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Role: Watcher. I choose one other player to visit. I take watch and learn the identity of everyone who tries to visit them.
In the Story:
T1: Visited James, however no one visited him.
T2: Visited Wyn, who was was visited by Mickey. (SORRY I DONE GOOFED!!!)
Then I died.
In the Nightmare:
T1: Visited Twilip, who was visited by Basil, Wyn, and Billy.
T2: Visited Violet, however no one visited her.
T3: Visited Violet again, no one visited her from what I could see.
Then I died.
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"During the story, I visited Lucine first and then Archer. After that I tried to visit Bertram but ended up visiting Wyn instead. After that I visited Wyn and then died."
"In the dream I tried to visit Bertram... three times in a row. Unfortunately, both Archer and the hippie prevented me from doing so till the third time, where Bertram finally noticed me. So in reality, my first three visits would have been to Wyn, William and then Bertram. After that I visited Zachary, and then finally Bertram."
"If I am being suspected of being a witch, then it is unfortunate because I have been planning throughout all of this to eliminate myself. By visiting Bertram the whole night, I would have had a perfect alibi and would show that I was not the Golden Witch. At the very least I had little reason to lie about visiting Bertram in the story, and in the nightmare I can be vouched for on the second and third twilights. This at least proves I could not have been responsible for the deaths on those days. Oh, and I could not have possibly killed Wyn in the story either, the only way for me to do that as a witch would be to make the Golden Witch target Wyn and then visit her; as I could not have killed myself with the circle unless it was an absolute death circle, and I don't believe it was then."
"Additionally, I would like to confirm that Zachary and Wyn's investigations into me seem to add up perfectly well. I do not think it is worthwhile for Wyn to have hidden any information on me, if anything it was I who requested her to hide it and she simply went with it. You may argue that hiding my role would have been useless considering how it looks but my plan was to appear important-looking to the witches to divert attention from the actually important roles. That, and if I had revealed myself then I would have had no relevant information to give. I do not personally believe that either Wyn or Zachary are witches, though the possibility about them being a witch and still telling the truth about their roles is possible. However, I fail to see how it would benefit the witches that much." He bowed. "That is all. If you still need me to prove my innocence I can try visiting Bertram again tonight to verify that I am uninvolved with these deaths but with Archer's role in the way that could prove to be quite tricky."
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"First, I visited Basil. Then I died." She sighs,
"Second time around, I visited Allister night one. Mickey night two. Mickey night three. Maurice night four. Then I died. Again."
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"In the story, I visited Jackie night 1. Then I visited Mickey night 2... And after that.... I got lynched because of that greedy bastard." Vincent shot a angry glare at James.
"In the nightmare, I tried to visit Robin night 1, and I didn't know that I wouldn't be able to visit her until night 2 because of her ability... Unfortunately, I got lynched because of a mistake I made."
"So, there you have it... It's really shitty short, that's all...." The musician said, looking very disappointed in himself.
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“I know this might be hard to believe without any proof, but I was killed by the witches during the second twilight in the nightmare. If I was lying about my ability I would’ve died the first twilight.”
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He let out a deep breath and appraised his family "Fine, here's what I got up to throughout all of this." he crossed his arms and closed his eyes and he attempted to recount the events of a story, within a dream, within a fiction.
"As you'll know by now I'm mortal. I have the power of..." Basil's face grimaced slightly as the following words. "the stalker." He shuffled uncomfortably before stammering "T-Though I suppose 'Tracker' fits my capacity just as well! I choose a target and follow them through the night, seeing who they visit. That's the entirety of my capabilities."
Basil nodded satisfied that he'd explained that. "Now, for my actions..."
ARC 1
First Night
"The first night I wasn't sure how Jacqui would cope with all the trauma of the day, back when all this wasn't...new. I followed her and saw she did go to James that night, no one else."
