sevenvices | week 0

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saturday & sunday

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You remember happening upon something awful and nauseating. What it was, precisely, is lost to you, but you have the instinctive feeling that by escaping from it, you've avoided something terrible.

When you open your eyes, you find yourself laying in bed in a dark, dusty room, facing a digital alarm clock. Its face, reading 12:01, is one of the only sources of light in the room. The other comes from the window, shadows flickering about. Opening the blinds will reveal that it is nighttime, and what looks to be a massive bonfire has been lit in the street at the front of the building.

A wooden talisman hangs around your neck, with one of seven symbols carved on the back. Attempting to take off the talisman will result in a wave of intense dread, and the all-too-familiar nausea. A brass key engraved with a unique room number lays on the bedside table beside the clock, as well.

But you won't get any answers just sitting in your room all night.

>Investigate?

This is an open mingle for arrival in the town. Waking up just after midnight on Saturday, characters will have the weekend to explore and socialize before the plot begins. The profiles and IC rulebooks (both the personal ones and the public one at the chapel) have not been revealed/given out yet. The kitchen will still 'prepare' breakfast on these days, and the bonfire will burn continuously into the daytime.

Per items: smaller items that a character could easily carry with them will be in their rooms. Animals and larger objects will either be waiting outside or in the hotel lobby.

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( Nodding his head and whispering, )

He's my turtle.

[Turtles are reptiles, aren't they?? Doesn't that mean they don't do well in the cold? Gilbert looks around at the vast expanse of freezing cold ice and the scattered patches of snow...]

When did you lose him?

( They are indeed reptiles, hence his panic! )

I don't know...! ( Which is the wosrt part because he can't even retrace his steps or anything like that. He's truly searching blind in this place. ) I woke up and he was already missing...!

I've never lost him this long before...

[A BLIND HUNT... Though Gilbert's a little concerned by that.]

Are you sure that he was with you in the first place? I don't know if whoever is responsible for this would have thought to take your pet along with you.

( Biting down on his lip, ah... he'd wondered that too but... )

We've always been together... He's not just a pet!

( Kamekichi manifested along with him so they're connected. )

[WELL... There's probably no point in making an already upset kid even more upset by being like "nah I think he's probably not here", so:]

I'll help you look for him, then. There isn't that much snow, so if he's out here somewhere and has a golden shell, he shouldn't be too hard to find.

( I mean... if Gilbert wanted to rip out Urashima's heart and leave him feeling like he lost an important piece of him, go ahead and tell him the turtle isn't around. )

Ah... you will?! Really?

( He sounds hopeful! He's already cheering up! Two people searching is better than one! )

[HE DOESN'T HAVE WHAT IT TAKES to leave a poor kid alone in the cold like that... A tragedy (for him, mostly, because now he has to take time out of his own search to look for A TURTLE.)

But whatever, he looks a little happier already...]

Sure. Which places have you looked through already?

( Listen, Gilbert, that turtle is literally a part of his spirit and identity SHE ISN'T JUST A TURTLE!!! Her being missing is probably why his human body is all sensitive and moral now ok! It's throwing off his groove! )

Wah! Thank you, thank you!

( He's happy! SO HAPPY!!! )

Uhm... the hotel and... the area around it? ( He's only just begun to stray away from the hotel. ) I don't think he'd go very far...

( Since she's well, a turtle. )

I don't know where else he could be but... I can't find him and I'm a good at finding things, normally...

[Her absence is definitely going to be the reason he dies this time around, probably... THE ONLY THING KEEPING URASHIMA ALIVE.

But ugh, why is he so... weak... to kids. The worst. He grumbles some noncommittal-sounding something or other and then turns to face the hotel again.]

If he's lost around here, he's probably confused since it's a new place, right? So he might be hiding somewhere.

[Do turtles even feel fear?? All these questions and no answers.]

( Well, she is a lucky turtle! Without her, he's a luckless spirit... )

Mhmm! That's what I thought! ( Of course turtles can feel fear, Gilbert. The real question, however, is if Kamekichi can feel fear since she's always in a sleeping state... ) He's probably in his shell somewhere... but it's cold outside...

( Cold... outside... suddenly he's aware of the cold again, ugh, )

It's cold...!

[Without her, he's just one lone KBC target with a bare chest.]

Oh—! [OH, RIGHT. This kid's practically dressed for summer out here? After a pause, Gilbert starts to shrug his jacket off. It'll be way too huge on Urashima for sure, but it's better than nothing...]

Here. You can use this until we go back inside.

[Unless they need to make an emergency nest for a turtle or something, in which case he can just keep it until Kamekichi is no longer in danger of freezing.]

( UGH DON'T SEND HIM BACK TO KBC HELL )

Huh? ( He looks at the coat and then up at Gilbert then at the coat again before quietly accepting it, bowing his head in thanks, ) Uhm... thanks.

( It's big... definitely big but he'll put it on, pulling it close around him. He's also quiet for all of a few seconds like this jacket is a huge deal to him? The gesture reminds him of something his brothers would do for him and he's worried because not only has he not seen Kamekichi but... he hasn't seen them or any of his friends either. )

Uhm... Kamekichi... is probably cold too. ( The cold is no place for a turtle. ) I was going to check near the fire next...

