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Title: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 03, 2013, 03:20:23 PM
Your head is in pain.  You're body's not too hot either, but your head is what's really the issue here.  You can barely see straight.  And who turned off the lights?  Oh, you did.  Maybe you should open your eyes.

Well, that didn't help.  Any of your problems, really.  It's just as pitch black out, your head's pounding just as hard, and your entire being hasn't stopped being sore.  So what's going exactly?  Wouldn't it be great if you knew?  Wouldn't it be even better if you knew how you even got here?  Alas, your memories appear to be in as many shambles as the rest of you.

With a groan you slowly stand up and survey what of your surroundings you can.  You can see yourself, and that's about it.  You can't really tell where the light's coming from though.  There doesn't appear to be a sun or moon here.  Or even stars.  Honestly, you aren't even sure if where you are makes sense.  It feels like you're walking on some sort of ground, but it looks like you're floating in some sort of black void.

A groan emerges from behind you.  You spin around, a mistake in your current condition, and see someone else struggling to their feet.  Maybe they know what's going on?



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Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: DonQuixote on December 03, 2013, 04:18:53 PM
"Hello?" I call out tentatively. "Do you know where we are?"
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 03, 2013, 06:25:42 PM
"What?  God, who are you?  I can't remember anything."  Louise takes a few steps around, trying to orient herself.  She might be able to walk off this pain, but it feels like she was hit by a truck.  "Jeez, it feels like I was hit by a truck." 

She reaches her arms out to try and see if she can find any sort of wall or boundary.
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 03, 2013, 06:27:51 PM
You do not feel any sort of wall or boundry.
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: DonQuixote on December 04, 2013, 04:27:42 PM
I crack various stiff joints. "My name's Becca, and I can't remember anything, either."

I try covering my eyes, letting them adjust to the darkness, and then taking my hand away, hoping to get a better sense of our surroundings.
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 04, 2013, 06:33:46 PM
You have a very good sense of your surrounding.  Your surroundings are utterly empty.
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 04, 2013, 07:59:19 PM
"Louise" the girl replies with a french flair.  That is, however, her only flourish as she looks around.  "Well, We cannot just stand here.  Come on.  We should look for something."
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: DonQuixote on December 07, 2013, 02:44:21 AM
"Loise, nice to meet you. Hrm..."

I look around critically. "Nothing. Absolutely nothing."

I shrug. "Oh, well. Let's just go, then."

I pick a direction at random and walk in it.
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 07, 2013, 02:58:10 AM
After about 10 minutes of walking in what you certainly hope is a single direction, you find yourself in an area that is completely and utterly the same as everywhere else you've been.  A pitch black, utterly featureless... wait, what's that?  Its so faint your eyes might be playing tricks on you, but there appears to be a light off in the distance.
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: DonQuixote on December 07, 2013, 03:21:33 AM
"Hey, Loise!" I call over my shoulder. "Either I'm crazy, or I think I see something!"

Crazy...shit!

I check to see if I'm wearing my backpack. I'm not.

"Fuck."
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 07, 2013, 11:11:03 PM
Louise increases her pace.  "Let's go see what it is."
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: DonQuixote on December 08, 2013, 12:05:50 AM
"Right," I say distractedly. "Yeah."
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 08, 2013, 12:19:23 AM
"Something wrong?"
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: DonQuixote on December 08, 2013, 12:22:24 AM
I hesitate. "Just...missing something. Hopefully, it won't be important, but I feel vulnerable without it."
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 08, 2013, 12:30:23 AM
You get closer to the light and gradually begin to make out its form.  It looks like a small pillar of filigree darkness, almost like a cage, holding within it a faint light.  As you get closer, you notice... something at the base of the pillar.  It's... a figure?  Please make sight tests.



As this is the first test of the game, please be sure to draw two cards first to form your hand.  You may also want to calculate your Fate Points, which at this point should be 4.
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 08, 2013, 01:02:51 AM
Louise leers into the darkness with the magnitude of 17 spades (http://cardchan.herokuapp.com/decks/1/events/3)
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: DonQuixote on December 11, 2013, 12:32:23 AM
Becca peers into the shadows.

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Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 11, 2013, 12:53:34 AM
You can barely make out the figure of a green haired girl resting against the pillar.  She doesn't appear to have noticed you.

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Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: DonQuixote on December 11, 2013, 01:05:13 AM
"Hello?" I call out, walking closer. "Do you know where we are?"
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 11, 2013, 01:12:32 AM
As you step into the pillar's light, you feel warmed and somehow slightly comforted.  As you call out, the girl's head jerks up.

???: Hello?  Are you actual people?  You have faces so...
???: Hello!  Sorry, I don't know where we are!  I don't know who I am...
???: Um, this light's nice though, isn't it?  It's warm, so feel free to sit by it with me!
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: DonQuixote on December 11, 2013, 01:15:01 AM
"What do you mean, actual people? Faces? What?"
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 11, 2013, 01:16:34 AM
???: Huh, um, well... there are other people out here but, um...
???: They're mean and they don't have faces...
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: DonQuixote on December 11, 2013, 01:18:15 AM
I double-check that Loise has a face.
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 11, 2013, 01:18:54 AM
She certainly appears to.
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 11, 2013, 01:25:49 AM
"Of course we are real people!  who else would be be?"  Louise looks to the other to make sure that she is in agreement. 

"Don't have faces?  What kind of creature is that?"

"But before all that, who are you?"
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 11, 2013, 01:25:59 AM
"I am Louise"
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 11, 2013, 01:26:35 AM
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Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 11, 2013, 01:28:45 AM
???: Well, um, I don't really know what the faceless people are...
???: They don't like the light, though!  So you'll be safe here!
???: Um, as for me...  I don't know that either...
???: I don't even have a name...
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: DonQuixote on December 11, 2013, 01:29:12 AM
I smile at her. "Would you like one?"
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 11, 2013, 01:31:33 AM
Louise turns to Becca.  "Are you thinking of giving her a name?"  She raises a vaguely french eyebrow at her.  "We barely even know who we are, unless you're holding out on me."
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 11, 2013, 01:33:02 AM
???: What!  Um... if you want to... that would be fine... but... um...
???: You don't have to or anything...  And, and what, um, Loise said was right.
???: We don't know each other so... you don't have to bother...
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: DonQuixote on December 11, 2013, 01:34:36 AM
I give Loise a confused look. "I still remember who I am, just not how I got here."

Turning back to the unnamed girl, I smile. "No, I'd be happy to give you a name! Do you like short names or long names?"
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 11, 2013, 01:35:56 AM
???: Um, I don't really know...  A short name, I guess?  I'm not that tall...
???: And... a short name feels better?  Maybe I used to have a short name?
???: I don't really know...
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: DonQuixote on December 11, 2013, 01:37:28 AM
"A short name, huh? How about...Sara?"
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 11, 2013, 01:37:51 AM
Louise watches as the naming goes on, still upset from the fact that she didn't get a chance to offer first.  It would have just seemed silly if I offered after she did.  Oh well, it's not like I was excited about it or anything.
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 11, 2013, 01:39:58 AM
Sara: Oh, that sounds really good!  Thank you!
Sara: Um, since you gave me a name, is there anything I can do?
Sara: I want to be helpful!  I think I do, at least...



Your connection with ??? has evolved into a connection with Sara.
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 11, 2013, 01:41:37 AM
"Can you tell us anything about where we are?"
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: DonQuixote on December 11, 2013, 01:42:10 AM
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Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 11, 2013, 01:49:38 AM
Sara: I, um...  I can't really...  All I know is that's its really dark...
Sara: I walked around a lot, but the only thing I've found is this light...
Sara: Um, I think there's supposed to be more, but it isn't here yet?
Sara: I don't really know...
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: DonQuixote on December 11, 2013, 01:51:14 AM
"Sara--I'm Becca, by the way--you mentioned people without faces. And that they don't like the light, so we'd be safe here. Are we not safe outside the light?"
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 11, 2013, 01:52:29 AM
Sara: Um, not as safe, I don't think.  The faceless people don't like the light, but that's all I know.
Sara: It feels really nice, though, doesn't it?  The light?
Sara: It feels like this is a safe place.  Um, that might just be me, though...
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 11, 2013, 01:52:43 AM
Louise moves to examine the filigree darkness more closely.  What is this...  does it feel nice?
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 11, 2013, 01:56:03 AM
The pillar itself doesn't feel particularly special.  In fact, it doesn't really feel like anything.  Other than the fact that it's something solid and in the way, it might as well be air.

The light itself does feel quite nice.  Warm and strangely comforting.  If you reach your fingers through the filigree, you can just barely touch the light itself.  It feels almost fluid, but when you pull your hand back, there's no lingering moisture.  You can't reach in far enough to feel anymore.
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: DonQuixote on December 11, 2013, 01:56:17 AM
I pat Sara on the head. "No, I feel it, too."
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 11, 2013, 02:04:10 AM
Sara melts a bit under your hand.   That... was just a figure of speech, though, right?  Right.
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: DonQuixote on December 11, 2013, 02:12:15 AM
I ruffle her hair gently. "So, do you remember anything about yourself? Anything at all?"
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 11, 2013, 02:14:42 AM
Sara: Nnn... um, no...  I just woke up here.  I don't really know anything...
Sara: I guess I can speak and walk and... you know, do things...
Sara: So I guess I learned them somewhere?  But... I can't remember it at all...
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 11, 2013, 02:15:42 AM
Louise pulls back her fingers.  She looks at them contemplating.  All they are in is just a void of nothingness.  Nobody knows where they are.

What is this place?  Why are we here?  What are these faceless creatures? 

Okay Louise, My girl, think.

I woke up here sore and with a throbbing head.  That is true.

I met this Becca character, and shortly after this young girl. 

We are at this pillar of light.  This light feels good...  It must be a bad thing.  perhaps trying to keep us complacent here?  I don't know.

It's me and two other girls here with a bunch of faceless zombies.  Either we're dead or we've walked into some terrible dellusion.  Either way, we need to find a way out, hopefully for all of us.  Maybe I can see further if I...


Louise attempts to climb the pillar.
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 11, 2013, 02:18:46 AM
Please make a STR + DEX test against a difficulty of -2.
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 11, 2013, 02:22:31 AM
While climbing, it feels like her hands are actually 21 clubs (http://cardchan.herokuapp.com/decks/1/events/6), though she's not sure how one would feel like that.
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 11, 2013, 02:25:25 AM
Sara: Ah, be careful!

Despite Sara's worry, you make it to the top easily.  You even manage to avoid any scratches from the filigree.  You cannot, however, see anything new.  The endless darkness that stretches out in every direction is just as endless and stretches out just as far.  This appears to be true for the "up" direction as well.
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: DonQuixote on December 11, 2013, 02:26:52 AM
"Anything up there?" I call up to Loise. I keep my eyes on her. If she falls or has any difficulty, I'll be up that thing lickety-split.
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 11, 2013, 02:27:21 AM
"I'm okay, don't worry." 

Being up there makes her feel accomplished, she decides to maintain her heightened position while she says "There's seriously nothing but darkness out here.  How are we supposed to get out of here?"
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 11, 2013, 02:35:57 AM
Sara: Um.. get out...  It feels like I'm forgetting something important...
Sara: What was it...  Fragments?  Something like... oh!
Sara: Um, Loise, can you come down here?  I think I, well, it's not quite remembering, but...
Sara: I think there is something I can do!
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 11, 2013, 02:39:08 AM
Louise considers jumping for speed, but the height makes her reconsider.  She needs to be at full health if there is something about to happen.

She plants her feet on the ground after her descent and leans her back against the pillar.  Even if it is probably evil, it still feels nice.

"What did you recall?"
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 11, 2013, 02:41:15 AM
Sara: Its, um, kind of weird...  So, um... there are these... things?
Sara: Um, called Fragments...  They're, like, I don't really know...
Sara: But people have them, and they're important...  And you can...
Sara: Use them, I think?  To do things.  I don't really get it.
Sara: Or know why I just remembered it all of a sudden... sorry...
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 11, 2013, 02:53:01 AM
"A... Fragment?  How does someone know if they have a fragment?"
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 11, 2013, 02:54:12 AM
Sara: Huh?  Um, I think... you just do?  Um, I can check, if you want...
Sara: I mean, to do the... um, thing... I'd have to check anyways...
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: DonQuixote on December 11, 2013, 02:57:04 AM
"The thing?"
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 11, 2013, 03:04:10 AM
Sara: Um, yeah, the, uh, thing.  It's, um, I can't really explain it.
Sara: I, um, don't really understand it either...  But, um, its something I can do...
Sara: I'll, sort of, um, I think, pull it out?  Your Fragment, that is?  From you?
Sara: It shouldn't hurt or anything... but... I don't really know...
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 11, 2013, 10:07:46 AM
Louise looks to Becca.  "Well, should we get ourselves checked?  Unless you want to further explore this void?"
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: DonQuixote on December 11, 2013, 03:01:09 PM
Well, anything we can do to expedite the process. I'm technically on a clock.

"Why don't you pull out our Fragments, then, Sara?"
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 11, 2013, 03:19:51 PM
Sara: Um, all right...  Here I go...

Sara puts her hands on your chests and then reaches in.  It feels... very strange.

Sara: Huh?  Um, where is it...

Not quite as strange, however, as the feeling of someone rooting around inside you.

Sara: Umm, wait, let me try one at a time...

Sara pulls her hand out of Becca and pushes it into Loise.  It feel strange for both of you.

Sara: Oh!  Here's one!

With a sucking sound she pulls forth from Loise a hearty, handmade bow.

Sara: Okay...

Leaving the bow in Loise's hands, Sara sticks both of hers into Becca again.

Sara: Um, huh?  That's, is that it?  Weird...

With a similar sucking sound she pulls forth a mote of light.  It somewhat resembles the light in the pillar.

Sara: Huh?  Is this a Fragment?  It doesn't look quite right...

As Sara says that, the mote floats out of her hand and drifts over to the pillar.

Sara: Ah, wait!  Come back!

The mote vanishes into the pillar.  The light doesn't noticeably change.

Sara: Um... well... I don't think that was a Fragment anyways, so...
Sara: I think things are fine?  Um, anyways, we have this Fragment here, so!
Sara: Um... yeah.
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: DonQuixote on December 11, 2013, 03:26:29 PM
I look at the pillar dubiously. "Was that...part of me?"
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 11, 2013, 03:28:39 PM
Sara: Huh, um...  I don't know...
Sara: I'm not sure what that was...  It felt like a Fragment, but...
Sara: I'm not sure...
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 11, 2013, 03:38:36 PM
"Wh- wait I didn't-. Ahh!". Louise wrenches her eyes shut, but it only serves to magnify her focus on the squirming hands inside of her. Her back arches forward, trying to prevent whatever she is pulling from coming out. She's sure she just lost a rib, or her spine, but when she opens her eyes, it's her cherished bow.

"Wh- how... How did you get my bow?".

After watching the other girl's... soul maybe? flow into the light, Louise steps back. 

"What ARE you?" she questions.

That light is definitely evil. And maybe this girl too...

[Wait, No, Come back! *memory floats to????*]
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 11, 2013, 03:40:52 PM
Sara: Huh?  Um, like I said...  I don't know...
Sara: Um, your bow, though, its.. um, your Fragment.
Sara: It must be really important to you...
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 11, 2013, 04:43:47 PM
"It is, it's my bow. I made it. It's one of a kind."
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 11, 2013, 07:12:32 PM
Sara: Oh, um, then...  You probably wouldn't want me to...
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 11, 2013, 07:23:30 PM
"Want you to... what?"  Louise holds her bow closely.
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 11, 2013, 07:24:49 PM
Sara: Um... use it...
Sara: I... might be able to copy it?  I think..?
Sara: Um, take the Fragment part out of it...
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 11, 2013, 07:29:11 PM
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"By 'use', do you mean 'use up'?  As in, this bow will no longer exist if it is used as a fragment?"
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 11, 2013, 07:32:14 PM
Sara: Um, no, not exactly...  I don't think...
Sara: But, um, if I used it for a Gate, um, I don't think it would be a bow anymore.
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 11, 2013, 07:37:32 PM
Louise stays quiet, as if she hadn't heard.
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: DonQuixote on December 11, 2013, 11:34:25 PM
I look at Loise nervously. I'm kind of on a clock, here.

It suddenly occurs to me to check if my watch is working.
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 11, 2013, 11:38:35 PM
Not only is your watch ticking normally, but it appears to be 3:27 AM on 4/3/2015.  It would be nice if you knew what time/date it was before all this happened.
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: DonQuixote on December 11, 2013, 11:42:33 PM
I blink. No medication, no clue how long it's been since my last dose.

Oh...dear.

"Well, Sara, if we don't use it for a Gate immediately, can we still use it later? We can always keep the option open without deciding on it right now, right?" I pause. "And you're sure I don't have one?"
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 11, 2013, 11:45:15 PM
Sara: Um, I don't know...  I looked, but that, um, light was the only thing I found...
Sara: And it, um, went into the pillar, so...
Sara: There might be other Fragments in the dark, but...  I don't know where...
Sara: Um, but yeah, I don't have to make a Gate now or anything...  I'm not really even sure what a Gate is...
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: DonQuixote on December 11, 2013, 11:46:56 PM
I look to Loise. "Loise?"
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 11, 2013, 11:47:47 PM
Thoughts of he memories with the bow rush to mind.  Carving it and working with it.  Learning its pull and listening to the song of its string. 

So many memories.  Fixing this bow so many times.  practicing relentlessly.  this bow is a part of me.

Her grip on the bow tightens and her knuckles go white.  The wood feels like a part of her.  Like it belongs with her.  She pulls the string back, with more than a little frustration in her heart, and turns out into the darkness.  She pulls the string harder than she means and fires the bow.

Wherever we are, we have to get out of here.  That's most important.  I'm sorry... friend.  She tosses the bow to the strange girl.

"Do whatever you need to to that piece of junk.  Don't bother copying it or anything, it's not like I can't just make something better." 
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 11, 2013, 11:55:24 PM
Sara quickly reaches out to catch the bow.  To bad she, wait, she caught it?  Huh it looked like she missed.  Oh well.

Sara: Um, are you sure?  You don't sound super happy...
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 11, 2013, 11:56:58 PM
"Of Course I'm not happy, but it has to be done, right?  This Gate thing is quite important, no?  Figuring out what is going on is much more important than my bow.  At least for now."
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: DonQuixote on December 11, 2013, 11:57:41 PM
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Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 11, 2013, 11:59:32 PM
Sara: Okay...  Um, here I go then...

Sara holds up the bow and closes her eyes.  The tips of the bow start glowing, then the bow itself.  Quickly the entire bow is engulfed in light, then the light is all the remains, the bow seeming consumed.  The resulting mote of light feels rather different from what was pulled out of Becca, but you can't really say why.  It drifts off into the darkness a bit, then settles into the dark ground.

Please make self tests.
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 12, 2013, 12:12:18 AM
Still introspecting and unbalanced, Louise loses track of herself (http://cardchan.herokuapp.com/decks/1/events/7), but she refuses to let her spirit die, Her sense of pride wells up.  Even though she lost her bow and precious friend, she has to be strong.  Her will is made real with the force of 21 clubs (http://cardchan.herokuapp.com/decks/1/events/8)
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: DonQuixote on December 12, 2013, 12:32:53 AM
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Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 12, 2013, 12:37:54 AM
From where the mote lands springs up what can only be called a Gate.  That being said, it doesn't exactly match what either of you think of when you think of a gate.  It more closely resembles an archway for one, and for two it appears to be made out of a single tree, growing up to form one side of the arch, folding over, and growing back to down to form the other side.  Flower petals from the tree's "top" appear to be floating in the space below the arch, completing the "gate."

Sara: Huh?  What's... that?  Is that a Gate?  It doesn't look like what I expected...
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 12, 2013, 12:47:33 AM
"Did you expect something specific?"
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 12, 2013, 12:48:30 AM
Sara: Huh?  Um... from your Fragment, I thought it would be more like a school gate...
Sara: You know, with brick and iron...  Though...  Why do I know that?
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 12, 2013, 01:17:38 AM
"It might have been something you figured out while...  rooting around in me."  Louise shakes her head and dispels the thoughts.
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 12, 2013, 01:18:08 AM
Sara: Oh...
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 12, 2013, 01:26:45 AM
"Regardless...  Now there is a gate there...  Perhaps we should go in?"  Louise does little to hide her nervousness.  She has no weapon and has no idea what kind of gate this is.  there was obviously no spatial relationship between the gate and where it led, but she's not ready to let go of reality yet.  Why is nobody else bothered by this?  That girl just reached into us and pulled something out.  I have no idea what That Becca girl got pulled out of her, maybe some memories or maybe it was her soul.  if it was her soul, mine certainly is bowlike, and equally gone.

What if neither of them are human?  Neither of them are batting an eye at anything that is happening.

God Help Me.


"but if you'd prefer, we could try looking around this area."
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: DonQuixote on December 12, 2013, 01:28:29 AM
"Looking around? It's darkness everywhere except for here." I take Sara's hand, then reach out to Loise.

"Well, ladies? Shall we?"

God, I hope I had the chance to take some meds shortly before all this happened. We can only hope.
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 12, 2013, 01:31:28 AM
"Is she coming with us?"  Louise sounds perhaps too monotonous as she says that.
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 12, 2013, 01:33:38 AM
Sara: Ah, sorry!  I, um, can't go...

Sara squirms out of Becca's hand.

Sara: I want to, but...  I can't...  I'm really sorry...
Sara: I'll wait here for you to come back, okay?  I'll make sure the Gate stays safe...
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: DonQuixote on December 12, 2013, 01:41:07 AM
I pat Sara on the head again and look into her eyes. "You're sure?" A pause. "Well, more than the Gate, make sure that you stay safe."
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 12, 2013, 01:42:10 AM
Louise examines the gateway.
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 12, 2013, 01:48:18 AM
Sara: Mmm, you don't have to worry about me!
Sara: I'm not strong, but I'm kind of like a cockroach!
Sara: I'll definitely be fine!  But, um...  Be careful, okay?  I don't know what's on the other side...

Louise, the gateway appears as it has been described.  A single, thin tree growing up and over to form an arch.  The tree's roots are spread out a bit, and the tree's branches are covered in white flowers.  Many of these flowers are drifting in the gap below the arch like a curtain.  The tree gives off a faint but pleasant smell.  The leaves on the tree appear to be facing the light of the pillar.
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: DonQuixote on December 12, 2013, 01:49:56 AM
"Well, then." I reach my hand out towards Louise's and cock an eyebrow at her. "Shall we?"
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 12, 2013, 02:00:05 AM
Louise plucks a flower from the tree.  "Let us go."  She considers the hand, for a moment. a long moment.  She finally takes the fingers of Becca's hand and moves towards the gate.
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 12, 2013, 02:08:43 AM
Sara waves as you both walk through the Gate.  As you step through, the floating flower's fragrance fills your noses to the point that your vision blurs, and when it clears your standing on the other side in a place not even remotely like the darkness you just left.

==> (http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=12070.0)
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 16, 2013, 01:24:45 AM
 - are back in the void.  Everything seems more or less as you left it, except for -

Sara: Oh, hey, you're back!  Are you okay?
???: Oh, hello.

Leaning against the pillar is a tall, somewhat untrustworthy looking man.

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Sara: Oh, right!  We have a guest!
???: It's a pleasure to meet you.  My name's Kusuri.

Somehow even his voice is slightly untrustworthy.  Like he has a slightly tarnished silver tongue.
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: DonQuixote on December 16, 2013, 01:31:52 AM
"Sara, I thought you said the only people here didn't have faces?"
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 16, 2013, 01:33:17 AM
Sara: Huh?  But you have faces, right?
Sara: Though, other than you two and Kusuri...  I haven't seen anyone with faces...

You have successfully stricken down Sara's good mood.
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: DonQuixote on December 16, 2013, 01:34:09 AM
I laugh and ruffle her hair. "No, Sara, don't worry. I was just caught off guard a little bit."
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 16, 2013, 01:37:27 AM
Sara: Um... sorry...  I didn't mean to...

Kusuri: Now, now, it's all under the water right?
Kusuri: As I said earlier, my name's Kusuri.
Kusuri: And you two would be?
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: DonQuixote on December 16, 2013, 01:40:16 AM
"I'm Becca. And don't you mean 'water under the bridge'?"
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 16, 2013, 01:42:09 AM
Kusuri: Hmm?  Oh, yes, I suppose I do.

He sort of chuckles at that last bit.  It's the most insincere chuckle you've every heard.
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: DonQuixote on December 16, 2013, 01:45:25 AM
Something about this man is making my blood boil.
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 16, 2013, 01:52:38 AM
under the water?  even a foreigner would not mess up an idiom that bad!  And that Chuckle, this man is so untrustworthy.  How can anyone be this untrustworthy?  Under normal circumstances I might suspect that this was all a ruse, and that he was secretly trying to lead us astray with his untrustworthiness in some benign fashion, but even I cannot be that blind.

"So, what brings you here?  It surely is not the tropical sunshine or the shining coast."
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 16, 2013, 01:55:20 AM
Kusuri: Ahaha, I'm afraid not.  To be honest, I'm not sure what I'm doing here.  I just woke up in this darkness and found my way to this light.
Kusuri: And to this lovely young woman, of course.

He says that last bit with a smile and a look at Sara.
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 16, 2013, 02:01:33 AM
A little leery of the newcomer, Louise speaks to Sara, and only to her.  "We found these things in the gate.  we don't know what they are, but they seemed...  different."
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 16, 2013, 02:08:26 AM
Sara: Huh?  Oh, those are Fragments!  I thought you would find some in the Gate, but...
Sara: Well, I'm glad you did...

Becca, please make a sight test.
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: DonQuixote on December 16, 2013, 02:10:38 AM
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Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 16, 2013, 02:11:24 AM
Sara appears to be glancing at the pillow in your hands.
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: DonQuixote on December 16, 2013, 02:11:56 AM
I offer Sara the pillow. "Would you like it? It's pretty soft."
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 16, 2013, 02:13:25 AM
Sara: Ah, no...  I mean, I don't want it, but...  Um...
Sara: I think I could do something useful with it...
Sara: But, um, you wouldn't be able to...  Use it...
Sara: And I don't want to take something important from you again...
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: DonQuixote on December 16, 2013, 02:14:59 AM
I press the pillow towards her. "No, go on. It's not important to me, and anything you can do would be very helpful!"
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 16, 2013, 02:16:24 AM
Sara: Um, okay...  Louise, are you all right with it?
Sara: I don't want to be a bother...
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 16, 2013, 02:20:42 AM
"It is not a problem. You are helping us escape."
Title: Re: Black Void
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 16, 2013, 02:31:05 AM
Sara: Okay, um...

Sara takes the pillow from Becca and walks with it towards the pillar.  After she gets close, she holds it up and closes her eyes.  Much like with the bow, the pillow starts to glow, then collapses into a mote of light.  It floats out of Sara's hands and disappears into the pillar.  For a moment, nothing happens.

Then there's a loud squelching sound from behind you.  You all turn around in time to see something that looks sort of like a tent rise from the void.  Not exactly a camping tent, though.  It's a bit too open for that.  Its basically a long horizontal pole supported by two shorter vertical poles with fabric draped over it.  Where the poles and the fabric touch the void there are tendrils of filigree darkness, seeming holding everything in place.  Inside the tent appears to be several blankets and long, round pillows.  It's all actually rather nice; kind of Persian looking.

Kusuri: Well, now that looks comfortable.  Like something I saw once on the road...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on December 16, 2013, 02:35:31 AM
I look at Kusari, narrowing my eyes. "So, what are you, anyway?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 16, 2013, 02:36:30 AM
Kusuri: What?  Well now that's an odd question, isn't it?  I'm as human as you, assuming you're human.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on December 16, 2013, 02:37:55 AM
I close my eyes and shake my head slightly. "It's just been...a long....whatever. I'm getting a bit antsy."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 16, 2013, 02:41:26 AM
Kusuri: Not a problem, not a problem.  I could go for a drink myself, but alas...
Kusuri: You wouldn't have happened to come across an alcohol Fragment, would you?
Kusuri: A bar could make even a place like this heaven.

He sighs.  Its the most sincere thing he's done so far.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on December 16, 2013, 02:45:10 AM
I raise an eyebrow. "You're a drinker, then?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 16, 2013, 02:46:39 AM
Kusuri: Haha... only a bit.  A glass of wine a meal, that sort of thing.  Nothing heavy, nothing heavy.
Kusuri: You disapprove?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on December 16, 2013, 02:48:04 AM
"Alcohol has not had a positive presence in my life. My father used to abuse it, and I...well, I shouldn't even touch it."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 16, 2013, 02:52:17 AM
Kusuri: Ahh, I understand.  Well, its tragic for me, but I doubt we're in any danger from alcohol here.

He chuckles again.

Kusuri: Its almost enough to make me wish my Fragment was a beer can...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 16, 2013, 12:07:10 PM
"There's nothing wrong with a glass of wine to go with your meal, though I sympathize with you, Becca, alcohol abuse is problematic, to say the least."

"What was your fragment, if not a beer can."  She says the last words jokingly.  She also goes to examine the bedded area.  She realizes that the tension she's been feeling this entire time has made her at least a little tired.  All this tension I've been feeling this entire time has made me a little tired.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 16, 2013, 04:24:29 PM
Kusuri: Hmm?  Oh, It's a pill bottle.  It would've been very useful for my job, but alas, I don't think the market's going to pick up again.
Kusuri: Oh, and I don't think I got your name?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 16, 2013, 11:10:12 PM
"You were a physician?  That's interesting.  I was studying in College myself, In Ithaca.  I was not quite sure of what I would be studying yet.  Though I had given thought to perhaps learning medicine.  Do you not think we are going to get out of here?  Is that what you meant by the market not picking up?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 16, 2013, 11:16:51 PM
Kusuri: Ahaha... well, I'm not sure if I'd call myself a physician...  Not to my own face, at least.  Medicine is certainly an interesting field though.  And we would all appreciate more attractive doctors like yourself.

He smiles a bit with that last line, but his heart doesn't seem fully in it.

Kusuri: As for the market well, who knows?  If I knew what was going on, maybe I could make an actual statement, but...
Kusuri: I'm pretty much out of my volume of expertise.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 16, 2013, 11:22:51 PM
"I'm Louise, By the way, It's nice to meet you.  Hopefully we can get out of this together."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 16, 2013, 11:28:52 PM
Kusuri: Indeed!  And it's good to meet you as well, if I didn't say that already!
Kusuri: It's nice to know your name, too.  A sign as lovely as the signified.

Kusuri seems a bit more cheerful.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on December 17, 2013, 12:02:44 AM
"Wait, if you weren't a physician, why a pill bottle?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 17, 2013, 12:03:29 AM
Kusuri: Haha, well, there are people other than physicians who sell medicines, yes?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on December 17, 2013, 12:16:31 AM
"You, ah, sell medicine? Or, rather, sold?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 17, 2013, 12:16:49 AM
Louise feels her role in the conversation is complete for now.  She goes to examine the pillow lean-to
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 17, 2013, 12:22:33 AM
Kusuri: Indeed, among other things.  I used to sell a number of things with questionable Asiatic origin to people with plenty of money, but equivalently little sense.
Kusuri: Ah, don't tell any of them I said that, though.  It wouldn't be any good to escape here and lose all my business~

Louise, you walk over to the tenty thing.  It seems fairly well made and comfortable.  It looks like you can pull the entrances closed for some privacy.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 17, 2013, 12:24:08 AM
Louise "tests" one of the sleeping pillowed areas.  Just to make sure nothing bad happens to anyone in the future.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on December 17, 2013, 12:25:20 AM
I hesitate. "What...sorts of medicine do you have with you now?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 17, 2013, 12:29:25 AM
Kusuri: Ah, well, I don't have any of my medicines on me right now, exactly.
Kusuri: I do have this ingenious Fragment, though.

Kusuri pulls a small white disk with a Chinese character icon on it out of his sleeve.  It expands into a small pill-bottle like bottle with questionably Chinese designs and writing on it.

Kusuri: If there's something you need, it probably has it in it.  It'll be bitter, though.  For some reason its all really bitter.

He shrugs.

Kusuri: Why?  Do you need an aspirin?

Louise, you find the "bed" quite comfortable.  You certainly don't notice anything dangerous about it.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on December 17, 2013, 12:30:30 AM
"...does it have SSRIs?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 17, 2013, 12:31:18 AM
Louise wonders if she shouldn't just...  wait a little bit longer, just to make sure there aren't any delayed traps.  Maybe with her eyes closed, to enhance her sense of hearing.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 17, 2013, 12:33:44 AM
Kusuri: Hmm...  That's a pretty fancy medication.  I tend to carry the things that don't actually have an effect.
Kusuri: Let's see what we have, though.

He shakes out the bottle onto his palm.  A largish, round pill falls out.  It doesn't look like what you're used to.  It also, somehow, looks bitter.

Kusuri: Try this?

Louise, you wait just a bit longer...  Just... a bit... longer...

Becca, you can hear the faint sound of snoring emerge from the tent.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on December 17, 2013, 12:39:03 AM
I take the pill cautiously.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 17, 2013, 12:45:08 AM
It is incredibly bitter.  Also fairly large and unpleasant.  You manage to choke it down, though.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on December 17, 2013, 12:48:00 AM
Hacking a little bit, I head over to check on Louise.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 17, 2013, 12:50:25 AM
She's sound asleep.  Actually, you wouldn't really mind joining her...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on December 17, 2013, 12:51:06 AM
I contemplate waking her.

Then, I contemplate joining her.

Contemplation complete, I join her.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 17, 2013, 12:51:25 AM
Louise sleeps, in response to the checking.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 17, 2013, 12:56:35 AM
You join her in peaceful slumber.  One of the last things you remember before falling asleep is Kusuri walking up and closing the tent, leaving you two in privacy.

Louise, you wake up suddenly to a sharp pain in your side.  Becca appears to have turned over and kicked you rather accurately in the ribs.  Other than the slight suffering, you feel well rested.  You also feel fairly hungry.



The second scene begins.  You may discard any number of cards from your hand, then draw until you have as many cards as you have connections.  You may set your Action Points to the sum of your connection strengths and set your Fate Points to the sum of the strengths of connections with you.

At this time, Sara has a strength 2 connection with each of you.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on December 17, 2013, 12:59:35 AM
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Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 17, 2013, 01:07:04 AM
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After some trouble with some knots in her fate, Louise draws fortuitously (http://cardchan.herokuapp.com/decks/1/events/16)
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on December 18, 2013, 02:48:03 PM
With a sudden yawn, I stretch and stir. "How long were we out?" I mutter blearily without opening my eyes.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 18, 2013, 02:52:05 PM
Louise stretches, now that she's sure that Becca is awake.  "I do not know"  She sits up and fixes her hair as best she can.  She wishes she had a comb.  She's not sure what happened, she can't really remember the last thoughts that she had before sleep, but she straightens herself up.  How embarrassing to just pass out like this.

She makes sure to check her mouth and eyes before even thinking about opening the tent door, but after that will step out.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on December 18, 2013, 02:55:30 PM
I crawl out of the tent after Louise.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 18, 2013, 02:57:36 PM
I look around, not fully expecting the landscape to have changed, but still...  who knows.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 18, 2013, 02:58:32 PM
Louise, you look about as good as a person thrust bodily into a black void could reasonably be expected to be.

You both make your way out of the tent.  Everything looks almost as you left it.  However, both Sara and Kusuri appear to be holding what looks suspiciously like bags of chips.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on December 18, 2013, 02:59:42 PM
A gleam in my eye, I crawl on over. "Are those...chips?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 18, 2013, 03:00:00 PM
"Good Morning." Louise says with a smile.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 18, 2013, 03:02:23 PM
Sara: Good morning!  Um, are these chips?
Kusuri: Haha, indeed they are.  Do you want some?  I got extra bags for you two.

He holds up two more bags.

