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TERMINAL X

Terminal X, the mystery that it is, still holds much of the same aesthetic as the rest of the airport. It's a long, long hallway walkway that's flanked on one side by floor to ceiling windows. A beautiful, sunny day shines in and keeps the terminal well-lit until it's time for a gorgeous sunset and then a wondrous starry night. It's better maintained than the lower floors of the main airport, though it's also something of a maze. As you wander, it feels like the hallways don't map out the way that you remember from yesterday. It can be hard to find old places you visited before, and surprisingly easy to see new locations pop up seemingly out of thin air. Where did that come from? It's here that the notion that airports are a liminal space really feels true. It's a place of transition, and oh boy does it transition. There are so many moving, living, breathing parts.

Enjoy your stay!

Capsule Hotel

Surely you must be looking for a place to rest your head, what with being murdered and all. The very first amenity that you’ll find is a Capsule Hotel that boasts the incredible price of Free.99. Yes, that’s right, it’s free! It’s also so very easy to find, clearly labeled and welcoming to any desperate travelers who need some shut-eye. You can squeeze into one of the pods that are available, and oh boy, do I mean squeeze. Hope you’re not claustrophobic! Or maybe you enjoy the feeling of going back into the womb? (Freak.) There are communal areas here such as large bathrooms, well-maintained showers, and even a lounge area.

Complimentary pajamas and toiletries are provided. Isn’t that sweet? Hope you can get nicely settled in here during your stay.

Bave & Duster's

If you’re looking for sensory overload, wildly overstimulating sounds, and a million different things competing for your attention, you’ve come to the right place! The arcade has every type of game that you could be looking for: shooters, racing games, rhythm games complete with dance pads, claw machines, and even an area for slot machines and poker tables for those of you looking for a more mature spin on your leisure. And what do you know? Only about 50% of these machines are rigged! How do you like those odds?

Here, you’ll find a gachapon machine that seems to fulfill a familiar purpose: delivering a different curse to you each week via sponsorships. Don’t forget to collect, it seems to refresh every Monday!

Serendipity Spa

Wash off all that travel grime in a clean, soothing spa that contains all the most luxurious amenities. Massage tables, saunas, aromatherapy rooms, and sound baths all await you. Rows of fine beauty products line the walls, ready to help you pamper yourself from head to toe. Rest up and let all the stress melt away as you lay back and listen to the gentle sounds of birdsong on audiotape. You deserve it.

Though you may want to be careful… As cozy as this place is to relax, if you shut your eyes for a little bit too long, you might find yourself drifting off to sleep… and when you awake, the face that you see in the mirror might be a little… different? Anyone who snoozes in the spa gets granted a complimentary makeover! How good is the makeover? Well, that depends. Sometimes you get a full beat that would make a drag queen envious, or perhaps you might just find some clown face paint caked on your cheeks. Either way, it’s free! You’re welcome.

Travel Agency Kiosk

Right across from baggage claim, there is a large counter that displays the services of a boutique Travel Agency. Assorted photos of different locations, some familiar such as previous murdergame sites, some new and utterly foreign, line its walls. There are even a few handy little travel brochures that detail the luxuries of each location. And yet it seems... utterly unstaffed? The lights are on and the computers run, but it seems everything is protected by a password. The logged in user is ▒▒o▒▒c▒▒.

Do let the mods know if you’re trying to log in...

Food Court

Did you think that you’d starve? Silly travelers, we know exactly what you crave. Juice. Cheese. Hawt dawg.

Yes, that’s right, the fine array of dining establishments at the food court includes: Jamba Juice, whatever a Jamba is. Uncle Tetsu’s for some light and fluffy cheesecakes with varying flavors aside from cheese, just to shake things up a little. And of course, the most important culinary masterpiece of all time: Hot Dog on a Stick where they actually serve corn dogs and lemonade. Surely this’ll be enough to get you by. Don’t be greedy!

… Or if you are, there is a side door to a test kitchen space. The actual appliances vary in age and efficiency, but they all seem to work even if you might need to kick the oven to get it to warm up to the right temperature. There’s a stock room of a few ingredients, though they aren’t very fresh or plentiful at the moment, but beggars really can’t be choosers. Or else you can go back to enjoying your sticky dog and juice, you peasant.

Cloud Nine Suites

You might not even really be looking for this location, really, but you find it completely by accident. Tucked away in a far, far corner of the terminal, completely lacking signage or even any indicator of what it might be, you might waltz right into a... hotel lobby? Whoa. A proper hotel lobby? None of that squished, sardine feeling here! There’s actual rooms with beds and closets! Why was it hidden all the way out here? Who designed this place? They must have a sick sense of humor and wanted you to get stuck in the capsule pod first or something. Regardless, you’ll be rewarded for your adventuring and be able to claim a room, any room, to yourself. In fact, you can still wander into rooms that someone else is still using because the key cards can be encoded over each other. Might want to be careful! Especially since, sometimes, once you leave and you try to find the place again, it might take you a whole hour to locate it. What kind of ghost hotel is this?

