[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]

[for both, the lights flash three times and then lock -- you can't change them anymore. there are also two clicks!

nothing else happens yet, though -- better search around some more.]

[glorious]

[I assume there's something behind the picture of the pleased statue?]

[dramatispersonae]

[CORRECTING FOR ERROR, let's switch the pleased and stern photographs, so the pleased one is on the locked cabinet and the stern one is framed on the wall.

so you have uncovered and lit up the two gem clusters behind the stern and scared photos! for the pleased one you need to find a key to the cabinet and also get a look at the colour combination still.

you might notice something under the counter with the locked cabinet, though -- a flat copper bird!]

[glorious]

[Lets go ahead and place that flat copper bird in the stylized bird indent.]

[...I don't believe I checked under the couch yet either.]

[dramatispersonae]

[copper snake under the couch :Db]

[glorious]

[Marvelous! Lets put that in the snake indent as well.]

[dramatispersonae]

[the bars disappear! you are free to go in and out of the house again]

[glorious]

[And now I can go check out that pleased statue behind the house!]

[dramatispersonae]

[

there is also a copper pickaxe leaned against the wall next to it.]

[glorious]

[...I am already touting a bunch of stuff around but I am pretty sure I can add that pickaxe to the pile too.]

[Lets go back inside and input that color combination for the pleased one like so:

]

[dramatispersonae]

[you can't access the gem cluster in a locked cabinet...]

[glorious]

[...Oh it's inside the cabinet. Right. I-I knew that.]

[...I suppose I will be looking for a key. Lets go back outside and make sure there wasn't anything I missed by the pick-axe.]

[dramatispersonae]

[nothing you missed, but -- the cat's outside now. it looks at you expectantly and then trots off down the path.]

[glorious]

[...I guess I should follow that cat.]

[dramatispersonae]

[it stops by the large, flawed crystal cluster at the beginning of the path and sits by it, yawning.]

[glorious]

[...I'm not petting you, but I will be looking around the crystal cluster to see if there was something I missed.]

[dramatispersonae]

[you can hear very faint peeping when you're close to it]

[glorious]

[...trying to look for the source.]

Hello?

[dramatispersonae]

[it's coming from...inside the crystal?]

[glorious]

[...knocking on it. How fragile is it?]

[dramatispersonae]

[not fragile enough to break with just your hands]

[glorious]

[Clearly that is what the pick-axe is for.]

[dramatispersonae]

[it shatters under the pickaxe!

out falls a brass key! and another flaming bird for your shoulder]

[glorious]

[...Thankfully this one isn't setting me on fire. Giving it a little pat on the head before picking up the key.]

[Now I can go and unlock that cabinet, yes?]

[dramatispersonae]

[you can!

when you input the final set of gem colours, there's a rumble and a trapdoor opens in the middle of the house's floor. it's dimly lit, and there's a ladder leading down.]