Kusuri: I was getting kind of hungry, so I snuck into that Gate over there.  Pretty scary, but I found a vending machine on the first floor.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on December 18, 2013, 03:03:43 PM
I blink. "In the...abandoned school? And it was operational?"

And you weren't killed? I think.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 18, 2013, 03:05:13 PM
Kusuri: Yeah.  I honestly wasn't expecting it to work either.
Kusuri: But it was only at the bottom of the staircase, so I wasn't in there too long.
Kusuri: And I just skipped right past that room with the weird singing.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 18, 2013, 03:05:45 PM
"Thank you.  It is a very frightening place.  Thankfully you didn't run into any red-eyes."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 18, 2013, 03:07:50 PM
"but yes, thank you."  Louise will receive a bag of chips from Kusuri.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 18, 2013, 03:08:42 PM
Kusuri: It certainly was creepy.  I think I'll leave those sorts of places up to you two from now on.
Kusuri: Well, unless I really need to.  Or you find a Gate of attractive women or something.

Kusuri laughs to himself.

You take the chips.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 18, 2013, 03:14:13 PM
"Is three not enough for you?" Louise raises a french eyebrow at him, but smirks jokingly.  Louise opens the bag and says  "We should head back in there, if the pillow had a frament inside, maybe we can find more items with more fragments."  Louise eats a chip.  "Oh, is there anything special about this umbrella, Sara?  We also found it in there.  I don't know why I didn't ask before, I must have been too tired.  Even if there is no fragment, perhaps it can be used inside the gate...  I know the pillow did something to us while we were there..."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 18, 2013, 03:18:30 PM
Kusuri: Three's good, but you can always ask for more~

Sara: Oh, that's also a Fragment!  I don't know what it does, though...  Sorry...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 18, 2013, 05:55:36 PM
Louise lifts it up and examines it.  She opens the umbrella to check the interior.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 18, 2013, 05:57:17 PM
The umbrella appears to be a normal, collapsible umbrella.  Its not one of those Asiatic umbrellas with the eye seal that makes you invisible.  Useful as that would be.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 18, 2013, 06:00:33 PM
Louise notes the color mentally
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"Well, we will perhaps find use of this if it begins to rain."  She closes the umbrella and proceeds to eat.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 18, 2013, 06:02:35 PM
In proper collapsible umbrella fashion, it's black.  What, did you think it would be red because you found it in the Red Gate?  Colorist.

The chips are pretty good.  Alas, is the nature of chips, you run out before actually filling yourself.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on December 18, 2013, 11:24:07 PM
I look sadly at my empty chip bag. "Did you need coins to operate the vending machine, or...?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 18, 2013, 11:26:45 PM
Kusuri: Hmm, I think so.  I just shook the thing for all I was worth.
Kusuri: Looks like I was only worth 4 bags of chips~
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on December 18, 2013, 11:42:24 PM
I sigh. "No more chips, then. At least, for now."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 18, 2013, 11:43:18 PM
Kusuri: Hmm, perhaps.  I didn't travel very far into the school, though.
Kusuri: There might be more food?  Perhaps a cafeteria or something.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on December 18, 2013, 11:45:46 PM
I consider this. "By that logic, though, there could also be food in pillow-land. And pillow-land might not contain terrifying red-eyed things."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 18, 2013, 11:46:44 PM
Kusuri: Oh, not a bad idea!
Sara: Um...  I think the pillow turned into that...

She points at the tent.

Sara: I don't think I can turn it back into a Fragment...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on December 18, 2013, 11:48:11 PM
I look at Sara with brief confusion, then understand. "Ohh. I thought that was somehow also a gate."

I look sideways at Louise. "Looks like exploring the school is our primary option, then."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 18, 2013, 11:49:01 PM
Sara: Um, you have that umbrella Fragment...
Sara: I might be able to make a Gate from that... but I don't know...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 18, 2013, 11:49:55 PM
"Well, as much as I would like to explore such a wonderful place as pillowland we should get back into that school and find out what we can do about food and about escape, shall we?"  She grabs the umbrella with both hands as if it were the handle of some pointing implement.

We will go check the school out first.  "We might as well fully explore one gate before something else gets in the way."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on December 19, 2013, 12:01:22 AM
I nod. "Seems reasonable."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 19, 2013, 12:20:58 AM
Having made your decision, you walk back into the Gate.

Sara: Good luck!
Kusuri: Bring back something nice~

==> (http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=12070.msg207800#msg207800)
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 24, 2013, 10:41:59 PM
And once again you're back in the void.  This time, however, you're all alone.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 25, 2013, 11:28:04 AM
Louise curls into a ball and begins to cry.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 26, 2013, 12:32:26 AM
Kusuri: Ah, you're - What happened?  Why are you crying?

Kusuri runs up to you.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 26, 2013, 12:38:09 AM
Louise looks up through her hands, clawing at her already puffy and red eyes, and says "I got Becca killed.  She's dead."  and she breaks into more sobbing.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 26, 2013, 12:40:56 AM
Kusuri: What, you?  No, its not your fault.  This place is really dangerous and...

He tries to comfort you.

Kusuri: Did... did it happen recently?  Because... something happened over here too...

He's trying his best, but he's not that good at it.  He's probably better at comforting people who don't actually have anything going wrong.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 26, 2013, 12:56:46 AM
If Kusuri extends any arms, Louise grabs on, relishing the comfort of another human's presence.

Louise Nods through the sobbing.  "It happened just now."  Louise looks around, something that she frankly wouldn't have done before now. Still far from recovery, she chokes out a hopeful "what happened here?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 26, 2013, 12:58:40 AM
Kusuri holds you closely.

Kusuri: A... another Gate appeared.  But its really different...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 26, 2013, 12:59:12 AM
"Where is it?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 26, 2013, 01:03:26 AM
Kusuri: Umm, follow me.

Kusuri leads you to the pillar, supporting you as you walk.  You aren't... sure why you couldn't see the Gate before.  But you're fairly sure you'll never be able to un-see it.

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Its... you aren't sure.  It's totally different from the golden light, though.  Its neither comforting nor worrying.  It just... is.  It is so much that you can barely think.  Sitting before it is Sara, staring vacantly ahead.  She doesn't seem to react to your presence.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 28, 2013, 02:49:21 AM
Suddenly, the Gate rattles, as if there was something on the other side.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 28, 2013, 11:07:08 PM
Louise looks to kusuri and reaches a hand out to open the door.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 28, 2013, 11:08:18 PM
Kusuri looks like he has no idea what's going on.  You're on your own for this one.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 28, 2013, 11:09:37 PM
Louise opens the door
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 28, 2013, 11:12:42 PM
The Gate opens.  Through it you can see...  Something.  Something huge and horrible and black, with far too many eyes and far too many tentacles.  Something feels familiar, but you can't quite put your finger on it.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 28, 2013, 11:21:26 PM
Louise Closes the gate.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 28, 2013, 11:22:49 PM
To be honest, you aren't really sure how you opened the Gate in the first place.  You just sort of reached towards it hoping for it to open, and it did.  For whatever reason, it doesn't seem to be doing that following your wishes thing now.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 28, 2013, 11:26:59 PM
Louise attempts a more concerted effort to close the door, such as physically pulling the doors shut.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 28, 2013, 11:29:10 PM
The Gate is quite a bit too large for you to pull on both doors at once, so you do your best with one of them.  This door does not appear to have even the slightest interest in moving.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 28, 2013, 11:32:47 PM
Louise frowns.  "It won't close..." she redundantly informs Kusuri and the blank faced Sara.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 29, 2013, 04:49:53 AM
Kusuri rushes forward to help you with the other door.  He doesn't seem to be having any more luck.  Which is a pity, because the thing seems to have finally decided to emerge.  It flows out into the void, touching the ground and completely engulfing Sara.  Then, all of a sudden, you feel warm.

The light from the pillar shines brightly, and a familiar mote of light emerges.  It reminds you of what Sara pulled out of Becca, or what the pillow became.  It floats up to and into the thing, which also beings to glow.

When the glow fades...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 29, 2013, 04:50:50 AM
Louise, Becca is standing there, looking as she always did.

Becca, Louise is standing there, looking normal again.

The strange Gate is nowhere to be seen, as if it never existed.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 29, 2013, 11:39:10 PM
"Wait...  WHAT!?"  Louise begins to cry anew.  "YOU WERE DEAD, I SAW YOU DIE!!!"  Louise looks around for the gate.  Also to make sure that the pillar is still there, and that kusuri and Sara are still there. 
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 29, 2013, 11:41:09 PM
Sara, Kusuri, and the pillar are all still there.  The Red Gate likewise remains.  The Gate of Truth, however, is nowhere to be found.  Sara also appears to have snapped out of her trance.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on December 29, 2013, 11:52:10 PM
I blink owlishly. I'm trying to figure out why everything was so...odd a second ago. I'm also failing.

"You know how they say not to go into the light?" I smile weakly. "Well, I didn't."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 29, 2013, 11:53:40 PM
Louise frowns and rushes up to Becca engulfing her in a hug.  "I'm SO SORRY!"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on December 29, 2013, 11:56:46 PM
I hug her back, though probably less fiercely. "It was...weird. There was a girl with her eyes shut who said she doesn't like seeing people die---damn it. I should have said something about keeping her eyes shut. Damn."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 30, 2013, 12:05:36 AM
"What... do you mean?  How did you come out of that gate?  and what was that black writhing mass?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on December 30, 2013, 12:08:16 AM
"I...don't know. She just told me that this was the way back. And I didn't see any black writhing mass."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 30, 2013, 12:12:50 AM
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Louise looks to Sara confusedly, "What was that?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on December 30, 2013, 01:19:12 AM
I follow Louise's gaze. "What was what?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 30, 2013, 01:20:28 AM
Sara: Huh?  What was what?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 30, 2013, 01:21:21 AM
"No, I'm not going crazy, you saw it, right Kusuri?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 30, 2013, 01:23:01 AM
Kusuri: Ah, um, if you mean the strange Gate and that... monster... then yes.
Kusuri: I, ah, can't really say what they were, though!

He chuckles sheepishly.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 30, 2013, 01:24:21 AM
"Thank you" There is more than a little relief in her voice.  Louise seems to have stopped crying at some point.  "What happened to you Becca?  How did you wind up there? What did you do to get back?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on December 30, 2013, 01:49:37 AM
"Well, I, uh, already explained most of it. I was in a hall with light at one end, dark at the other end. I walked towards the dark because, you know, they always say not to go into the light. Plus, I figured this place was pretty dark, so it was probably in the dark end? And then there was the girl I mentioned, with her eyes shut, who didn't like to see people die. She told me to keep going through the gate, and here I am."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 30, 2013, 07:27:08 PM
Louise frowns, not understanding.

Her stomach turns over loudly, her hunger still affecting her.  She looks at the red gate with animosity.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on December 30, 2013, 10:50:13 PM
"So," I begin nervously, "exactly what happened while I was gone?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 30, 2013, 11:01:03 PM
Louise looked back at becca.  "You died and I came back out of the gate..." She still seems to be choked up and sweat is beading on her forehead.  "And there was a big imposing doorway that appeared there." Louise moves to point with her right arm, but her arm contracts and she reaches for her side with her left hand.  A large hole in her trenchcoat becomes soaked in red.  "Dammit...  It really nailed me."  Louise pulls back the coat and lifts the shirt to examine the wound.  I guess that was shock?  Forgetting about the wound until now...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 30, 2013, 11:02:14 PM
Sara: Ah!  Are you okay?  You're bleeding!
Kusuri: Man, what happened in there?  I wonder what I can use as a bandage...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on December 30, 2013, 11:04:58 PM
I run up to catch Louise. "All right, you're probably in shock. Kusuri, find something for a bandage. If you can't find anything quickly, we'll wash my shirt and use it. Sara, do you know anything about wounds?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 30, 2013, 11:05:41 PM
Sara: Ah, yeah!  I think I can heal it.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 30, 2013, 11:08:09 PM
Louise looks at everyone buzzing around her, shocked.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on December 30, 2013, 11:31:29 PM
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I look at Sara. "Wait, you mean...just flat-out heal her?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 30, 2013, 11:32:07 PM
Sara: Um, I think so...  If it's just a physical injury, at least...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on December 30, 2013, 11:33:45 PM
"Can...you try, then?" I shoot a look to Kusuri. He may be a quack, but that at least means that he knows what quackery looks like.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 30, 2013, 11:34:45 PM
Kusuri, sadly, isn't around.  It looks like he ran to the tent to find something to use for bandages.

Sara: I can try!  Um, if Louise is okay with me...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 30, 2013, 11:48:54 PM
Louise's eyes dart over to the direction Kusuri ran.  "Is it going to hurt?  What are you going to do?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 30, 2013, 11:50:33 PM
Kusuri's still working on that bandage.  It looks like he's trying to tear one of the pillows into strips.  Alas, strength does not appear to be his strong suit, so he's having a bit of trouble.

Sara: Um, no, I don't think so.  I'm just going to replace the skin and meat you lost...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on December 30, 2013, 11:54:16 PM
Maybe it's just the stress of having died and then seeing Louise with such a large wound, but I find Sara's usage of the word "meat" to be slightly disturbing. I resolve to mention to her later that it's an odd word to use for people.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on December 31, 2013, 12:55:26 AM
"Like, with magic?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on December 31, 2013, 12:55:56 AM
Sara: What's magic?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on January 01, 2014, 02:04:05 AM
I give Louise an odd look. Somehow, despite all the things that have happened, magical powers still seem a bit outlandish. "Well, magic is sort of...doing impossible things," I say lamely.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on January 01, 2014, 02:05:33 AM
Sara: Oh.  Well, this isn't magic, then!  Because I can do it.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on January 01, 2014, 10:36:45 PM
"I guess... if you can heal me, do it?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on January 01, 2014, 10:52:07 PM
Sara: All right!

Sara sticks her hand into your injury.  As you would imagine, it's fairly painful.  It doesn't hurt as badly as it looks like it should, but that doesn't mean it doesn't hurt.  You quickly pull away, only to find that you can't.  It's like her hand's stuck to you or --

-- rather than a hand, it looks more like Sara's arm is disappearing into your side.  With a quick tug Sara separates her arm from your side.  It's almost like Sara's hand became your flesh.  Your side no longer hurts or even appears to be inured.

Sara: Okay!  Done!
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on January 01, 2014, 11:02:22 PM
Louise winces at the pain, and when the process is complete, frowns at the method used.
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She looks at where Sara separated her hand from herself to see if it was just a trick of the malign light.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on January 01, 2014, 11:02:55 PM
She certainly looks like she has a hand.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on January 01, 2014, 11:11:22 PM
Louise gingerly touches the area that had been afflicted, to see if it is, in fact, healed.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on January 01, 2014, 11:19:00 PM
It's a bit tender and sticky, as newly healed areas tend to be, but it appears to be healed.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on January 02, 2014, 12:51:54 AM
"I. What. Sara." I sputter.

I sputter a bit more while trying to not vomit.

"Sara, what exactly did you do?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on January 02, 2014, 12:52:52 AM
Sara: I replaced the missing skin and meat?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on January 02, 2014, 12:55:02 AM
"I..."

I swallow a little bit. The meat thing is weirding me out even more now.

"...can you explain in any more detail, or...? Also, can you say something like 'flesh' instead of meat?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on January 02, 2014, 12:56:37 AM
Sara: Um, sure.  Louise was missing parts of herself, so I replaced them with parts of myself.

It is at about this time that Kusuri comes back.  He's holding a torn up pillow.

Kusuri: Will *pant* these work as bandages?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on January 02, 2014, 12:57:28 AM
My fear and disgust are replaced, however momentarily, with concern. "Parts of yourself? Sara, are you hurt?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on January 02, 2014, 12:59:27 AM
Sara: No, I'm fine!  See!

She waves around her hand.

Sara: I have a lot of --  flesh, so its fine if I lose some.

Kusuri: Um, did I miss something?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on January 02, 2014, 01:00:56 AM
I sag. "I...don't even know."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on January 02, 2014, 01:26:53 AM
Louise looks to Kusuri.  "Yeah...  I guess Sara healed me... somehow."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on January 02, 2014, 01:28:33 AM
"Somehow," I echo.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on January 02, 2014, 01:30:47 AM
Kusuri: Um, so, you don't need these bandages anymore?
Kusuri: Er, this bandage.  This pillow...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on January 02, 2014, 01:31:33 AM
I look at the former pillow sadly. "Those were comfortable," I say hollowly.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on January 02, 2014, 01:32:11 AM
Louise smiles earnestly.  "No, but thank you."

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Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on January 02, 2014, 01:34:35 AM
Kusuri: Ah, um, there's still plenty left!  And um, eh?

Part of the darkness rises up and engulfs the pillow.  When it departs, the pillow is once again whole.

Kusuri: Ah... that was...
Kusuri: Um, good, I guess?  Kinda... creepy.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on January 02, 2014, 01:36:53 AM
I laugh, also hollowly. "That was creepy? After everything else, that was creepy?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on January 02, 2014, 01:38:43 AM
Kusuri: Um, sorry?  Did I say something wrong?

Kusuri appears genuinely confused.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on January 02, 2014, 01:45:06 AM
I pinch the bridge of my nose. "No, sorry. Just a long day, what with dying and all."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on January 02, 2014, 01:45:48 AM
Kusuri: Oh, yes, of --
Kusuri: Wait, what?  You died?  What?  But, but you're, when?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on January 02, 2014, 01:51:48 AM
I stare at Kusuri. "Have you not been paying attention to anything Louise has said since I got back?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on January 02, 2014, 01:52:31 AM
Kusuri: Um, well, there was that strange gate, and then you appeared, and then you asked me to get a bandage, so...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on January 03, 2014, 06:58:24 PM
Louise's stomach growls again, out of nerves and hunger.  "Becca...  do you think that creature is still prowling the halls in the school?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on January 03, 2014, 11:45:53 PM
I shake my head to clear out some of the crazy. Why would that work? It doesn't work.

"I...uh, don't know. Probably, to be honest. Did it chase you after it got me?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on January 03, 2014, 11:48:12 PM
"I don't know.  I saw you fall..." tears begin burning at the back of louise's eyes, but she pushes them away.  "after that, I didn't look back anymore.  I just ran with all my strength."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on January 03, 2014, 11:55:11 PM
"Hrm. Well, I suppose there is the question of whether it was satisfied by catching me. More to the point, we still don't have any other source of food."

I shiver slightly. I don't exactly want to go back.

"We don't really have any option other than to check, do we?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on January 03, 2014, 11:55:48 PM
Sara: Um, well...  If you're really hungry, I can get food...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on January 03, 2014, 11:57:49 PM
I eye Sara with slight mistrust, then feel ashamed. Then again, given how she's been discussing meat...

"What kind of food? And how?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on January 03, 2014, 11:58:51 PM
Sara: Huh, um, it's kind of hard to describe.  It's nutritious, but I don't think you'll like it...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on January 03, 2014, 11:59:57 PM
Well, if she doesn't think we'll like it...

I shoot a look to Louise.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on January 04, 2014, 02:49:56 PM
"Let's go back"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on January 05, 2014, 01:01:24 AM
I nod. "All right, then. Another attempt." I pause, trying to think of what mistakes led to my untimely demise. Oh, right. "Do try not to scream, this time."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on January 05, 2014, 01:25:45 AM
Louise frowns, but nods.  She aporaches the gate to give a cautious peek through
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on January 05, 2014, 01:26:42 AM
You can't really see through the petals to the other side.  And from what you can remember from the other two times you went through, its an all or nothing thing.  No peeking.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on January 05, 2014, 01:33:39 AM
Squaring my shoulders, I pass through the gate once more.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on January 05, 2014, 02:29:02 AM
I grip the umbrella tightly and pass through.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on January 05, 2014, 02:41:15 AM
As always, going is easy.

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Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 08, 2014, 01:14:33 AM
Returning was pretty easy to, to be honest.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 08, 2014, 01:16:03 AM
I trudge over to the pillows and flop down.

"That was far too nerve-wracking," I say to no one in particular.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 08, 2014, 01:16:39 AM
Kusuri: Oh, you're back!  Did you find food?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 08, 2014, 01:17:11 AM
I hesitate. "We found a frying pan, at least."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 08, 2014, 01:18:32 AM
Kusuri: Oh.  Well, maybe we can us it for something?  Sara?

Sara: Um, maybe?  I can try...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 08, 2014, 01:19:31 AM
"did you hear that?"  Louise says to becca.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 08, 2014, 01:20:37 AM
I look at Louise. "Sara saying she could try cooking? Yeah, it sounds adorable. Also like we should be on hand in case something catches on fire, but still adorable."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 08, 2014, 01:50:11 AM
Louise shakes her head, she had been addled on the way back by that sound.

"...no..."  Louise begins shedding fragment hopefulls by the handful and walks back towards the gate.  She leaves the glasses on, more from distraction.  "did it sound like someone...  shouted after us?"  Louise turns to becca.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 08, 2014, 02:07:58 AM
I wave my hand vaguely in the air. "It's not like they can come through the gate," I say with absolutely zero authority on the subject.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 08, 2014, 02:11:10 AM
Louise stops looking at the gate and slowly turns away, removing the glasses as she does so.  Addressing Kusuri and Sara, she says, "We brought a lot of stuff, no food though.  Neither of us had any money and it was too terrifying to try and break open the vending machine with all those no-faces around.

"Hello Kusuri" Louise smiles at him.  She rests the glasses on the pile of 'collected items' she shed before.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 08, 2014, 02:13:52 AM
Kusuri smiles back.

Sara: Um, can I use the pan?  It'll go away, like the pillow, so if you want to use it...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 08, 2014, 02:16:04 AM
"Will you using the pan result in food, or another gate?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 08, 2014, 02:16:18 AM
"Go ahead and use it, I'm not attached."  She looks to Becca, but can't imagine the other girl would mind.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 08, 2014, 02:16:58 AM
Sara: Um, no, not for a gate.  I'm going to try and offer it to the pillar.
Sara: It's a pan, so maybe it'll make a kitchen?  I don't really know...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 08, 2014, 02:17:37 AM
"Sounds like a plan to me!" I say hungrily.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 08, 2014, 02:21:33 AM
Sara: Okay, here I go...

She walks up to the pillar, pan in hand.  As she holds it up, the pan dissolves into a mote of light and floats up and into the pillar.  After a short time, a similar mote floats out of the pillar and lands on an open spot of ground, where it explodes in a burst of light.

When the light fades, a small, shack-like building stands where the mote dissipated.  A handful of tendrils of darkness reach out of the void and hold the shack in place.  The shack appears to have a chimney sticking out of it, which is promising.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 08, 2014, 02:25:25 AM
Extracting myself from the pillows, I wander over to the shack to investigate.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 08, 2014, 02:26:17 AM
Likewise, Louise moves towards the shack.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 08, 2014, 02:31:53 AM
The two of you head into the shack.  The insides are, well, rather shack-like.  However, there does appear to be an old-fashioned oven, a cleanish counter top, and a number of cooking utensils.  There is also a small pantry, which appears to be well stocked with dry goods and jerky.  It isn't much, but its significantly more than nothing.

The door creaks a bit as Kusuri walks in after you.  With three people, the shack is pretty cramped.

Kusuri: A tight space, huh?  But I've worked in tighter...
Kusuri: If you want, I could try making something for you.  Of course, if any of you are star chefs, you're welcome to make something nice.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 08, 2014, 10:08:50 AM
"Alas, I've never had to cook for people before, so I am probably the incorrect choice."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 09, 2014, 12:52:48 AM
I look at the jerky. "Well, that's more or less edible already. I don't do so much with the actual cooking, more with the dried food."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 09, 2014, 12:54:35 AM
Kusuri: Okay, leave it to me, then!  I should only be a couple of minutes or so.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 09, 2014, 12:55:43 AM
I nod in gratitude, then step out to give him room. Considering my options, I flop back down on the pillows.

"So, how are you, Sara?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 09, 2014, 12:56:44 AM
Sara: Um, I'm pretty good.  I don't really get tired or hungry or anything...
Sara: Um, if you want, I can try and do things with the other fragments you found...
Sara: I just want to be useful...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 09, 2014, 12:58:07 AM
I laugh and wave her over to the pillows. "You're plenty useful already, Sara. Why don't we wait until after we've eaten to figure out what to do? You may not get hungry, but we do--and people are bad at making decisions when they're hungry."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 09, 2014, 12:58:48 AM
Sara: Oh, okay.  Sorry...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 09, 2014, 12:59:33 AM
"There's nothing to apologize for, you silly. You're doing perfectly!"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 09, 2014, 01:00:27 AM
Sara: I'm just not very good with people...  I don't have much in the way of memories or... anything, really...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 09, 2014, 01:01:45 AM
I frown. "You've lost your memories? Did you hit your head or something?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 09, 2014, 01:02:39 AM
Sara: Um, no...  I just sort of woke up here...  Without anything...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 10, 2014, 01:42:23 AM
Louise walks out as well, Allowing Kusuri room in the small kitchen.  She watches the conversation between Becca and Sara in a french passiveness.  She interjects at this break in conversation to say "do you think any of those are fragments?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 10, 2014, 01:44:51 AM
Sara: Oh, um...

She looks over the pile.

Sara: I think all of those are.  Um, is there any of them you want me to use?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 10, 2014, 10:18:03 PM
"all of them?!"  Louise looks aghast and shocked and also surprised  "This rabbit hole seems to be far deeper than I had anticipated!"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 10, 2014, 10:21:41 PM
Sara: Rabbit... hole?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 10, 2014, 11:21:23 PM
"It's a reference to a children's story," I explain. "Alice goes to investigate a rabbit hole, and falls into Wonderland."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 10, 2014, 11:23:50 PM
Sara: Oh, sorry...  I don't really know any children's stories...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 10, 2014, 11:30:33 PM
I open my mouth to offer to tell her one, then realize that I don't know any well enough. "Louise," I ask, "Do you know any children's stories that we could tell her?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 10, 2014, 11:32:45 PM
Louise cocks a french eyebrow at Becca.  "Shouldn't we instead be figuring out what is going on here instead of telling stories?"  Louise picks up the lantern  "how about this one?  You can't go wrong with a lantern, hopefully."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 10, 2014, 11:34:18 PM
Sara: I don't really think you can go wrong with any of them...
Sara: Do you want me to use this for a gate or for an... improvement?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 10, 2014, 11:34:34 PM
I furrow an American brow at Louise. "You don't think that we should take time to hold onto our humanity? What if those faceless things are simply people who were lost and forgot to take the time to care about things?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 10, 2014, 11:39:49 PM
"we can choose?"

Louise gets panicked at Becca's statement, so to brush it off, disregards it saying "nonsense, just because we aren't taking time to tell stories doesn't mean we're in danger of forgetting humanity."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 10, 2014, 11:41:18 PM
"If you're sure," I say. "It's just always a good idea to keep a handle on yourself. Cabin fever, sort of thing."

Turning to Sara, I ask: "Do you think other gates would lead to places as frightening as the school, or would they be more...normal?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 10, 2014, 11:42:17 PM
To Louise
Sara: Of course!  You can also use them yourselves.  I don't know what they do, though...

To Becca
Sara: Um, I don't know...  I think it depends on what you use to make the gate?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 10, 2014, 11:45:25 PM
"Hrm...well, Louise wants to use the lantern, so...I guess it'd be somewhere bright?" I say hopefully. "Or on fire," I add less hopefully.

"Well, either way, Louise, it's your choice."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 10, 2014, 11:46:52 PM
"hopefully the first one..."

Louise moves to pick the spectacles back up.  "I guess I'll hold onto these, also we need to crowbar to get back into the school's sealed area if we want to go back there.  it might also just be useful to keep around."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 10, 2014, 11:48:06 PM
Sara: Okay!  Do you want me to try and make the next gate now?  Or do you want me to try any of the other fragments with the pillar?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 10, 2014, 11:48:33 PM
"You're certainly getting the hang of this," I note to Louise with a hint of admiration. "What were you back in the world?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 10, 2014, 11:51:44 PM
Looking over the lenses as she addresses Becca, she simply answers "French"

Louise looks back to Sara.  "Let's see what kind of gate we get out of the lantern, if you don't mind"  This is addressed to both of them, since Becca hasn't shown any disinclination, but should be allowed to do so.  "though we should eat before we use it, regardless."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 10, 2014, 11:52:21 PM
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Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 10, 2014, 11:54:31 PM
I snort a laugh at the "French" comment. Poor thing's probably never climbed a mountain in her life. God only knows what she eats. Foie gras, probably. And snails.

"A gate sounds like a good idea. After all, it's better than going back to that school and dying again."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 10, 2014, 11:56:11 PM
Sara: Okay!

Sara takes the lantern and holds it close to her.  As she does, it turns into a mote and floats over to an empty part of the void, where it...

Sits.

Sara: Uh, hmm...  Maybe the next gate needs two fragments?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 11, 2014, 12:00:00 AM
"Well, why not try using this notebook, too, then?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 11, 2014, 12:03:19 AM
"paper and fire sounds like a bad idea..."  Louise says cautiously.  "Maybe use the umbrella?  and we can send the notebook to the pillar and hope we get something more useful than it currently is."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 11, 2014, 12:04:12 AM
"Hrm, I was thinking more in terms of light and the blank pages, but you might have a point. We don't want to walk into a death trap." I nod. "Sounds like a plan!"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 11, 2014, 12:12:43 AM
Sara: Okay!

She takes the umbrella from the pile.  Nearly as soon as she touches it, it becomes a mote of light and floats over to the other lantern-mote.  The two spin around each other then, still spinning, sink into the ground.

From where they sunk arises a door that looks like it belongs in a submarine.  There appears to be seaweed or moss on it, floating softly in a nonexistent tide.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 11, 2014, 12:19:49 AM
Having completed the task, Louise admires the door and tries to get the glasses to function for her, hampered by the fact that she doesn't know what 'function' means
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 11, 2014, 12:20:26 AM
Please make a SPT + SPT test.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 11, 2014, 12:32:01 AM
Louise in the sky with 24 diamonds (http://cardchan.herokuapp.com/decks/1/events/40) in her eyes
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 11, 2014, 12:34:16 AM
The world suddenly goes... funny colored.  You can't really tell what changed, but you're certain something did.  Is there anything in particular you look at?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 11, 2014, 12:43:58 AM
in order, the new gate, the old gate, Becca, then the shack.  Louise refrains from looking at Sara for the moment.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 11, 2014, 12:48:19 AM
Both gates look exactly as they appeared before you activated the glasses.  They don't even seem to have gone funny colored.  Becca looks a bit different from how you remember her, though.  She appears to be cloaked in a faint golden light and there is a strange black and white checkered pattern on her chest.  The shack looks like it did, but it is funny colored, like the rest of the scenery.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 11, 2014, 01:06:18 AM
Louise looks at the pillar of light.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 11, 2014, 01:10:19 AM
You look at the pillar of light.  For just a moment, you see an absolutely massive golden double helix, reaching up and down infinitely, holding the world together.  Then, just as quickly as you saw it, it shatters into a thousand pieces, most of which fade away into nothing.  All that remains is the pillar of light.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 11, 2014, 02:10:37 AM
"wow"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 11, 2014, 02:49:46 PM
"Wow what?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 11, 2014, 11:07:25 PM
"Everything looks cool."  Louise looks at the crowbar.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 11, 2014, 11:35:24 PM
It's a crowbar.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 12, 2014, 12:23:38 AM
"From the glasses?" I ask in confusion.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 12, 2014, 02:20:35 AM
"Yeah!  I mean...  Sara said we could use them, so I thought I'd try out the glasses.  It's like everything is...  different.  Like when you put on 3d glasses, the old ones.  Have you 'offered' the note on the pillar yet?"  Louise turns,
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, to address Sara as she says this.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 12, 2014, 03:32:00 AM
At first glance, you don't notice anything unusual about Sara.  Okay, well, she isn't wearing any clothes, which is kind of unusual.  You're pretty sure Becca was wearing clothing when you looked at her with the glasses.  She also appears to be, huh, that's pretty weird.  Now that you're on your second glance, she looks a bit like a zombie, or maybe a frankensein's monster.  She seems to be stitched together out of multiple parts, parts that don't quite line up with each other.  One of her legs is shorter than the other, her right arm looks like it's made out of at least seven different parts, not all of which are human, and her eyes are different colors.

Sara: Oh, um, not yet.  I'll do that now.

She takes the notebook from the pile with her misshapen hands and holds it close to her.  It turns into a mote of light which, now that you're looking at it through the glasses, reminds you of the fragments the helix broke into.  It drifts into the pillar but, unlike the other times, doesn't come out again.  The you hear a shout from the shack.

Kusuri: Ah!  What's going on!?

As you turn to look, you see the shack start to glow golden, then stretch out towards the sleeping tent.  As it does, the tent also beings to glow.  Eventually, the two merge together into a single building.  Once the glow subsides the voidy tendrils wrap around it again, anchoring it in place.  It looks a bit nicer now; instead of a shack it now resembles a small home.  The door to this small home opens.

Kusuri: What was that?  You need to warn me before doing things like that.  I almost dropped the curry.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 12, 2014, 10:23:55 AM
"shit"  Louise supresses the weird feelings she is having about Sara and rushes to the new fused buliding.  "Kusuri, are you okay?" She heads towards the kitchen.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 12, 2014, 02:13:54 PM
I raise an American eyebrow at Louise's sudden panic. "I mean, all he said was that he almost dropped the food," I comment to Sara.

"Still, that was pretty impressive. So, some fragments interact with things we've already made, while others just make new things?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 12, 2014, 04:41:11 PM
To Louise
Kusuri: Yeah, I'm fine.  Just a bit surprised, that's all.  I'll go back in and finish the curry.

To Becca
Sara: Um, maybe?  I don't really know how it all works...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 12, 2014, 05:12:40 PM
"Huh." I scratch my head. "So, just keep bringing you fragments, and our world keeps getting bigger, huh?" I laugh. "Maybe if we get enough fragments, we can rebuild the world we came from."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 12, 2014, 05:15:16 PM
Sara perks up when you say that.

Sara: I think so, yes!
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 12, 2014, 05:20:28 PM
I stare at her. "Wait, what?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 12, 2014, 05:21:12 PM
Sara: Rebuild the world!  That sounds really right for some reason!
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 12, 2014, 05:32:00 PM
I stare for a moment longer, then shout: "Louise! Get your French butt over here!"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 12, 2014, 09:16:11 PM
Having never left, Louise turns around.  "Excuse me?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 13, 2014, 12:10:04 AM
"Sara says we can rebuild the world."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 13, 2014, 12:33:01 AM
"Well, what a nice thing to say.  Though I dare say we should pick up the pace, I believe the current record is seven days?  So far we only have a house with some rations inside."  Louise takes the glasses off and massages her eyes.  she folds them and hangs them from her shirt.  "How do you know that we are supposed to build a new planet?  I'm all for making this place comfortable, but we should be trying to find out what happened in the first place and how we can get back, or undo the process that occured."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 13, 2014, 12:38:32 AM
"You aren't paying attention. Collecting the fragments makes things. By assembling fragments, we can piece the world back together. That is how we get back."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 13, 2014, 12:47:21 AM
Louise sighs, deciding not to pursue this line any further.  Mother of mercy, hopefully I'm not the only one trying to get back.  maybe other people are too.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 13, 2014, 12:51:39 AM
After some mutual fuming, Kusuri calls you inside the house.  To your surprise, the kitchen looks a bit more kitchen-like than it did when it was just a shack.  There is also a small dining area.

Kusuri: Here we go, curry!  It's a bit spicy, I hope you don't mind.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 13, 2014, 12:52:51 AM
"Mind?" I grin. "It's probably not spicy enough."

