( OPEN ) AND THEY WERE ROOMMATES...?

[regression]

WHO: Whoever wants to be involved!
WHERE: Serene
WHEN: Before the imminent jailing, leading up to the jailing.
WHAT: An open house for Han Sooyoung Corporation, which is an apartment complex renovated for fellow Restless! While Sooyoung, Dokja, and Joonghyuk have invited a few for the initial wave, they want to see if others may be interested which may be followed with a public network post later in the month after all the event things.

As a note, while this is a light-hearted gathering where Joonghyuk, Sooyoung, and Dokja consider housing logistics, the Hierarchy guards will come in and arrest criminals somewhere midway... Sometimes you drew blood and must face the consequences.

If characters found interest in joining just from the open house alone, feel free to submit a form, but as Sooyoung and Joonghyuk will be jailed for a portion of the event, Dokja will be the contact for house things.

This post is also FFA!

WARNINGS: will be updated if anything comes up!

STOP BEING HOMELESS TODAY!

Wherever you are in the Stygia, you'll find a flyer that notes a refuge for Restless from other worlds. It is better to combat the Netherworld, its curses, and its beasts in numbers, no? Hopefully here you can form bonds with those who share the same space, that is what the flyer tries to sell you. An address is penned after its pitch, a building found in the calm of Serene.

The building towers over, floors overtaken by vines with no end and hanging plants, but it seems to be spruced up a bit compared to other forsaken lands. The yard has been manicured with grass leveled like someone bought a lawnmower for this occasion (they didn't). The doors are open for those who wish to take a tour of the floors, granted they will find Floor 3's Suite 1 locked. The rest are free for perusal and they are in good form, though empty aside from wild greens and beds.

Most of the action is on the yard, anyway... What with the wafting aroma of food, the sound of popping kernels, and the wonky projector that plays some movies from Mirth's notice board.

NETFLIX & FEAR?

The projector isn't the best quality... It really did seem like someone haggled their way to get it, however, and it plays while being attached to someone's phone which somehow has a USB slotted in. Netherworld technology really is interesting? Swathes of blankets are placed on the floor for all to lodge and enjoy the movies with sweet and salty popcorn (maybe tomato flavor, there are a lot of flavors) to munch.

The movie list can be found here (with whatever you can think of):

✦ Paranormal Activity
✦ The Blair Witch Project
✦ It
✦ The Ring
✦ Cargo
✦ Black Swan

✦ Us
✦ Nope
✦ The Cabin in the Woods
✦ Beetlejuice
✦ The Interview with the Vampire
✦ Shark movies (Jaws, Sharknado, etc.)

Outside of popcorn, there is stew and bread available for feast. It's delicious despite its simple presentation. While a bowl warms the heart and the stomach, it won't be washing away whatever jealousy y'all fostering. Weirdos. There are also dumplings, though one out of every twelve is extremely spicy.

No, there is no alcohol unless someone else brings it with them.

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Remember that the Hierarchy will be busting in later in the open house to arrest people, just to reference in threads if necessary! For characters interested in joining the house, feel free to submit a form to this page or wait until the network post later in the month.

Comments

[appeale]

[ it doesn't matter who you are, Ruby is too stressed to care right now:

when there's a jumpscare she just straight up hides her whole face in your shoulder. she's pissed off that this happens even when it's a movie she's SEEN BEFORE. ]

[boarwitness]

[arrrrgh]

Get off. Why are you so jumpy? It's not even real.

cw abuse because it's ruby.....

[appeale]

[ SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE IT'S FELIX she immediately recoils when he tells her to get off. surely he wouldn't hit her in front of all these people, she thinks, but— ]

I'm sorry! I was just surprised. That's all.

[boarwitness]

It's fine. Just don't do it again.

[on the contrary, he just has his arms crossed very tightly..... no touch he]

[appeale]

[ she puts her hands behind her back like a well-behaved girl even if what she's actually thinking is FINE, JERK!!! ]

But, Don Fraldarius, you're from a similar time period to mine, aren't you? You don't seem very surprised by this technology.

[boarwitness]

What do you mean, a similar time period?

[explain???]

I've seen more unbelievable things than a motion story. It's all basically magic anyway.

[appeale]

Well, there's people that are familiar with things like these phones we have...

[ not even gonna touch on whatever magical bullshit he has going on!! she's sick of dealing with the shitty worldbuilding in her own novel as it is!!! ]

But the time they were alive is about 500 years after the time when I was alive.

pretends that this is after they go clothes shopping or w/e

[executory]

[ ruby...... 🥺🥺🥺

this is kind of funny but also really tragic, don't mind as heewon just gently pats her on the shoulder a few times. ]

We don't have to watch this if it's too scary. Or if you want, you can hold my hand through the movie.

