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Ars Arcana Mods ([personal profile] arsholes) wrote in [community profile] arsarcana2022-04-24 11:19 am
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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! ))
thealchemist: (cocky mfer)

MOTIVE - But You're Still With Me in My Dreams

[personal profile] thealchemist 2022-04-24 05:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[Tuesday again? ...Uh oh.]

Got another surprise for you. You won't wanna miss it.

[As usual, Heisenberg waits for everyone to assemble in the Great Hall.

...Twelve envelopes, laid out in four rows of three, looks a whole lot smaller than twenty laid out in five rows of four.]


I thought I'd be nice, this week. Give you a little something to remember those you left behind by.

[He gestures with his cigar toward the envelopes on the table, and as the apprentices begin to pick them up, he takes a long draw of smoke and lets it curl out of his mouth and into his whiskers.]

...And also a little taste, of what could happen, if someone doesn't die by the end of the week.

[Inside each envelope is a mirrored card that shows an image of the person or people that each apprentice cares about the most. The image is like a photograph, except it's three-dimensional like looking into a diorama. If you tilt the photo in any direction, however, the image shifts to something much darker.

Instead of showing the person or people as each apprentice remembers them, it shows them... far worse off. Some may be bloodied, others burned, or perhaps absent in a swath of lingering chaos, or even alone, entombed in darkness. It doesn't matter. What matters is the implication: inaction may save you from rule number 4, but it may not save the ones you love.]
Edited 2022-04-26 17:03 (UTC)
ghostsguysgyuudon: Panicking at her phone. (no signal every problem)

[personal profile] ghostsguysgyuudon 2022-04-24 05:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[When Mei sees the key, she puzzles over the note and then looks around.]

Um... I forget what this one is. Does anybody remember?

[She wanders into the dance studio and curiously puts on the record, so you can find her not dancing at all, just kind of staring as the unfitting music plays. Or, later on, Mei will be down in the potions room looking at all the ingredients but not atually trying to mix anything. Probably because she looks utterly helpless in here.

At least there's a laundry now, so Mei will eventually get into Olive's old Lady Macbeth costume, the only thing that's clean, and drag all her other clothes up to the workshop to wash them. She grumbles at the washboard while the Long Familiar, coiled around a coat hanger to keep her company, babbles on.]


La la la... la la la... Play with me!

Not yet, Mari-chan! I'm trying to get this clean -- wah!

[The bubbles are starting to pour out of the washtub and take over the floor.]
spitessier: (9)

Workshop

[personal profile] spitessier 2022-04-24 06:38 pm (UTC)(link)
...I guess we should have expected this tower wouldn't have washing machines.

[Katsuya sure doesn't have experience with washboards, though...]

Would you like help?
ghostsguysgyuudon: Watching from above. (jiiiiiiii)

[personal profile] ghostsguysgyuudon 2022-04-24 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)
If it's no trouble... [sigh] Fumi-san never taught me how to do this.
spitessier: (13)

[personal profile] spitessier 2022-04-24 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know how to do this either, but domestic tasks like these are something I tend to do. I'm sure it's not too difficult to figure out.

[Someone has to do them, and Tatsuya sure wouldn't, so he's the one who does the laundry and stuff]
predecir: (109;)

[personal profile] predecir 2022-04-24 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[The hallucinations may be gone, but Bruno seems just as tired and shifty as he did last week. He slinks into the kitchen come morning to brew up some coffee, but you can find him standing to drink it in a dark corner of the dining room. He's chosen a spot near the door, where you can't immediately see him as you enter and he could slip out behind you if he wanted. You know, like a creep?

He goes upstairs to check out the new floor after that. Walking into the theatre, he almost immediately stops short, bringing a hand to his mouth to muffle a sudden sob.]


Olive...Olive wanted a theatre.

[Towards the evening, he goes to the kitchen. This time, he sticks around - he's cooking the same soup he made several weeks back, but with additional ingredients. He startles a little whenever anyone enters, but relaxes again as long as you aren't Loki.]

I...asked Garfield for some ingredients a few days ago. The stuff we have back home. I don't even know why, I can't make anything like Julieta does...
spitessier: (1)

Kitchen

[personal profile] spitessier 2022-04-24 11:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Don't focus on making it exactly like she does. Just making it in the first place will be good enough.

I could help you, if you'd like.
predecir: (106;)

[personal profile] predecir 2022-04-25 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
Uh...well, I guess you can help me chop stuff if you want.

[He's chopping a lot of veggies right now!]

This is weird. I always used to be the...kitchen helper. Cutting stuff up. It doesn't matter if I do that as long as Julieta does the cooking, her gift still works.
cuttingremark: (mother)

[personal profile] cuttingremark 2022-04-25 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
[Anyone in the Illusion dorm may have noticed that Olive's wasn't the only bed that went unused last night. Loki is absolutely no where in the tower until early evening when anyone visiting the library will find him tucked into a quiet corner with a book smelling distinctly of cigar smoke.

