.aspects game

[decomposed]

GAME ENDS 4PM PST 8/19

hit me up on slack (utaoutauhito, display is 森 歌) or plurk (sacae) if you have any questions! probably people won't get very injured if at all but there is some chance of getting mauled to a small or possibly significant degree. careful guys

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2.

[decomposed]

[ a tall wooden door that was well-made, once, but now is visibly aged and weathered. there is ivy sprawled all the way up and across it - opening it might be a little challenging. ]

Re: 2.

[rightwingman]

[I'M INTIMIDATED BY THE OTHER DOOR]

[trying to pry open this one]

Re: 2.

[decomposed]

[ as you probably should be.

eventually the ivy gives way, and you find yourself in - well, it’s a garden of a sort. you can see the walls hedging it in, distantly, and if you look up, the ceiling stretches high above you. light like sunlight shimmers warm and bright from what might be chandeliers dotted all the way across.

but the plants themselves - rather than being planted in orderly plots or rows, they look more like they grew in naturally, and to an almost unreal extent.

most of the room is overtaken by a forest. it’s hard to discern anything through the thick of the trees - but starting where you are, extending off to your right, is mostly blooming brush and hedges, a field or two of wildflowers. a path cuts through off that way, visibly. it’s a bit of a walk but from here but it looks like it carves its way around the woods to go behind it, cutting close to a wall where the brush-like area tapers and gives way to more trees.

the whole place looks deliriously overgrown, aside from the path kept neatly clear, but everything is green and healthy, nothing looks like it’s suffocating. despite this, there don’t seem to be any animals or even insects, and there’s a bad feeling coming from the forest. it’s faint enough (at least from here) that it’s hard to discern the way it’s bad, however. it’s just unpleasant. the other way feels fine.

which way? ]

((scoring criteria is finding and engaging with the npcs, esp multiple of them. you’re allowed to try to get through this room more than once but if you do only the first attempt will count for scoring.))

Re: 2.

[rightwingman]

So much...

[carefylly picking his way around the plants, following the path]

Re: 2.

[decomposed]

[ it’s somewhat long, maybe 10 minutes worth, but it’s an easy walk, very even ground. even though they’re not trees, some of the plants around you loom tall - some ferns stretching out past eye level - but for the most part, your view of the forest constantly at your left is unbroken. at a few points the path wavers in a bit more thinly, but it never breaks or stops. ]

Re: 2.

[rightwingman]

[pauses to touch one of the ferns— quick and almost skittish, but he's curious]

I didn't know these could grow so tall.

Re: 2.

[decomposed]

[ it's a nice fern, very healthy. it's kind of comforting to touch, offsetting that feeling from the forest. ]

Re: 2.

[rightwingman]

[pats it. aw, nice plant, good plant.]

[continues down the path]

Re: 2.

[decomposed]

[ as you come around the bend, it’s quickly apparent that the path doesn’t go all the way around the woods at all. it stops just a little out of sight, leading straight to a staircase carved into the stone wall. the steps are evenly made, and there’s even a railing leading up, made from polished wood.

the brush-and-fields area doesn’t go on more than a couple feet past where the path ends. straight ahead, there’s only more woods. ]

Re: 2.

[rightwingman]

Hmm.

[okay, up the stairs, holding on tight to the railing]

[ofobedience]

[the ivy gives it a certain appeal, so he's just gonna...tug on this one]

[decomposed]

[ eventually the ivy gives way, and you find yourself in - well, it’s a garden of a sort. you can see the walls hedging it in, distantly, and if you look up, the ceiling stretches high above you. light like sunlight shimmers warm and bright from what might be chandeliers dotted all the way across.

but the plants themselves - rather than being planted in orderly plots or rows, they look more like they grew in naturally, and to an almost unreal extent.

most of the room is overtaken by a forest. it’s hard to discern anything through the thick of the trees - but starting where you are, extending off to your right, is mostly blooming brush and hedges, a field or two of wildflowers. a path cuts through off that way, visibly. it’s a bit of a walk but from here but it looks like it carves its way around the woods to go behind it, cutting close to a wall where the brush-like area tapers and gives way to more trees.

the whole place looks deliriously overgrown, aside from the path kept neatly clear, but everything is green and healthy, nothing looks like it’s suffocating. despite this, there don’t seem to be any animals or even insects, and there’s a bad feeling coming from the forest. it’s faint enough (at least from here) that it’s hard to discern the way it’s bad, however. it’s just unpleasant. the other way feels fine.

which way? ]

((scoring criteria is finding and engaging with the npcs, esp multiple of them. you’re allowed to try to get through this room more than once but if you do only the first attempt will count for scoring.))

