UNHOLY DISORDER

[livestage]

[Something is wrong with the room you are in.

At first blush, it seems normal enough. It's nicely furnished, lavish dark oak, brass and a rich green drapery and carpet. Except in the middle of the room, a simple glass box sits wrapped in chains. Inside, a heart rocks back and forth as it beats, chambers constricting and relaxing around air.

But the more you look around, you might notice that the rafters beyond the brass lamps are made of bone, spine connecting them all. You might notice that the binding on all of the books seems to be an unusual leather. You might notice that teeth have been used as nails.

You almost can't help but notice the strange ... give... under your feet. Whatever is under the carpet seems almost spongy.

You know, instinctively, that the heart is in danger.

But so are you.]

Comments

RING RING

[livestage]

[ A phone sits on the ground next to the heart box. There are only two numbers programmed in: one for the Dame and the other for the Demiurge.

You can call them if you’d like. Or perhaps they’ll call you? ]

Re: RING RING

[notlikeanyone]

[ calling the Demiurge, ring ring ]

Re: RING RING

[carveitout]

Yeeeees?

ROUND 1

[livestage]

DISCUSSION

[livestage]

Re: DISCUSSION

[untilldeath]

Fucccck. We're inside a fucking mouth, aren't we. Or something.

Re: DISCUSSION

[demolition]

So like. . . this is kinda nasty.

Re: DISCUSSION

[notlikeanyone]

Okay, the obvious questions are things like, "is this person a male" - since it's yes or no we can't give multiple options, which sucks. But, uh, that and like, are they over twenty, but that still leaves a lot of narrowing down. There's one thing, looking at the people on the list... if we ask, "do they have amnesia?" it'll either cut it down at lot, or just eliminate a small group.

Re: DISCUSSION

[monkeyseemonkeydoom]

The best way to win games with yes/no questions is to ask compound questions.

Like, "Does this heart belong to somebody who is a male or whose name appears after 'M' in the alphabet?"

Re: DISCUSSION

[restitui]

[ Anxiety on your own is One Thing. But unfortunately when you've big bro-zoned one person (Forte) and your other family members are also Full of the Stress right now and you have a blessing that reacts to both of those things... It's not as many voices as the room outside but he's definitely a lot more still as he tries to think things through. ]

Okay, so identifying questions for one out of fifty people. Not hard.

[ definitely hard ]

SUBMISSION

[livestage]

Re: SUBMISSION

[restitui]

Does the person who's heart this belongs to belong to a family that suffered injuries during wed, bed, behead?

ROUND 2

[livestage]

DISCUSSION

[livestage]

Re: DISCUSSION

[notlikeanyone]

[ looking at all the stuff happening with heart. ]

Well, don't like that.

Anyway, we got our answer, and that does essentially halve our options. Now we just need to figure out what to ask next.

Re: DISCUSSION

[untilldeath]

[ . . . Shit. One hand lifts to his chest, curling into his shirt tightly, the other at his bandaged throat. He careens unsteadily, stumbling onto his knees. A trickle of blood runs down from his nose and he gasps when air finally fills his lungs again.

It's shallow- not quite steady or back to normal, but at least he can drag in air.]

-Shit

[His stress spikes, his panic at his inability to breathe a moment ago not quite having passed. Teeth gritting, he tries his best to inhale and then exhale steadily.]

Re: DISCUSSION

[restitui]

[ Cool, cool Sun Sign is an option but also - Sometimes you still just have voices screaming in your head and now Forte is also very clearly not okay and


You roll a 19/20 and are trying to combat off a full blown panic attack. ]

SUBMISSION

[livestage]

Re: SUBMISSION

[monkeyseemonkeydoom]

Are they a Siren?

ROUND 3

[livestage]

DISCUSSION

[livestage]

Re: DISCUSSION

[monkeyseemonkeydoom]

Down to nine if we assume it isn't Forte.

...We could also just guess that it's Forte. Take that 1/10 chance that we have any control over helping him.

SUBMISSION

[livestage]

FINAL GUESS

[livestage]

Re: FINAL GUESS

[monkeyseemonkeydoom]

Forte.