week 1

[arsholes]

[Yesterday was, to say the least, an eventful time. 21 people waking up in an alarming kidnapping situation, tempers got heated, salt was thrown, the usual flavor of shenanigans.

Your Alchemist made his appearance, got into several arguments, scruffed a teen and nailed a god. All in all, a productive time! It doesn’t seem like he’ll be making any more public appearances this week but he did say to give him a call.

If you don't want to converse with the Alchemist, there's a whole tower to explore! Check out all the dusty nooks and crannies, read some smutty literature, try to build a death ray, take a cozy bath- the Montessori method of learning. Curiously, starting on Monday there are mysterious leaflet catalogs scattered in several rooms of the tower. There’s no shop name on it, but there are pictures of a variety of fun and fanciful items, just a preview of the many rare and/or exotic goods you could get from one of the shop's Grand Opening Sale blind boxes. There is also a large wooden chest that has appeared in the Entrance Hall right next to the grand entrance doors, despite the fact that they remain locked. A locked mailbox hangs on the wall above the box, along with several envelopes. The mailbox says "CATALOG ORDERS", and there is a handwritten note that adds: "Write your name on the envelope as well as your order. INCLUDE PAYMENT, or it's no deal. <3"

In related news, many of you will also be receiving mysterious gold coins on top of your trunk – maybe this is the payment referenced?


Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday


(( OOC: This will be the last mod post for this week! Feel free to start submitting catalog orders for any threads that aren't with the Alchemist. This is a peace week, so get all that CR while you can! ))

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[pegasinister]

[Bert is a busy bee. He spends most of the day in the library, a pile of books on magic next to him and diligently writing notes. He seems frustrated at first, more and more books being put aside faster as he finds himself blocked in his understanding.

But eventually he seems to find a subject he can work with, and his note-taking, well, takes off. If anyone glances at said notes though they seem to be gibberish?

The rest of the day is spent wandering... or if we're being honest, snooping.

By evening you might find him in the kitchen or supply room reading the packaging on soaps and other cleaning products with an intense expression.

At no point all day is he seen eating, just drinking a carefully guarded cup of coffee, each cup brewed fresh.]

kitchen

[encelevenemus]

…What are you doing?

[buddy it’s soap not a novel]

[pegasinister]

Familiarizing myself with the supplies here. Most of these are unfamiliar to me, but thankfully soap will always be soap.

[encelevenemus]

True enough. [modern amenities are weird] At least it all appears generally straightforward.

Wandering

[cuttingremark]

[Loki is very accustomed to snooping himself. He follows quietly, using an illusion to serve as a closer double should the other decide attacking is the correct course of action.

He'll just be here, seeing how long it take Hubert to notice someone is watching him.]

[pegasinister]

[As an assassin Hubert's passive perception senses are keen and tuned into near paranoia, so realizing he's being watched doesn't take long. His inner alarm demands killing, but he'd rather not have to cover his tracks here in the middle of the hall with so much on the line.

So while he does turn and attack, it's a simple weak Miasma spell. A purple ritual circle forms under his feet and dark energy flows from his hand to the double. It's weak enough even if it had been the real Loki it would only bruise and startle more than anything else... yet the magic has an eerie energy to it. Unpleasant to even the weakest magical senses. A Wrongness.]

[cuttingremark]

[Where as a physical attack would have simply gone through the illusion, the magic seeps into the double, dispelling it as Loki himself rounds the corner.]

That certainly is some nasty magic you have there.

Supply Room

[spitessier]

[That really is an intense expression, for someone reading the packaging of the cleaning products]

Are you worried about something?

[Is that why you're reading it so intensely, he has to wonder]

[pegasinister]

[The intense expression drops to something a bit more... pleasant? Or well, as friendly as Bert gets with his Unfortunate Face]

Cleaning supplies are quite a bit more complicated here than I'm used to. I was curious about the ingredients.

[spitessier]

[That so-called friendly expression...there's an incredibly shady guy in the team in Persona 2 and Hubert is giving him similar vibes, goodness gracious. Katsuya hopes Hubert isn't like Baofu and doesn't indulge in shady business like extorsion, blackmailing and potentially torture.

Oh boy, if you knew, Katsuya, you'd be attempting to read Hubert his rights]

Generally all there's to know is that these products should be kept away from food.

supply room

[strongestfeelings]

[there's only one explanation for this, right? Stella's scoping out the supply room, too, here to make a visual stock of what's here, so she knows how much the nightmare boy from yesterday is hoarding.

She raises a brow at Hubert.]

Sensitive skin?

[pegasinister]

[That makes him chuckle]

You could say that.

[strongestfeelings]

[dude, whats with the creepy laugh? She stares at him.




You know what? it's worth a looooooong stare.]

supply room

[predecir]

Oh, uh. Hey.

[Bruno's getting a little less jumpy! He only startles a little bit when he sees Hubert!]

I'm just, uh... [He starts to take a single one of like, all of the little pre-packaged snacks and soaps and things and squirrel them away into his pockets. Just one of everything! No one would notice, hypothetically.]

[pegasinister]

Stockpiling?

[for all he's been sarcastic and cruel to most of the "students" here... his expression softens at the jittery man.

He reminds him of another anxious person he knew once.]

[predecir]

Yeah, yeah. I-I mean, we can get this stuff now, but you never know.

[Shrug. Even if it weren't a kidnapping and threatened-murder deal, he can't tell you the number of times he missed out on food because the leftovers were all snapped up before he could get there. You gotta pilfer as much as you can, when you can!]

And it all keeps. You can never have too many non-perishables.

Supply room

[guffawsungraciously]

[…]

Getting an early start, then, are we?

[he’s not willing to be charitable here. also while he doesn’t recognize those chemicals they don’t look good!!]

[pegasinister]

Indeed, it is never to early for cleanliness.

[oh yeah his tone suggests he 100% got what Jasper was implying and he's just being a shithead]

[guffawsungraciously]

Hm, yes. I do not quite believe our host is all that interested in cleaning up any messes that our fellows might make, so I would imagine we are on our own in that regard.

library

[draconite]

[ The other rooms don't hold Bryn's interest quite as much as the library - the novelty of unfamiliar books has her drifting back here whenever she's not nosing around elsewhere, so this isn't the first time they've crossed paths in the library - but it's the first time Bryn has bothered to say anything more than a "good morning!" or "excuse me!" and the like. ]

Goodness! You're still here? You really are determined to get a head start on our so-called studies.

[pegasinister]

I had hoped to learn something about the spells the Alchemist was using. But these schools of magic are completely foreign to me.

[he sounds frustrated]

[draconite]

Is that so? [ She huffs, disappointed. ] I'm not particularly skilled in performing magic myself, so I hoped that perhaps my lack of experience was what was holding me back... but there doesn't seem to be any information here any of us recognize.

[ She follows that with a grim smile. ]

Then again, I don't imagine a man so cautious as to hide behind a mask while greeting us would put all of his secrets in the library for us to find.

Wandering;

[replacementshield]

And what exactly are you up to?

[ Felix is here, and he doesn't seem pleased (then again it is a rare day when he does.) ]

[pegasinister]

Last I checked exploring our jail wasn't against the rules.

[replacementshield]

Hmph. For now.

[ Felix says such a thing, doubting a rule like that is really going to be put into place. He's just being a hardass because it's Hubert. ]

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