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[ENTER THE PALACE]
[You find yourself with a sensation like floating in water.]
[Above, the sky is dark. You can occasionally see things shifting, like gusts of wind, or perhaps waves of water. Is it…even a sky above you? Or is it some kind of giant ocean? Whatever it is, you can’t make it out very well. All around you, you appear to be floating in what appears to be water. It looks like a great, wide ocean of…space in every direction around you, with stars and lights twinkling in the distance. It looks like water and feels like water, but it doesn’t make you wet. You can reach your hand into it and pull some out, the purple and violet water and the tiny points of light inside it will even rest in your hands if you cup them to carry it, but once you’re not trying to hold it anymore, it’ll flow off of you, not a single drop remaining behind. You feel something similar if you go underneath the surface. The “water” doesn’t touch your eyes, mouth or nose when give the chance, it merely drifts around you, allowing you to breathe and see unabated. And you can see for a great distance, the twinkling stars illuminating the ocean of space all around you. Though perhaps less dark and empty, it feels every bit as vast as the sky above. You feel like you could swim forever and never reach the edge.]
[It’s quiet, here, with little noise around you but the starry ocean’s waves crashing back into its surface. It’s peaceful. In another situation, it might even be comfortable.]
[Above, the sky is dark. You can occasionally see things shifting, like gusts of wind, or perhaps waves of water. Is it…even a sky above you? Or is it some kind of giant ocean? Whatever it is, you can’t make it out very well. All around you, you appear to be floating in what appears to be water. It looks like a great, wide ocean of…space in every direction around you, with stars and lights twinkling in the distance. It looks like water and feels like water, but it doesn’t make you wet. You can reach your hand into it and pull some out, the purple and violet water and the tiny points of light inside it will even rest in your hands if you cup them to carry it, but once you’re not trying to hold it anymore, it’ll flow off of you, not a single drop remaining behind. You feel something similar if you go underneath the surface. The “water” doesn’t touch your eyes, mouth or nose when give the chance, it merely drifts around you, allowing you to breathe and see unabated. And you can see for a great distance, the twinkling stars illuminating the ocean of space all around you. Though perhaps less dark and empty, it feels every bit as vast as the sky above. You feel like you could swim forever and never reach the edge.]
[It’s quiet, here, with little noise around you but the starry ocean’s waves crashing back into its surface. It’s peaceful. In another situation, it might even be comfortable.]
COURTYARD
You get the feeling this place has seen better days. The paths, walls and ceilings are all damaged, with chunks of floor and wall littered all over the place, fallen in the pool, etc. There’s photos, paintings, statues and other works of art along the walls, but they’re too faded, torn, damaged or destroyed to recognize.
The pool at the center of the palace breaks into four streams, going down paths in each of the four cardinal directions:
- To your left, a dirt path rises up alongside the stream, with shrubs and bushes surrounding it and growing larger the further down the path. At the end, the stream of space grows into another pool with a ring of what have become full-fledged trees surrounding it. Enter the pool to be taken to the East Wing
- In front of you, a stone path and grassy ground slowly slopes upwards, reaching a grassy hill with a pool at the center. Enter the pool to be taken to the North Wing
- To your right, the path becomes a sidewalk with street lights and mailboxes. At the end of the sidewalk is a pool with a door in it. Enter the pool to be taken to the West Wing
- Behind you is a staircase heading downwards (or since you and the palace are upside down, maybe it’s upwards….?). Going down the staircase will take you to the South Wing]
@MINATO
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but this is probably more pressing, so he tugs out his phone!
What sort of notif does he have... ]
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[Quest: Welcome to the Palace
The story of a palace, an explorer and the beautiful, intelligent, modest, beautiful Shadow that guided them to victory.
Shadow Nessa: I bet you didn’t expect something this detailed, did you? Well, I wasn’t about to toss you out into this place with no guidance whatsoever, what kind of an instructor do you take me for? Just follow along and you’ll learn the ropes quickly enough. ]
[Which is shortly followed by another notification....]
[Step 1: Use the NessaLink App
Open the NessaLink app on your phone and either:
[ ] Connect and send a message to other linked players with the Open Message function.
[ ] Don’t connect (you can change your mind later).
Shadow Nessa: The NessaLink app will keep you connected to the others exploring the palace. You can send messages, leave notes in useful places and share progress. Of course, if you don’t want to share the credit with anybody else for saving the day and want to monopolize all of the glory for saving the palace, you can choose to opt out. I’ll still respect you either way. I should let you know, regardless of whether or not you opt in, we’ve already sold all of your information, your finger prints, your credit cards, the rights to your likeness, etc. to third party advertisers and other interested parties.]
[....did she pre-write these or is she texting you from the same room....?]
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is she. he must know. So first he shoots off a a message because of course he does.
And with that done, he moves towards theeeee... West Wing! For no apparent reason. He'd like to be cautious, but at a certain point there's nothing for it but to just go for it, so...! Into the pool with him. ]
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@TSUMUGI
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[Some text runs by on the phone's screen as it connects to...something, then a notification appears.]
Quest: Welcome to the Palace
The story of a palace, an explorer and the beautiful, intelligent, modest, beautiful Shadow that guided them to victory.
