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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[beautifulknight]

[ HELP

It's fine, they all did fine, totally. ]

A...robot?

I wonder if it was one of those Exisals...

[emptyself]

What are those? Is it like a brand?

[beautifulknight]

Hmm, unfortunately not...I spoke with Miss Kirumi before, and she stated that they were machines that helped in enforcing the rules of her awful situation.

I am uncertain if it would be relevant here, but there were multiples of these robots in particular, powered by the minions of that bear. She said that there were five of them in total.

[ So, like...entirely possible if these are the same that they would be encountered here. But he isn't sure if they're the same, exactly. He didn't see them face to face in the dreamscape and only in a simplified little rules animation. ]

[vogelfrei]

It was. The name was in the operating system.

They're slow but extremely physically powerful - if we are in need of strength, I can go back and get it.

[ It wasn't comfortable to pilot, but it was easy and he's pretty sure he could use it to its full capacity. ]

Has she told you about these robots before?

[beautifulknight]

[ Argenti looks thoughtful at hearing this. But, that confirms it!

A little convenient from his perspective, really. ]

Yes, she has.

It's possible we might come along another one too, but I'm not sure if it'll be as something free to pilot or it'd be something we'd end up fighting.

[ ...So maybe he should go and get it? Argenti is open to the idea, though... ]

[vogelfrei]

[ Hmmm. ]

If there is more than one of them out there, I'm in favor of bringing the one I found along with us.

It's not exactly elegant, as far as combat possibilities go, but I can make it work.

[beautifulknight]

I believe firmly in your pilot capabilities, McGillis!

If it is not too much trouble, do please go ahead and bring it back.

[ Better safe than sorry as far as he's concerned. He isn't entirely sure what combat would look like when they're up against one - not that there's any guarantee that they would be fighting against one, but when there's...five. It kind of seems like the possibility has risen by a good amount. ]

[vogelfrei]

No trouble at all. If anything, I'm glad my unique training can come in handy.

[ It's nice to be a pilot again! It'd be nicer if he didn't have to completely break his back to do it but... beggars can't be choosers.

After the meeting but before they proceed, McGillis will return to the gym and come back to the group piloting the Exisal. ]