[FIREBIRD EXPLORE - NOON]

[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.

Comments

Suzaku

[dramatispersonae]

Re: Suzaku

[regrets]

[checks out the mirror]

Re: Suzaku

[dramatispersonae]

It's looking pretty reflective up there.

Re: Suzaku

[regrets]

[... okay. checkin' out the bowl]

Re: Suzaku

[dramatispersonae]

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.

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

Re: Suzaku

[regrets]

[following around and reading ...]

Re: Suzaku

[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.

Re: Suzaku

[regrets]

[places one of the tokens on the giant humanoid face. the rules only said PROBABLY ...]

Re: Suzaku

[dramatispersonae]

Unfortunately, you probably find it back in your hand as soon as it leaves your fingers. . .

Tsuzuki

[dramatispersonae]

Re: Tsuzuki

[suicidewatch]

[looking at the bowl]

Re: Tsuzuki

[dramatispersonae]

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.

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

Re: Tsuzuki

[suicidewatch]

[...face...

following the words around to read]

Re: Tsuzuki

[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.

Re: Tsuzuki

[suicidewatch]

Huh...

[not touching the bowl, and gives it one more read before checking out the wall where light is moving in starbursts]

Re: Tsuzuki

[dramatispersonae]

The walls are warm. Whatever the lights are, they're on the other side. They make you dizzy.

Re: Tsuzuki

[suicidewatch]

[tries touching the wall]

Kaworu

[dramatispersonae]

Re: Kaworu

[odetojoy]

[checking the bowl in the middle]

Re: Kaworu

[dramatispersonae]

An exciting choice! On the rim of the bowl, words are carved; you have to follow them around to read everything.

Re: Kaworu

[odetojoy]

[doing that, yes :3c]

Re: Kaworu

[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.

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: Kaworu

[odetojoy]

[uh-huh. That means I can't pick up the parts of the egg, right? poking them anyway]

Re: Kaworu

[dramatispersonae]

They're frozen in place! It's deadly cold. You may want to pull away before you get stuck there.

However, when you touch the egg, 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."

Re: Kaworu

[odetojoy]

[laughs]

All right.

[going through the door with flowering tree]