CHAPTER 2 ; MINGLE

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The Story Continues... CHAPTER 233 Narrators Remain ; There’s nothing to shake up the feeling of helplessness and betrayal quite like some renovations. Residents in the castle will find a gentle rumble stirring them out of their sleep on Monday morning, and if they choose to find the source of the noise, they’ll notice a newly constructed staircase on the second floor. It stretches up, up, up and will guide the Narrators to a third floor with all types of new installments to the castle. Go ahead, crack open a book, try your hand at some potion mixing. What could possibly go wrong? Just as last week, the morning that the dining hall opens, the tapestries of Ann Takamaki, Soo-won, and Dave Strider will all suddenly catch flame from the bottom, burning up and up until the entire tapestry is gone. Anyone who ventures outside will also find that the scenery has warmed up considerably. Snow no longer dusts the ground, but rather the warm sun and pleasant chirping of birds greet you to the castle grounds. The area has also been expanded, a new jousting grounds available for play and recreation. A set of stables stands next to the grounds, but anyone who ventures inside will find only hear the occasional, phantom whinny of a horse and – find some rather large feathers? Interesting. Finally, partners will find themselves unable to rest peacefully yet another week. While no paranoia creeps over anyone’s shoulders, when night falls and they find themselves sleeping, they’ll instead see dreams – or rather, some memories of their partner. Apparently the Crafters would rather that you all get to know each other sooner, rather than later. Hopefully you don’t see anything you’re not meant to. Welcome to Week 2, everyone! Today we've introduce new castle locations and brought a new round of partner effects, so please review those, including the Outside section on the Locations page. If you'd like to have your characters interact with the laboratory, please feel free to PP the mods! We would also like to remind players to submit all of their Prologue PCs and new PCs at the Private Conversations page and review the weekly ooc notes for important details in the castle. Something exciting will be arriving on Wednesday, June 20th so keep your eyes peeled for that as well. full navigation. locations taken (statuses) stories (profiles) info & faq wishing well private conversations

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[toughchoices]

monday, stables;
[Okay, so, like. There's basically no you're not going to find Reyna here on Monday - or throughout the week, even, just in case the horses come back. For now, she can be found getting the riding gear organized, making sure the hay and water are in tiptop shape, et cetera...

She probably has hay caught in her braid but you know what? It's fine. This is probably the happiest she's looked since she got here.]

monday, bathhouses;
[...or maybe this is!

There are few things in the world that compare to a good Roman bath, but this? This is pretty close. She hates to give the Crafters credit for anything, but after she's done in the stables, she's absolutely going to be here to relax.

For a good long while.

She'll probably turn into a prune but it's fine.]

tuesday, library;
[Of course, there's more to life than just stables and baths, so Reyna can be found in the library, too. She inspects the leather-bound book curiously and will wave over anyone who happens to be walking by.]

Hey, what do you think of this?

[Otherwise - she'll definitely be reading up on other topics. You might catch her hauling some books to a table, or even perched on the top of some of the shelves (how did she get up there??) to grab a book that would have been out of her reach from the ground.

Or maybe you're having trouble reaching something on a high shelf. If that's the case, she'll just clear her throat and look down at you from where she's perched.]

Want me to grab that?

anywhere, anytime;
[WILDCARD ME I'M READY FOR ANYTHING]

tuesday

[thesettingsun]

No, no I don't, I can get it just fine!

[Dazai stretches on the tips of his toes.

...he still can't reach the volume of fairy tales he's aiming for, but asking for her help now would be embarrassing...]

[toughchoices]

...

[Well, like. Reyna can see that's not true.

But also, she's not going to insult him by handing it down to him when he's just turned down her offer to help so she'll just... watch him struggle...]

[thesettingsun]

[Dazai used Struggle!

It's not very effective...]

...Why did they make the shelves this tall in the first place?

stables!

[londonstar]

[ well, waver himself is not made for stables-- he's barely made for the outside in general. and though he seems to be struggling while walking around the stables, he seems relieved to see a more relaxed expression on reyna. ]

Lady Reyna. It's nice to see you looking more relaxed.

[toughchoices]

Oh, Lord El-Melloi the Second...

[god tori please have him give her permission to call him "waver" one of these days]

I wish I could say the same for you. [...okay, that was a little blunt] Are you feeling unwell?