Gate Entrances

Each week, a new gate will appear with an assortment of different destinations. You leave the boarding area and head through the tunnel that would normally deposit you out onto a plane, but it seems like you get to skip the hours-long travel time! Instead, as soon as you exit the tunnel, you will be dropped into one of the other locations made available via the travel agency seemingly booking the wrong location each time. Oh well, at least you get a chance to see the world! Every world, even.

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ROTATING GATE

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TERMINAL 1

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Oh? Well now, this is familiar! Terminal 1 is a chaotic labyrinth of hallways and shops with bright lights and signs overhead and a too-loud PA system blaring constantly. The area seems intended to be crowded with travelers hurrying to their destinations, but it is empty of everyone but you. The few windows show a dark night sky and a planeless runway surrounded by a jumble of buildings.

The gate area includes another Allstars Coffee. This one comes with a chalkboard listing items on the secret menu (doesn't that defeat the point?). Most of the items seem to be ordinary lattes but with about 10 extra pumps of vanilla syrup or caramel drizzle. While there is a large shopping area elsewhere in the terminal, for your convenience you can also find another XPress Stuff 2 Go location. This one sells souvenirs for Scawwy Village and Snowend Mountain Resort, fashion magazines, and an assortment of self-help books and PG romance novels.

Shopping Mall

A shopping area with storefronts selling clothing, shoes, and accessories. The shops have different price points and styles but are all essentially basic modern fashion. But what’s this? One of the many basic identical storefronts has a sales rack, and on it, you find the exact outfit you picked out on P*nterest in your size! Lucky.

Make sure to visit the cute shop where you can stuff and dress up cuddly plush animals and the kiosk where you can buy accessories for your phone like cases and earbuds.

Claire's

Yep, that’s a Claire’s. There is nobody manning the storefront, but there is a printed sign in cutesy pink pasted to the reception desk.

WELCOME TO CLAIRE'S

We do everything here. Botox, lip filler, amputations, investments, insider trading, hostage negotiations, criminal investigations, ocean clean-up, crime scene clean-up, lobbying, TSA Pre-Checks, pat-downs, organized crime, tarot readings, baking classes, nonprofits, ghost writing, stand-up comedy, drug deals, weapon provisions, dog walking, dental cleanings, trafficking, interior design, poaching, collusion, feet pics, babysitting, realistic cakes, arranged marriage, political corruption, adultery, witchcraft, propaganda, foreign policy, disposing of nuclear waste, scalp massages, unleashing the multiverse, and smokey eyes.

If you need anything, and we do mean anything...Claire's has your back!

Well enough about that. The shelves have lots of classic Claire’s stuff like nail polish, cute hair clips, and materials for friendship bracelets! Isn’t that nice? There is also a room in the back, but you might sign a waiver before entering. Contact the mods if you wish to sign.

Food Court

Restaurant stalls surrounding a seating area of benches and tables. The shops in the food court are standard fast food options including W*ndys, Sb*rro, Taco Baco, Kremey Kreme Donuts, and a handwich place. Or if you want a healthier option, you can buy a salad from the salad vending machine in the back.

Skating Rink

A skating rink with rental ice skates. Most of the time, soothing background music of 90s and early 00s pop hits plays while skaters do easy loops around the rink. Every few hours the PA will announce the ice is being cleared for couples skating and the monitor will display a kiss cam. Unless you manage to clear the ice in time, you will be trapped as romantic ballads play, unable to leave the skating rink unless you somehow land an impressive jump over the barrier or you get yourself on the kiss cam.

Simulation Room

Need some entertainment while waiting for your flight? Check out the state-of-the-art simulation room. A sign outside depicting people in VR headsets reads: Now including legs! Simply step inside the dark enclosed room and you can create any simulation you can imagine, although occasionally your simulation accidentally generates without anyone having legs. You can even sort of touch and feel things in here, try food, spar, though any feeling or injury will fade after you leave. The simulation is not great at simulating people, so will load them as video game NPCs with pre-scripted lines.

The Wonderful World of Golf

Golf lovers are in luck! Borrow some clubs and try the driving range or play a few holes of mini-golf! Show off your golf skills by completing the course, furnished with obstacles like windmills, tunnels, water features, an overhead moving model plane, sand traps, and a bridge over a river that has an animatronic crocodile in it with very sharp metal teeth. Careful that it doesn't steal your balls or drag you underwater or something. Granted, he mainly seems interested in golf balls.

Any stolen clubs will reappear at the driving range. But if you manage to complete all five holes above par, you will get a free golf-themed novelty t-shirt.

History of Murder Museum

Brought to you by our sponsor, Claire’s!

This isn’t a full museum so much as a few rows of interactive exhibits. Guests can try on a pair of wet clown shoes to compare feet sizes, get their photo taken under a waterfall of nacho cheese (cooled to a safe temperature), do a puzzle putting various pieces of a plastic frozen corpse back together, or practice "painting" various words in blood on a touch screen—no matter what it was supposed to say, it somehow turns out to look like 'binch' or 'boob.' See famous weapons from past murders, stored in very sturdy glass cases, or even watch a real trial.

DID THAT REALLY HAPPEN...?

