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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[melancoffeea]

That's a generous number.

Hm. Perhaps it isn't the number we should be looking at.

[disclosures]

[She tilts her head and then gestures at him.

What does he think?]

[melancoffeea]

Ah, just a fleeting thought. I'm as lost as you on this.

[disclosures]

[She'll gesture at him again.

Have a guess?]

[melancoffeea]

You might have heard this yesterday, but there are multiple win conditions. Some, more preferable to others; or so it was said . . . Logically, then, there should be a route where some sort of collective action goes beyond the basic rules of the game.

[He waves a hand dismissively.]

But I haven't a clue as to what that action might be.

[disclosures]

[Objectives, maybe. But that's incredibly difficult to gesture and she can't say it.

She hates this.

Instead she just nods for the moment. If she can get him to the library, she might be able to find a book with that word in it. But is he going to follow that conversation?]

[melancoffeea]

[He can certainly try, should she mime a library. He looks at her, and while it's difficult for her to communicate, he would like to hear her thoughts.]

Do you have an idea?

[disclosures]

[She makes a motioning gesture and then mime reading a book.

Follow her to the library, because she's hovering right at the door, waiting for him to follow.]

[melancoffeea]

A book?

[Then she's at the door, and the message clicks. He rises from his seat and sets the cup down inside the sink—he'll come back to clean it later.]

Ah. I see. You must mean the library. Shall we go, then?

[disclosures]

[She starts walking up towards the library once she's sure Sandalphon is following her.

Her own words don't work, but at least she can point at words in a book.

It takes a few minutes before they get up there, from the first to the third floor. But once they are, she flips open a book

"The End"

Flipping through it

"Finish"

Flipping again

"Task"]

[melancoffeea]

[He follows diligently. As he has nowhere else to be, he doesn't mind taking the time to see what Rebecca has to say. He gives a slight dip of his head every time she stops on a word, and he repeats them in his thoughts for a few runs.]

One of the win conditions . . . is the completion of our individual objectives? [He hums.] Yes, I suppose that could be possible.

[disclosures]

[It's possible, but the real issue is she has no idea what the actual win and finish conditions of this "game" are.

So again she holds up a hand and wobbles it back and forth. Maybe

"not"

"sure"]

[melancoffeea]

Oh, of course. With our limited knowledge, there is little of which we can be sure. It's quite frustrating.

[disclosures]

["hate" "it"

She hates not knowing how to get out of this. How long are they going to be 'playing' until they're done?]

[melancoffeea]

I doubt there's anyone here who enjoys this. But no matter how much we express our distaste, the game will continue . . .