PLAYER PLOT ★ STORM THE CASTLE

[futurologists]

THE CASTLE ( NOV 7 ) Our resident warrior princess, Kidagakash Nedakh, has formulated a plan to investigate the castle and speak with the royals. (The OOC plotting post can be found here.) Now, it's time to put it into action. The castle itself is huge. From the outside, you can see a beautiful garden, a pond, and a statue commemorating Odette. You can also see several guards, some more invested in their job than others. A few are stony-faced, menacing men with looks that could kill. A couple just look like they'd appreciate a pretty girl or interesting guy to liven up their boring day. On the inside, all the halls look different, yet the same — different pieces of art, different wall fixtures, but everything else is identical. There's many portraits of the king and his late wife on the walls, sparkling chandeliers, and servants scurrying around. Odette's pale, smiling face and cascading blonde locks look somewhat familiar, but that might just be because of all the statues of her likeness around the city. The castle has pretty much every room you'd expect a castle to have. A library, a wine cellar, a dining hall, etc. Within them, characters can expect to find various things of interest — there are many books, fancy stationery, even some valuable coins if you look hard enough. There's also many letters to be found detailing the situation in Chantes; of course, there's also plenty of letters on far less official business. Some of them have quite steamy imagery. There are plenty of servants milling about inside the castle and out in the gardens. In the dining hall and their chambers are several of Chantes' most important nobles. And then, of course, there's you.

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Library

[dailydouble]

[ Ahad was among the bookcases, searching for anything that could possibly be useful...but he knew that voice. Meeting like this was becoming a habit that he should likely attempt to break. Just because it would be difficult to detect certain types of intruders didn't mean that they should attract undue attention by announcing their presence.

He'll pause long enough to put a book back on the proper shelf, before moving to a more promising spot. He's looking more for hidden panels or books locked away, versus the normal occupants of the shelves. As for Loki, perhaps if he ignores the problem, it will go away?

If the problem is rude enough to remain, he might find Ahad searching the high shelves in a disused section of the room. ]

[selfimage]

[ will the problem go away is a question that Asgard has asked itself for ages. so no, the problem is definitely hear to stay, and the problem has already noticed Ahad.

Loki pokes his head around one the larger shelves, peering around the corner and giving him a look. ]

Find what you're looking for? Fiction, non-fiction? I doubt there's any Dewey in place here.

[dailydouble]

[ As usual, Ahad ignores half of what comes out of Loki's mouth and focuses on the key parts. It's becoming easier with time, to his chagrin. ]

It's all fiction in the end, isn't it? From a certain point of view.

[selfimage]

All points of view eventually lead to that certain point of view.

[ his eyes are on him with some curiosity. ]

Feeling wax philosophical?

[ before his eyes go to the book. ]

[dailydouble]

History is written by those who emerge victorious.

[ Does he sound bitter? Just a bit. ]

I'm looking for anything that doesn't want to be found.

[selfimage]

Ah—the written word, memory and obvious bias.

[ Loki locks his hands behind his back, rolling onto his heels. ]

If we're lucky, there might be a secret door.

[ he drags his hand along the spines of the books, as if one may catch. ]

[dailydouble]

I have had little in the way of luck.

[ He's still poking through one of the higher shelves, ignoring Loki adding himself to the search. ]

No secrets so much as books on goblins being more difficult for the short to reach.

[selfimage]

[ +1 Loki added to the party. ]

That's telling.

[ he catches one of the books by the tip of the spine, pulling it forward. ]

Though occasionally the juiciest tidbits are hidden in plain sight.

[dailydouble]

[ He can't help but glace at the book Loki's playing with. ]

That depends entirely on who is doing the hiding.

[selfimage]

Or the overlooking.

[ Loki chirps back.

the book is one on legends and myth, illustrating the tales of gods before that of Yddite. he looks distracted as he flips through the pages. ]

Something else, maybe ...

[dailydouble]

[ Hopefully Loki was ready to have Ahad up in his space and leaning in to read...more like next to his shoulder than over it. ]

What is it?

[selfimage]

[ Loki does glance over his shoulder, though it's hard to tell if it's in surprise or discomfort. he's not used to people getting close, most don't usually want to.

his eyes return to the book. ]

Legends of gods before the charge of monotheism. They exist.

[ says one polytheistic to another. ]

[dailydouble]

[ Unless Loki is giving off discomfort, Ahad will shift closer to get a better look. ]

Stories of them exist.

[ It's entirely thoughtful, not corrective. ]

[selfimage]

Sometimes that means the same thing.

[ not directly; there is an awkwardness that he can't shake, though. he does admirably ignore it. ]

These seem to have fallen out of favor, per the norm ...

[ the book snaps shut before he offers it over to Ahad. ]

[dailydouble]

[ As long as Loki's need to be free from this personal space invasion doesn't become the strongest thing he's feeling, Ahad will hold his position. ]

Perhaps I am used to a more...personal touch, but it is strange to me that there are no records of direct interaction between the god and their worshipers.

[ He'll take the book, flipping through it himself. ]

[selfimage]

Those could be hidden, or destroyed, depending on the temper of those that decided to pull the switch-a-roo—one religion for the other.

[ his fingers reach for the book next to it, pulling it out by the spine. he waves a hand over it, palm first, and the pages flutter open. ]

But there is the matter of Ydite.

[dailydouble]

I have searched out oral records, as well. There are not even rumors.

[ He's still somewhere around doubtful that this god even exists. ]

[selfimage]

Nothing?

So, it's either seclusion or non-existence, isn't that a pickle?

[ holding the book with one hand, Loki cleans his ear with his pinky with the other. ]

[dailydouble]

[ That is disgusting. He's going to very pointedly not stare at it, so he doesn't encourage the behavior. ]

We do not always interact with our worshipers, even if we live among them.

[selfimage]

[ he's very elegant. ]

But nothing seems like ... nothing.

[ Loki's flipping through the pages of the next book. ]

Though it does look like Ydite granted his special snowflakes some magic powers.

[dailydouble]

[ Picking at your ears is in no way elegant. ]

That or they were magical by nature.

[ This is not the time to mention that magic in his universe comes from the children of gods and humans. ]

[selfimage]

Oh, there's always that possibility. The multiverse is a very large place, but there's your point of contact.

[ he snaps the book shut and waves it in a shrug. ]

I'm starting to think this Ydite is very rude for not inviting us to lunch.

[dailydouble]

I would rather be ignored than any other possibilities.

[ Gods can be territorial, and not very welcoming. ]

[selfimage]

Unacknowledgement has its perks, but at least we would know where we stand, instead of possibly being smited from above.

...

Smited? Smote? Smoted? [ he turns to Ahad. ] Smoke?

[dailydouble]

Smote.

[ With is accompanied by a sigh. ]

It hasn't happened yet.