a winter labyrinth

[townmusician]

断ち切るしかないんだろ
注いだ冬は心のラビリンス
後戻りなんて出来ないから
やりきるしかないんだろ
黒い気持ちと手を繋いだって構わない
抱きしめたっていいh

I have to break free
This pouring winter is my heart's labyrinth
I can't go back anymore, so
I have to finish this
I don't care if you took my hand with dark motives
I want you to hold me close

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STAGE TWO

[townmusician]

[So far, there's been little... conflict in this palace. The shadows milling about outside didn't seem concerned with fighting everyone off, and the front lobby was devoid of shadows entirely...

Sooner or later, something has to give, right?

A set of double doors opens at the end of the lobby, and a voice comes from the other side of the door.]

Hurry up. We don't have all day.

[That sounds an awful lot like Haruka, but chasing after it will prove to be a fruitless endeavor. The idol isn't anywhere to be seen on the other side of the door, but they can't find a stage or even anywhere for an audience... There's just a long, long hallway stretching out in front of them, turning and twisting at random. They've found themselves inside the labyrinth, but even beyond that... they've been separated.]

GROUP ONE

[townmusician]

[Shalem, Schneider, Joshua, Yi Sang, and Yoon find themselves together in the long, empty hallway, with no sign of the others there with them.

And no way to contact them, with their phones having very sketchy signal right now.

Eventually, the hallway splits, and the characters can choose to go either left or right.]

[strawsandals]

[ ....Uhhhhh.... ]

Did we just get separated? Looks like we did.

[ GREAT. Well, left or right, it seems. ]

Which way?

[prozaic]

The only way forward is to split up, given the signs. [The way they were separated from the others, and now.] Unfortunate.

I shall go right.

[strawsandals]

...Alright. Then, I'll go left. As long as we're not on our own.

[idealitas]

I'll go left as well.

[strawsandals]

[ Yo, Yi Sang. ]

We'll look out for one another.

[unweathered]

Right it is for me as well then. Try not to get lost.

[ Schneider waves them off. Ok Shalem, lets go!!]

[prozaic]

[He gives Schneider a nod, and flicks his tail as he turns and moves down the right path.]

[unweathered]

[There will definitely be no problems with utilities being together and fighters being together. Do they really need heals? Nah]

[townmusician]

[Continuing down the right path, Schneider and Shalem walk for quite a while, but then the ceiling of the hallway begins to raise as the path gets wider, until they find themselves inside... a church. It's a small, quaint church, well-taken care of but for a smaller community.

There is a small book of hymns on one of the pews.]

[idealitas]

[ A nod! Also we're leaving the attack types to have fun, gl. ]

Of course.

[townmusician]

[Left it is! The utilities will surely not encounter any trouble without their firepower on hand.

Going left, the hallways continues looking unremarkable. Nothing really stands out... until they reach another split.

To the left there's the faint sound of music. To the right, the sound of a storm. Or they can continue forward, which is... more silence.]

[strawsandals]

[ Hm. He hates it here. ]

....So....I can't tell if the left is leading us straight into a trap or not...

[idealitas]

[ Same! ]

I don't know him very well, but I would assume he likes music?

[ It's kinda like with Mafuyu's palace? ]

But we shouldn't split up, so I will defer to you. We can handle some danger, I'm sure.

[ Entering Meursault Mode. ]

GROUP TWO

[townmusician]

[Eli, Sunrise, Richard, and Atem find themselves tuck together, with no way to contact the others that had gone into the live house with them.

In front of them is a long, empty hallway, though as they head down they will eventually come across three doors, and they can either choose to open the one in the middle, left, or right.]

[fullmoonmutt]

[ Well, fuck. Splitting the party never bodes well. Eli will try his phone a few times to no avail, but after that, he nods to the others and heads on down the hall, all the way up until they reach the doors. ]

Uh. What?

[ Eli eyes the doors. Is there any difference between the three? ]

[townmusician]

[The difference is that they are different doors.]

[ledbythewind]

Is this meant to test our ability to work as a team?

[He has been in enough palaces by now, he thinks he has a decent idea of how they work...]

[fullmoonmutt]

Or it's just giving us the option to choose what fucked up thing we experience, but all three are fucked up no matter what.

[cleansewithfire]

We will not know until we try.

[ Sunrise. ]

[metagame]

There are three doors and four of us... I propose one of us remains behind while the others take each door.

[Atem was here the whole time!!]

[ledbythewind]

I'd be fine with that. All four of us are more than capable of defending ourselves if necessary.

[He's seen them all fight before, so.]

[cleansewithfire]

[ Welp, it sounds like a solid idea and no one's disagreeing, so without a word Sunrise picks the middle door and goes in. ]

[fullmoonmutt]

Wh- Sunrise, wait!

[ Nope. There she go. ]

Fffuck... Look, I don't think anyone staying behind is a good idea, so everyone pick a door already.