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[opening_act]

Who: Exael, others
When: Day 5, Afternoon
Where: The Arena.
What: Game 3

[ Another day, another blast of the trumpets, another game.

Exael is there this time, in her human guise, standing in the center of the arena, and in the center of a giant circular mirror with a clock face painted on, that has been installed in the floor beneath her.

Both of the painted hands are currently pointed towards XII

Exael raises both her arms with a flourish and calls out as people enter: ]

Come one, come all! Take your positions, for soon the curtains will rise on our next act!

[[ OOC: If you have IRC, please join #raqia on the Lunarnet server ]]

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Re: VI - VI - THE STUDY

[fallenature]

[ the desk is messy, covered in sketches of the seals each team has upon their hands, and one you don't recognize, of a lion with wings. This symbol is labled "Cherubim". There's also some ink splattered papers, notes scrawled in a messy hand. ]

script for the note:

Smltim kls yus nupbues, wu'vu bltkr qucgq sl mugn smlqu cgpucry cbbgaesur.

smltim smaq aq splthgaki ak ckr lb asqugb, ak qlju wcyq. C ngcitu wmlqu qlgtsalk

aqk's qeauksabae hts jciaecg, smcs cbbuesq lkgy smlqu wasm jciae. Rar smaq elju

bplj wasmak, ckr kls smu kcstpcg wlpgr?

Hts nplipuqq aq nplipuqq. As rluq kls qslnnup elkscialk hts qyjnsljq eck hu

qtnnpuqqur, ckr smcs jtem aq jlpu smck wu mcr hublpu. Smltim smu mucvukq mcvu

huuk qaguks smpltimlts ltp ngaims, as wcq ruearur smu euguqsacg maupcpemy wcq smu

huqs hcqaq blp nplsuesalk wu mcr, cicakqs cgg smakiq bltg.

Jcgcfaj sl itcpr cicakqs jujlpy elpptnsalk, Upugaj lb blpj, Lnmckaj lb qnapas,

ckr Emupthaj lb mucps. Qllk, smu jcpf lb Ipailpa wagg eljngusur, sl itcpr cicakqs

elpptnsalk lb nupeunsalk. Mucvukq mugn tq qmltgr wu kls eljngusu as ak saju.

Cgpucry, smakiq quuj . . .

Kl, A eck's smakf smcs. Mugn aq kls eljaki, ckr ql as aq gubs sl tq sl mugn

ltpqugvuq. ]

[ wow. that was super enlightening ]

Re: VI - VI - THE STUDY

[foreveralawn]

[squinting as she holds the note close to her face, mumbling out loud as she reads it to herself. yes, still in gibberish.]

S..ml...tim kls yus nupbu...es...

Re: VI - VI - THE STUDY

[fallenature]

[ the cat snickers ]

Re: VI - VI - THE STUDY

[foreveralawn]

S-Shut up! Why d-didn't you talk l-last time anyway?!

Re: VI - VI - THE STUDY

[fallenature]

You did figure it out on your own.

...


Eventually.

Re: VI - VI - THE STUDY

[foreveralawn]

[that gives her an idea, going back to the bookshelves to see what she can see while still talking to the cat]

Were you s-surprised to see us again?

Re: VI - VI - THE STUDY

[fallenature]

Not particularly. You did leave without the key.

Re: VI - VI - THE STUDY

[foreveralawn]

Oh... S-So we missed it after all?

[a beat]

It's...s-still here?

Re: VI - VI - THE STUDY

[fallenature]

Of course. I have yet to give it to you, after all.

Re: VI - VI - THE STUDY

[foreveralawn]

W...Will you g-give us the key?

Re: VI - VI - THE STUDY

[fallenature]

Perhaps. If you will do something for me.

Re: VI - VI - THE STUDY

[foreveralawn]

What k-kind of something...

Re: VI - VI - THE STUDY

[fallenature]

I'd like for us to make a deal.

Re: VI - VI - THE STUDY

[foreveralawn]

What do you w-want?

Re: VI - VI - THE STUDY

[fallenature]

[ the bookshelves are more or less like they were before. at least two romance novels, but filled with lots of occult bullshit. ]

Re: VI - VI - THE STUDY

[foreveralawn]

[no helpful hints 8(

checking for a calendar...? or a replacement anyway. basically trying to see how else the starting set-up differs from the starting state of their previous visit to the study.]

Re: VI - VI - THE STUDY

[fallenature]

[ there is still the drawing labeled cherubim that doesn't correspond to any team you know of. ]

Re: VI - VI - THE STUDY

[foreveralawn]

[hmm. making a note to bring that up with the cat then.]