fujimaru | Palace Game 6/3

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.

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From:

fujimaru

When you enter, you find yourself in a large, fairly standard-looking cafeteria. There's the smell of something delicious coming from the food line, and there are various games--board games, card games, a whole-ass VR setup--scattered around, though no one appears to be around playing anything. You can hear voices, though, cheerful chatter and the occasional grumble and argument; even if there's no one to be seen, it sounds like there's a bunch of people having a great time all around you.

It feels comfortable here, welcoming. It feels like walking into a room and seeing beloved friends waiting for you... even though no one is here at all.

From:

truthliesinspace

Huh. . .looks like a place Ruggie would like. Wonder if this was like her work cafeteria?

[these better not be GHOSTS. wanders through to a table to see what was being played]

From:

fujimaru

Kaito, you're going to have a hard time if you're afraid of ghosts,

But the board games are just that! Normal board games, the kind of stuff that might be pulled out on a family game night. It looks like a few of them were in-progress, like whoever was playing might come back at any moment.

From:

truthliesinspace

[LISTEN;;; WE DON'T TALK ABOUT GHOSTS]

[weird :|a

sits....down to wait and see if someone shows up]

From:

fujimaru

He has about a minute to sit there, waiting, before a voice says behind him, boisterously cheerful:

"Wahahaha! You're a little bit lost, woof! What are you doing here, huh? Are you hungry?"

From:

truthliesinspace

[JUMPS slightly, turning around to face them]

Wha--sorry, I was just looking for someone who might know what's what, y'know?

From:

fujimaru

It's this foxy(?) cat(?) lady. She grins at him, all teeth and good cheer.

"Wohoho! Well, you've found the right person, woof! This Cat'll point you in the right direction, no sweat! Though there was something else I was supposed to remember... huh..."

From:

truthliesinspace

[stares not so respectfully]

--oh! Uh, yeah, that'd be. Helpful. Did I interrupt somethin'?

From:

fujimaru

"Nah! I was just supposed to remember, uh..."

There's a long pause of hemming and hawing as she tries to decides, and then she perks up, paffing one paw into the other.

"Dinner! You want anything? This cat'll provide!"

From:

truthliesinspace

Are you really a cat. . .? [but u know what. sure. why not.]

Yeah, I could use a bite to eat. We can talk over a meal!

From:

fujimaru

"Of course I'm a cat! A cat's always a cat and there's all there is to it, woof! Anything you request, I can whip it up! But, uh..."

Now she pauses again, scrunching her face up. "There was something else, I think..."

From:

truthliesinspace

Never met a cat that said woof, but hey, never met a talking cat before, so what do I know?

What were you doin' before you saw me? Maybe that'll help you remember.

From:

fujimaru

"'Course cats say woof! 'Cause I'm a cat, and that's what I say, woof!" She seems particularly insistent on this, for some reason? Huh.

"But as for that, what was I doing, what was I doing... napping? No, no, I was doing... hmmmmmmm... ah!" Another paw in paw punch. "I was checkin' on Master's condition!"

I don't fight to suffer

Palace Game 6/3