Hold Very Still
Keeper Cornelius Fix · Portraitist to the Recently Still
Smile for the nice man, contestant. Hold it for a count of ten and you get to hold it forever.
Cornelius Fix · Portraitist to the Recently Still
36 HP · moods: Composed, Fussy, Rattled, Incandescent
Professional Fidget · Lv 1 · STR 2 · DEX 4 · INT 2 · MAG 1 · CHA 3
- Magnesium Ribbon Burns very white, very briefly. Like a career.
- Cracked Hand Mirror Seven years' bad luck, roughly half served.
- Sitter's Ticket One portrait, prepaid. Developed while-u-wait.
Good morning, contestants, and welcome to Hold Very Still. Cornelius would like you to smile for the camera, and he would like you to do it for a count of ten, so please don't make him count twice. Try not to blink, because the flash is very expensive and nobody has ever once been compensated for it.
| Escaped | 38 % |
|---|---|
| Most-tried move | Environment. Fifteen hundred of you fought the furniture, and the furniture won about… |
| Top style | a departed contestant, style 95: “You left the posing chair empty and the window glowing. Cornelius says this is the first time it has been a compliment.” |
The day before reached prime time, so the sponsors stepped in: +1 on every check that day, for everyone.
- Cornelius swept up for closing and dragged the rolled backdrop out from under the posing chair. The seaside lies unrolled across the floor, pole loose. He keeps tripping over the beach.
- Cornelius has rolled up the seaside backdrop and wedged it under the posing chair.
- Cornelius now sulks under the camera's black cloth and only hears lighting directions.
- Cornelius has swung the camera round to face the darkroom door. Loiterers get portraits.
- Cornelius has hung the blind's tassel on the curtain rail, well out of reach.
Past rooms are closed to play for now. Play today's room.