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Nessa ([personal profile] warpweft) wrote2023-01-19 08:43 pm

[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.]

[personal profile] voidhearts 2023-02-04 01:05 am (UTC)(link)
[That's the only legible book in the entire library...unless you wanna read a bunch of covers with garbled nonsense words inside, there's nothing left! What a letdown.]
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[personal profile] cosplayed_out 2023-02-04 01:37 am (UTC)(link)
[Then it's time to leave! What sections were left?]

[personal profile] voidhearts 2023-02-04 02:15 am (UTC)(link)
[The clocktower and the motel!]
cosplayed_out: (It's all plain anxiety now.)

[personal profile] cosplayed_out 2023-02-04 02:18 am (UTC)(link)
[Scissorman, or Norman Bates... let's try scissorman! To the Clock Tower!]

[personal profile] voidhearts 2023-02-04 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
[The clocktower looks….off. The clock’s normal blue hue is gone. No chimes come from it no matter how long you wait, the hands seem to be stuck in place (even moreso than usual), it just looks like it’s…not working.]

[As you get close, you spot two doors. One is locked and the other is more of a hatch. Looking in the hatch, you see some of the clock’s inner workings and that pretty quickly elucidates the issue - there’s a big spot missing that probably needs a….gear or a lever or a pulley or something? Whatever, you’re not a clock maker.]

[Maybe the other door will open if you fix the clock?]
cosplayed_out: (I remember it plainly...)

[personal profile] cosplayed_out 2023-02-04 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
Guess I'll search for metal gear...

[Back to the motel!]

[personal profile] voidhearts 2023-02-04 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
[The motel is a bit different. There are no doors to each dorm and no front desk. Instead, there’s murals depicting several monsters on the walls. Each one has a small table in front of it with something on it.

- A gray serpent monster with the lower half of a snake and the upper half of a woman. This has four bells in front of it.
- A dog with three heads standing before a gate. This has one bell in front of it.
- Stone statues made out of people standing before a giant serpent. This has one bell in front of it.
- Eight tentacles reaching up from the ocean to wrap around a ship. This has one bell in front of it.]
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[personal profile] cosplayed_out 2023-02-04 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, now this is definitely a Resident Evil puzzle! ...I just have to make sure to plain run from any zombie crows.

[she'll try the dog bell first]

[personal profile] voidhearts 2023-02-04 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
[A soft ringing noise echoes through the lobby....]

[...]

[...]

[Minato is really special. He's always concerned about others, I think he spends almost all of his tokens purchasing The Lovers to heal people if they get hurt...he's really kind, but he's got this quiet strength to him too.]

[Also, his relationship with Akira is super romantic. They were pulled from different worlds and fell in love. It's like their hearts were pulled from across the universe just to meet each other...!]
cosplayed_out: (Plain embarrassed.)

[personal profile] cosplayed_out 2023-02-04 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
Nessa is a protagonist-shipper!

[she'll set it down for the moment and try the ship one...]

[personal profile] voidhearts 2023-02-04 03:10 am (UTC)(link)
[A soft ringing noise echoes through the lobby....]

[...]

[...]

[Tsumugi is...kind of weird, but. In a way that you really like. She says weird stuff, but she's a fun person. She's really, really, really into cosplay, but...as much as you try to be aloof about it, you think that maybe you could like that stuff too, with the right outfit, maybe...]

[It's kind of weird in a different way when she cosplays as that "Junko" person. Is she, like, LARPing when she does that? What character is that from anyway? Sometimes you get a strange feeling, based on a dream you had once and some stuff you saw inside her Palace, but... ...it's probably nothing. She's your friend. You're sure of it.]

[During one of the tasks....you feel like you really let her down. You tried to help her team with one of the boons, but, her team wound up getting attacked anyway. She kept saying you betrayed her. It really hurt when she hit you with that club, but, honestly, you can't even hold it against her. You still kinda feel like you did betray her.]

[You don't even remember what happened after that. Apparently you mentioned Nell's name...ugh...you don't ever wanna have to explain that. You're just glad she forgave you.]
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[personal profile] cosplayed_out 2023-02-04 03:14 am (UTC)(link)
I should've guessed it was Kraken, but I think I can use this.

[she'll keep that bell.]

This should be useful to show I have Nessa's trust.

...Wait, dream? Palace?

[dots connecting]

Oh no... I should tell her about Danganronpa before it's too late.

[still, she's going back to the countryside with the bell. Surely this will complete the quest.]

[personal profile] voidhearts 2023-02-04 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
[The bell is suddenly attached to a little chain. A sign is suddenly visible:

'Please be considerate of the other visitors! Do not take the bells!'

But then....a little plastic replica bell is in Tsumugi's hand?

You obtained Replica Bell!]
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[personal profile] cosplayed_out 2023-02-04 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
Oof!

[looks at the sign like a scolded puppy.]

...Well, it's okay. Minato knows anyway.

[taking the replica bell, then!]

[personal profile] voidhearts 2023-02-04 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
[Do you want to return to the Courtyard?]
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[personal profile] cosplayed_out 2023-02-04 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
[Yes! And to hearthside, back to Agnis!]

[personal profile] voidhearts 2023-02-04 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
[The power of Quick Travel flows through you! Back to Hearthside you go!]