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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[diel]

[ it’s the feeling of eyes on the back of his neck that does it. ]

… Who’s there?

@everyone

[smdr]

Getting rid of the competition.

[ haha just kidding




unless....? ]

breakfast

[diel]

[ when sousuke does the sousuke thing, yoru yelps and turns to stone. it’s not until sousuke is several chairs away that he manages a squeaked: ]

… Thank you??

III

[caporegrimme]

Why? It's not like you're doing anything wrong.

[Well, that and Scarlet also is interested in watching!]

[snakeblood]

I mean, we're trying to break his curse?

Besides that. People do infatuation differently after all. [ Love... he still can't understand what it's supposed to entail. ] That woman that cursed him. She always wanted things that were other people's.

[ And well... Yoonhee's crazier than she thinks already. ]

[thesharpestroy]

[The way Urianger talks does make it harder for Shiv to focus on being pissed off at him with just how...out there it is. She gives a little scoff.]

Alright, Shakespeare, I get the point. Ye fucking gods. But yeah, it's a lot. If we don't get home by the end of this week, Witch might as well just climb in the snake pit himself.

[She shakes her head.] No, it's gonna psych me out knowing you're right outside the damn door. Moment's passed. ...thanks anyway, I guess.

[stygiomedusa]

Oh, I see. You must be very busy, in that case.

[that sort of thing is right at home in ptn........

anyways, she doesn't exactly approve, but she's been exposed to so many sinners by now she sounds pretty nonchalant.]

People don't like to be the ones causing pain, even when they want others to pay.

[snakeblood]

The competition already killed herself off to curse him. [ ... ] Unless there's more he hasn't been telling me about. [ Ah, that kinda ticks him off all over again. ]

Garden

[caporegrimme]

I guess it is. It doesn't seem like anything is harmful...

[At a glance, at least. Scarlet isn't going to just assume things -- he thinks a more detailed examination of the herbs might be warranted]

[snakeblood]

Oh, very true. [ That sounds like ✨experience✨. ] Are you in the field?

@everyone

[caporegrimme]

Compatibility. It's that simple.

[Scarlet isn't really experienced when it comes to dating. He's not from that route in his canon]

[oncefallen]

Well, it sounds as though you're better off without him. After all, relationships are supposed to be an equal exchange, not one person using the other for their own benefit.

[snakeblood]

I'm not actually the one mentioning "love", here?

I just want to be with him again. [ ... ] Honestly, it doesn't matter if he dies, if he can die under my roof.

[snakeblood]

I was just curious how you'd think of it. It's not my business. I think Seojin hyung shouldn't be so hung up about it and that he should've just taken revenge on that that guy, but he likes to avoid conflict too much.

Except with me, apparently!

observatory

[diel]

… Who…?

[ coincidentally, he is also here wondering the same thing. when he addresses her, he sounds muted, almost toneless. he’s sitting far from her, in a dark corner that’s been swallowed black even under the night sky’s light. it’s thanks to the quiet that his voice even travels to her. ]

[fourtuity]

[ At this point, she's probably read them all over multiple times for clues? So she'll just...pretend she can't recognize that name. At all. Suddenly, she can't read! ]

Okay, Lee Seojin, huh? Have I got the story for you! Just wait for the punchline.

[ She clears her throat. ]

Once upon a time, there was a king with a rather peculiar way of holding trials. Those accused of a crime that interests the king are brought to two doors. Each door represents his innocence or his guilt, with no escape from judgment.

One door holds a fierce and hungry tiger. If he chooses this one, he becomes its meal as punishment for his guilt.

The other door holds a lady suitable to his age and station. If he chooses this one, he is married to her as a reward for his innocence.

One day, this king realizes that his child, the darling princess, has a lover of lower status than her. Gasp! Haha, maybe I should just say Lee Seojin.

Anyhow! You know what he does next! He imprisons this lover for the trial and readies the doors with both lady and tiger.

Buuut the princess uses that time to find out who is behind which door. The tiger is there, of course, but the lady? The lady turns out to be the princess's rival in love. What are the chances, right?

[ She giggles before continuing her tale. ]

Soon enough, it's the day of the trial. The accused looks to the princess for a hint, a key to his fate. Will the princess decide to lose him to marriage, or to death? The Lady, or the Tiger?

So, Princess. What hint did you give him?

[dumbface]

Then I'd sacrifice them. But if I could avoid it, I would try to avoid it.

[ cause mr. ou would probably hate it. so there you go, down with murder. the rest of what this guy says is kind of lost on him, sounds like he's talking about a bunch of stuff that happened to the other guy??

weird. ]

Is that what you would do?

[snakeblood]

I mean. I guess. [ He's also depriving Seojin because he can't give any action as someone who's supposed to be celibate? So. ] But if he has to die, I still wish it was under my house.

[snakeblood]

Why not just keep imprisoning him?

But what is that question even? If I have to choose, of course a tiger can eat him! Just give me the remains after.

[oncefallen]

Your house?

[snakeblood]

But if you already are compatible...?

[ I'm sorry Scarlet. Throw away your phone for now...... ]

@everyone

[diel]

[ because he doesn’t know any better.

but he’s also been living with yoonhee these past couple of days, so he knows what kind of - uh - unique individual the man is. ]

Behind a dumpster? Isn’t that a weak point for you? You hate being touched… and getting dirty…

[snakeblood]

My household.

I even tried to ask him once if he'd marry a relative so I can keep protecting him, but he just upped and walked away! He could've just said he didn't want to.

[fourtuity]

'Cause the king totally wants that trial he put so much effort in! It's just a silly unsolvable problem. The story never gave the princess's answer.

[ Somehow, she guessed he'd pick the tiger, but still...what? ]

Wooow, no hesitation! What would you even do with those remains?

[snakeblood]

[ ? ]

Keep them??

I guess if a tiger ate him, you couldn't make a mummy out of him...