Plaques throughout the museum explain the case items were drawn from in detail, though anyone familiar might notice some facts are off. For example, there's an exhibit showcasing the half-eaten Toblerone someone was once turned into, a glass case containing nothing but ashes labeled "Monkey Dust," and a special display of a gun that once belonged to a famous wizard.

Eternally Tranquil Spa

Wind down after a long day of shopping at this luxurious spa and beauty salon. Chairs set up for manicures at the front have all the supplies you'd need for a mani-pedi (baths, polish, etc) or a hair styling session. There are two massage rooms in the back. Lie down on one of the massage beds and select one of the menu items and phantom hands will give you the spa treatment of your choosing. The wooden steam room is available for relaxing after your deep tissue massage.

WEEK 1 DESTINATIONS

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WEEK 1 DESTINATIONS

Heartflutter Maid Cafe

Do you ever dream of having a cute maid to greet you after a long day’s work with a cheerful “Welcome home, Master! I’ve prepared a meal for you!” Yes? Well too bad, sucker! As soon as you step into the Maid Cafe, you have a 50/50 chance of either getting to attend as a patron supporting the establishment, or suddenly you are wearing a maid dress and expected to serve. Regardless of which role you are assigned to, it’s quite a cute little place. Frills line every surface, pop songs play on repeat, and you might even learn how to dance along if you come here often enough. Surprisingly, the food is always quite good and so very cute—omurice with adorable ketchup messages, parfaits the size of your head, and other tasty treats are served from the kitchen to answer your cute lil rumbling stomach.

Eleganza Estate

As soon as you step foot into an eggshell white foyer with high ceilings and a crystal chandelier, you probably assume correctly that you’ve wandered into quite the display of opulence. Soft, melodic piano notes tickle your ears though you may never find the source. The hallways sprawl outward in a mansion that seems to go on forever, with a million different doors that lead to bed chambers, morning rooms, parlors, ballrooms, music rooms, you name it. If it seems like something you’d see in Bridgerton a regency era home of a well-to-do family, then it is probably here. Though you may want to be careful; occasionally the mood changes, lights flickering out, a storm rattling at the windows, and echoing, mischievous laughter resonating through the halls. A mansion this old must’ve seen quite a few deaths, you know. Hopefully the next won’t be yours. Even if a wardrobe suddenly falls or a chandelier catches aflame, everything resets itself so quickly. Perhaps it’s just a little ghost playing a trick on you.

Oniqlo

It's Uniqlo, but it's manned by a single oni. The oni does not speak and an invisible barrier keeps you from touching it. All it does is stand there menacingly. It does not eat or go to poop or respond to provocations. The stock refreshes daily and follows the trends on the Uniqlo website (aside from any clothes featuring brands or graphics). You may take the clothes, but if you try to empty the store out or cause any substantial property damage, you will be forced to wear an Oni mask until nightfall.

WEEK 2 DESTINATIONS

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Rootin' Tootin' Cafe

Yeehaw (real)! The second you step foot through these saloon-style doors into the finest dining establishment this side of the Mississippi, you’ll find a shining pair of cowboy boots on your feet free of charge. You’re welcome. The decor is appropriately American Western-oriented and the portions are giiiiinormous. They could feed an entire family and then some! And you’ll find that the place even comes with a show! Unbelievably, right in the middle of your meal, a bunch of shadowy highway robbers and bandits might stroll right into the joint and tell everyone they ain’t lookin’ for a fight but the town’s not big enough for the both of you. How authentic! Oh, wait, seems like it’s not staged—well, luckily there’s plenty of lassos and pistols around the place. Giddy up, cowboy!

(As per usual, weapons cannot be removed from the location even if you win the fight. Sorry, partner!)

Roly Poly Ranch

Sometimes, you just need to touch grass. And dirt. And ideally some tomatoes. Yum! As soon as you’re out of the tunnel, you finally get hit with the smell of fresh air, flowers, and maybe if you’re a little unlucky, animal smell. A sprawling ranch awaits you with multiple fields where multiple harvests already seem to be in progress. All sorts of vegetables line the rows and fruits hang from the trees, ready for picking. If you’re looking for something specific from your own home, you might find seeds of those plants in one of the storage crates lining the premises. Anything you plant will grow at an expedited rate, able to be enjoyed in a few days minimum. Similarly, there are barns and pens where all sorts of ranch animals are grazing contentedly. Their temperaments range from friendly and needy to ‘get off my lawn, outsider’. Specific animal breeds from your homes might be harder to find, maybe in one of the further fields, but you might find one or two. No specific pets can be found in the ranch. In addition, all animals crave home and will always return to the ranch in a few hours even if guided out. You know, like in Homeward Bound.

Though for whatever reason, this ranch is entirely devoid of horses.

Blair's

No, this isn't Claire's. This is Blair's. It features a wide selection of jewelry including earrings, hair ribbons, navel piercings, make-up, and more! There's always a sign for 50% off the entire store even though everything is free. There also happens to be a piercing station in the back, complete with equipment. However, seems like they skimped on sterilization tools because nothing brings people together like a group ear infection. Whoo! There is also an overly healthy selection of toe rings.

