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reflected_shadow) wrote2012-10-22 10:31 am
reflected_shadow) wrote2012-10-22 10:31 am
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Maison ✦ Notes
Day 12
Schwarz was brought to the house. Part of the area had no color, and while he was warm the heat wasn't as oppressive to him as to the completely nonsensitives. The houseguests all fall asleep at noon, what happens during the rest of the day is a mystery.
Night 12
Schwarz's first night. The unnatural sleep causes a dream. Rose strikes Lock (although he doesn't know them yet) with a lanturn and the pain is felt by all. The dream fractured and returned to find the girl dead. Dreamers vaguely aware of their bodies but unable to wake. Someone orders "get out of my head". Wakes to find flames all around, unable to move yet the flame isn't dangerous. Schwarz being mildly sensitive was left in a dazed half-dream; not part of the collective fire but on the verge of it. A strong impression of being on the edge of something more but being unable to go over that edge. He did not see the dream-visions, but Don seems oddly familiar and he has no idea why.
He quickly learned lighting a fire was a bad idea but managed to avoid the Burning Man without being singed.
Day 13
Following a strange compulsion to go to the Parlor he got a good breakfast and a bag full of supplies.
Night 13
Schwarz disappeared from the house just before nightfall and didn't reappear until the stroke of Midnight. He has no knowledge of the events in the house during this time.
Midnight 13
Schwarz got back in the house just in time to be drawn to the applause in the Ballroom, and then swept into the theater and tied to a seat. On the stage he sees the performance of The Drowned Woman and The Art Enthusiast, recognizing the latter as Don Marks. The play was the story of a woman that loved the sea, but found a new love as a kind of all-or-nothing game to find true happiness. She lost, and Don seemed to try to give the people trapped in the audience a warning, but the stage erupted into flame and the play was ended.
The lost time combined with the scene he'd witnessed prompted Schwarz to do something more dangerous to try and find a way out of the house, and this is when he managed to get inside the Closed Closet and discover the woman trapped within.
Day 14
The day started with a forced sleep, and a dream that seemed unnaturally real despite the fact that he was not the person in the dream... and yet it felt like he was. In the dream his hands were burned and bloody, and he clawed at the ground, desperate give his family a proper burial, bagging whatever power would heed him that their souls would be allowed to rest and escape from the house. That dream passed into an unnatural darkness and stillness that seemed it would never end. When they were finally released, it was impossible to tell whether moments or days had passed. Unnatural Servants gave a sing-song message before he was allowed to return to being truly awake.
Despite the clock only moving an hour past dawn, he awoke covered in dust and cobwebs. In the Rose Garden he found a piece of tattooed skin in the Rose Garden. He had the strange feeling it was related to the Servant's riddle, but chose to keep it instead of handing it over.
Night 14
Night brought with it another unnatural sleep, although this time it was dreamless. When he awoke, his forearms were marked with strange tattoos.
This night he could hear the woman trapped in the Closed Closet humming. The tune was Greensleeves, although he didn't recognize the tune.
The mirrors began to act strangely, and are likely best avoided.
Day 15
The beginning of Fall and cool weather, he was given warmer clothes but he doesn't know from who or what.
At noon, the house became filled with whispers. The voices were familiar, but too quiet to identify.
Night 15
The Front Door opened, allowing access to the outside. But it was no escape, because the house was on a floating island. There were many other floating islands, some of which had buildings on them although the darkness made them indistinct. Some of the other buildings had points of light shining inside the windows, suggesting the island the house was on wasn't the only inhabited one. The darkness made it impossible to tell what was beneath the floating islands... if anything. The Rose Garden and an opaque glass wall prevented passage to the back of the house. Flying predatory monsters prevented any attempt to fly to other islands. The Burning Man came and took a brand from the fire, returning to the house with it. The voices became exceedingly faint, so much so he can't tell if they're really there.
This night he also lost not only his real name, but the real names of everyone he'd ever known. He still had the name of Schwarz though, so he didn't realize it right away. But once he realized he could never recall the names of his family, he spent the rest of the night near the bonfire, taking what little solace he could from the fact he was outside. He also noted a space missing from the tattoo on his arm, and assumes that spot to have been his name.
Day 16
He remained outside until sunrise, catching a glimpse of ocean on the horizon. But even he could not fight the Phantasms, and he was forced to quickly retreat back inside to avoid being dragged in. After that, the front door closed tight again.
He took note of little else that day, the loss of names eroding at his already uncertain sense of self.
