maybe you're still dreaming...

[thalassino]

[ it's particularly foggy this morning— in fact, should you venture into the city, you might find that you can't see a anything further than your own arm's length. however, around noon, the fog will subside; the first thing you might be able to spot as the fog clears would be the shape of something rather large in the distance— something familiar, perhaps.

isn't that the church?

it's mysterious to say the least, considering it was supposedly demolished last summer. the locals seem very unfazed about it all, as though nothing had ever once happened to it. you know you're curious, so how about exploring it?

—except the interior isn't quite like it used to be. fog seems to remain inside of the building and it's all very wet— it's almost as though the church had been swallowed up by the sea then redeposited within vatheon. not to mention all the corridors and doors— in fact, it shouldn't be possible for the inside of the building to be so much bigger than the outside.

careful though, you might get lost. one door leads to another corridor of doors, which only leads to another, which leads to too many flights of stairs... is this a maze? try to choose your path carefully though; opening some doors leads to unfortunate circumstances— rooms aren't exactly supposed to spontaneously explode or suddenly have their floors disappear into a pit, are they? it's clearly a maze with traps.

anyone lucky enough to successfully solve the maze and avoid all the traps might find theirself in an odd room located on the very top floor. tucked far away in a dark corner of the room stands a peculiar wooden box. there's a slot located on the top of the box, and nearby is a plaque that simply reads: ]

Donate to the Great Lamufao for a reward! ☆

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OUTSIDE ☆

[thalassino]

[ there's quite a few curious people bound to be agape. the locals seem so nonchalant though— a few are even selling some very strange colored roses. ]

Open

[aim_exorable]

[For the no doubt many drawn by the church, they may see the towering form of Darkleer standing near it. It's hard to tell because of his usual shades, but he appears to be staring right up at it. At his sides are two sleek mechanical greyhounds some may remember from the beach party- one with lines and eyes of red, the other blue- and between his thumb and forefinger, he's idly twisting about one of the roses the locals are selling.]

[Anyone can come and talk to him, if they so wish. He won't turn away company in most cases.]

[420]

Huh, it's back.

[Wow, will you look at that. Gamzee remembers that building. It was gone for a long time, but now it is back just like a miracle. A foggy, kinda dampish, miracle, but a miracle none the less.

He shuffles up lazily to Darkleer's side, shadowing his eyes with a hand as he peers up at the massive church.]

open!

[donotcomprehend]

[The fog around has put Gale on edge- before, fog had happened when the body appeared during the 'April Fool's' problems, and it reminds him of that. At least this time, it isn't a dead person that turns up, but an enormous building is just as intriguing, though in different ways. Of course, he doesn't recognize it- He's not been in the bubble anywhere near long enough for that.

For now, he'll just observe it, and the locals selling flowers. Eventually, he'll buy one of the flowers, to examine the differences between it and the Embryon rosebush back at base. If he sees anyone who looks like they know what's going on, though, they'll be getting approached.]

[fortheempire]

[Ioder stood near the doors of the church, staring up at it with wide blue green eyes. He hadn't been in Vatheon when the church was still around, so the structure was entirely alien to him - not unlike how the city was to him when he first arrived.

And something about it just felt... wrong. Or maybe that was just him? His stomach was fluttering, mouth dry, a sense of weight on his shoulders that shouldn't have been there. Of course not sleeping more than a couple of hours a night the past few days isn't helping.

He bought one of the roses. He didn't know why he did. He just... did. A part of him wanted to venture inside, but he was hesitant, reluctant to do so alone.

So he just stood. Staring. Waiting. For what? He didn't know.

Maybe something to push him inside.]

[seablaze]

[How about instead of a push, an arm resting across your shoulders to drag you with?

The pirate was there with a few of those pretty black roses tucked between his other arm, and side.]

Not gonna get anything done sticking 'round out here, lad. C'mon. [A cant of his head as he grinned.] Time to figure this mystery out and find out if it snatched people here.

Any o' your friends missing?

Open

[reaper2die4]

[Grell slowly walks toward the church. It interests her as how she hadn't seen this around the bubble and she'd been wondering around for some time now. She gazed up at it's massive form, raising up a hand.

In the other hand, a rose from a nearby local is held daintily. It's something of a mysterious beauty to her - not as beautiful as her, she would tell anyone, but fairly close.]

So the curtain arises on a new scene. I do wonder how this shall play out for the actors of this play.

[bountyofthesun]

[A little off to the side, Hideyoshi is staring up at the huge structure with rather less poetic confusion, even alarm. He's gotten as used as he was going to get to Vatheon being Vatheon, by now, but the last few days have been pushing it. And this fog and dark roses show is not helping it.

He glances at the woman coming up, and gives a slightly exaggerated shudder.] Ohh, ominous.

OUTSIDE ☆ Open

[lucentpalisade]

[ She hadn't seen the Church before, but the flowers certainly catch her interest. She investigates said locals selling said roses - sadly, she has no money, but if someone else happens to have the same roses, she could always ask where they got the seeds, right? She isn't going inside the church yet though. ]

EXPLORING ☆

[thalassino]

[ too many doors, too many corridors, too many stairs... ]

Open

[aim_exorable]

[Of course Darkleer has to explore the Church. The curiosity is far too much.]

[So at any point, you might run into the archer wandering the church. His hair is tied back into a loose bun and slid into it is that rose from before. (Go ahead and tease him, if you like. The reaction won't be much.) In his hands, there is a large book and he's apparently making a map of sorts in side of it of the Church, or at least doing his best to make one. The mechanical beasts are still at his sides, acting as lookouts once more.]

