Final Investigation

[thecastle]

Unless you're outside the change in the environment is subtle, a spike of electricity in the air that lasts only for a moment. And if you're outside, well, it's hard to miss the blossoms of the sakura tree as they fall in a flurry. It's rather beautiful, if not somewhat disturbing; sometime in the past few hours, they've changed color from a cheerful pink to a blood red.

Regardless of whether you see that as an omen or not, you'll hear what comes next through your pendants:

Third floor, there is little time left.

The Teishu's words are clipped and urgent, so you probably shouldn't tarry.

What awaits you when you climb the stairs are three new corridors and one ornate, black, wooden door directly opposite the solar. There's a keyhole here so you don't need to worry about trying to force it down (and you still have that key don't you?) but it would be wise to explore the rest of rooms first.

Best to be prepared and all.

Explore?

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Comments

[thecastle]

[ Yes, as in different time periods' versions of a globe! And what a cartographer would know of the Earth during those times.

And actually, while she's looking at the globes there, she might find a note that seems to have carelessly left out on the counter. ]

[aumygoddess]

[ HMMMMMMMMMMM

Alrighty, what's up with the note? ]

[thecastle]

[ It looks to be kind of worn and in dubious condition, but it's easy to make out what's written on it. ]

"All he does is talk about himself. He’s an egotistical fool.

If not for his usefulness in spying on the others, I'd wager we'd have already cast him to the shadows below."

[ Given the age, whichever spy is being talked about wouldn't be Kizakura.

That seems to be it here, though! ]

[aumygoddess]

[ Got it, Hanyuu dutifully reads it over a few times, and then tucks it into her pocket. ]