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.

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[fujimaru]

This is what he sees.

One gets the sense that while Ritsuka is very fond of this extremely enthusiastic chattering pink-haired fluffy whirlwind, she is also very overwhelmed.

But she kept the bunny ears, so what does that say.

[strikingchords]

[...blinks and glances over to her...]

A memory.

[so, not a clue. but maybe...?

he's going to look around for mementos that look like they're from Reverie, if possible.]

[rootsforyou]

Ah.

[well, that tracks, somehow. she's going to wander over to the bed and pick up the torn-up bingo card to see if it's anything she recognizes]

[fujimaru]

There's a decent amount of things that match the color of the teams from Reverie--there's at least one item for each team, in fact, so it depends on where and what he is narrowing his search down for.

The bingo card looks like it was torn into quarters, and then two of them torn further. It looks like the ones that were handed out during doki-doki bingo.

[rootsforyou]

[SHE'S GONNA SEE...if she can piece the bingo card back together]

[fujimaru]

With patience and persistence, she can. It forms this card, and it is... one of the few things, maybe, that does not have a good feeling associated with it. Instead, there's a sense of anxiety, uncertainty, a wistfulness for things that feel completely out of her reach.

[rootsforyou]

[oh worm, that was not a fun game for her too

removes all of the pieces and puts them into her pocket instead. can she check out the tentacle figurine instead, that's probably safer]

[fujimaru]

As she draws nearer to the figurine, she will realize that it might not actually be just a figurine--all of those eyes, small and red and faceted, swivel to stare at her. They don't have lids, and so they can't blink, but she is definitely being Watched.

[rootsforyou]

[gives it a tiny bow]

Hello there. Can you hear me?

[fujimaru]

It considers, and then it waves at her, not entirely like a hello.

[rootsforyou]

Do you mind...?

[holds out her hand in a gesture like she wants to pick it up, but she's waiting for permission]

[fujimaru]

When she reaches out, it recoils back, hunching itself into as much of a ball shape as it can, all those eyes glaring, a very clearly defensive gesture.

[rootsforyou]

[pulls her hand back]

Of course, I won't if you'd prefer me not to. Would you be able to answer a few questions, though? It seems I'm looking for a key. Have you seen anything that could be considered a key around?

[fujimaru]

The tentacle ball stays curled up as it is, but there is something that is sort of... weirdly guilty? As it stares at her.

Which is frankly impressive for something that is questionably-shaped and is studded with a bunch of small red eyes, but you know.

[rootsforyou]

[...]

You don't know? That's surprising. Since you've got the best spot in the room to see everything, I thought for sure that you'd have some knowledge of it.

[fujimaru]

It's wiggling now, back and forth in place, without trying to uncoil very much.

But if she listens very, very carefully, she can hear there appears to be something scraping the shelf when it wiggles.

[rootsforyou]

[waits for just a little bit longer to see if it uncoils of its own volition. when it doesn't, she sighs.]

Hmm. You won't give it to me, then? Perhaps you've been asked to guard it. Then it's only fair that I compensate you for your troubles. Would you like to trade for the key?

[fujimaru]

It appears to be vibrating a little, clearly anxious. It's just a little baby creature, it does not seem to know how to handle someone talking nicely and politely to it.

[rootsforyou]

[it's just a lil guy!

she pulls a piece of candy out of her sleeve and offers it]

I could trade you for this. Unless you'd prefer something shinier.

[fujimaru]

Just a little guy, a little confused creature. It does not appear to recognize what the candy is, streeeeetching out to not quite touch it before leaning back again. It does not appear to know what to do with a candy, but it is interested.

[strikingchords]

[he's going to search for things that have to do with her own team, on a hunch!]

[fujimaru]

With some searching, since the room is cluttered, he will eventually find ten separate items (Cerberus is a full house, okay):

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.

It is fair to say that none of the symbols will necessarily mean anything, though they are clearly meant to be some kind of sorting system that makes sense to Ritsuka.

[strikingchords]

[that's so much...

he'll leave them on the bed and go to check out the dokkaebi toy on the shelf above.]

[fujimaru]

Cerberus is a big team, okay.

But the dokkaebi looks exactly like the ones that came from the one task, and specifically the one that Cerberus had. It's cute! It has little fangs and a big smile! It does not move as he approaches, but that little tentacle figurine sure does.

[strikingchords]

[...

pauses and investigates that more closely, too. how did it move?]