[selenia's quest.]

[dramatispersonae]

[wherever you are now, it's grey and half-lit; not quite day yet, but not too dark either.]

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[dramatispersonae]

[the key warms a little under your hand and vanishes! the door swings open.

goodness it's dark in there]

[glorious]

[. . .

steeeepping inside]

Hello?

[dramatispersonae]

[lights come up!

. . . and also copper bars slide up behind you, barring the doorway]

[glorious]

[aofd;sfj;!]

[...But I can see around me, at least?]

[dramatispersonae]

[yes! it's a one-room cabin, and the light source isn't visible; let's go through it by wall.

wall one has the barred doorway. in the wall around the door are three indents: they are shaped like a stylized cat, a stylized bird, and a stylized snake.

wall two has a counter with three drawers and two cabinets, all closed right now. hung above the counter is a framed photo of a humanoid statue with a pleased expression.

wall three has a closed window that looks out on the back of the house, a white couch with two red pillows on it, and a table with a plate of birdseed on it.

wall four has another counter with two cabinets. one of the cabinets has a keyhole, and a photograph of the stern humanoid statue tacked to it. there is also a framed photo hanging above this counter, of one of the scared humanoids.

all the statues in the photos are missing their gems.]

[glorious]

[...Probably should have grabbed those gems when I had the chance.]

[Very well. I suppose I will see if the drawers on the counter of wall two are locked.]

[dramatispersonae]

[one of the cabinets is locked. the other cabinet holds a flat, stylized copper cat. two of the drawers are empty; the bottommost one holds a shaker full of pepper.]

[glorious]

[...taking the copper cat and the pepper (just in case). Then taking a look at the non-keyhole'd cabinet by wall four.]

[dramatispersonae]

[there's a fat fire bird in here |D it flutters onto your head as soon as you open the cabinet.]

[glorious]

[!!!]

Ah, hello. Is this your home?

[dramatispersonae]

[cheep cheep?

it's not very helpfully communicative, but it's not setting your head on fire either.]

[glorious]

[Well, better to be polite than suddenly on fire.]

[Taps the plate of bird seed, then moves to look out the window.]

[dramatispersonae]

[it ignores the birdseed.

there's a humanoid statue just under the window outside, but you can't really make out its details from this angle.]

[glorious]

[It most likely has a pleased expression.]

[Taking a fistful of birdseed since the bird doesn't want it and pocketing it, then trying to fit the stylized copper cat into the stylized cat indent.]

[dramatispersonae]

[it fits perfectly!]

[glorious]

[...But I am still trapped. And I lack a key for the locked cabinets.]

[I suppose I can try looking behind the photographs.]

[dramatispersonae]

[behind the one taped to the cabinet is just cabinet door.

behind the other two are slightly sunken areas with seven colorless gems embedded in the wall like so:

]

[glorious]

[...So I needed the gems but the door behind me is sealed.]

[...Can I open the window?]

[dramatispersonae]

[do you? there don't seem to be gems missing from the arrangements of seven

the window is locked and unbreakable.]

[glorious]

[...This is why you don't tag so late in the evening.]

[Poking the gems, seeing if they do anything/give at all.]

[dramatispersonae]

[if you touch a gem once, it turns red. touch it again and it turns blue. touch it again and it turns yellow. a fourth time and it's colourless again.]

[glorious]

[...Lets try this:

]

[dramatispersonae]

[which cluster do you do that on -- the stern one or the scared one?]

[glorious]

[scared one first. lets see what happens.]

[dramatispersonae]

[nothing happens]