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CHAPTER 2 ; MINGLE

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.

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mini-event: tourney.

As Wednesday approaches, you’ll find that the sound of blaring trumpets and cheering crowds punctures the silence of the castle. The front doors of the castle open wide and reveal the grounds.

This time, instead of a village far, far away, people appear to gather out at the jousting grounds. Several regal horses neigh and nicker as they make their way through the ground with riders atop, knights dressed in their armor and lances in their hands. If you look fast enough, you may even spot some pegasi and unicorns among the regular horses.

Further away, there’s a set-up for a sword-fighting arena and a large crowd gathers there. And further, beyond the jousting grounds and the arena appears a coliseum before you, beckoning you to sign up and partake in this magnificent grand tournament. With jousting, swordplay, and hand to hand combat available there’s something for everyone.

Whether you’re here to spectate or you’re roped into signing up (go on, sign yourself up to fight against a friend! It’s all in good fun), everyone around you encourages you to partake in placing bets, having a pint to drink (age doesn’t seem to matter, strangely) and sampling the fine foods roasted over several open fires. Music plays in the background between fights to help the merry atmosphere and a few stalls with handcrafted items appear to be mixed in including flags (gold, purple and crimson in color…strange…), flower crowns, and clothing.

It’s a fun-filled day out in the sun and it wears on long into the night! As the sun sets and it becomes a bit too dark to fight, entertainment comes into play with bands, pony rides and more.

To the victor go the spoils as prizes are given out to tournament winners! Winners will receive one large, roasted hog, three chickens, and a pennant in a color of their choice with their name stitched into it.

Enjoy the fresh air and flex your skills! This may be the best time to try.

Oh, and one more thing...upon awakening Wednesday morning, every Narrator will find a painful, inexplainable cut on their body. Do take care.

Edited 2018-06-20 16:02 (UTC)

wandering;
[It's like the festival all over again, Reyna realizes.

Oh, sure - this time they haven't been confined to the castle all week. They've been able to wander the castle grounds. But these grounds are changed, and much livelier than they were on their own. It's strange and a little disconcerting, but...

What else are they supposed to do, today?

So Reyna can be found wandering around the grounds, taking in the sights. She watches the jousting matches with interest - snags some food to eat where she can - turns down a vendor trying to talk her into wearing a flower crown... and can even be heard negotiating with someone taking sign-ups for jousting matches.

It sounds like she's trying to talk them into letting her borrow a pegasus for the day if she wins a match or two.

Hm.]

jousting;
[And HERE SHE IS.

Reyna sits astride one of the jousting horses, a lance in one hand, the reins in the other. She looks out at her opponent (maybe it's you?) confidently before letting go of the reins to pull her helmet's visor down.

They're. Doing this, apparently. She waits for the signal to start.

...

Alternatively, catch her after she's won a few matches, pulling off the helmet and breathing in deeply now that she can get some fresh air.]

Ah... that was a good workout.

[jousts are dangerous and she probably nearly died a few times there but it's fine. she's going to give someone a hernia at this rate.]

pegasi;
[And. Well. One way or another, she's managed to get a pegasus to ride for now. She'll have to give it back at the day's end, but she looks happy enough to be with it, and is brushing out its mane and checking over its wings to make sure everything is in order.

When she hears someone approaching, she looks back at whoever it is with a smile.]

Have you ever ridden one of these before?

wildcard;
[Alternatively, hit me with something else!]

I have not!

[ beaming tbh. ]

There aren't any creatures like this in Auldrant. Is there anything in particular one should know about them?

... I've never even seen one of these before.

[ she's a little awed. ]

i.
[ The last time they were let out, it was to suspicion and tension that prevented so many people from enjoying the festival— a damn shame, in Natsuo's opinion, because he had lots of fun and he wished more people did too. It was an innocent event then, and he hopes that'd be enough to convince people that this one is too. ]

I'm going to go fight, so cheer for me, okay!?

[ In the tournament, he's signed up for hand-to-hand, easily one of the shortest people participating and looking like a child who'd gotten lost and had wandered in on accident. But when he fights, it with an uncharacteristic calm— quiet— easily dancing out of the way of blows until he finds just the right moment and-

The one-hit-KO is his specialty, a single uppercut to the other person's jaw to bring them down.

And then the facade is broken, Natsuo grinning over at the crowd both arms up in the air to wave at whoever he recognizes. ]

ii.
[ Obligatory flowercrown prompt... this is cute, wth.

As opposed to punching the daylights out of people, flowercrowns aren't something Natsuo reallt knows much about, picking up a circle of bright yellows and turning it this way and that. ]

...How do you play with this...?

