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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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Anything noteworthy upon first walking in there? ]
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[Dining room! It's quite nice, if you ignore the really overgrown plants. The kitchen is over there, but there's this big wooden padlock nailed all over the entrance.
All else is as you see on that image. How do you explore, Yi Sang?]
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Okay though, he should let the others know. Can he check that round screen/window in the middle? It looks like there's text to read. ]
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It seems to be a terminal that can be used with a small keyboard. There's currently at the top a request:]
-- Please write here what you would like for dinner and your name. I will have it ready at dinnertime.
Kirumi Tojo --
[What do you want for dinner, Yi Sang?]
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Yi Sang types in "tteobokki and gimbap". ]
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Your input was accepted! I wonder what will happen with that in the future.
For now, it's time to check other spots of this dining hall. Go ahead!]
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...huh. There's a tray with a teapot. The teapot is steaming a little, hinting it's freshly made. If Yi Sang gets his face closer, he'll feel a truly fantastic aroma.
The only reason it's under the table is because I assume if it had been on top it'd have been noticeable upon entering right away, instead of having to search around for stuff, hah]
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It smells nice though! Is it worth examining it a bit more? ]
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They're having a conversation.
When it's over, they disappear. The teapot is still there, though, and now there's something scribbled on the teapot with Kirumi's neat handwriting.
'I am not used to interactions outside the scope of my job, even among my peers. I could get used to it someday.'
The tea is free for drinking, if Yi Sang wants some. It's of excellent quality, as you may guess!]
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He hopes the that her time here was meaningful then. He also like the tea!
Any else special? He might take a glance at the padlock in front of the kitchen and the funny thing with all the speakers above the table. ]
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The padlock is of a ridiculously big size! And it's 3D and all! But from what Yi Sang can see...it's not the most resistant kind of wood ever. It won't break easily, but with the right tools, it might be good enough...
A tool such as, for example, an axe. Or excessive strength.
As for the funny thing over there, it seems to be a speaker system of some sort. Examining it doesn't make anyone talk through it, but...Hm? There's...there's some unnatural darkness inside the speaker themselves. If only there was a light...]
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