WEEK 1

[whimsicalism]

Well! That was some tea party, huh? You've finally seen the faces (or perhaps the singular is more proper here?) of your captors. A pair of creepy twins seem to fit the overall theme of the Castle at least. Why not have Twiddle Dee and Twiddle Dum, after all?

Regardless, it doesn't seem that they're changing their minds any time soon. The first floor of the Castle is still open up to you. The Audience Hall is still locked most of the time so perhaps you can meet the Alices there if you need to. There are plenty of things to occupy your time before the inevitable slow erosion of your memories. If this is a game, who will make the first move? You or the twins?

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((OOC: Welcome to peace week! There will be no case this week so just have fun and explore. If you want to investigate please put Investigation in your top level. Don't forget to put threads in for regains or go to the Audience Hall to meet the Alices.

Also, if you want to keep up to date on things we now have a discord server!))

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[nothingposh]

[Does he want to know about this Holy Grail War? Yes. But making nice is the way to get people to tell you more than they want to, so he tilts his head to read the title of her book. Oh! He knows this one.]

Marius told me about him. [King Arthur, that is.] He was almost a good king.

[Kings in general? Bad. But Arthur was pretty alright.]

[immaculacies]

He was a great king. [ Her answer is barely louder than a murmur, and as she looks down at the book in her hand, her expression can only be described wistful. ] But... He didn't think he was. All he could see were his mistakes, and none of his virtues. I wish...

[ ... ]

Ah! [ She snaps the book shut. ] I didn't notice you. You're, um... Gavroche, right?

[nothingposh]

That's my name, yeah. [Wait.] Are you saying Arthur was a real guy?

[immaculacies]

Mm-hm! Of course. He was... the Heroic Spirit I summoned, in the Holy Grail War.

[nothingposh]

[Gavroche hangs out with a bunch of college kids who are all realists. The idea that Arthur was a real person is literally something they've probably said is nonsense. Gavroche doesn't say any of that, because he's aware enough to realize it probably wouldn't go great.]

So it's like a ghost then? [On account of Arthur's dead.] Everyone's ghosts are fighting in a ghost war?

[immaculacies]

[ Of course, most people in the current world think that way. Manaka just knows better! ]

Mm, that's not that far off. But rather than ghosts, I'd say... Are you familiar with the idea of a magician's familiar?

[nothingposh]

A little. So Arthur's a cat now? [Or a bird, he guesses, but cat seems more likely.] We don't have none of this where I'm from, so I don't really get it at all.

[immaculacies]

[ At that, Manaka giggles. ]

Not quite. He appears the same way he did in life, and can be as solid as any living person. But unless he has a magus to give him magical energy, he'll fade away. That's the Master! The Master supplies the Servant with magic, and in return, the Servant fights for the Master.