NO EXITS

Allison -

Do you remember Claire?

Please wake up.

Well, a week has passed and we’re still here.

Anyone else thinking about investing in real estate?

On a more serious note I’ve made a friend with one of the ship captains who said she’d help me take a small group to the power plant to look for some of our people. It’s not without risk, obviously. And it comes with a caveat that we help her take out a harvester machine. But I’m not doing anything else this week. So, anyone interested in a little mischief?

So there's a lot of new faces around.

Don't panic.

On all sides.

For the new arrivals: you're in a pocket dimension. We don't know who did it or why, but a good chunk of us have been here for months. Every week, the campus resets to the way it was this morning. Most people fall asleep or go unconscious during the reset and wake up in their rooms. The reset includes you. However you arrived, whatever condition you were in and the clothing you were wearing resets as well. If you're injured, please flag me down. You probably have a key on you somewhere. Look for it. If you don't, let me know and we'll figure out a place for you to stay.

If you're new here, introduce yourself. If you're not, introduce yourself. Let's try to keep it in this one place so people don't get lost.

I'll start. I'm Natasha Romanoff. I'm from a dimension with superheroes, if you know what those are. If you don't, it's people with powers or abilities who used it to protect our planet and the people on it.

Now you go.

(For people who offered their services, I'm going to need people to check our stores for food, medical supplies, and clothing.)

At the risk of tempting Derleth's wrath (or sense of irony), I'd like to take this moment of down time to suggest something. It's come to my attention that there's a lot of people who don't know where to go when in need of various skills. Magical healers, doctors, wizards/magicians/sorcerers, people who can sew or cook, etc.

Basically, I'd like to organize those of you who would want to volunteer your skills to the other Derleth residents. You don't have to volunteer if you're not comfortable with people knowing what you can do, but for those of us who would, I'd like to give them a place.

Then maybe the Welcoming Committee could add this to their note, and we could add it as a pinned sort of post on the network so that it's there when you need it.

If you're interested, let me know what skills you're offering.

ETA: You can see the chart here.

My first thought about this world: at least it's not the 60s.

My second is realizing our 3rd birthday would have just passed. And now I feel old.

Filter: Hargreeves

You ever wonder if there's a possibility that we could land in OUR world again and end up running into younger father dearest again?

Filter: Ritchie Tozier

Are you doing okay? I know he was a friend.

Filter: Stephen Strange

Rumor has it (hah) that the ghosts are not entirely gone. I guess that might potentially call for a replenishing of that protective charm?

Assuming it doesn't once again lead you to being attacked and then acting like you're totally fine and telling everyone not to assess you.

It's taken me a while, but I've managed to create a spell that will protect people from ghostly harm that is strong enough to withstand the energy of the ghosts here. The only downfall is, that I'm only able to uphold the spell for ten eight individuals at any given time.

My priority is to help those who are actively out there, battling or containing the ghosts, providing them with an armor, so to speak, against attack. If that describes what you're doing, comment here and I'll place the spell upon you, as soon as possible.

I think it's probably a good thing Klaus isn't on campus right now. This week might actually drive him over the edge.


[Filter to Allison & Five]
Are you guys okay?

New roommates, ✅.

Back in the endless white void, ✅ again.

[Rm. 506: Mobius, Vanya, Billy]

I suppose we should all get to know each other since it looks like we'll be staying together for the foreseeable future.

I'm Sharon Carter, former SHIELD agent, former CIA agent, and continuing to wish we could end up somewhere that I could buy a bar cart and stock it properly.

Well, hopefully he’s not getting into too much trouble back home.

Filter: Five and Vanya

This place doesn’t like keeping him around for too long, apparently.

Found a flyer among many that told of today's date. It's the first of October apparently.

Happy birthday, fellow siblings!

Has it been officially established this week that nothing is about to come out of the woodwork and try to kill us again like secret amnesia-inducing murderers, maybe the ghouls on the other floors? Or would it be too early?

