The first guests to arrive were the ladies. It was vitally important to the plan that Rosa and Gina got there an entire hour before everyone else. They seemed surprised when Jake opened the door. Perhaps they were expecting him to be drunk or hungover, maybe high? But Jake needed to be on top of things tonight. This was no time to be sloppy. Rosa was the first to greet him, Gina followed her lead. Jake led them to his fake dining room, where he had prepared a fake dining table. He had prepared some very real food, though it was such a shame his guests would never be able to enjoy it.
Jake started phase one of the massacre by pretending to have forgotten something in the basement. Rosa and Gina excused him as he left the room. Jakes true destination was the control room. The door was a hidden lever in a bookcase. (Jake thought this was very cool). Once in the control room, Jake turned on the cameras. One by one they flickered on, and Jake could see from multiple angles Rosa and Gina sitting at the table. The girls were wondering where everyone else was. Jake smiled. Everything was going according to plan.
First things first, Jake said to himself as he mentally went over the checklist he had created. The power had to be cut, to incite confusions and maybe a little panic. Although Jake doubted the girls would freak out, he hoped to at least have them on edge. All part of the spectacle. Excitedly, Jake pulled a comically large lever on his control room wall, effectively cutting the power. Watching in the camera, Jake saw Gina jump from her chair, but Rosa looked unbothered. No matter, Rosa would be scared soon enough.
Jake had about 45 minutes until the guys arrived, which meant he had to work fast. Amy would've been so proud, Jake thought. He had made a binder to keep everything organized. Of course he would have to burn it later, but Jake didn't mind. He could leave no evidence. As a former detective, Jake knew exactly how to do this. But he was getting side tracked. Jake took a deep breath, refocused, and continued phase one. The next step was... Jake checked his bider to make sure...luring the girls down to the basement, or villainous lair, as Jake liked to call it.
Jake searched the buttons on his control panel, and found the one that would turn on the speaker downstairs. The speaker would play a pre-recorded dialogue of Jake asking for help. Pressing the button, he hoped for the best possible outcome. There was always the off chance the girls would refuse to go downstairs, but given the sympathetic looks they had been giving Jake previously, he thought it was likely they would try and help. The girls heard the recording. Through the hidden camera's audio recorder, Jake heard Rosa mutter something about Jake messing up the power breaker downstairs and not knowing how to fix it. Gina rolled her eyes before leaving the dining room with Rosa to go downstairs. Brilliant. They had no idea what they were getting into.