( Since it's warm... )

[IT'S A LONELY VOID WHEN NOT EVEN YOUR PET TURTLE IS THERE...

But Urashima just gets a little sound that's presumably meant to be a stand-in for "you're welcome", because he can be a little short on words with strangers even in good circumstances. BUT THIS IS FINE, they're fine, they'll be fine, they'll find the turtle...]

All right. You can check to the left and the area around there, and I'll check the right.

( They'll find the turtle princess and Gilbert will surely also be invited to the Dragon King's palace under the see some day... except they won't find her! Because she isn't here!

With a nod, Urashima is already taking off, searching around the fire for Kamekichi. He'll call out to her and search every inch... under every patch of curiously shaped snow and even close to the fire. He doesn't seem to mind the heat of being up close to the fire for periods of time, curiously...

But there's no turtle. No sign of his turtle companion. )

Kamekichi...! Come back!

( Ugh, his spirit is beginning to get down.... He coming closer to the center where the two of them will have to meet and he gives Gilbert a hopeful look, silently asking if he's found his friend. )

[Geez, he sure is dedicated... That makes Gilbert want to put in as much effort as possible, too - not that he wasn't before! He's just. Going to put more effort into it now, because wow, wouldn't it suck if their combined efforts still weren't enough??

Yeah, their combined efforts still aren't enough.

Gilbert sloughs his way back through the patches of snow to the fire at the center. If he noticed anything about Urashima's unusual heat intolerance, he doesn't say anything. Instead, he just shakes his head.]

I checked under everything and I looked for tracks in the snow, but I didn't find anything.

( He's a carefree spirit that would rather play first and work later but when he sets his mind to something, he gives 100%...

Urashima deflates when Gilbert's own search comes up fruitless. )

I should have found him by now... Unless someone took him... ( Some times Tsurumaru would hide Kamekichi away for a few hours as a joke but that was all harmless fun back at the citadel. This is a case of Kamekichi being missing and possibly being held by a stranger in a weird place. ) I don't think he'd leave me here either...

( The signs are pointing to Kamekichi straight up not here or being held by someone and he doesn't like that. He doesn't want to quit looking either but it's cold and dark and he's roping people into his search who probably have their own concerns... )

... Thanks for helping...

[HE'S SO SAD ABOUT HIS TURTLE...

Gilbert can tell that he's trying to cut him free to resume his own futile searching, but all things considered, it's not like their end goal is too different. Finding answers means finding the person responsible, right? So.]

If your turtle isn't out here, we can find whoever brought us in and ask them where he is. I'm looking for them anyway.

["You're free to stick with me" is what's implied but not said in so many words.]

( He was totally going to resume his search all on his own so he looks up, one part surprised by Gilbert's offer and another part relieved that it's okay to hang around, even if just for a little while longer. He can't find his brothers or any of his friends in this place either, you know? It's stressing him out. )

I can help...! ( Find the person in charge. He can help with that if that's what Gilbert is doing? ) I'm really good at finding things! ( Ah and he deflates again. ) --Normally.

( Except now, apparently? See what happens when he loses his lucky turtle??? He has a bad day. When was the last time he's ever had a bad day? Never!!! Not since he got rescued and brought to the citadel!!! )

It's fine. I don't think anyone's been having much luck with finding things here.

[Whether it's answers or people or exits... But with all that squared away--]

Checking in the buildings might be a good start. No one would be hiding out here while the temperature is like this...

[Or if someone is, they'd probably be a little frozen bundle huddled up somewhere?!]

( They would have luck if they had a lucky turtle around!!!

Urashima will look around at the buildings in the area. He's hoping for a building that looks especially important but it's hard to tell... )

There were a lot of people at the inn earlier. ( He should know. He ran into like a quarter of them searching for Kamekichi. ) No one mentioned seeing anyone in charge there...

( So that leads the other buildings, maybe? )

Someone in charge would be in a big building, right?

( And the only other large building in the area is.... Urashima points at the clinic, )

What about that one...?

It's the only other building here that looks like someone might be in it at all...

[Boy, they sure don't have a lot of options! But he'll nod once after that, and gesture for Urashima to follow. Of course he's taking the lead, he doesn't want this poor kid to end up walking right into Danger or something.]

Keep your guard up just in case.

Got it! You can count on me!

( And yeah... about that Gilbert...

Urashima is just going to dash on ahead. He's used to being a scout which means he's used to checking out some of the more dangerous places in an area without question.

Under Gilbert's coat, which is wrapped tightly around him still, his arms might have shifted some to grab something but it's not like Gilbert can really see what that is. Maybe he can figure out it's some sort of weapon by his side though. )

Hey— Wait a second!

[NO?! THIS ISN'T WHAT HE MEANT. Granted, Gilbert's well-versed in weaponry of most sorts, so he can at least tell the gesture is one that mimes the drawing of a sword or pistol.

But still?? This isn't what he wanted... TIME TO RUN AFTER URASHIMA ugh.]

( Can't stop, won't stop. He's way ahead and already at the clinic, waiting at the front door for Gilbert to catch up. )

Heh heh... are you ready?

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