Lachesistein: Open Log

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Who: Those who signed-up for the exploration
Where: Lachesistein
When: Today until the 26th (More or less, an open log for any time period if anyone wants to explore around)
Rating: up to R rated (if it gets to R, please indicate in the subject line)
Summary: Characters are exploring Lachesistein on their own time
The Log:

[ This is an open log for those who wish to explore Lachesistein freely, and it can take place any time between July 16th and 26th. For more information on Lachesistein, please refer to the Exploration plotting post. If something comes up at all, make sure to contact a mod with your questions or concerns.

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[then_there_were_none]

[The door now resembling a sadly crumpled lid off of a sardine can, Flandre chitters one, in affirmation, then reaches out for Cirno's hand before cautiously starting down the stairs. Blank papers littered the stairwell and made things slippery, and there weren't many light sources for the rest of the stairwell save for Flandre's own glowing wings and eyes and whatever Marisa conjured up.

At the base, two flights down, there are also two doors. One says "fire escape, alarm will sound" and the other door's sign is missing.]

[baka_jyanai]

-Cirno makes her best attempt at reading the sign, but she's obviously struggling to figure out what it actually means. Stupid English...-

[stardustreverie]

[Marisa walked up a moment later, taking the time to conjure up a small orb of light before moving forward. The orb floated near the brim of her hat for now. She peers at the sign for a good moment or two,]

Alarm huh...As much fun as that sounds, I think we might wanna take the quieter option.

1/2

[then_there_were_none]

[She tugs on the fairy's hand a bit.]

Let's go this way, Cirno.

[And she starts to pull open the other door, the one without the words on it.]

2/2

[then_there_were_none]

[Though instead of a normal empty doorframe, there's just a black void.

And a face. Which Flandre just stares at for a moment, at least until it reaches out and smacks the top of her head. That makes her jump and squawk and crowhop backwards.]

[baka_jyanai]

-You've never seen Cirno run away faster, screaming and grabbing Flandre to get away from what the hell ever that thing was.-

[stardustreverie]

[The face was enough to startle her into a fighting stance but Cirno's screaming? Not something she expected. That threw her into full out fight response and she lashed out with her broom and not a Spark, remembering that she could hurt Flandre or Cirno if she did. The broom harmlessly bounced off the frame and Marisa took a big hop backwards, trying to stay as far away from the thing as possible]

[then_there_were_none]

[Cirno had pulled Flandre backwards even further, and partway up the stairs again, until the next landing up where Flandre got her feet back under her from jumping and scrambling and being dragged.]

Marisa, Marisa, what's that?

[baka_jyanai]

-One would think living in Gensokyo, they'd be used to things like this... but this is Cirno and Flandre. An idiot and a basement dweller.-

Beat it up, Marisa! Beat it up!

[stardustreverie]

[Marisa considered the door for a moment, staying well out of the things reach. She put the hakkero away once more, deciding it wasn't necessary to blow it and whatever was behind that thing with a Spark. She held out her hand, forming the well known star danmaku around it.]

Not sure what it is...but it's goin' down!

[After forming a decent amount of the stars, she threw them at the door, trying to overwhelm it and to test how long it could stand up to the most basic of things. Although if this didn't work, she had another idea because this thing just kept on grinning through out the beating it was receiving from the stars.]

[then_there_were_none]

[Flandre is torn between glancing back down the stairs and folding her wings halfway out and back again, as if deciding whether to take off or not. So she does both.]

...should we go back outside?

[She itches at her scalp, too, making quite sure that hit hadn't done anything to her head.]

[baka_jyanai]

No way! That's running away! I never run away from anything!

[stardustreverie]

[She was only half listening because this door was starting to annoy her. The basics were not cutting it. So she stopped her barrage of stars and gave it a momentary thought.]

Why run away from somethin' that should go down?

