The City of the Specter, Atem's Palace

[metagame]

The corpse sinks to the floor
Even the brightest gold, even the sharpest blade
Becomes sand, becomes dust

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[metagame]

The Naga aren't sure what to do. A few of you seem innocent. And Soujuurou completely non-existent.

"He's right. We should bring them all to the Pharaoh and the Great Priests. This isn't our jurisdiction."

"But how? They're not opening the gates for anyone."

"We can try sending word by falcon. Maybe that'll do the trick?"

"I don't get enough bread for this..."

"Foreigners, you're hereby arrested in the holy name of Pharaoh Atem! Come quietly or face the consequences!"

[emptyself]

[ he's just frozen in fear. that's all. ]

[prozaic]

[Hmmm. Shalem gingerly raises his tail and wraps it around Soujuurou's wrist to pull him along. Come on, kid.]

[emptyself]

[ wait why is he being rounded up by one of his own!!?!? ]

Why are you bringing me with you? I'm already being arrested with you guys.

[ maybe he wants to ensure that soujuurou receives the punishment that he apparently deserves?? ]

[townmusician]

[well thank god this can't reach the tabloids back home....................]

[privatedomicile]

[Jesse puts his hands up.]

Aw shit, guys, our master criminal plan has been foiled! Guess we gotta face holy judgement!

[emptyself]

I don't want to face holy judgment!!!

[ wait why is no one rounding him up. ]

[townmusician]

...It's like you're invisible.

[sorry soujuurou haruka is laughing at you]

[prozaic]

[✨Victory✨

Shalem, having been shirtless this whole time, is now pulling his shirt back on, but the jacket stays off, and the tunic gets turned into a neckscarf. HE'S READY TO GO TO JAIL, FAM.]

[townmusician]

[aw man the shirt is back on........]

[ledbythewind]

[DENIED EVEN THIS IN THEIR TIME OF NEED??]

[finalmix]

[ breathing a sigh of relief because the plan Worked ]

Oh, we'll come.

[ it sounds like a ✨Threat✨ except see icon ]

[bloodweapon]

[This might as well happen, he supposes. As long as they aren't trying to confiscate his weapon, we'll probably be fine.]

[strawsandals]

[metagame]

The guards and their baboons take you to the palace gates. It takes them some finagling, but they manage to get word to a Great Priest inside. And not a moment longer, the gates open for the exchange of prisoners, a disgruntled looking man with several guards behind him waiting on the other side. If you saw a picture of Mafuyu's horrible looking puppet, he might even seem familiar to you!

"Hn... so these are the so-called conspirators? They don't look like much," the priest sneers, disgusted by your very presence, "Come along."

And into the palace you go! Congratulations on the successful (???) infiltration.

As you're lead further into the palace, you may notice along the walls are various elaborately painted murals, and thanks to Braphine's magic you are able to read the hieroglyphs also present.

The priest stops right outside what's probably the throne room, and turns to address his guards, "Keep them here until I send word and court is in session. They escape, and its your heads I'll be showing the Pharaoh instead."

Wow, that guy is CRANKY. And gone before you're able to interact with him. Sorry I am not playing a Kaiba-face for more than this post. Bite me.

> investigate the mural?

[prozaic]

[Never one to stay away from ART, Shalem is letting go of Soujuurou's wrist to immediately study and appreciate the mural. Y'all can go negotiate or explore or whatever, he's gonna look at this for a while.]

[townmusician]

[Well, since the sniddies are currently covered, the murals are the best thing to look at. What do we have here? Any cool lil guys?]

[bloodweapon]

[Wow, can't believe you'd deny us the chance to interact with a Kaiba-face. But yeah, let's check out that mural! Fray's specifically looking at the hieroglyphs to see what they say.]

[emptyself]

[ well if his death is imminent but his presence is ignored, then... is the entrance to the throne room closed? ]

[beautifulknight]

[ ...Geez, someone rolled up on the wrong side of the Nile.

But, anyway, yes, let us investigate and see what's going on mural-wise! ]

[pointzeropercent]

[He'll talk to the guards instead of Kaiba-face, still keeping up the scared act.]

What's gonna happen to us?

[moodwrecker]

[Checking the mural, sure! There's nothing else to do while they wait.]

[beautifulknight]

[ Can't believe he's getting arrested...even in just a palace mindscape. ]

Very well. We shall comply.

[ Argenti does not put up resistance and will head along whenever; though we might have a problem if they try to bind wrists or like take away weapons. Other than that, it should be fine. ]

[cleansewithfire]

[ This may as well happen she guesses. ]

[ledbythewind]

[No one in Windor can ever find out about this...]