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[royalsubject]

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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Re: FIRE ROOM

[ninetyninelives]

[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]

Re: FIRE ROOM

[royalsubject]

[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.]

Re: FIRE ROOM

[ninetyninelives]

[opens the book]

Re: FIRE ROOM

[royalsubject]

[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]

Re: FIRE ROOM

[ninetyninelives]

That's alarming. Hm...

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

Re: FIRE ROOM

[royalsubject]

[you successfully find a broken pencil!]

Re: FIRE ROOM

[ninetyninelives]

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

Re: FIRE ROOM

[royalsubject]

[the book immediately flips to a page that reads:

MURDER.

the "ink" is still moist.]

Re: FIRE ROOM

[ninetyninelives]

Oh I'm good at that.

["WHO?"]

Re: FIRE ROOM

[royalsubject]

[after a couple seconds of rapid page flipping:



it conveniently points towards that log tower in the distance]

Re: FIRE ROOM

[ninetyninelives]

["OK"]

[heads towards the tower]

Re: FIRE ROOM

[royalsubject]

[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."]

Re: FIRE ROOM

[ninetyninelives]

[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]

Re: FIRE ROOM

[royalsubject]

[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]

Re: FIRE ROOM

[ninetyninelives]

Really.

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

Re: FIRE ROOM

[royalsubject]

[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.]

Re: FIRE ROOM

[ninetyninelives]

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

Re: FIRE ROOM

[royalsubject]

[yes.

yes it does.

in fact, there are pages everywhere.

good going, part-time librarian]

Re: FIRE ROOM

[ninetyninelives]

Baby, we tell no-one of this.

Re: FIRE ROOM

[royalsubject]

[baby gurgles.

the reverse-mermaid flips a page of their current book with a toe. you're still unnoticed—they're really absorbed with that book.]

Re: FIRE ROOM

[ninetyninelives]

That's right.

Excuuuu~use me, hello!

Re: FIRE ROOM

[royalsubject]

[that does it—it blinks, and turns to look at you.

"...how did you get in?"]

Re: FIRE ROOM

[ninetyninelives]

I broke in.

Re: FIRE ROOM

[royalsubject]

[it takes a moment for the reverse mermaid to process this.

when it does, it throws the coffee cup and book to the ground.

"HOLY SHIT, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY TOWER!? MY BOOKS!"]

Re: FIRE ROOM

[ninetyninelives]

You're going to get coffee on that book.