Please Don't Tell

At the very back of the food court sits a heavy oak door embossed with golden accents. As you approach, the small window near the top of the door slides open—but as you get closer, you can only see pitch black behind it. Below that window sits two words in neat, curlicue letters: Secrets Only.

Say a small secret through the window (or make someone say one for you) and the small window will close. The door will open by a seemingly invisible force, inviting you into the Please Don't Tell Speakeasy. The walls of drinks and the small refrigerators beneath the countertop are always freshly stocked with libations and ingredients, including those you may recognize. There's plenty of cushy and comfortable seating, adjustable lighting (from comfortably lit to moody and dim), candles at every table, and even small booths near the back for any clandestine conversations.

The only catch is that there is no one manning the bar... but if you cause a ruckus, you might somehow be forcefully ejected from the room—or worse, your secret could be blasted on the network for everyone to see. Who wants that, right?

The Fort

Much larger than it seems! it's almost like a pillow fort with extensions, with a bunch of little offshoot forts all connected by big, billowy blanket tunnels. The "rooms" are always magically big enough to fit the amount of people in them, which is pretty disorienting. And it's probably pretty easy to get lost in here, actually, because none of the tunnels have any sort of directions or instructions on how to get from one place to another and it's kind of like entering the backrooms, but that's part of the adventure, right? There's also a section with a big projection screen to watch things on (knockoff movies, shows, a gaming system, or maybe just people watching the living). There's another section with a couple mini fridges with replenishing drinks (soda, energy drinks, even some alcohol) and board games. In yet another area, there's a perfect place for napping that's just pillows and blankets and another projection machine that covers the blanket ceiling in stars. Finally, there's one last area with bookshelves that has reading material that ranges from H*mestuck to Chuck Tingle... how stimulating!

WEEK 3 DESTINATIONS

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It's the Fucking Cafe

At first glance, it appears to be a cafe that is in the same stylings as Heartflutter Maid Cafe—except this time, it seems like they aren’t hiring. You can only enter this establishment as a patron and you will immediately learn the difference as the waitstaff are extremely rude to you. You don’t have a reservation? Fucking idiot. Wait there and try not to cry while they get your table ready. Every single maid is so mean and they will hit you exactly where it hurts with incredibly specific but pinpoint insults. How is this place still in business? Unfortunately, it’ll be made extremely clear when you go through the menu—which is at least eight pages long and full of expletives—and you get fed the best food you’ve ever had in your life. Oh no. The mean maids are also the best chefs. You hear rumors of how it’s all thanks to their boss, Maid Gordon, who you’ve never seen and only heard of. A legend…

The Cage

The roar of battle rages on before it ends abruptly with a crash. Then, a bell going ding ding ding. Welcome to the Cage: a fighting arena with shadowy opponents that you can take on at any time. When you enter, it is totally optional but highly encouraged for you to be introduced via alias so better think of something quick. Weapons can be provided for matches but they aren’t in the best quality, already crusty with blood. They also can’t be removed from The Cage. It may also be a bit too on the nose, but it won’t take long to discover that The Cage does, in fact, specialize in cage matches that happen at random. Are you ready to rumble?

Also, you can’t be sure, but you think that some of the other competitors in the ring bear a strong resemblance to the mean maids next door. But don’t overthink it, you ninny.

Red Lobster

Welcome to Red Lobster!

This casual restaurant serves a variety of delicious seafood dishes that are sure to be crowd-pleasers. Not a fan of seafood? Then come try the scrumptious biscuits! They are perfectly flaky, buttery, and always seem as though they came right out of the oven before ending up on your plate. They are simply to die for. The restaurant also offers its very own lobster challenge, which strangely enough comes with its own warning label... Something about the risk of mortal peril? Weird.

Accept the challenge, and a giant, twelve feet tall lobster will burst into the restaurant, ready to devour any diners in its path. Wuh-oh! Defeat the lobster and win a lifetime supply of free biscuits*. Fail to rise to the challenge, and you will find yourself devoured by this angry crustacean — in which case, you will wake up three hours later right outside of the restaurant, wearing a lobster costume and dancing a happy little jig to music that is most definitely copyrighted. You can remove the lobster costume easily, but the shame of your defeat will never truly leave you.

Strangely enough, the restaurant will be back to pristine condition within the hour regardless of how many times the giant lobster is summoned.

* The biscuits were already free.

Michel's

Everything to Create Anything. Our expansive craft assortments include the most popular art supplies, fabric, canvases, yarn, knitting & crochet supplies, frames, floral, scrapbook materials, beads, jewelry kits, Cricuts, craft machines, and more. Party plan with ease, Michel's offers balloon inflation, party decorations, gift packaging, favors, tableware and seasonal occasion decor (completed by advanced robot machinery). All your party supplies in one place. Unleash your creativity.

Sweet Peas and Corn Milk

What is says on the tin. A joint location in the food court that sells nothing but and anything related to peas and corn. Want crunchy sugar snap peas, a corn latte, or terrible pea soup? Want a barrel full of ears of corn or a platter full of nothing but pea pods? There's also freshly made popcorn with all sorts of delicious flavors, from strawberry milkshake to salty garlic shrimp. No matter how outrageous your cravings may be, this place is fully prepared to deliver with its endless stores of corn and peas.

