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ℬ𝑒𝓁𝓁𝑒𝓁𝓊𝓇𝑒𝓉𝓉𝑒 ℳ𝑜𝒹𝓈 ([personal profile] lesmodsalouette) wrote in [community profile] bellelurette2025-03-07 11:17 pm

Mesdames et Messieurs, Voilà, C'est Vous

Bievenue

You're wrapped in a soothing, all-encompassing darkness.

Well, perhaps not perfectly all-encompassing -- you can see some slivers of light here and there, just enough to realize that your current space is literally wrapped in something, and that you are a highly customized burrito at the mercy of an entirely too fluffy bed and set of blankets. Moreover: you are definitely not alone.

Depending upon the contents of your bed (two of you, waking up dressed exactly in what you wore last you remember back where each of you came from, in the exact same state as those last moments no matter how illogical or disjointed), it may not be comfortable or feasible to stay cocooned up for much longer. There's a low, muted GONG, GONGG coming from not far away, your bed creaks like a beleaguered ship in an unannounced storm, and it is joined by even more noises of movement beyond the bed canopy as you try to take stock of where you are.

Eventually, you either fall out of bed or drag yourself into this world: your new and strangely crowded personal rooms, the clock insistently sounding out the hour, and the halls and heraldry of the venerable Château Ambregris -- a lavishly decorated and fully furnished version of a more-or-less authentic French castle (assuming you know what France or a castle are).

Left to your own devices for the moment, you may find it helpful to explore the castle for your own purposes, check out the suspicious statues and personalized plaques in the Promenade of Reflexion, or perhaps to try to get to the bottom of the mysterious and frankly alarming amount of bread piled up in front of the place settings in the Banquet Hall. (Were you thinking of escaping? Any attempts to leave the property will be met with no forward progress at all, treadmill style). There's just about every kind of loaf, roll, boule, baguette, croissant or even animal-shaped bread you can think of stacked in baskets. There's absolutely nothing else save for plain bread, but at least you won't starve.

[OOC: Welcome to Château Ambregris, a perfectly normal castle receiving perfectly normal guests. Feel free to ask any questions in discord! The NPC Meet & Greet will be later today, March 8 at 6 PM EST/3 PM PST.]
frostlight: (04)

[personal profile] frostlight 2025-03-08 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
I was putting the nobles in their place.

[She most certainly was not going to bed, much less one that gaudy.]
the_obedient_servant: (* We'll abandon the scenery.)

[personal profile] the_obedient_servant 2025-03-08 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[A solid nod in agreement.]
simulacres: (pic#17613480)

[personal profile] simulacres 2025-03-08 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ... ]

Ayaka's fine.

[ the name grates on her ears now, but there's nothing else to go by. ]

I'm going to guess you're not from here either.
uiscebeatha: (pic#17726785)

[personal profile] uiscebeatha 2025-03-08 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Your actions in everything else. The sincerity of your words.

[ :unkie: still ]

Unfortunately, you've already lost a lot of trust that you might've had by doing this. I doubt anyone is going to take you at face value, so you'll need to be twice as earnest in what you do to make up for it.

[ The tone of a superior officer scolding a misbehaving subordinate... He hasn't used this tone in a long time. ]

What's your name?
calamitish: (Default)

[personal profile] calamitish 2025-03-08 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
I do.

She's not here. I'd tell you I'd go get her, but I uh, can't leave either.

[ ThumbsUpEmoji ]
diel: (027)

[personal profile] diel 2025-03-08 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh.

[ he's less interested once she dismisses the family idea. ]

It's... kind of weird that you don't know. What he is to you.
frostlight: (04)

[personal profile] frostlight 2025-03-08 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[She waits, only to be met with silence.]

If it does . . . then what?
fourtuity: (generating puns)

[personal profile] fourtuity 2025-03-08 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She...has a point. Oh no. Oh noooooooooo— ]

Uhh... Can't say I trust that dude to not fuck it up again...
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[personal profile] simulacres 2025-03-08 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Um...

[ she tilts her head to the side, clearly a little confused. ]

What do you mean by that?
snakeblood: (that's right)

[personal profile] snakeblood 2025-03-08 11:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Even people with low spiritual vision can sense the malicious ones, so don't feel too bad. Humans hold a lot of regrets, it's only natural they lose themselves.
fourtuity: (generating puns)

[personal profile] fourtuity 2025-03-08 11:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[ thumbs up!!! ]
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[personal profile] caporegrimme 2025-03-08 11:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Answers. How did this happen?

[Since apparently returning everyone home isn't an option, may as well ask how this person managed to drag everyone here in the first place!]
calamitish: (Default)

[personal profile] calamitish 2025-03-08 11:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Redirecting, redirecting... ]

I was trying to perfect a really complicated spell. Does that help?
calamitish: (Default)

[personal profile] calamitish 2025-03-08 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
HEY! I don't have that weird accent either!!!!
snakeblood: (HOW DARE U)

[personal profile] snakeblood 2025-03-08 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
How do I fix something I don't know anything about?!
frostlight: (04)

[personal profile] frostlight 2025-03-08 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
They were throwing their weight around like it was heavier than the king's authority. I was in the middle of reminding them of the order of things.
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[personal profile] simulacres 2025-03-08 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Me neither.

[ and she SIGHS. ]

An idiot with too much power is probably the worst kind of idiot we can have.
calamitish: (Default)

[personal profile] calamitish 2025-03-08 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Well Hickey has been nothing but nice to him, but it seems he's still a little bit dodgy because of everything else. He bows instead of returning the handshake. ]

That sounds terrible... [ A beat. ] Then you don't want to go back?
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[personal profile] calamitish 2025-03-08 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, it totally does!

[ hi5. ]
calamitish: (Default)

[personal profile] calamitish 2025-03-08 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Wow, this guy is way easier to talk to than the others. ]

...the rainbow? It'd need to rain for that, wouldn't it?
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[personal profile] simulacres 2025-03-08 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
......I can't deny that.

[ she shrugs her shoulders. ]

But I don't think I could call him a friend. Though he probably might.
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[personal profile] ocenon 2025-03-08 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He blinks at the comment about lying to him, but he doesn't make any comment on it. ]

Well, if it is your fault, then I'll still take the burden of that fault for you. [ ... ] Besides, if we did get separated, and our connection was somehow severed as it seems to be now, then I wouldn't be able to manifest for long on my own.

[ Maybe he could saddle up with Sigma or some part of Rider's crew, but he'd be severely kneecapped by way of what he could do compared to being with her. And that's not the point he's trying to make anyway. ]

So, this is probably the best-case scenario. In my opinion, at least.
Edited 2025-03-08 23:50 (UTC)
calamitish: (Default)

[personal profile] calamitish 2025-03-08 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey! I said I was sorry!!!

[ So all should be forgiven! Obivs.
fourtuity: (yo that's sketchy as hell)

[personal profile] fourtuity 2025-03-08 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeaaaah, this ain't good at all. I'm haunting his ass if he can't bring us back.

[ except that one guy thanking witchy over there???? ]
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[personal profile] allrounder 2025-03-08 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)
I will gladly provide my assistance.

[ He'll even smile, just a little! ]

Now, what was the purpose for practicing teleportation magicks in the first place?