and rules set before you? ]