Variety Suites

Tired of sleeping in capsules? Hotel rooms giving you the runaround? This hotel, located centrally in the terminal, has just enough rooms for everyone. Each room is tailored to its guests but must have a cohesive theme. From lavishly-adorned penthouses representing the pinnacle of modern luxury to a room themed entirely after Taco Bell to a room that is just a jail cell, there seems to be something for everyone (and the occasional something for no one at all).

These tailored rooms come at a cost: your room may suddenly change overnight or even merge with a room beside, above, or beneath it. Hope you enjoy having a roommate! Hopefully you didn't both wake up while sharing one bed. How scandalous!

WEEK 4 DESTINATIONS

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Slowpoke Cafe

You’ve heard of fast food, but in this afterlife that can feel just a little too fast-paced and cramped, how about some slooooow food? Your order might take an hour but everything about this place reassures you that really, it’ll be worth the weight. Really. Trust. And by the time that your pancakes that should’ve taken 5 minutes instead of 50 reach your plate, maybe hunger really is the best sauce. But 50 is an exaggeration probably, really, since there’s not really any clocks to be found here. Even the one on your phone seems to be impossibly moving… slower? Wait, are you moving slower? No way, are you high? (Actually… yeah. You might be high.) Hey, is this really a restaurant or is it a weird social experiment?

Or perhaps… paradise?

Even More Races

How well can you drive? Poorly? Great! You’ll fit right in here. These race tracks (holy shit, there’s almost 100 of them) will definitely make for great practice. Soar way above the clouds, dive under the ocean waves, race through an entire block of cheese. Yes, it’s just fucking cheese! If the gods especially feel like laughing at you, you might get dropped in the middle of a race track made of rainbows and zoom right off the edge—the void welcomes you. Just kidding. You’ll get scooped back onto the track… eventually! If you choose to ditch your cart to explore the tracks on your own two feet, you’ll find you can explore a little but you probably won’t make it very far before you get pelted with a green shell and scooped up and returned to your cart. Finish the race, sucker! If you somehow place on the podium, you get a little bronze, silver, or gold trophy trinket. Congrats! If you place dead last, you get pitying looks. Yikes.

Correct Costco

As opposed to Incorrect Costco. Correct Costco is a membership warehouse club dedicated to bringing our members the best possible prices on quality brand-name merchandise. With hundreds of locations worldwide, Correct Costco provides a wide selection of merchandise, plus the convenience of specialty departments and exclusive member services, all designed to make your shopping experience a pleasurable one.

While Correct Costco contains a variety of useful items, the floor is always crowded with giant carts pushed faceless, shadowy figures, forever circling the aisles without ever checking out. The free sample carts always instantly replenish, and you can even buy their famous Dirkland brand hot dogs and giant, greasy pizza slices from the front of the warehouse.

In order to shop at Correct Costco, make sure you get a photo taken for your membership card! A photobooth is conveniently placed near the entrance and will print out your membership card instantly once you exit. Any trespassers without a membership will be shot at with glizzies until they exit.

End Couture

Some people won't accept being dressed down, and maybe that's not okay, but all kinds of fashion should be available. This boutique is filled with high-end clothing and accessories of all sorts with the kind of quality you can't sneeze at. It's luxury for everyone, apparel suitable for anyone of any size or any form, accommodating for all needs.

Pets and any other small companion can enjoy or suffer new fancy threads as well. All inclusive is all inclusive.

Hooters

Family. Friends. Fun. Hooters.

Step inside this classy restaurant for the experience of a lifetime. Boasting a robust menu that's guaranteed to make your taste buds hoot for hooters, you can order a wide variety of hamburgers, sandwiches, steaks, seafood entrees, appetizers and wings at any time of the day. Yes, they also serve alcohol. Take a look at the back of the menu to read up on something called the Pea Challenge; if you order this challenge, the restaurant walls will fall away and a giant pea bigger than anyone in the room will roll right at you from an invisible ramp. So large and wide that it picks up speed at an incredible pace, it will crush anyone inside to death if they fail to run out of the restaurant quickly enough. But for some reason, everything will be back to normal once you step back inside? Damn, must be something in the secret spicy wing blend.

The waiting staff is fully composed of scantily clad lobster animatronics that are outfitted in itsy bitsy teenie weenie corn and pea bikinis. Somehow, this is more lewd than if the lobsters had just been outright naked as god intended. The cooks and buslobsters are dressed in much the same way, with only a hat to differentiate the back of the house from the front of the house.

Wait, but why is this place even called Hooters if there are no owls... or titties...

Shafluflus Pop-Up Store

Subsidiary of P*p Mart, the store that sells collectable 'designer' toys in a 'blind box' format. Normally they would offer toys for each of their many in-house IPs, but...

The only collectables here are these ugly-cute horse-ish monster-looking creatures called Shafluflus. They come in a variety of colors, themes, and accessories. Doesn't that one remind you of one of the other contestants? Isn't this one suspiciously dressed like someone you know from home? If you search hard enough, you may find a box set that carries just the one you're looking for.

