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Inspired in part by the board game "Mysterium."
A number of people wake up in what appears to be the dining room of some sort of Victorian-style mansion, with no recollection of how they got there. Their only clues are each other, as well as a mysterious note signed by "The Landlord." The only things that the people have in common, as they come to find out through discussion, are three things: a recent near-death experience, a habit of seeing odd things and visions, and having something to hide- though it's possible that some of them may be even more inexplicably linked....
At first, it doesn't seem so bad. They are fed and clothed, without a worry save for boredom. They have company, and each their own bedroom to which to retire at night. Besides, all the doors are locked and cannot be picked or broken, and beyond the windows is nothing but moonlight and shimmering gray mist, though some swear they can see the dark outline of trees in the distance. However, it quickly becomes apparent that there is something more sinister as more notes from the Landlord arrive- some to the entire group, some to individual members- with promises and threats and information that they shouldn't have. Similarly, a shadow stalks the halls at night, causing suffering and nightmares and possibly worse. Finally, the members of the group begin to have visions, hinting at secrets about each other, themselves, and the place around them, and seeming to edge them towards escape.
I don't have the premise entirely thought out yet because I don't want to put a ton of thought into something that no one's gonna be interested in, but the gist of it is that it would be a sort of a mystery/psychological horror type deal where the characters have to escape room-style figure out how to get out of this (clearly somewhat magic) mansion before something bad happens. Of course, they can't fully trust each other either, and most of them are hiding something. Clues come in the form of visions that characters will have, which they will then have to share with each other (or not) to try to figure out how to get out. And of course the setting is Victorian and vaguely Haunted Mansion-ish because ya gotta be extra like that.
Of course, this doesn't have to be the finished product wholesale. Definitely open to alterations and suggestions. But mostly want to see if anyone would be interested in something tense and (hopefully) high drama like this.
