ROUND 4 DAY 4 - HAUNTED HOUSE PARTY

[snackcakeordeath]

[For some reason, you feel good today...stronger. Which is great, maybe you're just psyched up for the latest ~fabulous event~ cooking from the ConAgra-McKee Foods kitchens...

[The Newlydead Game^TM ✨Super-Special✨ 👻Spooktacular🎃! 🗡Murdermance💘 at the 💀Murder Manse🏚!

[The house is a huge, Victorian monstrosity straight out of the mental idea of an Edgar Allen Poe story--delicate wrought-iron chandeliers and candelabra hanging from vaulted ceilings; ornately carved molding and flocked wallpapers, mosaics and inlaid wood floors. Most of the rooms seem legitimately old, cobwebbed and musty, with dusty dropcloths laid over the faded furniture, and distressing shadows cast in the flickering candlelight that never fails to not light up every corner, no matter how many candles are set up. You're not sure how the cameras are picking all this up with how dark it is. You honestly wouldn't be surprised if some of the taps in the bathroom actually run blood. A few of the rooms are locked, in particular a few bedrooms on the upper floors, and a heavy door off the mud room that's chained and padlocked; presumably it leads to a cellar.

[The exception to this is the conservatory, the one large room in a building filled with tiny, closed off rooms. One wall is lined with massive paned windows, another a huge fireplace, the others covered in stern portraits and other random Victorian-area knick knacks. And sprinkled around all of that are Halloween decorations, the kind more Pottery Barn than Party City. It's set for a party, complete with games like bobbing for apples and a spread of fancy Halloween "finger" foods and drinks that glow under black light. A playlist of seasonal hits like Spooky or The Addams Family Groove toots along near a dance floor. Need an outfit for the costume contest? There's plenty. There's also a smoke machine and a photo booth. In the backyard is a corn maze.]

Hellooo contestants, guess what time it isss? Why, it's only the best time of the year for sweeties like us! Time for Pumpkin Delights and Black Cat Brownies, the perfect treats to give to your trick-or-treaters this year! Now, even though someone's given US a trick today, we've provided a treat for you--a Halloween ball! Play with your fellow Casanovas, make your best impressions, and grab your favorite Sexy Pizza Rat cosplay! At the end, you'll get to choose from all the remaining contestants for your Marry-Kiss-Kill. And remember what we talked about last night--this time, if you deal to make it even, you're all going to be punished!

[With murder, Swiss Miss adds. In case you weren't quite sure.]


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[bestmothercat]

[arrives 10 hours late with starbucks

Well. That's not a sight Ranulf would have wanted to see when he got curious to peek in here. So there's a big cat coming through to approach Ike and Soren. ]

What's even going on here?!

[you_like_ike]

I... I don't know. The console... I thought I destroyed it!

[Reaching, with difficulty, for Ragnell.]

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

[now, depending on if you made your save if you believe your eyes or no, you may see that console is indeed still sparking, but don't even worry about that part. Kaiba steps forward and yoinks that fancy sword]

Tsk, tsk. Content warning: violent content. Viewer discretion is advised.

[he brings the blade up...]

[...and hesitates, apparently unable to move for some reason]

[afailedmurder]

[Akechi steps in, ready to take over this fight, though it's not Kaiba he addresses.]

Looks like he's tired of being a puppet, Fox. Let me cut his strings.

[wantsnudes]

[Yusuke frowns, and there's a short pause as he considers. Finally, he nods.]

Very well. For Seto's sake, free his heart.

[afailedmurder]

Get ready.

[And so Akechi does just that, swallowing Kaiba up in a nasty black miasma. As he severs the bonds on Kaiba's heart, the cacophony of Facebook is gone. However, so are any thoughts of conscience or empathy—all that remains is a hunger for the things that he wants, regardless of what consequences there may be (is this even different from how Kaiba normally feels?). Regardless, the will of Facebook is gone, and the desperate hunger within him is only for things that HE wants.]

