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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TUESDAY

[arsholes]

[amitiesbind]

[ What a couple of days it has been so far. Olive settles into a lot of wandering the halls with a fountain pen (she has by now 100% given up on the quills) and a piece of parchment (for lack of a notebook), sketching out... well, the shape and measurements of the hallways, as best she can. But she's not exactly an amazing artist. ]

I don't wish Maps was here, I don't wish Maps was here, I don't wish Maps was here...

[ She wishes Maps was here.

Later, though, she settles into the library, finding the """fiction""" section and... setting up camp to read one of the adventure books. And... that's her done for most of the day, honestly, feel free to come bug her if you like! Very exciting toplevel, I know. ]

map time map time

[ghostsguysgyuudon]

[Mei hesitates, takes a deep breath, and waves from down the hall.]

Olive-san! Are you... um, is that a map?

Wand the halls

[cuttingremark]

Who's 'Maps'?

[He really likes sneaking up on people, sorry.]

[strongestfeelings]

[Stella's taken to stalking the halls invisible, which means-- well. It means she gets a good bit of eavesdropping in.

It also means she materializes only seconds before she speaks up, into a space a little beyond Olive (and out of hitting range, just in case she's the jumpy type).]

Missing--- a boyfriend?

wandering the halls

[guffawsungraciously]

Well, now, that is a decent idea.

[…it’s meant genuinely but he honestly he has the kind of voice where he sounds kind of sarcastic at all times…]

It is worth having a rudimentary map to make notes on, at the very least, even if it is not as good as a professional would make.

library

[philomachy]

[.......okay, he's gonna maybe lean down (and... down. and further down) curiously]

...What is this one about?

[damn look at you go zenos, sounding like a Normal Person for a brief moment]

Halls

[nomansbosom]

[Finn's just kind of patrolling, it seems. Does this kid ever sleep?]

Uh. ...Do you mean something besides the map on the mirror hologram things?

[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]

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.]

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]

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?

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.]

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!!]

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.

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.) ]

warning: Food poisoning, bathroom stuff

[seaweedwrap]

[Hey Abjuration and Evocation dorms, hope no one was planning on doing anything in the bathroom Monday night/Tuesday morning, because sometime around 1amish on Tuesday, Wu is scrambling out of his top bunk and running to the bathroom, slamming and locking the door behind him. Unfortunately, he realizes once in there that there are two doors, and is fumbling to lock the second before barely making it into a stall.

He's, uh...in there for a bit. A long bit. It doesn't sound like he's thrown up necessarily but he sure is making pitiful upset sounds in there and he sure has not gotten off the toilet for quite some time. Hope nobody else needs to use the bathroom lol.]

i'm already sorry for this

[draconite]

[ Knockknock. Knockknock.

Pause.

Knockknockknockknockknockknockknockknockknockknock– ]

Hello?! What could possibly be taking so long?

[replacementshield]

[ . . .

.......

Felix kicks the door. ]

You're not dying in there, are you?

[ Why does this happen now of all times when he needs to use the bathroom. Honestly. ]

[ghostsguysgyuudon]

[Well, they've got to eat some time! So are Mei's thoughts when she goes downstairs in the morning, and after a quick stop in the kitchen, you'll find her in the Great Hall eating egg on rice.]

It feels kind of weird not hearing the cannons to tell the time...

[And after wandering around a bit, come noon she'll be back to the kitchen, digging around in the ice box until she finds it: a big frozen chunk of beef. Her eyes light up.

...But it's going to take a while to defrost in time for supper. So Mei will spend the entire afternoon in the kitchen. You'll probably run into her there, studying the map or the profiles on the transmitter, reading the weekly catalogue, reading an astronomy textbook from the library, singing, loading the stove with firewood, and occasionally unwrapping the beef, salting it, and covering it back up again.

When she finally manages to cook the whole thing, she takes it out zombie-like to the supper table in the Great Hall and sets it out.]

It's for everyone...

[Even if she seems to be taking half of it onto her own plate. Girl really likes her beef.]

supper

[predecir]

[Bruno has barely been in this room. It's too big and grand - how would you even feel comfortable eating in a place like this? He follows the smell of food, though!]

Oh! Really? That's...wow, that's a lot of food. You cooked it all by yourself?

[draconite]

[ M E A T.

Don't mind Bryn all but materializing out of nowhere once Mei sets the beef down, her eye sparkling. ]

You cooked this by yourself, for all of us? Truly?

she's already serving herself a massive hunk of it, of course.

[strongestfeelings]

[Ocassionally, on Tuesday, you might watch a book fly off a shelf unexpectedly in the library, and hover open midair. Or you might watch the icebox in the kitchen open and slam shut again, as if an invisible force is gazing in at the content, then going "no, actually, not hungry." and closing it. Or maybe things in the armory are moving on their own---

Look. Stella just really doesn't want to be bothered by annoying people, not without her instigating it, so for most of the day Tuesday, she's invisible. If anyone calls her on her bullshit, or questions the possibility of ghosts, she'll probably show up, though.

By the end of the day, though, she's completely visible-- and can be found in the Great Hall with an orb of light above her, as she flicks through the pages of a book idlely. She's also toying with the Communicator, trying to figure out what all it can do-- right now, it's playing Wu's fall on a loop. Very impressive.]

[squidproquos]

[ Day three, and Azul is in the library, checking out all of the different books laying around. There's a mix of both magic, and maybe some of the fairytale and myth books? Like the nerd he is. But he's very intrigued to know what kinds of stories people tell in different worlds.

Later on in the day, he can be found at Tinkerer's Haven, checking out all of the materials, specifically some of the metals. The gears in his head are definitely turning... He might make something soon.

In the evening, you can find him in the kitchen whipping up something for himself- and it smells absolutely heavenly. He's quite the cook! ]