...we came in?

[strangerpeople]

POOR UNFORTUNATE SOULS


[There's no doubt that those who wake up will vaguely remember a dream.

In that dream, at least for most people, there are two figures, informing them each that they had a Title. With that title came a power. More than that, they were being given rooms, as if they were meant to stay in the dark and gloomy place where their dreams placed them. The Strangers might have found this to be a ridiculous proposition. Unless they have been through this before, then were probably not surprised in the least.

All of this, of course, ended with a sense of inexplicable dread for everyone. Especially when they woke up to find themselves in long, thin, cramped rooms, with only candlelight to give them any illumination.

Yes. Unfortunately, that dream had not been a dream at all, much as you might have hoped. You are here, now, inside an old, decrepit house where you have been given what appears to be a permanent residency. While you apparently have a power to aid you, it's no comfort. You have no option to leave, you have no way to escape, and the rules hammered to your door doesn't help the creeping sense of doom pooling in your stomach.

...

Now.

Where are those two figures that had greeted you to begin with?]

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Comments

[notadinosnack]

[He laughs at that idea. More like this stuff is even rarer than diamonds.]

If a deposit of it exists anywhere else, I sure haven't seen one. It's so rare that many people don't even think the stuff exists.

[belovedsuffocator]

[That's...more important than she was expecting.]

Well, that makes much more sense why they'd want it.

[Even she now thinks she wants it.]

So, they want you to lead them to this...orichalcum, and intend to get money from some of our families to pay for the labor. Case closed.

[Time to get a drink at a b-wait, no, she doesn't do that.]

[notadinosnack]

Exactly. It's one possible explanation. I doubt it's the only one but I sure can't think of any other reason to kidnap an old explorer like myself.

[belovedsuffocator]

Any explanation is better than no explanation.

[Even a wrong one]

Ah, anyway, I believe we still haven't introduced ourselves. My name is Felicity Parham, though you can just call me Mrs. Parham.

[She sticks out a hand for him to shake. Will you trust the noodle hand?]

[notadinosnack]

[He'll take the noodle hand. He's capable of being a polite gentleman when the situation calls for it even if his manners probably wouldn't measure up to a noble's ideals.]

Good to meet you. I'm Thanatos Beldine. You're welcome to just call me Thanatos, no need for formalities with an old explorer like me.

[belovedsuffocator]

Fair enough.

[Not like she planned on calling you "Mr. Beldine anyway]

And I would agree with you on the sentiments, if not for the circumstances.

[Giving a look at their general surroundings. Especially a moldy corner of the room.]

[notadinosnack]

Of course. I know you probably didn't come from a place like I did where this is actually far less dangerous.

[belovedsuffocator]

Yes, I'm sure that you're right.

[Eye roll cause, at this point, she isn't fully sure this guy was actually stuck on an island, tbh.]