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!))

Comments

[seventhlittlemonster]

[Big boy sticks his head into business he doesn't know about. Because he trusts one of his new adoptive big sisters to tell him about new things!]

What is this "Holy Grail War"? Isn't War a card game? Is that what this is? [the poor kid is so. sheltered and has never heard "war" used in any other context.]

[immaculacies]

Ah, you shouldn't listen to the Queen, Seven. No matter what she says, the Holy Grail War isn't a game. [ Manaka lifts a hand, wagging an admonishing finger in his direction. ] It's a life-and-death battle.

[seventhlittlemonster]

...I beg your pardon? [Hm. Terrifying! he wants to hear more!]

[immaculacies]

It's exactly what I said. Seven magi come together to summon seven Heroic Spirits, and then they fight to the death for the right to have a wish granted. [ She says as much very bluntly, not seeing any reason to sugarcoat the matter. ] At least, that's the form my world's Holy Grail War took.

[seventhlittlemonster]

...Seven, huh? That seems to be a very common number, uh... What's the word I'm looking for... Moe-teeth? [He tried not to focus on the people actually killing each other because of how that also tied in with the game.]

Alice was involved with it? She never told me it was a game herself, in fact she never told me anything at all. Do you know anything else?

[immaculacies]

Mm, maybe. In this case, it's because there are seven Servant classes, and... [ Suddenly, she giggles. ] Ah, well, that might just be coincidence. Or maybe fate?

[ Manaka???

But the sudden buoyancy of her mood fades again a second later. ]

Hm, well, I was a Master in my world's first Holy Grail War. Alice wasn't among the enemy Masters I faced, so either she's from another War in the future, or she comes from a parallel world instead. Actually, it gives me a lot of ideas about how the situation came to be like this, but that's all I can say for certain, other than what the Queen and her cat blabbed themselves.

[seventhlittlemonster]

This is making my brain hurt... [you're telling him really big concepts manaka slow down he's trying so hard but!!]

[immaculacies]

What about it? I can try to make it a little simpler, but we'll have to take it one step at a time.

[seventhlittlemonster]

It's... n-never mind, I'm just being left speechles. [he didn't want to seem dumb in front of his new big sis someone please save this boy]

[immaculacies]

Mm, I guess it's a pretty heavy subject. I'm just used to thinking about, so it doesn't bother me much.

[seventhlittlemonster]

Is that a good thing...? I mean, thinking about death so much that you're used to it? We once thought Five's pet turtle Sam got flushed down the drain and it was a horrible experience! We were so thankful he wasn't...

[immaculacies]

Good, bad... Is it necessary to apply that kind of judgment? It's the way I am.

[seventhlittlemonster]

I didn't mean in a moral sense, I meant... it it good for you? [oh no he cares about big sis manaka,,]

[immaculacies]

It doesn't matter if you mean it morally or otherwise. The answer is the same.

Do you ever think about how vast the universe is, Seven? Right now, on the planet on which you live, the dead outnumber the living many times over. And that's only on a single speck in the whole universe. If I were going to feel sad about death, then I would never stop.

[seventhlittlemonster]

[ah.]

_{[that is all i can respond with while remaining in-character just. ah.]}

[immaculacies]

[ ANYWAY... ]

It's okay if you can't understand that. Most people don't really have the ability to grasp things on that scale. But, that's how I was born. I'm just different, that's all.

[seventhlittlemonster]

[That seems very. unhealthy but okay!!]

I can accept that then. Momma told me I shouldn't really try and change people just because they're different, so...

[immaculacies]

Mm! Your momma is really smart. You should listen to what she tells you.

[seventhlittlemonster]

Mmhm... [He is stuck between "Poor Manaka" or "she's hiding things" but... he just couldn't doubt her!!]