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Well. If it's a murder mystery party, I need a mystery for them to solve. And you write. Soooooo.

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Oya? Did I say I write murder mysteries?

No, but you're also not denying it.

Hm... Tell you what. If you can guess which author I am, I'll write your mystery and anything else you need going forward. Sound fair?

Which author as in your pen name or which author as in genre?

My pen name, but if you can guess a title or the protagonist's name, I'll accept it in place of my pen name.

And there's your extra hint just now. Are you clever enough to see what the hint is?

Probably not unless your protagonist’s name is Sam.

I'm afraid not, but there might be a character named Sam in there somewhere. More likely that Murdoch is in the text.

Anyway, it's fine. I need time to think of a murder mystery if you actually find out and win, anyway, so you can't figure it out too quickly. What kind of murder mystery do you want?

What kind...

[Hastens his steps to catch back up, having fallen behind a tiny bit]

Themed, obviously. Something that gives people an opportunity to dress up. Beyond that, I don't really have any preferences. Any thoughts?

Themed and dress up? Like a Victorian Gothic theme or something?

Exactly. Victorian gothic... That could be fun.

Where are you gonna get the costumes? Most people don't have that stuff packed for a vacation.

I thought I might have a little talk with Miss Nana to see if the crew might be so kind as to supply them. Besides, I felt as though it were time I introduce myself to her personally.

Okay. [ Sam pauses now before turning around to start walking back. ] Let's go to the ballroom, instead.

Ah...?

[Looks towards where they were headed and then in the direction Sam is now walking]

I thought you wanted to explore the third floor? Did I interrupt your plans?

No, you're fine. [ he says it a bit quieter than his normal friendly and enthusiastic voice. He doesn't sound upset or anything though. ] This place is exactly the same, so I don't need to check it further.

...all right. If you're sure then.

...Sometimes I see things. When I see those things, I usually change my plans.

What....sort of things?

Oh, just... eh, actually, it's hard to explain. I've never told anyone that before so I've never thought about describing it.

It's no big deal, though.

But now I'm curious. I want to hear it...can you try?

[ Sam pauses before he turns around to look behind them again. slowly, he points the flashlight upward towards corners of the ceiling. there doesn't seem to be anything there for jewel. ]

... Liquid tar. Too thick to be ink. Sticky. [ that's definitely not all he's seeing but it's kind of a silent warning it's probably kinda creepy or unsettling if it isn't already sounding weird. ]

[Glances in the direction the flashlight points, frowning]

Tar, huh....

[ Sam stares a bit longer. ]

...Yeah. Uh... there was a really inhumane crime at a place outted a few years ago. Had to do with human trafficking and experimentation. I don't remember anymore how much of that information has been scrubbed by us, I think we at the Atmosphere just sanitized it because it was too much... it was just... bad.

There wasn't any tar, exactly... [ The 'but' hangs. he lets the flashlight fall out of his hand, it stopping from dropping to the ground thanks to the wrist strap. he turns to glance at Jewel apologetically. ]

...it's just a hallucination. Have had it since, there's nothing to worry about.

Do you have the same hallucination often?

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