[ Kinda. Does the frisbee motion with his wrist. Do you throw this or what? ]

iii. Wednesday --> Thursday; (threadjack to your heart's content)
[ The best thing about something like this that gets everybody outside and Natsuo can run around and tag them on the shoulder- a shout of ]

KITCHEN! TOMORROW! FIVE O'CLOCK!!

[ before he runs off and shouts in the next person's face, as if they didn't hear him just ten feet away.

Thursday at around five o'clock, the kitchen is filled with food. SANJI IS DEAD AND CAN'T COOK BUT he's on house arrest at one of the kitchen island stools, instructing Natsuo around like a military commander getting everything ready— if you come early you can also help (please please help).

Natsuo's self-chosen menu for the night is as such:

- Karaage, which he's super excited for and will shove a couple pieces into everybody's faces with an inappropriate but well-meaning "TRY IT! YOU GOTTA TRY KARAAGE BEFORE YOU DIE!"
- A pot of beef stew, which he will tell you is his favorite, because it's warm and heavy and reminds him of home
- The ramen that he'd promised Eichi once, that he got to make all by himself and for once in his life it's not the instant junk
- Cakes and sweets, for Akechi's sweet tooth, and while it's not quite cotton candy, did you know you can make something called Dragon's beard candy by hand, I just Googled this
- Also there's baked potatoes...! Souji, look, we don't have to troubleshoot baking potatoes anymore
- Parfaits, melting a little with everything else going on, but if Ion's around, fingerguns at you
- The only thing to drink is apple juice
- The stove is left on, flames flickering like a tiny campfire. You can roast marshmallows over it? or summon demons

Please let's have a family meal together; Natsuo looks a lot lot happier by the end of this week compared to the start— there's a sense of purpose with the way he holds himself, like he's figured it all out. Like he thinks that maybe, if he can keep everybody to one room, he'll be able to look after them all. Like if they all become friends like he wants to be come friends, that'll solve all their problems. Like if they have something like this, nobody will have to think about what the end of the week always brings- like maybe everybody will be too food coma'd to do anything. ]

[She's in the kitchen, looking around at this mess. There's quite the spread here and she gets chicken shoved into her mouth before she can say anything.

Not that she can say a thing this week.

She looks somewhat put out at it being shoved into her mouth... but it's really good.]

[ The rest of the plate is left in her hands so she can feed herself/not choke on the chicken, but Natsuo looks really pleased that she's here and there's even the juice they were supposed to sit around like old ladies at tea time to gossip. That'll have to be saved for another time. ]

Like I said, right? It's good! It's celebration food!

[She's certainly grateful for being alive. However long that manages to last.

But she will gladly take this plate of chicken before finding herself a place to sit.

A thumbs up! It's as good as he said it was!]

[ It'd be better if Sanji and apparently half their group aren't bleeding out because they wanted to explore the maze or forest or whatever's out there, but he'd done his best following Sanji's instructions. ]

Heh~ Don't tell, but I ate all the burnt ones, so I could save the best ones for everyone else!

[ aka he destroyed the evidence of bad cooking; there was a lot ]

[She'd laugh normally, but for now she just presses an index finger to her lips. Don't worry, your secret is safe with her!]

[First thing's first. Because I literally have a picture of Ion with a flower crown in his hands as my user picture everywhere right now--

He laughs as he approaches, gently taking it from Natsuo's hands.]

Like this, actually!

[He carefully places it in Natsuo's hair, looking a little shy to do it...but happy, too, just the same.]

It's festive!

[ He tilts his head back, looking up, as if he could see the flower crown on top of his own head like that. ]

Festive... But then what do you do? Is it like a passing game? Like--

[ He jumps, trying to use the forward motion to throw the crown off his head towards Ion so he can catch it on his own head. ]

[Ion, being an uncoordinated boy, just ends up kind of getting hit in the face with it. But it's just a flower crown, so it's fine. He laughs as he picks it up, turning it over in his hands before he puts it on his own head.]

Actually...the fun is more in making them to give to others. I can show you if you want. A friend of mine taught me how to make them back home.

Oh— you can make something like this? [ He's picked flowers off the ground before, but looking at the crown on Ion's head, it looks a lot harder than simply holding a bunch in your hand to keep it all together. ]

Yeah! Show me! Make me one! With lots of red!

Okay! I'd love to!

[Without thinking about it, he reaches out and takes Natsuo's hand, dragging him along to go find as many red flowers as they can.]

It's best to find ones with long stems!

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