I dig in.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 13, 2014, 12:54:05 AM
It's quite good.  Not quite spicy enough for you, but that's fine.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 13, 2014, 12:59:49 AM
"Delicious," I sputter through a mouth full of food, "but is there any hot sauce around?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 13, 2014, 01:01:00 AM
Kusuri: Hah!  I'm afraid not, but maybe if you do whatever you did to this place again some will pop up.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 13, 2014, 01:05:37 AM
I nod enthusiastically while stuffing my face with curry.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 13, 2014, 01:39:25 AM
Louise also walks in and begins to eat.  Her etiquette demands she smile, but her mouth is somewhat in pain.  She can still taste the flavors, but the sting on her tongue ruins the delicate balance.  She looks for a drink.  "It's very well made Kusuri, do you cook often?" She speaks slowly so as not to betray her gustatory pain.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 13, 2014, 01:40:26 AM
Kusuri: Well, I used to live on my own.  You either learn to cook or starve, you know?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 13, 2014, 01:41:31 AM
I nod emphatically at this, then swallow an entire mouthful like a snake. "You ever tried whatever's-in-the-fridge casserole?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 13, 2014, 01:42:35 AM
Kusuri: Oh, many times~  But I try and not leave too many leftovers.  I've gotten pretty good at only cooking enough for a meal.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 13, 2014, 01:43:03 AM
I frown at this. "Then what do you eat for breakfast?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 13, 2014, 01:43:32 AM
Kusuri: Cereal.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 13, 2014, 01:44:38 AM
"Cereal? That has nowhere near enough nutrients or taste! Chicken and potatoes, that's a good breakfast!"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 13, 2014, 01:45:19 AM
Louise drinks from her glass of water and continues eating while the two discuss food.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 13, 2014, 01:46:02 AM
Kusuri rubs his head awkwardly.

Kusuri: That's... a bit too heavy for me, I think.  Maybe that's why you're so much sturdier than I am...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 13, 2014, 01:47:59 AM
"...are you calling me fat?" I hold my fork threateningly.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 13, 2014, 01:55:17 AM
Kusuri looks shocked, then quickly waves his hands in a smoothing-things-over way.

Kusuri: Nonono!  I didn't mean anything like that!  It's just, ah, I'm very frail.  You saw my attempts with that pillow back there...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 13, 2014, 01:58:09 AM
I narrow my eyes at him. "Well, all right, then."

I resume eating with gusto.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 13, 2014, 01:58:42 AM
"I think she may have been joking Kusuri."  Louise nevertheless pulls the edges of her shirt down, wrapping her coat around her, pretending to be cold.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 13, 2014, 02:01:58 AM
Kusuri: Ahaha, is that so...
Kusuri: Well, ah, what do you think of the curry?  Is it any good?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 13, 2014, 02:02:09 AM
I hesitate. "Not...entirely. I have some bad history with weight. One of my college exes used to give me a lot of shit when I was a bit heavier."

I take another mouthful and chew it reflectively before swallowing. "Mind you, that was before I broke his nose. The curry is delicious, by the way."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 13, 2014, 02:03:53 AM
Louise smiles "I'm enjoying the Curry, thank you"  She smiles and takes a small sip of water, holding it in her mouth and letting it run over her tongue.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 13, 2014, 02:04:21 AM
Kusuri: Ah, his nose, huh...  Well, I'm not sure if he deserved quite that much, but he certainly didn't know what he was talking about.
Kusuri: You look quite lovely, and I'm sure you would look quite lovely no matter your weight.

He appears to have recovered from his awkwardness and returned to his element.

Kusuri: And I'm glad you enjoy my cooking, Louise!
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 13, 2014, 02:06:29 AM
I shrug. "I mean, he was kind of a jerk in general. I found out later that he had been sleeping with my roommate." I cough. "On that note, do you have any idea on the duration on that pill you gave me? We probably don't want me having an episode."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 13, 2014, 02:09:52 AM
Louise smiles at Kusuri in reply.  She does her best to enjoy the curry to the best of her ability.  Louise mentally regards what Becca says, and understands slightly more.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 13, 2014, 02:11:04 AM
Kusuri: Hmm...  How long does a pill normally last you?  I figure whatever I gave you would work as well as that.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 13, 2014, 02:26:06 AM
"Well, then I should probably take one once every....wait, shit, how long have we even been here? Do we have a clock or anything?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 13, 2014, 02:31:04 AM
Kusuri: Um, lets see...  It can't have been any more than a day...  No, I went to bed a little while ago, so maybe two days?  This place is kind of weird.
Kusuri: Looks like I should give you some more pills, right?

He reaches into a pocket and proffers the pill bottle.  He shakes a couple of plain white pills out of it and hands them to you.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 13, 2014, 02:32:44 AM
I accept the pills and take one of them. "Good thing, really. We don't need me ripping off one of your arms and beating you to death with it." I chuckle. "Mind you, I'm not sure I could actually detach an arm. Never really tried."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 13, 2014, 02:36:37 AM
Kusuri looks sadly at his own arms.

Kusuri: You could probably rip off mine...  Lets not have that happen, okay?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 13, 2014, 02:40:12 AM
"Probably not," I respond. "Sinew and muscle is actually pretty tough. I was joking, anyway."

I turn to the Frenchie. "So, Louise, what sort of problems do you have? The cat's out of the bag on my anger issues, so what sort of things should we be expecting from you?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 13, 2014, 02:43:23 AM
"cautious optimism and brevity" Louise says.  she wipes a small amount of sweat from her brow, wishing the heat would go away.  How could a dish contain this much spice...?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 13, 2014, 02:44:14 AM
Louise, please roll INT + SPT to oppose Kusuri's Sight test.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 13, 2014, 02:51:36 AM
 Louise quickly catches Kusuri's sight on her, she quickly falls into a practiced body language, ingrained in her mind like 25 diamonds (http://cardchan.herokuapp.com/decks/1/events/41), dropping any pretense of pain in her mouth.  Her off hand moves up to brush some hair behind her ear and she smiles as his eyes are on her.  She sets the fork down gently and makes eye contact with Kusuri.  "Yes?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 13, 2014, 02:53:49 AM
Kusuri meets your dodge with his own 25 diamonds (http://cardchan.herokuapp.com/decks/2/events/42).  Flip again.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 13, 2014, 02:58:44 AM
Kusuri's scruitiny proves intense, though Louise doesn't truly mind the attention.  She falters a moment, forgetting that she is supposed to be hiding something, A sharp inhale of breath quickly covered by her free hand, leaves her with a mere 22 diamond strength (http://cardchan.herokuapp.com/decks/1/events/44)
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 13, 2014, 03:00:47 AM
Kusuri's 28 diamonds (http://cardchan.herokuapp.com/decks/2/events/42) allows him to easily see through your ruse.

Kusuri: Ah, is it too spicy for you?  I'll try and tone it down next time.

He looks over at Becca.

Kusuri: And I'll try to find some spice for you, so don't tear my head off, okay~?
Kusuri: Was that okay?  I don't want to joke at your expense.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 13, 2014, 03:03:32 AM
"A-ah, thanks" Louise smiles.  Though defeated, she's happy to have the attention.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 13, 2014, 12:42:54 PM
I stick my tongue out at Kusuri. "Joke as much as you want. It's my problem to deal with, not yours."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 13, 2014, 03:52:05 PM
Kusuri: Haha, but If you need any help, I'm here.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 13, 2014, 04:05:35 PM
I nod, still grinning. "That's sweet. I appreciate you trying to help me not kill you."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 13, 2014, 04:20:46 PM
Kusuri chuckles nervously.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 13, 2014, 04:21:59 PM
Louise chuckles nervously.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 13, 2014, 04:28:04 PM
I stick my tongue out at them again. "Oh, come on, you two. I'm really not that bad. I've never hurt someone seriously enough for there to be even a question of assault charges, and we just established that I have a stable source of medication here." I give a more sincere smile. "And, when medicated, I have a lot better control of myself. My shrink says I've made great strides. And I have."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 13, 2014, 04:29:23 PM
Louise finishes her food and water, wiping her mouth with the napkin.  "You said that you went back to sleep kusuri...  were we gone long?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 13, 2014, 04:31:06 PM
Kusuri: Hmm, oh, not too long, I don't think.  You'd have to ask Sara for details, since I was asleep, but I think you were only gone for a couple of hours.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 13, 2014, 04:51:19 PM
"Huh," I muse, returning to the delicious, delicious curry. "It didn't feel anywhere near that long to me."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 13, 2014, 04:55:28 PM
Kusuri: Oh, is that so?

Now that he mentions it, you are feeling a bit drained.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 13, 2014, 04:56:43 PM
"Mind you, that doesn't mean that I'm not ready to hit the sack. What happened to the sleeping tent during the merge into house?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 13, 2014, 04:57:27 PM
Kusuri: I don't actually know.  I haven't explored the place, since I was busy cooking.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 13, 2014, 11:07:15 PM
"All right, then," I say, shoving the last of the curry into my mouth. I swallow, slightly painfully, and continue: "I'll go check it out, then."

I do so.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 13, 2014, 11:09:25 PM
On the way to where you think the sleeping tent should be, you pass through what can only be considered a study.  It's got a fair number of books, a desk, and a rather comfortable looking chair.  It also has one of those lamps with the green glass shades and the pull-chain.  Definitely a study.  It looks like you've found out what happened to the notebook.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 13, 2014, 11:11:08 PM
Louise follows to explore the house, but is stopped by the study.  She wanders to a bookshelf and picks up a book to read the title.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 13, 2014, 11:11:42 PM
I continue on, intent on seeing what happened to the bedding arrangement.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 13, 2014, 11:16:56 PM
Louise
With the exception of a single book, none of them have a title.  Most of them haven't even had their pages cut.  The book with a title is bound in red and appears to be called "The Red Maze."

Becca
Passing through the study, you find the sleeping quarters.  They seem to have leveled up to an actual bedroom.  Well, dormitory room is a bit more accurate; there are several beds.  The Arabian theme still manages to hang on through the designs on the bedding and the style of the pillows.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 13, 2014, 11:18:22 PM
Louise takes the book and turns on the lamp.  Her intent is clear as she sits down to begin to read.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 13, 2014, 11:20:56 PM
I flop onto a bed. The world--or lack thereof--can take care of itself for a bit.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 13, 2014, 11:22:43 PM
Louise
Unfortunately, the book's contents don't contain anything you don't already know.  It's almost as if the book was written by someone looking over your shoulders.  You do get an "official" name for the Clawed Girl, though.  The book refers to her several times as the "Red Beast."  The book also refers to the place as the "Red Maze" and the "School of Rust."  So I guess that's sort of useful.

Becca
It's quite comfortable, more so now that you've eaten and there's an actual bed.  You rapidly drift off to sleep.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 13, 2014, 11:27:47 PM
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 14, 2014, 02:19:23 AM
Louise moves to sit in the chair and think hard, trying to remember anything she can.  She spends a good amount of time in the chair lost in thought and will likely fall asleep as such.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 14, 2014, 02:29:58 AM
The chair is quite comfortable, which is somewhat surprising for an office chair.  Maybe its an influence from the pillow or something.  Either way, you too eventually fall asleep.



Only to be roused by a soft pressure on your legs.  It feels almost like someone or something is sitting in your lap; a feeling you aren't very familiar with.



And with that, a new scene begins!  You may discard any number of cards from your hand, draw cards until you have as many cards in your hand as you have connections (which should be 3 for the both of you), set your Ability Points to the sum of the strength of your connections (5 for both of you), and finally set your Fate Points to the sum of the strength of everyone else's connections with you (5 for Louise, 4 for Becca).

Then, then, you can flip to determine your Condition!  Hoho, look at me slowly rolling rules into this thing.  Determine your Condition by averaging your STR and the result of a card flip.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 14, 2014, 02:39:32 AM
Louise sleeps roughly, pressure on her body, as well as gustatory pain plague's her sleep, offering only 4 condition points of comfort (http://cardchan.herokuapp.com/decks/1/events/46) but it's nothing that she's not used to, college life can be rough after all, she's had worse nights.  She will probably never do this again though, as she only derived 6 points of condition (http://cardchan.herokuapp.com/decks/1/events/47)
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 14, 2014, 06:16:44 PM
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Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 14, 2014, 10:08:24 PM
Louise awakens from her dreaming to find that the pressure on her legs is all-too-real, she opens her eyes to find out if Sara snuck into her lap.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 14, 2014, 10:12:08 PM
You open your eyes to find a distinctly-not-Sara person sitting in your lap, staring directly at you.  You having opened your eyes does not appear to have affected this person in any way; the staring has not abated in the slightest.

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Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 14, 2014, 10:19:43 PM
"he-hello"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 14, 2014, 10:20:47 PM
The person continues to stare at you.  You can't really read her expression, but she doesn't appear to be making any movements towards not staring at you or departing from your lap.  At least she's fairly light.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 14, 2014, 10:23:41 PM
"Who are you?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 14, 2014, 10:25:22 PM
???: Holy.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 14, 2014, 10:27:01 PM
"Hello Holy.  What are you doing here?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 14, 2014, 10:27:42 PM
Holy continues to stare at you.  Perhaps she is here to stare?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 14, 2014, 10:29:45 PM
Louise looks at Holy and says "I'm getting up now.  Can you move?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 14, 2014, 10:30:51 PM
Holy gets off your lap and stands on the floor before you.  You notice that she's barefoot.  She's also still staring at you, of course.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 14, 2014, 10:33:24 PM
Louise walks to the kitchen, perhaps due to the staring eyes or perhaps due to the fitful sleep, she becomes self conscious of herself.  She hasn't changed in what has probably been 2 days.  Thankfully she didn't appear to be wearing make-up when she came in, but she has also noticed a lack on needing to excuse herself to the rest room.  Regardless, she smells her clothing to see if she is becoming unpleasant.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 14, 2014, 10:35:24 PM
You could smell better, but until you make a bathhouse or something there isn't much you can do about that.  As for restroom matters, you've really only eaten once since you've come here, and now that you think about it, a restroom wouldn't be that bad.  Luckily you noticed one nestled into a corner between the study and the kitchen.

As you walk towards the kitchen, Holy follows you.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 14, 2014, 10:36:53 PM
Louise looks around the kitchen for something small to eat to start the day.  "Are you hungry?  Do you eat human food?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 14, 2014, 10:39:09 PM
There isn't that much; most of the things in the kitchen require preparation.  There's some jerky, if you're the sort to like that sort of thing, as well as what seems to be a canister of oatmeal.

Holy doesn't appear to react to your question, but does look at the food when you locate it.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 14, 2014, 10:41:24 PM
Louise looks at the preparation instructions for the oatmeal to evaluate if she would be capable of doing so.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 14, 2014, 10:47:36 PM
It's a bit more complicated than instant oatmeal, but not really and you wouldn't have any issue preparing it at all.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 14, 2014, 10:49:03 PM
Louise begins preparing 4.5 servings of oatmeal
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 14, 2014, 10:49:31 PM
As you do, Becca wakes up.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 15, 2014, 12:17:34 AM
I stretch, cat-like, and evaluate the bedroom from a more awake vantage point.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 15, 2014, 12:18:18 AM
The bedroom looks much as it did when you went to sleep.  It does now appear to have a sleeping Kusuri in it, which it didn't before.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 15, 2014, 12:19:17 AM
"Good thing I kept my shirt on while I slept," I say to myself. Standing, I stretch and crack a few joints, before adjourning to investigate the study.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 15, 2014, 12:20:52 AM
The study is also as it was, though the chair looks slept in.  You can hear faint sounds coming from the kitchen.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 15, 2014, 12:22:56 AM
I investigate to see if there are any books around that look intriguing.

The kitchen can wait. I'll probably just grab myself some jerky like I do on the trail.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 15, 2014, 12:24:03 AM
There is a book lying on the table, "The Red Maze."  It looks as if someone has been reading through it.  A cursory examination of the other books reveals that none of them have titles or text or anything other than blank pages.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 15, 2014, 12:28:08 AM
I crack open "The Red Maze".
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 15, 2014, 12:30:10 AM
It appears to describe the school-like place you went to, which it calls the "School of Rust."  Strangely, it doesn't appear to have any information on the place that you do not already know.  You do get some useful names out of it, though.  The gate you passed through is the "Red Gate," the Clawed Girl you wish you hadn't encountered is the "Red Beast," and the no-faces are the "Faceless."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 15, 2014, 12:43:04 AM
Putting the book down, I continue into the kitchen.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 15, 2014, 12:44:18 AM
Standing in the kitchen is Louise, lost in her own world of oatmeal preparation.  Staring at her is a girl you don't recognize.  As soon as you enter the room she spins around to stare at you.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 15, 2014, 12:45:37 AM
"Uh, hello?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 15, 2014, 12:46:27 AM
She continues to stare at you, almost in a daze.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 15, 2014, 12:47:11 AM
I shuffle along the wall, not taking my eyes off of her, until I reach the jerky.

I break a piece in half and offer her the smaller half.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 15, 2014, 12:49:48 AM
She accepts the jerky and starts eating it.  It appears that, as long as she's eating, she's content to just stare blankly ahead instead of straight at you.

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Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 15, 2014, 12:51:32 AM
I try the jerky myself.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 15, 2014, 12:52:27 AM
It's jerky.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 15, 2014, 02:07:50 AM
"Hey, Louise. Whatcha making?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 15, 2014, 09:19:18 PM
"Oatmeal, I'm making enough for everyone.  This is Holy, by the way.  She was in the house when I awakened."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 17, 2014, 12:28:16 AM
"Where did you come from Holy?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 17, 2014, 12:30:45 AM
After a couple of minutes of awkward silence as Holy finishes munching on her jerky, she turns to you.

Holy: Home.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 17, 2014, 01:48:10 AM
"Where is that?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 17, 2014, 01:55:06 AM
Holy stares at you.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 17, 2014, 01:56:51 AM
Louise stares.  There is a good silence as she stares back into Holy's eyes.  with her free hand (not holding the wooden stirring spoon) she puts on her new fragment glasses and looks at Holy.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 17, 2014, 02:10:13 AM
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Holy's appearance hasn't changed, but she doesn't seem to be affected by the glasses' coloring effect.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 17, 2014, 11:30:52 PM
"I don't think you've ever explained your thing with the glasses to me."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 17, 2014, 11:34:40 PM
"Oh, I didn't?"  Louise goes back to making the oatmeal.  "It sorta changes the way I see things.  It shows me things in a new light, if you will."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 17, 2014, 11:38:45 PM
"Huh," I nod, surreptitiously taking another piece of jerky. What kind of breakfast doesn't include meat?

"Interesting. We'll have to be on the lookout for other fragments with more general uses."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 17, 2014, 11:45:14 PM
"hopefully this one."  Louise's hand slides down to her belt loop where the crowbar is. 

She tests the oatmeal to see if it is ready.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 17, 2014, 11:46:55 PM
You've never really had oatmeal before, but it tastes mushy, which has to be a good sign.  It started out not mushy, after all.  It's probably done.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 17, 2014, 11:50:09 PM
Louise removes the pot from the heat and serves up 4.5 bowls of oatmeal.  She passes a full bowl to Becca, hands a full bowl to Holy "be careful, it's very hot", sets two full bowls on the counter and holds the last bowl in her hand.  She looks for utensils and places a spoon or some other device in each bowl.  "I'm going to take this last one out to Sara." She says immediately before doing so.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 17, 2014, 11:55:05 PM
You find three spoons, one fork, and a pocket watch.  Well, it's a broken pocket watch now, but it should still work for what you're using it for.  It isn't like you're not used to eating with strange devices.  You give the fork to Becca; she's probably used to eating with not-quite-right tools.  Having set everything up properly, you take the 0.5 oatmeal bowl outside to Sara, who is sitting by the pillar.

Louise
Sara: Oh, you didn't have to do that...

Becca
Holy has finished her piece of jerky and has returned to staring at you.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 17, 2014, 11:57:34 PM
Louise will smile politely.  "I'm not sure how good it will taste, but at least it's something.  I'm not sure if you even need to eat."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 18, 2014, 12:00:23 AM
Sara: I don't... but thanks...

She tries the oatmeal.

Sara: Um... did you put anything in it?  Like syrup?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 18, 2014, 12:17:56 AM
I give Holy another piece of jerky to prevent the staring.

I also taste the oatmeal. How savory is it?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 18, 2014, 12:19:22 AM
As is the nature of unflavored oatmeal, it is effectively without any flavor at all.  You're probably going to have to find some sugar or syrup or something.  At least you managed to distract Holy with more food.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 18, 2014, 12:23:06 AM
"oh, no, you can come inside to get some if you want, I usually just eat it plain."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 18, 2014, 12:23:14 AM
I hunt for some salt, and possibly biscuit gravy.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 18, 2014, 12:28:21 AM
Louise
Sara: ... Plain?  All... right...

She looks a bit confused and worried, but ultimately follows you into the house looking for some tendril of flavor amongst the void of oatmeal.

Becca
You notice Louise walk back into the kitchen, followed by Sara.  They managed to catch you just as you were putting the finishing touches on your jerky-gravy oatmeal.  Holy is still staring at you blankly, but you can feel her judgement.  She then starts eating her oatmeal.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 18, 2014, 12:30:09 AM
I taste it.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 18, 2014, 12:30:29 AM
Louise begins eating her oatmeal.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 18, 2014, 12:34:45 AM
Louise
You enjoy your plain oatmeal, somehow.

Becca
You enjoy your abomination, somehow.

Sara
Sara finds some sugar in a closet and smothers her oatmeal with it.  You're fairly certain she put more sugar in there than there was oatmeal  You're pretty sure oatmeal isn't supposed to crunch like that.  Except for you, Becca.  There's enough jerky in yours that it has plenty of crunch.

Holy
Holy eats her oatmeal in silence, then attempts to stare at everyone at once.  Her eyes cross, she shakes her head, and then returns to staring at Becca.

Kusuri
With a yawn and a stretch, Kusuri wakes up.  He quickly clothes himself and heads to the kitchen to prepare breakfast.  Upon entering the kitchen, he stops and stares.

Everyone Else
Having been thrown bodily out of the kitchen by Kusuri, what do you do?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 18, 2014, 12:35:57 AM
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Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 18, 2014, 12:58:45 AM
I munch some jerky that I liberated on the way out. I give a piece to Holy to prevent staring.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 18, 2014, 01:00:34 AM
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Louise stands outside the kitchen.  She looks around.  It happened so fast that she's not sure what happened.  She looks back into the kitchen.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 18, 2014, 01:48:07 AM
The door to the kitchen is closed.  You can hear the sound of frantic making things right coming from inside.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 18, 2014, 01:49:19 AM
"didn't he say he wasn't a cook?"  Louise lets the question hang in the air as she waits around.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 19, 2014, 11:53:27 PM
"I guess? Doesn't really explain why he threw us out, though."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 19, 2014, 11:57:14 PM
"No, not really"  Like a simulated theme park janitor placed in the middle of an undeveloped area, Louise mills around, looking for something to do.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 19, 2014, 11:59:43 PM
There isn't really that much to do.  You could look around more with the glasses, talk to Sara, talk? to Holy, head back to the school, or explore that new place.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 20, 2014, 12:02:51 AM
"Want to see what is behind that wood-blocked door at the school?"  I hold up the crowbar.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 20, 2014, 12:23:25 AM
I put another piece of jerky into my mouth. "Wouldn't the food be cold by the time we got back?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 20, 2014, 12:24:04 AM
You did manage to finish your various oatmeals.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 20, 2014, 12:25:44 AM
On considering it further, I realize that my stomach doesn't really want any more food at the moment. "On the other hand, blocked-off door in a horrific setting that gives me the heebie-jeebies. Why not indeed?"

I start wandering over to the Red Gate.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 20, 2014, 12:31:07 AM
As you walk towards the Red Gate, Holy follows you.  When you get close to it, she pauses and closes her eyes.  After a bit, she opens them again.

Holy: No fragments.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 20, 2014, 12:34:42 AM
"oh!  how useful.  Thank you."  Louise turns to Becca.  "I am still kinda curious though..."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 20, 2014, 12:36:02 AM
In a bizarre reversal of the natural order, I stare at Holy.

"How...can you tell?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 20, 2014, 12:36:58 AM
Holy walks up to you and hugs you.  Please make a [SPT + SPT] test.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 20, 2014, 12:38:42 AM
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Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 20, 2014, 12:39:27 AM
Your vision blurs.  When it clears you're standing in the school.  Somewhere around the - your vision blurs.  When it clears you're standing right before a  - your vision blurs.  When it clears you're standing in two places.  Your right eye can see - your vision blurs.

With a jolt you pull back from Holy and return to the void.  Your head is spinning and you can't quite make sense of what you just saw.  It was like you were looking at the entirety of the school at once, but your mind wasn't actually able to handle that much input simultaneously.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 20, 2014, 11:25:24 PM
I bend over and retch a little.

"Okay," I say, wiping the spit from my mouth, "no more questions."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 20, 2014, 11:29:04 PM
"Are you okay?"  Louise asks with legitimate concern, since she was in the lead and is not sure what caused the sudden expulsion.  "are you sick?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 21, 2014, 12:20:29 AM
"Holy was just sharing with me. That's all."

I shoot the little girl a look.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 21, 2014, 12:23:00 AM
Holy stares back.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 21, 2014, 02:23:12 AM
"O...kay?  well if you're ready, let's head into the school to check out that door.  Then we can head back and see if Kusuri is finished. 
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 22, 2014, 03:09:32 AM
I nod, wipe my mouth once more, and step through the Red Gate.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 22, 2014, 05:16:06 PM
You step into the Red Gate.  Just before you pass through, you catch a glimpse of something --

==> (http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=12070.msg217401#msg217401)
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 27, 2014, 02:15:01 AM
You are standing there next to the pillar.  Sara looks up in surprise.

Sara: Louise?  Holy?  How did you get here?  You're transparent!
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 27, 2014, 02:20:47 AM
Louise's hands remain clutched to Holy.  That was a lot of thought to process and she might go and lay down just to rest her head after that sensory overload, but even still, a part of her doesn't want to be the first person to break the hug.

"He-hello.  I got....  taken somewhere.  A 'dead end' Holy called it.  she's brought me out of it though.  I think her form of teleportation is very slow, it took a little bit of time for her to fully come to me, so I expect we'll be transparent for a little longer."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 27, 2014, 02:22:23 AM
Sara: Ah, okay...  Um, where is Becca?

You're mostly visible.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 27, 2014, 02:23:19 AM
"I think...  she'd still be in the school gate."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 27, 2014, 02:24:36 AM
Sara: Ah...

You fully materialize.  As you do, there is a strange moment where you feel like you're in two places at once, then it passes.  Holy releases you from her hug.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 27, 2014, 11:58:44 PM
When you do, you see Louise talking to Sara, Holy at her side.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 27, 2014, 11:59:45 PM
"Dying's weird, huh?" I ask Louise as I walk up.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 28, 2014, 12:14:17 AM
Louise gives a last squeeze to Holy, then releases the hug"I didn't... die.  I was transported somewhere.  Holy came and brought me back here though.  I feel...  mentally fatigued.  I hope you don't mind if I rest a moment before we go to the new gate.  I just need to...  close my eyes.  Louise begins walking towards the house.  "Kusuri is in the kitchen, I'm pretty sure."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 28, 2014, 12:15:09 AM
"Still?" I ask. "What's he making, a soufflé?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 28, 2014, 12:24:45 AM
Louise makes a W with her upper body, as she continues towards the house.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 28, 2014, 12:26:26 AM
You W and enter the house, Holy following closely behind you.  A very pleasant smell wafts from the kitchen, almost like baking bread.  The sleeping area looks quite inviting as well.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 28, 2014, 12:28:28 AM
I turn to Sara. "So, anything interesting happen while we were out?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 28, 2014, 12:29:26 AM
Sara: Um... not really?  Louise and Holy phasing in was sort of the most exciting thing...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 28, 2014, 12:31:52 AM
Louise inhales deeply, the scent reminding her of home.

Almost a little too much, perhaps.  Her chest tightens a little bit as she wonders if her parents are in another place like this, isolated, or with a perfect stranger.  She thinks about the last time she talked about them and it begins to pull at her heart.  I've gotta keep moving forward.  She tries ineffectively to console herself.  Everything will be okay.  We just have to find out what happened.  Louise finds her way towards the pillow room, which she has not previously been to.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 28, 2014, 12:33:36 AM
As Becca discovered earlier, it now more closely resembles a dormitory room than a tent.  The beds look just as comfortable, though.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 28, 2014, 12:38:02 AM
"So...you really meant it about putting the world back together?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 28, 2014, 12:39:42 AM
Louise sits, then lays on the bed.  She kicks off her shoes and closes her eyes.  She isn't trying to fall asleep, but just attempting to let her mind rest, and perhaps wander a bit, to unwind it from the crazy stress it's been under from being teleported away and all the crazy things she's been hearing and that insane slide-show jump Holy took her on.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 28, 2014, 12:42:25 AM
Louise
You rest a bit, and feel less stressed out.  Your mind seems to have more or less repaired itself from Holy's teleportation, at least.  The scent wafting in from the kitchen is certainly helping matters.  You're fairly certain Holy is literally watching you sleep, though, which isn't helping as much.

Becca
Sara: Um...  I think so?  I'm not really sure...  I don't really know anything...
Sara: It just... sounded really right when you said it...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 28, 2014, 12:48:25 AM
Louise opens her eyes to look at Holy, if she is staring.  "Why do you watch people so closely?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 28, 2014, 12:48:55 AM
Holy: My purpose.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on February 28, 2014, 12:50:35 AM
Louise nods.  "Okay." and smiles.  She closes her eyes again trying to determine what kind of Souffle Kusuri might be making.  He really did say that he was not much of a cook...  So to be doing something like a souffle... 
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 28, 2014, 11:19:14 PM
"In what way did it feel right? Like you were just barely on the edge of remembering something, or...?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 28, 2014, 11:19:58 PM
Sara: I don't really know...  I don't think it was a memory, but...
Sara: Sorry...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 28, 2014, 11:21:05 PM
I ruffle her hair. "It's fine. You can't know everything."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 28, 2014, 11:23:39 PM
Sara nods.
Sara: But I don't know a lot...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 28, 2014, 11:25:29 PM
I look back and forth to make sure that Louise is gone, then lean in close. "Want to know a secret?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 28, 2014, 11:25:55 PM
Sara: Um, okay...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on February 28, 2014, 11:28:43 PM
"I don't know a lot, either. There are so many things I don't know--that I can't know! Things I've never understood, but they kept on happening anyway. Like gravity. I know it exists, but what is it? How does it work? Never really got that. Or magnets--how do they work?"

I chuckle, then resume speaking. "The thing is, it doesn't matter that I don't really know anything. What matters is that I try my best every day. I may not be able to speak more than one language, but I can climb rocks like nobody's business. You just do your best, and that's all anyone can ask of you."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on February 28, 2014, 11:42:53 PM
Sara: Um...  Okay!
Sara: I'll definitely keep trying my best!
Sara: I think I can speak more than one language, though...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on March 01, 2014, 12:04:01 AM
I laugh a little at this. "So, did Kusuri ever say what he's making?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on March 01, 2014, 12:04:35 AM
Sara: Um..  Sou... p?  I think?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on March 01, 2014, 12:06:16 AM
I brighten. "Oh, I love soups! Especially meat-based ones. Oh, and stews." I begin drooling.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on March 01, 2014, 12:08:01 AM
Sara: Um... hmm...  I don't know if we have any meat...
Sara: There were those dried things, I guess...
Sara: But I think you used them up...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on March 01, 2014, 12:26:08 AM
My eyes widen in alarm. "Is there any way to restock the kitchen?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on March 01, 2014, 12:26:58 AM
Sara: Huh, um...  It probably restocks every.... day?
Sara: Every day...
Sara: What's a day?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on March 01, 2014, 12:27:57 AM
I hesitate. "Do you know what the sun would be, if it existed?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on March 01, 2014, 12:28:27 AM
Sara: Um...  It's like the pillar, right?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on March 01, 2014, 12:30:25 AM
"Sort of, yeah. Huge light source in the sky. A day is how long it takes for it to go from one side of the sky to the other, then come back around on the other side. It's dark during the night part of the day, while 'day' often is used to refer to the light part."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on March 01, 2014, 12:32:13 AM
Sara: Okay, so...  Since the pillar doesn't move...
Sara: I'm not really sure when the kitchen will be restocked...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on March 01, 2014, 12:34:08 AM
"Maybe when we wake up in the mornings?" I ask hopefully.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on March 01, 2014, 03:29:39 PM
Sara: Um, maybe...  I don't really know...

All of you hear a call from the kitchen.

Kusuri: Okay, lunch is ready!
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on March 01, 2014, 03:33:37 PM
"Well, I guess we'll have to wait and see," I say cheerfully, wandering over to investigate.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on March 01, 2014, 05:16:28 PM
Louise rises and brushes her fingers through her hair.  she straightens her coat and smooths out her clothes again.  she checks her face for any drool, and then begins walking towards the kitchen.  On the way, she looks for a bathroom.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on March 01, 2014, 05:17:13 PM
There is a small bathroom between the kitchen and the study.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on March 01, 2014, 05:17:41 PM
Assuming that nothing stops me, I arrive at the kitchen.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on March 01, 2014, 05:18:11 PM
Louise pops into the restroom to check her face in the mirror and wash her hands.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on March 01, 2014, 05:20:16 PM
Louise
You weren't really sleeping, so your face is nice and clean.  You wash your hands without worry.  it's nice to have rust-free water.

Becca
No one can stop you now.  I mean, you're having such a good time.  A ball, even.  You arrive at the kitchen without issue.  Kusuri appears to be holding aloft a souffle.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on March 01, 2014, 05:26:39 PM
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Louise walks to the kitchen for lunch, savoring the smell.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on March 01, 2014, 05:49:27 PM
You enter the kitchen.  Kusuri appears to have made a souffle.  Becca and Sara have already arrived.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on March 01, 2014, 05:53:40 PM
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I bounce excitedly into a chair. "Food!"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on March 01, 2014, 05:55:24 PM
Kusuri looks amused.

Kusuri: What did you expect?  Plastics?

Becca, you notice Holy enter after Louise.  As soon as she does, she returns to staring at you.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on March 01, 2014, 06:56:50 PM
I point at Holy in an accusatory fashion. "It's rude to stare at people while they eat," I declare.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on March 01, 2014, 06:57:59 PM
Holy sits down at the table and closes her eyes.  It feels like you're being stared at from multiple directions.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on March 02, 2014, 12:04:11 AM
"I....yes, that's better," I say uncomfortably.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on March 02, 2014, 01:01:09 AM
"It's also rude to point out someone's rudeness so bluntly"  Louise Frenchly sits down.  "A souffle?  I thought you said you didn't cook that much Kusuri!  this looks lovely"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on March 02, 2014, 01:02:30 AM
Kusuri looks a bit sheepish.

Kusuri: Ahaha... well...  It's more of a hobby...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on March 02, 2014, 01:04:27 AM
Louise smiles and begins to eat.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on March 02, 2014, 01:07:13 AM
It's very good.  Light and fluffy and other adjectives that describe a positive souffle eating experience.  As you eat, Holy follows suit.  She doesn't appear to have any trouble eating with her eyes closed.  Becca, you notice that, unlike normal, the staring sensation most distinctly hasn't stopped.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on March 02, 2014, 01:15:22 AM
Louise politely eats and thanks the stars that this is less spicy than before
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on March 02, 2014, 01:22:25 AM
I attempt to ignore the staring sensation.

"So, this is soufflé, huh? It's not really what I expected."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on March 02, 2014, 01:30:50 AM
Kusuri: Hahaha...  Sorry.  What sort of thing would you like for dinner?  I can't promise too much spice, of course, for Louise's sake.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on March 02, 2014, 01:31:18 AM
"I don't suppose we have consistent access to meat?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on March 02, 2014, 01:42:07 AM
Kusuri: Hmm... I don't think so.  And I think you used up most of the jerky on that... item of food you made earlier.
Kusuri: Sara, do you think we'll restock at some point?

Sara: Um, I think so...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on March 02, 2014, 01:46:59 AM
"Once a day, I thought you said," I comment, spraying soufflé.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on March 02, 2014, 01:48:28 AM
Sara: Um, yes...  But I don't really know when "once a day" happens, so I can't really say...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on March 02, 2014, 01:49:06 AM
Louise rubs her mouth with her napkin.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on March 02, 2014, 02:09:34 AM
You all finish your souffle pieces.  It's more filling than you would have expected.