[you_like_ike]

[Just. Protectively shielding his cat and his strategist.]

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

[Kaiba falls like a marionette with its strings cut. But he's barely down for a moment before he rises shakily to his knees, head still hanging limp, hair obscuring his face. He pauses to breathe and feel--the leftover spiders in his skin, the yawning emptiness inside--he clutches at his chest, and--








fuck

yeah

[3000 ATK let's wreck this. Gonna start out by concentrating a ball of energy in his big ol' dragon mouth (the best type of mouth, btw)]

[afailedmurder]

[turns to Yusuke a little guiltily]




.............I swear that has never happened before.

[wantsnudes]

[ummmm. Yusuke is just staring in disbelief.]

Why is he a Persona?! [or a shadow, or wtfever that thing is]

[bestmothercat]

...

[Looks at Ike and Soren then back at... that. That's... quite the laguz???]

[i_like_ike]

...

We should leave.

[you_like_ike]

Kaiba, can you hear me? Don't tell me he's feral...

[Reaches again for his sword (assuming white dick dragons can't keep hold of it).]

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

[This one COULD have but who needs a sword when you're a dragon, honestly. And don't be jelly, dragon boy--well, no you should be jelly, Seto Fuckin' Kaiba is better at dragonning than you'll ever be, so make like a Slap Chop commercial and watch this:

[....................And then he falls back to hands and knees because identifying as otherkin on Facebook is not enough to make you a dragon in real life, no matter what recruitment materials they've given you. He hacks as if coughing up a lung, spitting up a few more of those definitely probably not spider things before just sagging, resting forehead to forearms. ...Sigh.]

[wantsnudes]

Seto?! Are you all right?

[Moves to his side to check on him, tentatively placing a hand on his shoulder. That was weird, but at least he's not a dragon and/or brainwashed any more???]

[afailedmurder]

Whew! I thought I'd really messed things up for a second there.

[to the Fire Emblems:]

Did you guys know he could do that?

[you_like_ike]

No? I talked to him about the dragon laguz of Goldoa, but he didn't say anything about being like them.

[Relaxes from shielding Ranulf and Soren. But as he takes his arm off of Soren, he goes still and stares at it. There's a smear of blood there.]

...Soren, you're hurt...

[i_like_ike]

[Cringes at the movement.]

I'll be fine. It's not a serious injury.

[bestmothercat]

[Now you got him looking the little mage up and down.]

But that wincing you're doing says otherwise...

[ Sorry, Ike, but Ranulf shifts into his human form and is reaching for Ike's costume and already tearing a cloth from it and began to try to attempt to bandage it up for Soren. ]

[i_like_ike]

[Looks a little alarmed, but complies as soon as he realizes what is happening, holding out his arm to be tended to.]

It's not life-threatening, at any rate.

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

Have none of you people heard of disinfectant.

[Gravel-voiced or not, for his part, Kaiba is pretty sure he is not dead even if he kinda wishes he was. Nevertheless, he's sure as anything not gonna be on his knees in front of these yahoos, and pushes himself to his feet, broadening his stance to appear less wobbly. He looks over at the others, then up at Yusuke]

...Popped collars went out in 2004.

[Then he waves towards the door in a shooing motion]

Come on, let's get the hell out of here.

[Talk about grateful]

[wantsnudes]

My apologies. It was never my intention to fall prey to their trickery. [That's addressed to Soren. ...Even if it technically was Soren who attacked first, apologising only seems fair.

Yusuke gives Kaiba some space as he gets to his feet, and his remark about his outfit gets a startled expression.]

H-how rude! Your coat has a similar collar, I'll have you know.

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

My coat is objectively better. I'm not also wearing a fox mask.

[QED??]

[he's also kind of hoping people will actually start to mosey since he honestly does think he might fall over in a minute]

[you_like_ike]

Wait. What about the console?

Have we accomplished anything here?

[afailedmurder]

That's right! Kaiba, you're a hacker or something, aren't you?