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[missmcguyver]

I don't think I have any of this straight, or that I've wrapped my mind around any of it. And this place is terrifying, but I've noticed there are 16-17 people, or about that anyway, including myself based on the posts...assuming none of them are fake or anything. And on top of that there's no real clue as to who is behind this, where they are, or what the whole purpose of this is even though we've got speculation.

Maybe we should do some sort of check in/make a list to keep track of who all is stuck here and try and come together to figure this out and, ultimately, see if we can get out of here or come up with some kind of plan? Because it seems to me like we're all in the same boat here.

- Betty Cooper



People:
Betty Cooper
Ben Hargreeves
Klaus Hargreeves (?)
Derek Hale [fighting, survival - not expert]
Rikki Chadwick
Sharra (?)
Sandor Clegane
Kaylee [mechanical knowledge]
Jared Jacobs [computers, IQ, etc]
Carol Danvers
Lydia Deetz
Malach MaHavet

Household BOLOs:
Broken Elevator (terrifying)
Padded room (literally)
Hallways losing doors & them winding up on the floor (difficult to open)
Hallways flooding and opening up into a pool
Greenhouse (semi-alive plants that grab on & sprinkler system)
Biting Doors

Comments

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[the_horror]

That's a good idea. Since it might be hard to get everyone in one location with how the house moves about.

Ben Hargreeves, checking in.

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[missmcguyver]

Exactly, I mean, from what I've read the dining room doesn't even have the same rooms that lead off of it for every arrival that's happened, so literally everything is moving.

Hi, Ben, thanks for checking in.

[the_horror]

Is it the same dining room? I mean, did we all show up to the same place but at different times?

Yeah, no problem. I know my brother is around here somewhere too. I ran into him earlier but I lost him again.

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[duelo]

That's a big assumption, which is half the problem.

I would be okay with a check-in. I'm not really sure how much I like the idea of trying to get together in one place physically, partially because I don't trust any of you, yet (sorry; I don't have any reason to, yet) and partially because I'm pretty sure that if this house doesn't want us to get together, then we won't be able to, anyway, and we'll all just end up lost in this place. That could be dangerous if we don't have supplies to survive long enough to hold us over...

But that said, I'm Derek Hale. Consider me checking in. Why is it that the teenagers in my experience are always the ones in the middle of everything? Seriously...

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[missmcguyver]

You're right, it is, it just seems like all we have to go off of right now, really.

You and Ben are probably right that the house probably won't even let us get together, but I'm not going to fault you for not trusting anybody here. I mean, we've all just been kidnapped and we don't know one another - except for Ben and his brother, that I know of. You're right about the supplies and getting lost too. If I'm going to figure anything out I guess I'm going to need to carry things with me

Thanks for checking in. It just, at least, seems like if we can touch base on this, whether whoever brought us here can see or not, it could help more than hurt.

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[duelo]

The girl I woke up with, Cleo, has a friend from home here, too, apparently. But other than that, that's all I know of, too.

I still think the only way we'll find out how to get out of here is to find out why we're here to begin with, but I don't know how we're supposed to find that out. I've been here three weeks now, I think. Close to it, if not. It certainly isn't for lack of trying to get out.

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[justaddh2o]

Rikki Chadwick. Maybe we should also keep a running list of what sorts of weird things we've found or experienced in the house so that other people can avoid them? Like, for example, the elevator is broken. I would recommend people not use it unless you enjoy being genuinely terrified.

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[missmcguyver]

I'll get you added to the list, Rikki. I think it's a good idea to add the weird things too, even with the walls and things moving if we catch sight or hint of something that we know is bad we can backtrack.

I didn't even know there was an elevator - did you get hurt or anything, are you all right?

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[justaddh2o]

Cool. Well then, in that case, Ben and I were walking down a hallway and one minute, there were no doors, and the next minute, they were on the floor. There was water everywhere, deeper and deeper in the hall until it was well up to my chest while I was sitting on the floor trying to help him pry the door open. Then when the door opened, it opened into like a black hole or something. ...which, when I fell in, dropped me into a swimming pool. This place is completely insane.

No, I'm all right, it only fell one floor. It was terrifying, though.

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[sweetfloozy]

My name's Kaylee - what happened with the elevator? I might be able to fix it if I can find some tools...and if this creepy house lets us do that kinda thing.

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[justaddh2o]

It fell. It was hot heading up and I dunno whether that had anything to do with anything, but then it just dropped back down.

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[morethanbark]

DIDN'T WE ALREADY DO THIS

[ But he's at least on board with trying to figure out what in the seven hells is going on so. Being an asshole on the network it is, apparently. ]

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[missmcguyver]

Kind of, but I'm keeping track of who all answers this time, and any sort of major things in the house to watch out for that are terrifying or otherwise dangerous.