Becca, the moment you stop eating Holy opens her eyes and stares at you.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on March 02, 2014, 02:11:16 AM
I stare back in an attempt to out-stare her.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on March 02, 2014, 02:12:16 AM
Please make a [STR + STR] test.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on March 02, 2014, 02:13:29 AM
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Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on March 02, 2014, 02:15:05 AM
You stare with all your might.  Holy blinks several times before you do.  While you may consider this a victory, if you would like, Holy does not appear daunted and continues to stare at you.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on March 02, 2014, 02:17:13 AM
I continue to stare. She will look away before I do.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on March 02, 2014, 02:18:49 AM
Holy shows no signs of backing down.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on March 02, 2014, 02:25:43 AM
Neither do I.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on March 02, 2014, 02:26:15 AM
Louise, Becca and Holy appear to be stuck.  What do?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on March 02, 2014, 02:34:18 AM
Louise rises.  "Becca, come on, we have another gate to explore.  Thank you very much for the food Kusuri."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on March 02, 2014, 02:35:01 AM
Kusuri: Ah, of course!  Good luck in that gate!

Sara nods in agreement.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on March 02, 2014, 02:35:23 AM
"Right, yeah, gate." I stand up and shuffle towards Louise, never taking my eyes off of Holly's.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on March 02, 2014, 02:36:46 AM
Please make a [DEX + DEX] test.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on March 02, 2014, 02:37:48 AM
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Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on March 02, 2014, 02:40:12 AM
You manage to make it over to where Louise is without tripping on anything.

Holy sighs and looks away.

Holy: Foolish.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on March 02, 2014, 02:40:36 AM
I do a fist-pump. "Yes!"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on March 02, 2014, 02:41:09 AM
Holy does not react.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on March 02, 2014, 02:41:47 AM
"All right, yeah," I say, turning to Louise. "Let's check out this gate business. Hopefully, it will try to kill us slightly less."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on March 02, 2014, 06:06:19 PM
As Louise leaves, she makes a nod towards Kusuri

"I hope you are quite finished antagonizing Holy."

Louise lowers the glasses for convenience and ease of activation at a later time. 

"As for hoping that this gate is safe, I would not count on it."

Louise moves up to the gate and rests her hands on the door wheel.  "Are we ready?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on March 03, 2014, 01:09:20 AM
"I'm ready if you are."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on March 03, 2014, 03:08:05 AM
Louise turns the door's handle wheel to open it and proceeds.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on March 03, 2014, 03:13:12 AM
Slowly, then more quickly, the wheel turns.  It stops with a jolt, and the door opens.  You walk through and...

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Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 15, 2014, 05:08:14 PM
You aren't sure, but you think you might see someone resting against the pillar.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 15, 2014, 05:12:47 PM
"Hi?" Cory calls out tentatively, walking forward, this time glancing back and forth from Ana to the possible someone leaning on the pillar.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 15, 2014, 05:15:59 PM
The figure jumps up, seemingly surprised by your voice.  She looks to be a youngish girl with long green hair.

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???: Oh, um, hello!  We, welcome to here!
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 15, 2014, 05:19:16 PM
Cory smiles at her.  "Hi, um, I'm Cory.  This is Ana--you might know each other?"  It seems like a reasonable guess on one level, although Ana is so vague he's not entirely sure what constitutes "reasonable" around here.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 15, 2014, 05:20:49 PM
???: Um, hi Cory!  I'm Sara.  Um, who's Ana?
???: Is there someone else with you?

Ana doesn't appear to be behind you anymore.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 15, 2014, 05:29:25 PM
"Oh...I guess not?  Sorry--she was just here, but I guess she went...somewhere else.  Nice to meet you, Sara."  He puts out a hand.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 15, 2014, 05:31:25 PM
Sara: Oh, um, no problem...
Sara: It's nice to meet you too!

She shakes your hand.  There's something slightly strange about her handshake, but you can't put your finger on it.

Sara: Oh, um, will you be staying here?  It's just, well, it would be nice to have more friends...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 15, 2014, 05:42:09 PM
"I don't know, but I can probably stay if you want company."  He smiles at her a little tentatively.  "I don't really understand what's going on or where 'here' is."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 15, 2014, 05:43:57 PM
Sara: Um, yeah, I can't really explain it either...
Sara: I just woke up next to this pillar a little while ago...
Sara: I was the only one around, so it was kind of lonely..
Sara: But now there's a lot of people here and you're here too!
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 15, 2014, 05:48:24 PM
"So how come you're just staying by the pillar?  I mean, not that there's anything wrong with that, but if you're lonely and there are more people around, couldn't you stay with them?"  he asks, hoping she isn't going to think he's criticizing her.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 15, 2014, 05:50:12 PM
Sara: Huh, oh, well, the pillar's comforting...
Sara: And everyone's out right now.  Kusuri's here, but he's cooking.
Sara: Oh, I should introduce you to him!

She takes your hand and starts walking toward the building.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 15, 2014, 05:58:11 PM
"Ah...th-that sounds nice."  Cory really hopes Sara doesn't look this way, because he's blushing and suddenly concentrating on making sure he's not holding her hand too tightly or so loose she thinks he doesn't like her.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 15, 2014, 06:03:13 PM
Sara pulls you over to the building and opens the door.  The insides look.. homey.  When she opens another door, a pleasant odor wafts out.

Sara: Kusuri!  Someone else came!

Looking through the door reveals a humble kitchen and a man of indeterminate age.

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He puts down the various things he's holding and turns to you.

Kusuri: Oh, hello.  My name's Kusuri; it's a pleasure to meet you!
Kusuri: Did you just find yourself here?  It's pretty strange, isn't it?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 15, 2014, 06:26:33 PM
"Hi, I'm Cory.  Nice to meet you."  It suddenly feels strange to be saying that, again, in a place that he's sort of beginning to be afraid doesn't make sense (but he isn't going to think about that), but he brushes the feeling aside.  "Yeah, a girl named Ana brought me here from--someplace else?  I guess you don't know what's going on either, then?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 15, 2014, 06:29:01 PM
Kusuri: Hahaha...  I'm afraid not.
Kusuri: I myself woke up here in the nothingness only a little while ago.
Kusuri: I'm pretty lucky I found my way to this pillar.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 15, 2014, 06:32:17 PM
Cory looks interestedly round the kitchen.  "This place is pretty nice, though."  He figures someone would tell him if they'd found out a way to get home from here, so he doesn't ask (because he doesn't want to think about that either).  "Are you making--" there's no obvious time of day, crap "--a meal?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 15, 2014, 06:33:44 PM
Kusuri: Ha, yeah.

He frowns for a moment.

Kusuri: If I don't cook, who knows what'll happen.  Last time...

He shudders.

Kusuri: I don't even want to think about it.

Kusuri: Oh, has Sara told you about the others?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 15, 2014, 06:37:27 PM
"She said there were other people, but she didn't say much else."  Cory is starting to realize that he's actually pretty hungry (which had not occurred to him before, but which he finds comforting on the grounds that dead people people in strange places might not ordinarily be).  "What are you making?  I don't know what the last thing I had to eat was, though I think Mom made oatmeal a while ago."  He's not sure why that stands out in his mind.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 15, 2014, 06:38:50 PM
Kusuri's face darkens.

Kusuri: Oatmeal...

His face returns to normal.

Kusuri: Er, well, if you're hungry... hmm...
Kusuri: You wouldn't object to jerky, would you?  I think we have some left, and it makes a good snack.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 15, 2014, 06:39:45 PM
"Oh, yeah, jerky sounds great, thanks."  Cory pauses for a minute.  "So these other people...?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 15, 2014, 06:42:18 PM
Kusuri gestures to where the jerky can be found.

Kusuri: Ah, yes, sorry.  Other than Sara and myself, there's Louise, Becca, and Holy.
Kusuri: Louise and Becca are good people, and Holy's nice enough.  I don't really understand her, though.
Kusuri: They all headed out through the Gate a while ago.  They'll probably be back soon.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 15, 2014, 06:43:09 PM
Cory searches out and finds the jerky and starts munching.  "What's the Gate?" he asks.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 15, 2014, 06:44:08 PM
Kusuri: Oh, uh... Sara?
Sara: Um, its, well, a gate...  It goes to other places...
Sara: We've made two of them so far, and I think they're important somehow...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 15, 2014, 06:48:13 PM
Somehow, Cory doesn't think these are normal gates.  "How did you make them?" He smiles at Sarah and hopes he doesn't come across as creepy.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 15, 2014, 06:49:39 PM
Cory
Sara: Oh, um, out of Fragments...  It's kinda... hard to explain...
Sara: It's just something I can do...

Louise and Becca
You return to the void, Holy right behind you.  Surprisingly, Sara is nowhere to be found.  Maybe she's inside?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 15, 2014, 06:51:03 PM
I take a swig from the flask. "Any ideas on what we should give Sara this time?"

I head towards the house.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 15, 2014, 06:51:48 PM
I wonder what fragments are.  There's a soft little voice cheering in the back of Cory's mind, but he shoves it down.  "Well, that's cool," he says, not wanting to press Sara on this too much.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 15, 2014, 11:58:11 PM
"We should take inventory of everything we have first."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 16, 2014, 12:05:24 AM
I count on my fingers. "Well, we got the flask, the telescope, and the wrench. Am I forgetting anything?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 16, 2014, 10:34:26 PM
"oh, definitely, for one, we've got the ice chest," Louise says, pulling the ice chest, "We've also got the flash light and the hammer.  Oh, and the crowbar from last time." Louise pats the crow bar on her waist.  "I'm also not sure if the wrench is a fragment.  I'm a little wary of that woman, and the wrench seems...  off.  As for what to use on our abode or the gates, I believe the hammer is definitely safe to remove, though whether we want it in the house or in the next gate is anybody's choice.  it could give us a workshop, or it could give us a tool shed, rendering the crowbar mostly obsolete.  the flashlight may still be of some use.  If we are to use the telescope, I'd like to do some surveying of the land first.  I might climb up to the top of the pillar again to see what I can see.  I have no problem using the ice chest, or the crow bar, now that we've seen the outside of the school..."  Louise darkens for a moment, recalling being lost in the void.  she Shudders.  "but like I said, the wrench...  seems off.  It seems as though you are attached to the flask, so perhaps we will keep that too."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 16, 2014, 10:36:46 PM
"Well, Holy, is the wrench a fragment?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 16, 2014, 10:37:40 PM
Holy: Yes.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 16, 2014, 10:41:02 PM
I waggle my eyebrows meaningfully at no one in particular, then continue. "You're probably right about using the hammer. A toolshed could be useful. Or maybe a smithy. Depending on what we get from the hammer, we could also include the crowbar. Maybe the wrench. Get some sort of factory going."

I enter the house.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 16, 2014, 10:42:30 PM
You enter the house.  You can hear conversation occurring in the kitchen.  You don't recognize one of the voices.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 16, 2014, 10:43:10 PM
"I mean we don't want to use everything on the house, we need a new gate.  Don't be fool-" Louise freezes.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 16, 2014, 10:43:59 PM
I continue into the kitchen. "Sara? Kusuri? Something happen?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 16, 2014, 10:45:36 PM
Louise continues to wait, har hand on the crowbar.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 16, 2014, 10:47:30 PM
Sara comes bounding out of the kitchen.

Sara: Another person came!  Here, come in!

She grabs your hands and pulls you into the kitchen.  It's now a bit cramped.

Sara: This is Cory!  Cory, this is Louise and Becca and Holy!
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 16, 2014, 10:48:58 PM
Louise stands, prickling, examining the newcomer.  She peers through her spectacles.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 16, 2014, 10:50:14 PM
I raise an eyebrow. "Hello, Cory, I'm Becca."

It belatedly occurs to me to wonder where I put my shirt. Ah, well. Not really that much of a problem.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 16, 2014, 10:53:35 PM
Louise, your glasses don't reveal anything particularly special, except...  his face is kind of weird.  It looks damaged in some way, particularly around the mouth.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 16, 2014, 10:56:00 PM
Cory blushes to the roots of his hair and tries to avoid looking directly at Becca.  "Uh, h-hi, nice to meet you."  He tries to look at Louise but feels awkward and looks away again.  "I just, just got here and met Kusuri and Sara and--Ana--I think?"  He puts out a hand in the vague direction of the three people he hadn't yet met.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 16, 2014, 10:57:25 PM
I hold out the flask. "Drink?" After a second, it occurs to me to ask. "Kusuri, do we have any glasses in here?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 16, 2014, 11:00:02 PM
"Um, thanks," Cory says, with a small smile.  "A glass would be good.  Also what is it?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 16, 2014, 11:01:33 PM
I shrug, slightly sloshing the flask. "Dunno. Just some fragment."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 16, 2014, 11:02:26 PM
I blink.  "Wh-what?  Sara said something about fragments, but do you guys know what they are?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 16, 2014, 11:03:45 PM
I scratch my nose and turn to Louise. "They're, uh, magical doohickeys, right?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 16, 2014, 11:04:55 PM
I feel like the ground is about to open up and swallow me, the vertigo from before returning harsh and sudden.  "M-magical?" 
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 16, 2014, 11:07:03 PM
Suddenly, I grin a wicked grin. "See for yourself," I say, shaking the flask tantalizingly.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 16, 2014, 11:07:30 PM
"From what I've hypothesized, they may be fragments of what was once our world.  Some of us think that we are building a new world from them.  Others think that we can reach our old world by putting it back together.  Whatever their purpose, there seems to be some power within at least some of them."  Louise looks to Kusuri out of nervousness.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 16, 2014, 11:09:42 PM
Everyone seems a little nervous. "Seriously, though, have a drink. The end of the world is a lot to take in all at once. It'll take the edge off."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 16, 2014, 11:10:25 PM
Kusuri looks at Louise in a manner suggesting that he doesn't know anything about the things.

Holy looks to both Louise and Becca, before stepping forward and shaking Cory's outstretched hand briskly.

Holy: I am Holy.

She then steps back and stares at Cory.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 16, 2014, 11:11:11 PM
Cory stares back.  "Nice to meet you," he says automatically, then reaches out and takes the flask from Becca and takes a long swallow.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 16, 2014, 11:12:01 PM
The beverage is somewhat sweet.  It's also somewhat alcoholic.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 16, 2014, 11:12:57 PM
Louise relaxes slightly at Holy's interruption.  Even if this new person is strange, Holy hasn't led her wrong yet.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 16, 2014, 11:13:31 PM
Cory sputters slightly and wipes the back of his mouth with his hand.  "Thanks," he says, holding the flask out loosely as if he's not sure he wants to give it back.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 16, 2014, 11:15:31 PM
I look back at Kusuri. "So, do we have glasses? I remember glasses from..." I almost say the word breakfast, but stop myself. I don't want to remind him. I don't want to be thrown out again.

I still don't understand why he threw us out.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 16, 2014, 11:17:21 PM
Kusuri: Ah, yes.  Here, let me get them.

He opens a cupboard and pulls out several cups.  Technically they're units of instruction (glasses), but since they're coming from a cupboard I wanted to say cup.

He sets one out on the table for each person.  There is no way all six of you are going to fit.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 16, 2014, 11:18:36 PM
I take the flask and experimentally try to fill all the glasses.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 16, 2014, 11:19:01 PM
Louise remains standing.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 16, 2014, 11:19:22 PM
You manage to fill every unit of instruction (glass).  However, as you fill the last one, the flask runs empty.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 16, 2014, 11:20:04 PM
I look into the flask sadly. "Damn, I was hoping that it was magically unending. Sort of an everfull flask. Or a neverending mug."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 16, 2014, 11:20:30 PM
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Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 16, 2014, 11:20:54 PM
"Everfull mug," Cory says automatically, then bites his tongue and hopes no one was listening.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 16, 2014, 11:21:27 PM
Sara: Um, can I look at it?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 16, 2014, 11:22:00 PM
"All righty." Solemnly, I hand the mug flask to Sara.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 16, 2014, 11:22:18 PM
"You could try using it."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 16, 2014, 11:23:34 PM
Sara examines the flask.

Sara: Hmm, I think it's just tired...
Sara: It'll probably recharge later.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 16, 2014, 11:24:12 PM
"Tired?"  Louise thinks  "Can these fragments feel?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 16, 2014, 11:26:02 PM
"Recharge? Huh, neat." I look at the flask with something between avarice and lust. "You think there's a ham fragment somewhere? Neverending ham?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 16, 2014, 11:26:33 PM
Sara: Um... maybe?
Holy: No.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 16, 2014, 11:29:47 PM
"Anyway, Becca, I would like to borrow the telescope.  If you will be in here drinking, I will go ahead and take a look around."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 16, 2014, 11:32:18 PM
My heart is crushed by Holy's callous answer. Truly, there is no justice in this world.

"Ah, well. At least we have alcohol. And, sure, Louise, go ahead." I hand her the telescope.

"But! Before you start snooping around with it, a toast!"

I take a glass and lift it into the air. "To all that we have found, to all that we have yet to find, and" I nod at Cory "to that which has found us. We're making the most of an incredibly fucked-up situation, so let's recognize ourselves for what we are."

I pause and look at the others in turn.

"Lucky. We are lucky to be alive, and to be here. Lucky to be given this responsibility--whatever it may turn out to be. Lucky to have this chance to get to know each other, and to get to know ourselves."

I finish with a grin. "And lucky to finally have some fucking booze!"

I drink from my glass.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 17, 2014, 12:07:49 AM
As a matter of politeness, Louise takes a glass and raises it for the cheer.  She takes the smallest of tastes of the contents of the glass, then returns it to the table.  "Holy, would you join me outside?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 17, 2014, 12:09:43 AM
Holy nods to you.  She rubs her finger across the rim of the unit of instruction (glass) nods to herself, then turns and walks out of the house.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 17, 2014, 12:11:14 AM
"Holy, can you really see everything?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 17, 2014, 12:11:59 AM
Holy: I can see what I look at.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 17, 2014, 12:13:04 AM
"But you can look at a lot at a time, can't you?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 17, 2014, 12:13:45 AM
Holy: Yes.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 17, 2014, 12:14:58 AM
Louise moves towards the pillar of light, with the intent to climb it once again.  "Where were you before you woke up here?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 17, 2014, 12:16:48 AM
Holy: I did not wake up here.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 17, 2014, 12:18:59 AM
"How did you arrive in the house?"  Louise ensures that the telescope is secure in one of her coat pockets before attempting to climb the pillar.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 17, 2014, 12:19:58 AM
Holy: I walked.

It takes some effort, but you manage to make your way up the pillar.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 17, 2014, 12:21:51 AM
"where did you walk from?"

Louise looks over the landscape again, catching her breath from the climb.  It seems harder than last time, but it is familiar.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 17, 2014, 12:22:19 AM
Holy: From my home.

The landscape looks just as nothing as it always has.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 17, 2014, 12:24:52 AM
"are you from somewhere here in the black?"

Louise withdraws the telescope and chooses the direction directly opposite the house and peers through the spyglass.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 17, 2014, 12:26:24 AM
Holy joins you atop the pillar.  She doesn't seem to have a difficult time making the climb.

Holy: Yes.

Rather than a telescope, you appear to be looking through a a kaleidoscope.  Not quite what you were expecting.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 17, 2014, 12:29:39 AM
Louise frowns.  "This is not what I expected it to be."  she turns to Holy and looks at the girl through the kaleidoscope.  "I'm sorry for asking you so many questions.  Do you want to ask me anything?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 17, 2014, 12:30:52 AM
Holy: I do not.

The kaleidoscope refracts Holy in numerous exciting ways.  It looks like there's a whole bunch of her.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 17, 2014, 12:33:34 AM
Louise looks at something safer, the bedroom, and tries to use the telekaleidoscope in the same way she uses the glasses.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 17, 2014, 12:34:30 AM
Other than the pretty effects, nothing in particular happens.

Holy appears to be staring at you again.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 17, 2014, 12:36:00 AM
"Do you mind if I ask you more questions?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 17, 2014, 12:37:13 AM
Holy: I do not.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 17, 2014, 12:37:59 AM
"What lets you see so much?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 17, 2014, 12:38:15 AM
Holy: My nature.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 17, 2014, 12:39:00 AM
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Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 17, 2014, 12:39:15 AM
"what do you mean by nature?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 17, 2014, 12:39:53 AM
Holy: It is a power I posses.
Holy: It bears the name "Visiondance."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 17, 2014, 12:41:05 AM
"How long have you been here in the black?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 17, 2014, 12:41:29 AM
Holy: I have been here since I was born.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 17, 2014, 12:42:47 AM
"I suppose you wouldn't have a human concept of time...  How far can you see with your visiondance?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 17, 2014, 12:43:20 AM
Holy: It depends on the context.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 17, 2014, 12:45:39 AM
"That makes sense.  It would be easier for you to see further along a straight line than in a wide area around you.  Since you can see so much, have you seen anyone else out here in the black?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 17, 2014, 12:46:17 AM
Holy: Yes.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 17, 2014, 12:48:00 AM
"other humans?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 17, 2014, 12:49:44 AM
Holy: I have not.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 17, 2014, 12:51:00 AM
Louise's face falls.  "I suppose it was too much to hope for."  She sighs.  "Why did you come to our campsite?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 17, 2014, 12:51:30 AM
Holy: Observation.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 17, 2014, 12:52:01 AM
"On behalf of who?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 17, 2014, 12:52:48 AM
Holy: My home.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 17, 2014, 12:57:09 AM
"You observe on behalf of this plane of void?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 17, 2014, 12:57:27 AM
Holy: No.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 17, 2014, 01:08:14 AM
"What is your home?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 17, 2014, 01:08:47 AM
Holy: The White City.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 17, 2014, 01:11:02 AM
"Is the white city here in the void?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 17, 2014, 01:11:17 AM
Holy: Yes.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 17, 2014, 01:12:10 AM
"What lives there?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 17, 2014, 01:12:28 AM
Holy: Lunes.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 17, 2014, 01:12:56 AM
"What's a Lunes?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 17, 2014, 01:13:14 AM
Holy: I am a Lune.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 17, 2014, 01:14:43 AM
"Why does the white city want to observe us?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 17, 2014, 01:15:21 AM
Holy: You exist.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 17, 2014, 01:19:06 AM
"I suppose it is rather strange that we made it here...  I don't... really remember what happened to my home..."  Louise goes pensive for a moment.  "Can you still see your home from here?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 17, 2014, 01:19:33 AM
Holy: I cannot.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 17, 2014, 01:20:54 AM
"Do you miss home?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 17, 2014, 01:21:16 AM
Holy: I do not.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 17, 2014, 01:22:57 AM
"oh."  another moment of silence passes as Louise looks over the darkness.  she looks back through the Kaleidoscope back at the house.  "Is Sara also a Lune?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 17, 2014, 01:23:28 AM
Holy: She is not.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 17, 2014, 01:24:36 AM
"Has something like this ever happened before?  People, or creatures, winding up here and having to collect fragments."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 17, 2014, 01:25:34 AM
Holy: Constantly.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 17, 2014, 01:28:54 AM
"Really?!"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 17, 2014, 01:29:26 AM
Holy: It is common.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 17, 2014, 08:21:07 AM
Cory takes a deep breath, looking at Becca, and wonders if there's anything he can say.  Finally, he picks up his glass and starts to drink from it continuously as he talks.  "I don't know how to deal with this.  I mean, the weird thing is if I were a few years younger, I feel like I would.  I'd expect this.  It wouldn't throw me off.  But I'm not a kid anymore.  I know magic doesn't exist.  I'd say I was in a coma or something but I feel like that would mean a hell of a lot of things about my psyche that I'm not sure I want to be true.  No--um--no offense intended to anyone here, it's just the blackness and stuff, you know..." he trails off.  His head is a little fuzzy, maybe.  He hopes that alcohol can make you talk like this and that everyone isn't going to hate him now for saying it.  He should'n't've really said any of it.   "I don't know what I'm doing," he says hopelessly, and sits down.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 17, 2014, 06:44:17 PM
I shrug. "Well, apparently, you were wrong. From all appearances, magic exists. Hell, I've died once already." I scratch my ear thoughtfully. "Besides, it wouldn't make much sense for you to be in a coma. We were here and messing around for....let's say 'days' before you arrived. Either your subconscious is lazy, or you're not in a coma."

I look sadly at my empty glass. "I'd offer you more, but our source of alcohol appears to be consumed for the time being. And, somehow, I suspect a certain someone would throw me out if I tried brewing my own." I give Kusuri a playful look.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 17, 2014, 07:35:07 PM
Kusuri: I don't think we have the equipment for that.  Or the space.
Kusuri: I wouldn't want to mess with wine or liquor either...

Sara: Um, you can have mine, if you want...
Sara: I don't think Holy drank hers, either...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 17, 2014, 08:27:52 PM
I reach over and slide Holy's glass over. "So, Cory, talk to me. Where are you from? What are you into?" I give him a suspicious look. "You're not French, too, are you?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 17, 2014, 08:29:01 PM
Cory cracks a brief smile.  "I speak a little French.  I'm Canadian.  Um, what do you mean what am I into?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 17, 2014, 08:30:26 PM
"I dunno." I wave a hand idly. "Take it however you think it. What do you do for fun, maybe? Or maybe sexual preferences? Hell, I don't know. I'm a park ranger, not a motivational speaker."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 17, 2014, 08:31:41 PM
Cory blushes again and looks down at the table.  "I dunno really.  I just hang out with people these days.  Watch movies.  Do...uh...normal stuff."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 17, 2014, 08:32:36 PM
I sigh. "Boring. Ever go skinny dipping? Rappel down a mountain while singing showtunes?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 17, 2014, 08:33:39 PM
Cory hesitates.  "No, I just--" he pauses.  "Nothing.  I'm kind of a boring person?" He ends his statement with an almost hopeful questioning twist.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 17, 2014, 08:34:31 PM
I frown. "Why would you want to be boring? Do something interesting! Have fun!"

Suddenly having an idea, I thrust my arm onto the table, elbow-first. "Wanna arm wrestle?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 17, 2014, 08:35:50 PM
"Boring is safe," Cory says, then bites his lip as if he hadn't intended to say anything.  "Uh, sure, why not?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 17, 2014, 08:38:45 PM
Kusuri: Ahh, give the kid a chance, okay?

Please make a [STR + DEX] -> [STR + DEX] challenge, both of you.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 17, 2014, 09:31:27 PM
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Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 17, 2014, 09:38:02 PM
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Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 17, 2014, 09:41:54 PM
Cory, you manage to win, but it's pretty close.  You aren't sure if you'd be able to do that again.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 17, 2014, 09:42:45 PM
"Aaaaghhh," I exclaim, falling back in feigned defeat. "You got me, kid. Want to try again?" I lick my lips. "Maybe with some stakes to make it interesting?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 17, 2014, 09:43:07 PM
Cory eyes Becca suspiciously.  "What kind of stakes?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 17, 2014, 09:45:58 PM
"Well, if you win," I say, fingering the strap of my bra, "maybe you get to see a little something? But, if I win...you have to do what I say for a whole day."

I have the measure of the kid. No way he'll beat me again. And, if he does? Not exactly like I mind showing off. If anyone objects later, I can just blame the alcohol.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 17, 2014, 09:47:31 PM
"That doesn't seem exactly fair," Cory points out mildly.  "I mean, I'm sure you're very attractive, but when you think about it, you could get me to strip plus whatever you wanted.  Why not make the same stakes both ways?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 17, 2014, 09:48:20 PM
"Who wants to see you naked?" I ask idly.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 17, 2014, 09:49:11 PM
"Well, who wants to see you?" Cory counters.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 17, 2014, 09:50:53 PM
My chair falls over backwards. Perhaps I shouldn't have been leaning back so far.

"Bastarding bastard of a bastard," I mutter while standing up from the wreckage. I wave a finger at Cory. "Judging at the way you tried to look away when I walked in, kid, you do. But, fine. Winner owns the loser for a day."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 17, 2014, 09:52:02 PM
"Seems fair," Cory says slowly.  "All right.  Ready when you are."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 17, 2014, 09:55:06 PM
Kusuri sighs.

Kusuri: At least it's not strip poker, but take it to the study or something.
Kusuri: And Sara, try not to grow up like them.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 17, 2014, 09:55:57 PM
"Hey!" Cory protests.  "I turned down the stripping offer!"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 17, 2014, 09:56:14 PM
I stick my tongue out at Kusuri. "Nothin' wrong, growing up like this. That's how my brothers raised me. And you don't argue with my brothers, Kusuri. They'll beat you up."

I stand up and lead Cory to the library. Time to avenge my honor.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 17, 2014, 09:57:13 PM
Kusuri chuckled.

Kusuri: Oh, no doubt.

He waves a rather large knife.

Kusuri: But I have some advantages in the kitchen.

When ready, the two of you may make [STR + DEX] -> [STR + DEX].
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 17, 2014, 09:58:19 PM
I grumble at this as I walk out. "If I had my climbing axes, you know..."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 17, 2014, 09:59:59 PM
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Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 17, 2014, 10:02:52 PM
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Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 17, 2014, 10:04:50 PM
As I feel the boy push back with more vigor than I anticipated, I weigh my options for a moment. I could let him win, after all. It would be amusing to see what he'd make me do.

On the other hand, there's the matter of honor. It's one thing to take it easy on him once, but after I put stakes on the line? Foolishness.

I push back.

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Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 17, 2014, 10:07:22 PM
Cory, you started strong.  You almost had her down.  And your arm just... stopped, and before you knew it you were the one being held down.  Victory goes to Becca.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 17, 2014, 10:09:02 PM
I raise my arms in victory. "Hah! Haha! None may stand before Becca Flewelling!"

I plop down back into my chair. "So, I'm your queen now. That means you have to do what I say."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 17, 2014, 10:10:15 PM
"Oww.  Damn, that was a good finish."  Cory sighs, wondering how he got himself into this.  "I guess I have to, oh Your Majesty.  So did you actually have anything in mind?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 17, 2014, 10:10:54 PM
I wave a hand imperiously. "Fetch me jerky!"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 17, 2014, 10:11:37 PM
Cory hands Becca the rest of the jerky that he was interrupted in the middle of eating.  "Geez, you're lazy."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 17, 2014, 10:12:34 PM
Sara: Queen?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 17, 2014, 10:15:21 PM
"Yes, Peasant Sara?" I begin to munch on the jerky that my servant so graciously provided.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 17, 2014, 10:16:32 PM
Sara: Peasant?  I don't know what these words are...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 17, 2014, 10:17:01 PM
"It's, uh...Servant Cory! Explain!"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 17, 2014, 10:19:06 PM
Cory feels like he is sighing a lot today.  "Um, a queen is the female ruler of a country.  A peasant is a poor person, I guess?  Becca was joking.  She's not actually a queen," he clarifies, in case Sara is still confused.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 17, 2014, 10:20:23 PM
Sara: Oh, okay...  I still don't really get it...
Sara: What's a country?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 17, 2014, 10:21:07 PM
Cory scratches his head.  "A country is a bunch of people who live in the same place and work together, I suppose."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 17, 2014, 10:21:39 PM
Sara perks up.

Sara: Oh!  Like here, then!
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 17, 2014, 10:22:15 PM
Cory laughs.  "This would be a pretty small country, but yeah.  Sort of like here."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 17, 2014, 10:22:59 PM
Sara: It'll get bigger though!
Sara: If more and more people come, it'll definitely get bigger!
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 17, 2014, 10:23:45 PM
Cory suddenly goes serious.  "Do you think that more people will come?" he asks Sara.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 17, 2014, 10:33:31 PM
Sara: Oh, um, I don't know...
Sara: I think more people will, though...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 17, 2014, 10:34:34 PM
I lounge lazily on my throne. "They may, Servant Cory. They may. After all, at first, Louise, Sara, and I were the only inhabitants of this fair realm. Soon, Kusuri joined us. Then Holy. Now you. Who may say what new subjects may arrive with the morrow?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 17, 2014, 10:34:59 PM
"I hope so," Cory says quietly.  "I hope we can get back to the world or put it back together or whatever it is that's going on."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 17, 2014, 10:35:58 PM
Sara: Even if more people come, though, I don't think you'll be the queen...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 17, 2014, 10:36:54 PM
"Oh?" I lean forward in my throne. "Then, Servant Cory, are you prepared to deal with what we must face? You seem ill-suited to magic, much less the horrors of the Red School."

Having said that, it occurs to me to look for a book related to the most recent gate. "Nonsense," I say to Sara. "I am queen by right of strength."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 17, 2014, 10:39:52 PM
Cory crosses his arms.  "What is the Red School?" he asks.  "And I'm not ill-suited to magic."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 17, 2014, 10:41:12 PM
"The Red School is where I was ripped to shreds by a girl with claws. A decrepit ruin wherein faceless beings roam the hall. Surrounded by nothing but the ever-howling void."

I continue scanning for a book on the ship. "It's also where we found our kitchen."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 17, 2014, 10:41:43 PM
Becca, you manage to find a book titled "Submarine of Shadows."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 17, 2014, 10:42:09 PM
I take the book and crack it open.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 17, 2014, 10:42:23 PM
"What, seriously?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 17, 2014, 10:43:09 PM
"Magic, yo. I ain't gotta explain shit. It was...a ladle or something, right, Sara?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 17, 2014, 10:48:05 PM
Sara: Um...  I think it was a frying pan?

You open the book.  Within is a fairly detailed floor plan of the submarine, as well as a chat showing which switches light up which rooms.  It's a bit similar to the map you saw in the bridge.  There isn't any denizen information or any Beast information, though.

There are also two notes: "All fragments removed" and "Destabilization 1."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 17, 2014, 10:50:10 PM
"Destabilization?" I ask the air. Putting the book down, I look for the Red School book to see if it also mentions this thing.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 17, 2014, 10:52:18 PM
You fine the "School of Rust" book fairly easily.  It doesn't mention anything about destabilization.  It does have some new information about the "edge of the world," though.  Nothing must, really, just a note that Mazes have a limited size and yadayada.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 17, 2014, 10:55:08 PM
With a sinking feeling in my stomach, I finally ask the question I had been avoiding. "Sara? What happens if a fragment gets broken?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 17, 2014, 10:56:14 PM
Sara: Um, I don't know...  I don't think it's good...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 17, 2014, 10:57:49 PM
"Does destabilization mean anything to you?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 17, 2014, 11:30:39 PM
Sara: Uh, hmm...  Maybe... something broke?  I don't really know...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 17, 2014, 11:32:40 PM
"Damn and blast." I stand up and walk into the kitchen. "Kusuri, can I talk to you?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 17, 2014, 11:38:47 PM
Kusuri: Of course!  I don't know how much help I'll be, though.

He chuckles to himself.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 17, 2014, 11:39:20 PM
"I think I fucked up. I kind of...broke one of the fragments."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 17, 2014, 11:40:55 PM
Kusuri: Hmm, that doesn't sound very good.
Kusuri: There are other fragments, though, so I wouldn't worry about it too much?
Kusuri: Did Sara have any problems with it?  She knows more about this than I.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 17, 2014, 11:44:45 PM
"She said it was bad, but...it's really hard discussing serious stuff with her. She's so cheerful...and then she doesn't understand what you're saying." I look at him bleakly as I start on Sara's drink. "They're all kids, Kusuri. Sara, Holy...even Louise and the new kid are in their college years. Who the hell decided to put them through this?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 17, 2014, 11:47:31 PM
Kusuri sighs.

Kusuri: If I knew I would tell you.  If I knew I would tell you.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 17, 2014, 11:48:28 PM
I look at him in a way I hadn't before--thinking about who he would have been. "Did you leave anyone behind? When the world ended?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 17, 2014, 11:49:27 PM
Kusuri: Hm, oh, me?  Ah, no no...  I'm afraid not.
Kusuri: I'm a bit of a loner, I suppose, or at least I was.

