week 0 - continuation

[vicedirector]

seven vices week 0 ♫ tuesday - sunday With that revelation, things are sure to be more tense--or maybe, you prefer to go the hope route? Either way, the atmosphere of the town begins changing ever so subtly. Once in a while, you can feel someone staring at you from behind, though when you turn to check, no one will be there. Footsteps can also be heard echoing when one stands close to the void, even when alone....of course, no one will be there, either. As of Tuesday, extra food will be found in the kitchen. The ingredients are very based in Western cuisine: rye and wheat bread, potatoes, cabbage, beets, onions, cucumbers, assorted mushrooms, and the like are all supplied. In addition, there are also miscellaneous spices, eggs, milk, and an abundance of fish and pork. Various dishes made with the above ingredients will also be set out for anyone to take during lunch and dinner. A copy of the rulebook has been pinned to the front of the chapel, and a wooden sign now stands at the east edge of town near the clinic: Welcome to Lebensbaum | EST. 1623 | Population: ♜♜♜♜♜♜♜. The bonfire will be lit every night from 10PM to 6AM, after which it will extinguish on its own. >Mingle? This is the last open mingle for Week 0. No motives will be given until next Monday, and thus no murders will occur. Enjoy your last week of safety! When posting toplevels, specify the time and location. If you plan on having any private conversations between characters, remember to let us know in the post linked below. cast setting rulebook profiles private conversations

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[princessantly]

[ ... This is a little embarrassing. ]

Yes. As a princess, I don't hold much power, so I wanted to find another way to help the people.

[minogame]

You don't? ( Why not? He doesn't get it? Ah, but that's very admirable still... ) So you became a knight... to protect everyone?

[princessantly]

That's right. It isn't easy, but it's a cause I believe in.

... Even being brought here for the reason they've given us, that hasn't changed.

[minogame]

That's great! ( Really great. ) I bet you're a great princess. And a great knight too!

Heh heh, I bet you don't even need a hero to help you in your story.

( Oh, but that makes it sound like she's on her own, doesn't it? )

Uhm... but if we're here together, we can help each other out still.

[princessantly]

[ She wonders, often, if she's truly good enough-- but that's a thought best saved for another day, and she smiles faintly with a quick nod. ]

I would never turn down support, truly. But you'll also have my aid if you'd like.

[minogame]

Mhmm! You can count on me too!

( And he'll strike a confident sort of pose, )

I can be like Urashima to the princess! Or like a Kotetsu for a knight!

( which translates to I'll be a hero or a sword! But the references probably go over here head??? )

[princessantly]

[ THEY SURE DO-- ]

... Those are both you, aren't they?

[minogame]

That's right!

( Gosh, and she's a smart princess too. )

Urashima Kotetsu! Forged by the famous sword smith Nagasone Kotetsu and named after the carving of Urashima Taro on my blade!

[princessantly]

And Urashima Taro is... [ Um. ] Someone equally famous, I presume?

[minogame]

Yeah! ( And now he's all worked up and excited to share his story, ) He's really famous!

Urashima Taro was a fisherman! One day, he caught a bunch of humans bullying a small turtle in a net. He went to stop them and set the turtle free into the sea. The next day, a minogame-- a thousand year old turtle-- came up from the sea and said the Dragon King wanted to thank him for saving his daughter.

So the minogame took Urashima down to the Dragon King's palace. The Dragon King gave Urashima lots of treasure and introduced him to his daughter, the little turtle. She turned into a beautiful princess named Otohime and she married Taro.

( What a happy story, right? )

But after three days under the sea, Taro missed his family so he asked to return to them. Otohime was sad but she sent him up with a magic box that he was never supposed to open.

When Taro got back to land, everything had changed. He couldn't find his home and when he asked for help, no one could tell him where his family was. He then asked if anyone had ever heard of Urashima Taro and they said they'd heard of a man who disappeared out at sea 300 years ago.

In his grief, Taro opened the box the princess gave him and a lot of smoke came out. He turned into an old man and from the sea, he heard Otohime say, "I told you not to open the box. In it, was your old age..."

( And that's it. That's the story. What an ending! At least he seems to really like the story. )

[princessantly]

[ That's... quite a story, and Alisha's silent as she muses over it. ]

Kindness and consideration for others are both treasured things that ought to be rewarded... but questioning a reward, or being too curious doesn't always lead to one's happiness?

[ is that the moral here??? ]

[minogame]

Hmm... maybe.( Wow, he wasn't expecting her to reflect on the story and he has to slow his roll to consider it, ) Yeah, yeah! I guess you can think about it in a lot of ways if you really want to.

Sometimes you think you'll be happy with one reward but really, you're happier with something else? Taro was happy with the princess and all the treasure but in the end, he missed his family more but by the time he realize, they were all gone.

[princessantly]

[ This is what happens when you talk to someone who likes to mull things over, whoops-- ]

Well, sometimes you don't know what you truly had until it's gone. It's a very fascinating story, nonetheless.