Day 0 – Part 2 

"Okay, Chatterboxers, let's get to it! Grab your bags- wait, did you bring luggage?"
"Yeah! I brought all the things I need, and eighteen pocket knives, just in case." Nightfall hefted their duffel bag over their shoulder and smiled, showing the hilts of the knives very casually.
"Wait- We don't need our own weapons! Give me those, Nighty!" Peculium strode over to Nightfall, who was looking a bit disappointed about losing their knives.
"Fine. But I get them back after the trip- please?" 
"Sure. Anyways, follow me!" Peculium led the group past the couches and down a hallway, which was populated by randomly placed doors, some painted stark white, others midnight black. A floating orb of blue hung above each door, ranging from ice-blue to deep midnight. At the first door (ice-blue) Peculium ushered Angel, Firefly, Wreeboo and dreamiing inside. At the next (a mix between aqua and teal), NoOneKnows, Twilight, Darkling, and Moondrop got herded into the room. The second to last (a medium blue) was now occupied by Luminescence, Luna-Starr, woolly, Bakerloo and Princess Juni, while the last room (the one with a midnight orb) belonged to Quill, Nightfall, Tealeaf, Demon, and Silver Crystal. 
"There are your rooms! They're based on the shade of blue you like, in order from lightest to darkest. Silver Crystal is in the midnight group because I misread depends as deep-ends. Get unpacked and I'll see you in the dining room for dinner!" With that, Peculium left, not even providing a map to show the guests where the dining room was. 
"We can find our way," Lumi assured her group while she smoothed down the cobalt covers on her bed. Luna nodded, then lay back on her azure sheets to think about life and pies. In the first room, dreamiing was talking quietly to Firefly (who wasn't listening, as dreamiing often did this) from her top bunk (featuring a sky blue bed set). Angel was wondering why they they were placed in the ice-blue room before realizing that they had answered white, and then starting the whole process over.
NoOneKnows and Darkling had become fast friends and had decided to share a bunk bed, their aqua and teal sheets getting wrinkled from bouncing around (the mattresses were so springy).
Quill and Silver Crystal were discussing ways to plump pillows (both preferring the shake and throw method) while folding down fuzzy blankets. Demon was missing their twin (although they would never admit it) but was glad they had Nightfall. 
The chatter ceased when stomachs began to rumble, so each room decided that it was time for dinner. They filed out into the hallway, greeting each other and talking about how they were to find the dining room. After wandering through the long hallways (avoiding green carpet, of course) Tealeaf finally gave up and demanded the walls to show her a passage to the dining room.
Immediately, the walls shifted into a doorway showing a blue room with several chairs grouped around a long table.
"Did you just… make that appear? With your MIND!?" 
"I don't know! It just happened!"
"Wow, I wonder if we can all do that?" 
"Maybe."
"That would be AWESOME!"
"Fellow guests, can we please enter this dining room and actually eat? I am getting stomach pains." (That was Firefly.) Everybody agreed and stopped the chatter. 
In the dining room, the guests discovered that Peculium was waiting for them, sitting at a small table in the corner. She waved and told them that the food was waiting. 
"How exactly do we get it?" dreamiing asked softly, then realized exactly how.
"Just ask for it!" Peculium answered before noticing that the guests (Being extremely smart Chatterboxers) were already sitting down to eat with plates full of food.
"Do you have house elves? 'Cause that's slavery, yknow." Bakerloo asked, swallowing a mouthful of blueberry jam (Although he had asked for a custard).
"Oh, no. We have magic! You have a lesson tomorrow on how to become MasterChefs. In the meantime, you have to settle with mismatched food." Peculium answered.
"MasterChefs..?" Silver Crystal wondered what that could be.
"Oh, it's basically just perfecting the art of Asking for Food Politely. Dont worry- Its not hard." Peculium asked for a pie and it appeared, whipped cream spilling off the plate.
"Oh… Okay. Cool." Silver went back to her food. 
Chatter continued, along with strange delicacies appearing on the paper plates.
"…So David told me that mud was better than pie for fighting, and then my whole riding team started a mud war! The horses hated it, but we had fun." Lumi finished her tale with a bite of mashed potato muffin (sounds good, tastes bad) and sat back in her purple velvet chair.
"Wow, cool! There was one time when-"
A sound -like thunder- echoed around the room. Peculium's face went white as a sheet.
"What was that?" Angel asked.
"N-Nothing! Um, dinner's over! Head to your rooms, please! I'll see you tomorrow!" Peculium waved their hand and a door appeared, showing the hallway with the blue lights.
"Why do we have to-" Moondrop started, but shut up when she saw the look on Peculium's face.
"I told you to go! Please!" 
The guests, although confused, obeyed. The dining room emptied out until only Twilight was left.
"GO!!" Peculium shouted, gently pushing Twi into the doorway.
With Twilight gone, the door disappeared and Peculium was alone. 
The world was wrenched open and a shadowy figure stepped out of the In-Between, carrying a scroll that was the color of the night sky without a moon.
"Mys-Mystery… T-Thanks f-for dropping i-in! W-What do y-you n-need?" 
I have a message, the figure said, although no sound emitted from it's mouth.
"G-Great! I a-actually h-have g-guests at t-the m-m-moment, but w-we can-" 
I do not plan to stay.
"O-Oh! Oka-Okay!" Peculium's face smoothed over and they appeared very relieved.
The scroll was put into Peculium's hands and the figure stepped back into the rift, closing it behind itself.
Peculium gulped and unrolled the scroll, fearing what they would read.
There was only five words written in glimmering white ink, five words that Peculium thought they were prepared for but still felt like crying when they read them. 

The murderer has been chosen.

