antumbrac | WEEK 4

WEEK 4

Last week could probably only be summed up as a mess. Three people died, one was turned to currency and the hotel pool remains in a general state of unusability unless swimming in pulpy mush is someone’s idea of a good time. And that’s not even counting the haunted morse code T-Rex. At least the greenhouse is as relaxing as ever, even if someone seems to have made off with a number of succulents and cacti.

But with the new week comes a new set of locations to explore as the fog retreats to reveal another portion of the city. The half moon wanes to a new moon this week, leaving streets even dimmer this week -- hopefully you have some other portable sources of light available if you plan on straying too far beyond the reach of the lampposts in the new areas.

[[Welcome to Week 4! Note that new areas have been added, and can be found under the Week 4 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.]]

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[Ango does not believe in any of this. Nope. He's totally here looking for other useful objects, or even clues as to what might be going on in this city.

Instead, he finds Iago.]

Oh? You're here too?

[He has a deck of cards in his hand that he had been looking at too.]

[excuse u he is a very valuable find!!!]

So it would seem.

[iago no]

I imagine you're here to see what this place has to offer?

[...he is immediately going to check out the cool rocks, don't mind him.]

I am, yes. Imagine my surprise to see that it offers a valuable teammate.

[He's trying to be funny, but he does see Iago as a valuable person. That part is genuine.]

I was also hoping to find things like incense and lighters.

[oh!!!! c: ]

Great minds think alike, it seems.

[Have that flattery returned, you.]

Those do seem likely to be here. What do you need the incense for?

[:D]

The clergy dorms are starting to smell. There's only so much we can do, what with laundry being so difficult to wash, and I was hoping to at least make the area a bit more pleasant-smelling.

That's certainly fair. Take whatever you can find here, I'm sure no one will miss it.

[looting!!!!]

And if they do mind, we can apologize later when they complain about it.

[Looting!!!]

Good to see we're on the same page.

[can he get away with looting the whole game without apologizing??? who knows. but damn if he won't try!!]

Are you familiar with any of the items in here?

[Besides the incense obviously, and these sure are some rocks. He's primarily talking about all the tarot card decks, since those are... kinda sorta familiar? Not something he's personally familiar with, but that exists within his world in a different country, basically.]

I believe they are fortune-telling cards? It isn't my thing, personally, but the artwork does look nice.

[Ango doesn't really believe in any of the 'it's so mysterious oooo' stuff. He's more of a hard facts kind of guy.]

And most of the other items are for fortune-telling. But honestly, it's mostly parlor tricks. I could take a deck of these cards and tell everyone I would give them their fortunes, but just make up random things to tell them. It's about as accurate as an actual fortune teller would be.

[The sad thing is, half the people here would probably believe him.]

...While I am completely in agreement, it would be fun to see everyone's reactions to completely fake fortunes.

[...........this is why he was friends with pizza, isn't it.]

I've heard of this sort of fortune telling in Hoshido, though we don't have anything similar. All of our magic is real.

Magic as you know it doesn't exist in my world. There are abilities, which are actually pretty similar to what we have here. Everyone's is unique and only does one specific thing. There's no all-encompassing 'magic' that can do everything.

And yet people still believe in fortune-telling and the like.

Magic doesn't work precisely like that either - there are specializations in magic.

[But that's not the point, so he'll dismiss it once that's out there. He just has to correct people about magic okay, leave him alone!!]

I'm surprised such things ever gained popularity in your world. I believe you've said those abilities aren't something most people know about, is that correct?

[Be the magic nerd you want to be, Iago.]

You are correct. It's quite rare, and ability-users are encouraged to keep quiet about what they can do. So most people go their entire lives without ever meeting someone who has an ability.

Honestly, if it weren't pertinent to our situation here, I never would have revealed that I have an ability.

Fair enough, I can see where it would cause problems. It seems quite a few people here have secrets they would rather not have anyone find out back home.

[...Seteth, he's talking about Seteth.]

[Seteth sure has some secrets, yes.]

It's human nature to keep secrets. We have too much of an ego, and we want everyone to see specific versions of ourselves. I suspect the only fully-honest people we have seen so far have been the culprits, at the trials.

Come to think of it, you're likely right. When they have nothing left to lose and only moments before death, there isn't really any point in keeping secrets anymore.

[Which is probably why Shin said. That. All of that. Gods.]

Indeed.

[Ango tries not to think of the secrets he will spill in his last moments. He intends on taking many of them to the grave.]

I will admit, I thought I would meet my end in the line of duty, not in a place like this.

Oh, agreed. Not that I intend to die here, of course, but the possibility is a bit frustrating.

[Just a bit. Not like he's been going mildly (more) insane this entire time or anything, nope!!!!]

Tell me about your duty. I'm curious to hear just what it is you do.

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