[Fin] Murder in the Mountains 2: Everyone heads off to a beach somewhere (END)

[Caret]

>rec room (@Kennifer, @PointMaid, @Dookie)

After the magical girl anime finishes airing, an episode of Dokuro no Senshi! Kyūkyoku! begins to play. Dokuro no Senshi! Kyūkyoku! which follows the misadventures of Kokkaku, a reanimated skeleton whose goal is to stop the Grim Reaper from killing all life in the multiverse. This particular episode takes place at a theme park, which is in reality a sacrificial ground for death cultists. This series seems to be darkly humorous for the most part, but there's a good heaping of gore, along with some truly disturbing scenes, including the mass sacrifice of over 50 innocent children and an overly saccharine bird mascot who keeps singing an equally diabetes-inducing song over and over again. You may want to change the channel if you cannot handle annoyingly cute theme park mascots.

>Super Mario Odyssey (@Zanreo)
You turn on the Switch, which is in peak condition! Super Mario Odyssey is indeed among the games this spa has. Let's-a go!

>massage (@Matthew)
You undergo an intense regimen of massages, mud baths, and sensory deprivation. By the end of it, you feel like you could knock out 10 Little Macs with a single punch.

>pool (@MadameButterflyKnife)
The pool is big, warm, and smells faintly like Pippin. Did I mention there's also a 10-meter diving board? You could make a big splash if that's your thing.

[PopcornPie]

Nico shrank when the gore came on, hiding his eye behind his overly glossy green hair. The screaming children rang in his ear canals and forced him to shive his fingers deep into his head. The young inmate looked at the others, surely they wouldn't have to watch the rest of this? "I-I do like the cute mascot, how about you guys?"

[PointMaid]

...Interesting dichotomy there between the rest of the content and the bird, yeah.

[Dookie]

Case watches the anime along with everyone else.

"You know, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful vacation."

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

Man, I love dis plath! Great food, mattageth, mud bath! I feel like I could lift up da world right now and throw it at da moon!

Tyson hears something going on in the rec room.

Wonder whath da commotion'th all about?

He makes his way into the rec room where everyone else is.

[Kennifer]

"It's a bit more... graphic than the things I'd usually watch, but if everyone else is enjoying it that's fine. The mascot is pretty cute, at least."

Pippin seems to disagree, and has his face buried up against Felicia so as not to see the gore.

[Florien]

Overlynd, meanwhile,

>looks around hir room

[PointMaid]

It's not the sort of thing I usually watch either, I'll admit, Samantha says quietly to Felicia

[PopcornPie]

"I like the skeleton. Look! He's pulling off super moves!" Nico has an open-mouth smile, showing off the number "25" printed on his tongue.

[MadameButterflyKnife]

After Ravi soaks, he heads to the rec room, where he catches some of the anime.

"...You find this stuff entertaining? Sorry to break it to you, but the bird's a bit annoying. Guessing it's one of those horror stories, judging from the sacrifices."

[PopcornPie]

"Anime's not annoying!" Nico's cheeks flushed red. "I believe the three cores to harmony in life are anime, manga, and video games!"

[PointMaid]

...As long as the story's good, I say

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

I ain't dat familiar with anime or manga, but I come from a video game.

[Caret]

>look around hir room (@Florien)
There's a bed, a dresser, an en suite, a minifridge, and a small TV. Small, but cozy. There's also extra cleaning supplies, presumably for the chickens.

In the rec room...

Turns out the mascot is none other than an avatar of the Grim Reaper! Kokkaku and the Reaper are now engaged in a duel on a moving roller coaster. Vince is sitting on a couch and munching on some popcorn.

"Not going to lie, this show makes for good stress relief."

[MadameButterflyKnife]

"...Huh. Only death could be so annoying, in hindsight."

He sits down. "...Actually a bit entertaining."

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

Never really watched anime before, but I'm likin' dith!

[Dookie]

"Ooh! I have an idea: Since we're gonna be stuck with each other for a while, why don't we do some icebreakers? I'll go first: What's your favorite anime? Mine's Princess Mononoke."

[Zanreo]

Yoshiko tries watching the show while playing the game. "This show sure is... interesting? Yeah, let's go with interesting."

[Zanreo]

"As for my fav anime? There's so many... but Chargeman Ken has the greatest memes!" She laughs. "Ok, but seriously, Nichijou is pretty fun!"

[PointMaid]

I don't really watch it, not like some of my students, but... Princess Mononoke is good. Or Kiki's Delivery Service.

[Zanreo]

"If I only had my phone, I'd show you all my Chargeman memes..."

[MadameButterflyKnife]

"Again, never watched anime before. You don't exactly get this stuff in the desert."

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

Never watched anime before neither, but I think dith is my favorite tho far!

[PopcornPie]

"You're a video game character?! Real?! Live?!" Nico began to, for lack of better terms, absolutely geek out next to Mike Tyson.

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

Yeah! I come right outta Punch-Out, which ith a video game. Remember da old Nintendo? Dat me! I'm da World Video Boxin' Champion! Little Mac beat me onth, but I got da title back right from him!, Tyson addresses Nico while showing off his 2D, 8-Bit body. It's like having Flat Stanley in this world. Or in his case, it's Flat Thanley.

But of courth I can still knock thomeone on their ath!, he says, looking pointedly at Ravi. Ain't dat right, Beefaroni?