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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.]
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Now he has to think tactically, huh? He needs to be able to fight, to be able to help Nessa properly.
So...
He chooses 1. Speed Bonus. ]
... Huh. It really did work. That was pretty amazing, Nell-san.
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[Spark Bolt + Evoker Speed Bonus (Dark): Every other time you cast Spark Bolt, roll 1d20. If you roll 14 or higher, Evoker: Beelzebub becomes fully charged.]
[The Cousin: Step 2 completed!]
[Nell is clapping her hands excitedly.]
Ah, you're the one that's amazing, Minato! You did it!
You see - a Resonance is when two witches make their spells stronger by bonding them together. The thing is, both witches have to agree to link their spells for it to work, which means that coin was Nessa's way of saying she's agreeing to do a Resonance link with you! That must mean she really trusts you!
[It's hard to say what she's happier about, that her plan is working, or that her cousin has a friend she trusts this much.]
The token appeared when we shared the memory...if we can go share your memory in other parts of the palace, we can improve the strength of the Resonance! It'll make your spells stronger, and maybe if we make the Resonance strong enough, we can get it to show us where the Voidheart is!
[It sounds like the Resonance can be made stronger.....which is probably a good thing because as is, that effect seems kind of. Situational, at best.]
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[ he's quiet for a long moment, before he smiles a little, dipping his head. ]
I'm really glad to hear that. I'm glad that I can share this with her too--because I trust Nessa-san an awful lot too.
So I've gotta get more memories and share more memories... that makes sense.
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[Quest: The Cousin paused.]
[The quest will resume and move to the next step when Nell finds the location of the next crystal. Maybe it's for pacing reasons, who knows.]
[In the meantime, you can:
- Explore the Living Room
- Rest on the couch
- Move to the Hallway or Kitchen
- Return to the Courtyard]
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That sounds great, thank you so much for your help.
... Do you mind if I take a look around?
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[As mentioned before, there's the big TV on the wall, the easy chair and the couch, the latter of which Nessa's cat Puck has gone back to lounging on. Up against one wall is a large fully stocked bookshelf that appears to have books on most of the shelves, but DVDs on the bottom. There's a wireless phone sitting in its dock on the coffee table....Nessa apparently still has a landline? There's also a drawer under the coffee table that appears to be for board games.]
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[ ...... he's gonna go snoop at the DVDs first because Minato loves movies. ]
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- The Wizard of Oz: The first movie I ever saw and one of my favorites, for all time. I thinks I'm among maybe seven people on the planet who read the book first and got really annoyed at some of the changes. Still love it, though.
- Wicked: When the bloody hell is it coming out?! 2024?! UGGGGHHHH. [There's no actual movie here, just a tangible annoyed, impatient feeling]
- The Hobbit (animated): I'll always have you. No amount of big budget morass can take you away from me. Don't ever leave me.
- The Lord of the Rings: The greatest movies of all time.
- Harry Potter: Every day I think about binning these the way I did the books five years ago. Damn you Alfonso Cuaron for being so good at directing.
- Star Trek Into Darkness: Never watched an episode of the show. Don't care to now. Story's kind of pants. Don't care. Swoon. 💖
- Doctor Strange: SWOON. 💖
- Avengers Infinity War: Needed more Doctor Strange. Still, swoon. 💖
- Sherlock: The Complete Series: Swwooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooon 💖💖💖💖💖
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: That...that was fine...that wasn't too bad, right? Ahahahah, oh, I have a very bad feeling about the rest of this.
- The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug: ohhhhh, my stomach hurts....oh I don't even feel like swooning, oh lord, there's still one left....
- The Hobbit: Battle of Five Armies: AAAAUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGHHHGGGG UUUUUGGGHHH OOOOOHHHH UUGGGHHHHHHH]
[Your.....your stomach starts to hurt if you hold that last Hobbit DVD for too long.....]
[You can take 1 DVD with you, if you wish.]
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He deliberates for a long moment, and finally.... grabs Sherlock: The Complete Series. In honor of Sholmes and because he feels like more hearts in her feelings is probably a good thing...?? ]
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[There's also a number of books, manuals, textbooks etc. on the subject of education. Books on learning, teaching, how to connect with students at various ages.]
[And then, there's the magic stuff. Spellbooks, books on the occult, potions, etc. etc. It seems to vary between stuff written by actual witches and non-witches. There's also a few history books, particularly about the history of witches.]
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For now, it's time to check out the Hallway! ]
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to the hallway!! ]
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[The hallway has three doors. Nell's bedroom is open. Nessa's study and Nessa's bedroom are currently locked.]
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To Nell's bedroom then! Going into a girl's room without explicit permission feels very bad and Minato only carefully cracks open the door at first to peek in. ]
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[Nell’s room has a bed, a desk and a dresser. On the floor there’s a stack of books and a tablet that mostly seems to be for playing audiobooks. In one corner there’s a big stack of music in a bunch of different mediums. There’s neatly compiled stacks of CDs, cassette tapes and there’s even a stack of vinyl records. And there’s a cassette player, a CD player and a record player all kept neatly next to each other as well. There’s even a guitar laying against the wall next to the stack of music. Next to all the books and music on the floor is a large green bean bag. There’s also a nightstand with a lamp and a couple photos on it next to the bed. On the desk, there's a loose stack of a few papers and photos. On the nightstand, there's a framed photo. There also seems to be something on the bed, under the covers.]
[You can explore this room or return to the Living Room.]
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Time to go poke into her music because he can and he's curious. ]
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Okay.
Time to focus on the actual mission.
Time to... look at the photos! ]
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[Dear Agnis,
Here's some places I thought we could go to. If there's anywhere else in Manchester you'd like to visit, please tell me and I'll look up everything about it! We can't wait to see you and I'm so looking forward to meeting you in person for the first time! <3
Love,
Nell]
[You acquired Trip Schedule.]
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He'll tuck that away
into his inventoryand move on to the pictures on the nightstand. ]no subject
[You acquired Halloween Picture.]
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OKAY WELL.
He's meandering back to Nell. ]
Nell-san, can I ask you about a few things?
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