[appeale]

[ she's already mentally designated Heewon as the safest of the ORVs to suck up to so don't mind her while she clings. look at how pathetic and harmless she is!!! ]

I can watch it...! I was just surprised! I mean, we didn't have anything like this in the Vatican...

[executory]

[executory]

[ anyway. come here sweet child, heewon will protect you with her life.

maybe they can talk over the movie while they watch the movie....perhaps it will be less scary that way.......... ]

Some of the older ones are less realistic. Like Jaws! There's nothing scary about Jaws.

[ there's a lot scary about jaws, especially when you're forced to live through it. ]

But you guys really didn't have any kinds of movies?

[appeale]

[ she would agree that there's nothing scary about Jaws but she does distinctly remember refusing to go swimming for a number of months after watching it as a kid. ]

No, but that might be a time difference... [ she puts on an expression like she's genuinely confused. ] I've heard some people are from the year 2022? When I died, it was 1498...

[executory]

Oh yeah, that's when I'm from too.

[ maybe?? webnovel dates..... but man, 1498 is so ye olde. it reminds her of kaizenix a little, and having to pretend to be someone she wasn't. ]

But 1498 is a long time ago. A lot of this must be pretty new to you then, huh?

[appeale]

Mmhm. There's a lot to learn...

[ god, she can only imagine how nightmarish this all would have been if she really was from the Renaissance. Ruby isn't hiding her face anymore, but she does stay close, her elbow hooked around Heewon's like a proper lady. ]

But it's okay! It's been interesting, and everyone here has been very kind to me.

[lackluster]

[ Tartaglia doesn't mind it when she suddenly uses his shoulder as a pillow. Gently, he places a hand against her back. Instantly protective. ]

If it's too scary, I'll get them to play something else.

[appeale]

[ being this close to a stranger gives her pins and needles but ughhh she supposes that she should suck up to everyone in the building if they're going to be living together... she doesn't want there to be any reason for Sooyoung and the others to kick her out. at least this guy seems less dangerous than Yoo Joonghyuk or Felix? ]

It's okay! [ she lifts her head, but continues clinging to his sleeve. ] I don't want to ruin it for anyone else... I won't be scared, it's fine.

[lackluster]

[ Oops. Maybe he shouldn't have touched her? It almost feels like she froze up when he did it so he takes his hand away. He'll let her continue to cling to his sleeve, however. ]

You sure? They had a huge list to choose from so I'm sure there's something that isn't so bad.

[ Watch him pick Sharknado. ]

[appeale]

Well...

[ she looks back at the screen just in time to catch another jumpscare and flinches. damn it. why couldn't they have just had a Star Wars marathon or something... ]

M-Maybe we can just have a look at what else there is?

[lackluster]

Sure, let's have a look.

[ That flinch... Well, at least she's considering switching the movie to something else. The only problem is he doesn't recognize any of these titles.

Uh. ]

I've never seen any of these. Have you?

[appeale]

[ a little absent-mindedly while they go through the list: ] No, this kind of technology didn't exist when I was alive.

[ let's see... anything she's wholly unfamiliar with is out, since there's no way of knowing how bad it will be. she does really like Black Swan, but it's too depressing and too real to be watching at a party. Paranormal Activity has too many jumpscares, and honestly, The Ring freaks her out no matter how many times she sees it. Beetlejuice, maybe? and Sharknado... is also stupid enough to be viable. ]

Maybe... one of these two? They look a little less scary than the others...

[regression]

[ WHY IS SHE HIDING BEHIND HIM? He's in his pink apron, passing out popcorn bags for people who are here chilling. ]

I'm busy.

[appeale]

[ damn it. she didn't even look at who she was clinging to, she just grabbed someone. of course it had to be one of the worst possibilities. ]

Ah. I'm sorry! I got scared... [ it is taking the full extent of her self-restraint not to comment on the apron so instead she just blurts out: ] Signore, would you like a hand with anything?

[regression]

Everything's accounted for after I pass out the popcorn.

[ It's only a couple of paper bags, so he isn't so ready to force it onto someone else. As domineering and commanding as he is, he doesn't see himself above work. ]

You can continue being scared of a movie.

[appeale]

[ Is this humourless jerk making fun of me?! ]

I-It's just because I've never seen one before! [ actually, she's always been bad with horror movies... ] And I change my mind, I wasn't scared! It just startled me, that's all!

[regression]

... That isn't something you can just change your mind about.

[ You can't just decide being scared is actually just being startled?? He saw the FEAR before she threw herself behind someone. ]