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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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Give me a second here!
Shadow Nessa: I’ll figure this out, just keep running! OH GOD, DUCK! DUCK!]
Oi! Get back here, rat!
[Esmau swings at his back --
Roll to hit: 12
Roll 1d20: 10
-- just barely missing it as he staggers away. But she's still chasing after him....! Before he gets too far down the path, his phone beeps again.]
[Step 10: AGNIS!
GO TO HEARTHSIDE! GO TO HEARTHSIDE NOW, IT’S IN THE NORTH WING!
Shadow Nessa: Agnis is your only hope! Go! Run! NOW!]
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[ but nonetheless, wincing, he lurches suddenly towards the north direction, trying to move so suddenly as to hopefully throw Esmau at least a little off. ]
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Roll 1d20: 3
The sudden movement works and Esmau's glaive strikes the ground where Minato was standing. She apparently swung a little too hard and the blade gets stuck in the ground.]
Oh -- COME! ON!
[Esmau has to take a couple seconds to extricate her implement of violence, giving Minato time to get down the path and into the pool...
Unfortunately, once you're there, she's not far behind.]