arsarcana | week 6

[On Sunday morning, there is a small gift waiting for the early risers in the tower: a dull lead key (don't lick it), dangling from a length of twine tied to the wooden beam across the ceiling at the cross section of the four dorms. Upon further inspection it has a particular symbol on the back half and a note that reads "Good job. Here's your reward". The note is signed Lord H. The key goes to sixth floor, where there is the same symbol etched above the keyhole on the lock.

The new floor is even more grand than the previous ballroom, a full theatre for their enjoyment. But it doesn't take away the burning sting of certain people who would have loved to see it.]

Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday

✨WEEKLY DEALS✨

1. Random Record Shuffle* - A funky fresh record you can play in a record player! The only catch is Garfield gets to pick the artist. *One per customer [1 coin]
(cw: creepy doll) 2. Angie - The ultimate haunted(?) doll, the sweet babiest sister. There is a massive crack in her head. [5 coins]
3. The Katana of Kant - A magical sentient katana that, when unsheathed, the wielder must have a philosophical debate over whether the act they're about to commit is a moral one in order to be able to use it. If the wielder wins, an attack will do double the damage. The katana also has a German accent. [Free, Please Take It]

✨LEFTOVER STOCK AT ~~50% MARK-UP~~ ON SALE✨
1. Greater Hat of Disguise - A hat that lets you transform your appearance for as long as you're wearing it. You choose exactly how you look and sound, with the hat transforming to whatever headgear you choose. (You still have to sell the act though.) [2 coins]
2. Moon God Mask - A very large moon mask that covers your entire head. It kind of makes you want to either get a hamburger or form a cult. [1 coin]
3. The Tingler - The whole hand tingles from wearing this ring, as if more blood rushes through the area. [1 coin]

(( OOC: Don't forget to submit your orders for any threads that aren't with Heisenberg or Garfield! And don't forget activity check! ))

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...I'm sure he had female relatives as well. Perhaps nepotism, though.

[At least half of that is going over Nuadha's head, but he's sizing Mei up for burns with some alarm.]

That's an unfortunate thing for Garfield to put in those boxes. Or to own.

[Mei is burn-free! Thanks to Somnus technically calling the shots in the ring in the first place, thank you.]

He said it was about being worthy, but I don't get it. How do you know you're worthy just by being noble? I mean, I guess that's what a lot of them think about themselves anyway.

[Wow, he's right here??]

It's fairly common. But I suppose he meant something about the powers related to his bloodline. [And phrased it, you know, like that.] It's good you aren't hurt, though.

I guess so. Ehe, thank you. Maybe he just needs someone to say the right thing. I wonder why he never opens up.

It's the kind of reserve that's usually required of a ruler. And being dead only sets certain habits more concretely.

Oh... I guess it's a big responsibility. No wonder important people always get serious about themselves. Felix-san said they gossip about him too, though. I thought it was just me because I don't belong.

He did? --Wait, they gossip about you?

[Nuadha's a little disoriented which of these affronts to several of his favorite people to pursue first. But also, he's frowning a little at Mei again. It's not that she's not usually talkative, but this seems a little...]

Uh-huh. [She blinks a few times, completely unaware that she usually has more of a filter than this.] That's why I told you I'm worried about not being good enough. Because I wasn't... [Stares at nothing for a second.] Wasn't being a proper lady yet, so I had to learn, I thought. Because I made some mistakes, and that lady asked why there was a commoner here, and her daughter was really pretty and I couldn't measure up if I wanted to, an', an' Ougai-san's aunt got mad at me for existing and called me a little girl.

So I thought I just had to get better. But Felix-san says it happens to him all the time too, and he's an actual noble and everything.

Yes. Some amount of court gossip is unavoidable. It's not a question of your worth.

[He is following this stream of consciousness with mixed concern and indignation.]

...I think you ought to lie down. You seem...

[What's the tactful word for whatever is going on here? He doesn't know, but he's alarmed.]

...Here?

[She ponders this and flops over sideways on the car.]

No--

[Nuadha startles and reaches to catch her by the shoulder before she can fall out, just in case.]

Eh?

[Mei freezes up. She blinks at Nuadha, stares, and finally tilts her head.]

Rest but don't? Okay... Then maybe later.

I meant back in your dormitory. On a bed. [Oh dear.] ...Can you stand?

[Oh no maybe he should have a medic look at her. Oh no, they don't even have a medic?]

I'm fine! I can! I just don't feel like it, it's really okay!

Show me.

[He holds out his hand just a little imperiously for her to lever herself up by. She doesn't look okay at all.]

Eh? Right! Sure!

[She launches herself right off the car and onto the floor. With a whimper, she shakes off the pain, grabs Nuadha's hand, and wobbles to her feet.]

Ehe...

What about that is 'ehe'?

[Okay, he's not taking any more chances with her standing on her own feet. He's going unceremoniously for the princess carry, she's been recategorized together with drunk Baldr.]

Wah -- eh?

[She stares as he picks her up, face heating up, possibly once again wondering how she gets into these situations.]

Where are we going?

Abjuration. Do you remember which bed is yours?

[He'll pick a random one if he must but that seems a little rude! Up the stairs they go. What a good thing it takes a little longer for a single gummy to take effect.]

Course I do! That top one, with Mari-chan. But I'm not sleepy!

Mari-chan? Is that a ghost? ...Never mind that. If you can't stand up, then it's reasonable that you need to lie down.

Okay...

[She holds on, pouting a little. What he finds in Abjuration (aside from all the clutter, exacerbated by that bed Wu ordered weeks ago taking up most of the space) is the Long Familiar, coiled around one of the bedposts on a top bunk and making chicken noises.]

See? Mari-chan isn't a ghost. Hi, Mari-chan!

Hiiii.

[Oh Dana it's one of those things. But large.]

Why is it so long?

[Yes, this is somehow much worse than the one he has stuffed in a trunk. He picks his way around the clutter and then sort of eyes how he's supposed to get her to the top.]

I don't know! It's cute, so I ordered it.

[She reaches out and pets it, and it makes a happy noise.]

I don't know why it confuses people, either.

Perhaps because it talks.

[Nuadha lifts her up a little more and then, perhaps, thinks better of attempting to heft her into her bed full overhead.]

...Do you have an objection to that bed in the middle of the room?

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