Shadow Nessa: I bet you didn’t expect something this detailed, did you? Well, I wasn’t about to toss you out into this place with no guidance whatsoever, what kind of an instructor do you take me for? Just follow along and you’ll learn the ropes quickly enough.
[Which is shortly followed by another notification.]
Step 1: Use the NessaLink App
Open the NessaLink app on your phone and either:
[ ] Connect and send a message to other linked players with the Open Message function.
[ ] Don’t connect (you can change your mind later).
Shadow Nessa: The NessaLink app will keep you connected to the others exploring the palace. You can send messages, leave notes in useful places and share progress. Of course, if you don’t want to share the credit with anybody else for saving the day and want to monopolize all of the glory for saving the palace, you can choose to opt out. I’ll still respect you either way. I should let you know, regardless of whether or not you opt in, we’ve already sold all of your information, your finger prints, your credit cards, the rights to most of your organs, etc. to third party advertisers and other interested parties.
[Oh, yup. There it is. Advertisers.]
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@SPREZZATURA
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[Quest: Welcome to the Palace
The story of a palace, an explorer and the beautiful, intelligent, modest, beautiful Shadow that guided them to victory.
Shadow Nessa: I bet you didn’t expect something this detailed, did you? Well, I wasn’t about to toss you out into this place with no guidance whatsoever, what kind of an instructor do you take me for? Just follow along and you’ll learn the ropes quickly enough. ]
[Step 1: Use the NessaLink App
Open the NessaLink app on your phone and either:
[ ] Connect and send a message to other linked players with the Open Message function.
[ ] Don’t connect (you can change your mind later).
Shadow Nessa: The NessaLink app will keep you connected to the others exploring the palace. You can send messages, leave notes in useful places and share progress. Of course, if you don’t want to share the credit with anybody else for saving the day and want to monopolize all of the glory for saving the palace, you can choose to opt out. I’ll still respect you either way. I should let you know, regardless of whether or not you opt in, we’ve already sold all of your information, your finger prints, your credit cards, the rights to most of your likeness, etc. to third party advertisers and other interested parties.]
[....did she pre-write these or is she texting you from the same room....?]
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@AKIRA
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Quest: Welcome to the Palace
The story of a palace, an explorer and the beautiful, intelligent, modest, beautiful Shadow that guided them to victory.
Shadow Nessa: I bet you didn’t expect something this detailed, did you? Well, I wasn’t about to toss you out into this place with no guidance whatsoever, what kind of an instructor do you take me for? Just follow along and you’ll learn the ropes quickly enough.
Step 1: Use the NessaLink App
Open the NessaLink app on your phone and either:
[ ] Connect and send a message to other linked players with the Open Message function.
[ ] Don’t connect (you can change your mind later).
Shadow Nessa: The NessaLink app will keep you connected to the others exploring the palace. You can send messages, leave notes in useful places and share progress. Of course, if you don’t want to share the credit with anybody else for saving the day and want to monopolize all of the glory for saving the palace, you can choose to opt out. I’ll still respect you either way. I should let you know, regardless of whether or not you opt in, we’ve already sold all of your information, your finger prints, your credit cards, the rights to your likeness, etc. to third party advertisers and other interested parties.
[....did she pre-write these or is she texting you from the same room....?]
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Nessa-san? Are you still here?
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[Shadow Nessa steps out from behind a pillar.]
He's back. Left, but a child and returned, a man, equipped with all the tools to succeed in this modern, work-a-day world.
Alright, we just have a couple more things to go ove--
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Heeeeeeh?
What's this?
I thought I already stomped on the rat that was trying to sneak its way inside! But here it is?!
[Before Minato can react, she's already raising up that huge glaive again.]
I'll just have to MAKE SURE I EXTERMINATE IT!
[She leaps at Minato, thrusting the glaive at him--!!
>Guard (defend yourself; take guaranteed, but reduced damage)
>Dodge (attempt to dodge, take full damage if you fail)
>Parry (attempt to counterattack, take full damage if you fail)]
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He doesn't really have time to think, so he's immediately throwing himself off to one side to try to dodge. ]
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Nessa? There is sofa in west wing, yes?
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Yes, yes. You can rest your withered joints and shattered bones, there. I won't even charge you for it, I'm such a gracious host.
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@TSUMUGI
[Shadow Nessa steps out from behind a pillar.]
Look at her now. When she left, she was but a Cosplay Child. But she returns....a Cosplay Woman.
Come here, we have just a couple more things to discuss.
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...But, are you going to give me my cosplay costumes? I can't exactly cosplay without... you know. The outfits I've made to cosplay with.
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[You can hear something faintly in the distance....is that...music?]
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[Someone in....a trenchcoat and a wide-brimmed hat.]
"X GON GIVE IT TO YA, FUCK WAITIN' FOR YOU TO GET IT ON YOUR OWN, X GON' DELIVER TO YA"
[As for that noise....it's not distant anymore. It's echoing loudly through the courtyard.]
Heeeeeh? Didn't I already get rid of you?!
[She's already brandishing that huge glaive again.]
Maybe this time you'll do everyone a favor and just plain STAY GONE!
[She lunges at Tsumugi, swinging the glaive at her --!]
[>Guard (defend yourself; take guaranteed, but reduced damage)
>Dodge (attempt to dodge, take full damage if you fail)
>Parry (attempt to counterattack, take full damage if you fail)]
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