Mesdames et Messieurs, Voilà, C'est Vous

[lesmodsalouette]

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.]

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[the_obedient_servant]

It could genuinely be a lot of things. [The cynic in them - or well, their entire personality - indicates only the bleakest of possibilities but it would be an error on the guide's part to draw false conclusions.]

But it'll be a competition. A puppet show. A production.

And we will be the actors.

[coldseep]

( Oh?????

Now, that seems to surprise Hwylryn more than the bump earlier, and while he welcomes the change of pace relative to the hostility, he seems quite visibly confused. )

... Really?

( He regards Cain, then his hand, with intrigue.

:thinking: )

Where were you from, again?

[the_obedient_servant]

I'm curious to see how this turns out, at least for now. Nothing more.

[Excitement? Maybe. How juvenile.]

[diel]

[ worlds??

yoru looks confused and scared. help how did they go from countries to worlds!! that’s a big leap!!

he literally has no words for this. ]

…????

[the_obedient_servant]

Not really. Like I said, you don't really have to be.

Are you feeling like anything specific?

[Briefly, they wonder why they're even helping this child. It's not an impulse that they can really explain.]

[diel]

[ wait that sounds like - ]

So… you’re going to steal all of the chocolate…

[the_obedient_servant]

...Emotion, largely. Given shape and brought forth from a substantial source like a soul. Beings that are more emotion than material are largely made of magic - their flimsiness makes them less powerful than a human but they have a wider variety of magic at their disposal.

I'm a human, but I lived among creatures that were like what I described.

[the_obedient_servant]

To redistribute it, and create a monopoly, yes. Glad we're all caught up.

[Is this an actual plan or are they purely fucking with him? Who can say.]

[snakeblood]

I mean what I say! [ Mostly. ] Unlike some other people. [ See dislikes: liars ]

What, you have a humiliation kink? Pervert.

[diel]

… Because things can break if you’re too rough.

[ and also just because he can. ]

[snakeblood]

[ Unfortunately, Yoonhee's a different kind of asshole....

This kind of friendly talk is.... eerily familiar to him. ] Has anyone told you, you sound insincere?

[diel]

A what -

[the_obedient_servant]

Perhaps. I don't see how one would verify it at this point, unless they had a distinct memory of the time they vanished and counted the minutes or seconds that had passed since.

[Which they did not do. Obviously.]

At the very least, this place has to have some way of reaching out into different worlds or else we wouldn't be here.

[diel]

[ he flinches back. too close, too eager. ]

In the big fancy room with the statues and the plaques. We talked a little.

[diel]

You don’t seem that worried though…

[ for someone who is just a student. ]

[the_obedient_servant]

[There's an assumption of trust here. That the two of them are not enemies, but rather in the same boat.

They aren't, of course. The fallen child's circumstances are unique among any anomaly. But all the same... Being addressed like this is odd in it's own way. Like a person.]

I haven't spoken in a while. [Still a little craggly.] Where are we?

[snakeblood]

[ Starrrrringg warily. Disclaimer again... ] Did I stutter? [ Scooting away further. ]

[coldseep]

( Pride, huh... )

Well, I guess I can understand that. Pride defines a lot of things in the land of my birth.

( Maybe he's carried a little bit of a curse, himself - both on a scale greater than the lives of mortals, and shorter than their endless generations. )

Then, how do you feel about all this? I'm an outsider, but you live with it all.

[diel]

I - I - I don’t! I’ve never - treated anyone like that and don’t want to treat anyone like that!

[diel]

[ well,

WELL.

if they’re technically gonna share… ]

Okay…

[ the idea of chocolate is too tempting… ]

[fourtuity]

Pretty sure relying on him is a trap anyway. [ Shrugs! ] I'm tired of annoying kidnappers already.

[diel]

Hickey…

[ he nods. ]

Where did you come from? Your clothes are kinda weird.

[fourtuity]

Statues are pretty cool.

[ But uh, hold up. Let's back up a little there. ]

Um, didya say ants? Wouldn't you find them outside?

1/2

[snakeblood]

[ He's like, are you sure, but honestly this behavior is sort of familiar.

Ah. Like master. ]

[oncefallen]

No, it's entirely accurate.

[It's said so casually...

But any questions she may have had will likely be answered when he continues.]

I must admit, this is the first time I've been in such close company with so many humans. This is certainly a novel experience for me.