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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[resumed]

I thought maybe ghosts since nothing works here, but...maybe it's just our imagination. [He misses when his powers worked, damnit.] What a weird thing for us to hallucinate about though. What's the point?

[sanguinairy]

[GOOD LUCK WITH THE GHOST HORSES, GHOST BOY. Souji looks around the place like he might catch a glimpse of a wispy tail or mane...]

Mm... Maybe to make it seem like a more realistic stable experience? [RAISING HIS HANDS.] But I'm sure there's a point to it. There seems to be a point to everything here, in one way or another.

[resumed]

Is there a point to the castle suddenly gaining a whole new floor?

[sanguinairy]

["MORE WAYS TO KILL PEOPLE" he thinks and doesn't say, even if he definitely considers saying it.]

...To keep us from becoming too restless, maybe?

[resumed]

[Probably not wrong tbh.]

That's a fair point. Maybe if people have things to do, we'd be playing their game a lot less. At least we're allowed outside consistently now. What's stopping us from just camping out here?

[sanguinairy]

Oh! That's a good idea! If we're all camped outside, it would be much harder to pick one of us off. ...Probably.

[They're in a magic castle, so he doesn't have Total Faith that they'd escape...]

[resumed]

It would be harder to make a move and not be noticed if we were all in one cluster. I don't think it's a bad idea to consider a little further, especially if another murder happens anytime soon.

[sanguinairy]

We could bring it up the next time we're all together... In the gardens, maybe? Or at a meal?

[They interrupted a trial to figure out which Ion was which, SURELY THEY CAN FIT THIS IN.]

[resumed]

It's worth a try. If not in the gardens, breakfast one of these mornings. People have to listen eventually.

[sanguinairy]

Then let's see that we ask about it.

[A determined nod! BREAKFAST ANNOUNCEMENT IT IS because everything happened so much at trial.]