clouds came and covered the sun

[hairpining]

[You find yourself in a small, quaint little town. The architecture has a notably late-1800s bent to it, in contrast to the clean, crisp air you breathe – combined with a faint, flowery scent – it's almost as though it is not industrialized at all.

Which would be easy enough to believe. After all, there do not seem to be any people out other than you and your fellow spelunkers – in spite of the occasional whisper you might hear. Hushed and impossible to actually make out.

Far in the distance lies a towering building, similar in shape to a fairytale castle.]

(Castle Town | Atelier | Smithy | Castle Town Revisited |
Painting the Roses Red | The Golden Afternoon | Castle Corridor |
The Library of Babel | The Girl Without Hands | The Garden of Paradise | The White Bride and the Black One |
The Princess Sleeping in the Glass Coffin)

((BGM entirely for ~atmospheric~ and ~stylistic~ purposes and personal reference, feel free to listen if you want to!))

Comments

[guardofsteel]

[ You spoke a bit too soon, Sei. Elijah is headed straight towards Sei and Elys. ]

That prince is fucking creepy.

[artsistic]

[Follows the Black Prince! She expects trouble with the White Prince later on, certainly, but he doesn't seem like a reliable source of information.]

[provocate]

[lskdflj directions, man!! Ah well, it'll be fun to poke around a castle wwhatevver]

Thank you, darling. [Scans the crowd real quick] Could you possibly keep an eye out for the smithing boy for me while I'm away? I believe he was going to come...

[hairpining]

Okay --

[She turns to Elijah when she hears his voice!]

White boy! We're saving the princess, let's go!

[kalahiki]

[Eyes Elijah and...shrugs. Yeah sure this'll work.]

Y'heard anything talking with Skeevy up there, or are we just winging this?

[hairpining]

["Ah, Monsieur Blacksmith... he was in the end unable to make it."]

[hairpining]

[When they're out of the White Prince's earshot, she speaks:

"Was there something you wanted to talk about?"]

[guardofsteel]

She's asleep. Ate a poisoned apple or some bloody bullshit. That's all I could get out of him.

[hairpining]

Oh no...

[kalahiki]

Asleep...well. [Wondering...if she's knocked out, recarm might work.]

Well, we've got to get to her to do anything about it, I'm sure as hell not letting him do as he pleases.

[artsistic]

Is there a reason the Smith isn't here? He seems to be a rival in love to the White Prince, right? But does the White Prince really love the Princess?

[provocate]

Mm... alright... [What a shame )8 Poor tsun. Ah well, he'll let the poor Prince go eat now, though he kisses his cheek again before he straightens up laksjdflj]

Until next time, darling~! [He's got a castle to go look at *3* Though he does... grab like a... roll or something as he walks past the table]

[hairpining]

["I haven't been able to get in touch with him today," her expression is slightly concerned. "But he promised me he'd come to this party. I'm rather worried, but I don't have time to visit his shop, either."

She frowns a little.

"I don't know what the White Prince is thinking, but I doubt it's anything good."]

[guardofsteel]

That's what he told me. I'm not sure how much we can trust that, but it's all we've got.

[ Wait... That's not all he was told and that isn't all they've got. ] He said that we could find her in the castle. [ It isn't much. Castles are. pretty big places. But it's something. ]

[hairpining]

Oh...

Let's leave before he notices.

[artsistic]

Was he telling the truth about why the Princess was sleeping?

[kalahiki]

[Looking around for doors.] We'll have to keep from getting caught too, I'm sure.

[hairpining]

["Yes. No matter what methods we try, she just won't wake up."]

[guardofsteel]

[ There is what looks like a castle in the distance. Didn't they just walk into a castle not too long ago? Stupid physically impossible heartspace.

But he turns and he points and says: ] Do you suppose he meant that castle over there?

[hairpining]

That's it. There's only one castle!

[kalahiki]

Alright, then that's where we're headed.

...Man, I bet we're supposed to go by horse or something. I think I have a better idea...

[guardofsteel]

[ alsdjfalsd goddamned physically impossible places with goddamned physically impossible inhabitants... ]

Yeah? What is this idea?

[hairpining]

What is it?

[kalahiki]

[summons his giant soulshark.] Grab on.

[artsistic]

Do you know who this Witch is?