Night 16
Another dream. This one of a woman weaving on a loom despite the threads having cut her fingers to the bone. The picture was that of a planet, Earth-like it was impossible to tell whether it was his Earth or not. Half of the planet was in the daylight, the other half in the shadow of night. Nowhere on the planet could electric lights be seen. The blood added dark stains to the picture. The sound of the loom was unnaturally loud, and continued even after the rest of the dream had faded.
That dream fades into another. This time of a lantern. A wine bottle, sketch book, and sheathed sword can be seen by its light. The light grew brighter until it was painful. Someone coughed, another laughed, and a third sighed. The dream faded then, the darkness a welcome relief from the harsh light.
The darkness gave way to a third dream. Yet again it seemed like it was someone else's memory. Thinking about how much he should love his daughter, his wife, and his friends; yet he was afraid of all of them. Of them, for them, of this place. The fear easily became anger. Was this his child or a monster? The child opened her eyes, and stared silently with eyes that seemed to belong to a soul far older than the child. He wanted to love her, but couldn't.
The dreams ended, the last one having made Schwarz feel very uncomfortable. The feeling didn't last long however, because he awoke to find his true name and the names of his friends and family had returned, bringing with them a profound sense of rightness. The marks from the empty place in his tattoo had returned as well.
The night also brought the first snowfall, making the house dangerously cold. He also noticed the single White Rose remaining in the Rose Garden. He gently brushed the petals to check if it was real, and confirmed it was, although the thorns were exceedingly sharp. He could not get to the Closed Closet to try and talk to his friend through the wall tonight, as the Mother's Ghost and the Photographer were in the Study. The mirrors continue to refuse to work properly. The Electric ghost was in the Radio Room, causing his walky to give off high pitched static all night, even with the batteries removed. Even leaving it didn't help, the electricity affected the DG Cells and caused him to hear static in his head all night.
Day 17
At dawn the house filled with fireflies, which resolved themselves into the figures of dancers in the Ballroom. Being drawn there a man (Lyhn) gave a request for silence, and then sleep came again, drawing him into another dream. He found himself dancing lazily around the room with them. A woman (Estella) appears and moves towards the man as though in a trance. They speak though no words are heard over the music, then he holds out the lantern. It explodes in a blinding light, but when the flash fades the two are surrounded by Phantasms which push the flames back into the lantern. The catch the woman as she collapses, and the man gives a shallow bow as they take the lantern and the dream ends. There was also a white owl in the dream (Spade) whom he later recognized with Mukuro.
The fireplaces go out, leaving nothing to fight the cold within the house. The snowfall had become a blizzard, making passage between the houses nearly impossible and trapping him within the third house. There was a canvas bag next to him when he woke up, a letter that appeared to from his brother attached to it despite the contents being impersonal with the exception of the charm. The kitchens were now completely restocked. The mirrors were no longer shadowed, but were dangerously cold and covered with handprints on the wrong side. The was man left a cryptic message on the wall: "It's in the blood." His tattoo itched inexplicably.
Night 17
The clock swung open to reveal a door. An odd man stepped through, and clapped three times. The cold intensifies, somehow freezing him in place. Somehow it joins them together, each seeing through every other's eyes. The Phantasms spread through the house, infecting him and most others with something alive and hungry. They vanished back through the hidden door closed again, and they were pulled into a sleep that felt dangerous as the cold intensified.
The dreams start again and the first thing scene is Rose, lit by candlelight, looking much better than the last dream left her. The shadows wrap around her, she says two words -one Lock's name- then starts sewing her lips closed. A dark figure moves behind her, tells her her sacrifice has been accepted.
The dream shifts to two children playing with dolls, talking about where to put them for their game. Each different, most familiar. They take the last doll, that of a pregnant woman, and squeeze it tightly around the stomach. A sudden surge of pain woke him from the dreams.
When he awoke he had moved, finding himself in a pile of people in the Parlor in the first house. The blades continue to build blood and meat residue, continuing to the point he had to remove his mask's bladed crest.
The Parlor was filled with dancers, some of them looking like the people he'd met in the house that were no longer there. There was a bald, blue skinned, pointed-eared woman in armor protecting a doll. He'd never seen the stranger before. Most terrifying in the ballroom was the nightmare-beast. It left at some point, chasing people through the halls. It was also impossible to make it into the other houses, due to the doors being locked.
He was also strangely picky about what he ate, in the same pattern as a relapse of childhood likes and dislikes. It later advanced into something felt more deeply. Ending up as a feeling of rebellion. Why should he listen? Who would make him?
After a few hours of night he disappeared, not reappearing in the house until morning, in a case of lost time.
Day 18
He reappeared in the house shortly after dawn. He found himself in a new set of clothes, all formal. The things he'd had on him reappeared next to him, and he put the mask back on before anyone could see him. The parasite still caused him abnormal hunger, and despite the houses being unlocked he still couldn't make it back to his safe room because of the danger the mirrors presented.
