Berkeley's Phantasmagoria

[Serela]

> "Er, okay...  Do you have any useful info before the connection stops?"

>"Get as much help as you can, when you come. And also, try to find more spots like this; they'll unseal some of the Orb's power. Your magic will be stronger after each one you find. There are five, spread out across the world."
>The light is beginning to become weak, and the words are now fairly hard to read. You think you might be able to read one more message.

[Kasu]

> "Thanks Azalea.  I'll do my best."

[Hello Purvis]

>"Where are the other spots?"

[Serela]

> "Thanks Azalea.  I'll do my best."

>"Where are the other spots?"

>After you ask for the spots, some words appear. But... it's very difficult to see them. Before the light disappears, you make out  "Other then... house... they are... queen's... and at... portal... fourth's... forest... town... las-
>The lights wink out, and the room returns to how it was before you put the Goddess Orb in the depression.

[Hello Purvis]

>Write those last words down.

[Serela]

>Write those last words down.

>You over to the table you put your inventory on, and write the words down on the notepad so you won't forget.

[Hello Purvis]

>Take back the orb.
>Look around for other things to take after re-pocketing the inventory.
>Did the bedroom have a closet or wardrobe? If so, check it for purses, backpacks, and the like.

[Serela]

>Take back the orb.
>Look around for other things to take after re-pocketing the inventory.
>Did the bedroom have a closet or wardrobe? If so, check it for purses, backpacks, and the like.

>Taken! It'd be terrible to leave it behind.
>You take back your inventory as well. Looking around, the only take-able items you see in this room are the spellcards. Now that you look at them, one of them seems to be blank.
>It sure didn't.

[Hello Purvis]

>"Where'd you hide your clothes, Azalea? Geez."
>Nab those spellcards. Even if we can't use 'em, she'll probably like to have them when we rescue her.
>Any sign of clothing storage in here?

[Serela]

>"Where'd you hide your clothes, Azalea? Geez."
>Nab those spellcards. Even if we can't use 'em, she'll probably like to have them when we rescue her.
>Any sign of clothing storage in here?

>Seriously, she's got more then one thing to wear, right? Right? You sure don't see anything that you've missed...
>You've obtained some spellcards!

[Hello Purvis]

>Examine chest again, try to unfold that thing a little bit, enough that it wouldn't be a hassle to refold it, and see if it reveals anything.

[Serela]

>Examine chest again, try to unfold that thing a little bit, enough that it wouldn't be a hassle to refold it, and see if it reveals anything.

>You return to the chest, and unfold a few flaps from the top of the material. It doesn't seem very interesting.

[Hello Purvis]

>Do a couple more, just in case.

[Serela]

>Do a couple more, just in case.

>You unfold it some more, just to be sure. You reach a different color of material, but otherwise, it's identical.

[Hello Purvis]

>Refold it, return downstairs.
>Look around again for anything significant. Ponder where she does her cooking.
>Presuming nothing comes up, use the key to test the wall where the door we didn't use was found.

[Serela]

>Refold it, return downstairs.
>Look around again for anything significant. Ponder where she does her cooking.
>Presuming nothing comes up, use the key to test the wall where the door we didn't use was found.

>You return it to the chest, and go back downstairs.
>Around, you just see all the stuff that was here before; nothing significant, really. The stuff here all looks like something you would keep as reminders of good memories; it's a bit heartwarming, really. Oh, and there's the rug you rolled up.
>Hmm, that's a good question. You don't know where she keeps clothes, or eats; the bathroom didn't have a shower either. This house is a bit quirky.
>You drag Azalea's Key across the walls until the burst of magic occurs, and you find a dark stairway leading downwards has appeared in the wall.

[Hello Purvis]

>Down them stairs~

[Serela]

>Down them stairs~

>After you go down a few steps, the wall reforms behind you.
>It's now pitch black.

[Hello Purvis]

>Hold out the orb. "Hey, can you make a bit of light, please?"

[Serela]

>Hold out the orb. "Hey, can you make a bit of light, please?"

>It doesn't seem to oblige. Either that, or you've gone blind.

[Hello Purvis]

>"You tried."
>Put hand on the wall to steady self, unless there is a railing then hold onto that, turn around, go up two less stairs than we remember descending, poke around ahead with the key until the door opens.

[Serela]

>"You tried."
>Put hand on the wall to steady self, unless there is a railing then hold onto that, turn around, go up two less stairs than we remember descending, poke around ahead with the key until the door opens.

>And that's what matters!
>Thankfully, you've only gone down a few steps. You turn around and poke out with Azalea's Key, and the wall opens again, bringing back the glorious light~

[Hello Purvis]

>Quickly look around, is there anything resembling a light switch on the wall?

[Serela]

>Quickly look around, is there anything resembling a light switch on the wall?

>Nopes! Just bare wall and stairs downwards.

[Hello Purvis]

>Do we recall seeing any candles and matches during our looking around, or a flashlight?

[Serela]

>Do we recall seeing any candles and matches during our looking around, or a flashlight?

>Nu-uh. You'll probably have to either come back to these stairs later, or go down blind.

[Hello Purvis]

>Look down the stairs. How well lit are they now? And how much of the basement can we see, if any?

[Serela]

>Look down the stairs. How well lit are they now? And how much of the basement can we see, if any?

>You just see... stairs. Lots of stairs. In fact, far too many stairs; you wonder how long they go on for.

[Hello Purvis]

>"Guess that leaves wedging it open with a chair out of the question."
>Return to the first floor, check for other hidden rooms. Should there be none, leave and return to the village.

[Serela]

_{<NeoSerela> @choose Update BP or be a lazy sumbitch
<Keine> NeoSerela: I choose...Update BP! ^_^V
<NeoSerela> fuck}

>:I

>"Guess that leaves wedging it open with a chair out of the question."
>Return to the first floor, check for other hidden rooms. Should there be none, leave and return to the village.

>Heh. You wonder what would happen if you tried.
>You return to the big room, and fail to find anything new. So, you leave, and return to the Village.
>The dead body has been removed, and the village square is empty. You have a feeling everyone will be staying inside as much as they can, for a while.