XB1000 - board game scenes (revised)

ORIGINAL POST DATE: OCTOBER 16TH 2012

I only added two more, but they do add more of an interesting variety. The two added are major contrasts to each other.

cult activity
candles are strewn about the room, almost all of them are still lit, others have been melted to small pools of wax upon the floorboards, tables and shelves. some candles are arranged in small circles around animal skulls and bloodied scraps of paper and fabric, sometimes arranged around chalk symbols. these candles are the only source of light within the apartment, as the light bulbs have been removed, and the windows have been boarded up.

clean and inconspicuous
nothing really seems off, other than the dead body. there is no sign of a struggle, and mostly everything seems to be in its correct place. something about this is still unnerving, however, and it’s hard to shake off that sense of dread.

conspiracy theorist?
photographs, maps, newspaper clippings, and notes are hanging from the ceiling, pinned to massive noticeboards up and down the walls, and even scattered on the floor. everything is a mess. it feels like both a darkroom and a tomb; the person obviously spent most of their life holed up in this horrid environment, and maybe this was their downfall. it is very unsettling to stay in the room for long, almost depressing, being surrounded by one person’s pent-up insanity.

barebones
all appliances, wiring, furniture, and light fittings have been removed as if abandoned for years. yet somehow, it’s all a mess, full of balled-up paper and scattered rubbish, of medicine and old bottles. even for a squatter, this would be too cluttered and treacherous. it would be hard to tell if someone had ever lived here. it’s unsurprising that someone met their end here, though.

dancing with the devil
neon lights are abundant and casting a colourful yet sickening glow on everything in the room. it makes it hard to tell spilled drinks from blood, and even harder to tell how pale the officers on scene became. evidently recently-discarded rubbish indicated that somebody was having a good time here recently, but had to leave in a rush. this place was clearly in business, but whether the activities are legal or not would not be the concern of this investigation.