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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's right—you have a baby! It looks really young... Sadly, I don't think heaven is a place for a baby. Not when it isn't actually dead."

"Besides," another says, "I don't think babies can live off a diet of just cake like we do. It'll have to wait a little while before it can do THAT."

everyone else nods in agreement.]

That's right, babies are very fussy eaters.

["Yes... well, thanks for coming!"

they just start. awkwardly waving, some of them join in late because they didn't realize they'd try to rush you off so soon]

Sorry for interrupting.

[where's the exit...]

[there is no exit... except down. the tiny plant people notice you looking for an exit, presumably, or maybe they have an Exit Searching sense.

"You can just jump off the ledge. Or climb the ladder back down. Sorry about that."]

It's fine, it's fine. Enjoy your cake.

[baby did not like ladder, let's float off the edge instead]

[as you float off the edge, they wave again.

"Thank you! If you die, we'll welcome you back to heaven with open arms and plenty of cake."

your float down is very pleasant—baby likes this much better! you spend a minute or so floating down... and eventually you can come to land atop a tree—you're somehow able to stand atop a the bushy leaves of one if its highest branches.

suddenly it starts raining. the sky is dark, and thunder bellows in the distance. the land from which this tree grows is covered with tree stumps. dried leaves lie scattered, some in piles. not only that, but random objects and junk are scatted across the ground, too—it's just hard to make out what all of this it from atop the tree.

much further ahead, in the distance, is a large tower constructed of many, many logs. it stands tall and proud as lighting goes off behind it.]

[I WANT TO KNOCK THE TOWER DOWNNNNNNNNN]

[...bundles the baby up more snugly and goes to rummage through the piles of leaves and junk instead]

[in the piles of leaves you find a blowtorch, an axe, and an unlabeled book.

the junk lying around consists of stuffed animals (torn apart and stained with dirt), broken dishes, a snapped toothbrush... the majority of these items seem to be standard mundane items you'd see around someone's house.]

[opens the book]

[each page reads the following:

HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME ~~HELP ME~~
HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME ~~HELP ME~~
HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME ~~HELP ME~~
HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME ~~HELP ME~~
HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME ~~HELP ME~~
HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME ~~HELP ME~~]

That's alarming. Hm...

[rubbages around the trash more for a pen or a broken bit of lead or something]

[you successfully find a broken pencil!]

[writes "HOW?" across one page in big block letters]

[the book immediately flips to a page that reads:

MURDER.

the "ink" is still moist.]

Oh I'm good at that.

["WHO?"]

[after a couple seconds of rapid page flipping:

it conveniently points towards that log tower in the distance]

["OK"]

[heads towards the tower]

[the thunder bellows, and the lighting strikes... nothing in particular, just something in the distance. unsurprisingly, baby doesn't like thunderstorms.

upon approaching the log tower, you can see the many bolts on the door. the doorknob, which is more of a handle, even has chains wrapped around it.

and just in case you can't get the idea, plastered to the door is a sign that says "STAY OUT."]

[MORE FLOATING maybe there's a window up somewhere. exploding the door would upset baby '-'!!!]

[hopefully baby is not alarmed by mao's eye starting to bleed either]

[no windows, unfortunately. whatever's in here is doing its best to keep everyone out. and poor baby pays no mind to the bleeding eye, thought that is alarming]

Really.

[covers baby's ears and EXPLODES A HOLE AT THE WALL]

[you successfully create your own entrance.

once inside, you find that this tower is all one floor; it just has an enormous ceiling height. books line the entirety of the walls, like an expansive private library, and since the walls are so tall there's several mobile ladders laying about. in the middle of this room, by a central fireplace, is a sitting area, set up with plush furniture.

..and sitting on one of the plush chairs is a reverse mermaid—they have a book in one foot and a cup of coffee in the other. you see, these reverse mermaids are very crafty with your feet.

despite the fact that you exploded a hole in their wall, your presence goes unnoticed.]

Edited 2015-09-29 08:43 (UTC)

[does that mean i just exploded a bunch of books]

[yes.

yes it does.

in fact, there are pages everywhere.

good going, part-time librarian]

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