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Who: Everyone
When: Day 5, bright and early in the morning
Where: Labyrinth!
What: A daring labyrinth

[you somehow land into this labyrinth with a hard thud, sending clouds of dust flying everywhere. what you're in now is a stone room that has a flickering torch placed on each wall. it smells a bit dingy in here, like what one might picture an actual labyrinth or dungeon to smell like.

there doesn't actually seem to be much worth investigating in this room, aside from a sign and three old, wooden doors before you. the sign reads:

"If you risk it all, you gain it all. If you risk nothing, you gain nothing."

somehow, very inexplicably so, you get the strange sense that the riskier you play, the better the prize.]

(( RULES — PRE-MINGLE — WHICH DOOR DO YOU CHOOSE? — POST-MINGLE — TREASURE ))

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[that is definitely a fresh human skull with fish where the eyes used to be. there's also fish in the skull itself, and in the mouth. tiny sardines are stuffed into the nasal cavities, too.]

[...closing that back up.]

[and now I'm going to take a look at that cash register.]

[it's a brass antique model—one with the high-raised buttons. settled off to the side is a small pile of cash and coins totaling up to $1.11. the cash box is slightly ajar.]

[pulling the cash box open, keeping an eye out for more fish.]

[close! but not quite.

each drawer is filled with fish eggs. piles of fish eggs.]

[...lets take a closer look at the seeds and the filled watering cans.]

[there are three different types of seed on the ground (with several of each):

• perfectly spherical seeds

• seeds with fine, light pink lines on them

• transparent seeds that oddly let you see completely through them

the watering cans are, thankfully, normal—full of water, that is.]

[considers for a moment, then grabs the shovel and digs three holes in one of the planter boxes before taking one of each seed and planting them in each spot. when he's finished, he takes the watering can and sprinkles only a small bit of water on each of the seeds.]

[the seeds grow, very rapidly at that.

what grows out from the spherical seed is a net, like what would be used to catch fish at sea. it's ingrained into the soil as it grows, but that is definitely a net.

the pink-lined seed provides you with strips of bubblegum that smell... very off. very, very off.

the transparent seed grows... a gas mask.]

[...huh.]

[going back to take a look at the burlap sack for a moment...then takes it to one of the other planters, plants it (skull fishes and all), and then waters it.]

[lets see what happens.]

[the planter vibrates as this "seed" grows.

a human foot pops out of the soil.

then two.

and they're moving, perhaps... indicating they're attached to something, someone?]

[...grabbing the foot and helping to gently tug them out.]

[you gently tug this thing out. the legs are attached to a large fish... and hey, it's a living pint-sized reverse mermaid!]

[...]

[ . . . ]

Are you able to breathe in that state?

[it takes a deep breath and looks at its toes. its voice is high-pitched like a child's.

"Oh. I must be." it looks down at itself. "Thank you for rebirthing me."]

...You're welcome.

Do you have a name by any chance?

["Oh, right. I should have a name. I don't think I have one of those. What about you?"]

My name is Van. If you are without a name, I can try to think of one for you.

["I think I would be grateful, Van. You see, I don't think I need a name, but I know I used to have one, so I can't help but think that I want one now."]

Mhm...For now, how do you feel about...Jewel?

[the reverse mermaid blushes; it doesn't have any hands to cover its face with, though it seems to be trying with its short, short fins

"Just from the sound of it I can tell that is a name most suitable for me. Yes, I think I'd be happy to accept the name Jewel. Thank you."]

You're welcome.

Do you think you'd be needing any further help?

["Mm... no. I do not. Now that I have been reborn, I can take the path of vengeance. Unless you would like to help me with that."

the reverse-mermaid goes ahead and hops down from the planter then walks up to the door.]

-- The path of vengeance?

[considers for a moment, then plucks the gasmask off its plant and follows after Jewel]

[outside, in this barren wasteland that might have once been a meadow, there are feather-tipped arrows, bullet casings, and many fish bones scattered across the ground.

in the distance there are a few large holes in the ground. there's nothing distinctive about them; one is left, one is middle, and one is right. they're all large enough for a person to jump through. however, behind each one is a grave marker with something engraved on it, though it's too hard to make out from this distance.

Jewel, now looking over this: "I was right. As you can see, something horrible and strange happened in my past life, before I was reborn." Jewel then pauses and looks up at you. "If you had a feeling that you were wronged badly, and you now had the proof, you would want revenge, too, right, Van?"]

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