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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[divineth]

For the additional benefit of accessing a particular type of healing magicks.

[Which still involves a little future-predicting but it's a bit more involved than just that.

As for his method of travel...]

Aye. A vessel known as the Ragnarok carried myself and my comrades across the expanse of space.

[baebladie]

[ Too bad everyone's abilities seem to be kind of...sealed, because it almost occurs to him to ask about seeing the future if not for that, but it is what it is. ]

...Must be powerful.

[ And you know, he hasn't heard of the Ragnarok - unless Honkai Star Rail strikes me down with a similar name which is entirely possible - but he knows the universe is vast. ]

And this doesn't seem like a world that you might have sighted in your space travels?

[divineth]

'Tis quite potent, made more so as an Astrologian attunes their aether to the various constellations in the night sky. 'Twould be a difficult feat to replicate within this dimensional pocket, had our abilities not been silenced. The recorded constellations differ greatly.

[He thinks he might've been able to manage it, though. Alas, no magic for him or anyone besides Witch, apparently.]

Our voyage was focused on one particular locale within the cosmos, and we were quite pressed for time. We lacked the luxury of sightseeing in pursuit of our cause.

[baebladie]

[ Even if astrology hasn't quite been in his main interest, the nature of "stars" is relevant because of the nature of his journeys as a Stellaron Hunter - going from planet to planet to hunt those down. Though, incidentally, it may be similar to how those in the Divination Commission work, but he doesn't recall (shouldn't linger on it, considering.) ]

Most likely incapable of it, even if your abilities were not sealed.

[ An easy deduction, at least. If only his abilities weren't as well...he can't feel bothered about it, though. ]

I assume the vaguely mentioned obligation is finished. [ He doesn't seem hurried now. ] But, has this all deterred you from any other task?

[divineth]

[It sure would be nice to have his healing powers for the ensuing bloodbath but alas...]

Indeed it is. We have since returned to our home world. Fortunately I was not spirited away to this place in the midst of that objective. [It was kind of a really important mission!!] The only thing that I have been deterred from is a well-earned reprieve.

[baebladie]

[ Murders happening with healers unable to heal. That sure is going to bring along some bright times.

Anyway, Blade pauses for his mind to go off into the realm of the serious or distant or whathaveyou. When he finally comes back, he says the words simply: ]

A denied reprieve after a completion of an objective.

[ ... ]

...And we are still trapped here, not knowing what may happen next. With a deceitful captor.

[ Too bad Urianger can't squish the guy with how tall he is. ]