bellelurette | WEEK ONE

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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[Immediately going up because why not.]

Well, they didn't call me the Bandit King for nothing! Me and my gang were the most notorious bandits in the North for some 500 years, up until I got arrested.

Also I did spend 100 years in jail for this shit already so keep that in mind with yer judgin'.

[ Looks up about the spending a jail portion of this, but he doesn't say anything to it. ]

[Looks between Blade and Dan Heng like ???]

[ Notices him looking back and just provides an unsettling smile. ]

[Getting some real big psycho vibes there bro.]

[ Just give it some more time. The vibes will only increase. ]

[ Wow. ]

How much longer do you have?

I actually already got out, kinda. I gotta stay close to the Sage and keep working to save the world but otherwise I'm a free man.

[ Doesn't sound so free to them. Saving the world's pretty hard, in their experience. ]

It's an endless job, huh? There's always something to do and someone in need.

[ He is going to make an uncomfortable sound at the jail part ]

[ Stop ]

That feels much less like a confession and much more like a boast.

[ ah, yes, she can agree with this. ]

It is something about the delivery, isn't it?

Edited 2025-03-12 21:50 (UTC)

Nobody who calls themselves the "Bandit King" is ashamed of having been a bandit. It is an objectively epic epithet.

[Not that they're actually saying this from a position of judging "bandits" but come on now.]

Especially when he is doing so with such an expression on his face. He's almost certainly proud of the notoriety he attained.

[ not really judging either; in fact he might get along with certain people she knows like a house on fire. ]

I'm right here you know.

[Ignoring him.]

We can't even say that someone else named him. He could have chosen the epithet for himself.

He announces it so blatantly that even if someone else gave it to him originally, he's clearly claimed it as his own...

[ did you hear something ]

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the_obedient_servant - 2025-03-13 02:57 (UTC) - Expand

when you forget to track the thread

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What did you do as a bandit…?

[ that’s not a thing anymore where he’s from. ]

Y'know, stole stuff and made a name for ourselves. The important part was avoidin' fights with other bandits, since that drained resources with little chance of gain. The title 'Bandit King' helped a lot with that.

Oh.

[ that’s kinda mild, isn’t it? ]

A hundred years for stealing seems like a lot…

Well I stole shit for 500 years, so.

So... you're done with being a bandit?

Yeah. I got tapped to help save the world. Can't be a Bandit when I'm busy being a hero.

[He sounds a little disappointed to say that.]

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