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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[snakeblood]

I haven't personally killed anyone, if that's what you're asking. [ Not for a lack of trying though. ] If you mean as result of curses... well, I very well can't ask Yuri to bring in the books. [ So inconvenient. ]

[diel]

??

[ he's literally speaking a foreign language right now. ]

[snakeblood]

You can't expect me to keep track of everything. [ He has so much better things to be doing. Like sleeping! ]

[diel]

[ just who is expecting him to do that… yoru is confused. ]

But - even if you didn’t kill them directly, your hands aren’t clean, are they…?

[snakeblood]

This is the family business. You want me not to be able to feed all these people I have to take care of?

[diel]

I… [ his lips press together, corners dimpling in uncertainty. ] I don’t want anything from you.

[ well, no, that’s not true now that he hears the word family. ]

You should definitely take care of your family though. No matter what.

[snakeblood]

That's fine. It's not like all things we do have to do with curses though. [ See his profile for more advertising. ] Ah, we do videos on social media too. I think that nets us a little bit. You can watch a couple, if you want to help. [ They have a lot of side hustles. ]

[diel]

... Do I have to subscribe?

[ he'd have to ask yomi if it was safe... ]

[snakeblood]

Dunno. I just know it makes money somehow. [ He'd ask Yuri, but you know. He's not here. ] I assume following it helps more?

[diel]

Fishy...

[snakeblood]

It's probably one of the most "normal" things we have.

[diel]

[ social media? he wouldn't know. ]

You have the most normal thing, though. A family.

1/2

[snakeblood]

[ A long, long pause. ]

2/2

[snakeblood]

I guess it's normal to have one, yeah.

[diel]

[ the long pause makes him shift on his feet uneasily. ]

Something wrong?

[snakeblood]

I wouldn't call us a normal family, that's all.

[diel]

[ yoru tilts his head. ]

It's important and normal to have a family. It's not important to have a normal family.

[ whatever that is. he doesn't know anymore. ]

[snakeblood]

[ For a brief second, there's a lot of amusement on his face as he thinks about Seojin and his situation. If only... ]

[ To Yoru, he says: ] Yeah, I guess we all need a support system to keep us afloat.

[diel]

That’s true.

[ if he didn’t have mister yomi… ]

It’s really easy to sink…

[snakeblood]

You rely on them lots, right? [ As his family relies on him. ]

[diel]

[ he nods twice. ]

But I also have to be useful. For them.

[snakeblood]

Of course, that's how you repay their faith.

[diel]

Their faith… Yeah.

[ that brings a small smile to his lips, and even that is wobbly. it would be nice if everyone had faith in him, but he mostly only wants one person to. ]

Because we’re family.

[snakeblood]

If that's what ties you to them. [ Okaaay sounds like someone has underlying issues. ]

[diel]

[ wanna count how many? ]

You would do anything for your family, right?