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

[xxxx_me]

How do you even make a paradise like that?

[strictura]

Getting everyone to a place with no adults and then instituting our own rules to ensure a functioning society where everyone can be safe and happy.

...Ah, sorry, I really got us off track there. Anyway, we can just carve a normal jack o'lantern face if you'd like. I don't have much of a preference, really.

[xxxx_me]

That sounds really hard.

[He can't even really fathom it. But he nods, drawing out a basic jack o' lantern face complete with the odd teeth and triangular eyes.]

Something like this should be easy.

[strictura]

All right, let's go with that, then. Do you want to take turns cutting the shapes out? Or if you don't feel comfortable using a knife, I can just cut out what you draw.

[xxxx_me]

I can cut it out.

[It's not fair to put it all on Nagisa!

He is going to need to select a smaller knife for the effort though, and it's going to come out somewhat ragged because he doesn't in fact know what he's doing, but. That's part of the fun, probably.]

[strictura]

[ They'll probably each end up carving one side of the face, then, which will let it turn out a tiny bit like a Monokuma in its own way, since Nagisa is very meticulously smoothing the edges on his carvings and trying to keep things even. ]

[xxxx_me]

[Whoa...]

You're really good at this.

[strictura]

A-ah... thanks, but it's just because I'm taking such a long time sanding these edges, I don't really have any talent at arts and crafts.

[ That is all Jataro. ]

I'm just using the shapes you drew, anyway.

[xxxx_me]

[Looking at his own ragged cut.]

I used my own drawings but it still didn't come out that good... how do you sand it down so well?

[strictura]

It's just a matter of lightly scraping the edges over and over until you wear it down.

I'm also switching to the dull edge of the knife at the very end for when I just want to press the surface flatter instead of shaving off any more.

[xxxx_me]

[o:!]

I never would've thought of that.

[strictura]

Really?

[ ...To be fair, he might be more intimately familiar with being gradually worn down than some. ]

Anyway, your side still looks good, so I wouldn't worry about it.

[xxxx_me]

[He peers at the two sides again, frowning a little...

before trying to smooth out his side using the technique Nagisa described!!]

[strictura]

[ Nods! ]

That's it.

[xxxx_me]

[When he leans back, it's still a little bit rough, but much smoother than before.]

That looks a little better.

[strictura]

Mm. I'm happy with it if you are.

[xxxx_me]

I don't think I can get it as good as your side, so... yeah. It should be done now.

Thanks for helping me.