Having earlier decided to stage "Three Families" with the servants after dinner, you go over the simulation with Christopher, who will serve as your assistant. The banquet itself is a fantastic event held in the incomparable grand dining hall. Van Scoy performs a piano recital she wrote just for you and afterwards offers a warm embrace, which causes your beating heart to remain anything but still! After dinner, all adjourn to a large assembly hall where you and Christopher host the game for twenty-four servants. "Three Families," in which everyone assumes the role of a noble vying for a royal crown, proves electrifying and illuminating. By the end, the players have nearly forgotten it's a game, so closely does it parallel the real-life struggle for succession at Hanover Manor. Then, just when all assembled least expect it, you and Christopher call a halt to the game and spring a surprise disco bash on them. Tensions evaporate as everyone dances the night away. Upon returning, however, you find your quarters stripped of all your possessions. But this time it's nothing sinister. The staff has simply moved you the royal bedchambers on the second floor, as befits your new status. They've even left a lovely assortment of Godiva chocolates. The coincidences (or "synchronicities," as Christopher would have it) continue unabated. As you munch on truffles from the Godiva assortment, the local news station is running a story about a lady who is suing the company, claiming she is "addicted to chocolate." Then, while watching an old X-Files "crop circles" episode on Netflix, your gaze shifts to a local news article on the origin of this local phenomenon. Eerie. Later, that night, the concierge comes to your room quite unexpectedly and performs an erotic dance. Or at least you think she did. You're uncertain; it may have been a dream or a hallucination. (Continued)