[FIREBIRD EXPLORE - 9 AM]

[dramatispersonae]

You find yourself in a small triangular room with high, high walls. All three walls are made of glass. Through one, all you see is white light moving in strange angular patterns. Through the second, the same white light forms great starbursts. Through the third, the light coils and wheels.

It's quite bright. The floor is made of ruddy beaten copper. The ceiling is a vast mirror. In the middle of the floor is a great copper bowl filled with something white and wavering, like smoke.

You find three copper tokens in your hand. They are flat, shaped like apples. Engraved on each is the word OPEN.

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Kurei

[dramatispersonae]

Re: Kurei

[pyrocatharsis]

[examines the ceiling-mirror]

Re: Kurei

[dramatispersonae]

It is a mirror.

Your reflection stares back at you. Ceiling Burn.

Re: Kurei

[pyrocatharsis]

[okay, fine. if there's nothing special about it, then I am going to look at that bowl]

Re: Kurei

[dramatispersonae]

On the rim of the bowl, words are carved; you'd have to follow them around to read everything.

The bowl is filled with white ash. Nestled in it are the two halves of a great white egg, and held between them is the smoky thing. It's pretty formless, but in its movements you can make out the features of a gaunt, humanoid face, screwed up in pain.

KK

[dramatispersonae]

Re: KK

[steampunked]

[going to look down into the bowl, then.]

Re: KK

[dramatispersonae]

On the rim of the bowl, words are carved; you'd have to follow them around to read everything.

The bowl is filled with white ash. Nestled in it are the two halves of a great white egg, and held between them is the smoky thing. It's pretty formless, but in its movements you can make out the features of a gaunt, humanoid face, screwed up in pain.

Re: KK

[steampunked]

[... well that's not healthy. I GUESS I WILL GO AROUND AND READ THE WORDS.]

Re: KK

[dramatispersonae]

The rim says, AND HE PUSHED ON THROUGH THE DARK FOREST WITHOUT EVEN A TORCH TO LIGHT HIS WAY, TOWARDS THE SOUND OF SINGING. Between 'AND' and 'SINGING' are three identical small keyholes. They are the wrong shape for your team key.

Sasuke

[dramatispersonae]

Re: Sasuke

[fraternaldevotion]

[. . . inspecting the contents of the bowl first, then]

Re: Sasuke

[dramatispersonae]

On the rim of the bowl, words are carved; you'd have to follow them around to read everything.

The bowl is filled with white ash. Nestled in it are the two halves of a great white egg, and held between them is the smoky thing. It's pretty formless, but in its movements you can make out the features of a gaunt, humanoid face, screwed up in pain.

Re: Sasuke

[fraternaldevotion]

[following them around to read everything, in that case]

Re: Sasuke

[dramatispersonae]

The rim says, AND HE PUSHED ON THROUGH THE DARK FOREST WITHOUT EVEN A TORCH TO LIGHT HIS WAY, TOWARDS THE SOUND OF SINGING. Between 'AND' and 'SINGING' are three identical small keyholes. They are the wrong shape for your team key.

Ferris

[dramatispersonae]

Re: Ferris

[ferrissaves]

[ Oooh there is a mirrored ceiling, kinky.

I must look at it. :|b ]

Re: Ferris

[dramatispersonae]

It is a mirror.

Your reflection stares back at you. Ceiling Ferris.

Re: Ferris

[ferrissaves]

[ Oh, boring.

Let's look at the bowl :( ]

Re: Ferris

[dramatispersonae]

On the rim of the bowl, words are carved; you'd have to follow them around to read everything.

The bowl is filled with white ash. Nestled in it are the two halves of a great white egg, and held between them is the smoky thing. It's pretty formless, but in its movements you can make out the features of a gaunt, humanoid face, screwed up in pain.

Riku

[dramatispersonae]

Re: Riku

[inherited]

[heads straight to the bowl]

Re: Riku

[dramatispersonae]

On the rim of the bowl, words are carved; you'd have to follow them around to read everything.

The bowl is filled with white ash. Nestled in it are the two halves of a great white egg, and held between them is the smoky thing. It's pretty formless, but in its movements you can make out the features of a gaunt, humanoid face, screwed up in pain.

Re: Riku

[inherited]

[can he reach in and touch the eggs...?]

Re: Riku

[dramatispersonae]

They're deadly cold. You may want to pull away before you get stuck there.

There's a click. Images carve themselves on the glass walls: a flowering tree over the angular lights, a leafy tree over the starbursts, and a tree laden with apples over the coiling lights. Around each tree appears the outline of a door. You hear Firebird's voice.

"Where will you go first? Remember that you need three keys; use the time you are bound to wisely."