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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 ]]

Comments

Re: END GAME

[paintwithallthecolors]

That's right. Did they think that was usual, too?

Re: END GAME

[blankasfreshlyfallen]

Not sure. It was like they didn't see it.

Re: END GAME

[paintwithallthecolors]

I see. Then, did they change, each time the hours shifted?

Re: END GAME

[blankasfreshlyfallen]

It was more like... stuff was happening that we didn't see. Cause we were missing the extra time.

Re: END GAME

[paintwithallthecolors]

[ a beat ]

So, for all we know, we're the ones who were beneath Exael's power instead of them.

Re: END GAME

[blankasfreshlyfallen]

Yeah. Maybe.

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[paintwithallthecolors]

What were their names?

Re: END GAME

[blankasfreshlyfallen]

Violette, Ivy, Travis, and Rose.

Re: END GAME

[paintwithallthecolors]

What did they each look like? If we do end up there again, we should all keep an eye out.

Re: END GAME

[blankasfreshlyfallen]

Lady with real pale hair, and an older fella.

Violette was just a kid. Couldn't have been more than thirteen or fourteen.

Re: END GAME

[paintwithallthecolors]

[ that's kind of sad /hypocrisy ]

What about the fourth?

Re: END GAME

[blankasfreshlyfallen]

[He takes a second to answer that.]

We won't need to keep an eye out for him.

Re: END GAME

[paintwithallthecolors]

[ ... a bit carefully ]

Why not?

Re: END GAME

[blankasfreshlyfallen]

Things didn't go so great in there.

Re: END GAME

[paintwithallthecolors]

So he died.

Re: END GAME

[blankasfreshlyfallen]

Yeah.

Re: END GAME

[paintwithallthecolors]

[ ok good you admit it clearly finally ]

Do you want to talk about it?

Re: END GAME

[blankasfreshlyfallen]

[He really doesn't. But if you guys end up in there looking for them, you're going to need information or you'll be walking straight into it, so.]

...careful of the kid, if you see her. She wasn't really herself when we got outta there.

Re: END GAME

[paintwithallthecolors]

[ ... nods ]

I'm sorry.

Re: END GAME

[blankasfreshlyfallen]

Yeah, well. It is what it is.

[Even if he's already beating himself up over what he should have done different.]

Re: END GAME

[paintwithallthecolors]

[ ... ]

We don't have candles, but we could burn a branch. If we put it over a bowl of water, it wouldn't be dangerous. If that sort of thing is something you would want to do, at least- it might not be my place, since I'd never met him.

Re: END GAME

[blankasfreshlyfallen]

Not sure it'll make a whole lotta difference to him, one way or another.

Re: END GAME

[paintwithallthecolors]

No, maybe not. It's nothing more than an act of faith, in the end.

Let's go back, either way.

Re: END GAME

[blankasfreshlyfallen]

Yeah. Soon as we can work out how.

Re: END GAME

[paintwithallthecolors]

Um, that, we'll have to wait and see. For now, I meant back to the other building.