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MUSELIST Photo Credit: nameless-table This a post where it's mainly my OCs and there are various scenarios, mostly having to do with the Midnight Grind Cafe, owned by Iona Jacqueline Oakes and her mysterious handsome golem man, Oren. Their cafe connects to almost every universe so a lot of silly stuff can happen. I'll write some prompts for my OCs or we can plot together and go in another direction. You can contact me at maiscribbles or my Discord (Fujinon#6780). Have at it! ➢ Cool Mood Music No. 1 ➤ Cool Mood Music No. 2

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[newmodel]

An escape room.

[He stops mid-step, then turns to look at her, arms clasped behind his back.]

An puzzle adventure game where various individuals confined in a single room attempt to find a way to leave, or “escape”, with the clues and objects provided to them within. No, I haven’t, but I’m familiar with the concept.

[Already, though, his gaze pulls towards the side; the oddity of this room, the clock set to the wrong hour, pieces seemingly arranged. A neat and tidy state; unusual for something so abandoned.]

Are you equating our surroundings to something similar? That would imply an expectation that there would be someone here to solve the presented puzzle.

[psychometer]

The room we have here isn't a puzzle itself... Although that can change. What I'm saying is that this room has been reset. It's different from cleaning up because there's a degree of flexibility most people have when it comes to tidying their living space.

[Lien puts down the clock and immediately scans the room for any obvious cameras.]

When you reset an escape room or any game room, you need to put the clues and objects of relevance in the same locations. A well designed room makes it so that as the game progresses, your experience and unveiling of clues isn't entirely linear.

So, that's just my long winded train of thought about how it feels like someone's been playing house. We'll have to look around the rest of the other rooms to confirm my theory...

[She sports it, a small dull dot of light on the mirror.]

And we definitely have cameras all around. I think you'll be better at rooting those out and messing with those if you can so we can cover our tracks cause that's the only one I could spot so far.

[newmodel]

[A reset. Given the state of the room, it can’t be denied, though neither can it be verified with what’s observable thus far.

If it weren’t for the spotted camera, at least, its lens glinting in the light from its nestled spot in the mirror.]

Hm.

[Nothing else, just another scan of the room, tweaked to unearth anything similar.]

I count five. The one you’ve found, one in the ceiling fan, another in the bookshelf, and two more on the rim of the above light fixtures. [He gestures at each one while he points them out, LED blinking.] Which lends credence to your theory, despite how strange it might sound. We’re missing the reasoning why, however, and how it connects to the relevant names on our list of missing persons.

Who would be watching? Can you use your abilities on the cameras and locate the origin point of our observer?

[psychometer]

[Lien purses her lips at his question, but she nods albeit uncertainly. ]

To a certain degree... I don't want to knock myself out trying to get a crystal clear replay of events, but I'll read where the cameras lead and who was in here last.

[ Lien checks the time on her phone again (issued by the DPD, how kind of them).

11:25 PM.

She puts the phone away.]

Give me five minutes. I'll see if I can figure out why midnight is a relevant time too.