He looks a bit sheepish.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 17, 2014, 11:51:54 PM
I nod a little sadly. "Me, too, really. My father passed away a few years ago, and my brothers all have their own lives. My mother died before I can remember. It's just me and Yosemite. Or it was, I suppose."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 17, 2014, 11:53:50 PM
Kusuri nods sagely.

Kusuri: Well, we'll just have to make do with what we have, hmm?
Kusuri: It's not too bad here, and it seems to be getting better steadily.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 17, 2014, 11:54:17 PM
I nod at this. "It's true." I drink pensively.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 17, 2014, 11:55:35 PM
Kusuri: Now then, you shouldn't leave your humble servant for too long, right?
Kusuri: He seems like the sort who likes some stability.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 17, 2014, 11:58:04 PM
"Heh. He's an interesting kid. He and Sara would make a cute couple." I finish the drink and, finally suffused with an alcoholic glow, return to the library.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 18, 2014, 12:15:37 AM
Louise begins to climb down the pillar.  "I think we should go back inside.  It's been nice talking with you Holy."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 18, 2014, 12:28:07 AM
Holy nods and hops off the pillar.  She lands cleanly on her feet.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 18, 2014, 12:30:00 AM
"Do you know what a cat is?" Louise moves towards the house again.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 18, 2014, 12:30:48 AM
Holy: Yes.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 18, 2014, 12:32:37 AM
"You remind me somewhat of a cat.  You are very graceful." 
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 18, 2014, 12:33:35 AM
Holy: Thank you.

You enter the house.  Other than Kusuri, everyone seems to be huddled in the study.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 18, 2014, 12:35:56 AM
"You're welcome"

"Hello Kusuri" Louise smiles and waves.  "Oh, I don't think I told anyone."  Louise moves to the ice chest.  "We found food in the submarine.  Do we have a place to store this stuff?"  Louise opens the ice chest.  "I think it might be best to put you in charge of food..."  Louise chuckles.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 18, 2014, 12:37:27 AM
Kusuri: Oh, yes, lets see...  Hmm, I'll put it away once I'm done.  It won't be much longer.
Kusuri: But, ahh, I don't think I can use any of those other things, I'm afraid.

He smiles, as if he had made a joke.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 18, 2014, 12:40:39 AM
"Oh!  I completely forgot I left all the fragments in there.  I was wondering why my coat was so light."  Louise blushes and removes the fragments, once again stuffing her pockets with odds and ends.  "We'll make sure that everyone's out of the house before we add anymore fragments this time..."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 18, 2014, 12:41:30 AM
Kusuri: Heh, thanks.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 18, 2014, 12:45:59 AM
"How did Corey get here, by the way?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 18, 2014, 12:48:58 AM
Kusuri: Hm, I don't know.  I figured he got here the same why I did.
Kusuri: Just, you know, walked until he found the place.

Holy: That is common.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 18, 2014, 08:38:47 AM
In the library, as Becca leaves, Cory turns uncomfortably to Sara.  "There are monsters here?"  She said she was killed by a girl with claws.  He shivers, feeling suddenly cold.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 18, 2014, 02:10:56 PM
Sara: Oh... yes...
Sara: Not here in the camp, though...
Sara: But there are other things outside...
Sara: I've only seen faceless ones, though...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 18, 2014, 02:17:42 PM
Cory swallows, remembering how it felt as if Ana had carved open his face from nothing.  "F-faceless ones?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 18, 2014, 02:19:04 PM
Sara: Yeah...  They don't have any faces...
Sara: I don't know what they do, though...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 18, 2014, 02:21:32 PM
"But they don't come into the camp ever?" 
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 18, 2014, 02:22:19 PM
Sara: I don't think so?  Not since everyone's come here, at least...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 18, 2014, 03:03:03 PM
"Were you here before everyone else?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 18, 2014, 03:07:08 PM
Sara: Yeah...  I woke up next to the pillar.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 18, 2014, 03:09:38 PM
"That must have been kind of scary."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 18, 2014, 03:10:48 PM
Sara: Um...  A bit...
Sara: It's safe here, so I wasn't too scared...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 18, 2014, 03:15:04 PM
"Why is it safe here?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 18, 2014, 03:15:46 PM
Sara: Huh?  Oh... because of the pillar, I think...
Sara: It's really comforting...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 18, 2014, 03:17:18 PM
"Do you know where you were before you were here?"  Cory sidles a little closer to Sara and gives her a shy smile.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 18, 2014, 03:18:56 PM
Sara: Um... sorry, I don't...
Sara: I don't remember anything before I woke up...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 18, 2014, 03:24:05 PM
"You don't need to apologize, I was just curious.  Were you here by yourself for a long time?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 18, 2014, 03:24:57 PM
Sara: Not very long...
Sara: I don't know how long it was, though...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 18, 2014, 03:26:43 PM
"So, does that mean everybody you know is Kusuri, Louise, Becca, and Holy?  Or are there other people.  Um, if I'm asking too many questions, you can tell me to shut up."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 18, 2014, 03:28:49 PM
Sara: Oh, no, you're not asking too many questions!
Sara: I like talking to people a lot, so don't worry!
Sara: And, um, I also know you!  But that's everyone...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 18, 2014, 03:40:12 PM
"Ah, that's good."  Cory swallows, still kind of nervous, and wonders why he's so focused on Sara, instead of--all the other stuff that he's not thinking about.  He's not thinking about it.  "So you were talking about places where Becca and Louise have been finding fragments.  Is there anywhere other than the red school?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 18, 2014, 03:41:33 PM
Sara: Oh, um, there's the new place!  They just came back from it.
Sara: They haven't told me about it yet, so I don't know what sort of place it is.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 18, 2014, 03:50:25 PM
"Is it just Becca, Louise and Holy who go to the other places?  I mean, you and Kusuri just stay here?" 
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 18, 2014, 03:51:18 PM
Sara: Um, yeah...  I can't really leave, and I don't think Kusuri wants to...
Sara: Or, rather, I think he doesn't think he'd be useful, so he helps from here...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 18, 2014, 03:56:18 PM
"Why can't you leave?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 18, 2014, 03:56:48 PM
Sara: Huh, oh, I just... I can't...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 18, 2014, 04:07:51 PM
"Oh."  Cory shuffles a little in confusion.  "So how much of this stuff," he waves his arms, "was here to begin with?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 18, 2014, 04:11:01 PM
Sara: Only the pillar!  Everything else was made from fragments.
Sara: Um, the sleeping area was made from a pillow, and this study from a book.
Sara: And the kitchen was made from a frying pan!
Sara: The Gates are also made of fragments.  They're really useful!
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 18, 2014, 04:33:10 PM
Cory files this under "video-game logic".  "So, if the fragments are through the Gates, how did Becca and the others find fragments to make into Gates?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 18, 2014, 04:34:18 PM
Sara: Oh, everyone has their own fragment too!
Sara: Um, if you want, I can find yours...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 18, 2014, 04:38:06 PM
Cory hesitates, but then nods.  "Yeah--thanks.  Go for it."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 18, 2014, 04:40:07 PM
Sara: Okay!

She then promptly sticks her hands into your stomach.  Not onto your stomach, into your stomach.

Sara: Huh?

She sort of wiggles her hands around in there a bit.  It feels very, very strange.

Sara: Huh?

She reaches up into your chest.  Then slowly pulls her hands out.  There's no pain or wounds or anything, just... strangeness.

Sara: Um, sorry...  I can't find it...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 18, 2014, 04:41:11 PM
Cory flinches slightly, though he doesn't pull away.  "Oh...what does that mean?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 18, 2014, 04:41:53 PM
Sara: I... don't know...  Sorry...
Sara: Um, I think it's fine, though!
Sara: Since we have lots of fragments already...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 18, 2014, 04:45:54 PM
Cory feels obscurely disappointed, but he tries to make light of it.  "That's good then.  I bet you could tell if someone was sick doing that."  After he's said it, he remembers he's not very good at jokes anymore.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 18, 2014, 04:47:22 PM
Sara: Huh?  Oh, hmm...  Maybe...
Sara: I don't really know what being sick is like, so I don't know if I could tell...
Sara: Oh, if you get hurt, though, I can heal you!  I'm good at that!
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 18, 2014, 04:53:39 PM
Why am I living in a video game?  "So were you the one who brought Becca back to life then?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 18, 2014, 04:54:38 PM
Sara: Oh, no...  Becca hasn't really told me what happened there...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 18, 2014, 04:58:57 PM
Cory is running out of small-talk, mostly because it has started to be really overwhelming.  He looks around the library.  "Are there any, I dunno, board games around here?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 18, 2014, 04:59:31 PM
Sara: Bored games?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 18, 2014, 05:00:48 PM
He starts wandering around the library, trying to see if there's anything other than books.  "It's a way to have fun with people.  It's a game in a box with rules and stuff."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 18, 2014, 05:01:51 PM
Sara: Oh, that sounds really cool!
Sara: I was worried I was boring you...

You don't notice anything other than books.  Sara did say this place was made from a book...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 18, 2014, 05:03:20 PM
"Oh!  No, no, no.  You're really fun to be around.  This is just all really...strange...and kind of overwhelming."  Cory makes a note to find a fragment shaped like an Xbox at some point.  If that's even a thing.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 18, 2014, 05:04:49 PM
Sara: Oh, yeah, I guess it is strange...
Sara: Sorry, I don't really know what's normal...
Sara: You might rather... no, don't worry about it...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 18, 2014, 05:06:06 PM
"I might rather what?" Cory asks automatically.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 18, 2014, 05:06:39 PM
Sara: Oh, uh, talk to Louise and Becca...
Sara: They're more normal...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 18, 2014, 05:08:18 PM
Cory stops and looks back at her.  "No--it's not that.  It's not you.  It's just being here.  I don't really know what's going on, and, honestly, I'm really worried about what's happened to--well, to my sisters.  And my parents and my friends."  He sighs and tucks his hands in his pockets.  "I think I used to be better at talking."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 18, 2014, 05:09:29 PM
Sara: Sorry I can't be of more help...
Sara: Um, if they come here though, I'll definitely tell you!
Sara: What are they like?  Are they like you?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 18, 2014, 05:16:03 PM
Cory laughs ruefully.  "My big sis is a little bit like Becca.  We don't get on that well all the time, but she's fun to be around.  My parents--I guess they're like me?  I never thought about it much.  My little sis--" he swallows.  "--well, she's not really like me.  Maybe she is more now, but she hasn't--we haven't really talked a lot in the last few years."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 18, 2014, 05:17:12 PM
Sara: Oh...  That's sad...
Sara: Um, I really hope you find them!
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 18, 2014, 05:19:03 PM
Cory scrunches his shoulders up.  "Me too.  Thanks, Sara."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 18, 2014, 05:55:05 PM
With the full authority of a queen, I sweep regally into the room.  "Peasant Sara, we have returned from the Submarine of Shadows with fragments! I believe Louise has most of them, but they are many and varied: a wrench, an ice chest, a flashlight, a hammer, a kaleidoscope, and a flask. The flask is staying. Do you know what any of the others might do?"

I give Cory a meaningful look. "Prepare to see some magic, servant."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 18, 2014, 05:57:55 PM
Sara: Hmm...  It's hard to say without seeing the fragment, but...
Sara: The ice chest... might make something for the kitchen?
Sara: The flask probably would too...
Sara: Um, a kaleidoscope...  I don't know what one is...
Sara: The wrench and hammer sound useful, but I don't know what they'd do...
Sara: Sorry...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 18, 2014, 06:13:44 PM
"That's fine, Sara. Servant Cory, fetch Lady Louise!"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 18, 2014, 06:15:33 PM
Cory sticks out his tongue.  "Yes, Your Majesty."  He heads out of the room to look for Louise, stopping to check the kitchen first.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 18, 2014, 06:16:26 PM
Louise is, in fact, in the kitchen.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 18, 2014, 06:18:51 PM
"Hey, Louise, Becca and Sara are in the library and want to look at the fragments."  Cory smiles a little nervously at this person he has barely interacted with.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 21, 2014, 11:08:09 AM
"Oh!  Perfect Timing, I was about to find her myself!"  Louise quickly gathers the fragments and calls to the library.  "Let's meet outside for this, we don't want to be handling fragments inside, right?"

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Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 21, 2014, 01:42:19 PM
Everyone gathers outside.  You also arrange the new fragments in a fashion such that they're easily visible to everyone.  They are follows:

An icebox, a flask, a golden wrench, a flashlight, a hammer, and a kaleidoscope.

Sara: Oh, wow, you got a lot!  Um, well, what do you want me to do with them?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 21, 2014, 02:08:58 PM
"I kinda wanna see what kinda world the kaleidoscope makes."  Louise frowns. "I'm also...  a little worried about the golden wrench..."

Louise absentmindedly gets an idea.  She grabs the flash light and turns it on, then shines it through the eye-hole of the Kaleidoscope to see if it makes a colorful beam.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 21, 2014, 02:10:14 PM
The light from the flashlight shines through the kaleidoscope and throws some pretty colors onto the ground.  Nothing particularly special happens.

Sara: Huh?  Golden...?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 21, 2014, 02:12:16 PM
Louise smiles at the result of her experiment.

"Yeah, it's covered in gold, it's a metal from earth.  Usually wrenches are the same color as the metal part of the hammer, or like the flask."

"I think we should use these two for a new gate, I think it could be pretty cool."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 21, 2014, 02:15:15 PM
Sara: No, it's not that...  It just feels weird...

Holy: May I see the kaleidoscope?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 21, 2014, 02:16:10 PM
Cory shuffles nervously.  "So I'm still not really clear on the fragment thing."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 21, 2014, 02:33:49 PM
Louise turns to Sara, "It does, doesn't it?  We didn't find this in the world, it was given to us by a weird blue haired lady.  She had a certain...  je ne sais quoi...  I don't think she was human, but she wasn't like you or Holy."

"Oh, fragments, well...  Wait.  I apologize for the breach of etiquette, My name is Louise, I don't believe I introduced myself before.  Regarding Fragments.  I believe that our current functioning theory is that something happened to our world.  Nobody in this camp knows what, but all that is left of it is these fragments.  We are collecting them to, hopefully, bring back our world from whatever fate has its claws around it.  For this Endeavor, Sara has proven most useful.  She is capable of unlocking the power of these fragments by either combining them together to form gates, or by using them to add functionality to our camp.  The first gate, which you see over there," Louise indicates a blossoming sakura tree, "was produced by offering my hand-crafted bow.  It created a school, which makes some sense, since I used it in my archery club.  The second gate," Louise indicates the submarine door, "was created by using fragments of a lantern and an umbrella, so I suppose you could say that it was a fiery power source within water.  That's how this seems to work."

Louise pauses, but the pause is too short to be interrupted.  "We also have a couple of other fragments, besides these." Louise indicates the crowbar at her side and the glasses.  "Some fragments have proven to have some use.  These glasses have some sort of affect that I haven't quite figured out the full depth of yet, and this pry bar is just useful as a tool."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 21, 2014, 03:23:03 PM
"Oh, so Becca didn't have a fragment when she got here?"  He seems a little relieved.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 21, 2014, 03:30:33 PM
"Oh, well, She had...  What was it?"  Louise looks to Sara and Becca
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 21, 2014, 03:56:27 PM
Sara: Umm, I'm not sure...
Sara: It was kind of like a fragment, but...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 21, 2014, 04:24:23 PM
"Oh."  Cory scuffs his shoes against the ground.  "What about you and Kusuri, Holy?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 21, 2014, 04:25:27 PM
Holy: I do not have a fragment.

Kusuri: Huh, ah, yeah, I've got one.  It's a sort of medicine bottle type thing.
Kusuri: If you've got a stomach ache or head pains, just tell me!
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 21, 2014, 04:43:35 PM
Cory breathes a sigh of sort of relief and laughs a little.  "I was starting to worry I was the only person who didn't have one," he says to Holy, with a smile.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 21, 2014, 04:43:58 PM
Holy: I am not human.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 21, 2014, 04:45:02 PM
The smile drops off Cory's face and cracks on the floor.  "Oh," he says.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 21, 2014, 05:12:10 PM
"You didn't have a fragment?" Louise questions.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 21, 2014, 05:15:32 PM
"N-no," Cory says, stammering slightly.  "Um, Sara looked but she said I just..." he swallows.  "...didn't have one."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 21, 2014, 09:03:30 PM
I scratch my nose. Regally.

"What was my fragment, anyway? It just sort of...flew away, right?"

I give Louise a pointed look. "I really don't understand why you're so bent out of shape about the wrench. It's just a wrench. Well, a fragment of a wrench. You know what I mean."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 21, 2014, 10:27:25 PM
Sara: No, um, it went into the pillar...
Sara: But I don't know if it did anything...
Sara: Sorry...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 21, 2014, 11:14:54 PM
I pat Sara on the head. "No big deal. If it did something, that's good. If it didn't...well, we had Louise's fragment, so it's not a problem."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 22, 2014, 12:02:29 AM
"It's the way the wrench came to us, and the fact that it is gilded.  it isn't normal.  If you want to use it, fine, but I think that we've got a perfectly suitable combination for the next gate right here." Louise holds up the flashlight (now off) and the kaleidoscope.  "I don't see the kaleidoscope being much use around the house, and while the flashlight could be useful if we get to a dark fragment, I doubt a gate literally made only of light could possibly be much trouble.  If we really do have a problem, we can grab a lantern from the school."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 22, 2014, 12:03:24 AM
Holy: May I see the kaleidoscope?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 22, 2014, 12:03:37 AM
I nod at this, slightly unsteadily. "Fair enough. We might want to add the wrench to the camp, though. Might give us something useful in a mechanical way."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 22, 2014, 12:05:53 AM
Louise Relinquishes (http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130913135845/yugioh/images/b/bc/Relinquished-LCYW-EN-R-1E.png) the Kaleidoscope
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 22, 2014, 12:06:36 AM
"I'd rather add the hammer, to be honest.  Even the crowbar if you want."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 22, 2014, 12:06:48 AM
Holy looks through the kaleidoscope.

Holy: It may have use.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 22, 2014, 12:07:52 AM
"in the camp or as a gate?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 22, 2014, 12:08:33 AM
Holy: It possesses the ability to reveal what isn't there.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 22, 2014, 12:09:07 AM
"A hammer has more offensive use than a wrench, really. It's weighted for swinging in a way that a wrench isn't." I roll my shoulders a little, letting out some of the tension from sneaking around the submarine. "The crowbar also has more use. We're never realistically going to use a wrench as a wrench."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 22, 2014, 12:11:02 AM
"Reveal what isn't there?  Do you mean that it can see through illusions?"

"If you want to use it, we can use it.  maybe for a gate, I don't know"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 22, 2014, 12:12:31 AM
Holy: Your glasses sharpen images.  They possess the power to bring into vision what cannot be seen.
Holy: A kaleidoscope overlays an image with falsehood.  It possesses the power to bring into vision what does not exist.

Holy nods to herself and steps back out of the conversation.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 22, 2014, 12:13:48 AM
Louise retakes the kaleidoscope.  she attempts to use it, looking at Holy.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 22, 2014, 12:16:11 AM
As before, you see multiple Holies scattered around.  However, now that you look at them more closely, it's not so much that the Holies are scattered around in technicolor, like everything else is.  Instead, it's more like there simply are multiple Holies standing around in the darkness.

Needless to say, they're all staring at you.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 22, 2014, 12:17:17 AM
louise lowers the kaleidoscope, to see if there are, in fact, many holies
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 22, 2014, 12:17:35 AM
Just one.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 22, 2014, 12:19:34 AM
"If this has a use, we should hold onto it.  So we are back to square one.  What shall we use for the gate?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 22, 2014, 09:38:57 AM
"Well, what do you really need in a gate?" Cory asks, finally snapping out of his listening daze.  "I mean, uh, just because something is useful one way doesn't mean it isn't useful in another, right?  Like in Chronotrigger, you can get either the prism dress or the prism helms made out of the rainbow shell.  It's not like you necessarily want to do one or the other, it depends on the situation."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 22, 2014, 10:40:23 AM
Louise raises an eyebrow.  "It's a bit more like being on the dev team for your own instances.  There's not really anything necessary to be used in a gate, but it will be somehow an amalgamation of what you used, so perhaps it shouldn't be something too dangerous or important.  Though perhaps we could finally find weapons if we were sent to a place where we needed them."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 22, 2014, 10:43:22 AM
"I guess I'm not clear on the difference between using something for a gate and not."  Cory scratches his head embarrassedly.  "It seems like if you use something for a gate you're going to get more things like it, right?  And if you don't use it, it'll be your only source of that thing?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 22, 2014, 04:36:34 PM
Louise sighs.  "There are basically three things we can do with a fragment that we have collected.  If we use it for a gate, it will create a world, within that world is an arbitrary number of additional fragments which may or may not be similar or even tied to a theme.  There's no telling what kind of fragments will exist in the next gate. If we use the fragment to add to the campsite you see around you, it will somehow add to this area.  The bedroom was made by using a pillow, the library was made using a notebook, the kitchen was made by using a pot, if I recall correctly.  The third possibility is that a fragment will have a use.  To best display what I mean, take these.  They are a fragment.  Be careful with them, we recently discovered that fragments CAN be broken."  Louise hands Cory the Glasses she has been wearing.  "Put them on and focus on seeing not what is just through the glass, but seeing and FEELING and try and just, see more.  Some fragments have powers that can be activated.  The Kaleidoscope also seems to have a similar power, but as Holy more eloquently put it, it is almost the opposite of the glasses.  I prefer to hold onto these in case we find some use for them in the future."  Louise stops here and waits for Cory to attempt to use the glasses.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 22, 2014, 04:39:44 PM
Cory accepts the glasses a little uncertainly and puts them on, looking around, not sure what to expect.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 22, 2014, 04:40:54 PM
Do you look at anything in particular?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 22, 2014, 04:41:44 PM
I just look around the group, since I don't really know what I'm being shown.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 22, 2014, 04:57:23 PM
In no particular order:

Everything is tinted an unusual color, as if the night sky was overlaid on them.

Louise has a faint golden glow and a rather nasty gash in her hip.  It looks almost like it's bleeding.

Becca has a faint golden glow and a strange black and white checkerboard pattern on her chest.

Kusuri looks more or less like himself.  You can faintly see the silhouettes of pills falling down his body.

Sara appears untouched by the night sky's tint.  She also appears to be covered in stitches and her body parts don't quite seem to line up with each other.

Holy looks more or less like herself, but she appears untouched by the night sky's tint.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 22, 2014, 04:58:42 PM
"What am I seeing?" Cory asks in confusion.  He looks down at his hands.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 22, 2014, 04:59:29 PM
You have a faint golden glow.  It's even fainter than Louise or Becca's, but its there.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 22, 2014, 05:02:04 PM
"I mean what use are these, actually?" Cory continues.  "They show something different, but what is it?  What are they telling us and how is the kaleidoscope the opposite?"  He pauses.  "Sorry, I hope I'm not asking too many questions."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 22, 2014, 05:08:32 PM
"As far as I can tell, it's something like 'what is really there'.  At least with regards to what is real in this world."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 22, 2014, 05:11:12 PM
"But..." Cory trails off, trying to figure out how to ask what he wants to ask.  "I mean, okay, you're cut up and bleeding and Kusuri is covered in pills.  What does that say about what's really there?  What does that even mean?"  He takes a few deep breaths, suddenly worried he's losing it.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 22, 2014, 05:11:47 PM
Kusuri: Eh, I am?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 22, 2014, 05:13:06 PM
"That's what it looks like?  I don't really know how to describe this."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 22, 2014, 05:13:29 PM
Louise frowns "I am?"  She turns to Sara.  "I thought we fixed that.  Can I see the glasses?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 22, 2014, 05:13:52 PM
Kusuri: Hmm...  Well, my fragment is a pill bottle...

Sara: Um, well, I did heal you...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 22, 2014, 05:14:19 PM
Cory hands Louise the glasses.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 22, 2014, 05:15:51 PM
Louise puts them on and tries to look at her own side.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 22, 2014, 05:17:49 PM
With the glasses on, there's definitely still an injury.  It looks fairly raw, but it isn't bleeding.  No, wait, there is a little blood.

Spelling out "You haven't escaped" no less.  You faintly remember seeing something like this when you returned to the Red School that one time to investigate the boarded up entrance.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 22, 2014, 05:38:02 PM
Louise's frown deepens, once again, Louise tries to rub away the writing, hoping that it works like last time.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 22, 2014, 05:38:38 PM
You manage to rub away the writing.  The wound is unchanged.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 22, 2014, 05:40:44 PM
"Try not to get hurt here.  It seems to have lasting reprecussions..."  Louise tries to shake away the thoughts on her mind.  "We should focus on figuring out which of these to use."  After a brief second.  "I'm sorry, Were you still asking Questions, Cory?  I became slightly distracted."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 22, 2014, 05:41:14 PM
"Are you okay?"  Cory asks in concern.  "I figured you knew already..."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 22, 2014, 05:47:38 PM
Louise shakes her head "Don't worry about it.  I'll be better once this entire thing is over."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 22, 2014, 05:49:08 PM
"Anyway, I'm just not sure what it means about reality if those glasses are 'reality'," Cory says.  "But you guys probably know best, I'm just trying to understand, not tell you what you should do.  So whatever you want to make a gate out of is fine by me."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 22, 2014, 07:12:34 PM
"Huh, so that's what things look like with the glasses? Louise has never said."

I stretch. "Either way, this is wasting time. Wrench and flashlight for a gate. That's my vote."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 22, 2014, 07:15:43 PM
Holy: You'll need three.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 22, 2014, 07:17:51 PM
"You need three fragments to make a Gate?" Cory asks, giving Louise a slightly strange look.  "Becca, you've got, like, a checkerboard on your chest."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 22, 2014, 07:18:51 PM
"I think you mean a chestboard," I say without missing a beat. "Wait, what?"

I shake my head.

"Either way, third fragment. Okay. Icebox is probably good for the kitchen, crowbar is good for getting things open, I need the flask...how about the hammer?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 22, 2014, 07:19:57 PM
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Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 22, 2014, 07:56:10 PM
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"I think I understand.  the first gate only needed one fragment, the second needed 2, now the third needs 3.  Wrench, Flashlight, and hammer sounds like it could work.  I can only think that we will be diving into a hardware supply store..."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 22, 2014, 08:05:46 PM
Sara: Um, okay...  I'll try making the gate with those.

She takes the three fragments and pauses.

Sara: Um...  The wrench...  It's not working...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 22, 2014, 08:11:48 PM
"I knew it.  I knew there was something wrong with the wrench."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 22, 2014, 09:23:20 PM
"Um," Cory speaks up nervously.  "A wrench and a hammer are really similar.  Maybe you should try a third thing that's a little different?  Like the icebox, if you don't want to use the kaleidoscope."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 22, 2014, 09:36:24 PM
"The Icebox could work, maybe we could use the kaleidoscope...  but we would miss it if we needed it down the line."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 22, 2014, 09:41:01 PM
"Then we could see if the icebox works?  If you guys agree, obviously."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 22, 2014, 10:11:17 PM
I snort. "I honestly think the kaleidoscope is more expendable than a source of meat. But that's just me."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 22, 2014, 10:14:09 PM
"A source of meat?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 22, 2014, 10:14:54 PM
"An ice box, when added to the kitchen? I smell meat."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 23, 2014, 09:22:20 PM
"That's quite the keen nose there, especially since a beer cooler is far more well known for beer than sausages."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 23, 2014, 09:23:55 PM
"You're not dissuading me, here, Louise. Besides, it's an ice box. That's how you store meat when you're traveling with it. Have you never taken a box of steaks up a mountain and cooked them over a fire?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 23, 2014, 09:25:30 PM
Kusuri: It would probably make a refrigerator.  I couldn't say what it would be stocked with...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 23, 2014, 09:26:26 PM
"Perishable food is still a step up from what we're eating. I say flashlight, kaleidoscope, wrench."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 23, 2014, 09:27:49 PM
"There's no perishable food?"  Cory puts in.  "I think my stomach sides with Becca.  Also, I guess I have to side with Becca," he continues contemplatively.  "Unless she tells me not to."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 23, 2014, 09:28:13 PM
Sara: Um, I can't use the wrench...
Sara: It won't work...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 23, 2014, 09:28:57 PM
A glint enters my eye. "That's right, Servant Cory. And I forbid you to side with Lady Louise in this matter!"

I am then quickly deflated. "At all? Not for the house, either?" I huff slightly. "Hammer, flashlight, and kaleidoscope, then."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 23, 2014, 09:29:36 PM
Cory raises his hands in surrender.  "I know, I'm listening to you.  Your Majesty."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 23, 2014, 09:37:48 PM
Louise raises an eyebrow.  "Since when are you a majesty and I a Lady?  Has she been filling your head with nonsense Cory?  Regardless, I suppose I am outvoted in the matter.  I shall try not to sigh too heavily when the Kaleidoscope would have become useful."  Louise turns to Sara.  "Let's attempt the hammer, flashlight, and kaleidoscope for the Gate."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 23, 2014, 09:38:46 PM
Cory blushes.  "Uh, no, I just lost an arm-wrestling contest, it's nothing--" he pauses.  "--weird?" he finishes with a strange inflection.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 23, 2014, 09:39:32 PM
I snort at this. "The kaleidoscope? From all that I've heard, it's more or less useless. It shows you what isn't there? What possible practical application could that have? We have limited resources, and we need to bear both comfort and utility in mind long before we get to questions of frippery like that."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 23, 2014, 09:41:11 PM
"Well, there's no need to be rude.  You who lists comfort ahead of utility and keeping us from winding up in a dead end."  Louise ignores Cory.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 23, 2014, 09:41:44 PM
Sara: Um... should I make the Gate or...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 23, 2014, 09:43:01 PM
I chuckle. "I said comfort and utility. Same level there, Louise. And one could make the same argument about any fragment, really. We have to sacrifice some of them. I figure we're going to be here a while, so we might as well make it liveable."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 23, 2014, 09:44:19 PM
Louise ignores Becca.  "Please make the gate, Sara, We have already decided."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 23, 2014, 09:48:36 PM
Sara: Um, all right...

She collects the three fragments, which glow in her hands and become motes of light.  The three motes float over to an empty part of the void and spin together.  When the light clears, a rough, unpainted wooden doorway is there.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 23, 2014, 09:49:25 PM
Cory shuffles his feet nervously.  "What now?" he asks no one in particular.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 23, 2014, 09:52:56 PM
"Now we have a new world to explore.  Hopefully it will be safe.  I will first be retiring for the evening, I need some rest."  Louise rises
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 23, 2014, 10:05:38 PM
Cory catches her arm.  "Hey, uh, just a minute.  I just wanted to say thanks for trying to explain all this stuff to me.  It was really helpful, even though I know I'm kind of dumb about some things."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 23, 2014, 10:11:12 PM
Louise smiles "Oh, but of course!  If you have any questions from here on in, I'd be happy to do my best to answer them.  One other note, Our actions do seem to be recorded in some fashion...  Our exploration into these worlds are chronicled in books in the library and Holy herself is also an observer.  She observes us quite closely and I recently discovered that she has seen instances like this before, so if you feel compelled to speak with her, feel free to do so."  Louise turns, then turns back "Also, perhaps it will be the least surprising thing to hear, but time...  has become strange.  there are no days or nights here, nor in the worlds we've been to thusfar."  Louise realizes that she is still not wearing shoes or socks and returns to the submarine gate to retrieve them, hoping they came through alright.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 23, 2014, 10:12:01 PM
Your socks and shoes are fine.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 23, 2014, 10:21:06 PM
Louise re-equips her socks and picks up her shoes, with the intent to return to the house.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 23, 2014, 10:21:40 PM
You return to the house.  Holy follows you.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 23, 2014, 10:23:43 PM
Cory turns to Becca.  "No...days or nights?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 23, 2014, 10:24:18 PM
"Not really, no. Just lots of topless pillow fights and sleeping on top of each other. You're okay with that, right?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 23, 2014, 10:26:11 PM
Cory sputters, blushes and frowns.  "How were you planning on counting a day?" he finally manages, though he is very obviously keeping his eyes away from her chest area.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 23, 2014, 10:27:21 PM
I smirk at him. He's a fun toy.

"Sleep when you're tired, move when you're not. Is counting them really that important?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 23, 2014, 10:30:37 PM
Cory crosses his arms.  "Just how long were you planning on having me wait on you?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 23, 2014, 10:31:17 PM
I fiddle with the strap of my bra. "I don't know...what seems fair to you?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 23, 2014, 10:35:33 PM
Louise enters the house and begins toward the bedroom.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 23, 2014, 10:36:16 PM
You enter the bedroom without issue.  Holy follows you.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 23, 2014, 10:40:00 PM
Louise lays down and begins to rest.  after a moment she addresses Holy without opening her eyes.  "That time when you saved me from the dead end, when we moved back here it was like I could see everything around us.  Is that how you see all the time?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 23, 2014, 10:40:27 PM
Holy: No.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 23, 2014, 11:28:39 PM
"Do you ever sleep?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 24, 2014, 02:03:04 AM
Holy: I do not need to.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 24, 2014, 03:14:18 PM
Louise lays in the bed, her eyes closed and her mind wandering.  She reconfirms things that happened in her mind.  From her quick and painful arrival here, to the fragments.  Cory's newness to the world has given her an opportunity to reexamine everything.  While the extreme nature of what is going on may seem at first like magic, she thinks back to the pillar and the brief glimpse she had of what must have been its true form, the large helix binding the world together before it shattered.  shattered into things that may be the fragments.  She remembers the Crunchy oatmeal from this morning and Visiondancing out of the dead end with Holy.  She muses on the strange existences of Holy and Sara and the possibly stranger existence of Cory, who seems...  Almost right.

She muses on the arabian sheets beneath her, and Kusuri's puns and untrustworthy exterior.  She thinks about the No faces who exist in the red school and somewhere in this blackness.  She wonders how Cory and Kusuri made it here and wonders about Holy's white city, the city of the Lunes.  She thinks about the Lights, the Grue, and the bloody tunnel, but she tries not to dwell on the last one too much.  The next place should, at least, not be dark, she hopes.

"I hope the next gate doesn't take us somewhere dark."  She says aloud.

She thinks about the Lune and how Holy has begun talking more and more.  Louise hopes that she is becoming friends with the young girl.  I hope I'm becoming friends with Holy.  Cory seems nice enough and Kusuri is really cool.  Becca is Becca and there's nothing to be done about that.  I should go more easy on her, I suppose.  We all handle stress in different ways.  Louise thinks about Becca and wonders if she's still wearing that watch.  It would be useful to tell how long has passed.

Louise thinks about Becca's death and the door and the hideous beast that was pushing its way through the gateway, but tries again to not think about that too much.  Thinking is easy, after all, "but remembering is scary" she inadvertantly whispers.

She thinks about Kusuri's pill bottle, Becca's mote of light, and her bow, long gone to make the first gate.  What a horrifying place her bow made...  Louise rests her arm on her eyes.  When was it when becca checked her watch...  it was like...  3:30...  AM or PM, without the sun or stars it is hard for her to remember.  but she remembers the day.  April 3rd, 2015 Anno Domini, or at least hopefully Anno Domini.  Louise sighs.


Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 24, 2014, 04:30:29 PM
Cory glares at Becca.  "Well, how do you tell time around here?"  He sighs and suddenly finds himself shivering.  "Oh, shit."  He shouldn't be shivering; it's not cold, but somehow he's sitting on the ground with his head between his knees.  "Shit," he says again.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 24, 2014, 04:31:42 PM
Kusuri: Cory, are you all right?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 24, 2014, 08:38:56 PM
I bend over. "You alright, kid?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 24, 2014, 08:43:27 PM
Cory's heart is racing.  "Y-yeah, yeah, I'll be fine--I think--I just.  Sorry."  He tries to find something to focus on and wonders why his breathing won't slow down.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 24, 2014, 11:41:08 PM
Kusuri: Um, do you want, ah, some medicine to help you calm down?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 25, 2014, 11:03:21 AM
"I, uh, um, sure?" Cory doesn't know what else to say.  At one level, he's incredibly embarrassed.  At another, he's trying not to think about the last time this happened.  "Th-th-thanks."  It's hard to get the words out.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 25, 2014, 02:25:04 PM
Kusuri quickly pulls out an old-fashioned-looking pill bottle and shakes a largish pill out of it.

