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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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OKAY WELL.
He's meandering back to Nell. ]
Nell-san, can I ask you about a few things?
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Oh!
Uh, sure! I'll help if I can! What do you need?
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Um, first, about this trip schedule...
[ tugging it out! ]
Who's Agnis?
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Agnis is Nessa's older sister! She lives out in the country. We were planning that trip for when she comes to visit us.
[Beat.]
This is Manchester, by the way.
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... Is that... in Europe?
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[Beat.]
We're British.
Um.
In case that wasn't clear.
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[ SURE. ]
... Um, so. She hasn't come to visit yet?
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The way I understand it, she lives out in the country and doesn't leave it very much.
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Yeah! Agnis basically raised her...they've been really close their entire lives, I think. Nessa tries to go back to the country to visit when work lets her and they talk on the phone all the time.
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[ a beat... okay, more info gathering, right! Time to Present the Halloween Photo. ]
What about this? It looks like you guys were having a good time.
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Yup! That was Halloween! We dressed up as witches...and Puck used his special talent to be our fearsome cat familiar! Nessa says every witch needs a good familiar!
[It's still not clear whether the cat being so big is real or a joke...]
That was my first Halloween....that was great.
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O-oh, um y'know, I just mean....
[She's clearly trying to think of something to explain that choice of words away. She's equally clearly not coming up with anything.]
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I just wasn't sure what you meant.
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It's just, uhm. Kind of a long story. M-maybe we can talk about it later.
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[ a beat.
hm.
speaking of uncomfortable-- ]
Those other rooms... they're locked, right? Whose rooms are they?
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[She looks at the hallway.]
One of them is Nessa's study. The other is her bedroom.
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[ huh... ]
I guess I shouldn't pry into them. They're locked for a reason.
D'you think I should check into anything else while I'm here, Nell-san? I'm a little anxious about wasting too much time, too, when Nessa-san is suffering.
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I think it'll be a little while before I find the next crystal...if you have anything else you can do in the meantime, you should definitely take care of that for now.
Don't worry, I'll message you when I have something! Shadow Nessa already gave me your phone num--
...
...
I mean, um.
I got it in a very.
Respectful and polite way?
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Got it. Okay, that sounds good to me. In that case... I'm gonna head out, since you can contact me.
Thanks for all of your help.
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[You can leave the apartment and return to the Courtyard, if you so choose....]