Schwarz was brought to the house. Part of the area had no color, and while he was warm the heat wasn't as oppressive to him as to the completely nonsensitives. The houseguests all fall asleep at noon, what happens during the rest of the day is a mystery.
Night 12
Schwarz's first night. The unnatural sleep causes a dream. Rose strikes Lock (although he doesn't know them yet) with a lanturn and the pain is felt by all. The dream fractured and returned to find the girl dead. Dreamers vaguely aware of their bodies but unable to wake. Someone orders "get out of my head". Wakes to find flames all around, unable to move yet the flame isn't dangerous. Schwarz being mildly sensitive was left in a dazed half-dream; not part of the collective fire but on the verge of it. A strong impression of being on the edge of something more but being unable to go over that edge. He did not see the dream-visions, but Don seems oddly familiar and he has no idea why.
He quickly learned lighting a fire was a bad idea but managed to avoid the Burning Man without being singed.
Day 13
Following a strange compulsion to go to the Parlor he got a good breakfast and a bag full of supplies.
Night 13
Schwarz disappeared from the house just before nightfall and didn't reappear until the stroke of Midnight. He has no knowledge of the events in the house during this time.
Midnight 13
Schwarz got back in the house just in time to be drawn to the applause in the Ballroom, and then swept into the theater and tied to a seat. On the stage he sees the performance of The Drowned Woman and The Art Enthusiast, recognizing the latter as Don Marks. The play was the story of a woman that loved the sea, but found a new love as a kind of all-or-nothing game to find true happiness. She lost, and Don seemed to try to give the people trapped in the audience a warning, but the stage erupted into flame and the play was ended.
The lost time combined with the scene he'd witnessed prompted Schwarz to do something more dangerous to try and find a way out of the house, and this is when he managed to get inside the Closed Closet and discover the woman trapped within.
Day 14
The day started with a forced sleep, and a dream that seemed unnaturally real despite the fact that he was not the person in the dream... and yet it felt like he was. In the dream his hands were burned and bloody, and he clawed at the ground, desperate give his family a proper burial, bagging whatever power would heed him that their souls would be allowed to rest and escape from the house. That dream passed into an unnatural darkness and stillness that seemed it would never end. When they were finally released, it was impossible to tell whether moments or days had passed. Unnatural Servants gave a sing-song message before he was allowed to return to being truly awake.
Despite the clock only moving an hour past dawn, he awoke covered in dust and cobwebs. In the Rose Garden he found a piece of tattooed skin in the Rose Garden. He had the strange feeling it was related to the Servant's riddle, but chose to keep it instead of handing it over.
Night 14
Night brought with it another unnatural sleep, although this time it was dreamless. When he awoke, his forearms were marked with strange tattoos.
This night he could hear the woman trapped in the Closed Closet humming. The tune was Greensleeves, although he didn't recognize the tune.
The mirrors began to act strangely, and are likely best avoided.
Day 15
The beginning of Fall and cool weather, he was given warmer clothes but he doesn't know from who or what.
At noon, the house became filled with whispers. The voices were familiar, but too quiet to identify.
Night 15
The Front Door opened, allowing access to the outside. But it was no escape, because the house was on a floating island. There were many other floating islands, some of which had buildings on them although the darkness made them indistinct. Some of the other buildings had points of light shining inside the windows, suggesting the island the house was on wasn't the only inhabited one. The darkness made it impossible to tell what was beneath the floating islands... if anything. The Rose Garden and an opaque glass wall prevented passage to the back of the house. Flying predatory monsters prevented any attempt to fly to other islands. The Burning Man came and took a brand from the fire, returning to the house with it. The voices became exceedingly faint, so much so he can't tell if they're really there.
This night he also lost not only his real name, but the real names of everyone he'd ever known. He still had the name of Schwarz though, so he didn't realize it right away. But once he realized he could never recall the names of his family, he spent the rest of the night near the bonfire, taking what little solace he could from the fact he was outside. He also noted a space missing from the tattoo on his arm, and assumes that spot to have been his name.
Day 16
He remained outside until sunrise, catching a glimpse of ocean on the horizon. But even he could not fight the Phantasms, and he was forced to quickly retreat back inside to avoid being dragged in. After that, the front door closed tight again.
He took note of little else that day, the loss of names eroding at his already uncertain sense of self.
Night 16
Another dream. This one of a woman weaving on a loom despite the threads having cut her fingers to the bone. The picture was that of a planet, Earth-like it was impossible to tell whether it was his Earth or not. Half of the planet was in the daylight, the other half in the shadow of night. Nowhere on the planet could electric lights be seen. The blood added dark stains to the picture. The sound of the loom was unnaturally loud, and continued even after the rest of the dream had faded.