Second Night
"It was a difficult day when Wyn and Bertram's powers came out and I was worried for my Wyn but I trusted she'd be ok. Instead, I decided to watch little Lucine. She...she's an unnerving soul and I figured if anyone fit the 'archetype' of 'witch' it would be her." he gave the little girl a bit of a half-smile "You really do take after your Grandma you know. She had such a way of unnerving people as well...and a fondness for large hats." he shivered slightly. "Lucine visited Mickey that night."
Basil paused a moment "That's also the night I was drugged and dreamt of the realm of the dead."
Third Night
"Of course, I was between worlds and so I was still capable of acting through the night. Mickey had seemed antagonistic enough to the family at this point and so I decided to keep an eye on him." He gestured a hand to Mickey. "At this point I saw him visit Bertram, who we know was swapped with Wyn, and then Lucine."
Basil clicked his tongue "It's why I think it's so suspicious of him, claiming to be a doctor yet Lucine died in his care. Still supposedly he can stretch himself to protect two people in one night but both need to die for that to be effective?" Basil shook his head "I don't buy it. It's too niche to the point of pointlessness. Besides, I'd never believe someone as callous, lazy, and...unacademic could be a doctor."
Fourth Night
"I debated between checking out Twilip or my wife but things were getting tense and I feared for her, so I watched Wyn who visited me." Basil closed his eyes not wanting to remember his last night with his wife too much. "She...she didn't survive that morning."
Fifth Night
"I...actually...I don't really want to talk about this night too much." Basil swallowed hard "Between murdering a child and my wife's death it was just too much for me. I didn't do anything that night." He looked away from the others his face ashamed and embarrassed.
"And then we escaped the next day."
ARC 2
First Night
"The lingering doubts of the story left me suspicious of Twilip so I kept an eye on her. She visited Billy and then Lucine."
Second Night
"Briggs had been openly antagonistic towards many of the family. It wouldn't surprise me if he wanted us dead, witch or not. I tracked him and he visited my boy Asher, poisoning him..." he muttered through terse lips. "In any case, that was the night that I died, for real, I wasn't able to conduct any further investigations."
Basil picked up a glass of water, his mouth dry from the explanation, and took a long swig.
"That's all I did."
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Seems he never found anything on the closed eye circle. It must be absent from the book.
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Third Night
"Of course, I was between worlds and so I was still capable of acting through the night. Mickey had seemed antagonistic enough to the family at this point and so I decided to keep an eye on him." He gestured a hand to Mickey. "At this point I saw him visit Bertram, who we know was swapped with Wyn, and then Lucine."
Basil clicked his tongue "It's why I think it's so suspicious of him, claiming to be a doctor yet Lucine died in his care. Still supposedly he can stretch himself to protect two people in one night but both need to die for that to be effective?" Basil shook his head "I don't buy it. It's too niche to the point of pointlessness. Besides, I'd never believe someone as callous, lazy, and...unacademic could be a doctor."
"Of course, I was between worlds and so I was still capable of acting through the night. Mickey had seemed antagonistic enough to the family at this point and so I decided to keep an eye on him." He gestured a hand to Mickey. "At this point I saw him visit Bertram, who we know was swapped with Wyn, and then Lucine."
Basil clicked his tongue "It's why I think it's so suspicious of him, claiming to be a doctor yet Lucine died in his care. Still supposedly he can stretch himself to protect two people in one night but both need to die for that to be effective?" Basil shook his head "I don't buy it. It's too niche to the point of pointlessness. Besides, I'd never believe someone as callous, lazy, and...unacademic could be a doctor."
"I ain't lazy, bro. What you need to do what I can do is a big mind and a bigger heart. All you need to do what you can do is a fat ass to sit on all day." He was clearly getting fed up with his uncle. "I know my second ability is useless, but that ain't my fault. My first ability is still useful enough on its own. I've been seen visiting people who haven't died. And when people have died, I haven't been seen visiting them either. The only time someone died when I visited was when I used my second ability."
