⇨ DANGEROUS ENCOUNTERS

[ringleaders]

Who: Anyone out in the library.
When: Day 59
Where: The Athenaeum
What: Towards the end of the visit, we are visited by a series of worrisome NPCs, who may or may not be illusions. There will be at least 5 NPC toplevels posted overall, all happening in a similar time period ICly (in rough chronological order), so not everyone needs to be in every thread.
Warnings: Possibility of very real danger to anyone who participates. Remember that Sans has told everyone to travel in groups, so if you aren't, you'll probably get a scolding later.

TURNING THE PAGE↴ As the carnival continues to explore the Athenaeum in the pursuit of more information about the legendary Miracles, the tension is thick with the knowledge that the Summer Court could be in pursuit any day now. On Day 59, a series of threatening encounters will begin manifesting - but are they real, or an illusion?

Comments

[scientificist]

Herbert sighs, and is ready to walk forward into the water when....Lapis fully just disappears. Only the shape of the water creature remains. He's apparently too late, in some way that honestly makes zero sense to him but he's done. It's very clear to him that he's not the person who should be handling this. He's a doctor and a scientist and there is no corpse left to reanimate and the people on the radio were wrong.

His best move now is to back away from the pond and out of the scenario, his sword dissolving as he does so. If he finds someone already searching he can guide them back, and they can do something.

[npcarnival]

She stares at the floating gem in fascination long enough that by the time she clasps it in her hand and looks out of the water, Herbert is already gone. Still, she smiles.

With such an interesting new toy, she can't bring herself to care.

[stompadour]

It takes Jasper a bit to find Herbert, because she hasn't spent much time looking through the library herself, never having been much of a fan of reading. When she does find him she isn't out of breath, exactly, for reasons that have been covered extensively so far, but her eyes are wild and angry and desperate. Less than a second passes between her spotting Herbert and her grabbing him by the front of the shirt so that his feet leave the ground.

"Where is she."

[scientificist]

For a moment, Herbert foolishly feels relieved when he sees Jasper headed for him. And then she hoists him off the ground for possibly the third time.

"Will you just--!" he begins tensely, hands grabbing at her hand. "I can hardly lead you there like this!"

[stompadour]

"Ugh," says Jasper, and practically tosses him to the ground in impatient irritation. "Where is she??"