WEEK 1

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WEEK 1

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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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[psychophant]

[oh my god. well you've certainly embraced your life here as a future opera star...]

It looks as though you're settling in well.

[...the colors are a bit. yikes. but you know what, as long as you're having fun.]

[drydrown]

[HE IS THE RULER OF THE QUEEN'S NAVY AND NO ONE CAN STOP HIM.]

As though I'm not entitled to a little fun after everything this week has been? This is the best thing that's happened to me since I've arrived.

[psychophant]

Oh, I won't argue with that.

[although it'd be nice if he could find something in his goth style that isn't a dress??? why is it so hard to find clothes that fit the dark mage aesthetic.]

It's certainly nice to have more options! [thaaaaat's a dress.] I thought this door was locked, though... [also a dress...] Oh well, I'm certainly not going to complain.

[unless he keeps finding dresses, then maybe he'll complain!!!!]

[drydrown]

Apparently someone got it open. I heard mention of clothing...

[It was discussed more indepth at that meeting neither of us were at, apparently.]

...You seem to be having some difficulty.

[psychophant]

[well??? sometimes you have to go be overdramatic in the privacy of your own room?????]

Good of them to get it open.

[But at that, he sighs and... holds up the current dress.]

Apparently my sense of style is only applicable to women's fashion.

[And then, muttered more to himself:] There were plenty of wild outfits for men at the Cyrkensia opera house...

[drydrown]

...Wear it anyway?

[It's a little awkward, sure, but it does seem to be a legitimate suggestion.]

[psychophant]

Have you seen these skirts? I'd end up tripping on them and falling on my face.

[oh my god.]

[drydrown]

Not with a bit of practice, surely.

[psychophant]

I don't have the patience for it.

[He waves a hand as if to dismiss it. And for a moment, that seems to be that.]

...Though if you do find one with a shorter skirt, I might consider it.

[oh my god.]

[drydrown]

Honestly, at this point I'm halfway to considering myself. The men's outfits are generally all so boring...

[Like, ew?]

[psychophant]

Oh, agreed. Some of them could almost be serviceable, but they all seem so... restrained. What's the point if you aren't going to dress your singers up in ridiculous costumes?

[drydrown]

They're at least somewhat similar to what I'm used to, as style goes, but what's the point if it isn't going to draw attention.

[...god, you've got him flicking through the dresses now.]

I imagine Mimura might like some of these...

[psychophant]

Precisely.

[Though admittedly not in the same way...]

Would she? [glancing over and... oh yikes, these are all so bright.] They're certainly the sort to attract attention.

[drydrown]

They are, she would enjoy them. Not that she has much difficulty attracting attention on her own as it stands... She's a bit of a firebrand.

[He seems a bit less of a mess over this topic than he was on Tuesday, though clearly she's still on his mind if he's bringing her up at all...]

As long as she's enjoying herself, I see no reason to not allow her to do as she pleases. Though it's certainly not the best way to meet people.

[SHE IS GOING TO DIE SINGLE, IAGO.]

[psychophant]

I take it her temper is the problem?

[or is she just like, you turned up to 11, because that would definitely do it.]

[drydrown]

Oh, absolutely.

[...She's also just him turned up to 11, but you know. Self-awareness zero.]

[psychophant]

I imagine that must be rather difficult to deal with...

[People with anger issues are the worst!! Good thing neither of us have that problem, right...........]

[drydrown]

[Of course we don't.]

She's not really like that to me, so it isn't like I have cause to mind. I've always enjoyed her company.

[psychophant]

Well, she is your sister. I suppose the two of you would treat one another differently.

[drydrown]

In some ways. She's older than I am, so she still likes to believe she can get her way whenever she feels like it.

That doesn't always work out for her so well, but I like to let her pretend once in a while anyway.

[psychophant]

[He can only imagine how horrible the bickering was between you two as kids.....]

How generous of you. I'm sure she appreciates it.

[drydrown]

Oh, it infuriates her. She can definitely tell.

[...take one look at this man and tell me he was not used as a life-sized barbie for his sister on multiple occasions as a child

like

he looks like he enjoyed it

but tell me that is not a thing that happened]

[psychophant]

[reasons why he is so glad he never had to deal with siblings.........]

And yet you keep doing it...? How cruel.

[drydrown]

That is what younger siblings are for, if I'm not mistaken.

[psychophant]

I'll take your word for it.