❧ Kunzite (Game 23)

[dramatispersonae]

You find yourselves in an ornate garden maze, hedges towering high above your head. If you continue to look up, you’ll see a dark sky, glittering with bright stars in unrecognizable constellations. The moon is full and bright. The leaves of the hedges are dense and dark green, riddled with bunches of tiny white flowers and the occasional cluster of red berries.

There are four exits around in the hedge around you, and a gazebo hung heavily with blossoming vines in the center of the small clearing. The air is hushed and quiet; your voices are clear, but other sounds are muffled, as if unwilling to break the silence.

Comments

❧ start

[dramatispersonae]

If you move closer to the gazebo, you will find an intricate compass pattern set into the aging stones. There are a set of six chests here. Each has a word emblazoned on it in ornate gold lettering. The six words are:

strength ❧ foresight ❧ ingenuity ❧ caution ❧ ruthlessness ❧ reasonThey are all locked. You do, however, have two keys.

Re: ❧ start

[antreegonist]

*pretty!*

Ah...a choice, huh?

Re: ❧ start

[heteronormative]

Huh. So we're supposed to pick which ones we like?

Re: ❧ start

[antreegonist]

I guess...the two that most appeal to Kunzite as a team?

Re: ❧ start

[odetojoy]

Yes.

Should we vote?

Re: ❧ start

[labelledamesansmerci]

At least it is two, and not simply one.

Re: ❧ start

[antreegonist]

Yes, that makes it easier. And they all have their good points.

Re: ❧ start

[odetojoy]

We should decide what is more important, I suppose.

Re: ❧ start

[antreegonist]

Yes.

Ah, it's nice to be working together with you guys.

Re: ❧ start

[asdflkjgh]

[thoughful ...]

Re: ❧ start

[labelledamesansmerci]

It's a rather difficult choice.

Re: ❧ start

[asdflkjgh]

[nods. touches strength?]

❧ which two chests do you open?

[dramatispersonae]

Re: ❧ which two chests do you open?

[heteronormative]

[Strength and Ingenuity]

❧ strength

[dramatispersonae]

You have received: a longsword, the hilt embedded with pale pink gems.

Re: ❧ strength

[heteronormative]

I'll take this, I guess.

[yoink]

❧ ingenuity

[dramatispersonae]

You have received: a long piece of chain, a roll of duct tape, and a pair of gardening shears.

Re: ❧ ingenuity

[antreegonist]

*picks up the gardening shears*

May I...?

Re: ❧ ingenuity

[labelledamesansmerci]

[picks up the chain :o]

Re: ❧ ingenuity

[asdflkjgh]

[duct tape...]

❧ which direction do you move in?

[dramatispersonae]

[All exits appear the same, unless you have Reason or Foresight.]

Re: ❧ which direction do you move in?

[heteronormative]

So which way should we go, guys?

Re: ❧ which direction do you move in?

[labelledamesansmerci]

Perhaps any direction is as good as another?

Re: ❧ which direction do you move in?

[antreegonist]

*GOING EAST*

❧ EAST

[dramatispersonae]

You head into the maze to the East. Immediately after entering the hedged path, there is a click; a black iron gate shoots up behind you, blocking the way back into the clearing.