[network] day 197 @vnikiforov; INTRODUCTION [open]

[vitrissimo]

[ there's a shot of a cabin. it's dark, except for the small blips of light from the closed curtains, and there's not much movement until a flash of very light, almost silver hair comes into view. a charming young gentleman brushes his bangs out of his face and picks up the device, eying it suspiciously. he's definitely shivering, shoulders hunched, trying to look calm. ]

Huh.... Is this for me? [ he doesn't realize it's recording yet, as he pokes at the screen and buttons a bit more. somehow when he first picked it up, he must have turned it on to stream, and now he's just messing around even more. the next part is introduced with a nervous chuckle. and yes, he's been button-mashing so much he missed the arrival stream on the device WHOOPS: ]

Since I've forgotten the last twenty-eight hours of my life... where am I and how do you turn on the heat? ... There's a lot of dolls, if that helps?

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@Spoiler ; video

[spoileralert]

You've been kidnapped to a ghost town in Alaska, and there is no heat.

Hi, I'm Stephanie Brown. Welcome to SnowHell.

@vnikiforov; video

[vitrissimo]

Kidnapped? By ghosts?

[spoileralert]

Possibly. But probably not.

We don't really know.

@totheark, text

[0thingsonmymind]

yes, itis

nor fin bury

you cannot




what kindof
dolls
?

@vnikiforov; video

[vitrissimo]

[ he turns on the video stream when he's walked over to a particular porcelain doll! ]

Like this one.

[vitrissimo]

Oh. That's not good at all.

[spoileralert]

That's the long and short of it, yeah.

But in case you haven't found the guides yet, important details - the doors lock at 7pm and don't unlock until 6am. If you get locked out overnight you die, end of story, I don't care if you're a superpowered eskimo.

There are also monsters, and they can knock you out just by getting close enough to touch you, so run away.

[vitrissimo]

Are the guides on this device?

[ he pauses, because the last bit finally processes. oh ]

.... Monsters?

[spoileralert]

On the network, yeah. And there's maps.

And monsters, yes.

[ Attached: SurvivalGuide.doc
Map.doc ]

perma text

[0thingsonmymind]

iknow
where


you are by mor gue and
ice tun nel s
near cor ner

[vitrissimo]

Thank you very much.

[ there's a pause as he kind of just opens these up in the background. ]

Stephanie, right?

[vitrissimo]

the morgue????????
ice tunnels??
this all sounds bad.

[spoileralert]

That's my name.

[ She stops herself from saying "don't wear it out". ]

@jphawkins, video

[rattlingthestars]

In a sane town, that would help.

[ On the video screen there's a tired-looking young man and a floating pink blob with eyes staring back at Victor. The blob seems happy enough, but Jim just looks resigned. ]

But unfortunately you're in Norfinbury so that could be a couple of places.

perma video!

[vitrissimo]

You mean there are more of these dolls around?

[vitrissimo]

Viktor.

[ he tries to sound positive despite this rather... grim and awkward situation? the sinking and impending feeling of doom is making breaks in that smile, though. ]

[0thingsonmymind]

the mor gue is

the ice tun nels arenot
they are ea sy to tra vel in

[vitrissimo]

but where do they lead?
i can't imagine they're very warm either. :(

[0thingsonmymind]

down town and haw kins ent rance

al so hosp ital and pharm acy
are in

[spoileralert]

Nice to meet you, Viktor, even if the circumstances suck.

[vitrissimo]

How long have you been here?

[vitrissimo]

what's hawkins?

[spoileralert]

198 days today. Almost 6 months. That's the longest anyone has been here.

switching to text for a hot second (1/2)

[vitrissimo]

WHAT?????

annnnnd back to audio

[vitrissimo]

--Oh, sorry.

...Really? That long?