Just make sure you don't find a special limited-edition version of these creatures, known as Shabubus. You and the nearest person next to you might suddenly be overcome with the urge to duke it out over this ugly ass doll. What's wrong with you two?

WEEK 5 DESTINATIONS

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Undersea Grotto

Where could you expect to get better seafood than the sea? This dining establishment takes place in a cavern, though light filters in beautifully from above and colors everything in an oceanic blue hue. You really are in a restaurant smack dab in the middle of the ocean. Your food arrives on the back of manta rays carrying the most incredible bites of fish you’ve ever had. Just ignore the way that the lights might start to dim if you stay too long with your (age appropriate) dining partner, and how there might be a crustacean with a smooth voice singing a song encouraging a little smooch…unless?

Rat.io Games

It's a vibrant and loud electronics store where you can pick up all sorts of video games. It's decorated with so much neon backlighting that it hurts your eyes, but that's what a true gamer strives for. There's every system you can think of in here, as well as a crazy amount of co-op games. There's a section that's clearly made for midnight releases—a bunch of beanbag chairs, boxed candy, and soda are stored nicely to the side, ready for people to settle down and play a friendship ruining game or two.

The most important part of the store is the section entirely devoted to gacha games. You can get a little handheld system that lets you play any gacha you like, like Moon Track, Withering Wubbaboos, Green Library, Squidtrail Explorer: Guardians of the Great Outdoors, and Chance/Great Disorder. The most popular one lately is Umamusume Pretty Derby, a game where you race horsegirls, and it is featured in advertisements and merch all over the store. The pull system is a little wonky for these. You get a free standard ten pull every week, but every achievement that unlocks gets you a free limited ten pull for your blorbo...

In the corner of the store, there's an arcade cabinet where you can make your own gacha character. A big sign to the right of the machine exclaims: "Lucky participants might see their gacha character in-game!" There's also a printer attached that prints trading cards of your gacha OC, if you're more into the physical world.

Undercooked

The establishment appears to be a nice, modern looking restaurant from the outside, but when you're inside, it sends you to a randomized section of a special kind of hell. Sometimes, there's even traffic going through the middle of your kitchen though fortunately getting run over just knocks you out for about 30 seconds...though that's still plenty enough time for your food to catch fire! In cooking conditions like these, one slip could mean death—but with good enough survival skills, you'll be rewarded with fresh ingredients to cook anything you'd like. Still, the high-pressure environment might also lead to high-pressure blood, so might not be a good idea to stay overlong. Sorry if cooking is anyone's destressing activity because it's not anymore. That rice you need? It's on the other drifting platform and slowly inching towards the trash chute. If you die in this kitchen, the ingredients and/or food you cooked do not come with you to Baggage Claim, so good luck.

If you get really lucky, you might get a relatively normal if not outright luxurious, high-end kitchen, where you don't have to fight the ingredients to keep them from escaping from you. However, you'll still have your work cut out for you—for some reason, every time you come in here, the sink is full of ALL the dishes which are ALL dirty. On top of that, as soon as you get to cooking, you sense an impending urgency within, as if you're working on some invisible timer. Better move fast! Maybe you should bring a friend to make sure you get these dishes out in time? Surely some friendly cooperation will ease the tension in here a bit...

Bada-Bing Bada-Boom

Just your average, everyday pizzeria. Nothing to see here. There's absolutely nothing strange about the fact that everyone who works here is muscular, tattooed, and dressed in pinstripe suits and fedoras. So what if they all look supremely confused when you walk in to order a pizza? Who are you to judge? You're here to eat, not to ask questions. They only serve pepperoni, and only in one size. Take your food and enjoy it. Capisce?

The Aviary

It's a cage in a garden! A beautiful, gold-gilded cage big enough to comfortably fit several people, with plenty of standing room. You must take your shoes off at the cage entrance because the floor is covered with a luxurious faux-fur carpet that's the softest thing your feet have ever walked on. There are enormous, plush, marshmallow-y pillows everywhere in all sizes that are your perfect level of comfort, a few quaint tables constantly stacked with delicious teatime treats like petit fours, plush chaise lounges and chairs, and a few swaths of gauzy white fabric draped over the top of the dome to provide a bit of shade and privacy. Vines blooming with sweet-smelling white flowers wind around the bars, and there's a single perch overhead that functions as a fun little swing if you can reach it. The cage door always swings shut behind you, but it only locks every now and then, and the weather in this garden is always perfect anyway so you'll never have to worry about taking shelter from sudden scorching heat or storms.

The longer you stay in the cage, the less inclined you'll be to leave, until you're so set on staying inside that someone from the outside will have to get you back out. You'll be compelled to argue the merits of staying in the cage like you're proselytizing the gospel and trying to convert your would-be rescuers into joining you.

Emergency Clinic

After strongly worded petitions from a man who was run over by a horse, the airport now offers its very own emergency clinic. Staffed by lobster animatronics outfitted in itsy bitsy teenie weenie corn and pea bikinis with matching tiny nursing caps, the clinic carries a number of basic supplies such as bandages, ointments, painkillers, suture kits and antibiotics. There are beds for patients to rest and recover in as well, though they are not all that comfortable.

