revenance_rpg | What's this, what's this?

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What's this, what's this?

Characters: Anyone who wanted to go explore the mansion
Content: Exploration!!
Location: The abandoned mansion
Time of Day: Whenever
Warnings: None

There have been rumors of it being haunted. There have been suggestions that what's inside might not be what people remember. Which is correct?

No one can say for sure, and the mansion certainly isn't about talk. The only answer to questions is waiting inside.

So come, step in through the crack in the wall. Explore the forest and what lies beyond. The answers have to be there somewhere after all.]

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The chime sounded again and the book glowed a golden color. The chime didn't seem to be coming from any particular direction.

"I don't know." And he really didn't, but that was frustrating. "I know who might know, but he's not going to come anywhere near here."

Sora wasn't surprised in the least that returning the book had done something. The question remained as to what it did do, though. It seemed pretty likely that they'd get a clue when they went to return the vase and fetch the broken dishes to return to the dining room.

"Let us return all the objects properly then," Celestia said, her thoughts having gone on much the same path. She took herself to the door, vase in tow. "I suspect whatever we need to complete this drawing will become obvious when we have fulfilled the conditions for making it appear."

"Here's hoping," York said. He followed Celesita out, frowning. He'd definitely have to see about a weapon that could be selective; he was used to being in firefights, but especially with the dream eaters, the chances of hitting friends were more likely. "Everybody healed up? Just in case we run into some more friends out here."

"Back to the foyer then." Sora followed along, giving the room one more look. He was pretty sure they would be returning to it once they'd solved the puzzle since he knew there were more rooms hidden beneath it. He wondered if the unicorn statue on the one shelf was meant as a clue, given that it was staring rather intently at the floor.

As to being healed up, Sora was pretty sure everyone was fine unless maybe he should have asked about other things besides the poison. "I'm good. And the Spirits all look okay."

Celestia had sustained no injury; in fact, her continuing experience in the dream world convinced her more each day that its inhabitants, both friendly and hostile, generally thought two-dimensionally. Which was no insult, only perhaps a little sad that they had so little access to flight.

"Are more likely to appear?" she said, already seeking the proper home for the vase.

York headed down the stairs, relieved when no more unexpected company showed up. "I guess we're clear. It looks like the vase should go in one of those glass cases over there." Lucky that Celestia had picked it up; she wouldn't have to worry about the broken glass.

Sora considered fetching the broken plates as soon as they got back to the foyer, but he figured it might not hurt to wait and see what happened when the vase was put... somewhere. Given the mess in the foyer, it might not even matter where exactly the vase was placed.

Bruce did fly over and poke at the dishes, chattering as he did. It seemed like he wanted to make sure no one forgot about them.

She did not, no; she simply lifted the glass case with her magic, then slid the vase into it properly. As an afterthought, she collected the dishes; telekinesis was a remarkably handy thing.

The vase glowed golden and the chime sounded again. It didn't sound any closer or further away this time either.

York looked around, but nothing else seemed to be happening. "I guess there's just the last piece left. Maybe we'll find out about the symbol then." It was probably too much to hope that this would just give them a straight up reward for a job well done.

No, it likely wouldn't be the end. It would get them into the computer room. At least he remembered the password for the computer. If they were lucky, maybe it would have something for them... assuming it had the same password in the world's dream as in waking.

"It does seem a little that we can't really tell where the sound is coming from..."

Sora, maybe you should consider mentioning the concept of a computer to the magic pony princess slightly ahead of time...

Without fanfare, Celestia simply sent the dishes on ahead. No need to follow physically, after all.

The dishes glow gold and the chime sounds again, followed this time by a distinct rumbling coming from the library upstairs. Something in the mansion has shifted.

The rumbling is swiftly followed by a loud buzzing growing louder, and then the crunching, crashing sounds of architecture that is likely now much worse for the wear. The buzzing sound fades quickly afterwards, as though whatever was making it had moved away.

"Okay, what did we break?" York headed right back up the stairs. That hadn't sounded good. He paused at the door to the library because there was no way he was going into whatever it was without backup, but clearly, this had not gone to plan.

On the upside, nothing was attacking them yet.

Startled by both the rumble (Roxas's memories didn't include a rumble for revealing the path to the computer roomm...) and the buzzing, Sora had his Keyblade in hand and the beginnings of a spell forming before he realized they were under no immediate threat. He settled down, but didn't dismiss his Keyblade as he followed York back up the stairs.

At this juncture, Sora was torn. He knew that buzzing was Queen Buzzerfly. He also knew that anyone hanging around town would likely be capable of fighting the Nightmare, especially if any of them had taken care to read his Dream Eater guide. It didn't stop him from wanting to go and help but there was still the issue of the obvious noise from the library. "We didn't break anything. But we might have let something loose. Sounded like it was heading into town..."

It wouldn't be the first time he'd let a powerful enemy loose by finding or solving something. He wondered if maybe finding that ID card from Ziva's world had somehow triggered the appearance of the Hockomonkey, but there'd been too much time between finding the card and the appearance of the boss.

Celestia winced, casting a sheepish look towards the door that led outside. "I think we may owe several people an apology after this."

Still, she knew at least some of the people outside were highly capable warriors, and she could trust them to handle the creature.

"We had best not return before we accomplish all we can here, then. We owe them our best efforts."

"Yeah, let's check out the damage." York pushed the door open and looked into the library before heading in; the last thing he wanted to do was walk into dangerous wreckage.

The results of whatever caused the crunching sound are now fairly obvious: there's a large, jagged hole torn through the outer wall, letting light from the setting sun stream inside the library.

What might be a little more interesting, though not necessarily less dangerous, is that the table with the symbol on it, along with the entire floor of the room, has disappeared entirely. In its case, a deep blue staircase leads down into what looks to be an underground room and, beyond that, what looks like a hallway.

Well that was... interesting. The only explanation, at least that Sora could see, but that the Buzzerfly might actually have been stuck under the floor. Solving the puzzle removed the floor and left the bug out.

He agreed with Celestia's sentiment as he headed down the stairs, but there was another comment that needed making too, "I think we're lucky the book wasn't the last thing we returned..."

"If it had been, we would have fought the creature or creatures ourselves," Celestia said as she spread her wings. A few quick flaps brought her down the stairs. Not that she couldn't handle them, but this was was simply easier. "And it might have been informative to see if the symbol completed itself when we did so. But we should not assume we're out of the woods yet."

"If it came from the basement there might be something more down there," York said. He headed into the room, testing the top stair before standing on it. "We should probably go see what it is; maybe that'll make up a little for whatever got loosed on the town."

"There's a computer room and a hallway down here." Sora was halfway sharing what he knew and halfway thinking out loud. He caught himself before mentioning the pods and the one room with a single pod in it. Now that he actually thought of it, there had only been a need for three pods (for himself plus Donald and Goofy) yet there had been more. Had they been used for something else before?

Maybe it was better not to think of it. Especially not if it was going to be distracting. They had encountered some Nightmares already and it was likely they would encounter more.

"I'm sorry -- could you explain that, please?" asked the pony as she fell into step with the others again.

"What, about the computer room?" Come to think of it, did Luna know about computers from the start? Without hands, they definitely wouldn't have ones like people had at home, at least. "A computer's a machine you can use to store and manipulate information. And a lot of other stuff; you can put games on it or run equipment, but the basic function is information." York had his gun out this time; if there were more nightmares, he'd be ready.

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