The Exam: IC Community

There's a special place in hell for people who use glitter as a weapon.

Yo I think there's been a mistake cause it says I'm like in charge of something.

Are we putting together a dance crew?

I can see Pan again instead of just feeling him there! And we can talk again. I missed doing that so much.

Have the rest of your daemons appeared as well?

So we have a fuller story now, and it's been made clear what we're supposed to do in order to break the curse. We must bring about the end of Reginald Carstairs. I hesitate to say "kill him" because he clearly is not alive, but for those who have objections to these methods, there is still breakfast in the kitchen. Help yourselves.

I'm curious what methods people have tried and the results of your encounters. If Clue is about a process of elimination, we need to put all the cards on the table and figure out what's missing. The house provided us with weapons for a reason, a few of them seem to be the ones described in the events outlined by the departed Mrs. Carstairs III. The diary entries provide us methods that did not work. Lyra, Kyoko, and myself attempted to encounter him in the basement this morning, intending to use the method of the pipe from the passage dated 22 MAY 1896 (please see Mr. Rogers' post for further details, if you have not already.) And while he did not appear for us to test the theory, I suspect that if it didn't work before, it wasn't going to work this time either.

Thank you for your cooperation in our efforts.

Has anyone else found diary pages? Or have the dates for when their pages were written? I thought it might be good to take a look at the full story, if we can.

The Diary

[[OOC: Just tap in if you found one, and I'll add them as they come in. You don't need to c+p the entry into a comment]]

The ghost was in the basement and he dropped another diary page.

I'm never falling in love.

All these anagrams and word problems -- I think we should keep track of them. Has anyone else found something strange written anywhere? Maybe they aren't supposed to be puzzles. Maybe something gets lost in communication between whatever is in this house and us. Like how that damn seance needed a conduit.

Maybe the house needs something to communicate more clearly.

I don't know. Right now I feel like I'm being pointed in every direction but the right one.

Edit: LIST

A I D M T N E I M O I V L A M - MILITIA MAN MOVED - ADMIT NO EVIL, MAIM - I AM MAD I'M VIOLENT - I'M MAD I'M NOT ALIVE / I'M NOT MAD I'M ALIVE -

Encyclopedia Letter D

Jane Eyre = "What is Dead May Never Die"

Handwritten Note: I will prevail

From The Rat King: "I am cursed as long as he is"

d fsi brubk mi xi byiwu boyftf xt uq tdyuk. - ???

There's a small lab in a room off the dining room - go through where the mirror used to be. Been a long while since I was in chemistry class so someone else might have better luck with what's in there than me. I cleaned up the broken mirror as best I could but still watch yourself if you head in, don't want anyone getting cut.

FILTERED TO IVY:

How's Harley II?

Ronan and I found a lighter in the basement. Could it help with the heating?

Also King Ratchard is very fond of stories. And games. He made us play something called Hangman. It said I am cursed as long as he is.

Hey does ----- have a ----? We found ----!

Also I ---- Mami says ---- should really ---. (So I ----.)

WHO: Lyra Belacqua
WHEN: Day 4, early morning
WHERE: Room 24 and the underground lake
WHAT: An Adventure!
RATINGS/WARNINGS: nah!
STATUS: complete

( Who knew what else they might find out in the dark? )

I went deep into the maze, and I found what was at the end.

I'm sorry, but I do not understand what it means.

Does anyone else hear that voice?

Wow, I hate everything about this. Has anyone fessed up to, you know, kidnapping people yet, myself included? My mother is dating a hitman, so this will probably definitely end terribly for them. And my boyfriend will

Also, what's with the rat problem?

There are rats dragging dolls around by their dresses in my room and I don't actually know what to do about any of it.

In case anyone was wondering about the source of the loud slamming from last night, we tracked down a door that leads to a basement. Whatever was happening down there last night, we haven't been able to investigate because the stairs are completely covered with... rats. Lots of rats.

We tried pouring boiling water on them, but it only made them wet. We think maybe a loud frequency could scare them away, or some sort of magical flute like the pied piper story. If anyone has suggestions or an object that could help, please share them here or meet us by the door.

Thank you very much for your time.

there is nothing weirder than waking up being spooned by a clown. i hate clowns.

barnes, rogers, i'm burning these creepy pieces of nonsense.

EDIT: OMG ABORT THE BURNING DO NOT BURN THE CLOWNS OR ANYTHING ELSE OMG I NEED THERAPY!

Did anyone else have difficulty sleeping last night? It sounded like a door opening and slamming right below my bedroom. If it was somebody exploring, I’d appreciate if you would have a bit more courtesy from now on.

Well, it's not fresh blood, at least. That's a plus! Just letting everyone know, no one recently died in the library. Still probably ought to ere on the side of caution. Self-printing computers, bugs nailed to walls, and pools of old and dried blood make for an interesting history for this place.

Though it does seem a bit suspicious, doesn't it? Like a bad Stephen King novel.

Wait! I think I might be onto something..

No. No, I lost it. Anyone else have any ideas?

Is anyone else finding it a little strange that we've now been here all day and no one has actually seen this Reginald Carstairs guy?

How are we supposed to figure anything out if he won't' show up?