In the case of grievous injury, the nursing staff will direct those accompanying the patient to a special kit on the wall that simply says BREAK GLASS IN CASE OF INJURY. Sign all the necessary paperwork, and inside is a gun that you can use to take your closest friend out of their misery instantly. How considerate! See you in three hours, bestie. The gun will immediately disappear upon use, cannot be taken out of the clinic, and can only be fired if it's used for its intended purpose.

Mtreet Sarket

An "open-air" market of quaint storefronts, which is completely different from the Street Market and does not infringe upon its trademark. The market itself is decorated to the nines for Halloween, complete with masterfully carved pumpkins, adorable cartoon bats, and hyper realistic skeletons that make you feel like you're staring at your own future. Hey, isn't that skeleton dressed like you...? Don't worry about it. If you think It's too early to celebrate Halloween, then you're completely wrong. Everyone with business sense knows that you have to put out the seasonal merch at least three months in advance.

During the day, you can buy baked goods, eat delicious street food from many different cuisines, or warm up with hot cocoa. If you’re looking for small trinkets, gadgets, and sundries, games like chess or playing cards, or materials for hobbies like wood carving or knitting, you can probably find what you’re looking for here. At night, the lights dim, making it harder to see the merchandise on the stalls. If you take too long browsing any individual stall before taking something, the decorations will come to life and chase you out of the markets, yelling at you for talking too long. Oops.

Chilly's...2!

Thanks to the popularity of its greatest and healthiest dish, the blooming onion, Chilly's has decided to open a second location! The restaurant in this Terminal is called Chilly’s after its adorable polar bear mascot. The menu is mostly tex mex, but there is a wide variety of food to order. Strangely decorated for Christmas, patrons can opt to sit at either the bar or the dining room upon entry. There is a Chilly's To Go booth as well, with a QR code you can scan with your phones to place your order — but any attempts to do so will only lead to an error message stating that the service isn't available.

Behind the bar there is a display of a hundred different varieties of hot sauce and a machine for making frozen margaritas. If you’re lucky, Chilly himself will come by while you’re eating for a photo—wait. Did he always look like this...? Don't worry about it. Smile for the camera!

WEEK 6 DESTINATIONS

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WEEK 6 DESTINATIONS

Auntie's Cafe

It’s a normal cafe! Why, were you expecting something weird? It's a sweet calm paradise away from whatever troubles or chaos you’re venturing in from. They specialize in omelettes and fresh fruit juices. There is a delightful seasonal menu that has the best mangos you’ve ever had. They're so good, in fact, you'll probably still be thinking about them as you leave. Perhaps you'll want to tell everyone.

Sometimes the silverware, dishes, and forks will do a dance and put on a show. It feels a little French. That’s about it, though.

Trees

No, really, that’s all you’ll find here. It's trees as far as the eye can see though it changes every time you visit. Maybe you’re surrounded by the tallest Sequoia trees you’ve ever seen, begging for you to try and scale them, the only company you’ll find for miles being squirrels (hateful creatures). Or, you’re dumped into a lush jungle with insects and intertwining birdsong, swamp water waiting below for you to slip and fall into. A long stretch of ocean with palm trees. A snowy landscape with pine trees. A serene hilltop with willow trees. If it’s got grass and a trunk, you can probably end up there. If you linger too long, you might hear the voice of a certain orange creature who speaks for the trees.

Apple Store

This is just a straight up meadow, full of natural flowers. There's a light breeze, the sun is always shining, and there's birdsong mysteriously chirping in the distance. While you're here, you feel free and at peace. It's a perpetually lazy afternoon, with no responsibilities and no horrors, only an urge to spend time making flower chains. Maybe you're in the mood to gossip? You don't have to, but what else is there to do in an idyllic place like this.

In the middle of this meadow is a big, lovely apple tree. The fruit growing on it are all different colors and shades. They're very enticing. Should you eat one of these apples, you'll lose all of your inhibitions for a few hours. Go ahead, go wild. Do whatever you want and feel absolutely no shame for it.

Critter Commune

It's a nice neighborhood of small houses ready for move-in today! Each one has a well-kept yard, pre-furnished with the standard necessities for comfortable and mostly private living (though the doors lack locks…), including running water, a small kitchen nook, two beds, a bathroom, a framed photograph of an ankle that cannot be removed, a garden + outdoor seating patio, and a sinkhole trap in the yard that moves places every day.

There's plenty of houses down the path and trees that occasionally drop fruit into your hands. If you walk all the way to the back of the lot, you'll find two model houses to admire. One is perfectly decorated with the latest technology and a tub with jets, updated to look perfectly like your ideal living space. If you stay in there for more than 20 minutes, you'll be turned into a little animal and find yourself increasingly losing your ability to speak in anything but Animalese. It wears off once you leave this place.

The other house…is…uncomfortable. Photos of someone named Lovi line the walls. Pictures of ankles are meticulously categorized in boxes. Maybe your ankle photo is in here. Maybe you should leave.

