NIGHT 047

[allthekeys]

|| THREAT DOWN

|| NIGHT 047: GENERAL Night is slow to arrive, the clocks calling in the hour lethargically. They take their time, but when the sixth hour chimes the change is abrupt. Darkness falls like someone has turned out a light, washing over the houses in a wave that the guests can almost feel consume them. Neither moon nor stars are visible tonight. And the lights in the houses won't turn on, nor will the fires light. The only source of lighting left are the electronic devices that the guests carry which come back to life without ceremony. They flicker on occasion and might even turn off and then on, however, as if unable to handle the very darkness pressing in. This wouldn't be such a problem were it not for the Shadows out in force tonight, monstrously hungry. Competing with them are the Wallcrawlers; aggressively predatory tonight, they are quickly scaling the walls and ceilings in all hallways in search of prey, not bothered by lack of light they can't even see. The Rats take pause as night falls; the mass that had gathered in the chapel pauses, as though watching for some unseen predators, then files out of the chapel, scattering to vanish into cracks in the walls. Outside, borderline impossible to see in the dark, the Hunters are on the prowl. The sounds of their movements can be heard to keen observers, or the occasional ragged breath. They stay close to the houses tonight as if knowing there's easy dinner inside. If they could get in. If the doors weren't locked. Crying children can still be heard somewhere in the distance, louder and more frequent than before, as if they have increased in number. Victoria becomes tense as the night arrives, huddling into herself. Her eyes dart around her like a prey animal, anticipating danger. She edges toward the nearest fireplace but doesn't seem quick to move. In the Doll Bathroom, the Doll Queen stands stiffly, staring at the door; should a guest enter they'll find something impossibly dark and judgmental in her blank eyes. There's a skittering, sliding noise throughout the First house during the night that does not seem to belong to a monster. Whatever these many small steps are, it's surely nothing dangerous. And whatever it is, it tries to stay silent. All of the animal figurines have vanished from the display cases in the Formal Dining Room. A single crystal raven lies on the floor in pieces, trodden over and forgotten. In the Tapestry Room, the spots of blood on the loom have expanded in size, as though the fabric itself is bleeding. Likewise, anyone who examines the floor in the Pottery Room closely enough will notice splattered blood mixed in with the clay. Something has ravaged the Sewing Room. Baskets are overturned, and the floor is littered with unraveled spools of yarn and thread; the sewing machine lies against a wall, hopelessly smashed. The mannequins have dispersed from in front of the door and scattered around the room, seemingly in a panic. Their clothing is torn and shredded, and several of them are missing arms and legs. In their frenzied state, they will swarm to attack anyone who enters the room. The body in the Leaky Basement has awoken. She shudders and shakes on the muddy floor, looking about her in a daze. She doesn't seem frightened by the events of the night, but certainly confused. It won't be long until she leaves and looks for living company. In the Chapel, the desecration of the day has not gone unnoticed. The twisted "offering" has been lit aflame, although the rotted meat seems to be resisting burning, twisting and thrashing as the carrion insects that had inhabited it swarm away across the floors in panic. The Priest is unmistakably not his human self, his eyes a blaze of light with his silvered sword engulfed in flickering flames. The dead "congregation" has risen, a mass of the walking dead filling the room; while most of them towards the center are engaged in a stalemated swarm-battle with the priest, those around the edges will attack anything that comes within reach. The priest himself is no solace either, lashing out with inhuman strength and speed against anything approaching within range. The pieces of the undead he carves through burn to ash as they hit the floor, but their ranks are continually