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"It seems that if Allister or Robin delays an action, and then the user of the action dies, the action never happens. This is why Allister didn't die in the fourth twilight in the first cycle, for example. This is also why Jackie never learned the results of her delayed investigation in the third twilight of the second cycle. I can only assume this won't apply to witch kills however, that seems far too optimistic.
"Every kill in the previous cycles can be explained except for one: Lucine and Mickey were both killed by witches in the third twilight of the first cycle, yet the cross circle should only kill one person.
"I have a few questions for Twilip. Firstly, you say you visited me in the second twilight of the first cycle, yet I never saw you. I don't believe Archer swapped me with anyone then, and Billy, Briggs and Robin were already dead, so I don't see what could have caused such a discrepancy. Secondly, your results at the very end of the first cycle are strange. You claim to have used Basil's ability on Zachary, which gave you the results 'Zachary wasn't visited by anyone'. However, this isn't what Basil's role does, what you described is Jackie's. If you had really used Basil's role, you should have learned that Zachary did indeed visit people that twilight."
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"If I may speak, father, regretful as I am to bring this up, I believe this fact makes Mrs. Teacher's ability particularly useful for the witches." Lucine dialogue tagged. "Ordinarily, they cannot stop a mortal from acting in a given night even by killing them. However, they can do so by delaying their action. She also targeted mother during the last cycle, who has a rather useful role that would be prme target for the witches if she is a mortal."
Robin's face flushed. "I - I didn't know I could stop anything from happening. I really didn't!" She gave Jacqueline an apologetic look. "I chose Jackie that night because - I needed to know if she killed Twilip. If the magic circle wasn't activated, then that would prove that Jackie had the witch's killing power. But it did go off - and that means it couldn't have been her. Which means, she didn't have the killing power then. And she didn't have it before then, either.
"Lucine, Jackie, if you're both telling the truth, then the only people who could have killed Twilip are Wyn and Billy - and that would make one of them a witch. So - that's why I did it. Either way, I narrowed it down to one or two people."
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"The way I see it, it's possible you visited Asher and Basil on that second twilight. That way you could, possibly, use Asher's ability to fake death on Basil, which would explain what happened to him, and would explain why Asher's body looked the same in the second cycle. It would also explain why I never saw you visit me. I just don't see the connection between that, and you claiming you visited me and Zachary instead; I can't see what role would cause you two swap two different targets like that."
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"Anyway, is there more stuff we have to discuss? Aside from not hearing Whiny's side? It feel weird to just sit round and wait for attack to happen, but we not have much choice."
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"I not sure how such thing could happen, but it only thing that makes sense. Maybe someone here just blatant liar," Uncle Billy remarked, "I remember Bazel say when his body found that he knew he could come back at any time, so that lines up with his death being faked by someone else."
"Anyway, is there more stuff we have to discuss? Aside from not hearing Whiny's side? It feel weird to just sit round and wait for attack to happen, but we not have much choice."
"Anyway, is there more stuff we have to discuss? Aside from not hearing Whiny's side? It feel weird to just sit round and wait for attack to happen, but we not have much choice."
"We need to fight back however we can," said Robin. "We have to coordinate our actions tonight. It - won't be easy, because the witches are here too and they can try to stop us. But we have to try."
She started pacing the floor. "If I delay the Golden Witch, that should mean no one dies tonight. And Billy - you could also figure out who the Golden Witch is, in theory, if you redirected them to you, right?" Her brow furrowed. "On top of that... Basil could track someone else who might be the Golden Witch. If he did, we could see if... if that person visited any of the victims from tonight." She paled at this. "And, um. Jackie could watch a potential victim. O-or Zach could maybe watch one of the witch candidates and one of the potential victims." She hated this. She hated that she was planning around people dying - but they were going to either way, weren't they?
Robin turned to the head butler. "Archer, I... think swapping Bertram might not be a good idea tonight. The witches have probably caught on that they can just target Bertram in hopes you swap him with someone else." She tapped her cheek. "But... What if you chose someone who has already died on the first night at some point? Just for tonight, the witches can't kill any of us," she said, somehow aware of this because it was in the magic book or something probably. "And - and it doesn't matter if they know if you do this, because they won't know who you're swapping their victim with. Trying to out-predict you would just waste one of their kills."