Very late at night he'll sneak down to the kitchen to grab something to eat. He doesn't seem like his usual, playful self. Can't imagine why that might be.]
spitessier: (13)

[personal profile] spitessier 2022-04-25 02:49 am (UTC)(link)
Does that mean you usually helped her to make her happy?

[Time to chop vegetables! Katsuya is used to be the one cooking at home. Before long it's pretty obvious he's used to doing this with no issues at all!]
sunshade: nanaroku | pixiv id 7463 (➺ wild language)

[personal profile] sunshade 2022-04-25 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
all around
[ come Sunday, Patchouli has stuck a notice on the wall of the great hall. It reads: ]
In the interest of giving out protection to those who want it, please see me if you would like an item enchanted. I am able to put spells onto objects, though certain spells may require a different material. Please be willing to be flexible on this front. I reserve the right to refuse any requests that seem suspect.

I will be in the tinkerer's room and the workshop this week, as well as the library.

- Patchouli


ballroom (closed to Heisenberg)
[ So, she survived. She assumed she would, but his parting words gave her a brief moment of doubt. She tries to shake it away. Patchouli comes to the ballroom at noon as discussed, her hair tied up in a high ponytail and her capelet discarded, one grimoire in her arm and the other floating next to her. ]

...no lethal shots, keep things mid-to-long range, we are not to summon or use any other objects than what we've brought with us. If you have any additional terms, please state them now.
thealchemist: (willing to make a deal)

[personal profile] thealchemist 2022-04-25 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
[Karl has shed his long, black Alchemist's coat and rolled the sleeves of his white undershirt up to his elbows. Under his hat, his iron grey hair is pulled back in a low ponytail, and he takes off his sunglasses, setting them on top of his coat so they don't get broken.

He's brought with him a hammer that looks like it weighs about two hundred pounds, as well as a large canvas sack containing about ten pieces of scrap metal of varying sizes.]


Since this isn't lethal, we'll go by points. You get a point if the opponent can't move or make an attack. First to two wins, that way everybody stays conscious and walks out on their own two feet.

[He walks toward the center of the ballroom, and holds out a gloved hand to shake on it.]

And just so we're clear- are we counting the environment as 'brought with us?'
ghostsguysgyuudon: Embarrassed and trying to hide. (don't be suspicious don't be suspicious)

[personal profile] ghostsguysgyuudon 2022-04-25 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you, Katsuya-san. You always seem to be helping everybody out.
ghostsguysgyuudon: Gasping and turning. (it was at this point she realized)

theatre

[personal profile] ghostsguysgyuudon 2022-04-25 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
Bruno-san!

[Mei runs over to him as soon as she hears him crying.]

Bruno-san, are you hurt?
predecir: (29;)

[personal profile] predecir 2022-04-25 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
I'm - I'm fine, I'm fine.

[He waves her off, rubbing at his face with his sleeve and walking over to sit on the lip of the stage.]

It's just...Olive and I were talking last week, she thought...she thought a theatre would be nice. Said we could all have a party and do theatre games.
ghostsguysgyuudon: Watching from above. (jiiiiiiii)

[personal profile] ghostsguysgyuudon 2022-04-25 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
Oh...

[She follows and strains a little to pull herself up there.]

She really liked that kind of thing. ...She said she used to shut people out a lot, like I did. She must've found friends who cared about her, too.
ghostsguysgyuudon: Panicked wail, in her geisha outfit. (ow hey stop)

kitchen

[personal profile] ghostsguysgyuudon 2022-04-25 03:37 am (UTC)(link)
[Maybe she's on a fruitless ghost hunt, maybe she just has the midnight munchies. Either way, Mei's rummaging in the pantry when she hears Loki and yelps, spinning around and almost hitting her head on the door.]

Wah -- Loki-san! Sorry, I thought...
predecir: (106;)

[personal profile] predecir 2022-04-25 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
...she said she had a club of them. Detective's Club. They'd investigate mysteries around their school.
sunshade: pixiv id 3623884 (➺ jellyfish princess)

[personal profile] sunshade 2022-04-25 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
[ Patchouli takes a more discerning look at the ballroom itself. Wood floors, enough windows with access to the sea below them--yeah, she can work with that.

She hesitates for a moment, because this rapidly went from "angry at Heisenberg and wanting to beat the tar out of him from sheer frustration" to "an actual fair duel with a prize she wants and a feeling like she has something to prove."

She shakes his hand. ]


Yes. Anything either of us can make use of in this room.
replacementshield: (> Get thee to a nunnery)

potions room;

[personal profile] replacementshield 2022-04-25 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
[ Well, Felix is going to be peering his head into the room, and spotting her looking at things. ]

Why are you even in here? Looking for something?

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