Palace Game 6/5

[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

[fujimaru]

WHAT IS IT SUPPOSED TO DO, DA VINCI, IT IS JUST A LITTLE CREACHUR

it still waves at her, like the equivalent of flipping her the bird.

[davincible]

[ IT COULD COOPERATE MAYBE

Oh, well.

She's firing off a (very thin because it's tiny) burst off ice to try to at least freeze the base. ]

[fujimaru]

It has no mouth and it cannot scream, but it DOES flail around furiously, all tentacle suddenly visible and flailing, hard enough that the frozen base does move against the shelf... and it sounds like there is something hard and metal grinding on the wood as well, out of sight.

[davincible]

... Hm?

[ she moves to just-- try to lift the whole damn pillar off the shelf, using a bit of Servant Strength to break it from the ice. She just needed it to hold still long enough. ]

[fujimaru]

It tries to wrap itself around her wrist, and for its small size, it is also extremely strong. Because she's a Servant, it won't leave any lasting bruises, but it is definitely strong enough to do some damage to a normal human.

Underneath it is a gold ring.

She will recognize it.

[davincible]

[ It can cling to her wrist. She's sure hoping someone wasn't a moron enough to try and handle it through Weird Means, but she flips her wrist upside down and makes a grab for the ring. ]

Your dad lets you play with his jewelry now? News to me.

[fujimaru]

It whacks at her wrist again, with more force this time, but unfortunately Da Vinci is a Calvary class which means she has advantage over it. :'(

[davincible]

[ Bless its little demon soul, it sure is trying. ]

Done?

[fujimaru]

No. It is not, but it can't really stop her from taking it now, either.

[davincible]

[ Excellent. Because she's taking it.

I mean if the demon pillar wants to continue to adorn her wrist like an angry bracelet she'll carry it along. ]

[fujimaru]

It does not want to go with the mean Caster. :( As soon as she has the ring and tries to move away, it begins to struggle again, this time like it's trying to get free and less like it's trying to stop her.

[davincible]

[ She pauses, then moves away from the shelf where it was chilling and lifts her hand so it can go detach to another area of the room instead. Go on, get. ]

[fujimaru]

It's trying very hard to get back to the shelf where it was when she first came back in.

[davincible]

...

You know, change isn't bad.

[ But fiiine she'll go carry it back there. ]

[fujimaru]

Once it's back on the shelf, it hunkers itself down into as much of a ball shape as it can manage. It's still glaring at her, because it is mad and it wants her to know it's her fault.

[davincible]

[ She blows it a kiss, like an asshole. ]

[fujimaru]

WOW

Anyway, what does she do with the ring, now that she has it?

[davincible]

[ She'll slip it on, unless it won't fit, just to make sure she doesn't lose it-- and then do a quick glance around to see if anything's changed. ]

[derailer]

[HE HAS BEEN WATCHING THIS TO MAKE SURE THE TENTACLE DOESN'T GO TOO AGGRO,]

What is this?

[davincible]

[ She can handle it. ]

Which part?

[derailer]

Well—this is a "demon pillar," correct? But what is the ring?

[davincible]

Yep, though this is the smallest I've seen one. The ring is one of King Solomon's. I imagine it's going to come in handy.

[derailer]

King Solomon...?

[But he nods, keeping a wary eye on the tentacle still.]

[davincible]

I'll explain later. If I'm right, you may get more of an education regarding him sooner rather than later.

[derailer]

[He nods again.]

Of course. So, is this ring what was hidden?