[ofobedience]

[the unpleasant feeling to one side, it's the blooms and wildflowers that win him over-- he's definitely headed that way]

[decomposed]

[ it’s somewhat long, maybe 10 minutes worth, but it’s an easy walk, very even ground. even though they’re not trees, some of the plants around you loom tall - some ferns stretching out past eye level - but for the most part, your view of the forest constantly at your left is unbroken. at a few points the path wavers in a bit more thinly, but it never breaks or stops. ]

[ofobedience]

[then he'll keep going, not minding the walk, stopping to admire any flowers he sees now and then whilst occasionally casting a glance towards the forest, not entirely forgetting the wrong feeling that comes from it]

[decomposed]

[ as you come around the bend, it’s quickly apparent that the path doesn’t go all the way around the woods at all. it stops just a little out of sight, leading straight to a staircase carved into the stone wall. the steps are evenly made, and there’s even a railing leading up, made from polished wood.

the brush-and-fields area doesn’t go on more than a couple feet past where the path ends. straight ahead, there’s only more woods. ]

[ofobedience]

[up the staircase it is, it's interesting, and it's gotta be here for a reason, right?]

[decomposed]

[ the stairs lead up to a single doorway, simple and elegantly made like the very first door, but far better maintained. nothing is blocking the way. ]

[ofobedience]

[then he'll push it open, and attempt to step inside]

[voreaciously]

[Let's try opening this door. She'll try until it gives way.]

[decomposed]

[ eventually the ivy gives way, and you find yourself in - well, it’s a garden of a sort. you can see the walls hedging it in, distantly, and if you look up, the ceiling stretches high above you. light like sunlight shimmers warm and bright from what might be chandeliers dotted all the way across.

but the plants themselves - rather than being planted in orderly plots or rows, they look more like they grew in naturally, and to an almost unreal extent.

most of the room is overtaken by a forest. it’s hard to discern anything through the thick of the trees - but starting where you are, extending off to your right, is mostly blooming brush and hedges, a field or two of wildflowers. a path cuts through off that way, visibly. it’s a bit of a walk but from here but it looks like it carves its way around the woods to go behind it, cutting close to a wall where the brush-like area tapers and gives way to more trees.

the whole place looks deliriously overgrown, aside from the path kept neatly clear, but everything is green and healthy, nothing looks like it’s suffocating. despite this, there don’t seem to be any animals or even insects, and there’s a bad feeling coming from the forest. it’s faint enough (at least from here) that it’s hard to discern the way it’s bad, however. it’s just unpleasant. the other way feels fine.

which way? ]

((scoring criteria is finding and engaging with the npcs, esp multiple of them. you’re allowed to try to get through this room more than once but if you do only the first attempt will count for scoring.))

[voreaciously]

[Overgrown forest, huh. So basically, this feels like home.

Let's go the bad way because why not.]

[decomposed]

[ the light falls mottled through the leaves, but it’s bright enough, and at least for now the canopy coverage thin enough, that it’s not even dark. since you’re not following a path, there’s a fair smattering of gnarly roots underfoot, but it’s perfectly easy to see and avoid them. the shade would almost feel a little nice, except for that feeling that’s gotten worse. it’s somewhat like anxiety, combined with a slight ache in your chest.

it’s stronger going straight forward, right into the thick of the woods, but there’s - maybe a separate offshoot? that feels like it’s off to your left. it’s easier to travel that way, since it’s still close to the edge of the woods. ]

[voreaciously]

[She'll go straight. She feels the pinpricks and aches, but she'll weather them and move forward.]

[decomposed]

[ well, visibility exists, but it sure isn’t great. but maybe you saw something move just then.

or maybe that was just you tripping on all the roots, the ones you can barely see anymore, there’s a shitton of them, is that fucking ivy all over the ground too? bushes? man that must fucking suck to navigate through. the ache in your chest just gets worse and worse the further you go - it’s outright painful, full of loss, suffering, despair, you’re so lonely so lonely so lonely ]