~~~

Deceased: None

Friends Of The Ghost In The Wall: None

MasterChefs™: None

Suspects: None… 

Daily Puzzle: Who do you think the shadowy figure is? (Pretty easy)

The room assignments are based on the shade of blue! I'm surprised that nobody got that. 

Oh gosh, i hope i'm not too late!

Name: Jubilee, or Jubi

Favorite Flavor Of Ice Cream: Dirty Chocolate, or mint chip (but not when it's that artificial green. 

Your Opinion On Mauve Jackets: Yes please. 

Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road: Sigh. I dream of a world where chickens can cross roads without their morals being questioned. 

What Is Your Hair Color: Light pastel pink, or chocolately brown with highlights.

If A Tree Falls, Will It Fall On You: I woke up on the wrong side of the tree, so yes. 

pOtAtO: PoTaTo

Black or White: A muted shade of grey

What Is Your Favorite Shade Of Blue: Periwinkle

What Is The Scientific Name For A Marshmallow: Mallow of the Marsh

If You See Someone Being Stabbed, What Is Your Reaction: *goes over to watch the blood clot*

Have you seen a weirder form?: No. 

I really hope I'm not late, this seems amazing. 

Oh my chatterbox! This is so good! I think the shadowy figure is mystery!

WREEEEEEEE this is so good!!!!! i think that the shadow-y guy was the gost in the wall, or maybe um um um oh!! the writer????? idkkkkkk.

Excuse me, dear thread. Will you please rise off the second page? 

Thank you. 

Day 1 – Part 1 

"G'morning." 
"Did you sleep okay?"
"No. I… I had the feeling something was about to go wrong."
"Yeah, me too."
"Hey, when the murderer comes… Can we stick together?"
"The murderer is already here."
The first kill slumped to the ground, eyes wide with the unexpected betrayal. The murderer pinned a note to the body and strode back to bed.

That morning, the guests slept in.
The first to wake (Besides the murderer, who couldn't sleep) was NoOneKnows, and Darkling soon followed. They decided that the best way to wake everyone up was a sock sliding race in the hallway, and so the sliding commenced.
Darkling won the first race, but NOK slid right past her in the second, which resulted in her bumping into the body and screaming her head off, which did a much better job of waking up the guests, if I may say so myself.
"Washagrmph! What's going on?" Moondrop emerged from her room, rubbing her eyes, and was almost trampled in the rush of people streaming down the hall.
"I don't know! NOK is screaming very loudly! Should we be panicked?" dreamiing was swept away by the tide.
"Calm down, everyone, please be quiet. We have to stay calm!" Lumi was doing her best to keep the crowd under control, but until Bakerloo stepped up and hollered for everyone to shut up and listen did silence fall.
"It's- It's- It's Twilight! S-She's dead!" NoOneKnows managed to say before the guests erupted in noise again.
"BE QUIET!" Someone screamed.
"I don't even know what happened…" NOK buried her face in her hands.
"The murderer happened." 
Heads turned to see Quill holding up a thick paper covered in tiny red words. 
"Read it!"
"Where did you get that?"
"How do you know?"
"Why is that even there??!"
"rEaD iT!"
"I found it… I found it on Twilight's b-body. It was pinned to her shirt. Should I…"
"READ ITTTTTT!" 
"Okay, okay. Here we go.
'Dear fellow guests;
I am the murderer. I will kill every one of you. It is destiny. It is fate. I do not want to- I need to kill you. I am eager- I hate my job. Why was I chosen? I dont- I need to finish my task. The first thing you need to do is RUN PLEASE RUN I DON'T WANT TO KILL YOU ITS CONTROLLING ME I CAN'T-
The first thing you need to do is find me some weapons. Twilight was only killed because Nightfall's pocket knives were easy to steal. Now I need weapons. Real ones. You have an hour. 
-The Murderer'" Quill finished reading and looked up.
"'Its controlling me…' Who could that be?" Before finishing her sentence Luna realized just exactly what that was. After all… Magicae Palace had experienced it.
It was the Mystery.
And Luna was terrified. 

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"How exactly do we get weapons?" woolly asked, stopping in front of a painting.
"I don't know." Firefly said. 
"Cmon, dumb picture, gimme your sword!" woolly kicked the gold frame and was rewarded with a sore toe and no sword. 
"Let's go find Peculium." Firefly decided, and they walked away from the painting.
After wandering the halls for quite a while, woolly pointed to a brass door with large pink letters painted onto it.
"I found Peculium." she said.
The door swung open before Firefly could knock, revealing Peculium, who had apparently dyed their hair bright green.
"Hey, kids! What can I get you? You need any help?" They asked.
"Yes, please. We would like to know how to get weapons. The murderer has, um, requested them…" Firefly trailed off.
"Oh, the murderer. Dang it. But I have an idea! We don't actually own any weapons… but you can ask for them!" Peculium smiled like that was perfectly obvious, and to be honest, it should have been.
"Then give me some weapons!" woolly shouted. She got nothing.
"Be polite, maybe. House, could you please give us weapons?" Firefly asked.
Guess what- they got some weapons. Hurray. Let's switch to Peculium… What must they be thinking? 

Maybe I could prevent the disaster that the murderer will cause.
Maybe we can fight back.
Maybe the Mystery isn't as strong as it seems.
Maybe we can break it even further.
Maybe…
Maybe my guests will live.

~~

It's awfully short today. 

Oh well.

Deceased: Twilight, RIPocketknives

Friends Of The Ghost In The Wall: None

MasterChefs™: None

Suspects: None… Who do you think?

Daily Puzzle: Why do you think you can ask for anything and get it in the house?   

Ooooh! I wonder who's being controlled…