[donotcomprehend]

[And at some point, Gale comes across. He's too used to battle not to want to at least investigate the sound of someone else in this place. He won't laugh at the rose in Darkleer's hair, because it makes it easy enough to tell that he's probably another person from outside exploring, rather than a protector of this place.

The mechanical creatures leave him wary, though, so he stops a safe distance away from Darkleer to address him.]

What are you doing?

OPEN! - reply any style!

[booyaka_boom]

Selphie really should've thought about this more, but how was she toknow that the fog would continue inside. She thought there might be some respite, but there wasn't. So she stepped forward carefully, arms outstretched, and she grimaced at the touch of damp walls. All in all, it was quite disgusting. But by the time she had decided it would be a good idea to go home, she was completely lost.

So she continued through what seemed to be some kind of maze, and to keep her spirits up, she hums a gentle song, almost a lullaby.

OPEN!

[lucentpalisade]

Eventually Sophie had tired of staring at the curious flowers outside and wandered inside the church to look around. Eventually, she heard a curious song being sung, but she didn't see anyone around. Calmly she made her way towards the sound of singing.

open!! ♥

[dreamchasing]

[ Hubert wasn't in the house when she'd awoken ... Cheria had been out, frantically looking around for any sign of him. She didn't need Sophie or Pascal waking up and discovering this for themselves, though she doubted the latter would think it was anything worrisome.

On her search, though, she'd come across something that seemed ... out of place. The church had a sort of eerie air about it ...

... it also seemed like a place Hubert may have gone to explore. So, despite the eerieness of it all, Cheria had proceeded cautiously into it.

She had been here for at least an hour. Maybe more. She wasn't sure. She'd lost track of time during her explorations. She had thought about turning back several times already, but the thought that Hubert may have been in this place kept her going; after all, she had taken it upon herself to keep everyone together during such a difficult time. She owed it to everyone to hold herself to that.

... this place was just so creepy, though. ]

[fullofspirits]

[ Maya was lost. It took her a while to realize she was lost.

She's really not sure why she decided to explore this creepy church, anyways.. It smelled decrepit, looked run down.. If not for her impulsive curiosity, she wouldn't have looked at the building twice.

So, at the moment, she's frantically running through doors and hallways, not really paying any attention to where she's going - Until she rams right into another person. Falling back on her bottom, she rubs the back of her head. ]

A-Ahh!! Are you a.. g-ghost?

open;

[spelunky]

[Exploring is totally Pascal's thing! Since she's relatively new to Vatheon, the structure isn't anything familiar to her, which gives her all the more reason to check it out. So, without even thinking of possible consequences to running in haphazardly (not that she ever does), she now finds herself deep within its confines and totally lost.

Except... this doesn't seem to bother her too much.]

Whoa, who'da thought this place was so big!

Re: open;

[kivaember]

[Well, Gilbert was in the middle of MEGA SLEUTHING with Fox, so of course it was his sworn duty to check out all and any mysterious things. And that included the church - even if religious buildings brought about bittersweet feelings. He had spent so much of his lifetime growing up surrounded by the church, it was like returning home - before remembering you got thrown out by your parents. Ahaha, yeah, awkward.]

Place is falling apart. [mutters, wrinkling his nose at all the puddles and cracked walls and things like that. He hears a distant shout echoing through the corridors, so he sort of, lazily wanders in that direction. He's bored, and he wants to see if it's someone he knows]

TRAPS ☆

[thalassino]

[ oops did you get stuck in one of those pit rooms? swinging axe suddenly coming at you? what's that ticking noise... ]

Open

[aim_exorable]

[Found yourself trapped? Hurt from an exploding room?]

[Fortunately, Darkleer is amongst those exploring the church and he is quite used to confusing, dangerous areas that no one has explored before. It's true that he may not have a squadron to direct in this case, as he's more used to... but he does have robots.]

[Lots of robots.]

[So if you find yourself in a conundrum, you may find your friendly Alternian hermit or a mechanical beast of some kind helping you out!]

[devwocean]

[Dualscar is also not completely incompetent in this area, but he doesn't have robots. He was moving across an apparently normal floor in a hallway, only to find the ground dropping away beneath him, and wicked spikes below.

So he's clinging to the stones of a wall, having found a few crevices to jam his fingers into and a tiny ledge for one foot, but solid ground is frustratingly distant]

[bombtossing]

[The ticking noise is so mysterious.

But no really. When Minene's involved...which is it? The traps or her?

She's already dirty from several explosions she had run into, a look of ecstasy on her face. This was the most action she'd seen since coming here!

She's running, though - why is she running?

BOOM!

Oh. That's why. That explosion lifts her off her feet, and she laughs as she falls down to the ground.] It's even better when I adjust them!

[Feel free to think she's insane. Really. She kind of is.]

Open

[nouseincryin]

[Fucking. Temples.

If the mazes didn't get you the poison arrows and falling floors would. This was not at all what the weasel had signed up for. He liked the promise of treasure as much as the next guy. Probably more than the next guy. But there were plenty of better ways to go about getting it.

He tentatively poked at a tripwire with his boot. What he really needed was a stooge...]

OFFERING BOX ☆

[thalassino]

[ congrats, you made it! follow the plaque's instructions for a prize worthy of your troubles! ☆ ]

Re: OFFERING BOX ☆

[seablaze]

[Arms folded against his chest as he pondered what the heck to put in. All he had on him were a few of those roses, and whatever he normally had when he was in the Thief job class. Brows were furrowed before he decided to just drop in a rose. If that didn't work, he can try maybe broken pieces of floor boards, rocks, and then finally he'll just find a person to set on top the offering box to see what would happen.

Hey. A prize was a prize. And his curiosity was something to reckon with.]