Kusuri: Sara, grab some water.

She rushes to the house and returns with a glass of water.  Kusuri then passes you the water and the pill.

Kusuri: It's bitter, okay?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 25, 2014, 02:26:30 PM
Cory nods.  "Okay, thanks."  He uses the water to wash the pill down, trying to ignore the taste.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 25, 2014, 02:28:29 PM
The pill really is quite bitter.  You manage to choke it down all the same.  While the effect is not immediate, after a short while you do feel a little calmer.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 25, 2014, 02:35:57 PM
Cory puts a hand to his forehead.  "Thanks a lot, Kusuri.  That's a pretty cool trick."  He pauses.  "Maybe I should get some rest, too.  Uh...if someone can tell me where I should plan on sleeping?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 25, 2014, 02:37:42 PM
Kusuri: Ah, yes, just go where Louise went.  Take a left when you enter the house and go through the study.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 25, 2014, 02:42:39 PM
"So, there's, like, a dorm?"  Cory gives Becca a sidelong glance, then blushes again.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 25, 2014, 02:45:16 PM
Kusuri: Ahaha.... yeah, something like that.  We might get separate rooms when the place gets bigger.
Kusuri: You don't need to worry about any mischief, though.  I'm sure Holy's keeping an eye out of that sort of thing.

He chuckles a bit to himself.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 25, 2014, 04:48:29 PM
"Um, well, thanks," Cory says awkwardly, then nods at Becca and Sara and heads in the direction Kusuri indicated.  He is suddenly, ferociously tired, and he really doesn't want to think about today anymore.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 25, 2014, 04:50:24 PM
You end up in a room full of vaguely institutionally beds.  For some reason, the theme of the room appears to be "Arabian Nights."

You notice Louise sleeping on one bed, and Holy sitting on another staring at her.  When you enter the room, Holy's gaze shifts to you.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 25, 2014, 05:58:41 PM
Well, that's more than a little creepy.  "Oh, um, hi, Holy," Cory says.  "Uh, I was, I was hoping to get some rest."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 25, 2014, 06:01:03 PM
Holy nods and continues to stare at you.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 25, 2014, 06:01:41 PM
"S-so, are these beds free?"  Cory talks softly, trying not to wake Louise.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 25, 2014, 06:04:12 PM
Holy nods and continues to stare at you.  There do appear to be open beds.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 25, 2014, 06:05:07 PM
"Because I mean it would be bad if I stole someone's is there something on my face," Cory tried to say something reasonable but it seems to have turned into a nervous babble.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 25, 2014, 06:06:03 PM
Holy: There are open beds.

She continues to stare at you.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 25, 2014, 06:07:42 PM
"Ah--okay--" Cory sits down on the nearest bed, lies down, turns over and shuts his eyes.  Two seconds later he cracks them open again to see what Holy is doing.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 25, 2014, 06:08:10 PM
She's staring at you.  Where you really expecting anything else?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 25, 2014, 06:08:41 PM
Cory sits up again.  "Is there a reason you're watching me?" he finally asks.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 25, 2014, 06:09:16 PM
Holy: Yes.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 25, 2014, 06:09:48 PM
So she's a robot.  Great.  "Why?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 25, 2014, 06:10:11 PM
Holy: Observation.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 25, 2014, 06:11:18 PM
"You know I'm going to be sleeping.  I'm not very interesting when I'm sleeping."  He's suddenly struck by the memory of his little sister doing this once, when he was ten and she was six.  Although she was a lot less creepy than Holy.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 25, 2014, 06:12:27 PM
Holy: I don't understand.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 25, 2014, 06:13:36 PM
Cory sighs.  Apparently, Sara isn't the only person who is difficult to talk to.  And Sara doesn't scare him (well, not much.)  (Maybe a little after the glasses thing.)  "I mean, why would you observe someone who's sleeping?  They are just going to lie there."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 25, 2014, 06:18:17 PM
Holy: Yes?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 25, 2014, 06:18:48 PM
"Right, so why would you observe them?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 25, 2014, 06:19:32 PM
Holy: Why would... I not?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 25, 2014, 06:20:41 PM
"Well, usually you're observing to get some kind of information?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 25, 2014, 06:22:48 PM
Holy: I am observing.
Holy: While you are awake, I will observe this.
Holy: While you are asleep, I will observe this.

She states this rather confidently.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 25, 2014, 06:23:20 PM
"Yes, but why?"  Cory's head is spinning.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 25, 2014, 06:23:49 PM
Holy: It is my purpose.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 25, 2014, 06:24:47 PM
Cory is about to ask why that's her purpose when he realizes he's starting to sound like a five-year-old.  "Okay," he says faintly.  "That's nice.  I'll just...go to sleep then."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 25, 2014, 06:25:18 PM
Holy: Good night.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 25, 2014, 06:26:15 PM
Cory is somewhat surprised that Holy knows to say 'Good night', but he sort of smiles in her direction and mumbles, "good night", before curling up and shutting his eyes, hoping he'll be able to sleep.  He is very tired.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 25, 2014, 06:27:16 PM
Even with Holy still staring at you, you fall asleep without much difficulty.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 25, 2014, 10:52:46 PM
Louise listens to the exchange, not commenting on anything, but hoping Cory will feel better after some rest.

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Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 25, 2014, 10:56:39 PM
Soon, you too fall asleep.  Just before you do you feel Holy shift her gaze back to you.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 25, 2014, 11:55:45 PM
Ignoring Holy, I eventually flop into a bed.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 26, 2014, 12:32:24 AM
And so everyone goes to sleep.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 26, 2014, 12:34:05 AM
And eventually, everyone wakes up.  You may wake when ready.



It's a new day, and as at least one player has officially reviewed the new pdf and told me it works, lets start with it.  Draw your cards, set your Condition to full (I'm actually going to track it!  How fun!), and do anything else I wrote for you to do when a new day begins.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 26, 2014, 10:18:17 AM
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Cory yawns and wakes up slowly.  He thinks he was dreaming about something, and he doesn't think it was very pleasant, but he's not sure what the actual dream was.  Opening his eyes, he wonders for a long minute if he's still dreaming, as he glances around the room.  Then he remembers.

He's feeling a little better than yesterday, so he must have slept pretty well.  He's still confused, but he thinks he'll be able to go with it for now.  Looking around, he tries to see where everyone is.  If Holy is the only one awake, he'll smile at her, but not say anything.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 26, 2014, 02:22:43 PM
Holy is indeed the only one awake.  Luckily she appears to have returned to staring at Louise.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 26, 2014, 02:25:59 PM
Excellent.  Cory rises and heads for the library, hoping he'll be able to find a few answers by looking through the books.  Okay, he's not really great at research, but you never know until you try.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 26, 2014, 03:15:45 PM
You find a decent assortment of books (http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=13387.0).
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 26, 2014, 03:19:05 PM
Cory starts reading.  He's not a very fast reader, but he figures he might be able to learn something anyway.  He'll probably be here until someone else wakes up.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 26, 2014, 04:37:33 PM
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Louise Awakens, Spots Holy, Then rises from the bed.  She once again attempts to straighten her hair and her coat, shuffling around and putting her shoes back on.  When she is finished and believes she looks decent considering the circumstances, she will head to the library, where she expects there to be a new book regarding the submarine.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 26, 2014, 04:39:53 PM
You Do The Things You Set Out To Do.  As you head to the library, Holy follows you.  You find a book on the submarine (http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=13387.0), in addition to Cory and other things.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 26, 2014, 05:40:14 PM
Cory looks up from the book he was reading, which is on Black Camp.  "Oh, hi, Louise," he says.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 27, 2014, 01:10:04 AM
"Good Morning" Louise says, poisedly.  "It looks like you are catching up on the literature for class." she says, with a french chuckle.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 27, 2014, 03:25:43 PM
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Yawning hugely and stretching like a cat, I wake up.

"Food," I mumble sleepily as I plod towards the kitchen.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 27, 2014, 03:27:25 PM
On the way to the kitchen you pass through the study.  You cannot help but notice Louise, Cory, and Holy sitting around doing things.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 27, 2014, 03:28:04 PM
I nod at them. "Food," I repeat simply, before continuing my dead shamble towards the Realm of Food and Beverages.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 27, 2014, 03:28:42 PM
You continue your shamble and eventually end up in the kitchen.  Kusuri doesn't appear to be around.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 27, 2014, 03:30:13 PM
I look around blearily. "Food," I repeat once more, moving to investigate the larder.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 27, 2014, 03:32:50 PM
The jerky appears to have restocked.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 27, 2014, 03:39:05 PM
I begin to consume jerky.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 27, 2014, 03:41:09 PM
Becca, you consume the jerky with reckless abandon.  Louise, you hear the sounds of a raging beast come from the kitchen.  You're pretty sure it's just Becca, though.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 27, 2014, 04:56:37 PM
Cory smiles at Louise.  "Yeah, I guess I was just hoping to get some more information.  I'm still feeling kinda lost." 
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 27, 2014, 05:05:31 PM
"Did you have any specific questions?  I can try to help"  Louise sighs "Don't eat all the meat again, Becca" she calls out.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 27, 2014, 05:06:26 PM
"Oh, uh, not really.  Well, I guess.  Are we gonna go through that new gate?  What should we expect?"  He turns to look at Louise expectantly.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 27, 2014, 05:10:55 PM
Louise frowns.  "I wish I could tell you what to expect, the best I can tell you is to be careful.  it's not like we're going anywhere obscenely dangerous but..."  Louise looks a little troubled.  "If you aren't careful, bad things can happen.  Becca's died, but somehow came back.  I got sent... somewhere weird.  I don't know where, but Holy had to rescue me.  Stay close and try to stay quiet.  I won't lie, it's very scary sometimes and nobody will force you to go in, but we could probably use the help."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 27, 2014, 05:17:20 PM
Cory takes a deep breath.  "Yeah, I'll go," he says, with an easiness belied by the tension in his back and arms.  "What exactly are we going to be doing in there?  Just searching for a fragment?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 27, 2014, 05:35:47 PM
"Mon ami, you look tense, do you need a massage?"  Louise looks concerned.  "Every place is different, in the first zone we had to avoid a number of prowling creatures.  In the second place, We have it on good information that a grue was living in the darkness.  We had to figure out a puzzle with the lights.  I don't really know what we will find here."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 27, 2014, 05:37:18 PM
"Oh, haha, no, that's okay," Cory smiles a little uneasily.  "But how do you recognize a fragment when you see it?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 27, 2014, 05:38:12 PM
Louise pulls out the crowbar.  "It just...  I dunno.  It feels different.  Sometimes it's something out of place, sometimes it just feels right, you know?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 27, 2014, 05:39:14 PM
Cory nods slowly.  "Okay.  Maybe we should go get breakfast?  Uh, is there anything other than jerky?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 27, 2014, 05:40:54 PM
"Ummm...  Maybe we should wait for Kusuri..."  Louise appears to be hiding something.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 27, 2014, 05:41:29 PM
"Is something wrong?" Cory asks curiously.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 27, 2014, 05:47:11 PM
"Oh...  well...  Nobody here is much of a cook.  Louise Looks at Cory innocently and laughs (http://i.imgur.com/4qCe7.png)"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 27, 2014, 05:48:56 PM
"Oh, well, I can make really basic things.  I used to make breakfast for my little sister.  C'mon, let's go see if there's ingredients for scrambled eggs."  Cory gets up and heads toward the kitchen.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 27, 2014, 05:51:46 PM
You enter the war zone.  Err, kitchen.  Within it is Becca, calmly eating her jerky.  From the signs of chaos, she probably wasn't eating so calmly earlier.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 27, 2014, 05:52:19 PM
"Hey, Becca," Cory says, and goes to investigate the contents of the kitchen.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 27, 2014, 05:53:22 PM
You successfully find scrambled egg ingredients.  There's also a decent quantity of dried goods.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 27, 2014, 05:53:44 PM
Louise completes her reading, noting the destabilization, the colored beasts, and most notably the black beast...  She then walks into the kitchen and takes a seat.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 27, 2014, 05:55:01 PM
Cory also checks for pancake ingredients, the other thing he knows how to make.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 27, 2014, 05:56:57 PM
I have consumed exactly one-fifth of the jerky.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 27, 2014, 05:58:06 PM
Cory
The selection of dried goods is pretty good.  There should be enough stuff to make pancakes.  There probably aren't enough eggs to make both scrambled eggs and pancakes, though.

Becca
Maybe while conscious.  Overall you've consumed at least half of the jerky.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 27, 2014, 05:58:40 PM
Cory decides to make smiley-face pancakes and begins to do so.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 27, 2014, 05:59:42 PM
You successfully make a batch of smiley-face pancakes.  They're quite cute.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 27, 2014, 06:15:10 PM
Cory sets the table, puts the stack of pancakes in the middle, and gets himself some, leaving the rest for the others. 
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 28, 2014, 12:10:53 AM
Louise rises and goes to inform Kusuri that Breakfast is ready.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 28, 2014, 12:12:33 AM
Kusuri wakes up with a stretch and yawn.

Then he pauses.

Kusuri: Breakfast?  Wait, shit.

He practically jumps out of bed, looking very worried.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 28, 2014, 12:13:23 AM
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"Don't worry, I didn't cook it!"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 28, 2014, 12:18:18 AM
Kusuri: That only helps a bit!

He runs off into the kitchen.  Those gathered in the kitchen see a very worried-looking Kusuri burst in.  He turns his head back and forth, making sure nothing's burning.  Upon confirming the lack of widespread destruction.  He visibly calms down.

Kusuri: Did you cook, Cory?  After Becca completed her... hunt?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 28, 2014, 12:20:45 AM
I raise my hands in surrender. "I didn't cook anything."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 28, 2014, 12:21:25 AM
Louise follows in, quietly.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 28, 2014, 09:30:49 AM
Cory looks up in surprise.  "Huh?  Oh, yeah, I made pancakes.  Do you want some?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 28, 2014, 02:15:02 PM
Kusuri smiles.

Kusuri: Ah, sure.  It's good to know someone else here can cook.

He sits down at the table before one of the pancakes.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 28, 2014, 03:37:43 PM
Louise sits next to him, also ready to eat pancakes.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 28, 2014, 05:47:54 PM
"Ah, I can really only do eggs, pancakes, and hamburgers," Cory says, rubbing the back of his head in embarrassment. 
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 28, 2014, 08:54:42 PM
Kusuri starts on his pancake.

Kusuri: That's better than anyone else here!
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 28, 2014, 09:39:51 PM
Louise Looks away sheepishly.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 29, 2014, 01:24:50 AM
"I can make trail mix," I put in unhelpfully as I package up the remaining jerky. "Oh, and hatecoffee."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 29, 2014, 01:30:04 AM
Kusuri: For some reason I get the impression that I'd hate that.

He chuckles to himself.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 29, 2014, 01:30:52 AM
I nod sagely.

"That's the point, really. You hate it so much that you wake up fully so you can hate it even more. It's useful when backpacking."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 29, 2014, 01:33:23 AM
Kusuri: Hmm, I can imagine.
Kusuri: Well, I was never very good at that sort of thing, anyways.

He ponders for a moment.

Kusuri: I don't think we have any coffee here, but if you need to stay up or go to sleep.
Kusuri: I think I can come up with something~
Kusuri: You might even hate it!
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 29, 2014, 01:34:24 AM
"Speaking of which, you should probably pill me. I think I might be starting to be a little...erratic."

I hold out my hand.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 29, 2014, 01:36:11 AM
Kusuri: Ahh... yes.  Give me a second...

He reaches into his sleeve and brings forth yet again from it the pill bottle of wonders and bitterness.  He shakes a lozenge out.

Kusuri: Oh, that's a different shape than last time.  Ah well, smells the same.  Here you go.

He hands it to you.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 29, 2014, 01:37:20 AM
I sniff it, then scarf it. "Thanks. Don't want to punch a hole in the wall or something."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 29, 2014, 01:38:00 AM
Kusuri: Indeed.  Though it might repair itself?  It did when I... tore... that pillow way back when.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on April 29, 2014, 01:43:09 AM
"I remember that" Louise adds.  "Speaking of which, we never added anything to the house yesterday.  do we want to go outside and add the ice box to the camp?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 29, 2014, 01:43:55 AM
Kusuri: Oh, that could be useful.  Maybe we'd get an icebox or something.  We could use more perishables.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 29, 2014, 09:34:22 AM
Cory watches in confusion as Kusuri hands Becca a pill, but continues eating his pancakes.  "Perishables would be good," he says eventually.  "I can't make hamburgers without meat and like I said they're pretty much all I can make.  I'm not too bad at learning, though, so if you want a day off sometime, Kusuri, you can show me how to make something."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 29, 2014, 05:09:41 PM
Kusuri smiles.

Kusuri: That would be nice.  But you don't need to worry about me; you've got the tougher job.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on April 29, 2014, 05:10:48 PM
"I dunno," Cory replies, deadpan.  "Pretty sure I nearly killed myself trying to fry mushrooms once."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on April 29, 2014, 05:11:50 PM
Kusuri chuckles.

Kusuri: Well, perhaps you have the easier job then.  Hahaha...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on April 30, 2014, 09:20:53 PM
"Mushrooms are great," I put in. "Gravy, casserole, spaghetti, lasagna--you can't go wrong by adding mushrooms to a dish. There is no food that I can think of that can't be improved with mushrooms."

I swallow some of my food. "So, what's the plan--head through the new gate when we've finished eating?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on May 01, 2014, 12:14:39 AM
"well I dare say you would find mushroom ice cream quite dissatisfying" Louise chuckles.  "But I feel like they add a pleasant taste to most savory dishes."

"I believe I had just mentioned adding the icebox to the house after we finished eating.  I assume you are alright with that plan Becca?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on May 01, 2014, 12:16:29 AM
"Right, I sort of...associated that with eating." I dart my eyes side to side. I certainly wasn't planning on seeing what was in the ice box house addition and possibly eating it.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on May 01, 2014, 02:11:55 PM
"well, I daresay you don't still want to be in here eating when we make the addition to the house.  Kusuri already experienced that once.  So after we make the addition, we can head to the next gate."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on May 01, 2014, 04:27:36 PM
Cory takes a deep breath and wishes he didn't feel so scared and empty.  "I'll be tagging along," he says.  Then he adds, "I'm excited."  Which may not be the biggest lie he's ever told, but it's certainly up there.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on May 01, 2014, 11:31:46 PM
I gulp down the rest of my food. "Well, then, let's see what this icebox does, shall we?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on May 02, 2014, 11:53:43 PM
Louise continues to eat at a regular pace and then waits for everyone else to finish.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on May 02, 2014, 11:56:38 PM
Cory finishes up quickly and starts gathering up people's plates, then looks around a bit helplessly.  "Is there a dishwasher?  Uh, or a sink, I guess?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on May 02, 2014, 11:57:21 PM
There is indeed a sink.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on May 02, 2014, 11:58:22 PM
Cory heads over to the sink with his stack of plates and starts washing up.  It still feels kind of strange to be here.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on May 02, 2014, 11:59:41 PM
Kusuri: Ahh, let me help you with that.

With Kusuri's aid you wash the plates rapidly.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on May 03, 2014, 12:00:21 AM
I stretch. "Want my help?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on May 03, 2014, 12:03:20 AM
Cory waits for Kusuri's response.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on May 03, 2014, 12:04:15 AM
Kusuri chuckles.

Kusuri: Thanks, but I think we're almost done.
Kusuri: Besides, I doubt there's much more room around this sink.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on May 03, 2014, 12:04:59 AM
 I shrug.  "Fair enough."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on May 03, 2014, 12:07:34 AM
As they finish up, Cory wipes his hands off on his jeans.  "Well, I'm ready if you guys want to do the magic icebox thing," he says.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on May 03, 2014, 12:10:36 AM
Louise rises and readies herself to move outside, quite the feat when one has eaten pancakes.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on May 04, 2014, 09:02:13 PM
"All right, let's go," I say, leading the others out of the door.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on May 04, 2014, 10:29:06 PM
You all head outside, where Sara greets you.  Holy and Kusuri follow you out.

One of you remembers to bring the icebox.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on May 04, 2014, 10:30:09 PM
"Hi, Sara!" Cory says, setting the icebox down in front of her.  "So how does this work?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on May 04, 2014, 10:30:58 PM
Sara: Um, I just sort of...  It's hard to explain...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on May 04, 2014, 10:31:56 PM
I shrug. "She does magic."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on May 04, 2014, 10:34:05 PM
Cory gives Becca a glare.  "Yeah, thanks for that.  I guess I'll just watch.  Go ahead whenever you're ready."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on May 04, 2014, 10:45:08 PM
Louise frenchly raises an eyebrow.  "you have certainly become much more willing to explain away this as magic"  Louise turns to Cory "As far as I have figured out, she takes the 'essesnce' of the fragment and unites it with the essence of the pillar, it then joins the house."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on May 04, 2014, 10:47:47 PM
Sara: Um, yes, it's sort of like that...  I think...
Sara: I don't really know if fragments have essences, though...
Sara: It's more like the fragment is the essence...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on May 04, 2014, 10:49:40 PM
"I think I'll have to see it to understand," Cory says.  "But thanks, really."  He gives Louise a smile.  He feels like he's been giving out a lot of smiles lately, and he doesn't really feel like smiling.  But he wants to make sure the others know he's grateful for their help.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on May 05, 2014, 01:37:10 AM
"All right!" I clap my hands. "Sara, let's make some magic!"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on May 05, 2014, 01:41:50 AM
Sara: Um, yes!

She closes her eyes and holds her hands over the cooler.  It would be pretty cool if it were some artifact or other item of gravitas, but no, it's just a cooler.  It does start glowing golden, though, and eventually collapses into a mote of light, which drifts over and into the pillar.

Sara: Um, okay, it's done...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on May 05, 2014, 01:42:39 AM
"Huh," I say, scratching my nose. "That was less spectacular than usual. Last time, we had two buildings go all gooey and merge into each other. Maybe something changed inside?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on May 05, 2014, 01:44:55 AM
"Well we already have the basic house shape, it's not like we need more space to add a meat locker.  or perhaps it will need a logarithmic increase of fragments to upgrade, much like the gates."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on May 05, 2014, 09:36:39 AM
"Why don't we go look?" Cory suggests.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on May 05, 2014, 09:55:42 AM
"Sure, after you"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on May 05, 2014, 09:56:18 AM
"What about ladies first?" Cory asks with a grin.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on May 05, 2014, 09:59:15 AM
Louise smiles and shrugs "Allright"  She walks towards the house to check to see what the change was.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on May 05, 2014, 02:57:45 PM
You enter the house.  While the entrance way shows no noticeable changes, the kitchen does.  Not only does it now have a refrigerator, it's also a bit larger.  The table's bigger too; now you can all probably fit around it.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on May 05, 2014, 03:12:58 PM
Cory checks the contents of the refrigerator.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on May 05, 2014, 03:15:39 PM
It seems to be well stocked with refrigerator-like things.  There's a gallon of milk, some yogurt, a bag or two of pre-made salad mix, deli-sliced meat, a container or two of raw meat, several types of cheese, butter, sour cream, at least one tomato, and other such mundane things.  It's actually kinda of comforting.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on May 05, 2014, 03:17:17 PM
"So, uh, has the food been restocking or do you have to find it in the fragment-worlds?" Cory asks to the group in general.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on May 05, 2014, 03:18:24 PM
Sara: It restocks, I think...  When everyone goes to sleep...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on May 05, 2014, 03:23:57 PM
"that does seem to be the pattern"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on May 06, 2014, 12:30:30 AM
"Having verified the food, shall we away to the new gate?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on May 06, 2014, 12:31:56 AM
I stop eying the meat. "Oh, yes, we should probably forge ahead."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on May 06, 2014, 12:32:21 AM
Kusuri: I'll have something nice for you when you return~
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on May 06, 2014, 12:33:03 AM
"Meat?" I ask hopefully.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on May 06, 2014, 12:33:10 AM
Louise smiles at Kusuri "Thank you Kusuri."  Louise then Nods and moves towards the new wooden door, stopping for a moment in front of it to ensure that everyone is ready.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on May 06, 2014, 12:33:54 AM
Kusuri: Actually, I was planning on a salad.

He sticks his tongue out at you.

Kusuri: Of course it'll be meat.  Look forward to it~
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on May 06, 2014, 12:41:33 AM
"Meat!" I exclaim happily as I march out of the house.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on May 06, 2014, 08:50:59 AM
"Well, uh, see you," Cory says awkwardly to Kusuri and Sara, then follows Becca and Louise out the door.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on May 06, 2014, 02:16:15 PM
Holy joins you at the new Gate.  It looks like everyone's ready.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on May 06, 2014, 03:17:44 PM
Louise enters the portal
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on May 06, 2014, 03:30:41 PM
You all walk in...

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Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on May 29, 2014, 09:59:58 PM
And end up back in the Black Camp.

Things look a little different from when you last saw them.  The main building's a bit bigger, for one, and there's a small white building off to the side that wasn't there before.

You also don't see Sara anywhere.  You can hear sounds coming from the main building, though, so maybe she's in there?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on May 29, 2014, 10:03:08 PM
I stride confidently into the main building.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on May 29, 2014, 10:03:28 PM
Cory follows.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on May 30, 2014, 12:17:54 AM
Louise, becoming worried, rushes towards the building, thinking inexplicably that this may be the work of that blue haired woman.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on May 30, 2014, 12:25:40 AM
You all enter the main building, where quite the crowd is waiting for you.  In addition to Sara and Kusuri, there are two newcomers.

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Kusuri: Ah, here the others are.  Welcome back!
Kusuri: Things got a bit busy while you were away.

Punk Girl: Hey.  Name's JK.
Rock Guy: Yo.  I'm Andy.  It's nice to meet'cha.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on May 30, 2014, 12:31:43 AM
"He- Hello.  When did you two get here?"  Louise, having rushed forward, stops to catch her breath.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on May 30, 2014, 12:34:13 AM
JK: Couple of hours ago.
JK: Would'a taken longer without me.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on May 30, 2014, 12:37:06 AM
"What are you two?"  Louise considers retracting her statement. "I don't mean that rudely, but...  there are many people here who are...  not quite human."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on May 30, 2014, 12:39:09 AM
JK: Rude.

Andy: Hey, cool down.  I don't think she meant it like that.
Andy: We're both human.  As far as we can tell, at least.
Andy: You guys?

JK: Yeah, which one's which.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on May 30, 2014, 12:51:27 AM
"I'm Louise, and this is Holy." Louise indicates Holy.  "I was in New York State before any of this happened.  I...  can't remember anything about what happened though."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on May 30, 2014, 12:54:48 AM
I toss my hair. "I am Queen Becca. I rule over this land of--" I hesitate, but only briefly. "--Thisland." I gesture loftily towards Cory. "And this is Knight Cory, defender of the realm."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on May 30, 2014, 12:55:54 AM
JK: That so.

Andy: Uh, all right...

Kusuri: Ahaha, she's just messing around.
Kusuri: ...probably.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on May 30, 2014, 12:57:39 AM
I clap my hands. "Kusuri! Mead for our guests!"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on May 30, 2014, 12:59:44 AM
Kusuri: Aren't you currently holding onto the flask?
Kusuri: Oh, but, I do have a nice meal set up for everyone!

It is at about this time that you realize that you aren't standing in the kitchen or the study.  The main building seems to have gained a sitting room of sorts.

Kusuri: If you'll just come this way~

JK: I helped.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on May 30, 2014, 01:01:33 AM
Louise ignores Becca's statement.  She silently hopes that these two are more sane.  Hopefully these people are sane...  "Oh, someone else who can cook?  Kusuri must be so relieved."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on May 30, 2014, 01:01:41 AM
I check the alcohol content of the flask.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on May 30, 2014, 01:02:53 AM
JK: Rude.

Becca, your flask appears to have restocked.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on May 30, 2014, 01:03:51 AM
"r-rude?  I was giving you a compliment for helping Kusuri!"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on May 30, 2014, 01:04:01 AM
"Ah, good, we have drink! Onwards, to the feast!" Tossing my hair once again, I lead the way to the dining room.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on May 30, 2014, 01:06:51 AM
JK: I can cook just fine.

You all head into the kitchen, which does appear to have grown a dining room.  There is a good spread of foodstuffs.  Becca, I'm sure you'll be happy to see the non-dried meat.  Louise, there is also bread and vegetables.

Sara: It looks really good, right?  I helped set the table!
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on May 30, 2014, 01:07:52 AM
I check for empty glasses, into which to pour the drink.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on May 30, 2014, 01:08:26 AM
Louise Smiles.  "Good Job Sara."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on May 30, 2014, 01:09:13 AM
Becca, there are empty glasses, and you successfully poor the strange golden liquor.  You run out just as you finish the last glass.

Louise, Sara brightens visibly as you compliment her.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on May 30, 2014, 01:12:21 AM
I take my place at the head of the table. If the table is round, I will establish the head of the table by taking my place at it. "You may be seated," I say regally. "Let us enjoy this marvelous feast, prepared by Kusuri and displayed by Sara."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on May 30, 2014, 01:13:47 AM
JK: Rude.  I helped.

JK sits down nonetheless, as do Andy, Sara, Kusuri, and Holy.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on May 30, 2014, 01:15:00 AM
"Of course, Lady JK. Your contribution is much appreciated."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on May 30, 2014, 01:28:52 AM
"where were you two before the... incident  (http://i.imgur.com/SdIPIKQ.png)happened?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on May 30, 2014, 01:30:40 AM
JK: Babymetal concert.

Andy: I was just chilling at home.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on May 30, 2014, 01:33:02 AM
I cock an eyebrow. "Babymetal?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on May 30, 2014, 01:34:25 AM
"Did you two know each other?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on May 30, 2014, 01:35:06 AM
JK: Japanese metal band.  Frilly.

Andy: Nah, we only met here in the void.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on May 30, 2014, 02:22:17 AM
Louise nods.  "Same as all of us."  Louise continues to wait with decreasing patience for somebody else to begin eating first.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on May 30, 2014, 02:23:10 AM
JK takes a sip of the golden beverage.

JK: Is this alcohol?  Rude.  I'm a minor.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on May 30, 2014, 02:32:11 AM
Louise takes the opportunity to look at the two.  She spends as little time looking at JK as possible to avoid procuring another comment.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on May 30, 2014, 02:38:14 AM
JK has a faint golden glow.  It reminds you of Cory's.  Speaking of which, his glow now looks to be about as strong as yours.  Other than that, she looks like herself.

Andy has the same faint golden glow as JK.  He seems to have strange, tatoo-like markings covering his body.  Other than that, he looks like himself.

Both share the standard glasses tint.

As you look at JK, a phone buzzes.  She pulls a chic flip phone out of her pocket and looks at it.  She then turns to you.

JK: Rude.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on May 30, 2014, 03:33:34 AM
Louise looks away.  "It's just as rude to use your phone at the table.  How are you even getting service?  Better yet, who are you talking to?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on May 30, 2014, 08:19:56 AM
"Excuse me," says the Knight, who has been unaccountably silent up till now, perhaps being a little overwhelmed by the newcomers' garb.  "Sadly, I believe I have not been introduced.  I" proclaims the Knight, "am Her Majesty Becca's Knight of the Realm, Defender of the Soil, Protector of the Crown, and a fitting consort for--no, wait, just the first three."

Cory sighs.  "He got that out of a movie."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on May 30, 2014, 02:39:48 PM
JK looks at Louise.

JK: My phone's got an anti-creep app.

She turns to look at Cory and the Knight.

JK: That so.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on May 30, 2014, 02:41:37 PM
"Anti-creep?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on May 30, 2014, 02:42:34 PM
JK: Yeah, told me you took a picture.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on May 30, 2014, 02:44:15 PM
"Took a picture?"  Louise hesitates, then decides to serve food, since nobody else seems to be hungry.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on May 30, 2014, 02:46:20 PM
When Andy notices you start to serve, he helps out.  Kusuri also pitches in, and soon everyone's plate is full.

Kusuri: Well, lets eat!

He then starts eating.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on May 30, 2014, 02:47:40 PM
Louise, relieved by both the distraction and the food, begins to eat.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on May 30, 2014, 02:56:45 PM
Cory smiles at the two newcomers.  "Um, sorry about the..." he trails off, but picks up again, "...Knight.  He, uh, didn't used to be so--independent."

The Knight waves his fork.  "Don't confuse them, lad.  Ah, now this is a true feast.  Milord Kusuri, Milady JK, truly you have prepared a fine repast."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on May 30, 2014, 03:00:07 PM
JK: That so.

Andy: So, um, you're... a priest?

JK kicks him.

JK: D.I.D.  It's rude to stare.

Andy: Oh, er, right...  Sorry.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on May 30, 2014, 03:03:37 PM
"Priest?" Cory repeats in confusion.  Sharing the knife and fork with the Knight is making eating--interesting--since the Knight's idea of using utensils seems to be to stab them with the knife and not use the fork, which is not at all Cory's preferred method these days.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on May 30, 2014, 03:05:17 PM
Andy: Yeah, er, never mind, mate.

JK: Don't worry about it.

Andy: Uh, JK, should you be drinking that?  You just said you were a minor...

JK: I've had worse.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on May 30, 2014, 03:10:51 PM
"Hang on, I do not have D.I.D.!" Cory protests, realizing what JK meant a little late.  "I just...Ana put me back together wrong!"  He tries not to wonder what that means if Ana puts his sister together as well.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on May 30, 2014, 03:12:37 PM
JK: That so.

Andy: Ana?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on May 30, 2014, 03:17:41 PM
Cory sighs.  "I guess no one else has met her.  I met her in the void.  She has long, blue hair, and she's--a bit weird--but nice.  When she's not being terrifying."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on May 30, 2014, 03:28:31 PM
"Becca and I have met her."  Louise says this in a tone of voice that implies that she does not approve.  "She gave us a weird fragment.  The Gold wrench you saw earlier Corey."  Louise pauses a moment.  "What did you mean by priest?"  Louise looks at Andy, thinking that he may actually reveal what he means if asked again.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on May 30, 2014, 03:34:59 PM
Andy: Huh, oh, well, you know...
Andy: Priests talk to spirits and stuff...
Andy: So they can act kinda... possessed, you know?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on May 30, 2014, 03:45:19 PM
"Oh, yes, those kinds of priests.  So, Has Kusuri caught you all up on what's been going on?  Or at least what we have gathered..."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on May 30, 2014, 03:45:49 PM
Andy: Only a little bit.
Andy: He said to wait for you all to come back.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on May 31, 2014, 05:12:02 PM
"What do you want to know?" Cory puts in.  "I'm not sure how much we'll be able to answer you, since I don't think any of us have a very good idea what's going on either, but we can try."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on May 31, 2014, 05:36:43 PM
Andy: Well, I think I know the gist of what's going on.

JK: The world ended.

Andy: Right, that.  But, I guess, what's this place, exactly?
Andy: I've seen pillars before but, well, they weren't exactly as lively as this place.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on May 31, 2014, 05:40:33 PM
Having absolutely demolished the foot put in front of me, I check to see if there's enough to serve myself seconds.

"Well, Louise and I bumped into each other here, Sara pulled out our souls and made a gate, I died, Louise died, we made another gate, Cory showed up, we made another gate, and now you're here."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on May 31, 2014, 06:32:46 PM
"You've seen pillars before?" Cory echoes.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on May 31, 2014, 08:17:19 PM
Louise frowns and says "You should consider information you receive from Becca to be taken with a grain of salt.  I have not died, I also have a very firm grasp on what is going on, and would be happy to explain my findings in detail, though I will ask that you explain what you mean by having seen pillars before?  Did you mean en route to this area, or have you seen such things on earth?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on May 31, 2014, 08:35:39 PM
Andy: I saw them on the way here.  They were... sort of dead.
Andy: Some of them had those faceless things around them, but a lot of them were just...

