You're My Friend, They're My Friends (IC Intro)

[whimsicalism]

Whatever you were doing before, wherever you were before this moment it doesn't matter. The world seems to grow dark around you: an almost inaudible giggle floats to your year before you lose consciousness completely. Other it belonging to a child there's no defining characteristics of the voice. Maybe you just imagined it? Even if you did, one thing is clear when you wake up.

You're not where you were before. The bedroom you find yourself is plush and well decorated, almost like a fancy hotel or apartment. That might be little comfort considering that it's clear that you don't recognize it. Before you rush off to explore your surroundings there's a message pinned to the door to the hall.

From the desk of the Queen:

Hello, my friends dear.

I can only hope you enjoy your new life here. For those you stirring from sleep, this is my promise that I will keep: I will let you go if that is what you desire but the price for it will be quite dire.

For my rules are quite clear that I don't wish you to leave. Yet I will, if you can take the grief.

If you wish to know my name and the reasons to my game, meet in the audience hall for tea. Tea, yes, a grand tea party for my grand guests! Cake and sweets are what we need to meet. In an hour we both will be there, no peeking before!

Signed,

Instead of a signature, there's a small feline paw print underneath as well as some strange sort of heart crest?

There seems to be others moving outside your room. Perhaps it's time to explore, to see if anyone else knows what's going on. Don't slip on the playing card (an ace of hearts, with the heart shape replaced by the strange crest). That there's a scribbled phrase of 'dormez-vous? dormez-vous?' on the card but surely one of the others slipped it under your door.

This Castle seems like a strange place ot live in... yet for now it's quiet and peaceful, even if the Audience Hall is locked.

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[byzer0]

Mercy? Mercy doesn't have any place here at all, and you're real stupid for thinking it does.

[ For some reason she's earning more judgement than their kidnapper. ]

[littlebratziska]

[She is INSTANTLY annoyed, then after a second the rest of what he said catches up to her, and she takes half a step forward.]

That's not what I said, but more importantly, how could you know what has a place here and what doesn't? Only someone familiar with this place could know something like that about it.

[byzer0]

Kidnappers and murderers don't practice mercy.

[ His eye flicks down and then back up when she steps forward, but he stands his ground. ]

[littlebratziska]

And I said they would be shown no mercy, not that they would surely show it.

What do you mean by murderers? I had no heard anyone had actually died. There are the rules, of course, but... but those are trying to turn us into the murderers, if anything.

[byzer0]

Yeah, but what's the point in dressing it up like that? Just say you're going to stab them or kill them. [ He may be making some assumptions here. ]

Someone who kidnaps people and wants them to kill each other is probably a murderer themself. It's an easy guess to make.

[littlebratziska]

Why would I kill anyone? The courts will decide on any death penalty. Someone who acts outside the bounds of the law like that... they're just a common criminal.

And they may be, but I have yet to see any evidence of them being a murderer. If you don't have evidence, you'd do better to keep your foolish ideas to yourself and not waste everyone's time until you find some.

[byzer0]

Is that all it takes? [ Why does he sound so amused about this. ]

Remind me to say I told you so later!

[littlebratziska]

What do you mean is that all it takes? Evidence is everything in a court, and if it cannot be properly prosecuted then you cannot prove it truly happened!

[byzer0]

Ahaha, if you say so~. I doubt there's going to be a real court here, so what're you going to do about it?

[littlebratziska]

It says there will be on the rules, but in any case, I don't want to leave loose ends when we manage to go home.