Crofe

A mashup of croissant and cafe, because the hot new trend is to turn everything into a croissant. From crookies to cronuts, this cafe sells a wide assortment of pastries—and they're all made with flaky pastry dough. The latest specialty is the onioissant (or cronigiri), which comes in a variety of flavors including kimchi, roe and mayo, or lobster with corn and peas. The cafe also serves a limited selection of beverages, though it all has a strange buttery aftertaste.

"Cat" Cafe

This cozy cafe comes with a beverage bar serving a variety of drinks, a corner filled with delightful cat-themed merch, a play area full of cat trees, shelves, boxes, other various nooks, and of course…cats! Sort of. While there seem to be a number of cats lounging around, closer inspection will reveal that they're all plushies, lifelike figures, and detailed animatronics. However, if you happen to visit at exactly the right time, you might catch sight of a large, striped feline. It's friendly, but try not to knock anything over in its vicinity.

The Lobster Pot

Ever wanted to have a water park and an onsen at the same time? Here it is! The aesthetics are heavenly, and the entire place is filled with heated water to varying temperatures for the weeniest of weenies to the most hardcore boilers. There's two special, smaller rooms on either side of the place: one with wine-infused water, the other with coffee-infused, for special revitalizing treatments. Try not to drink it though. We know where the water's been, but not where you've been.

A lazy river easily gets you from Point A to Point B with stops along the way to enter private indoor pools, passing under the occasional heated waterslide that drops you off into them. Above the main gathering area is a comfortable lounge with booth seating for you to order and dine on anything from traditional kaiseki to…corn dogs, jumbo pretzels, and funnel cakes? Well, it is an onsen water park. Just place your order with the…upright walking lobsters. Okay!

The pool of the main gathering area can be broken up into little seating areas or freely swam through. This is the first or final stop on the lazy river, depending on which way it's going. You never know when it'll reverse; may as well let it happen.

Dreadful Wyvern

A classy yet straightforward shop in all of its glory, well-lit so that all products can be easily seen. Shoppers are lovingly greeted by a display of various adult toys—and the selection is most certainly not shy!

All that you could ask for—or even if you didn't—are on tables, clean glass cabinets, hanging up on walls. It goes far beyond basics, including stuff for the late-night crowd (BDSM) and helpful how-to guides. Flavored/unflavored lube is up at the register along with condoms to make sure your experience is safe and comfortable. There's also a catalogue on the more…unusual models of toys that are on display. A tentacled grinder? A werewolf knot? A giant blue horse cock, straight up. If you're looking to expand your imagination, they'll help you out!

Settled behind the register under an ON DUTY sign is a curled up dragon, snoring out smoke. Behave or it will breathe fire and rampage until you are chased out of the shop. The hostility only increases the longer you stay in the shop without buying anything.

Neighberry Candle Company

A quaint little candle shop tucked away a corner. Whether you're looking for mood lighting for a hot date or you just want to enjoy some fun scents during a nice bath, this store has a wide selection of fruity, clean, or sugary scents to choose from. However, once you make your purchases, you may find that the candle you bought isn't quite the scent you remember. Apple & Sugar Cube isn't so bad, but who ordered Hay Bale? Grassy Meadow? What kind of scent even is Horse Emotions?! Maybe don't light that one.

Simulanka

When you enter the room, there's only a storybook on a pedestal with a quill sitting beside it. Instructions are on the first page: Manifest what you'd like within this room. You cannot do others true harm, nor can you take others' wills.

Try it out and you'll find that you can manifest (simulate) any scenery, abilities or creatures you can describe. You cannot manifest people, nor can you cheat at a spar by writing and then my opponent forgot how to use their hands. If you try, the book will slam shut and you won't be able to use it for a few hours. As with the Simulation Room, no injuries are real and you can't take anything from the room, including the book.

Note: This location is a work of fiction. Any psychological trauma to storybook characters is purely unintentional, and those of us at Lobster-Rat-Brows Inc. cannot be held liable.

Under the Sakura Tree

A sprawling lush park featuring rows upon rows of sakura trees in full bloom. They line the banks of a scenic walkway above a lazy river, its crystal clear waters the perfect temperature for wading, and plenty of park benches and little picnic blankets to sit at. There's picnic baskets with delicious goods inside that refresh or rotate out every hour or so. You can find thermoses of sakura-infused green tea, stuff to make matcha with sakura foam, sakura chiffon cake, sakuramochi, and more sakura-based treats. You can enjoy the beauty of the park all day or during the night, when lanterns light up along the paths and stars shine overhead.

There are no strange effects while you're here, but once you leave, it's a different story. Proportional to the amount of time you spend enjoying the park, you'll spend an equal amount of time feeling compelled to behave oddly. How, you ask? You might want to lick oil or steal old pillows. Maybe you want to act like someone's sleep-paralysis demon. Perhaps you feel the desire to lure people off the road by calling out to them from the dark, or you just want to haunt a toilet stall, waiting to jumpscare the next fool who walks in.

TICKET SIGN-UP

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Please sign up only if you intend to be active in trial for Week 5 and Week 6! Your character doesn't have to be intentionally ICly helpful/cooperative so long as you're OOCly contributing, as the revival is partially meant to balance out the decreasing amount of people available to help at trials as the game goes on.

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Hey guys, deja vu huh?

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