JK: Empty.

Andy: Yeah, empty.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on May 31, 2014, 11:50:45 PM
Louise's frown deepens.  "I wonder if there is anything to be gained by inspecting these other pillars."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 01, 2014, 11:45:05 AM
"Wait a minute," Cory protests.  "Louise, you can't possibly have a firm grasp of what's going on here.  Unless there's something you've been hiding from the rest of us." 

He pauses to let the Knight speak.

"Milady, what Cory says, if perhaps not phrased terribly politely, nonetheless must be the truth.  If you fault Becca's word, you must fault your own, for this is a place of perception and misperception, and I believe it truly dangerous to assume you have the truth of it, for then you assume that there is but one truth to be had.  Most respectfully, both of us must disagree with your statements.  Further, Becca may not be a careful speaker, but never has she spoken with the intent to deceive."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on June 01, 2014, 05:14:29 PM
"Well, you did sort of disappear into nothingness," I say, as I continue my hunt for seconds. "That's basically dying, isn't it?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 01, 2014, 06:27:58 PM
"I am not hiding anything.  I am merely paying closer attention." With a quick turn of her head, she addresses JK "And it is not rude, I have merely made it my primary what is it called... prime directive to discover the truth of what has happened to our world and to undo the catastrophe that occured."  Turning to Becca, she explains "I told you once already, when I was spirited away, I found myself in a desolate spit of land in a place Holy referred to as the "Dead End"  I did not die and the... err "gate of truth" did not appear when I returned.  Holy was able to return me here with her vision dance, an ability that allows her to both see locations that we do not have the facility to see and to move to those locations.  I believe you experienced it once, after your staring contest with Holy."

Louise turns again to address everyone.  She removes the glasses from her line of sight, leaving them resting on top of her head for easy access, and begins to speak once more.  "To my greatest ability to explain, here is what has occured and what will occur, barring what seems to be extremely likely extenuating circumstances.  First, I believe that at least most of us called Earth our home, I know I was going to college in the U.S.A. prior to the event.  Correct me if I'm wrong, but nobody from our side seems to know what the event was, and few people on this side know what the event looks like from our side, but as I discovered from the Violet B- guardian, Goldie, who has been relocated to the yellow maze behind the wooden door gateway, our world was being held together by something akin to a god, but also akin to a chain.  The remains of whom or which are residing in the pillar.  I know this because I was briefly able to see it before its visage was... erm... changed.  I have direct cause to believe that these fragments that we are recovering are, in fact, fragments of the god that held our world together, like a great world serpent Jormungand.  Each of these gates normally has what is called a "Beast" within them.  and each of these worlds have fragments inside.  Under no circumstances should we be reckless with these fragments.  As I have mentioned, they are likely parts of the god of our world and destroying them can cause damage to the mazes.  We destroyed a fragment in the orange submarine and its effects were felt throughout the next world.  So please, keep your emotions in check.  As such, our current erm... ongoing mission should be to gather fragments.  Offering them to the pillar or using them as gates will perhaps lead us to the same ends.  Presumably, after we complete a maze to its fullest, the fragments used may be returned to the pillar to heal the god.  Though this last statement is only speculation as we have yet to complete a maze to the fullest.  The book of claws in the red maze as well as the orange beast in the orange maze still have yet to be dealt with.  Hopefully there is another way to deal with mazes besides defeating the beast, or we shall have a hard time completing the yellow maze, as I have no desire to fight Goldie.  Though as I've said, this is merely speculation.  Goldie would or could not tell us what occurs when and if we restore our god, though we have been informed that the green Beast, aka Medusa, will be at least willing, if not able, to help us. 

Lastly, my conversations with Holy and this most recent conversation has revealed that more than just us few are within this void.  Holy mentioned observing others here in other camps with other pillars, and you," she indicates Andy, "also mentioned that he and JK saw other pillars which were...  less alive.  There are also 'Black Beasts' creatures akin to the Beasts of the mazes.  Literature in the Muddled Library-" Louise pauses for a moment to wonder why she referred to it as that. "In the Library dictate that having an entity like Sara that guards each pillar.  There is also, as Holy informed me, a White City within the void.  A home for her race where some observer exists to watch over the occurrences in this realm."

Louise stops talking, almost abruptly.  "That, Cory and Knight, is the truth of it."  She looks to JK, expecting her usual one word reply to the last statement.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 01, 2014, 06:36:44 PM
JK and Andy looks like they're still thinking over what you said.
Holy and Sara nod as if in agreement or understanding.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 03, 2014, 09:46:34 PM
Louise continues to eat.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 04, 2014, 08:40:35 AM
Cory shrugs rather helplessly.  "I guess I've just been too overwhelmed to pick up on some of this stuff?" he says.  "Sorry, Louise, I didn't mean to make you feel like I was attacking you.  But I think the Knight kind of has a point--it's dangerous to assume we have The Truth."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 04, 2014, 12:01:00 PM
Louise shrugs.  "I'm not happy with the situation here, I just want to get home as fast as possible.  If making some assumptions will allow me to project reason onto this place, I'm willing to take the chance.  Yet... I understand where you are coming from."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 04, 2014, 03:29:37 PM
Cory nods.  "I'm just worried that applying reason might...um, hurt our chances of getting home, or rebuilding home or whatever.  I mean, I haven't been here as long as you or Becca, so I could be wrong, but it seemed like there was a lot of fairytalish logic going on in the last maze, and that's not so much on the reasonable side of the spectrum."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on June 05, 2014, 11:53:19 PM
I wave my hand vaguely at all this exposition going on. "That's more or less what I said, really. We don't need to bog them down with the details."

I fill up my plate with some leftovers and return to my throne. "So, JK, Andy, what sort of skills do you have?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 05, 2014, 11:55:27 PM
JK: Andy can fight.

Andy: Yeah... a bit...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on June 05, 2014, 11:56:06 PM
"Oh? You a weapons man, or fists?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 05, 2014, 11:57:17 PM
Andy: Ahh, weapons, I guess.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on June 05, 2014, 11:59:26 PM
"Ohhhh?" I lean forward with interest. Still eating, of course. "What kind? One of my brothers was big on that kind of thing."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 06, 2014, 12:00:03 AM
Andy: Well, ahhh, hammers, sort of.

JK: It's pretty cool.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on June 06, 2014, 12:00:52 AM
I hesitate. "What, like..." I try to remember what he called them. "...Meteor hammers?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 06, 2014, 12:02:43 AM
Andy: Meteor hammers?
Andy: No, uh, more like... mallets?  I guess?

JK: Really big, though.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on June 06, 2014, 12:05:33 AM
I raise an eyebrow. "How big we talking?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 06, 2014, 01:46:22 AM
JK: Way big.

Andy: Um, the mallet part's a bit larger than my head?  Usually?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 06, 2014, 03:11:46 AM
"ah, it's a special item, isn't it?  Perhaps it is a fragment, like these glasses..."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 06, 2014, 03:12:55 AM
Andy: Ah, yeah, I think so.
Andy: That sounds right, at least.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 06, 2014, 03:16:29 AM
"how long have you two been here in the void?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 06, 2014, 03:20:56 AM
Andy: Oh, um, it's hard to say, isn't it?

JK look at her phone.

JK: It's been 6 days, 3 hours, and 16 minutes.
JK: Counting from when I woke up.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 06, 2014, 03:23:49 AM
"..." 

"Becca, what date does your watch say?"

Louise turns to the two newbies, "I think... you may have been here longer than us."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 07, 2014, 10:57:25 AM
The Knight leans forward with interest.  "Milady, milord, yet during your sojourn you have not seen any other pillars as lively as ours?  Have you entered any Mazes, perchance?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 07, 2014, 03:14:46 PM
Andy: Mazes?  No, I don' think so.
Andy: We haven't ever left the void.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 08, 2014, 09:29:50 AM
"Hmmmm," says the Knight.  "Strange.  Perhaps because you saw only abandoned pillars.  Does this mean there are many people wandering in the void, or does it mean that there are other pillars, such as ours, that contain life, though they be few and far between?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on June 10, 2014, 11:56:54 PM
I check my watch.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 10, 2014, 11:59:13 PM
Your watch says it is 5:15 PM on 4/8/2015.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on June 11, 2014, 12:01:21 AM
"It seems to be April 8th, why?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 11, 2014, 12:28:54 AM
"Do you recall what the date was when we entered?  I feel like 6 days seems a little longer than how long we've been here" 
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 11, 2014, 12:30:07 AM
"Where are you two from, anyways? country-wise"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 11, 2014, 12:32:02 AM
JK: Rude.  Can't you tell I'm from Japan?

Andy: Um, yeah, I'm also from Japan...

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Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on June 11, 2014, 12:33:56 AM
"Oh, right. April 8, 2015."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 11, 2014, 12:37:43 AM
Louise scrutinizes the answer with the force of 25 spades (http://cardchan.herokuapp.com/decks/1/events/90)
"It was only five days...  but it makes sense that your clock would be different from ours if you were in a Japanese time zone...  That would also imply that whatever happened happened all around the world at once...  hmmm"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 11, 2014, 12:40:43 AM
Andy seems to be lying about his country of origin.

JK: Why would being from a different time zone change how long I've been here?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 11, 2014, 12:55:43 AM
Louise looks at Andy meaningfully, though she looks at him with a gaze of understanding.  She turns to JK, "Well, Japan is several, at least twelve, I'd wager, hours ahead of the USA according to time zones, so if we were both pulled into this void, your clock would be set to Japanese time and ours would be set to american time...  I think?  or maybe...  it wasn't all at once?  maybe we were all pulled in as the world turned, like in that one Ray Bradbury short story, so you got here and woke up when the metaphorical curtain crossed over Japan, so you would have woken up here sooner than us, who were sucked in after the curtain crossed the USA."

"Regardless...  I think we should discuss our new heading.  I want to explore the void.  This talk of camps, possibly some even occupied, intrigues me.  We also need to open another gate and proceed that way.  We now number 6 human explorers, Holy and Sara.  I see no reason to change Kusuri's and Sara's roles as guards, but I believe we may be able to split into two teams, if the two of you," Louise indicates JK and Andy,  "Don't mind joining the effort."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 11, 2014, 08:23:52 AM
"Um, wait.  Why should we explore the Void?  We know what's out there," Cory protests, not particularly wanting to run into Ana again until--later.  "I mean, I thought we were trying to rebuild stuff, and we can't do that out there."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 11, 2014, 10:29:49 PM
"Do we?  Do we know what is out there?  So far, what I've heard is that there has been witness to a few abandoned pillars as well as other camps that seem to have been overrun with no-faces.  You, Becca, and myself have proven that we are at least somewhat capable in combat.  On the plus side, in all one-out-of-one instances, no faces seem to teleport their victims rather than kill them.  Most importantly, I desire to see what the true nature of this place is.  Perhaps there are other libraries at other camps, or, God willing, living people.  If you do not wish to join me, then my plan does have a proposed team for you to join.  There is definitely work that needs to be done in the next maze."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 11, 2014, 10:31:21 PM
"Are you suggesting we kill the no-faces?" Cory asks slowly.  "Because that's not going to happen."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 11, 2014, 10:36:38 PM
Becca looks at her questioningly "I... don't believe I suggested any such thing.  My desire is to go to these other camps to discover if they have any resources we can use, not to go on a killing spree.  I'm not sure where you got that impression, frankly."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 11, 2014, 10:39:31 PM
"You did just say we were combat capable," Cory points out.  "And I don't feel like you're really making yourself clear.  You just said you knew the truth of the world, then you said you wanted to find more things out, that you didn't know enough, and you also said you wanted to rebuild the world.  Also why are you suddenly acting like the leader?" The last slips out before he can catch himself.  It's not as if he wants to lead them.  He usually prefers having someone telling him what to do.  But... "I just don't feel like we're really cooperating anymore," he finishes a bit lamely.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 11, 2014, 10:54:31 PM
Louise waits patiently for Cory to finish, then speaks.  "I mentioned that because in the event of an emergency, we three, at least, can defend anyone else nearby.  I did not say I knew the truth of the world, I said I believed that I had the firmest grasp on what was going on.  I do want to discover more information regarding what has happened.  Do you not want to do this?  Are you simply happy with the information I have provided you?  You did not seem to be.  I want to rebuild the world, I want to discover what happened, and I want to get out of here.  Is there anyone here who doesn't?   I had assumed, gratuitously in the case of everyone except Becca, that we were all working to leave this place.  If I seem like I'm acting like the leader it is because I am the one who is acting.  We have many tasks that we need to accomplish and we now have the man and womanpower to divide our forces.  Cooperation and teamwork does not necessitate being in the same place in the same time, I'm sure you can understand.  If we split, we can cover ground faster.  If you are uncomfortable with splitting up, please vocalize your opinion.  This applies to anyone.  I am merely proposing a path to move forward, counter-propositions are imperative to having a good plan."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 11, 2014, 10:57:15 PM
"You...literally said you had the truth of it."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 11, 2014, 11:00:41 PM
Louise shrugs, fairly certain that she had not claimed to know the truth of the world.  "Regardless, do you have any suggestions for how we should move going forward, Cory?  Or Becca, JK, Andy, or Kusuri?  I do not want to suggest that Cory and I are the only ones capable of planning."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 11, 2014, 11:02:44 PM
Kusuri: Well, I plan on staying here, so...
Kusuri: I'm going to keep out of this one, haha...

JK: Whatever.

Andy: I don't really want to go back out into the void again...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 11, 2014, 11:15:16 PM
Cory rubs his hair back.  "I think I'm gonna go to the library for a little," he says abruptly.  This isn't the time to get into an argument, and he has the uneasy feeling that he's talking past Louise.  He gets up hurriedly, leaving his plate on the table, and heads for the door.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on June 13, 2014, 12:41:01 AM
I shrug. "Going into the void sounds stupid, honestly. I'm just going to stick with the gates."

I give Louise a look. "You could also be more polite to him, you know. Not everything he says needs to be shut down."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 13, 2014, 12:50:36 AM
Louise looks at becca, nods, and finishes her food.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on June 13, 2014, 12:57:13 AM
I ruffle Louise's hair. "You two are like my kid siblings, you know? Gotta keep you from fighting."

I nod sagely at my own statement. "If we're going to live here, we need to be able to get along. Sometimes, Cory will be in the wrong. Sometimes, you'll be in the wrong." I pose regally. "I, of course, will never be wrong. I'm queen, after all."

I hold the pose for about five seconds before I burst out laughing. "Nah, I'll fuck up, too. The important thing is that we figure out how to deal with it when things go bad."

I scratch my chin a little. "Mind you, I'm not sold on the void idea. But I'm not going to throw it out forever. Maybe we can talk about it again. But there's just so much we don't know. There's a book now, when there were only gates we had to worry about before. Who knows what else is coming?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 13, 2014, 12:58:52 AM
"I just think that there would be an advantage to exploring this area.  We have no idea if we could find something useful.  If there were other people here at one point, maybe they had supplies we could use.  That's all I was trying to say."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on June 13, 2014, 12:59:50 AM
I blink at this. "Wait, really? Why didn't you just say that in the first place?"

I look at Sara, then turn to Holy. "You said this has happened before, right? Is anything left over between...world-endings?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 13, 2014, 01:14:37 AM
Holy: You.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on June 13, 2014, 01:15:28 AM
I consider this. "Creepy, yet useless."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 13, 2014, 01:16:15 AM
Holy stares at you.

Holy: People.  Fragments.  Those are what are left behind by a world.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on June 13, 2014, 01:17:23 AM
"What about structures and camps like this one?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 13, 2014, 01:17:33 AM
Louise sighs "that's what I was trying to say, I guess I just got a bit angry.  There are other camps and whether or not there are people there, I think it is worth it to at least visit them.  Like I said, I think that it would be best if we split up, I'll even go with just Holy if nobody else wants to go."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 13, 2014, 01:19:13 AM
Holy stares at Becca.

Holy: Pillars are left.  They are the soul of the world.
Holy: If structures were made, they may remain.
Holy: They may rot when the pillar dies.

Holy stares at Louise.

Holy: I will follow you.
Holy: If you leave here, I will call a replacement to continue observing.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on June 13, 2014, 01:36:06 AM
I stare at Holy. "There are more of you?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 13, 2014, 01:37:27 AM
Holy: Many.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 13, 2014, 08:35:15 AM
Cory heads to the library and sits down, putting his head in his hands.  "I just don't get it," he says out loud.  "I keep reacting to what she's saying and then she gets angry and says she didn't mean what she said, or what I thought she said?  I guess."

The Knight, who has been silent for some time now, speaks up when Cory finishes.  "I don't think she realizes what she's implying, lad," he says softly.  "And how would she know about your sister, if you didn't tell her?"

"I know, but I didn't really have a chance to explain, did I?" Cory asks in frustration.  He decides not to think about the fact that he's talking to someone he shouldn't be able to have a discussion with, because right now, he needs all the friends he can get.  "I mean, I got worried, and then she said that wasn't what she meant, and I just--" he takes a deep breath.

"I do not think she understands me, either," the Knight says meditatively.  "And I note that she did not seem to realize what we were getting at.  Multiple truths are not always compatible, you know."

Cory kicks the desk.  "Yeah, I guess," he says.

"You seem to understand that, and she does not.  That means you have a responsibility."

Cory nods.  "You're right.  I'm just really--" he sighs.  "--confused and worried.  I think I'll just stay here for a bit.  Maybe look to see if we have any new books.  I wonder if there are any fairytales?"

"Could be useful," the Knight agrees. "Let's quest for a volume of fairytales then!  Perchance we may come to a greater understanding of truths that we now face!"

Cory and the Knight get up and start to search for new volumes or books or, preferably, a book of fairytales.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 13, 2014, 02:42:03 PM
Aside from the books described in the Muddled Library (http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=13387.0), every book is blank.  No titles, no text, no nothing other than the general shape of a book.

However...

Ana: Are you looking for something~?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 13, 2014, 02:54:52 PM
Cory jerks in surprise.  "Oh, hi, Ana," he says cautiously.  "Um, we were trying to see if there were any fairytales around."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 13, 2014, 03:06:53 PM
Ana: Hmm, fairytales...
Ana: I don't think you'll find any here~ This library's boringly practical!
Ana: It kind of reminds me of Sam~
Ana: Oh!  But if you want, I can tell you a fairytale!
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 13, 2014, 03:11:38 PM
"Uhm...okay."  Cory still feels a little nervous around her, but any fairytale Ana tells is probably likely to be relevant.

"We would very much appreciate your doing so, milady," the Knight puts in.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 13, 2014, 03:33:58 PM
Ana: Hmm, all right then~
Ana: Let me tell you the story of Shut Eyes.

Quote from: Fairytale
There once was a young girl who found herself lost in a nightmare.  No matter which may she turned, she couldn't wake up.  After turning around for quite a bit, and becoming rather dizzy, she found other people like herself.

None of them could wake up, so they decided they'd turn the nightmare into a good dream.  They collected pieces of good things, and slowly made the dream brighter.

But one by one her friends woke up, leaving behind the good dream they were all working so hard on.  Eventually, only the young girl was left.  She didn't want to wake up, she wanted to finish the good dream everyone had tried so hard to create.  But she too eventually woke up, and found herself in a strange place.  Not quite awake and not quite asleep, she found herself surrounded by a completely colorless world.

She couldn't go back to sleep, but she still didn't want to wake up, so she closed her eyes tight and stayed where she was.  A long and lonely time passed.

Eventually she found someone else wandering close to the edge of the dream, someone like her would truly wanted to create a good dream.  But unlike the young girl, she didn't have any friends at all.  Seeing this, the young girl gave the wanderer one of her own eyes, so that they wouldn't be alone even without friends.

As the young girl watched the wanderer create a good dream through the eye she gave them, she finally felt satisfied.  She's still there, between waking and dreams, giving her aid to all who wish to live in a happy world.

Ana: What did you think?  Was it good?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 13, 2014, 03:35:37 PM
Cory listens, fascinated.  "Yeah," he says.  "That's really cool, Ana.  Do you think it would be okay if I told it to other people, too?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 13, 2014, 03:39:03 PM
Ana: Wow, you really liked it?
Ana: Thanks~  I kind of made it up on the spot, so I was a bit worried~
Ana: You can definitely tell it to other people~  It's an important story, after all!
Ana: Here, I'll copy it down into a book for you!

Ana walks over to a shelf, grabs a book, and opens it up.

Ana: Um...
Ana: Ah, here you go!

She tosses it to you.  It appears to have text in it now.

Ana: Hehe, I'm really glad you liked it~

She appears to be blushing a bit.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 13, 2014, 03:41:37 PM
"Milady, it was extremely well-told," the Knight says.  "Our sincerest thanks."  He receives the book and then bows to Ana.  "Perhaps I may show my appreciation at some point in the distant future by composing a poem dedicated to your luminous self?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 13, 2014, 03:42:28 PM
Ana: Haha, sure~  Make it really good, so Sam gets jealous~
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 13, 2014, 03:49:40 PM
"Indeed, milady, I will try most verily to satisfy you."  He smiles.  "Though it may take some days for my poor skills to result in such a satisfactory piece of verse."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 13, 2014, 03:50:45 PM
Ana: Okay~  I'll wait eagerly, then!
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 13, 2014, 04:11:01 PM
"I shall not fail you!" the Knight says emphatically.  "Now, however, I feel that Cory and I must depart, for we left during a discussion which may become important.  I await with eagerness the day I shall set my eyes upon your loveliness once more."  He bows over her hand, bringing it close to his face but not actually touching it with his lips.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 13, 2014, 04:12:22 PM
Ana: Hehe, you'd better not fail me~
Ana: See you later!

Ana walks away into the sleeping room.  You get the impression that if you followed after her, she wouldn't be there.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 13, 2014, 04:19:40 PM
Cory heads back to the dining room.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on June 13, 2014, 09:46:15 PM
I reach around Cory and catch his neck in the crook of my elbow. "There you are! Anyway, we're all apologizing for fucking up."

I look at Louise. "I'm sorry for breaking that fragment. I fucked up."

I nod at the others encouragingly. "Okay, let's go around the circle--" I bite off the word "kids" before I say it.

Well, I guess it's not that different from that time I spent as a camp counselor. And at least nobody here has stopped up a toilet with a beehive. Yet.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 13, 2014, 09:51:10 PM
"Hey."  Cory doesn't struggle very hard.  "Yeah, I don't think I was really clear about what I was saying.  Sorry, Louise.  It's just that I got worried when you started talking about combat and no-faces, because, uh...well..." he takes a deep breath.  "My, um, my sister's one.  Currently.  And.  Yeah."

The Knight breaks in, "What he means to say is that it is a somewhat tender place for the young lad.  Also, we have much to report, for we have received a fairytale from one whom--dare I use the term angel?  Perhaps goddess?  In any case, a most beauteous young maiden has granted us this boon."

Cory rolls his eyes.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 14, 2014, 03:51:44 PM
"I apologize for taking what you said so personally.  I'm sure that you weren't intending to offend me, but I don't do very well with new people and it has been non-stop new faces since we all got here."

"Wait, your sister is a no-face?  and who is this Angel?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 14, 2014, 03:56:48 PM
Cory sighs.  "He means Ana," he says sadly.  "We met her in the library, and, um, the Knight is a little bit...smitten."

"Ah," interposes the Knight, "and who would not be?  Her fair face, her voice, her very movements bespeak the divine."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on June 14, 2014, 03:57:19 PM
"Isn't she the one who gave us the golden wrench?" I ask Louise.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 14, 2014, 04:02:42 PM
"Yes," Louise replies simply.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on June 14, 2014, 04:03:25 PM
"And who was talking about being an April Fool's joke?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 14, 2014, 04:03:46 PM
"the same"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 14, 2014, 04:05:09 PM
"Anyways, yeah, my sister--Ana said she'd try to fix her if I tried to keep it together, basically.  But I get what you mean, this is a pretty crazy situation, so I guess people are bound to lose it sometimes."  He smiles at Louise. 

"Now," says the Knight.  "Perhaps you might be interested in the fairytale that the queen of my sight--no offense intended, Your Majesty--has given to us."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 14, 2014, 04:05:51 PM
"yes, do go on"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 14, 2014, 04:10:27 PM
Cory proceeds to tell the fairytale.

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Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on June 14, 2014, 04:12:32 PM
"Oh, the shut-eyed girl? Yeah, I think I mentioned her, didn't I?" I scratch my chest.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 14, 2014, 04:13:15 PM
"Did you?  I don't remember."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 14, 2014, 04:28:43 PM
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"she did, but only in passing"  Louise thinks about the story she just heard.  The resemblance to our situation is uncanny.  If Becca did indeed meet this girl, then perhaps Ana is hinting at something...  something real.  Holy said that the white city is filled with Lunes and that she observes on behalf of her home.    "Holy.  Does this story sound at all familiar to you?"

"I think Ana may not have made this story up.  Or, if she did, there may be more truth to it than she let on."  Louise recovers the Golden Wrench from wherever she stowed it.  "This, by the way, is the wrench that Ana gifted to us.  If you wish, you can try and use it, but I recommend stepping outside, as we do not know what it does.  I have rather avoided using it."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 14, 2014, 04:31:06 PM
The Knight sighs.  "It is a fairytale, good Louise.  Their purpose is to tell some version of the truth.  May I?" He receives the wrench from Louise.  "Perhaps all of you would like to accompany me as I perchance attempt to discover the purpose of this wrench?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on June 14, 2014, 04:31:31 PM
"Right, right. The Shut-Eyed Girl is the one who brought me back from the dead."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 14, 2014, 04:31:52 PM
"Wait, what?" Cory says, almost dropping the wrench.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 14, 2014, 04:32:46 PM
Holy: It is a very important story to us.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on June 14, 2014, 04:38:01 PM
I stare at Holy. "Really? What do you know about her?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 14, 2014, 04:49:03 PM
Holy: We are the one who were given her eye.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 14, 2014, 04:51:40 PM
Louise gets up to follow the pair outside, but will stay at the door.  "To clarify, Holy is a Lune, who lives in the white city, somewhere out in the void.  She is one of a large number of Lunes.  Her saying 'we' is consistent with the implications of the story, I believe"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on June 14, 2014, 04:53:40 PM
"Wait, what implications?" I ask with furrowed brow.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 14, 2014, 04:56:16 PM
The Knight does head just outside, but waits to hear what Louise has to say, as he attempts to figure out how the wrench may be used.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 14, 2014, 04:57:24 PM
The wrench does not appear to respond to your psychic urgings.  Perhaps it is just a wrench, albeit one that is a fragment.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 14, 2014, 04:58:27 PM
"My current theory is that the shut eye girl was possibly in our situation, she had to collect fragments like we do...  her friends...  woke up, which may mean either they succeeded or died.  But what is more relevant is that when she met another entity, she granted the entity the eye so she would not be lonely anymore.  There are many Lunes like Holy, she said so to me, and implied it just now saying that another Lune would be sent in her place if we were to split up.  The eye somehow gave the first entity that met the power to create so many Lunes."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on June 14, 2014, 05:01:33 PM
I stare blankly. "Huh? But it's an eye. What?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 14, 2014, 05:01:45 PM
"Hm," says the Knight.  "I believe that we have not yet found the nut or bolt for which this wrench was designed."  He pauses and looks at Louise.  "Milady, she said that they were the one who was given the eye.  I believe that implies that in fact they are all the entity who was perforce given it?  You did say that you were the one given it?"  The last is addressed to Holy.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 14, 2014, 05:04:23 PM
"it's an eye and these are glasses and that's a wrench, I don''t know how the magic here works, but somehow it does.  I agree with The Knight, that may be the power of the eye."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 14, 2014, 05:05:38 PM
Holy: We were given it when we were one.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on June 14, 2014, 05:05:46 PM
I nearly go cross-eyed. "Wait, what? But the Knight didn't say anything about that being the power of the eye."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 14, 2014, 05:06:50 PM
"Indeed."  The Knight nods.  "Perhaps I have mislead you, Milady Louise?  If so, I am sorry.  I do not know what the power of the eye is.  Do you know?" he asks Holy. 

"Thanks for clarifying," puts in Cory quickly.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 14, 2014, 05:07:41 PM
Holy: It completed an incomplete thing.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 14, 2014, 05:09:01 PM
"Ah."  The Knight nods.  "Indeed, so perhaps it is, as Lady Louise has said, related to the glasses, for I believe they, and the prism which we no longer possess, reveal things that are complete or incomplete, as they may be?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on June 14, 2014, 05:09:11 PM
I nod. "Like that scarab at the beginning of Aladdin?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 14, 2014, 05:09:55 PM
"we could always go to the white city, you know.  Find out what's going on there.  I do not know what the eye does, I was merely speculating, as I am frequently."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 14, 2014, 05:10:52 PM
The Knight raises an eyebrow.  "But Lady Holy has explained it to us."  He turns to Holy.  "Is it possible to travel to your city, Milady?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 14, 2014, 05:11:20 PM
Holy: It is.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 14, 2014, 05:16:26 PM
"Holy...  I hope you don't mind me asking, but it might be more polite to ask you rather than guessing.  How are Lunes able to function as they do?  I had originally assumed that you were all unique individuals, but are you the same as the girl we heard about in the story?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 14, 2014, 05:17:43 PM
Holy: We are individuals.
Holy: We were one entity.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 14, 2014, 05:18:22 PM
How did that happen?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 14, 2014, 05:19:42 PM
Holy: Because we did not know others, the world we created contained only ourself.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 14, 2014, 05:20:55 PM
"Is that why you observe the creatures that come here?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 14, 2014, 05:21:58 PM
"A singularly unified world, then," the Knight observes.  "And you have watched worldbuilders rise and fall, but you do not intervene?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 14, 2014, 05:22:57 PM
Holy stares at Louise.
Holy: No.

Holy stares at Cory.
Holy: Yes, followed by no.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 14, 2014, 05:25:14 PM
"So you do intervene?" Cory asks, trying to help the Knight out a little.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 14, 2014, 05:26:01 PM
Holy: When possible.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 14, 2014, 05:26:41 PM
"In what manner?" queries the Knight, patiently.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 14, 2014, 05:29:22 PM
Holy: I have rescued Louise from the Dead End, for example.
Holy: I have also lent her my weapon.
Holy: We will inform others of dangers in Mazes we see.
Holy: We provide a safe ground in the form of the White City.
Holy: We provide information if asked.
Holy: This is intervention.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 14, 2014, 05:30:23 PM
"Why is it that you only provide information when it is asked?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 14, 2014, 05:31:31 PM
Holy looks slightly confused.

Holy: If we are not asked, how are we to know what is wanted?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 14, 2014, 05:32:22 PM
"Hm," the Knight says noncommittally.  "A valuable perspective.  Do you know anything about the other eye of the Shut-Eyed Girl?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 14, 2014, 05:33:15 PM
Holy: It is likely she still has it.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 14, 2014, 05:36:28 PM
"And there have been others who were in the Void and who tried to build their worlds anew?  Did any succeed?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 14, 2014, 05:37:06 PM
Holy: Yes.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 14, 2014, 05:37:30 PM
"What happened to them, once they had done so?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 14, 2014, 05:38:28 PM
Holy: Many vanished with their new world.
Holy: Few worlds remain within this place.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 14, 2014, 05:39:11 PM
"Is the white city part of this place, or is it not?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 14, 2014, 05:39:57 PM
Holy: The White City remains here.  It can be accessed by any who come to it.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 14, 2014, 05:40:20 PM
"And why is it that it does remain here, unlike those other worlds?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 14, 2014, 05:41:13 PM
Holy: That is how we created it.
Holy: Both the world and the void are important to us.
Holy: We did not want to leave one behind.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 14, 2014, 05:42:21 PM
"Then you have our thanks, Lady."  The Knight gives her a deep bow.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on June 14, 2014, 05:58:49 PM
I've been trying to follow this. "So, you're saying that the entity you once were was in the same situation as us?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 14, 2014, 11:32:51 PM
Holy: No.
Holy: We were in the same situation as Sara.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 14, 2014, 11:33:49 PM
"I thought Sara was here to guard the pillar."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 14, 2014, 11:34:22 PM
Holy: Yes.  That was also our purpose.
Holy: However, no one came.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 14, 2014, 11:50:13 PM
"Why would nobody come?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 14, 2014, 11:54:15 PM
Holy: I do not know.  No one came.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 14, 2014, 11:57:41 PM
"Could you tell us the story from your perspective?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 15, 2014, 12:04:26 AM
Holy: I can.
Holy: I do not know it well, because I was not yet born.
Holy: However, I will tell it.

Holy: We were created by our Pillar as its Beast.
Holy: We sat under our Pillar waiting for others to come.
Holy: No one came.
Holy: We continued to wait.
Holy: No one came.
Holy: Our Pillar's light slowly faded, but we had no Fragment to rekindle it.
Holy: However, we did not have nothing.
Holy: Though it was not enough, we attempted to create the first Gate with it.
Holy: Our action attracted the attention of the Shut-Eyed Girl, who completed our mote with her eye.
Holy: With our mote and her eye, we created the first Gate.
Holy: With what we found in that Gate, we created the second.
Holy: And we continued alone until every Gate was created.
Holy: Having created and completed every Gate, we created our world, the White City.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 15, 2014, 12:07:09 AM
Louise reaches down and holds Holy's hand, giving it a tender squeeze.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 15, 2014, 12:08:05 AM
Holy stares at you confusedly.

Holy: I am alright?
Holy: I was not born at that time.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 15, 2014, 12:14:53 AM
Louise nods.  "When were you born?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 15, 2014, 12:15:58 AM
Holy: Three months ago.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on June 15, 2014, 12:18:44 AM
"What happened three months ago?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 15, 2014, 12:19:24 AM
Holy: I was born.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on June 15, 2014, 03:12:56 AM
I consider this. "Do you know why?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 15, 2014, 03:13:28 AM
Holy: I do not.
Holy: Are people usually born for a reason?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on June 15, 2014, 03:34:49 AM
"No, I just honestly don't know when it comes to you and Sara," I say bluntly.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 15, 2014, 03:36:25 AM
Holy: Sara was not born.  She was created by her Pillar.

Sara: Um... yeah...

Holy: I was born.  Though we were once a Black Beast, we are no longer.
Holy: We ceased to be such when we created our world.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 15, 2014, 11:02:06 AM
Cory sidles protectively over to Sara and smiles at her shyly.  "For what it's worth, you're a pretty great Beast," he says.  He kind of wants to take her hand the way Louise took Holy's, but he doesn't quite dare.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on June 15, 2014, 12:45:30 PM
"So, then...what's in the White City? Is there any real reason for us to consider going there? Because, so far, it just sounds like a city with you guys in it--not something that will actually accelerate the process of us rebuilding the world."

I look at the other two. "That is still what we're trying to do, right?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 15, 2014, 06:00:15 PM
Cory nods emphatically.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 15, 2014, 10:24:53 PM
Cory
Sara perks up a bit at your compliment.

Sara: Um, thanks!

Becca
Holy: In addition to Lunes, there are other beings such as yourselves within the City.
Holy: There is also collected information on other Pillars and Worlds that have appeared within this void.
Holy: However, the one to determine your reason for going there is you.
Holy: As it is "just a city with us guys in it" I imagine you will not find such a reason.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 15, 2014, 10:40:25 PM
The Knight turns to Holy.  "I hope you will not take offense at Her Majesty's admittedly blunt turns of phrase.  She, like all of us, merely seeks to ascertain what our next effort shall be.  It sounds that both your city and the gates we have been exploring hold valuable insights, and therefore it is possible that Louise is correct, and some of us should visit your city, while others of us remain to explore the Void."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 15, 2014, 10:43:54 PM
Holy: As no offense was meant, I have not taken any.
Holy: I shall now depart.  If you wish to inform me of your next course of action, you may do so.

She then turns and leaves the house.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 18, 2014, 05:07:51 PM
Louise follows Holy. "Where are you going?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 18, 2014, 05:08:46 PM
Holy: No where in particular.

