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⇨ THE ATHENAEUM

Who: Everyone!
When: Day 47 - Day 58 ish
Where: The Athenaeum
What: The carnival arrives at book world. First week, they'll be performing for magical manifestations of book characters. Second week, it's time to hunt (for books, in the library.) Around Day 58 some stuff will occur.
Warnings: Reading is mandatory.

FAERIE TALES↴

Though the carnival will be performing for its guests in the first week, they are welcome to search the Athenaeum while they are off duty during that time. The manifestations of story characters will be out in full force during performance week, with animals, people, objects, and even locations growing out from various tales. Most are distracting at worst, and will be curious to check out the carnival. Some, however, can be as dangerous as they were in their stories of origin. You know what to do.

► IT'S TIME TO ROLEPLAY: The best way to deal with book ghosts is to follow their narrative to its logical conclusion - turn the tables, work the story so it ends in your favour! Naturalistic and narratively satisfying plotting will have the manifestations following your lead. However, push too hard and introduce too many plot holes, inconsistencies, or illogical plot twists, and they will reject your reality utterly, becoming quite aggressive in the process. You can also use your natural abilities and powers to fight them in a traditional sense, but in the Ringmaster's experience, it's best to fight reality benders by bending reality right back at them. If you aren't careful, it's possible to be dragged fully into a story's reality, and then things get really messed up.

► IT'S ALSO TIME TO READ: The carnival came here for a purpose, and that purpose is to research. Specifically, the Ringmaster is looking for information on the Queen's Miracles - the set of ancient fae artifacts that the Blue Rose is one of. The carnival needs these artifacts to defend itself, but nobody knows where they've been for thousands of years. That's what the books are for. However, nothing is stopping you from pursuing knowledge for personal reasons. The halls are open to your perusal, and only your heart can guide you to the book you truly seek. Check the plot post to see what's allowed, and sign up to find plot info or other important game information below.

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Aaah, perhaps.

I, the man Gongenzaka, would almost wonder if we're being 'fooled' into a heist, [he mutters, not feeling themselves truly 'fooled' at all suffice to say.] A non-harmful game should be easy enough however! ...If we know of where it will take place, at least...

[There's the tower after all. So.] Hmmm.

...We should perhaps make certain no one is inside, first...

I think that's going to be on us to figure out. [Yuya kind of misses just solving problems like these with his dueling.

He looks up as they approach the base of the tower. It's white, thin, covered in ivy with a few small windows and a door. Otherwise, it's pretty unassuming. Yuya decides to check for anyone living inside it like any reasonable person would: approaching the door and knocking.] Hello?

[Nothing happens for a minute. And then two. So Yuya just tries to open it.

It's unlocked.] Hellooo? It's dark in here.

Hmmmm...I, the man Gongenzaka, do not mind this, but...

[...Well it'd be nice to know what they have to work with, really. Gongenzaka's ears twitch as he looks the building over, trying to listen or smell for any other presences. Peering ahead at least, he has a slight advantage over Yuuya.] Mm, quite...though I, the man Gongenzaka, can still make out a fair bit.

[One would hope, with eyes glowing like that, GON.]

[The building sounds eerily quiet. Yuya squints, as if that's going to help him see in the darkness.

Well, seems empty, so he's going to push the door the rest of the way open and waltz right inside. It's covered in enough dust to be long abandoned, a desk visible on the lower floor and some chairs and a bookshelf. And starting in the back a long, thin wood staricase spiraling up and up to the very top of the tower, to the only other floor.

The bunny clings tighter to Gongenzaka in fright.] I-if it's this easy to get in, then someone probably already has the eyeglass!

[That is a risk... or would be, if not for the fact they were in a story and this is following a script. So Yuya just flashes her a reassuring grin.] We won't know until we look ourselves, right? There's probably something else here, so keep your eyes open.

[As if Yuya doesn't have the worst eyesight for this of all four of them.]

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Do not fear, [Gongenzaka assures the animals on his back.] Should anything occur, I, the man Gongenzaka, shall make certain that you are safe!

[gon what about you]

Hmmm...that aside, there does not seem to be anyone at This floor... ...perhaps some magic to test the road ahead, is necessary after all...

Do we have any magic for that? [They're not exactly the biggest magicians in the carnival. Either way, since the bottom floor seems pretty empty, and this is a story...]

It's probably at the top of the tower. [He points up before approaching the staircase. As this is not a big tower, the staircase isn't very wide either... and Yuya looks skeptically at Gongenzaka's large form, not sure if he's going to fit.]

[YUUYA....] .........I, the man Gongenzaka, am only going to be searching out for if there is anyone lying in wait after all...

One would presume they have a spirit of some kind, would they not?

[But also...Hrm. He looks at the stairwell.] ....Ah...

...This...could be a problem....

Maybe? [Yuya shrugs, not the soul expert here. He glances between Gongenzaka and the staircase again.]

