grimmoired | CHAPTER 2 ; MINGLE

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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.

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if he freezes, natsuo won't see him behind the giant stack of books he's carrying. ]

[ He sees you :)

He also does one better and grabs that stack of books off Ion's hands- he really only needs one hand to balance the stack on- and grins at Ion from around the confiscated stack of books. ]

Hey. You're going to come with me, right?

[ is this nerd-jock solidarity

But his books though. :( Still, not carrying them is... nice... Even if he's concerned about Natsuo's rusty gauntlets... ]

Exactly what is it that you need me for?

[ Natsuo's rusty gauntlets have a less of a chance of rubbing off on the books the sooner Ion agrees to follow him. ]

I want to talk! I need to know how you're doing!

[ The stack of books get lifted up to balance on Natsou's head, hand holding up one side. A precarious position, but again. The sooner he agrees. ]

[ Natsuo is holding Ion's books hostage in exchange for his companionship. This isn't solidarity, it's tyranny. ]

I'm? Doing as well... as can be expected?

[ As in, he looks better now that it's not ridiculously cold everywhere, even if he's still technically terminally ill which makes this an awkward question to answer. He does look pretty bemused though, like he was not expecting that question in the least? Especially after being run at by a person with a sword??? ]

What about you, is it really all right for you to be so active so soon?

[ Somebody had better put that lab into good use, see if they can whip up some magical healing potion for the whole lot of them. Natsuo, at the very least, looks as healthy as can be, slight bemusement on his face at Ion's question. ]

You mean after what happened Sunday? My knees are kinda stiff, but that's why it feels good to run around again!

[ Maybe the unicorns that just popped up on Wednesday can help??? Ion just shakes his head minutely. ]

Well, yes, that's one part of it... [ He blinks, slowly, eyes a little wide while trying to see if there are any telltale signs of reopened wounds. There's. None? ] But, also, I meant from before...

You're fine now. [ statement, not question. ]

I'm fine~

[ In general, yes and he'll insist on it until the end of days that he's fine, it's okay, everything is good. But he catches on that Ion's referring to that from before, and Natsuo gives his stomach a light pat. ]

I got this note before, see? It says that somebody's looking out for me! I made it out without a partner- I got all fixed up- it's like having a guardian angel! I can live without worry, and that's what I'd wanted to be for people too!

[ Right, the straw doll they'd seen briefly when... well. Ion just marvels a bit at it; how one person can bounce between so terribly injured to by all rights absolutely fine so quickly.

(... he doesn't entirely trust it; is Natsuo simply fronting this, forcing it, is this cheeriness sustainable, will this end poorly, come crashing down later...) ]

... I see. That's truly fortunate... I'm quite glad for you.

Is this note terribly private? [ 'would you mind if i took a look at it.' ]

[ He shakes his head, smile still plastered on his face. If he can still smile like this despite everything that'd happened, perhaps it's to this grand delusion that he's being looked out for, and he believes in that with all his heart. ]

It's not private- I keep it up in my room! I was going to go around showing people to see if they're the one who wrote it, but someone else said maybe they're not allowed to say, so I stopped. Maybe you can find some other clue about it, if you look at it?

[ Ion is... well. This Ion, perhaps, is more of a realist than that.

Still, he can't really bring himself to burst that bubble. Perhaps Natsuo knows more than he does about this all, for now. ]

I might be able to, but I wouldn't be sure. But if you really don't mind my looking at it, I could try?

[ This is possibly more trust than Natsuo deserves, but after being alive for three weeks, it'd be a miracle there's no miracle involved. ]

I don't mind. I need help finding who it is, anyways, so I'll take any help people give!

[ In whiiiiich we can handwave a trip over to his room where he digs the written note out from inside the pillowcase and hands it over to Ion. It reads "Keep going, Natsuo. Don't let them break your spirit. I'm keeping an eye out for you." ]

[ heck yeah handwaving!!

Unfortunately, while Ion can frown thoughtfully at the note and make a few, extremely vague guesses- he can't really pin down its sender, either. Alas, so Natsuo only gets an apologetic smile. ]

I'm sorry, I don't think I know who this could be either.

Still, it's good to hear you seem to have quite a good friend, somewhere in this castle.

[ He's had one or two others take a look at the note, with similar responses, so he's less disappointed each time. It'd be nice if they left some sort of clue. Like a signature. ]

Right? I'm really really lucky- I just wish they wouldn't be shy about it.

Maybe they're worried what might happen if someone else found out and thought they were playing favorites...?

[ That or they probably just don't want to make themselves a target, in case somebody feels a bit murderous. Hm. ]

There's nothing wrong with that! I want to be a favorite! I want to be loved!!

[ As long as it's not Tiger or Dragon— and he'd asked and it's not— there's no way people would resent him, right? ]

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