[londonstar]

Ha ha. Hilarious.

[ at least they're on banter levels. Soon britt. ]

I'm just unused to [ gestures vaguely ] this. I was never much of a nature person.

monday - stables

[holybind]

You know there are no horses here, right?

[ He plucks a piece of hay out of her braid, absentmindedly inspecting it as he does. ]

Just wanted to make sure that was clear.

[toughchoices]

[Oh, sure, rain on her parade... she actually doesn't look all that bothered, though.]

The hay in here was fresh, and the water wasn't stagnant. Even if there aren't any here now, there might be later.

[They might be like, murder horses, but. Y'know! Better safe than sorry. She wants to make sure they're comfortable if they come back.]

[holybind]

You really like horses, huh? I'm kind of surprised— girls who keep horses as pets tend to usually be really.. graceful and nurturing.

[ He says it really offhandedly, like it's not lowkey insulting. He's only used to high society type horse girls ok ]

bathhouses :/

[vigilantics]

[ steph is here more to explore than actually take a bath, but she pauses when she spots reyna. ]

If you stay in there any longer you're going to look like you've aged forty years.

[toughchoices]

[baths are bliss and she doesn't care]

That's fine. I'd still look younger than sixty.

[vigilantics]

[ she snorts. ]

True. How's the water?

Tuesday

[disclosures]

[Her answer to the question of the leatherbound book is a shrug, a frown, and then a head shake.

She doesn't have any idea how true anything about it is.]

[toughchoices]

[Hm.

Reyna raises an eyebrow, then shrugs; Rebecca sort of has a point. They don't have any way of confirming anything written in here. Still, she taps the last line.

the fates of the Beauty, the Beast, and all the Narrators lost in the last two weeks lie in the hands of those who remain.]

The Narrators lost in the last two weeks... if we're to believe this, that means there's still something we can do for them.

[disclosures]

[They've lost five people in the last two weeks. Does that mean there's still something they can do for them? There's a difference between a Happily Ever After and a To Be Continued, but she can't make it out. Besides how much crueler a Happily Ever After seems to be.

There's a pause before she taps out W H A T in Morse Code.]

monday.stables

[randori]

[ How do you even prepare hay...? When Natsuo first sees stacks of it, he takes a running start and leaps right into it like it's a pile of leaves, straw scattering all across the field and getting picked up by the wind as he slides and skids to a stop, laughing all the way. ]

How cool, there's a shack out here! I wonder if anybody lived here?

[toughchoices]

[...

Natsuo please.]

It's not a shack, it's a stable. Horses live here.

[Or at least - they did. She wonders why there aren't any now.]

[randori]

It's the same thing, isn't it? Horses can live in shacks too. Anyways, they're not here now, so we can use this. Wouldn't it be cool to make this a secret hideout?

[ One that's... secret from nobody, out in the open like this. He just wants to start a cool person's club ]

monday, stables!

[sanguinairy]

[Well seeing Reyna so happy about invisible horses sure sees seeing her upset about being framed, at least!

Souji would normally offer to help but considering he probably shouldn't even be outside at all right now, he'll just helpfully wander over and start plucking hay from her braid instead. Good work, Souji.]

How long have you been out here?

[toughchoices]

[you're doing the lord's work, souji, because that would've been a pain in the ass to get rid of later if she'd just left it for hours and it got tangled up.]

Oh - a few hours, I'd say.

[Just. Judging by the amount of light outside now...]

tuesday!

[asswipe]

... Honestly? It's ominous.

[The leather-bound book sure is........ something.]

[toughchoices]

I can't say I disagree.

[but on the other hand-]

...however, it does imply that there's still something we can do for those we've lost. Though, of course - it could be a trick.

monday, stables.

[wearys]

[ horses are nice? he's not sure whether he's disappointed or relieved there's no horses (seven legged or otherwise). like, if there were horses, someone would totally trample someone else with a horse, right.

he's kind of surprised to see reyna there. or seeing her organizing and stuff, anyway. ]

... Declared yourself the stable-hand? Despite a lack of horses?

[toughchoices]

[i mean i, personally, would be down for a murder case where someone got trampled with a horse.

anyway-]

It's familiar work. And besides - the supplies were fresh. If the horses do reappear here, I'd like to be ready for them.