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Kirumi Tojo's Palace | The Ultimate Maid's Failures
By now everyone may be used to find themselves in bizarre locations, between going into palaces and visiting Nekyia. It might not come as a surprise that it has happened again.
What might come as a surprise, though...is how empty this place is.
All around you there's nothing more than a large, gray, featureless expanse. In the distance there seem to be bars, curving upwards to gather so, so high above you, possibly hundreds of miles above, so high it’s hard to distinguish.
It’s a cage. So unfathomably large. You could escape, were you to get to the edges of the cage, but...it would take forever. No matter how you look at it, you're trapped. The atmosphere is so...hopeless. Devoid of anything even remotely positive.
Not that you want to hang around for long, do you? After all, this is someone's palace. Not a place to stick around at. What to do, though?
It’s all so...empty. Silent. Featureless. A flat expanse of hard gray tiles.
Gather together, everyone. Gather and choose a direction. North, East, West, South. All directions look completely identical, but could it affect your time in this place, somehow? Probably not. But all treks start with the first step. Perhaps, if you get moving, you'll progress?
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[ soujuurou will run after that piece of paper!? maybe it’s a clue? or maybe he just likes running (no he doesn’t). ]
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[ TIME TO JOG ALONG?? You're not getting away, paper friend. ]
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It's like it's taunting you all. It's just out of reach even for a tall person like McGillis. One person alone sure wouldn't be able to grasp it]
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[ soujuurou stares at the piece of paper, hands on his hips and wondering if this is really worth it. it has to be, right? ]
Should we climb on your shoulders, McGillis?
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[ Since he's... definitely way heavier and cannot and should not climb anybody else. God, this is starting off stupid already. ]
You think you can manage?
[ He'll bow down a little and hold out his hands as a step to use. ]
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[ soujuurou steps on mcgillis’ hand, using the man’s shoulder as support. after a couple seconds, his body is perfectly steady and he moves to, yep, slowly stand up on his shoulders.
hope mcgillis is ready to hold a whole total of 61kg of soujuurou. ]
This is pretty difficult, but I think I can manage.
[ can he reach out now??? ]
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Take a look, you three. It's...
...it's trash, no doubt. Seems to be a flyer of some sort. The great majority of it is unreadable, stained with smudged ink, with dirt, with...tar? Weird. There's a round logo in a corner, but it's not possible to see what it is. Touching it seems to leave Soujuurou's hands stained with black and white ink.
That said, there are two things that can be seen. One, the word 'AUDITIONS' is the only thing legible here.
The second thing, is a small map. A dot, and an arrow pointing towards the northwest.
When Sayaka, McGillis, and Soujuurou blink, though, they find themselves back with everyone else. Feel free to tell the rest what you encountered!]
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But McGillis is also tough and muscular and stubborn, so he stands as a perfectly still ladder for Soujuurou to grab the paper from.
And now... REGROUPING. Well, that was convenient. ]
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...Let's regroup with the others.
[This can't be what she's thinking. This can't, this can't--her chest already feels tight.]
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very convenient regrouping session, though. yay. ]