WEEK ONE

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WEEK ONE

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Maybe being swept away to a fancy castle isn't what you wanted (Hickey aside), but the fact of the matter is that you're stuck here, at least for now. Thankfully there's enough food even if hot chocolate for breakfast might be a bit rich for some palates. There's at least a stock of raw food in the kitchens, but your hapless kidnapper is a Witch, not a chef, so you'll have to perform your own, manual kitchen magic if the provided meals aren't to your liking.

Just try not to burn the place down before you get the chance to take your host at his word (that you'll be leaving in a week's time, certainly, trust).

If you do get the cabin fever immediately, the grounds are a beautiful reprieve from the great indoors -- and if nothing else, perhaps you can find time to get to know your fellow guests. The weather is gorgeous all week, cheerfully sunny, which lends something to the mood.

WEEKLY EFFECT

This week, characters will feel heightened emotions periodically. If they're very happy about something, it'll feel like the best thing in the world! If they'd usually brush off something mildly annoying, suddenly it'll grate on their nerves. This effect will last throughout the week until investigation and is completely optional.

[OOC: Welcome to Week 1! Despite the lack of any threatened murder (except in Witch's direction), there will be a case this week. We'll have a small optional event on Wednesday at 1PM EDT/10AM PDT, but it won't require real time threading and can be done over the course of the week. ]

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[fourtuity]

[ It's kinda her fault anyway, so she doesn't complain. ]

But that's just how they are?

[the_obedient_servant]

You were an assassin of the Soviet Union?

[thesharpestroy]

Well, I cooperate with people I don't fully trust all the time back home. It's part of my job.

We're in the same boat of "get me the fuck out of this pocket dimension," but we don't know if anybody's a secret war criminal or planning to turn on us for ransom money soon as we find a way out. So it's normal to only half-trust people you just met a few days ago.

[diel]

We'll... talk. I want to hear what she has to say.

[frostlight]

Even if it might not qualify?

[vivens]

I'm sure it'll work itself out. It's as though you've confessed to the same thing.

[frostlight]

Then talk. You probably have questions you want to ask her.

[coldseep]

( yessss

Despite being tipsy, he takes on a delicate, mindful touch - two fingers running along the rim of the halo with a curious, leisurely pace... )

Long and serpentine, but with limbs. And much bigger than this castle . . . bigger than ten of these castles put together.

( His fingers run up against the crystalline points, pausing... and then he very carefully tries to run his fingers up along them, too - even if they happen to cut him as he continues his path. )

But I like looking like this sometimes, too. It means I can talk to you all much easier . . . without people being too focused on my form. I guess a little like you.

[arbalestrier]

[Meanwhile, Sousuke remains oblivious to why Yoonhee is doing something so specific. Clearly this is how the game is supposed to be played?

But as he very seriously ponders that statement... he has a question.]

How long would that be?

[coldseep]

( oh no now he Needs to see them happy together, )

I'm sure she will. You love her so much, right? You'll make it happen. And you'll get to be there with her.

( He knows it's not that simple. His story, after all, did not end as such - love was not enough.

But he hopes it will be, for her. )

[snakeblood]

Hmm. Is it? [ "Child protection" was what their father had ridiculously called it. ]

[coldseep]

( omg 🥺 )

Then I'll have it running all day and night. All through next week. How does that sound?

[frostlight]

[She stares for a bit. There's something she can say about that, but it would be more than is prudent.]

Fine. We'll do it your way.

[snakeblood]

How long what...?

[vivens]

[ this is funnier when i think about how short she is compared to sabo... ]

It's not even my way. It's the way that the Witch wanted from us, but I appreciate it.

[coldseep]

( big W for graha!!! big L for hwylryn, unfortunately. but he appreciates the sentiment very much. )

... My story... doesn't have a happy ending. But... that's okay, I guess. The circumstances of my misfortune will make other people happy, in the long run, and that...

( ... )

Well, sometimes that's how things are.

[thesharpestroy]

[Shiv doesn't love being pitied, but Urianger sounds genuine enough and it's a different topic than what's actually bothering her, so might as well follow this train of thought. She's curious, anyway.]

Yeah. Unless my mom's secretly been a wicked witch cursing my bloodline the whole time, this is my first run-in with magic. I'm still having a hard time buying it, but telling the guy holding us hostage that there's no such thing as magic sounds like a one-way ticket to being casualty number one. So fuck it, might as well be real.

[allrounder]

[ That gets him to smile. ]

Come now, let's not be excessive. Allow the gathering to run its natural course. Then, we shall keep it as a delightful memory.

[diel]

[ technically, yes... he still has siblings... ]

so, juice ]

[diel]

[ yay safe...?

(???) ]

[divineth]

[Doesn't drink...!]

[diel]

[ juice

but just barely ok ]

[diel]

[ ... juice...?? ]

[divineth]

[Urianger's in the same boat as G'raha. Technically human, but not in the strictest sense like a hyur.

So he won't drink.]

[distain]

I get ill easily. I always had fevers as a child.