CHAPTER 2 ; MINGLE

[themodsgrimm]

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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[disclosures]

[She'll mime drinking and then tap "why".

Nobody just drinks that much for no reason.]

tw: child death talk

[thesettingsun]

[That's true. Dazai supposes he's fine if he says, since you can just look this up on Chuuya's Wikipedia article anyway.]

A mental breakdown after his son died.

[disclosures]

[There's a voiceless sigh, but she gives an understanding nod. She's never had to go through it, but her best friend is a mother. She bonded with him a little too.

Thinking about him dying...

"How long"?]

[thesettingsun]

...Recently, for him. Less than a year.

[Dying and being summoned messes up timelines, but it's easy to understand why the pain is still raw.]

[disclosures]

["lose" "child" "difficult"

"hope" "better"

She'll point at him and mime drinking. Does he want to drink a little now?]

[thesettingsun]

I haven't tried magical booze from the magical dining room yet. Why not.

[This can't be a bad idea!]

[disclosures]

[She'll make a motioning gesture as she gets up and starts walking towards the exit.

But she picks up a book of fairy tales on her way out.]

[thesettingsun]

[Books are important!! ...even if Shuji wishes they had a bigger selection. He's taking Niimi's book as he follows her.]

I hope your curse gets lifted soon. What did you throw in the well?

[disclosures]

[She makes a little circle shape her free hand. A coin.]

[thesettingsun]

Good, because if you threw something else in there after hearing what happened to Fane and Akechi I'd have to tell you that was stupid.

[littering is bad rebecca]

[disclosures]

[That's why she's not littering!

She makes such a face at him. Come on, she's not stupid.]

[thesettingsun]

Don't give me that look, most of us used our coin last week and didn't get new ones.

[unless she filled an objective or something]

[disclosures]

[She gives a shrug. Most people definitely did that.

A lot of them didn't end well.]

[thesettingsun]

...Mine was fine after I cleaned the blood off it.

[Sulk.]

[disclosures]

[She squints at him. What the hell did he ask the well for?]

[thesettingsun]

The blood didn't obscure any of the text, so it's fine.

[obviously he wanted a book]

[disclosures]

[She taps her own books and then gestures at him.

What book did he get?]

[thesettingsun]

A collection of Akutagawa-sensei's stories! As if I could ask for anything else, no one can even compare to Akutagawa-sensei in the beauty of his prose and the subtlety of his themes, there's no doubt he's one of the greatest writers Japan has ever seen...!

[he would literally sparkle if he could]