That dream fades into another. This time of a lantern. A wine bottle, sketch book, and sheathed sword can be seen by its light. The light grew brighter until it was painful. Someone coughed, another laughed, and a third sighed. The dream faded then, the darkness a welcome relief from the harsh light.
The darkness gave way to a third dream. Yet again it seemed like it was someone else's memory. Thinking about how much he should love his daughter, his wife, and his friends; yet he was afraid of all of them. Of them, for them, of this place. The fear easily became anger. Was this his child or a monster? The child opened her eyes, and stared silently with eyes that seemed to belong to a soul far older than the child. He wanted to love her, but couldn't.
The dreams ended, the last one having made Schwarz feel very uncomfortable. The feeling didn't last long however, because he awoke to find his true name and the names of his friends and family had returned, bringing with them a profound sense of rightness. The marks from the empty place in his tattoo had returned as well.
The night also brought the first snowfall, making the house dangerously cold. He also noticed the single White Rose remaining in the Rose Garden. He gently brushed the petals to check if it was real, and confirmed it was, although the thorns were exceedingly sharp. He could not get to the Closed Closet to try and talk to his friend through the wall tonight, as the Mother's Ghost and the Photographer were in the Study. The mirrors continue to refuse to work properly. The Electric ghost was in the Radio Room, causing his walky to give off high pitched static all night, even with the batteries removed. Even leaving it didn't help, the electricity affected the DG Cells and caused him to hear static in his head all night.
Day 17
At dawn the house filled with fireflies, which resolved themselves into the figures of dancers in the Ballroom. Being drawn there a man (Lyhn) gave a request for silence, and then sleep came again, drawing him into another dream. He found himself dancing lazily around the room with them. A woman (Estella) appears and moves towards the man as though in a trance. They speak though no words are heard over the music, then he holds out the lantern. It explodes in a blinding light, but when the flash fades the two are surrounded by Phantasms which push the flames back into the lantern. The catch the woman as she collapses, and the man gives a shallow bow as they take the lantern and the dream ends. There was also a white owl in the dream (Spade) whom he later recognized with Mukuro.
The fireplaces go out, leaving nothing to fight the cold within the house. The snowfall had become a blizzard, making passage between the houses nearly impossible and trapping him within the third house. There was a canvas bag next to him when he woke up, a letter that appeared to from his brother attached to it despite the contents being impersonal with the exception of the charm. The kitchens were now completely restocked. The mirrors were no longer shadowed, but were dangerously cold and covered with handprints on the wrong side. The was man left a cryptic message on the wall: "It's in the blood." His tattoo itched inexplicably.
Night 17
The clock swung open to reveal a door. An odd man stepped through, and clapped three times. The cold intensifies, somehow freezing him in place. Somehow it joins them together, each seeing through every other's eyes. The Phantasms spread through the house, infecting him and most others with something alive and hungry. They vanished back through the hidden door closed again, and they were pulled into a sleep that felt dangerous as the cold intensified.
The dreams start again and the first thing scene is Rose, lit by candlelight, looking much better than the last dream left her. The shadows wrap around her, she says two words -one Lock's name- then starts sewing her lips closed. A dark figure moves behind her, tells her her sacrifice has been accepted.
The dream shifts to two children playing with dolls, talking about where to put them for their game. Each different, most familiar. They take the last doll, that of a pregnant woman, and squeeze it tightly around the stomach. A sudden surge of pain woke him from the dreams.
When he awoke he had moved, finding himself in a pile of people in the Parlor in the first house. The blades continue to build blood and meat residue, continuing to the point he had to remove his mask's bladed crest.
The Parlor was filled with dancers, some of them looking like the people he'd met in the house that were no longer there. There was a bald, blue skinned, pointed-eared woman in armor protecting a doll. He'd never seen the stranger before. Most terrifying in the ballroom was the nightmare-beast. It left at some point, chasing people through the halls. It was also impossible to make it into the other houses, due to the doors being locked.
He was also strangely picky about what he ate, in the same pattern as a relapse of childhood likes and dislikes. It later advanced into something felt more deeply. Ending up as a feeling of rebellion. Why should he listen? Who would make him?
After a few hours of night he disappeared, not reappearing in the house until morning, in a case of lost time.
Day 18
He reappeared in the house shortly after dawn. He found himself in a new set of clothes, all formal. The things he'd had on him reappeared next to him, and he put the mask back on before anyone could see him. The parasite still caused him abnormal hunger, and despite the houses being unlocked he still couldn't make it back to his safe room because of the danger the mirrors presented.