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CAR WASH

AT THE CAR WASH, WOAH

The door leading into the car wash is locked. You all know that, of course. You've likely tried it yourself, or watched someone make a fool out of themselves trying to break in. (Man, this is going to age poorly if you've all decided to surprise us and just leave the locked door alone.)

But today... well, call it a feeling. A gut instinct, maybe, that leads you to the doorway. This time, you put your hand on the doorknob - and it turns fully, the door swinging open so that you can enter. As you draw your hand back, you'll spot a bloody handprint on the knob - but then you blink, and it's gone.

The inside of the car wash is rather industrial looking, albeit mostly powered down. The lights are dim to begin with, and flicker ominously from time to time; occasionally, they even go out entirely, and it may be several minutes or several hours before they come back on. None of the machinery seems to be working, though there's a faint electronic hum coming from a shelf built into the wall, upon which a radio sits. Strangely, no matter how tall you are or how you conspire to stack things up and climb up to get it, it always seems to be just out of reach - there won't be any changing the channel for you.

It's hard to tell what you're meant to do here, now that you've gotten in. But since you couldn't get in until now, there must be some reason... right?

...only time will tell.

NAVIGATION

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Hey Squeak-ee! It's Jester! What do? Why kill? Go home?

Oh! That's perfect!

Someone needs to count when I start sending it okay, because I don't want to mess up!

I'll count!

[just listening in...]

You could also try "What's this mean? Why killing? How do we go home?"

That should be ten, right?

[he's rude, squeak-ee can live without pleasantries maybe.]

But how will Squeak-ee know who's asking?

Do you think that part really matters? If Jester was the only one who got a way to talk to him, maybe he'd already know.

I've just got a coupon thing, but I don't know that he'll know it's me.

Okay, okay, I think I got it.

Ready?

Ready!

[She's counting on her fingers.]

[Okay, she pulls out her coupon!]

H-[OH SHE ALREADY MESSED UP.] Squeak-ee! It-- Jester! [she didn't mean to say it and it just came out automatically!] Fuck! Note confusing! Why kill? How [OH FUCK ONLY ONE MORE WORD] home?

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Perfect!]

Edited 2022-01-06 02:40 (UTC)

m̵̱̓̽͂͂̎a̴̪͎̤͙̦̭̯̗̾̐́͋͋͘͘i̸͓̓m̶̗̫͚̪̽̓͆͑̚̚͠ ̸̨̺̮̲́̾̉̚f̶̨̖̹̰̦̏ĭ̵̢̨͎͎̳̖̞̥͆͗͑̽̋n̶̡̛͓͙͕̱͓͖̓͌͋͗͌̽͜͠d̶̢̨̲͚͉́ ̶̹͗̆̐̓̓͠p̴̮̤̮̦͔̝̀̀l̵̨̼̮͋̈́̈͊̏̅̕ë̷̻́͋̌̅̑ȁ̸̳̘̜̮͕͐̐̑͌s̴͔̣̙̱̟͎̼̈́͘͜e̶̯̮̞͎̒͌̓̈́͝ ̶̦͇̝̖̞̰̑͒̈́k̷͉͓͉̬̉͐̑́́̐͐ͅi̸͚͍̤͆̌̇̆̕͠l̷͍͓̎̃̔͂̅̏l̴̥͍̖̒͗̔̀͊ ̶̼͇̞͒m̸̢̡͕̞͍͙̙͐̓͑̆̉͊̾͘a̸͈̱̹̳̭̮̬͚̒ḭ̸̢͙͍͖̈́̓̂̍̄m̸̢̡̘͙̰͙̻̓͑̚ ̶͎̠̬̩̩̓͆̄m̸̮̪͘͘e̸̟̖̬̯̤͔̺͐̎̍̊͝ ̶̪̏͂̂k̵̡̖̳̀͛̔̚ï̵̡̖̥͙̮̘̲̩͆̀̍̕͝l̶̢̯͈̹͉̅̾͗̊̈l̵͔̻̻̭̑̓ ̷̢͈̺͍̘̠̟̣̌͊͂̕ŝ̶̱͍̖̮̘̦͉̱o̷̗̙̓͐̑̈́̊͝o̵̳̩̣̱̼̤̯̎ṅ̵̲̝̖̬̘̃͒͝!̷̮͖̌͘ ̸̼̭͆̓̐͜c̵̛̰̲̩̣̫͇̎̌̓̐͝o̶̧͍̫̞̝͒͒̓̈́͠m̷͉̿̆͛͠e̸͕̘͋͑́̈̏̔͘ ̶͕̪̓̓͂͑̅̚k̸̩̼̐͌̐̓̎̏̋͠ǐ̸͔̻̝̹̙̔́̿̃̆͠l̸̮͇̏̓̚l̸̬̀̿́̏͝

[only jester can hear this.]

Edited 2022-01-06 02:42 (UTC)

... Maim ... find ... please kill ... maim me ... kill soon! come kill.

Um.

Oh, that wasn't me! That was the response.

Regardless of who it is from, it is - an alarming message.

[quietly, conspiratorially:] I should prefer not to be part of someone's fetish for killing, if it is all the same to you.