replenished by a shambling procession coming up from the Catacombs; the reinforcements will ignore anyone passing through the back hallway or Catacombs until they enter the chapel itself. The front doors of all five houses remain locked. The growling from the basements intensifies. It seems as though something is coming. || THREAT DOWN First House 1. Front Door 2. Entry Way 3. Coat Closet 4. Parlor 5. Formal Dining Room 6. Blue Kitchen 7. Doll Bathroom 8. East Hallway 9. Library 10. Study 11. Dawn Room 12. Closed Closet 13. Nursery 14. Dollhouse Room 15. Dollhouse 16. The Crack In The Wall 17. Maid Hallway 18. Clean Bedroom 19. Dirty Bedroom 20. Closet Room 21. Smoke Room 22. Yellow Bedroom 23. Vanity Room 24. Ivory Bathroom 25. Door to Basement 26. Supply Closet 27. Ballroom 28. Oak Hallway 29. Locked Door 30. Theater 31. Backstage 32. Locked Door 33. Music Room 34. Pool Room 35. Locker Room 36. Spa 37. Sauna 1. Hallway 2. Student Bedroom 3. Student Closet 4. Mirror Bedroom 5. Journey Bedroom 6. Fairy Bedroom 7. Red Bedroom 8. Mask Bedroom 9. Trophy Room 10. Gallery 11. Observatory 12. Sewing Room 13. Glass Bathroom 14. Perfume Bedroom 15. Library 16. Cherry Hallway 17. Thin Bedroom 18. Dark Bedroom 19. Light Bedroom 20. Loft Bedroom 21. Ink Bedroom 22. Mosaic Bedroom 23. Day Room 24. Narrow Hallway 25. Store Room 26. Open Bathroom 27. Blind Bedroom 28. Door To Floating Hallway 29. Corkscrew Stair 1. Basement 2. Dirt Hallway 3. Waiting Room 4. Doctor's Office 5. Supply Closet 6. Recovery Ward 7-11. Examination Rooms 12. Treatment Room 13. Surgery Room 14. Ward 15. Morgue 1. Main Room 2. Green Room 3. Half Bath 4. Small Kitchen 5. Garden Closet 6. Empty Hall 7. Radio Room 8. Carpenters Room 9. Painter’s Room 10. Shared Bath 11. Glass Blowers Room 12. Tapestry Bedroom 13. Dollmaker's Workshop 14. Pottery Room Second House 1. Straight Hall 2. Public Restroom 3. Glass Half Empty 4. Fake Bedroom 5. Model Bedroom 6. Locked Door 7. Viewing Bedroom 8. Memory Bedroom 9. Photography Bedroom 10. Dark Room 11. Shelter Bedroom 1. Stairwell Room 2. Wallpapered Parlor 3. The Open Door 4. Plain Kitchen 5. Pantry 6. Dining Room 7. Hallway 8. Half Sized Bath 9. The Blank Library 10. ??? Room 11. Open Hall 12. Rose Garden 13. Chapel Courtyard 14. Priest's Room 15. Priest's Bedroom 16. Hallway 17. Locked Door 18. Rough Kitchen 19. Junior Dormitory 20. Bell Tower 21. Courtyard Third House 1. Wind Tunnel Hallway 2. The Front Door 3. Sitting Room 4. Leather Study 5. Gentlemen's Lounge 6. Diamond Dining Room 7. Professional Kitchen 8. Stable 9. Locked Door 10. Orchard 11. Hanging Tree 12. Hot Springs 13. Locked Door 1. Red Hallway 2. Herbal Bedroom 3. Costumed Room 4. Bell Bathroom 5. Locked Door 6. Playboy Bedroom 7. Statuary Bedroom 8. Candy Store 9. Stalker Room 10. Satin Room 11. Scented Bathroom 12. Birdcage Room 13. Hedonist Room 14. Carved Parlor 15. Silk Room 16. Get Away Cabin 17. Vanity Bathroom 18. Velvet Bedroom 19. Wax Bedroom 20. Husk Bedroom Fourth House 1. Hanging Hall 2. The Slaughterhouse 3. Meat Freezer 4. Cheese Room 5. Salt Room 6. Preserved Storage 7. Fresh Storage 8. Hallway 9. Distillery 10. Humidor 11. Cramped Stairs 12. Hook Hallway 13. Smoke House 14. Drying Shed 15. Hot House 16. Lift 1. Tea Room 2. Cafeteria 3. Entrance Hall 4. Courtyard 5. Bakery 6. Patisserie 7. Overstuffed Kitchen 8. Ladies' Room 9. Mis-sized Dining Room 10. Men's Room 11. Servant's Kitchen 12. Unidentified Restroom 13. Empty Kitchen 14. Opium Den 15. Seedy Bar 1. Checked Hall 2. Wine Room 3. Green Bedroom 4. Soft Bedroom 5. Carnivore Bedroom 6. Herbivore Bedroom 7. Sweet Bedroom 8. Chamber of Purification 9. Nasty Bathroom 10. Horrific Hotel Room 11. Locked Door Fifth House 1. Outside Door 2. Plastic Hall 3. Bachelor's Kitchen 4. Garage 5. Abandoned Nursery 6. Boarded Room 7. Rough Hall 8. Old Bedroom 9. Bathroom 10. Pillow Room 11. Empty Bedroom 12. Patio 13. Poet's Room 14. Forgotten Storeroom 15. Mildewed Hallway 16. Broom Cupboard 17. Den 18. Unfinished Stairs 19. Workman's Room 20. Guest Bedroom 21. Lily Bedroom 1. Upstairs 2. The Nest 1. Leaky Basement 2. Ruined Apartment 3. Drained Parlour 4. Decaying Bathroom 5. Jammed Door

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[angel_of_death]

Is that a request for living company I see~?