WEEK 2 - CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE

[maladied]

Let's retire in the countryside
Just as you wish it

Welcome to Hillbury

You come to in an intricately decorated dressing room. For those familiar with it, the style seems to be that of a Victorian manor house, and to those that aren't, even you can tell this is a stately room fit for the elite. In fact, you too, are decorated to match, fully dressed in luxurious suits or dresses, elegant and perfectly tailored, but still somewhat breezy and lightweight for the time period and class it belongs to. Looking outside, you get a view of a rolling and bright countryside. In the far distance, fields of crops and grazing cows can be barely spotted, but all of the nearby landmarks are elegant manors presumably similar to the one you stand in.

Comments

[vogelfrei]

[ McGillis is dressed up quite fashionably, with a waistcoat that really puts emphasis on the triangle shape of his torso.

He is... startled, but also... ]

... of all things, it's an event like this?

[ PLEASE; HE HAS ENOUGH OF THESE AT HOME. ]

[taintedfayth]

[Seymour looks equally unsettled, though that is somewhat mollified by the fact that his own outfit is on the decidedly concealing side. Small blessings, he supposes...]

... you would prefer combat when we are unarmed and lacking in our powers?

[He's genuinely curious.]

[vogelfrei]

[ The question is a curious one to McGillis in itself. ]

Ideally, there would be more options than gatherings of nobles and the battlefield.

[taintedfayth]

[Man who comes from a world where you are under threat from either fiends or Sin itself at all times:]

Perhaps. But given our current situation along with the one we found ourselves in upon our initial arrival, you must admit that certain precedents have been set.

[It's either a celebration or people crashing out and killing!]

[vogelfrei]

[ There's a wan smile at that. ]

Unfortunately. And given that we have just been forcibly relocated yet again, there is nothing to say what awaits us isn't also bloodshed in the end.

[taintedfayth]

That is my primary concern, after...

[Yeah, he really doesn't think he needs to finish that sentence there!]

[hardyboys]

That's just my standard, honestly.

[ we cant all be jrpg here, mannnnn ]

I'm sure there's probably some cutlery we can use if it really comes down to it.

[taintedfayth]

You will hear no objections from me. Surely even a butter knife will work well enough if need be.

[SIR???????]

eye trauma ment

[hardyboys]

[ She seems fine with it? ]

People have died from less than that. Maybe aim for the eyes with that, though?

[taintedfayth]

[Mabel, you are now one of his favorites.]

An excellent suggestion.

[...]

Though I do wonder just where it is that we are being taken, and for what purpose...

[hardyboys]

[ haha, yay! \o/ ]

Your guess is as good as mine. This isn't exactly a typical kidnapping, if I've ever seen one.

[taintedfayth]

Indeed. We seem to be distinguished guests.

[Why else the carriages? This is no lower-class shindig, that much is clear.]

[hardyboys]

[ Mabel grumbles, playing with the fascinator that matches her getup, except more in a marigold/yellow ensemble. ]

Sure, we're party-crashing now. What could go wrong.

[vogelfrei]

Who knows if whatever event we are being spirited away to is even real...

[ God, the stuff with their perception does really mess with his head. ]

Have you attended something formal like this before?

[hardyboys]

Not in the least. This whole setup is both well before my time and above my tax bracket. I've seen enough movies to probably get by, though. Maybe. [ ... ] What about you?

[ She'll also ask that to Seymour, just to get a survey of Where They All Stand. ]

[vogelfrei]

It's part of my daily life, whenever I cannot avoid it.

[ #richboylife ]

The time period might provide problematic, but the general nature of these events never seems to change.

[hardyboys]

Sounds pretty exhausting, honestly.

[ Not that Mabel's completely antisocial, but. There's only so much of That that she can take. ]

[vogelfrei]

[ That gets a small smile. ]

It is. But it's unfortunately necessary.