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[dramatispersonae]

[there is, very faintly, the sound of music coming from somewhere.]

((#smallscenario))

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THE CROSSROADS

[performing]

A huge moon hangs low and dominant in the sky, providing just enough light to see by. You are standing at a crossroads. Several clear paths fan out before you, and one trails off into darkness behind you. There is a faintly-glowing signpost set in your midst.

Every now and then, if you strain your ears, you can hear distant clattering sounds, like chains clinking together. Otherwise, everything is very still.

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[brotagonist]

...that's not ominous at all...

[checks out the signpost!]

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[blackjacked]

. . .

[listening carefully while he investigates signpost :|a!]

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[sirenes]

Red . . . ?

[WHAT'S WITH THIS SIGNPOST]

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[oneknightstands]

Where are we?

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[uroboric]

[walking a little down the dark path to see if she can see down it at all]

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[unwieldyfate]

Where...?

[looking around, trying to find the source of the clattering]

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[appleofhiseye]

Ah...

[taking a look at the signpost]

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[ganbareist]

[hhuh...

looks down the pathways, are they leading anywhere we can see other than the one heading into darknessss?]

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[righthandsmoke]

[Uh.]

[. . . Yeah, checking out the signpost]

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[brociopath]

...Hm.

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[doesnothappen]

[stares around for a second and then walks back into the darkness]

THE CIRCUS

[performing]

The path is a little narrow and a little awkward, but there's no reason you can't just tromp on the grass itself. In some places it's probably a little easier. The dark fades somewhat as you walk, shading to semi-dim ambience.

The circus that stands at the end of the path has certainly seen better days. The tents are patchworked in places and dirty and only about three-quarters of the lights are working. Still, cheery music pipes from somewhere, so it doesn't seem completely abandoned.

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[ganbareist]

[I am ok with just trompin' on grass. Interesting...]

Sorry for intruding.

[I will explore the tent grounds then =|a Where is the music coming from?...]

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[righthandsmoke]

Pretty empty . . .

[following the sound of music, but also keeping an eye out for any sign of people moving about the different tents]

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[brotagonist]

...everywhere you go leads to the same places, huh?

[heading for the rattiest looking tent]

THE BLACK ORDER

[performing]

It gets brighter the further you walk down this path, the night shading into roughly midday. The path is rocky and takes a bit of navigating, especially as it begins to slant upward, more and more steeply as you approach the building. At the end are steps which are practically vertical; good luck climbing.

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[sirenes]

Whoa . . .

[TRYING TO HENSHIN!]

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[deadlyfurniture]

[luckily I have been climbing the cliffs on a semi-regular basis since we got here, we good with climbing]

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[appleofhiseye]

[those stairs look intimidating. GONNA TRY ANYWAY...]

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[blackjacked]

[ACROBAT I can handle vertical stairs. glancing at Hikaru before starting the ascent]

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[unwieldyfate]

[WE ALSO GONNA TRY TO CLIMB THOSE STAIRS]

????????????????????????????????????

[performing]

You reach a new landscape. The light here is ambient, pale gray. The ground is lined in a checkerboard pattern and there are crosses growing out of the ground, bent and at angles, like trees. In the very center of the area is a skeletal figure, dressed in the tattered remains of a suit, with a broken tophat. Across the visor that serves as its eyes is the name: MANA. Its head swings in your direction.

"Ah... ah... I'm so hungry ..."

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[uroboric]

This guy's got this kinda creepy shit hidden away in here, huh?

[t-t-transforming as a precaution because what]

AATHER(?)

[performing]

The path here is wide and open free. There is a faint blueish glow to the path that gets progressively stronger the further down you go. It gets brighter the closer you get to your destination, too; after about ten minutes of walking, it is bright as midday.

The place you reach looks like a mishmash of Beauty's Forest and Three's Realm: there are twelve cabins in a semi-circle, with Onyx's tower on one end and Sterling's old cave on the other. The path winds on, around a tree heavy with apples, and disappears off to the right, towards a facsimile of the Ring behind the setup. Over the populated area is pretty clear.

And populated it is; there seems to be more people here than are in Aather proper, going about their daily lives. Some of them are more solidified than others, but everyone is interacting as if they don't notice.

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[oneknightstands]

[:o so many peopleee]

So this must be Beauty's realm.

[following the path, taking a look at the tree when he gets closer]

--

[performing]

Inside is a plain white room. There is nothing in here but a piano with an odd structure floating over it.

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[oneknightstands]

[glances about the room, then moves forward to examine the piano and the structure above it]