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[morethanbark]

ANYTHING INTERESTING YET? OTHER THAN LAYOUT NOT MAKING SENSE AND THE TALKING BOX

SANDOR CLEGANE

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[insufferablysmart]

Hey, capslock, just a thought but maybe we should be doing this more often. The more we do it, the more we find out about this place and the people in it and that can only work in our favor.

Also, seriously, there's a little arrow icon with an underline on your arm right now. Touch it. The caps are obnoxious as fuck.

[ Being an asshole on the network is Jared's favorite! ]

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[morethanbark]

DONT NEED EVERYONE ELSE TO TELL ME THIS HOUSE WOULD BE CURSED IF I BELIEVED IN THAT SORT OF THING

[ but fine. He looks at the device and find the arrow and hey! No more exclusive capital letters! ]

your lack of proper English is also "obnoxious as fuck" but you dont hear me complaining about it

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[insufferablysmart]

Whoever they are, they're fucking scary advanced. Like just these things alone — how do they work? What powers them? Do we power them? How did they do the surgery without leaving any scar tissue or scabbing or stitches or anything behind? How did we survive it?

Then there's the house. I'm convinced this place is actually alive. I woke up with someone, but I've lost her. Walls crop up where they weren't before. Doors slam and lock on their own. Plants grab you. This place is so, so fucked. If I didn't know any better, I'd think that this place is supposed to be a distraction from us trying to figure out who put us here and how. It's hard to focus on that task when you're too busy trying not to die of starvation because you got lost for a day and a half looking for the kitchen. You know what I mean?

But that said, I would agree with you that we need a list so that if something happens to someone, other people will know to look for them. We should probably make these sorts of check ins periodic. We should discuss our skill sets and try to pool resources. I'm a genius, but just because I tested high on an IQ test or I can build a computer from scratch doesn't mean I can find my way out of a haunted house alone. But maybe my brain and someone else's brawn or idea or (insert skill here) put together, for example, could do the trick.

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[missmcguyver]

I've been thinking the same thing, but I genuinely have no idea how to actually even go about answering any of those questions - all I keep coming up with are even more questions to add on top.

I think the house is terrifying on purpose, but that doesn't make it any less so. I've lost the person that I woke up with too, but wait - a plant literally grabbed you? I have a feeling we're going to have a lot of things within the house that we're going to have to be on the lookout for and to be wary of if that's any indication. And, honestly, if the house being so terrifying isn't meant as a distraction, or to keep us complacent, what other options are there? Psychological study? Survival? I mean, every question you can ask there is both even more to worry about and worse than the last one. I know exactly what you mean, though.

Yeah, exactly, I saw that...Cleo, I think, was thinking ahead about food and that's smart, but other skills and things would be a good idea to hash out too so that's a good idea.

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[insufferablysmart]

Yeah, no this place only manages to bring forth more questions while there are never any answers.

Oh, yeah. Yeah, so Sharra and I got trapped in the greenhouse with all the plants and the doors all locked so we couldn't get out. Then, the sprinkler system went off and drenched us and while we were trying to get back out again, the plants just started grabbing at us. When she was sitting on my shoulders to reach the control panel to shut off the damn sprinklers, those fucking things wrapped so tight around both my legs and all the way up to my waist that I couldn't move.

I mean, yeah, if you want to think logically, study seems possible, but we've all been kidnapped so...there's also the very scary possibility that this is just some sick fucking SAW bullshit waiting to happen.

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[captpaininass]

I think the only way we're finding out anything about these things is if we actually get a look at one - and I don't think anybody really should be volunteering. There's a lot of risks to cutting into that area of a person's body - even more so if it is being powered by us and somehow connected to us in some way. The healing might have worked in their favor with transfusions from me, but I doubt it

And I'm going to throw it out there that brute force doesn't seem like it's going to get us any further. I've put some holes in walls and took down what I can only assume is one of the faux front doors to name a few things and it got me a big fat nowhere.

- Carol Danvers

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[insufferablysmart]

I happen to agree with you. The only way to find out is to dig one out of somebody and it's not worth it.

What do you mean big fat nowhere? What happened when you took down the door? What was behind it?

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[abigdarkroom]

I'm still learning how to use this thing. I'm going back through logs and found your post.
My name is Lydia Deetz. I've only been here about four or five days.

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[missmcguyver]

I'd say welcome but that seems like it'd be in really poor taste. Thanks for combing back through - we're going to do more of these, or at least that's the intention. I'll add you to the list Lydia.

Did you wake up with anybody that I should note too?

[herpetreaper]

[He's also coming through all the posts at the moment and sees this. A check in it seems.]

Malach MaHavet. New and currently exploring. Every door I open leads to another room of doors. I have the feeling it's going to be impossible to map this place.

[missmcguyver]

Yeah, sorry Malach, that's what we've all kind of landed on too. If you can't seem to get out of the loop, though, maybe try banging on walls or doors because if someone hears you they could help get you out of the endless loop of doors?