Her gaze shifted between Archer, Twilip, and Mickey. "You three have the power to protect people, so - you need to choose wisely. Choose someone the witches would love to see dead. Someone like..." She swallowed. "I probably shouldn't say out loud. It's better if the witches don't know who you're protecting."
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James had noticed some strange about the actions that had happened, "Lucine or Jackie are probably lying about their results which means it's quite likely that one of them is a witch. This is because according to Jackie the only head witch candidate that visited Twilip when she died was Wyn, who is also the least suspicious candidate. Therefore, if Wyn isn't a witch, Jackie must have covered up the head witch's visit or Lucine must have lied about her results and Twilip was actually killed by a non-witch. I personally find Jackie more suspicious because the witches targeted 4 people at the start and if Twilip wasn't killed by a witch then we have another unaccounted for target."
"It makes no sense that Twilip was killed by a non-witch. If she were killed by a non-witch, then Jackie should have been able to see who killed her, and she would have no reason to cover for this supposed non-witch killer whether she was or was not a witch."
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"Though... There is the possibility that the witches are not even after my target in the first place. Hrmm..."
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"I . . . I'll do what I can. It may not be much - and if I'm the one delayed, it won't be anything right away - but I know if we play all our cards right, we should be able to pinpoint the rest of the witches," Zachary proclaimed, placing his other hand on his chest. Shortly thereafter, he moved that hand to his chin as he began to consider who he should trace tonight. The results were all out there and it was a tangled mess to work through. Good thing everyone had plenty of time to think on it.
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Twilip scratches her head. "Sorry looks like I misspoke there. What I meant to say is that Zachary visited nobody during that time. As for me not visiting you, afraid I don't have an answer for that. I have no way of knowing if my visits get interrupted by any means unless someone comes out and tells us they messed with me. All I know is that I meant to visit you."
"Wait, hold up. If Twilip's word is to be believed, then - since my tracing visit was delayed by Allister - that means I didn't even visit myself, right?" Zachary asked, remembering what Twilip had said shortly before, "Which means I couldn't have targeted myself with that absolute death circle, unless someone comes out and claims they messed with your results."
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"Wait, hold up. If Twilip's word is to be believed, then - since my tracing visit was delayed by Allister - that means I didn't even visit myself, right?" Zachary asked, remembering what Twilip had said shortly before, "Which means I couldn't have targeted myself with that absolute death circle, unless someone comes out and claims they messed with your results."
Twilip shrugs. "I have no idea? It's not my skill, I have no idea if I'm even half as good with it as Basil, and I really don't know if I would see that you did anything to yourself since that's the only time I've used Basil's skill and I'm unsure if that would even come up in the investigation."
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Twilip shrugs. "I have no idea? It's not my skill, I have no idea if I'm even half as good with it as Basil, and I really don't know if I would see that you did anything to yourself since that's the only time I've used Basil's skill and I'm unsure if that would even come up in the investigation."
"Okay, okay. I was j-just pointing out what I noticed," Zachary replied, holding up his hands defensively, "Didn't mean to put you on the spot." He didn't want to mention what implication Twilip's result had if it was true - which Zachary knew it was - one, because now wasn't the time, and two, he was pretty sure at least a few of the others knew it as well, Twilip included.
"Anyway, remember the secret passage Vincent mentioned from the nightmare? How come we haven't checked to see if it's there yet?" Zachary looked toward the exit of the sitting room which would lead to the library. "I'm gonna go check on it. Someone follow me please because I'm well aware I'm not the pinnacle of trust right now."
Once he got one or two takers, he'd go off to investigate the spot the secret passage should be in the library.
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When he spoke, along with the rest, she remained silent in contemplation. There wasn't much more she could think to say - simply turn over the overload of information there was.
