WW CLII Gorey Stories - Ground Floor - GAME OVER!!! FIENDS of LORD STOUT WIN!!!!!

[CrimsonFox]

Mauchow notices the levers have clicked back into their starting position.

[mauchow]

pull orange lever

[CrimsonFox]

Originally Posted by mauchow

pull orange lever

The pulling of the lever feels good. It seemed to work just like yesterday, although you haven't seen any consequences yet.

[mauchow]

inspect stool

[CrimsonFox]

Processing treasure....it shan't be a moment...

[CrimsonFox]

mauchow starts dismantling the stool. Jackal picks up the cat but it is already broken.

[CrimsonFox]

Suddenly a whole opens in the ceiling and The Jackal is vaulted through.

Jackal go to the middle floor please.

[CrimsonFox]

The motors start up again and a panel opens up. THe floor tilts up and you all slide into another room.

[CrimsonFox]

Movement Night Action Deadline extended to Tomorrow(Saturday) at Noon PST.

[CrimsonFox]

You are in the Dining Room

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A very elegant place this is. A silver CANDLELABRA sits in the center of a long table. There is a SIDEBOARD hosting bottles and jars of various sorts. The CURTAINS are drawn back to let in some light. RUGS cover spots of the floor to highlight the room. There are SERVING TRAYS in the middle of the table. Who knows what scrumptious feasts they hold. The large GOLDEN CHANDELIER hangs over this scene. However there is one PLACE SETTING that seems just...off.

Purple Lever, Black Lever, Orange Lever, White Button, Yellow Button, Red Lever

Exits:
MIDDLE FLOOR, TOP FLOOR

[mauchow]

There shall be treasure here !

I will stay.

[CrimsonFox]

Moves done.

[CrimsonFox]

An echo of footsteps is heard in the empty hall. Click Clack Click Clack...

And Hogsworth appears. He looks around.

"So, Mr. Mauchow, how are we fairing this evening? Everything alright?"

[CrimsonFox]

Hogsworth pushes the red button. Then leaves. "You have a fabulous evening."

[CrimsonFox]

Suddenly you hear a voice, the unmistakable shaky voice of the master of the house, Lord Stout
“I am so glad you have all gathered in one place for me. It has made this so much easier. I must dreadfully apologie for, you see, you have received an Unfortunate Invitation. So while you greedily have been gathering bits and trinkets here and there, it’s all worth nothing to you now, for you are helping me settle an old score. Oh you still don’t understand? Well those things you have been searching and inspecting used to belong to some old friends of mine. I say friends but I really mean good for nothing thieves who stole from me, every one of them. And as each of them has touched or owned an item in this house (the items which you searched) when they used to spend endless summers here, now their spirits are summoned into you through these items. So sorry....but what you searched has now determined who is about to be inside you...which should be happening right about...now.”

You all feel your minds melt away, then wander away, then run away from you. Yes it totally gets away from you. And now you....what were you doing? Oh yes you remember this place. What were you thinking of? You are at Lord Stout’s. The man who threw such lavish and wonderful parties and you would stay for simply days and consider it your home away from home. Well now, let the party continue!
“Oh why have I done this? Why have I brought you all back here? Why, to kill you, of course! That’s right, you see I have also summoned, or rather YOU all have summoned some very powerful ...shall we say...acquaintances of mine. And they in turn will kill you. So I guess some of you will be killing the others, etc, etc but don’t let that kill the party. Why don’t you all continue with the venture I promised those other folk, you remember, the ones whose bodies you nowpossess. Yes that IS what we are talking about now aren’t we? So why don’t you forget about me and keep doing what you are good at....trying to take things from my house. The winner still takes all. And then my acquaintances will take you. Bravo!”
Hmmmm you agree with this plan. Taking more money from Lord Stout was always your favorite hobby.

[mauchow]

inspect golden chandelier

[mauchow]

Sorry was tailgating all day yesterday and didn't get home til midnight from the packers game. My phone was pretty much dead by the time I got there.

[CrimsonFox]

The door creaks open and a momemt later Hogsworth sticks his head in.

"Hello? Is everything alright in here? I do realize this must be terribly frightful for you all and I will do everything I can to make your stay here more comfortable and...my word, all of you seem transformed. Like different people are staring back at me."

