corrinesbell | 72. Sigh

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72. Sigh

>You are standing inside the house.
> To your right are two closed doors. To your left are two open doors. Before you is another open door, leading outside.
>/left
>You head for the left-hand set of doors. One is to your right and the other now on your left.
>/right
>You enter the room on the right. An unmade bed is against one wall. On the table beside it is an open book.
>/pick up book
>>Unable to recognize command </pick>.
>get book
>You pick up the book from the table, reading the pages. Several people seem to have written in it already. You close the book and see your name on the cover.
>/obviously
>>Unable to recognize command </obviously>.
>/shut up
>You have already shut the book.
>/exit
>You leave the bedroom and return to the center room of the house. You are standing inside the house. To your right are two closed doors. To your left are two open doors. Before you is another open door, leading outside.
>/outside
>You exit through the door leading outside. Around you are other houses similar to the one you have exited. No people are in signt. To the north is a river that runs through the village. To the east is a forest. To the west is the rest of the village. Farther west is a mountain range. The way south is impassable.
>/why?
>>Unable to recognize command </why?>
>/sigh
>You heave a frustrated and righteously annoyed sigh and sit down on the stairs outside of the house you just left.

[[ooc: In the style of Zork, among the other ~~ancient~~ older, text-based play out there. I may fail very hard at this, actually, but I'll give it my best try! If this is somehow so fail it's outside the parameters of the event, let me know. I just thought it'd be fun to try.]]

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[is walking past your house on the way to... somewhere]

What's up, Sheena?

>The boy in red stops in front of you and speaks.
>>"What's up, Sheena?"
>What do you do?
>/"Hey Lloyd."
>>"Hey Lloyd."
>/"Nothing really, I guess."
>>"Nothing really, I guess."

[...highly confused by the scrolling text that just appeared over Sheena's head]

....Huh?

>Lloyd is looking at you strangely.
>/why?
>>Unable to recognize command
>/"Something wrong?"
>>"Something wrong?"

[points up]

What's all that?

>What will you do?
>/look up
>You look up and see only the sky. Whatever Lloyd is seeing, you certainly are not.
>/"All what?"
>>"All what?"

There's all this writing over your head!

>You think Lloyd is being silly and you are not sure why.

[Sheena may notice Stella passing by. She hasn't seen her yet, but she's walking towards the shop, a list of groceries in her hand. She also hasn't noticed the glowing green diamond above her head.]

>You see a woman with blonde hair passing by. She has a strange, green object glowing over her head.
>What will you do?
>/shout
>You shout across the distance to attract the girl's attention.

[Stella stops in her tracks and looks towards the voice, and she stays there for a moment before she walks over to her. Again, there's a slight pause as Stella looks at the stats above her head, a confused frown on her face. While she's doing that, though, a broad range of options appear.]

[> Talk] [Entertain] [Admire] [Flirt]
[Irritate] [Hug] [Say Goodbye]

Ah, van vesua! Cummuns nala? [Stella looks frustrated after that. She's aware that she's speaking nonsense, but she can't make herself say anything else.]

>She seems to be speaking in some kind of alternate language. It is so alternate, in fact, that the translators upon which you have come to rely are unable to process it.
>/"What did you say?"
>>"What did you say?"

[She lets out a long sigh and slouches, shaking her head.]

Shoo flee... [Okay, let's try waving a hello!]

>/"Stella, is there an experiment going on?"
>>"Stella, is there an experiment going on?"
>/stand
>You stand with a concerned look, leaving the book on the front steps.

[Stella nods slowly, and though she doesn't want to speak more gibberish, the words come out anyway.]

Mychuno.

>/"I'm pretty sure I think so too."
>>"I'm pretty sure I think so too."
>/look around
>In front of you is Stella. To the north is the river that runs through the village. To the west is a forest. To the east is the rest of the village. Farther west are mountains. The way to the south is impassible.
>/east with Stella
>You take hold of Stella's arm and begin to walk east through the village.

Ah? [Stella gets pulled along, though she steps along with her after a few seconds.] Hooba noobie?

>/"And you have this green thing above your head."
>>"And you have this green thing above your head"
>/look at green thing
>You eye the green thing with some suspicion, noting it is less green now than it was when Stella first walked by.

[She looks up at the green thing, something she hadn't noticed before.] ...? [She tries to touch it, but her hand just goes right through it.]

>/get green thing
>You try to get the green thing as well, but your hand goes right through it. It does not seem to be tangible.

[Stella lets out another sigh. This is pretty frustrating...] Elicantoo...

>/"When did this start?"
>>"When did this start?"

Adaoo... [She holds up one finger and waves her other hand. She's trying to say "one hour ago", but judging by the frown on her face, she isn't sure how to communicate like this.]

>You are decently skilled at interpreting and infer that Stella means either one hour or one day before now.
>What will you do?
>/east
>You continue to go east through the village.
>/look around
>You look around you. There are very few people out and about today.

[A thought bubble appears above Stella's head with Sheena's picture and a question mark. She's wondering where she's taking her, though she's also noting that there aren't many people around today.]

>/weird
>>Unable to recognize command [/weird].
>/"We're looking for someone to help figure this out."
>>"We're looking for someone to help figure this out."

Ahhh fladdum. [She nods too, to show that she understands. The thought bubble disappears, and she looks around again.]

>/"Kratos or Raine or Regal or somebody. Someone who's, uh, rational?"
>>"Kratos or Raine or Regal or somebody. Someone who's, uh, rational?"
>You continue walking and then come to a stop. In front of you is a school building. To your left and your right are shops.

[She's watching all of this being typed out, too. It's weird. But at the mention of those names, Raine's picture appears in another thought bubble. She's the only one out of those three that she knows.]

>/nod
>You nod and smile at the...thought.
>/"Yeah, Raine. We're at...oh. She won't be at the school. She's sick."
>>"Yeah, Raine. We're at...oh. She won't be at the school. She's sick."

Bwaqta? [She's concerned. Raine's sick? Maybe they shouldn't disturb her...]

>/"Yeah, we're not gonna talk to her if she's resting. We'll have to find someone else. Any ideas?"
>>"Yeah, we're not gonna talk to her if she's resting. We'll have to find someone else. Any ideas?"

[Stella raises a hand to her chin, contemplating. A few of her friends pop up in her mind: Cloud, Albert, Norma... Senel's picture comes up last, and she has to smile while red and pink hearts fly around the thought bubble.]

>/look
>You give Stella a look.
>/"Somehow I don't think Senel will appreciate knowing about this before there's a solution."
>>"Somehow I don't think Senel will appreciate knowing about this before there's a solution."
>You nod as if to confirm this thought.

[Wait until the hearts disappear and she stops giving that dreamy sigh, Sheena.

Now that that's finished, she nods, too. It wouldn't be good for Senel to know about that. Senel's picture is replaced with Albert's again. Him?] Treblar?

>You are unsure about Albert.
>/"If we can find him, yeah."
>>"If we can find him, yeah."

[She nods again. She's not really sure either, but he's the only one she can think of. Everyone else might just give her a shrug and move on.

Problem is that she has no idea where to look first.]

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