Filter: Hargreeves

Check in time, all of you.

Filter: Stephen Strange

Is Cloak doing okay? No lasting paint scratches or anything?

Just a reminder to everyone that we'll be hosting the Book Club at our place this week. The book is The Price of Salt, and it's not too late to join us - at least not if you're a speed reader!

[Bucky]

I think this might be a good time to pick up an extra pair of folding chairs. We were thinking about doing it anyway, and just in case anyone unexpectedly shows up.

Do you think you could trim the bushes in front of the house too? They've definitely hit their end of the summer unweildy stage.

I am currently stranded on the sidewalk, in front of my house, which is locked up tight.

Due to a family obligation, I was supposed to miss the first week of school. these idiots I do believe my parents and extended family members saw fit to leave without me in their haste to run off to fat city. Which is totally bogus, man.

I'm going let them burn rubber and I'll break into my house.

Positives : no family gathering, my little project doesn't melt down and take this whole neighborhood with it.
Negatives : can't think of any.

Well, this isn't exactly where I thought I'd wake up today considering I fell asleep in the clinic of the ghost hotel. I can't believe I'm back down to just my scrubs again.

Wow.

I have questions. What does that voicemail even mean? Why did the paper airplane hit me in the ear? Why does this place remind me of that time I died and god told me she didn't like me so I couldn't stick around?

Where are we? When are we? What's with the giant monolith? Compensating much? Is this more time travel?

I hate time travel.

[Voice to text Message]

I take it by all the noise it's now safe to talk? I'm not going to be shushed again?

My roommate and his boyfriend told me what's happening. I don't have much choice to believe it, do I?

I'll be trying to catch up with what others have already wrote.

[ooc: added a few minutes later]

I'm blind.

[ooc: added a few more minutes later]

My name is Matt.

Can everyone reply here and let me know what kind of supplies they have on hand in the dorm so we know what we're working with for the group? We're going to have to work together until this week ends if we don't want more people to die.

That's too many deaths in one day.

I'm taking point here. If you're heading out to do anything — anything — you check in with me. No one goes out of the building alone, and you go with someone who can make a quick and soundless portal to get you out of there if things go south.

No arguments.

ETA: How many of you have made it off campus to the town?

Who: Vanya and Klaus Hargreeves
What: Supersized Sibling Bonding
Where: Around campus
When: Week 17, Day One
Warnings: Not likely
Status: Poke Misha or Jen if you want to join the shenanigans

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Okay, I can handle having to buy all my clothes in Tampa, Florida and I know people said weird things happen all the time, but I hit my head trying to take a shower and it turns out I wasn't just in a daze when I woke up, I'm like 8 feet tall. 8 FEET. If I was a professional model or a basketball player I would be thrilled, but seeing as, again, only my gym clothes seem to fit, I'm both freaking out and super annoyed.

[Peter Parker]

Are you okay? Is this one of those superhero things. What's his name? Ant Man? Is this a that thing?

Who: Hargreeves sisters
What: Bonding in the Florida sun
Where: One of the pools
When: Disney, Day 6 - afternoon
Warnings: probably not but will update
Status: closed/in progress

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I managed to buy a bunch of clothes.

And enough snacks to last half a year for movie nights.

Also, I stocked the kitchen with food.

Now, time to go ride some rides, eat some Dole Whip, and try to not be in another parade.

I had a chance to enjoy Disney all by myself when I was fourteen, give or take a couple of years.

I'm gonna go down to Tampa instead, and see if my old haunts are still there. And Dolores is enjoying the sunshine, margarita in hand. Do not disturb her.

If I'd only known how beautiful the silence was I would have enjoyed it more.

[Larry]
You okay?

I'm not planning to haunt anyone for the duration of this spectacular fuckery - I wouldn't do that to my own brother, thank you very fucking much - but it's not the first time I've died either (although to be fair, I was older), so I'm just hanging around and trying to find any false walls or secrets to this place. In case you were in a rush to know, the voices that people have mentioned are still here and they're very loud.