Guess you have to walk up the wall anyway. [His expression twists wryly before he takes a couple steps up the stairs. Both the bunny and the badger look a little apprehensive about that, so he waves to them.] You can take the stairs if you want!

[Technically, Gon could too, it just might be precarious.]

Hmmm.... [He's not super sure about the wall either, because it means leaving Everyone Inside...] I, the man Gongenzaka, shall attempt the stairs-it will be just as simple to keep footing there, as out upon the wall, after all.

[But that said-he closes his eyes, if only to focus for a moment. Do books even have souls?? This is probably Super Weird and might even fail due to it being outside book rules.]

If you want. [Yuya would totally have taken the wall.

Either way he continues up the stairs. The bunny and the badger carefully slide off Gongenzaka seemss follow him up, which leaves Gon to take up the rear.

His spirit sensing won't find anything, certainly.]

[On the plus side, they have a wall of a defense behind them. On the downside, they now have a whole wall behind them, or...something. Regardless.

He takes his 'empty sense' as a 'safe'.] Hmm! ...At the least, I, the man Gongenzaka, do not...Sense anything...

[He'll be anxiously sniffing as they head up these stairs though. Hrm.]

[And so the four of them creep up the stairs. That whole affair is uneventful, and the upper floor (that thankfully has enough space for Gongenzaka to fit through, barely) appears to be another study. There's a desk with a book on it, a chair covered under a sheet, a bookshelf with only one book on it, and some maps in frames along the walls. There's a locked chest in the corner. In place of a bed is a couch with a blanket neatly folded, though everything's under a bit of dust. No one's been here for a while, it seems.

Yuya glances around, approaching the chest first and kneeling to observe it.]

I guess--[He sneezes.] I guess the magician hasn't been here in a while...

Hmm... [There is a pause, as Gongenzaka squeezes through and starts sniffing around-a cloud of dust launches into his nose, and he immediately gives a thunderous sneeze.]

HFf-CH! HMNH!

KHF! Huh! ... ...That is certainly what it appears... ...So then, where would one find the lens...

[Their animal friends jump as the sound, startled. Yuya is significantly less phased, trying to open the chest. It's locked, of course.]

Uh, I guess just look around? [He shakes the chest, glancing around.] Maybe there's a key somewhere...

Hmmm... Saah, I, the man Gongenzaka, shall do my best... [Though, he does look toward the lock briefly, squinting at it. He wonders if...

...No, no, he will search diligently for this key, even if it means lifting up shelving units to check under them.

Which he is doing by the way. Lifting stuff.]

[Well, the shelving units won't lift. But the book on the shelf does.

And when it does, the ground below Gon will shift, the floor and bookshelf spinning suddenly and flipping him on the other side of the wall. There's a muffled "Gongenzaka?!" as he disappears.

It's dark, and really cramped.]

[MUFFLED FOX YELPING]

AUH-!!! [Well there he goes. And it's strangely easy for him to end up head over heels over...everything when he gets slammed in there.

Oh. Oh it's cramped.] .................I... I AM ALRIGHT..!

[HE'S SUPER NOT]

I'll try and get you out! [Yuya has no idea how to try and get him out.

If Gongenzaka tries to move, there's not much room. But he might feel a hook sticking out of one part of the wall, and something hanging off it. On the other side, there's loud rummaging as Yuya tries to figure out how to trigger the bookcase again.]

Mngg...that will be...quite impressive, as I, the man Gongenzaka, do not even understand what I did beyond attempt to lift the shelf...

[Is he grumbling, he may be grumbling. All the same, his tail brushes against that hook, and he tries to crane his head awkwardly around everything to squint at it in the dark.]

Mnn? ...There is something in here, [He mutters, groping around to grab the hanging object with a vine.]

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[Yuya runs his hands over the wall, trying to find a trigger.] If it's a trap door, there's got to be a way to... eh?

[Something could be a lot of things. In this case, it happens to be a key, but Yuya can't tell that from the wrong side of the shelf.] What is it?

Ahhh...I, the man Gongenzaka, suppose... [He grunts, mostly just trying to get more 'upright' back there.] ...Hmm!

[At least he's nabbed what was on the hook.] I, the man Gongenzaka, may have found that key we had searched for, Yuuya..!

...of course, now there is the matter of getting out...

Really?! [That's great, but there's still thrr matter of getting Gon and the key on the other side.]

Uh. Can you try doing what you did in reverse? It's just a wall over here... [So it must be one sided, but Yuya crouches down to try and find an emergency switch anyway.]

Hrrmm...

Stand back from the shelf for now, but... [He feels around, trying to find anything different about the wall. Worst comes to it...he supposes he can try pulling on that hook?]

[The hook doesn't budge. Gon's side really just has the bookshelf and the book.

Yuya waits approximately three seconds before offering the alternative.] Can you just break your way out?

[What's a little property damage, anyway.]

Hrmmmm...

[.............] Absolutely make certain that you are standing safe distance away...

[OH BOY]

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