[She put her broom down, putting a foot on it to make sure it didn't get snatched or suddenly disappear on her. She held her hands together and muttered a incantation. A star formed in her hands but after a moment, it burst into flame. She flung the flaming star at the door, hoping to st least see SOME damage being done to the thing. It's smile was starting to annoy her.

[then_there_were_none]

...but, Cirno--

[She cuts herself off with another chitter, peering all the way down the stairwell.

The door disintegrates! Much like burning a piece of tissue paper. There are a few shreds of smoldering black left, but those are easy enough to brush away.]

Is it gone?

[baka_jyanai]

... Why'd you have to use fire? Fire sucks.

-CIRNO. SERIOUSLY.-

[stardustreverie]

It's gone Flan. Are you both okay?

[She picks the broom off the ground and walks towards the end of the stairs to make sure that they were both okay. That thing just told her that this place was just as bad as Discedo if not worse.]

I coulda started with fire when it attacked. But I waited, just ta be nice. Besides, now we know how to deal with the things, whatever they are.

[Okay..She wasn't sure if the fire would even work, but she was glad it did.]

[then_there_were_none]

[At least the monsters in Discedo had the courtesy to be properly monstrous before mauling was attempted!

Flandre chirps in answer, at least at first.]

We're fine, Marisa.

[Then she picks Cirno up again to glide back down the stairs, now that the face...door...thing was gone.

Beyond the doorframe, there were the standard expected features; cubicles, what were probably offices, sometimes twisty hallways.]

[baka_jyanai]

-As soon as Cirno's feet were allowed to do so, she took off past the cubicles, looking into each one.-

Kantaroooou! Harukaaaa!

[stardustreverie]

Hey! Hold on!

[Marisa started after Cirno a bit before shaking her head. Why did she agree to this again? Oh right, She promised herself to watch over both Cirno and Flandre, even though she only told Cirno she was there to help protect Flandre. This was not going to end well given the encounter they just had.]

[then_there_were_none]

Cirno!

[Flandre immediately takes off after the fairy, calling her name a few times before she can catch up.

There isn't much in there, though. Certainly no one else, besides the fairy, the vampire, and the witch. More papers scattered around, pens left out, coats left on the backs of chairs.

...though one coat in particular makes her stop and frown and, after a moment, pick up. It was...Pip Bernadotte's coat, and so much bigger than Flandre. But why was it here?

She carried it with her anyway, even though it made for a slightly awkward lump to carry even when it was folded up.]

[baka_jyanai]

Hey... I recognize that jacket... -Cirno's eyes focused a bit.-

So they are here! They have to be! Come on, let's go!

[stardustreverie]

[Marisa caught up again after a moment of looking around carefully. She was taking no chances right now. She doesn't say a thing but now she is looking a bit distracted, looking around. If that coat was known to them..What else could be hiding around here? She walks a bit away, trying to keep a eye out ahead of them]

[then_there_were_none]

But...Pip didn't even send a letter, and Remi didn't mention him here, so...why?

[He didn't seem like the kind of person that got along with desk jobs, either.

She fluttered up to Cirno's shoulder anyway, zigzagging back and forth a bit to get a better look around the room. She doesn't find anything else she recognizes specifically, besides the coat still clutched in her arms.]

Did Marisa find something too?

[baka_jyanai]

-Meanwhile, Cirno runs off again, in rather desperate search of her family.-

KANTAROU! HARUKA! GET YOUR BUTTS OUT HERE!

[stardustreverie]

[Marisa found something alright, something that stopped her dead in her tracks. She quickly made her way to one of the desks and knelt down at a open drawer, reaching in with a bit of sadness crossing her face. She pulls out a very familiar blonde haired doll.]

....They got Alice too? But why would she leave this here...

[She was distracted for the moment but snapped out of it when she heard Flandre. She was quiet when she responded, really unsure of how to feel at this point.]

Yeah..I found one of Alice's dolls....Who all did they get?

[Although all that yelling...]

Eh? Where did Cirno go?