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?

Comments

[bloodweapon]

...Interesting.

[Fray turns to the others to let them know what he's found.]

It would seem someone here is willing to answer questions, should you have any you want asked.

[But for now... hmm.]

Do you know where she is? We intend to rescue her from this place.

[kandata]

[The dumbwaiter's response comes after some delay. The way the note has a lot of blank space before the first letter perhaps signifies a pause]

'She's with Monokuma. Rescuing her is a good idea; Monokuma is having a talk with her.'

[And like everyone probably knows by now, Monokuma talking to you isn't good]

[bloodweapon]

[Definitely not a good sign... Though he does have to wonder who's sending these notes if it isn't Monokuma...]

Good to know. Do you know where we need to go to find them?

[kandata]

[The dumbwaiter returns its response pretty quickly!]

'She's in the trial room.'

[bloodweapon]

[Trial room... Yeah, that makes sense. And Monokuma is with her... Hmm, definitely not a good sign.]

If you can communicate with her, tell her we're on our way. She won't have to face this alone for much longer.

[kandata]

[The dumbwaiter returns with an answer]

'She already knows someone will be coming. She doesn't know who, how many, or when, but she knows someone will come to find her.

She is dreading it.'

[bloodweapon]

[Dreading it? Does she think they won't rally around her like they have the others?]

She needn't worry about that. We are here to help her, in whatever way we can. We will not stop until she's been freed of this place, and it is my hope that she can choose to rely on us.

[kandata]

[The dumbwaiter's response comes after a longer pause than usual]

'She's afraid. Were she to hear your reassurances, she'd still doubt them. Watch out.'

[This isn't the most optimistic dumbwaiter entity ever, huh]

[bloodweapon]

[No, he appreciates the warning. While he doesn't think Kirumi would lash out at them or anything of the sort, knowing that she may not be so quick to believe them could be beneficial.]

I understand. Thank you for your assistance. We will do everything we can for her, whether she believes us or not.