Kirumi Tojo's Palace | The Ultimate Maid's Failures

[kandata]

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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dining room recap

[idealitas]

[ Yi Sang will return! ]

The dining room had a memory of Kirumi talking with a young man named Shuichi. I assume he's a fellow student and participant in the killing game.

She's so dedicated to her occupation and role as a maid... it seemed difficult for her to understand Shuichi wanted to spend time with her than give her orders like her employers. She made him tea, and there was a tray of tea available in the room that was prepared by her, supposedly. It's very good.

[ Yi Sang has decent enough social intelligence to feel a bit sorry for the guy. ]

But there was a message on the teapot I found that said she wished to spend time with her like that, than be a maid.

[ As for other important room things. ]

The entry to the kitchen is locked with a wooden padlock. It seems like it could be broken with a tool meant for such like an axe, if a key isn't found.

[beautifulknight]

If necessary, and we find neither, my spear is large enough to destroy it.

[ His spear is very big and like, is even taller than him... ]

[idealitas]

I would agree with that. It is rather unusual for a lock to be make of wood, given that it isn't as durable as metal.

[vogelfrei]

Soujuurou and I saw a memory of her speaking to that same boy. She took him for her temporary master while they were stuck in the school - and she'd wanted to be employed by him for real after all this was over.

Apparently she serves those she sees potential in, because she wants them to reach that potential.

[idealitas]

I see then. That provides good context... She is very dedicated.

[prozaic]

What if we were to try to break the lock first, and then look for a key or an axe later. We have weapons, after all. [Like his staff.]

[idealitas]

Yes. I would hope we would not need an axe as we progress... But I suppose things don't have to make sense here.

[ in spite of Kirumi being a serious person. ]

[destage]

Oh, do you guys need an axe?

[Here's Sayaka and Fray with one! It's got a weird key carving on it, too.]

Guess we have excellent timing!

[idealitas]

[ Or she can make sense! Nice. ]

Yes, we do.

[destage]

Let's go see if we can put it to good use, then.

[imperiosity]

Eh, wouldn’t be the first time I broke in somewhere.

[Embarrassed or ashamed isn’t quite the word for it, but he does seem a touch awkward here.]

How big was it?

[idealitas]

Larger than a conventional padlock. Easier to hit.