LupusIntus

Umbra Rose Condos

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Will it be a teletype machine? Ouija board? A scrabble board with all the tiles facing up in their trays?

Various volumes of Foreign Language dictionaries? (There's now a $5 reward posted for the return of the Cthulhu/English dictionary, last seen in the ventilation ducts of the first building laundry room - approach with caution.) (Yes, there's a reason some of these books are chained to the shelves - and it's not because we're afraid they'll get stolen.)

Picture menus?

Special Ghost & Vampire Mirrors? (mind you, Qaymu has a hard time with his human illusion not being seen in mirrors.)

A soundboard with various buttons? Or just a rack of bells with different signs on them?

A rack of pamphlets with various topics like "How to get past being petrified", "Snake or Vampire Bite? How to tell the difference", "After effects of Neuralization", "What to do in the event your limb was ripped off", "Human-Monster Relations", "How to obtain your Unseen Library Book Pass", "Evasion techniques when being chased by a mob", "Undead and loving it", and of course the "Pamphlet for the Recently Deceased." Despite that last one having never being removed, its somehow become sticky with protoplasm.

Last but not least, the 43 volume set of Umbra Rose Condo Istruzioni - the first two books are red, being the emergency procedures (ranging from "Unintentionally turned to stone" to "someone called the ghostbusters/a ghost hunter tv show" to "the FBI are at the front door with a warrant in hand"). Don't miss the two blue volumes at the end - the thick one is the index, the thin one is the index to the index.

Oh! The Book of the Dead and the Book of High Spirits. Mustn't forget those two.

@Expendable

Max just getting out of the shower before work, screams as he sees a message written in the fogged up mirror
"3rd floor hallway lightbulb needs replacement."

Umbra Rose Condos

An illusionary barrier makes sense: appears like a nondescript building from the outside, nothing can be seen through the windows, people just sort of 'forget' it's there the instant they look away.
It's like THERE in the real world but the barrier just affects outsider perceptions.

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Here to complete the trifecta of werewolf, vampire and ghost.

SUZY Q

S U Z Y K R A U S E
S U Z Y K R A U S E

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Ghost

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Suzy is your bog-standard ghost girl.

The general populace can't actually see Suzy, and most attempts to photograph her she appears as a small speck of light, almost like a dust bunny. Those who are able to see Suzy, which tends to be the youth or the neighbor's dog due to their strong spiritual connections, will see a incorporeal teenaged kid, pale and almost sickly-looking at times.

Since most people are unable to see Suzy, she often results to screwing with people or things. If your electronics are going haywire, the temperature drops or things are being thrown about, then Suzy is likely in the room with you. The thought of possessing someone has crossed her mind, but Suzy is (unironically) deathly afraid to try it.

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Suzy needs a place devoid of salt and iron. She has already experienced great anguish once before (duh, she was murdered), and would not like to experience it again.

Ghost hunting tools, such as an EVP recorder, are also helpful despite her dislike for such tools. They help her communicate to those who she isn't able to reach out to. A double-edged sword, in other words (one hopefully not made of iron!).

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Suzy tends to be a sarcastic individual.

When she was alive, Suzy had been your stereotypical "good kid", bright-eyed and cheerful. She'd help out anyone with homework and was on every teacher's good side. But when you're the victim of a serial killer, you tend to see the world more like those outcasts who hated the "goodie two-shoes" you once were. Nowadays, Suzy is much more bleak, and tends to be annoyed at most things or people that she happens to find too stupid or useless.

If only you could see her and her permanent scowling face. If only.

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Suzy had been just an average, normal kid from London, England. Decent grades, had a couple friends, participated in extracurriculars at school—in essence, your typical Disney Channel background character in a slice of life high school show. But then she unluckily found herself the next victim of a sick creep, her lungs filled with nasty water from the Thames as she drowned, putting a permanent end to her enjoyment of the "thing" called life.

Or so she thought.

Coming back to her senses, Suzy found herself face-to-face with her dead body in the coroner's office. She attempted to communicate with the coroner, only to accidentally scare him shitless as the lights rapidly flickered and objects floated in the air. Unfortunately for Suzy, the corner had gossipy tongue, and news of this "paranormal" activity spread like wildfire. Soon enough, she found herself twisted into an urban legend: the murdered teenager who came back from the grave, haunting poor souls in anguish of her violent death.

In truth, Suzy just wants to be left alone. Yeah, she's dead. Yeah, she's a ghost. So what? She's already been through enough. If only the people on r/Paranormal would get the message.

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1-2-2, with an extra two 2s scrawled onto the sign. Suzy thought it was funny to reference the 20 20 20 20 ghost number, given the circumstances of her untimely death.

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Suzy has a stereotypical room reminiscent of a cramped UK townhouse. The atmosphere is always cold, given that a ghost resides there. Although Suzy can't eat or drink, she likes to have a plate of biscuits (BISCUITS, not cookies or crackers, you cretin!) and a tea kettle nearby—perhaps a side-effect of feeling home-sick. Or, well, living-sick.

@Kuro

AND SO MAX'S TRIFECTA OF TERROR IS COMPLETE! *confetti rains down*
Shoot though, does Max get like... special glasses to see ghosts? Or are there just multiple residents HE CANNOT SEE!? XD

Umbra Rose Condos

Poor Max is so hopelessly unprepared for the havoc these residents will wreak on his mental health.

@Lemons

He has exactly 1 racial requirement, per his CS.

Gonna be laying on the couch in Theria's office a lot (half the time as a statue, probably). XD

Umbra Rose Condos

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Max having to bring up a food delivery and knocks at her door. Not hearing anything, let's himself in, only to find her chained up and asking for him to bring over the chicken...

@Expendable

Umbra Rose Condos

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Agree. We already made kink jokes about Iris's little dungeon roon in her apartment! We can back on that now! It's canon!

@BunniesOfDoom

*Max NEVER making eye contact*
We've uh... gotten... um... *gulp* complaints... of... 'howling'? during the... late hours... of the night and uh... so... we ask you to respect... the other residents during your... free time.

((I know in the universe it's sound proofed :P))

Umbra Rose Condos

Now I'm hoping Shoggoth's 'disguise' is so convincing that Max finds him, the only actual human, the most terrifying 'monster' in the complex.

Umbra Rose Condos

Quick question. What would be considered the worst rooms in the whole complex? I'm talking cheapest in the house, dingy, no windows, underground, next to noisy or unpleasant utilities, etc. It would make sense for the Shoggoth and his 'pet' to be there.

@Lugubrious

We dont have a true complex layout but Max's room is literally in the corner alley between two buildings on the first floor of bldg 1, lol.

Umbra Rose Condos

We love character growth! We love monsters deciding not to eat humans! *eyes Velvet and Miyuki*

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Hey there. I've been thinking about trying out another, relatively easygoing RP. I have an idea circulating about a character staying in the apartment under the pretense that he's secretly some sort of monster, but he's really a human with occult ties who's essentially studying monsters, though he does have an eldritch pet. He might conduct interviews, collect samples, and so forth. Kind of styled after one of those classic Lovecraft Miskatonic professors who get involved with unknowable horrors. Might that be an interesting/acceptable character idea?

@Lugubrious

Of course our wonderful OP can answer, but I will point out that Umbra Rose's primary purpose seems to be protecting monsters from human hunters so an 'infitrator' would take on a more nefarious tone in context.

Umbra Rose Condos

*Max proceeds to teach these psychos the board game ‘Betrayal at House on the Hill’. Chaos ensues. Building 1, floor 1 temporarily closed for repairs.*