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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library!

[sanguinairy]

[r i p shirasu, always unluckier than the rest...

It's when he's thumbing through a music book that Souji meanders past, in any case. Somehow, the books people read here are always a surprising choice?!]

Do you play? [A nod toward the book.] It seems there are a lot of musically-inclined people here.

[wagashis]

-ah, no. Not yet, in any case.

[he sets the book aside for now, glancing up to souji.]

But an extra hobby or two never hurts, does it? A couple of others have agreed to teach me.

[sanguinairy]

[A little nod. He remembers listening to Belph on the piano and Jae-ha's backup song to accompany Eichi... They really do have a few musicians on hand.]

That's true. I've never really thought much about it- [Learning music in general.] -but something like that would be nice here, I think. Especially since we have a few instruments on hand already.

[wagashis]

We may as well take advantage of what peace we can find, given the nature of this place.

[and the way that it is constantly fucking everything up for them. this is why they can't have nice things.]

Perhaps you should pick something up, as well.

[maybe something that requires no moving around.]

[sanguinairy]

[They're all old, tired, and aging at the rate of 100 years a minute.]

Do you think so? I've never had much of an ear for music, really.

[He's a sword genius not a flute genius!! But picking up a hobby that doesn't involve running around like a maniac is probably a Good Idea.]

...Maybe Jae-ha would be willing to teach me how to play a song or two. We could all play together, once we can string together a tune.

[wagashis]

He offered to teach me, before; perhaps he wouldn't mind another student.

[he's mostly doing this just to stay busy, but that still sounds like sort of a nice idea.]

[sanguinairy]

I'll be sure to ask him, then! I do like the sound his instrument makes, anyway.

[It reminds him a little more of home than Belph's piano, at least.]

[wagashis]

It can be rather calming, can't it?

[same hat... there's something more familiar about it.]

It sounds more like what I've heard before.

[sanguinairy]

That's exactly it! I could fall asleep listening to something like that, probably. It reminds me a lot of walking through Kyoto, too.

[So much merriment on those streets when they weren't being like, sacked by ronin.]