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"Anyway, remember the secret passage Vincent mentioned from the nightmare? How come we haven't checked to see if it's there yet?" Zachary looked toward the exit of the sitting room which would lead to the library. "I'm gonna go check on it. Someone follow me please because I'm well aware I'm not the pinnacle of trust right now."
She didn't think about it - just offered to accompany him.
"I mean." Robin's cheeks were tinged pink. "Maybe it shouldn't be just me, but - I'd still like to go with you."
The thought of just exploring some hidden corner of the manor with Zach was... comforting. Familiar. She could really use a familiar feeling right about now.
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Up the stairs, Zachary finds Peregrine's study, with a window overlooking the rainy island. In the center is Peregrine's desk with plenty of his journals. Peregrine loved to write about his feelings.
Zachary finds the journal entry about Gloria's lost child, just as it was remembered from the dream.
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"Well... I'll be damned. If I understand what Uncle Peregrine wrote in that entry..." The musician mused over it for a moment. "Then Billy might be one of Auntie Gloria's kids."
He looks around the small study. "But why would anyone want to hide Uncle Peregrine's study...?" Then he remembers something else.
"Oh yeah, Forsythia Schumate. She's one of our ancestors... The original witch hunter..." Vincent comments before he asks the others. "But as far am I am aware, our last name is Moonview... So, why the name change from Schumate to Moonview? Does anyone know the reason why?"
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He laughed uproariously.
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Oh, and do we have an explanation for Asher's... resurrection in the story? We had simply assumed it was one of the abilities of one of the witches, but it seems unlikely now that so many people have started to reveal their roles.
“We believe it some weird one-time thing happen there, bro,” Uncle Billy explain, throwing IC logic to the wind. “Most likely Asser make some action that get delayed, causing brief zombie moment, or something along those lines. We not sure what action that was yet, as Asser supposedly do nothing on night he die.”
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Vincent peers over Zach's shoulder and read the journal entry about Gloria's lost child.
"Well... I'll be damned. If I understand what Uncle Peregrine wrote in that entry..." The musician mused over it for a moment. "Then Billy might be one of Auntie Gloria's kids."
He looks around the small study. "But why would anyone want to hide Uncle Peregrine's study...?" Then he remembers something else.
"Oh yeah, Forsythia Schumate. She's one of our ancestors... The original witch hunter..." Vincent comments before he asks the others. "But as far am I am aware, our last name is Moonview... So, why the name change from Schumate to Moonview? Does anyone know the reason why?"
"Well... I'll be damned. If I understand what Uncle Peregrine wrote in that entry..." The musician mused over it for a moment. "Then Billy might be one of Auntie Gloria's kids."
He looks around the small study. "But why would anyone want to hide Uncle Peregrine's study...?" Then he remembers something else.
"Oh yeah, Forsythia Schumate. She's one of our ancestors... The original witch hunter..." Vincent comments before he asks the others. "But as far am I am aware, our last name is Moonview... So, why the name change from Schumate to Moonview? Does anyone know the reason why?"
Robin tapped her cheek. "Gloria told me... Forsythia was one of the founding settlers of a town called Moonview. It was a tiny town to begin with. There were only a handful of people - and they were unlucky. The land they were trying to settle on belonged to a nearby coven of witches. The coven started killing the townspeople, and they retaliated by lynching their own in fear that the witches were hiding among them."
She tried to ignore the eerie realization that this story was far too familiar.
"... Eventually, the townspeople drove the coven back. Forsythia was one of the survivors. She went on to continue hunting witches, I think."
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“Oh yeah, I forgot about that journal thing, considering I murdered before get to see it!” Uncle Billy said cheerfully. “I hope it true. I’d be brother to all the siblings here, and real uncle to all the kids! And I could come to all family gatherings...forever. Maybe I even older child than you, Barty! Wouldn’t that be funny?”
He laughed uproariously.
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"... Eventually, the townspeople drove the coven back. Forsythia was one of the survivors. She went on to continue hunting witches, I think."
