Palace Game 6/3

[fujimaru]

The Dreamer In The Grand Temple
Humanity Foundation Value: ????

What has been will be again,
what has been done will be done again;
there is nothing new under the sun.

Comments

Re: THE TEMPLE

[fujimaru]

The man only tilts his head slightly, not straightening out of his insouciant lounge, eyeing him with a long, unblinking stare. He does not yet answer.

Re: THE TEMPLE

[heartlands]

...Okay. Silent type. Got it.

[he'll continue up the stairs.]

Re: THE TEMPLE

[fujimaru]

As he approaches, the man still does not straighten out of his lounge, but he does look slightly more interested. There's a lot of the stairs, and when he makes it about halfway up, the man says,

"And who are you, to have made it this far?"

Re: THE TEMPLE

[heartlands]

[he pauses in place to wave.]

Hi! I'm Rupert, I'm Ritsuka's friend. Do you know where she is?

Re: THE TEMPLE

[fujimaru]

"I do," he says. "Better than the rest of you, even those who claim closer kinship to her than I."

Something about the way he says that is deeply self-satisfied.

"And having come here seeking her out, what do you intend, once you find her?"

Re: THE TEMPLE

[heartlands]

I'm gonna help her out of here. Will you tell me where she is?

Re: THE TEMPLE

[fujimaru]

"I will not."

But as he says it, he rises to stand. His feet don't quite touch the floor as he does.

"You have made it this far, though... unless you wish to challenge me properly?"

Re: THE TEMPLE

[heartlands]

...Am I going to have to challenge you in order for you to take me to her?

Re: THE TEMPLE

[fujimaru]

The man looks at him, long and assessing, then laughs. It's not a polite sound--scornful, above anything else--but it seems to be genuinely amused.

"Hardly," he says. "You would simply fall to ruin and fade away. It would be too much trouble for too little reward."

He snaps his fingers, which opens a portal of some sort.

"If you wish," he says, "then you may take your leap of faith and step through."