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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monday

[thesettingsun]

[Shuji at least has to look at the tapestries, if only to make sure that his isn't a 'classic' this week. It's not, but that doesn't mean he's safe.]

Two dripping ink this time. The first it was just Gi-gan's, and last week it was all three of them...

May I ask you a somewhat personal question?

[disilluded]

You may, yes.

[Sousei's arms are crossed, but otherwise he seems open enough to it; at this point, learning about each other is the only way to find answers.]

[thesettingsun]

You're a military captain, which means that you've killed people before, haven't you?

[It's not judgmental. Right now, what Sousei has or hasn't done is only relevant to figuring out the mysteries of what the fuck is going on.]

[disilluded]

Yes, that is correct.

[There's no point in hiding it, and he thinks he sees what he's getting at here.]

In the service of my country. You suspect that is what the ink means.

[thesettingsun]

People condemned to death, or already dead, bleed ink here. Gi-gan was a pirate and her tapestry bled ink; Sharpay was a normal high schooler and hers did not. Kyouka was trained as an assassin and hers bled ink, as does yours.

One of the Ions had his bleed ink while the other one didn't... and I don't know enough about Nico to say.

[disilluded]

... Yes, it seems like a fair conclusion to me. We already know Akechi's case.

[Murderer.]

[thesettingsun]

[The Worst.]

...I'm not sure if this is useful information if it's true. Information about the others, yes, but not helpful for escape.

[disilluded]

Not helpful to the fearmongering of this situation, either.

[Like... obviously he's killed people, he's a soldier. But people could take that very much the wrong way.]

... Useful, I suppose, in pinning down those who have not killed at all.

[Rapunzel, for instance, is pretty safely not a murderer thus far.]

[thesettingsun]

We never did find Dave's murderer... So I suppose that rules out one potential suspect.

[Not that Rapunzel would have been Dazai's top pick anyway.]

[disilluded]

It is better than nothing.

[Yeah, he didn't expect Rapunzel to have been a killer either, it's fine.]

... How are you holding up in this place?

[thesettingsun]

If I said I was doing great, would you believe me?

[Because Sousei would have to be stupid to believe that.]

[disilluded]

I would be concerned for your mental health.

[QUITE FRANKLY.]

[thesettingsun]

Now that's insulting. I have terrible mental health and even I don't enjoy this place.

[disilluded]

I am simply saying that enjoying something like this would require there to be something very wrong with you.

[thesettingsun]

Well, I hate every second of it, so there.

[What do you have against people who have something very wrong with them, Sousei.]