antumbrac | WEEK 1

WEEK 1

Your hosts have come and gone, and have left you with nothing but more questions and a key. Regardless of how you reacted or what you decided to do soon after that, it’s a fact that the day must end eventually.

And so it does, with the striking of the clock. As the twelve gongs reverberate and disappear into the night, the rest of the city is left silent save for a chilly wind that skims the streets. Those who have retired to their assigned rooms will find that the furnishings are decent enough to get a good night’s sleep, while those who wander the city will only continue to see empty streets and fog. But regardless of how you spend the night, eventually it will become readily apparent that dawn will not be coming any time soon as the waxing moon continues to hang in the sky even as the clock strikes six or seven or eight.

No one’s stopping you from wallowing in bed or holing up in a building during this perpetual night, but there’s a whole city out there to check out and some interesting additions to the Opera House decor; don’t forget though, a cage is a cage and every good cage needs its bars. While a portion of the streets and buildings are clear, any intrepid explorers won’t find themselves able to get very far through the fog that surrounds them; anyone who tries to venture through will end up getting turned around and end up right back where they started. Still, there’s plenty of other places to check, even if the fog-shrouded buildings are more or less off limits. Fortune favors the bold, after all.

[[Welcome to Week 1! Feel free to make top levels at your discretion, and remember to note it in your header if you plan on investigating any locations. You can also now privately contact The Lady or Rembrandt at your leisure!]]

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[ Well. Shin has had some rest. Yesterday was an eventful one, but perhaps he can proceed through today as calmly as possible-

Wait. Is that someone drawing obscenities on the windows of the candle shop!?

Good job, you got the local craftsman running over and yelling. ]

WHAT ON EARTH ARE YOU DOING TO THE SHOP WINDOWS?!

Decorating. [ He finishes off a sloppy drawing of... A dog? A bird? Who knows.]

You call this decorating?! It looks like you're ruining a perfectly good shop window to me!

Is this shop window that dear to you? [ He looks back and forth between the other person and the window and whispers with a wide grin. ] Should I leave you and the window alone?

[ FROWNING ] Yes, I would appreciate it if you stop ruining any part of the shop!

Don't you have anything better to do than deface public property?

Not really. It's pretty boring around here, don't you think? [ He could smash the windows. That'd probably be less to your liking. It's tempting honestly. ]

Is it your shop?

Maybe you should do something less destructive... Like read some books, for example!

No, but if we're going to be trapped in a world of constant night, we will need at least one place that supplies light sources!

I don't really feel like reading right now. After staying in bed for so long one needs some exercise.

Hmm? [ He tilts his head. ] I'm not doing anything to the light sources though.