But someone will have to get Dolores out of the fucking freezer. Anything I've learned from Ghost is completely fucking useless, because if my rage is capable of doing anything, this whole pocket dimension would've blown up by now. You don't know me. You don't know the depths of my rage and sorrow. I can't get her out of there by myself.

Anyway, brother and sisters. This is just to let you know I'm still floating around. I'm Casper the Angry fucking ghost.

All right, so we have no memories, there are people being murdered, and then we get this on our phones.

Does the name Jimmy Woo mean anything to anyone? Is it possible he's the one responsible for all of this? Or maybe he's one of the dead bodies? This is all really nerve wracking.

Quick question, if I get lost, I'll still reset back to my dorm, right?

So heaven has paper airplanes, free cell phones, and looks like a college campus.

...Right, sure. I feel like I'm going to hurl but Okay. What's next?

[Siblings]
Try not to get killed this week, or any week.

Alright. I'm convinced I'm not dreaming, and am also not in Ravka anymore. My dreams have been elaborate but definitely not on this level.

Since I'm still hoping I'm not being hunted in a new land now and have seen a multitude of different technologies and fashion, I could use some help in finding new clothes to fit in. All I have is what I came with and it smells too much like smoke and burnt hair for comfort (better not to ask).

I know a lot of people are talking about going on quests. I'm going to stick around here, so if you want me to be a point person for the various teams, I can.

Also, has anyone seen Danny this morning? I didn't see him at the coronation and I want to make sure he doesn't wander off and into anything potentially dangerous.

No major update to the voices on floors 2 and 3, other than the fact that they get louder or softer with the noise around us. I'm still mostly keeping to outside the building. (Yes, I've been camping out here too, don't judge me.)

If there was any doubt that there are someones or somethings on those floors, well.. I happened to look up and saw indiscernible moving shapes behind the windows.

I am 100% ready for this whole thing to be over.

Hello. Has anyone experienced witnessing a strange transmission on the television monitors this week? I have not been able to locate the source of the transmission as of yet.

I was, however, able to write down a transcript of the video and believe I may be able to recreate much of the notes and images behind him on his whiteboard for anyone who is interested. Unfortunately the transmission quality is not advanced enough for me to be able to make out details of the documents on the board behind him. I do believe there may still relevant information and insight into our current situation.

The video, for those who have not seen it, regards a phenomenon called "altered items." The altered items he describes sounds remarkably similar to the cursed items we have discovered on campus in previous weeks.

Please let me know if I may be of further assistance. Until then I will report back if I discover anything further.


[OOC: the links in the post are for OOC reference and are not IC.]

So... I lost my phone yesterday with everything that happened.

I'm here.

Sorry not sorry about The Green?

First thing, the elevator doesn't work. It just stopped. I don't know what happened, and hopefully someone can get that fixed soon? But I had to take the stairs and went past the second and third floors, which leads me to "second thing".

There are people on those floors. I don't think they're alive, because I can hear them when I could never hear anything like this before. No actual words I can make out, just a lot of whispering and hissing, and let's just say that the vibe was not a very good one, and therefore, I didn't step up to any actual closed doors to see what was really being said.

So that being said, the idea to try to get into those rooms? Let's not do that, please?

Now, I need to try and figure out a way to block these because it's like a perpetual anxiety-inducing white noise machine.

Has anyone seen Eliot? He wasn't in our room when I woke up this morning.


[Siblings]
So, any of you wake up... different? Like... with someone else's powers?

Anyone else wondering why there seem to be no available rooms on floors two and three?

I played some Poker. Played some slots.

Got enough money for some clothes, a tablet, some beer, and a new pillow. Plus razors, soap, jasmine shampoo and conditioner. I also stocked up on oral hygiene items.

Might go spend a night in a hotel room anyway. I want a real bed.