Holy appears to be walking toward the pillar.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 18, 2014, 05:09:34 PM
Louise, undetered, follows.  "Can I come with you?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 18, 2014, 05:09:53 PM
Holy: You may.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 18, 2014, 05:13:58 PM
Louise follows.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 18, 2014, 05:19:39 PM
Cory looks over at Becca.  "Uh...is it just me, or does Louise not actually like anyone except Holy?" he asks, taking care not to speak until Louise and Holy are out of earshot.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 18, 2014, 06:10:30 PM
Holy walks over to the pillar and deftly scampers up it.  She then sits down on top and stares out at the void.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 18, 2014, 06:15:25 PM
Louise follows up the pillar, memories of the first time she climbed it, as well as her first major conversation returning to her mind.  Louise sits upon the top of the pillar next to Holy.  Louise looks back down at the house and back over to the gates that have been constructed thusfar.  She is otherwise silent.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 19, 2014, 06:45:39 PM
Cory fidgets awkwardly and looks at the others.  "Maybe we should try to make a gate with the new fragments?" he asks.  His fingers curl protectively around the smooth shell of the egg that he still carries.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 19, 2014, 06:48:49 PM
Sara: Oh, sure!  Um, what fragments do you want to use?
Sara: I think it'll take four this time...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 19, 2014, 06:57:03 PM
"So...let's see," Cory says slowly.  "We've got a die, a shovel, a coffee mug, a knife, some thread, and an egg."  He holds onto the egg tightly.  "Judging from, um, what happened in the last gate, I think we might just want to go ahead and use the coffee mug, the knife, and the shovel, and maybe the die or the thread.  I don't think we should use the egg, but I'm not sure about the die or the thread.  Although if we put the thread in I think we risk dealing with nightmares or maybe mazes.  Neither of which sounds really super wonderful to me."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 19, 2014, 07:00:23 PM
In the background, Kusuri appears to be explaining "gates" and "fragments" to the newcomers.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on June 20, 2014, 10:47:01 PM
I snap out of the mood I had fallen into.

"What? Oh, yeah, Louise can be a bit....prickly. Then again, the way things are now...here...it'd be enough to drive anyone around the bend. I'll probably make it another day before I finally break down and punch some holes in the wall." I smirk. "Heh, reminds me of the time I keyed my boyfriend's car and broke its windows because I saw him in a restaurant with another woman I didn't know."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 20, 2014, 10:47:55 PM
"It sounds as if you had at least some grounds for provocation, Your Majesty," responds the Knight.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on June 20, 2014, 10:49:25 PM
I scratch the back of my neck, slightly embarrassed. "Well, it was his sister. Her boyfriend had just gotten into a car accident." I pause to reflect. "He took it quite well, really. Just called me a crazy bitch and said he never wanted to see me again."

I chuckle. "Anyway, I'd say die, coffee, and shovel. I could do with a dive coffee joint."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 20, 2014, 10:50:51 PM
"But don't we need four fragments?" points out Cory.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on June 20, 2014, 10:53:00 PM
I shrug. "Sure, knife, whatever. I suppose I still have the crowbar if we need to fight something."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 20, 2014, 10:53:56 PM
"Yeah, that's probably good, then," Cory agrees.  "Sara, what do you say?  Can we use the die, the knife, the coffee mug, and the shovel?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 20, 2014, 10:55:28 PM
Sara: Yes, um, that should work!
Sara: Do you want me to make the Gate now, or..?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 20, 2014, 10:56:14 PM
"Well..." Cory glances after Louise.  "I honestly don't think she'll care, and we might as well, so...if you all agree?" He looks at Becca, Kusuri and the others.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on June 20, 2014, 10:57:21 PM
I nod. "Sounds good, though we should probably sleep at some point. I can never tell what time it is here."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 20, 2014, 10:58:02 PM
Kusuri: Sounds like a plan!
Kusuri: Well, hehe, it doesn't really involve me, I guess.

Andy: Um, I'm not against it.  I kind of want to see what a Gate looks like when its made...

JK: Yeah.

Sara: Okay, I'll make the Gate, then!  Can you give me the Fragments?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on June 20, 2014, 10:59:50 PM
I eye Kusuri hungrily.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 20, 2014, 11:00:29 PM
Kusuri: Hmm?  Did you not eat enough?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on June 20, 2014, 11:03:29 PM
"No...it's nothing." I look away, and notice something.

"Wait, what's that white building?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 20, 2014, 11:04:26 PM
Kusuri: Oh, it's a clinic!  I had Sara use my pill bottle.
Kusuri: Since we've gotten so many new people, I figured I'd be more useful with an actual facility!
Kusuri: Hehehe...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 20, 2014, 11:04:52 PM
Cory follows Becca's gaze.  "Wha?" he says intelligently.  He holds the shovel, which he was about to hand to Sara.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 21, 2014, 12:16:56 AM
Louise turns to Holy.  "It looks like they're getting things together down there to make another gate."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 21, 2014, 12:20:31 AM
Holy: Yes.

Holy hops off the pillar.

Holy: They will need the pillar.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 21, 2014, 12:22:55 AM
Louise climbs down.  "How were you able to tell before when something was usable?  Like, when the telescope had a function as a fragment?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 21, 2014, 12:24:11 AM
Holy: I possess a Closed-Eye.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 21, 2014, 12:24:55 AM
"what is a closed eye?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 21, 2014, 12:27:11 AM
Holy: You possess Open Eyes.  With them you can see what is.
Holy: Because you also possess the Open Eyed Lens, you can see things that are but cannot normally be seen.

Holy: You once possessed the Closed Eye Lens, which allowed you to see things that were not.
Holy: Closed Eyes possess a similar ability.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 21, 2014, 12:43:21 AM
Louise begins walking towards the group.  "Do all Lunes have a closed eye?  Is it because of the story we heard?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 21, 2014, 12:45:44 AM
Holy: We possess both Open Eyes and Closed Eyes.
Holy: We can see both what is and what isn't.

Holy: Our eyes were originally closed, as we were once a denizen of this void.
Holy: We opened them when we struggled to create a new world.
Holy: The Closed Eye we possess now was given to us by the Shut-Eyed Girl.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 21, 2014, 01:01:43 AM
Louise nods.  "we should make sure to check any fragments we use for usable fragments so we don't run into the same problem twice.  That reminds me.  Do you know anything about destabilization Holy?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 21, 2014, 01:08:10 AM
Holy: All fragments are usable in some way.  I do not believe there are any further "special" fragments, in the manner of the Open Eyed Lens or the Shut Eyed Lens.
Holy: However, the final fragments given to you by the Violet Beast appear to have a strange power.
Holy: The golden wrench fragment is also unusual.

Holy: I can only guess about destabilization.
Holy: I have never seen a fragment broken before.
Holy: I can guess that the destruction of the fragment caused equivalent destruction of the pillar.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 21, 2014, 01:10:59 AM
Louise waves to the group as she approaches.  "What are we using?"  She asks.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 21, 2014, 08:56:42 AM
Cory waves.  "Ah!  Hi, we were thinking we'd want to use the die, the shovel, the knife, and the coffee mug.  I really don't want to use the egg, and I think the thread is probably also better off left alone, and nobody else seems to have much preference."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 21, 2014, 04:45:03 PM
quite the eclectic mix.  "I suppose we don't have MUCH choice, since we only got 6 fragments in the last world and 2 of them seem particularly special, but why use the knife in lieu of the crowbar?  Either way, I'd like a chance to examine the fragments for a brief moment, to see what we are giving up.  Especially since I have the die and mug here in my pockets."  Louise attempts to activate the coffee mug.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 21, 2014, 04:45:58 PM
Ahh, you can almost hear the lorns.  A fresh cup-quantity of coffee materializes in the mug.  It smells quite good.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 21, 2014, 04:46:51 PM
Louise smiles at the warmth.  She takes a sip and offers it to Becca.  "Coffee?", she offers.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 21, 2014, 09:46:02 PM
Cory shrugs.  "We can use the crowbar instead, I just forgot about it.  Sure, go ahead," Cory says, though he doesn't offer the egg to anyone, preferring not to give it up.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on June 22, 2014, 02:16:41 AM
I scratch my chin. "Crowbar is, oddly, a better weapon than a knife. Knives are puncture weapons, not bludgeoning--which you think would be an advantage, right? Sure, maybe if they had the same range, but you have to get a lot closer to get someone with a knife than with a crowbar. Plus, while it does puncture, that's pretty contingent on them not having anything in the way. You can pretty much always do SOMETHING with the claw of a crowbar."

I shrug. "I'd prefer to keep the crowbar, if I had to pick one. More experienced in beating things with a crowbar, too. Like that time a bear invaded our campsite."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 22, 2014, 03:00:59 AM
Louise shrugs.  "Whatever you prefer, I suppose.  go ahead and hold onto it then.  if nobody wants any of this coffee though, I'm gonna drink it.  It tastes very good."

Louise attempts to activate the die
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 22, 2014, 03:02:18 AM
You feel numbers start to flash through your head.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 22, 2014, 03:10:24 AM
"huh... this is weird."  Louise thinks about the number 6 and rolls the die.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 22, 2014, 03:10:41 AM
It comes up 6.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 22, 2014, 03:11:51 AM
"hmmmmm..."  Louise picks up the die again and tries to activate it again, this time thinking of 10.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 22, 2014, 03:13:05 AM
Rolled 1d6 : 6, total 6
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 22, 2014, 03:15:02 AM
"Well, it looks like this is a loaded die.  it lets you choose the number as long as it is one through six.  fun, but perhaps we can release this."  Louise requests the shovel from Cory, who should still have it. "Cory, may I see the shovel?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 22, 2014, 09:33:32 AM
Cory hands Louise the shovel.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 22, 2014, 01:42:52 PM
Louise eximines the shovel and attempts to activate it, maybe by digging. maybe if I try to dig with it...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 22, 2014, 02:33:42 PM
It appears to dig fairly well.  You get the impression that it can dig even through unworked stone, but since you've only got voidstuff to mess with, you can't exactly tell its full capabilities.  When you stop digging the void rapidly flows back to its previous state.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 22, 2014, 05:55:06 PM
"I guess if you want the shovel, we could use both the crowbar and the knife, but I'm not sure we want to put two weapons in the gate."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 22, 2014, 09:04:59 PM
"It digs well, it would be good for getting out of a pinch, but we can use it." Louise sips the coffee.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 24, 2014, 04:23:53 PM
Louise continues to sip on the coffee.  She silently offers some to Kusuri, the two newbies, and Sara and Holy.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 24, 2014, 04:27:39 PM
Kusuri takes a sip.

Kusuri: Oh, this is pretty good.

Andy tries some as well and nearly chokes.

Andy: This... is pretty strong...

JK passes the mug to Holy.

JK: I don't drink coffee.

Holy passes the mug back to you.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 24, 2014, 04:30:22 PM
Louise takes a sip, sharing an indirect kiss with Kusuri and Andy.

just as planned~
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Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 25, 2014, 08:08:19 AM
"So I guess we should just go ahead and make the gate then?" Cory queries.

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Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 25, 2014, 04:00:52 PM
"Sure." Louise finishes the rest of the coffee and hands the mug to Sara.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on June 25, 2014, 04:05:12 PM
Sara: Okay, here it goes!

Sara holds aloft the four fragments, which rapidly decay into motes of light and float over to an empty section of the void.  Where the motes land a dull red glow starts to shine out, brightening into a hot, crackling orange.  From this magma-resembling pool flows out a stonehenge-like stone gate, covered in green moss and glowing in parts like hot rock.  The pool then cools, providing a stony floor beneath the gate.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 25, 2014, 04:06:46 PM
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Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on June 27, 2014, 11:07:11 AM
"At this juncture, I will once again ask if anyone is interested in joining me to explore the void."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on June 27, 2014, 08:07:16 PM
"Um," says Cory.  "I mean, it's a good thing to do, but I just got here and started getting a handle on the mazes, so I don't think I want to do anything else just yet."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on July 01, 2014, 12:40:36 AM
I let out a whistle. "Daaaaaaaamn. Now, that's a gate."

I consider Louise's words. "But weren't you the one trying to get back to the world as soon as possible? I would think that going through the gates would get you back faster than haring off to explore the void." I shrug. "Then again, I'm not really the learned one here."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on July 01, 2014, 08:09:05 PM
"It is rather impressive, isn't it.  And yes, I am eager to get back, but I also have a desire to figure out what is going on here.  To put it in video game terms, I'm going on a side quest.  I feel that there is merit in exploring some of the abandoned camps and scouring for fragments.  I believe we can get closer to the truth by finding out what happened to other people.  Even if we can't use them for our own pillar, we can still look for fragments to use, perhaps find some replacements for ones we've had to give up.  It's three of you, it'll be fine.  I may even beat you back, I'll jump into the maze then and catch up."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on July 02, 2014, 08:33:45 AM
Cory goes pale.  "Don't--just don't even say that.  NEVER say that it will be fine!  That's almost as bad as 'what could possibly go wrong?'"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on July 02, 2014, 08:35:41 AM
I consider this. "Well, what could possibly go wrong? I mean, I don't like the idea of splitting up, but how bad could it possibly be?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on July 02, 2014, 08:36:09 AM
Cory face-palms.  "Well, we're doomed."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on July 02, 2014, 08:37:25 AM
I grin at this. "Will it take a few minutes for the doom to start?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on July 02, 2014, 08:43:10 AM
Cory glares at her.  "YOU'LL be fine," he says.  "You've already come back from the dead once.  Clearly, you're a main character.  Me, on the other hand..."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on July 03, 2014, 12:21:45 AM
"I think that somebody has spent too much time on TVTropes.org (http://www.​tvtropes.org/pmwiki/randomitem.php?p=1)"

"I doubt you will have much trouble without me, I trust that you will be cautious in my absence.  Especially around fragments. Holy, you said that there would be another Lune to observe them if we split up, correct?  should we wait?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on July 03, 2014, 12:26:38 AM
Holy: I will call for a replacement.  Please give me a moment.

Holy closes her eyes.  For once, she doesn't appear to be staring at anyone.

Holy: Another Lune will be dispatched here shortly.
Holy: Travel to and from the White City does not take very long, so do not worry about waiting.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on July 06, 2014, 10:44:30 PM
Louise looks to the others.  "Good luck!"  she waves.  "C'mon Holy, let's go exploring."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on July 07, 2014, 01:15:51 AM
I wave to Louise. "Have fun storming the White City!" I call out cheerfully.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on July 07, 2014, 08:24:56 AM
Cory shuffles uneasily.  "So--I guess it's just us?" he says to Becca.  "Unless anybody else feels like coming along on the really scary part of the adventure."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on July 07, 2014, 05:08:57 PM
Louise
You walk out into the void, Holy following behind you.

==> (http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=12681.msg244933#msg244933)

Becca and Cory
Louise's figure vanishes into the darkness.

Ana: Mind if I come along?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on July 07, 2014, 06:13:24 PM
"My lady!" the Knight exclaims.  "You would be most welcome to travel with us!"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on July 07, 2014, 06:13:44 PM
I turn around to see who's talking. "Oh, hey, it's you. April Fool's chick."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on July 07, 2014, 06:22:19 PM
Ana: Indeed~  But my name's Ana, not April~
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on July 07, 2014, 06:23:49 PM
"And the loveliest name of the universe, since it is attached to one as charming as you." 

Cory groans.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on July 07, 2014, 06:24:43 PM
Ana: Thank you~

Ana: Hmm, but there are two of you?  Did I mess up somewhere~?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on July 07, 2014, 06:25:43 PM
"Ummmm," says Cory.  "I--don't know.  I don't think he used to be quite so--independent?"

"Nonsense, lad," says the Knight.  "Dreams can take on a mind of their own."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on July 07, 2014, 06:26:45 PM
Ana: Haha~  That's true~
Ana: Dreams can be dangerous things~

Ana: Well, they can be lovely too, right~?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on July 07, 2014, 06:27:09 PM
"Indeed, that is the hope, my lady."  The Knight bows.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on July 08, 2014, 12:33:30 AM
I laugh. "Looks like someone has a crush," I taunt Cory.

"Anyway, so, Ana. You'll be accompanying us?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on July 08, 2014, 12:35:41 AM
Ana: If you'll allow it~
Ana: One 1/3rd of you has, so far~
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on July 08, 2014, 12:37:08 AM
"I see no reason not to let you--oh, hey!" I suddenly remember. "That wrench you gave us isn't a fragment, is it?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on July 08, 2014, 12:40:00 AM
Ana: It is a fragment!
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on July 08, 2014, 12:40:48 AM
I pout. "Then why couldn't Sara put it in a gate?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on July 08, 2014, 12:42:19 AM
Ana: Hmm~
Ana: I wonder~
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on July 08, 2014, 12:44:36 AM
I glare and pout some more. "No, you don't! You know exactly why, don't you?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on July 08, 2014, 12:46:07 AM
Ana: Yep!
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on July 08, 2014, 12:47:16 AM
"Arrrgh!" I ruffle my hair in frustration.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on July 08, 2014, 12:48:08 AM
Ana: Cute~  You're pretty cute, you know?
Ana: Its fun~  You're fun~
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on July 08, 2014, 12:50:57 AM
"Cute?" I look around in confusion, trying to find a less insane judge. My eyes finally settle on Kusuri. "Am I cute?" I demand of him.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on July 08, 2014, 12:53:01 AM
Kusuri: Hmm, um, well...

Ana: She is, right~?

Kusuri: Ah... yes, of course...

Ana: You aren't, though~

Kusuri: Ah, wha..?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on July 08, 2014, 12:54:11 AM
"What!" I turn back to Ana. "How can you say that? He's basically a big teddy bear with access to psychotropic drugs."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on July 08, 2014, 12:54:55 AM
Kusuri blushes.

Ana: Hmm, is that so~?

Ana: Hmm, hmm~
Ana: I wonder~
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on July 08, 2014, 12:55:54 AM
"Is there anything you don't wonder?" I press.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on July 08, 2014, 12:56:34 AM
Ana: I wonder~
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on July 08, 2014, 12:57:12 AM
I glare at Ana. I walked right into that one, but I'll be damned if I'm going to admit it.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on July 08, 2014, 12:58:22 AM
Ana smiles.

Ana: Is something wrong~
Ana: Your quick tongue is silent~
Ana: Even your boobs look a bit downcast~
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on July 08, 2014, 01:00:03 AM
I look down, then snap my head back up. "They do not!"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on July 08, 2014, 01:02:02 AM
Ana: Really~?
Ana: But aren't they drooping~?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on July 08, 2014, 01:02:58 AM
I jiggle experimentally. "No, they're not! You're just trying to make me self-conscious!" I glower at her.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on July 08, 2014, 01:04:17 AM
Ana: I wonder~

Ana: Maybe this would be a bad time to talk about blinking?
Ana: Or manual breathing?
Ana: Oh, or how about swallowing!
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on July 08, 2014, 01:06:07 AM
I grin. Growing up with several older brothers has rendered me immune to such torments. "You're now aware of the position of your tongue," I counter, "and of that itch in that one area of your back that you can't reach. Your fingernails might also be getting a bit too long, and there's something tickling the inside of your nose."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on July 08, 2014, 01:08:27 AM
Ana: Nope!
Ana: I'm always aware of my tongue!  It's right here!

She sticks it out to show you.

Ana: And there's nowhere on my back I can't reach!

She reaches around... somehow and touches that part of the back that's really annoying.  Apparently she's double jointed.

Ana: And look~

She pushes her fingers toward you.

Ana: Aren't they nice!  Sam filed them just the other day, so they're really pretty!
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on July 08, 2014, 01:09:08 AM
"And your nose?" I prompt.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on July 08, 2014, 01:09:55 AM
Ana grins even wider.  She then sneezes on you.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on July 08, 2014, 01:11:44 AM
"Hah!" I exclaim triumphantly. "Got you!"

I accept my victory gracefully, albeit snot-covered-ly.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on July 08, 2014, 01:13:24 AM
Ana: Eh, do you really consider that a victory?
Ana: Well, I guess you have to take what you can get~

Ana: After all, you're the sort who would gladly slip and die just to win a staring contest~
Ana: I wonder if that's why you ended up here?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on July 08, 2014, 08:23:06 AM
Cory sighs.  "You know, you two are acting like children," he says.  "And I do not have a crush.  But, Ana, I guess you can come if you want."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on July 08, 2014, 03:06:50 PM
Ana laughs.

Ana: Okay~
Ana: I'd have come even if you didn't let me, but since you're letting me, I'm definitely coming!
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: DonQuixote on July 09, 2014, 01:15:43 AM
I scratch my nose. "Well, then, shall we?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Dulcinea on July 10, 2014, 08:49:42 AM
The Knight nods emphatically.  "A great and joyous adventure awaits!"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on July 10, 2014, 01:43:37 PM
Ana: All right!  Lets go~

Kusuri: Good luck in there, okay?

And with that, you head through the Gate.

==> (http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=14107)
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on July 27, 2014, 02:33:54 AM
And just like that, you're back.

Andy: Oh, hey!

Andy seems to be relaxing before the house.  You don't see JK anywhere.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on July 27, 2014, 02:40:44 AM
"We're back.  You should come with us next time!  Well, not to the other pillars, those are dangerous.  We almost got caught.  But The white city was beautiful.  Oh, and this is Sam.  She's looking for her friend.  What's been happening here?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on July 27, 2014, 02:41:58 AM
Andy: Not much, really.
Andy: Kusuri's teaching JK how to be a nurse.

Andy: It's actually pretty hilarious.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on July 27, 2014, 02:42:41 AM
"Oh, I wish he'd teach me~"  Louise jokes.  "So, they're inside?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on July 27, 2014, 02:43:42 AM
Andy: They're over there.

Andy gestures at the other building that's been there for a couple of scenes but absolutely no one has commented on.  Its got a red cross symbol on it.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on July 27, 2014, 02:55:36 AM
"Oh, yes, Kusuri's clinic.  I don't think I commented on it before.  I'll head over soon.  I actually had a question for you from before...  I didn't want to bring it up in front of everyone, but when you said you were from Japan..."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on July 27, 2014, 02:56:07 AM
Andy: ...yes?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on July 28, 2014, 12:52:34 AM
"I don't know...  I'm kinda good with people and it just felt like there was something perhaps a little beyond truth there..?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on July 28, 2014, 12:55:56 AM
Andy sighs.

Andy: Sure, I'm not from Japan.
Andy: Honestly, my complete lack of a Japanese accent should have hinted at that.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on July 28, 2014, 01:05:10 AM
"Is there a reason you were saying that you were?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on July 28, 2014, 01:06:12 AM
Andy: Well, yeah.
Andy: JK figured there'd be problems.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on July 28, 2014, 01:14:55 AM
"Are you alright?  Is something wrong?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on July 28, 2014, 01:15:45 AM
Andy: I'm fine.
Andy: Its just...
Andy: I'm not from your world, okay?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on July 28, 2014, 01:25:01 AM
"Oh, wow, okay, I thought it was going to be something REALLY bad.  phew!  That's fine!  You don't have to worry about that at all!..  but...  Does your world have a pillar here?  Or are you from here?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on July 28, 2014, 01:26:31 AM
Andy: I'm not from the void, if that's what you're asking.
Andy: Do I look like I'm missing my face?

Andy: And if my world did have a pillar, its probably dead.
Andy: Or someone else dealt with it.

Andy: I've been here for a month or so, after all.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on July 28, 2014, 01:45:16 AM
Louise frowns.  "I didn't know that only faceless lived in the void, though I suppose I've only seen them and black beasts, and you're neither.  Anyways, we're happy to help you  Probably about half of our current group isn't from the world we're repairing...  I'm sorry to hear about your pillar, but everything will be okay."  Louise does her best to sound encouraging.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on July 28, 2014, 01:52:17 AM
Andy: Thanks.

Andy: Who else here's not from your world, though?

Andy looks at Holy.

Andy: Lune excepting.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on July 28, 2014, 02:12:13 AM
"Well, there's also Sara, and now Sam." Louise indicates Sam.  "And while she could easily be from our world, there's something...  odd about Cory.  Besides the whole split personality thing, I mean."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on July 28, 2014, 02:15:22 AM
Sam: Split personality?

Andy: Ah, yes, that.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on July 28, 2014, 02:21:45 AM
"Oh... um...  It's really hard to explain, you'll meet Cory soon enough, I think.  He has something else inside his body.  They call it 'the knight'?  I don't really understand what's going on.  They are almost like two complete opposite people in the same body.  It's like multiple personailty disorder if the person was completely sane and lucid and had both personalities active at the same time."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on July 28, 2014, 02:25:04 AM
Andy: Yeah, it's kind of like that.
Andy: If he was from my world, I would have figured he was possessed or something.

Sam: Ahhhh...

Sam sighs.

Sam: This better not be your doing...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on July 30, 2014, 01:17:53 AM
"What was your world like?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on July 30, 2014, 01:29:33 AM
Andy: Well, nice, I guess?
Andy: It sounds like your world doesn't have things like spirits, so there are those.
Andy: And magic, and that sort of thing.

Andy: I guess this place isn't that weird to me, because its not too different from my home.
Andy: Well, my world has more of a... floor, I guess.
Andy: And light.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on July 30, 2014, 02:27:43 AM
"Spirits and magic exist, or at least most people in our world believe they do, but it's more from a divine standpoint, souls and miracles.  Conventional magic has been skewed by a mostly theocratic zeitgeist to be seen as evil, which I think is sad.  Did your world have magical creatures like dragons and unicorns?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on July 30, 2014, 02:31:41 AM
Andy: Well, as for magic...

He pulls off one of his bracelets and it transforms into a massive mallet-like hammer.

Andy: This sort of thing isn't strange in my world at all.

Andy: As for dragons and unicorns, we've got dragons.  I've never head of anyone actually seeing a unicorn, though.
Andy: We've got priests too, but their power comes from spirits, so they don't talk badly about them.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on July 30, 2014, 02:33:46 AM
"that's really cool!  so is that bracelet from your world, or...  "  Louise lowers her glasses and looks at the bracelet, to answer her own question.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on July 30, 2014, 02:40:21 AM
It sure looks like a fragment.

Andy: Its my fragment.  I had it in my world, though.
Andy: It can change in size freely and "stamp" various magical effects.
Andy: Well, as long as they have to do with fire.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on July 30, 2014, 02:42:27 AM
"Stamp like put out?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on July 30, 2014, 02:51:58 AM
Andy: ...  Stand back a bit.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on July 31, 2014, 01:02:35 AM
Louise steps backwards, giving him a wide berth.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on July 31, 2014, 01:04:13 AM
Once Sam and Holy back up, Andy slams his hammer mallet thing into the ground.  When he lifts it up, it leaves behind a glowing circular seal.  After a short couple of seconds the seal explodes into a massive pillar of flame.

Andy: That.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on July 31, 2014, 01:07:29 AM
"WOW!  THAT'S SO COOL!!!!" Louise is bouncing in excitement, her eyes ablaze.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on July 31, 2014, 01:09:21 AM
JK: Its pretty cool, yeah.
JK: He can put out fires too, but why bother when you can just make more fires.
JK: I mean seriously.

Andy: Oh, uh, JK...
Andy: I, uh...

JK: Don't worry, it isn't like they wouldn't figure it out or anything eventually.

Andy: ...  What are you wearing?

JK: Cute, huh?
JK: Its a nurse outfit.
JK: There were a couple in the clinic.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on July 31, 2014, 01:15:15 AM
Louise raises her glasses.  "Hello JK, we're back from our expedition into the void.

oh wait.  Louise suddenly remembers the grim albatross in her pocket, the pen that was given to her by the black beast. 

"Y'all should come along some time, at least to the white city, it's lovely."  Louise turns to Sam "This is our camp by the way.  you can see the gates we've made, red, orange, yellow, and green.  We've also got a house that is sprucing up and a clinic thanks to Kusuri, he's still in there, but I've gotta try something out."

Louise goes into the house towards the library with the intent to grab some paper and test out the pen fragment.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on July 31, 2014, 01:16:55 AM
You enter the house's library.  Within it you find Sara, doodling on some of the blank books.

Sara: Oh!  Louise!  You're back!
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on July 31, 2014, 01:19:08 AM
"Hello Sara"  Louise smiles.  "We're back, unscathed as usual.  How have you been?"  after a moment, she adds "what are you drawing?"

Louise retrieves some loose paper.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on July 31, 2014, 01:21:18 AM
You find some loose paper without much difficulty.

Sara: I'm good!  Kusuri's been cleaning up, since we have so many people here now.
Sara: And I'm helping!  I'm cleaning up the library!

Sara: Um, I was...  I kinda got distracted...

Sara appears to be doodling the archetypical childhood picture: a rectangular house with a triangle roof next to a pillar floating in a black void.  Err, well, archetypical with modifications based on the situation.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on July 31, 2014, 01:27:19 AM
"Is that our house?"

Louise removes the pen fragment and puts it to paper.  She attempts to activate it.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on July 31, 2014, 01:29:55 AM
Sara: Yep!  Its pretty, right?  Just like our house!
Sara: I'm gonna draw the clinic next!

Congratulations, you appear to have distracted Sara from remembering that she was supposed to be cleaning.

As for the pen, you're pretty sure you've managed to activate it.  You aren't sure what it does, though.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on July 31, 2014, 01:34:16 AM
Louise begins writing.  as a test, she writes a description of a few of the flowers from the garden at White City.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on July 31, 2014, 01:36:52 AM
Those flowers have sure had their descriptions written.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on July 31, 2014, 01:39:14 AM
Hmmm...  Louise recaps the pen.  "This fragment isn't obvious in its use..."  she wonders aloud.  She muses on it as she returns to the campgrounds.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on July 31, 2014, 01:40:09 AM
Holy: Pictures.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on July 31, 2014, 01:43:12 AM
"Pictures?"

Louise uncaps the pen once more, stopping.  She returns to the paper and attempts to draw the flowers she described.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on July 31, 2014, 01:45:20 AM
Please make an INT + CHA check to draw better than Sara.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on July 31, 2014, 01:53:06 AM
Louise begins drawing the flowers.  She's having some trouble she hasn't drawn in a long time, so maybe if she thinks really hard...  where was the leaf?  should she do shading or just flat lines?  wait, should flowers look like 16 clubs (http://cardchan.herokuapp.com/decks/1/events/94)? Louise starts to panic, what if she really does turn out worse than Sara, will sara laugh?  will she talk to the others about how she draws like a five year old?  Oh god, no, leaves don't go on the top, why does it look like a fist?  Louise starts to tremble and she can't keep her hand still, it's like she's drawing using 14 clubs (http://cardchan.herokuapp.com/decks/1/events/95)
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on July 31, 2014, 01:56:06 AM
Holy stares at you.  You feel slightly more judged than normal.  You did complete the picture, though.

Holy: Place it on the ground.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on July 31, 2014, 01:59:09 AM
I'm not sure I want to...  Louise obeys.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on July 31, 2014, 02:00:21 AM
When you place your drawing, if you can even call it that, on the ground, flowers sprout from the paper.  They look... pretty bad, honestly.  They also still look like drawings, even though they appear to be physical.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on July 31, 2014, 02:14:15 AM
Louise looks down at the flower.  "Well I've always been better with words..." Louise bends down and picks the flower.  "I think we can agree that nobody else has to know about this single incident."  Louise smells the flower.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on July 31, 2014, 02:15:28 AM
As you pull the flower of the paper, it fades away.  All that remains is your low quality drawing and a faint scent of ink.

Holy: Understood.
Holy: I shall delete that from the record.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on July 31, 2014, 02:26:22 AM
oh, it's a bit transient.  A few creative thoughts come to Louise's mind.  She slips the pen into her pocket.  "Have fun Sara, I'll be outside for a bit."

Louise turns to find Kusuri.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on July 31, 2014, 02:32:31 AM
Kusuri isn't standing behind you.  That'd be creepy.

Sara: Okay!

You figure that Kusuri is probably in the clinic, so you head over in that direction.  As you leave the house, you see Sam, Andy, and JK chatting.

JK: Rude.

What is even her problem?  Anyways, you make it to the clinic, where indeed Kurusi is.  He appears to be organizing medicines.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on July 31, 2014, 02:38:58 AM
(click to show/hide)

What is even her problem?

"Hello Kusuri."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on July 31, 2014, 02:39:52 AM
Kusuri straightens up with a start.

Kusuri: Oh, hello Louise!  Holy.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on July 31, 2014, 02:41:52 AM
"Oh, I hope I didn't scare you.  I wanted to tell you that we got back.  I met up with JK and Andy and Sara already.  You should come with us to white city next time, it was really beautiful.  We did find one fragment out there and we managed to find another traveller.  Her name is Sam, she...  appears to have some sort of power over time from her fragment.  I think she'll be staying with us for at least a short while.  How is the clinic looking?"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on July 31, 2014, 02:52:33 AM
Kusuri: Ah, no, you just surprised me, that's all.  Hehe, I can get kind of caught up in my work.
Kusuri: So we've got another camper, huh...  A time fragment, though, that's really useful...
Kusuri: I wonder how fast I could make medicines with something like that...

Kusuri stares dreamily off into space for a bit.

Kusuri: Err, right, the clinic is doing well!  I just need to straighten it out a bit.
Kusuri: Like the rest of the camp, it sprung into existence pretty much fully formed.
Kusuri: So I don't really need to do anything.
Kusuri: But its fun, hehehe...

Kusuri: Not sure who picked out those nurse outfits, though.
Kusuri: Even I'm not that much of a... well... heh...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on July 31, 2014, 11:25:22 PM
"Ah, well, I think she can only do it once in a while...  I didn't think to ask more in-depth, but I saw her rewind time.  Rather, she rewound time to get us out of a bind in the void.  I can appreciate you cleaning up though, it gives you something to do.  I'm glad you gave Sara something to do as well, I'm sure she's much better off than she was just sitting under the pillar...  Ah...  We saw some depressing things out there.  We didn't find any living pillars."  Louise smiles "Are you sure?  Wasn't the pill bottle part of you~?"  She teases.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on July 31, 2014, 11:28:32 PM
Kusuri: Hmm, well, anyways.
Kusuri: What sort of fragment did you find?
Kusuri: And what was the void like?  Was it just... nothing, like it is around here?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on August 01, 2014, 12:29:06 AM
"I found a pen, it lets you draw something and it comes out of the paper, but you can't remove it or it disappears.  There were other pillars we found, we found... some remains.  Nothing pleasant." Louise gets a sad look on her face.  "Yeah.  It was nothing like it is around here."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on August 01, 2014, 12:29:50 AM
Kusuri nods sadly.

Kusuri: I understand...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on August 01, 2014, 12:32:26 AM
Louise shakes her head.  "Anyway, The White city was nice, it almost reminded me of home."  Louise half smiles.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on August 01, 2014, 12:33:13 AM
Kusuri: Oh?
Kusuri: That's nice.  I hope this place ends up like that someday...
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on August 02, 2014, 12:58:23 PM
"Speaking of which, I should go into the green maze and see if I can catch up to the others."
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on August 02, 2014, 03:24:23 PM
Kusuri: Ah, of course.
Kusuri: Its been an hour or so, but you'll probably catch up.
Kusuri: I'm really not sure how time works in those places...

Sam: Um, do you mind if I come along?
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on August 02, 2014, 05:16:24 PM
"Wow, it's only been an hour?  We spent so much time out in the void, and in the white city too.  How strange."  Louise puzzles, then turns to Sam.  "Of course you can come!"  She begins leading the group to the green stone henge
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on August 02, 2014, 05:18:17 PM
Kusuri: Good luck!

As you leave the clinic, you notice that Andy and JK aren't outside anymore.  You make it to the Green Gate without issue.
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: FelyxZephyr on August 02, 2014, 05:25:33 PM
"Hm.  I wonder where they went.  They must have gone inside the house."  Louise's mind wanders to the outfit that JK was wearing and her mind immediately thinks about the bedroom.  She goes red and says "Well!  Let's go!"
Title: Re: Black Camp
Post by: Hanako Tachibana on August 02, 2014, 05:30:20 PM
You lead Holy and Sam through the Gate...

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