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: MY ROOM

[fujimaru]

There is still no answer, but the room does seem a little warmer, in a pleasant sort of way.

Re: MY ROOM

[heartlands]

[he smiles, and then he'll reach out towards the sun tarot card.]

Re: MY ROOM

[fujimaru]

The Sun card, upon contact, gives him the memory that is detailed here, minus all the game chatter going on around it. It's a warm feeling, and a lot less with the edges of uncertainty that have accompanied the other game-related pieces.

Re: MY ROOM

[heartlands]

...He seems like a good friend.

[after a moment:]

I hope you've gotten to experience more of the world since then. There's a lot of wonderful things out there, and wonderful people to meet.

Re: MY ROOM

[fujimaru]

There is no response, though the card is gently warm in his hand; it feels like sticking one's arm into a sunbeam to soak up some of its warmth on a pleasant day.

Re: MY ROOM

[heartlands]

You're a good person, Ritsuka.

[and with that, he'll reach out to pick up the... mass of tentacles.]

Re: MY ROOM

[fujimaru]

He can try, at least.

Unlike everything else in the room, though, when he reaches for it, it actually responds, smacking at his hand like an annoyed cat.

Re: MY ROOM

[heartlands]

Oh - sorry, sorry! I didn't realize you were, uh, sentient. Do I need to ask permission? [...] Can I pick you up? I promise I'll be careful.

Re: MY ROOM

[fujimaru]

It coils in a tighter ball at his request. For something that has no face (despite its many, many eyes), it appears to be extremely grouchy.

Re: MY ROOM

[heartlands]

Okay, okay, sorry. I don't want to force you. But... just know that I'm not trying to hurt you, and if I can, I'd like to help you.

[he glances around at the room at that, seeing anything if there's anything else immediately noticeable to check out (including a door).]

Re: MY ROOM

[fujimaru]

There does not appear to be; it's just all carefully controlled chaos. Perhaps the most notable thing to him would be that there are multiple items with team colors on them. The rest are a whole variety of random and varied knickknacks.

Re: MY ROOM

[heartlands]

[first off, then, he'll look for items with cerberus colors to gather them up. if possible, he'll sort each color into a separated pile.]

Re: MY ROOM

[fujimaru]

There's at least one for every team in Reverie for him to find, including a full ten for Cerberus:

A leggy hound dog, with a Saber symbol tied to its neck.

A puppy with little deer antlers with a Caster symbol on its collar.

A disgruntled-looking fat rabbit with a blindfold, with an Archer symbol printed on the blindfold.

A dragon curled around a full moon, which has a Rider symbol etched among the craters.

A slim-bladed sword, with a Saber symbol etched into the hilt.

A sleek dark-furred cat with a Lancer symbol under her paw.

A dragon with a scroll in one clawed paw, a Ruler symbol printed on the unfurled paper.

A model of the planet Saturn, with a Crobat perched on top of it and a Toxicroak seated beside it. The Crobat has a Caster symbol in one claw.

A fluffy round dragon, not unlike a Squishable, with a Rider symbol in her teeth.

A mutt dog with a large red heart in its mouth, with the Lancer symbol on it.

If he's looking for any other specific teams, there are less of those, but equally varied.

Re: MY ROOM

[heartlands]

[he gives the array a smile, reaching out to give a little pat to the dragon around the moon and planetary model before, curious, he looks around for anything with kraken colors on it.]

Re: MY ROOM

[fujimaru]

There are four for Kraken! Like the Cerberus pieces, they're scattered around, though that bright sea green is probably easier to spot than the warm purple.

A bubble tea charm, with the Archer symbol on one of the little boba.

A figurine of a phoenix in flight, wings open, with a Lancer symbol hidden in the flames.

An uncustomized ball-jointed doll, on a display stand, with a handful of different outfits in its arms. The Assassin symbol is stitched onto one of the outfits.

A little jar of fireflies, with the Caster symbol carved into the lid.

Re: MY ROOM

[heartlands]

[carefully, he reaches out to touch the jar of fireflies.]

Re: MY ROOM

[fujimaru]

It takes a couple of seconds of contact before it filters in: an amused sort of fondess, maybe slightly tinged with exasperation, the way a kid might roll her eyes and say yes, Mom when scolded, annoyed but also aware that it comes from a place of concern. It's a gentle feeling, a shoulder bump of solidarity.

Re: MY ROOM

[heartlands]

[cute...

in quick succession, he'll graze his fingers across everything else in kraken colors.]

Re: MY ROOM

[fujimaru]

Like with his, most of these take a second or two for the impressions to kick in. Most of these are also affectionate, tinted with something else--except for the bubble tea one, where the feeling from that is perhaps best summarized as "????????"

The phoenix has a sense of almost childish excitement that is attached to it, and the doll is... mostly concerned, but it's clear that Ritsuka is still fond of them both.

Re: MY ROOM

[heartlands]

...They all care about you. You can trust them all.

[his kraken bias...

he'll look for another door, though, unless the only way out is back through the door he came through]

Re: MY ROOM

[fujimaru]

There is not anything visible, unfortunately. Just the cluttered room, and the little tentacle as the only thing that doesn't quite look like it belongs.

Re: MY ROOM

[heartlands]

[he pauses for a moment, sighing.]

Sorry about this, sorry, I promise I'll be careful—

[and then he's reaching out to pick up the tentacle.]

Re: MY ROOM

[fujimaru]

It does not seem to like this at all. It struggles, wrapping around his wrist with a surprisingly crushing amount of strength, clearly resisting, as if it's hiding something.

Re: MY ROOM

[heartlands]

[he makes A Face as he continues.]

It's okay - it's okay. I promise, I'm not going to hurt you or any part of her! You don't have to give me any kind of feeling, but you don't have to hurt me, either. I just want to get past this so I can find her and help her!

Re: MY ROOM

[fujimaru]

It just struggles more, frantic, gripping him with a crushing sort of strength... but if he persists, he can see, in its struggle, that there is the glint of something gold under the thing.