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Antumbra Mods ([personal profile] umbralant) wrote in [community profile] antumbrac2020-01-12 06:29 pm
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WEEK 2

WEEK 2


The first week is over, and two of your number are gone. Everything related to the case has been cleaned up, with nary a knife left at the Main Square nor a trace of the mud shapes that once painted the clock tower walls, although some stray graffiti still dots some storefronts.

However you may feel about the entire debacle on Friday, there’s no doubt that something has changed about the atmosphere, although whether it’s something tangible or just a trick of the mind is hard to say. Maybe it’s nothing. Either way, there are more palpable changes to the city, with some of the fog retreating away from a few of the surrounding areas, uncovering new buildings and streets along the way. The night, however, remains unchanged as always save for the slow waxing of the moon, leaving it bright and full as early as Thursday night. Regardless of if you take it as an omen or not, at least that means the streets will be lit up fairly well for the week, provided some inconvenient cloud cover doesn’t slide right in.

[[Welcome to Week 2! Note that new areas have been added, and can be found under the Week 2 tab on our Locations page. Once again, 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 privately contact The Lady or Rembrandt.]]
reanbeans: (115)

[personal profile] reanbeans 2020-01-14 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, there's some nice fantasy novels, if that's what you mean.

[ Rean did enjoy some of the books here because they could all read Polish for whatever reason. ]
bawcock: (♪ never meant to do those things to you)

[personal profile] bawcock 2020-01-15 06:43 am (UTC)(link)
Never read one of those before.

[ But again, not much of a reader. ] Are those the ones you'd recommend?
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[personal profile] reanbeans 2020-01-16 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah. Those can go really well with some sci-fi...but I think it'd be good for you to start out with fantasy first.

There's a lot of stories about adventurers that I'm sure could catch your interest.

[ Could because it's still an if, but he's had a good time with some of them. ]
bawcock: (♪ i'm not a perfect person)

[personal profile] bawcock 2020-01-17 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
Adventurers, huh? Well, it's worth a try.

[ Turning back to the bookshelf. Let's see... anything here that says "adventure" on it? That's how you find books right, they're just named after the genre you're looking for!! ]
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[personal profile] reanbeans 2020-01-17 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
[ Totally... ]

...Let me know if you need any help picking out some of the books?

[ He seemed like he knew what he was doing (?), going right at it, but Rean wanted to make sure. ]
bawcock: (♪ and all the pain i put you through)

[personal profile] bawcock 2020-01-17 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
[ ... Honestly, why do they have to write book titles like this?? It isn't like he can't read them, but after a while of skimming fancy lettering written sideways and vertically, he starts getting tired. This is precisely why he left the Luminary to sort out everything in the library.

The exhaustion on his face is abundantly clear when he reaches out and just grabs a book at random. Welcome to his life, Hop, Skip, Wed.
]

How's this one?
Edited 2020-01-17 03:47 (UTC)
reanbeans: (110)

[personal profile] reanbeans 2020-01-17 06:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[ And this was why he offered his help in the first place...

Well, besides him being the type of person who would, of course. ]


I don't believe I've read that one yet? But, it looks like you picked out a book nearby other fantasy ones, so it should be okay.
bawcock: (♪ never meant to do those things to you)

[personal profile] bawcock 2020-01-20 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Yeah, besides that. But, hm. ]

You think so, huh? [ He stares at the cover for a while before holding the book out to Rean. ] How about this. Since I'm not much of a reader, why don't you give it a try first? Then you can tell me how it was.
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[personal profile] reanbeans 2020-01-20 11:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Alright, I'll give it a read and tell you how it was later.

[ Rean will take the book with a little smile. ]

Your profile does give me an idea of what you have liked to do, but does it have everything on there, out of curiosity?

[ He was wondering a little more about what the other would do in his spare time, if not for this situation, for curiosity's sake, honestly. ]
bawcock: (♪ and so i have to say before i go)

[personal profile] bawcock 2020-01-22 07:25 am (UTC)(link)
[ He hands it over but he suddenly just. Stops. At the mention of his profile. Ah.

Damn, he didn't think someone would bring it up that suddenly.
]

I almost forgot you saw that. It's... mostly accurate, but I wouldn't say it gets everything right either. [ Glancing away. ] Course, it would be pretty hard for such a small piece of paper to list all of someone's interests and disinterests.
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[personal profile] reanbeans 2020-01-22 11:34 pm (UTC)(link)
...That's right, so I figured that it wasn't all there was to you, especially since some of the subjects worded on people's profiles seem to be done rather harshly.

[ Rean didn't seem to be judging Erik for it, at any rate. The man didn't want to dare do so, when he thought it was more important to see for himself who that person really was and what they truly were capable of being. ]
bawcock: (♪ a reason to start over new)

[personal profile] bawcock 2020-01-23 07:01 am (UTC)(link)
I bet that was intentional. The Lady and Rembrandt don't seem all that eager to get friendly with us, phrasing those profiles that way was probably their way of keeping us at arm's length.
Edited (oops) 2020-01-24 01:28 (UTC)