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

[hairpining]

[The water actually is red -- there's blood in the river, heavily diluted. The remainder of the color comes from its reflection of the sky.

As for the flower, the red comes off on his hands where he touches the petals, revealing white underneath. For some reason, he may feel a tad nauseous.]

[provocate]

[...oh good swimming through blood sounds super great... 8'| Although ew wow suddenly feeling like shit right in the middle of post-sadism euphoria that's cool. Looks at the flower... then the red on his skin... and then tries to rub the rest of the color off on his pants instead?]

[hairpining]

[You do so! The feeling is still there, but it's now much easier to ignore.]

[provocate]

[hhhhhhh... well at least he can ignore it now. Tucks it up against the poppy and then carefully slides down the bank, close enough he can dip a couple fingers into the water. Don't wanna deal with awful nausea while swimming if that's gonna be a thing!!!]

[hairpining]

[There is no such nausea! The river is just a creepy river with blood in it.]

[provocate]

[The best kind of river tbh... But alright cool, then he'll back up a few steps and kick his shoes off, chucking them as hard as he can to the opposite bank... Ponders doing similar with his jacket but... physics would probably be a bitch to him so maybe not]

[Alright............. leaps into the river and heads across!!!]

[hairpining]

[And then you got eaten by a sea monster You swim across without incident.

Your two doors are labeled 'Index' and 'Core!' In a contrast to when you saw it previously, Core now seems to be unlocked.]

[provocate]

[........oh god he has wet socks now he can't put his shoes back on Guh peels his socks off then, tucking them into his shoes and carrying them with him as he goes to the doors...]

[Checks they're both unlocked and then... pushes the Index door open? Just wanna see where it goes ffff]

[hairpining]

[It goes back to the Castle Corridor! AKA Mindfuck Architecture Room.]

[provocate]

[Hm... pokes his head through... takes a squinty look around again........... and then: ]

Boring...~ [Slides back in, shuts that door and heads on over to the Core!!]

[hairpine]

[To the Coooooore!]