"I don't like the sound of what the Master said. Inviting his friends to possess you? How dreadful. And the Master did know some very frightful...um...beings...creatures...entities...I won't call them humans. To think that any of YOU should be inhabited by such fiends. Oh dear, this is most terrible. Perhaps you should try and suss out who among you is here to do you harm and remove them post haste! Perhaps by drawing lots or simply by majority vote of anyone in the house. Why don't you just use the names you started with. Yes, I think that is the only fair thing to do."

[CrimsonFox]

"Oh one more thing, if you did not receive a PM from the powers that be, please PM me. And if you have any questions, also please PM me. Now, could I offer anyone some dinner? Anything you like? And a drink too of course."

[mauchow]

Hi. I'm by myself here.

[CrimsonFox]

"*ahem* As I said, maybe you should vote for someone."

[CrimsonFox]

The sound of a panel opening is heard. Hmm something is different. The description of the room has changed slightly.

[mauchow]

vote jackals

I'm going here since he's unlikely to be a candidate. I have zero clue whats up out there obviously.

[mauchow]

This is lonely but I get to touch all the furniture by myself.

I'm scared to touch any switches and levers tbh.

[CrimsonFox]

Crickets chirp outside trying to scare mauchow. The furniture tries to resist being touched.

[CrimsonFox]

"May I offer you something to eat, sir? Maybe that will ease your fears."

[CrimsonFox]

*GONG*

[CrimsonFox]

The lights go out.

[mauchow]

Eeks!

[CrimsonFox]

"Such a pity," says Lord Stout.

[CrimsonFox]

The lights go back on again. You are still here.

[mauchow]

Lord Stout, you are a meanie.

[CrimsonFox]

Sudden you are picked up by the floor and it shoots you through the ceiling, mauchow!

Go to the Middle Floor thread!

[CrimsonFox]

The walls shake and revolve but there is no one here to see the new room.

[CrimsonFox]

"I am pleased to announce the top three fortunehunters thus far have:
4750
4250
3250.

Keep up the good work!

And someone has found a gold ring! A gold cup was also found!"

[CrimsonFox]

Will give you til 9 PM PST if you wish to move to another floor at all.

[CrimsonFox]

You are in the library



Items: BOOK, BOOK, BOOK, BOOK, BOOK, BOOK, BOOK
Exits: Middle Floor, Top Floor
People here: Chief Rum, JAG

Purple Lever, Green Lever, Red Lever, Yellow Button

[JAG]

Just us? Well that's great. Going to be a slow day I imagine unless you have any thoughts.

INSPECT BOOK #4

[CrimsonFox]

...and the title of the FOURTH book is "The Osbick Bird"

[JAG]

Do I see Olsen's Standard Book of British Birds on the shelf too?

[CrimsonFox]

You start to look but start sneezing from the dust immediately.

[CrimsonFox]

"By the way, Happy Birthday, sir..." says Hogsworth holding a cake with lots of candles on it and wearing a pointed hat.

[CrimsonFox]

Creepy funeral music plays from somewhere...

[CrimsonFox]

"Now you see what will befall you repulsive thieves! I cannot wait to see the rest of you fall and become trophies in my house." taunts the voice of Lord Stout.

[JAG]

Ah crap, look at the first page Chief. dubb is dead and he was our hunter. I would imagine that was a night kill and for some reason we had a no lynch with yesterday's vote, either because we had a tie or maybe because we needed to pull the red lever to get a lynch.

[JAG]

Thinking about that a bit more, the color that CF uses seems to correspond to the result from a lever (at least it did on the top floor), so the below quote:

Originally Posted by CrimsonFox

"Such a pity," says Lord Stout.

seems to indicate we probably should've pulled the red lever. I think if it appears again today, I'm going to pull it.

[Chief Rum]

Yes, I think you're onto something there with the lever, and the colors. I know I was on another floor and that was brought up as well (lever color to font color to meaning).

That's a shame about dubb. This is going to be hard unless we start getting together in one place and coordinating. I have to presume the wolves are in contact with each other and probably know a heck of a lot more about what is going on on each floor than we do.

I have been to all floors except the basement, so I don't know what's down there.

[Chief Rum]

It looks like the Red Lever is available. Shall I give it a yank?

Also...

INSPECT BOOK #7

[CrimsonFox]

Book #7 is called The Wuggly Ump

[CrimsonFox]

The bookses...
The Undoubtful Guest
The Gashlycrumb Tinies
The Disrespectful Summons
The Osbick Bird
The Evil Garden
The Glorious Nosebleed
The Wuggly Ump