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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[vigilantics]

monday, grounds

[ outside, you can spot stephanie stretching. she doesn't seem to be doing anything that interesting besides that, though, until she suddenly stops stretching and attempts to do a cartwheel. it goes fairly smoothly, and then she attempts another, and she winces before tumbling onto the ground. ]

Damn... that's annoying.

[ please stop attempting to exercise on your stabbed limbs you dumb shit. ]

tuesday, bathhouse

[ steph is standing near the large pool, frowning at it. if you approach, she'll turn to you and point at the water. ]

We could have a pool party in there.

[ no. ]

Monday

[disclosures]

[She'll put her hand on Steph's shoulder and then shake her head. What are you doing?]

[vigilantics]

Oh... hey, Rebecca! What's up?

[ she says it casually, like she wasn't just caught doing something stupid. ]

[disclosures]

[She shrugs. Nothing's up with her.

But she does point at one of Steph's stab wounds and make a face.]

monday

[function]

You're an idiot.

[ sorry not sorry ]

[vigilantics]

Honest question. Have we ever had a single conversation where you didn't judge me?

[ no. i looked. ]

[function]

Have I been wrong?

tuesday!

[asswipe]

[a beat.]

If we want to have a pool party, we should do it before someone finds a corpse in the water.

[vigilantics]

[ she looks at veronica, then at the water, then back at veronica. ]

You're right...

[asswipe]

I know, and I hate it.

[she's so weary.]

Tuesday

[fragileprophet]

That could be fun!

[Would he ever say no about anything?]

I don't know how to swim, so I'd have to stay where it's shallow.

[vigilantics]

You don't?

[ hm... ]

Wanna learn?

[fragileprophet]

It wasn't a part of my necessary lessons as the Fon Master, aside from me not having much of the strength for it.

[Just shove him inside a big floaty donut.]

I think it would be nice to learn, but now's probably not a very good time.

monday

[concasse]

Stephanie-chan, should you really be doing that?

[Sanji should not judge, but his expression is pinched with worry as he watches her stretch]

[vigilantics]

I won't know what my limits are if I don't test it out, right?

[ she doesn't know how to stay still. ]

[concasse]

[She is a true shonen.

Honestly though, Sanji just smirks.]

Now that is a phrase my swordsman would be using.

monday

[wagashis]

You know, you'll only prolong the healing if you don't let yourself recover.

[but he offers her a hand anyway, because it's only polite.]

I understand not wanting to rest here, but try not to overdo it.

[vigilantics]

[ she'll take his hand. steph looks sheepish, at least. ]

... sorry. It's kind of hard.

[wagashis]

I know the feeling well enough.

[considering, you know, last week.]

But if you injure yourself more, what will you be able to do then?

monday

[randori]

Oh! Teach me! Teach me— I want to learn how to do it!

[ Natsuo runs up to her, tossing his sword to the ground and shrugging the gauntlets off too so he can leave his wrists free to do whatever.

Hands up in the air!! limbs straight like he's mimicking a starfish. ]

And then you spin me?

[vigilantics]

[ she looks completely delighted at this?? ]

Okay, as long as we're careful.

[ she is more concerned about his injury than hers rip ]

monday!

[sanguinairy]

[Souji's not here to judge even though HE REALLY SHOULD BE. SOMEONE DEFINITELY SHOULD BE.]

--Not healed up quite enough for it, yet?

[vigilantics]

Apparently not.

[ she sounds pretty annoyed by it. how dare she not be instantly better. ]

monday

[selfinserting]

[He happens to be passing by when he sees (and hears) Steph, and he gives her a concerned glance before he walks her way.]

Um... M-Maybe you shouldn't be doing that.

[vigilantics]

It's practice.

[ she says it as if it actually means anything. ]