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[Not too long after the fall of the Lady's Good Men, UG members receive a video mail.]
Um...hello, everyone in the Unity Group.
...It has been some time since my last call to you, but the Foundation has been spread thin over the last few months. I also know that all of you have been having troubles of your own.
But today, I am sending this message as an invitation.
Among the members of the Foundation, there is an occasion held for members to celebrate their coming-of-age. On the date stated in this message is when my own takes place...
Normally, it would be a festive event with many attendees. But not this year.
So, the Foundation has agreed to open its doors to you...if you decide to come. This does not happen very often, and...I sincerely hope that you will be able to make it.
[She bows at the camera, and then looks around awkwardly for a while, before moving to turn it off.]
1. (Mingle/reactions - Frontdated to hours before the next mission)
[The Gloster Foundation HQ is located in the center of a vast woodland estate - nearly a half an hour's drive on a cobblestone path from the only road that connects to it. It is a compound of impressive-sized, linked buildings, all with a gothic, medieval look, complete with towers and tall walls.
At the center of these buildings is a mansion - the Administrative Building - in front of which a fleet of very expensive vehicles are parked.
For those of you who chose to accept Seta's invitation, it's pretty clear from the moment you arrive that if there's supposed to be some kind of celebration, you don't see anything related to it at first. Even the guards, who are all wearing dark blue long coats as uniforms, aren't saying anything beyond guiding you to the hall where you're supposed to be, if you need it.
In this hall however, there are a few 'people' already waiting, and dressed for the occasion. Their genders and apparent age differ, but one thing they share in common is white/silver hair. Of course, you'll get curious looks, some glares, and some complete aversions with your presence.
Probably worth noting that the event is moments away from starting, and Seta is nowhere in sight.]
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2. (Actual prompt)
[Should you actually choose to explore nearby (the guards don't stop anyone), you'll discover the reason for the former UG member's absence. There is some rattling coming from an open store-room...
In this small room, a Seta dressed in a long, white, and almost bridal dress, is crouched down while reading a book, and she doesn't even realize you're there.]
This is impossible...how do I memorize it all in time...? Did they give me this so late on purpose...?
What should I do...?
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3. (Locked to one doge)
[Despite some notable hiccups, the ceremony was completed.
But, while others enjoy themselves, Seta is contacted by one particular wolf-Kijin to meet alone, and finds herself wandering through corridors in the Administrative Building that she has never been in before.
She eventually (after getting lost) ends up in a vast, circular chamber that lies underground, where her red-clad acquaintance awaits...]
...Astara?
Um...hello, everyone in the Unity Group.
...It has been some time since my last call to you, but the Foundation has been spread thin over the last few months. I also know that all of you have been having troubles of your own.
But today, I am sending this message as an invitation.
Among the members of the Foundation, there is an occasion held for members to celebrate their coming-of-age. On the date stated in this message is when my own takes place...
Normally, it would be a festive event with many attendees. But not this year.
So, the Foundation has agreed to open its doors to you...if you decide to come. This does not happen very often, and...I sincerely hope that you will be able to make it.
[She bows at the camera, and then looks around awkwardly for a while, before moving to turn it off.]
1. (Mingle/reactions - Frontdated to hours before the next mission)
[The Gloster Foundation HQ is located in the center of a vast woodland estate - nearly a half an hour's drive on a cobblestone path from the only road that connects to it. It is a compound of impressive-sized, linked buildings, all with a gothic, medieval look, complete with towers and tall walls.
At the center of these buildings is a mansion - the Administrative Building - in front of which a fleet of very expensive vehicles are parked.
For those of you who chose to accept Seta's invitation, it's pretty clear from the moment you arrive that if there's supposed to be some kind of celebration, you don't see anything related to it at first. Even the guards, who are all wearing dark blue long coats as uniforms, aren't saying anything beyond guiding you to the hall where you're supposed to be, if you need it.
In this hall however, there are a few 'people' already waiting, and dressed for the occasion. Their genders and apparent age differ, but one thing they share in common is white/silver hair. Of course, you'll get curious looks, some glares, and some complete aversions with your presence.
Probably worth noting that the event is moments away from starting, and Seta is nowhere in sight.]
---
2. (Actual prompt)
[Should you actually choose to explore nearby (the guards don't stop anyone), you'll discover the reason for the former UG member's absence. There is some rattling coming from an open store-room...
In this small room, a Seta dressed in a long, white, and almost bridal dress, is crouched down while reading a book, and she doesn't even realize you're there.]
This is impossible...how do I memorize it all in time...? Did they give me this so late on purpose...?
What should I do...?
---
3. (Locked to one doge)
[Despite some notable hiccups, the ceremony was completed.
But, while others enjoy themselves, Seta is contacted by one particular wolf-Kijin to meet alone, and finds herself wandering through corridors in the Administrative Building that she has never been in before.
She eventually (after getting lost) ends up in a vast, circular chamber that lies underground, where her red-clad acquaintance awaits...]
...Astara?
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Seta?
Is this where you were all this time?
I was looking all over for you!
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When she recovers, though...]
I...Izuru...?
When...?
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[Izuru tries to put the brooms back where they belong, one by one. That looked painful.]
So I wanted to come too, since we didn't talk for so long...
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In spite of all this, she smiles.]
No, I am glad...
With how much the Unity Group has been doing lately...I thought that no one would be able to make it.
...Have you been alright?
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Did you know Major Kagura is a fairy?
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A...fairy...? Like this...?
[She brings her hands together and flaps them like an actual fairy's wings would...just to clarify.
Mentally though, she's trying very hard to picture such a creature speaking the way the Major did. It's not very easy to combine those two things.]
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She's actually one of them. I was very surprised!
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Does that mean...she was inside the armor...?
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A-anyway! What are you doing in a broom closet, Seta?
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[She rubs the back of her head.]
...I was supposed to be memorizing lines from this book. But...
[Said book is handed to Izuru, and it really is quite thick. If you look closely, it was written by one L.G., and explains the ceremony that's about to take place in great detail.
To put simply: it's something like a knighting, but the oath that has to be taken is tremendously long...]
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Do you have to remember all of this?
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[She points at the second sentence.]
...I have been stuck here.
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I think I know why you're hiding here. But Seta... you know...
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[She pauses at that though.]
Yes...?
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You'll be fine. I know it!
[Izuru leans down and picks up the dropped pair of glasses.]
Here.
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But...it is still an important ceremony...
...Will it really be alright?
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Mm...
[She takes a moment to think about something, after which she seems somewhat less worried.]
There is still much here to take in. However...
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Thank you.
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So... I'll be going now, okay? See you at the ceremony.
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Seta, err...
I like your dress.
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Ah...um...
Thank...you...
[She doesn't gaze directly at him any more after that, and just sits there awkwardly.]
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[The red-clad Kijin waves at her best friend, she looks a lot better now after getting through...whatever poison was affected her weeks earlier.]
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[She sort of seizes for a while, not knowing how to approach this. But then...]
Astara...the Foundation has been searching for you for months...where have you been?
What happened?