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grimmoired2018-06-17 11:04 pm
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CHAPTER 2 ; MINGLE
CHAPTER 2 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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In any case, Souji just crouches down to get a better look at the blade. Hello, sword.]
Not one like this... Uchigatana are my favorite swords. I use those the most.
[Almost exclusively, even if he also has wakizashi.]
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What's "uchigatana"? Is it very different from Cuttlefish? I thought a sword's just sword?
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Swords are all swords, but there are many different types. Uchigatana are a style of katana - shorter than tachi, but longer than wakizashi. About this long!
[He'll hold his hands out maybe 25 or so inches apart, pushing himself back up. Goodbye, sword.]
The blade is curved rather than straight, and much thinner than this.
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Curved, like Dazai's scythe? Can you stab someone with something like that? Feels like it'd be harder.
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Oh, it's not that steep of a curve. It's a gentle one, like this. [Drawing his hand upward in a general katana shape!] It's not quite as good for forward thrusts as swords like Cuttlefish are, but it's good at slicing.
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[ Do they have watermelon in the kitchen!!! he's excited to be able to try it out, clearly this is what swords are meant to be used for ]
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[IT'S STEEL VERSUS A WATERMELON NATSUO, PLEASE!! At least Cuttlefish looks like it can take more of a beating than a katana but the sword nerd in his soul still has to say something about this.]
They're not meant to be used for things like that, though. If you don't take care not to misuse your sword, it might get damaged and become harder to wield properly when you need it.
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[ He holds the sword out for Souji to see— it's a supposedly unbreakable Homestuck sword, so that even with Natsuo leaning his weight on the tip it doesn't look bent at all, hardly any scratches to the length of the blade. ]
Did I already ruin it? It's Dave's, so I wanted to take good care of it!
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--You have? [Been swinging it everywhere, that is, because:] It looks well cared for. A few scratches, but nothing that can't be buffed out.
[He doesn't doubt Natsuo's been waving it around like a maniac BUT THIS IS NEXT LEVEL.]
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I'll take even better care of it from now on! Do you know how to buff a sword? Is it like polishing a shoe, then you wax it to make it shiny and smooth and hard?
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I do, yes. We don't really have the proper tools here, but I'll show you what you can do, if you'd like.
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Yeah! I want to learn! Teach me how to do it so I can take care of it!
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Of course! We'll just need lemons and cloth.
[Except there's also apparently stuff for sword care in the armory so THEY'RE IN LUCK. Even if it's old and smelly.]
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We'll save the smelly sword care stuff for Yams, because Natsuo will take any opportunity to go to his favorite place in the castle, the kitchen. ]
Lemons are in the kitchen! We'll find them there, so let's go there!
[ As in, we're going there, no matter what, because he's taking Souji's wrist and pulling him along. ]
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But Souji will just be easily led off. There they go, off to the wild blue yonder...]
Don't forget a cloth!