Lucine, who had followed everyone else for lack of anything better to do, nodded along to Robin's story. "Indeed. Forsythia is the great witch hunter we all descend from. Grandmother used to say the size of her hat was legendary and known all over the land."
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He spoke up when he had the chance, "Right! I know normally in dreams you aren't supposed to be able to read any text you see - it keeps changing or something like that - but I can recall that book I found very clearly. It was in the servant's quarters on the floor, and described the settlement of Moonview, all its residents, and the events of the coven attack. Seems pretty similar to our situation, come to think of it . . . also, Esther, Cooper, and Forsythia were my favorites.
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Re: Black Fable: When The Seagulls Cry
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Re: Black Fable: When The Seagulls Cry
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It's about two in the afternoon, when the family finds another letter. This one isn't addressed to Forsythia though. It's simply an unaddressed letter on a sheet of Gloria's stationary. The eighteen gather in the dining room, for a reading of the letter.
Lucine, as serious as possible, reads the letter aloud:
[THEME MUSIC]
Salutations from the Golden Land, My Dearest Darling Family!
I'm sorry, but I'm very very disappointed in you all.
I was hoping this would be a time for you all to find content in the golden land.
Again and again though, my family bums me out! They bicker and fight and gossip and turn on each other.
I gave you all freedom from the riches you all had as children so that you would finally learn and grow, free from the curse of the witches!
Now I know the truth though. It's not the witches that ruined this family.
It's all of you!
I should have known that only something far worse than witches could pay their own son to leave the family!
Or eagerly replace their wife less than a year after her tragic death!
Or bully their cousin into leaving!
Or leave one of their sons at an orphanage in spite of having complete means to raise him!
At the end of the day, I eagerly await the witches and their feast.
Let them dine.
I'm sorry, but I'm very very disappointed in you all.
I was hoping this would be a time for you all to find content in the golden land.
Again and again though, my family bums me out! They bicker and fight and gossip and turn on each other.
I gave you all freedom from the riches you all had as children so that you would finally learn and grow, free from the curse of the witches!
Now I know the truth though. It's not the witches that ruined this family.
It's all of you!
I should have known that only something far worse than witches could pay their own son to leave the family!
Or eagerly replace their wife less than a year after her tragic death!
Or bully their cousin into leaving!
Or leave one of their sons at an orphanage in spite of having complete means to raise him!
At the end of the day, I eagerly await the witches and their feast.
Let them dine.
[SCENE MUSIC]
Gunshots crack open the huge stained-glass window on the wall of the dining room, huge shards crash and shatter on the carpet, and the roar of wind and rain assaults everyone's senses as more gunshots ring in everyone's ears.
Many of the diners duck under the table, hiding from whoever is shooting them. Lucine stands there, and smiles as she sees who has entered the doorway.
"...Grandmother"
People are already rushing out of the room, afraid to be shot and killed by a woman in a wide-brimmed white hat, with long, platinum-blonde hair. She holds a plum in one hand, and a shotgun in the other. She takes aim and clicks the trigger.
Lucine falls to the ground.
Robin is the last one in there still standing. She pulls on the arm of her husband while looking at the eyes of the assailant, who looks eerily like her old chess partner.
Realizing Zachary isn't moving under the table, Robin flees the scene in complete fear.
Gloria laughs and goes back into the kitchen.
* * *
Basil huffs as he makes it up the stairs to the second floor.
He glances down the staircase behind him, but the woman isn't following.
Wyn hugs him, glad he's safe. Basil looks around but the only one of his children he spots is Violet. Asher is missing.
Bertram is there too, he's without his gun. Mickey is there standing a few feet away from his father. Maurice is there hiding by Bertram. The servants are there as well. Robin is sitting in the hallway, here eyes closed, thinking about something.
Billy and Vincent are the furthest down the hallway, both of them are in apparent shock.
They see Twilip running up the stairs, shaking her head, telling them that Gloria disappeared and someone should go downstairs and try to resuscitate anyone they can.
In the end, everyone heads downstairs, maybe out of bravery, or maybe out of fear that danger could come from anywhere.
They all head back into the dining room.
* * *
The table has been flipped over, revealing a red circle with four smaller circles which was probably there the whole time.
Lying in the circle, each with their faces partially or completely removed by the shotgun or a bat or even by magic, are the bodies of Lucine, Jackie, Asher, and James.
Zachary is lying quite a bit away from the others, and his eyes slowly open, asking what happened.
Everyone does their best to piece together an answer...
Re: Black Fable: When The Seagulls Cry
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"I am relieved to see you alive, though I wish I could say the same about the others..." Archer says as he glances over at Lucine's corpse and shuts his eyes.
"Can you walk? I am quite unsure what even happened... I'm ashamed I could not have prevented this..."
Re: Black Fable: When The Seagulls Cry
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Briggs tilted his head. "Such strange targets as well."
Re: Black Fable: When The Seagulls Cry
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"H-Holy-" Zach fell to the floor once more. The carnage left him inundated with a torrent of thoughts about what could've happened.
Kachu wrote:
Archer clenches his fist before quickly rushing over to Zachary and helping him stand up once more.
"I am relieved to see you alive, though I wish I could say the same about the others..." Archer says as he glances over at Lucine's corpse and shuts his eyes.
"Can you walk? I am quite unsure what even happened... I'm ashamed I could not have prevented this..."
"I am relieved to see you alive, though I wish I could say the same about the others..." Archer says as he glances over at Lucine's corpse and shuts his eyes.
"Can you walk? I am quite unsure what even happened... I'm ashamed I could not have prevented this..."
Suddenly he was on his feet. "Wha-? A-Archer?" He fell into the recently-ex-head-servant, almost embracing him. "I - what - walk? S-Sure, I guess, but where would I go . . . ?"
He shook his head to try to clear his mind and focus. Weakly, he added, "P-Please do not blame yourself. At least you have the ability to stop something like this from happening. All I can do is check - wait - ugh!" Zachary slapped himself lightly and growled, "I was knocked out before I could learn anything about my investigation! I checked Wyn and Maurice." He looked downcast, hoping the others were at least at some peace. Zachary was very clearly still trying to process the chaos from earlier that day.
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Re: Black Fable: When The Seagulls Cry
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“Why? I come all this way to meet mother and she go on shotgun rampage and kill family?” He wailed, “So sick of this! Why must I suffer because of mistakes of you people? Can’t we all just get along?”
Vesti and Lauren's Interdimensional Investigations
This CYOA follows Vesti Gates and Lauren Tehra, two detectives who search for the truth, whether in their own dimension or otherwise.
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This CYOA follows Vesti Gates and Lauren Tehra, two detectives who search for the truth, whether in their own dimension or otherwise.
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Re: Black Fable: When The Seagulls Cry
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Slezak wrote:
Suddenly he was on his feet. "Wha-? A-Archer?" He fell into the recently-ex-head-servant, almost embracing him. "I - what - walk? S-Sure, I guess, but where would I go . . . ?"
He shook his head to try to clear his mind and focus. Weakly, he added, "P-Please do not blame yourself. At least you have the ability to stop something like this from happening. All I can do is check - wait - ugh!" Zachary slapped himself lightly and growled, "I was knocked out before I could learn anything about my investigation! I checked Wyn and Maurice." He looked downcast, hoping the others were at least at some peace. Zachary was very clearly still trying to process the chaos from earlier that day.
He shook his head to try to clear his mind and focus. Weakly, he added, "P-Please do not blame yourself. At least you have the ability to stop something like this from happening. All I can do is check - wait - ugh!" Zachary slapped himself lightly and growled, "I was knocked out before I could learn anything about my investigation! I checked Wyn and Maurice." He looked downcast, hoping the others were at least at some peace. Zachary was very clearly still trying to process the chaos from earlier that day.
"Excellent." Archer nods. "Err... Not that you were attacked, but that you're alright."
"Though, if I may ask, why would you check those two?"
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