DAY THREE MASS POST

[vesania]

[So now you know the truth. The virus is not the work of Cair Paradisa at all, but rather another castle altogether. One which existed (and perhaps still exists) beyond the broken bridge. Cair Draconis.

It seems Cair Paradisa itself is rather annoyed one of its descendants is bringing this mess to its doors. Thanksgiving doesn't seem to be a happy family time in this world. Though the castle remains silent, something has appeared in the lobby. It's a piece of tattered paper, with Brewer's handwriting on it. It's another poem, with certain words underlined. As if the good doctor was trying to make sense of them]

"In the the room of ice and snow
The cure to Wrath it will bestow
The Virtue of Patience gone astray
A piece of wood from a broken sleigh"

[Looks promising. Might be an idea to try that out]

[[FINDING THE CLUE | THE FOUR SEASONS ROOM | THE LAUNDRY ROOM | THE BALLROOM | THE KITCHEN | THE CLINIC | THE LOST ROOM
DAY THREE OOC POST | PLOT HUB]]

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FINDING THE CLUE

[vesania]

[Read it, argue about it, wonder what the heck is going on. This is the section for those shenanigans]

[holyrabies]

...A piece of a broken sleigh? How is that patience?

[hellshaped]

Like in that one movie, maybe. That guy wanted his sled for his whole life; that's pretty patient.

[Hellboy, a sled is not a sleigh. No.]

[fluthlu]

Perhaps there's no true symbolic meaning. It could merely be a vehicle for the virtue.

[wizard_redfive]

[Narrows eyes at the poem.]

Not sure if underlining keywords is meant to be helpful or insult our intelligence.

[valuedstrength]

I'd go with helpful. We can't afford to be picky when people are sick.

THE FOUR SEASONS ROOM

[vesania]

[The first clue leads you here. Perhaps some of you have decided to follow it. As it's a Friday, the room indeed is in Winter Mode.

Snowbanks rise and fall, flakes drifting through the air, sometimes caught by gentle winds which seem to come from nowhere. Somewhere here is the first Virtue. Best start looking for it]

[hellshaped]

[Hellboy's never been here when it has been in Winter Mode, but the snow doesn't really bother him, despite his state of dress.

Where the snow is deeper, he sinks down into it because hooves aren't the best at displacing that sort of thing. But he'll just grumble irritably and pull himself out, pressing on and continuing to look for... well. A broken piece of wood?

Like a needle in a haystack.]

[fluthlu]

[Rose shows up at the door a few moments after him, and begins to wait for Mavis until she realizes that someone is already in there looking. She pulls her knit hat down over her ears and steps into the cold.]

Have you found anything, yet?

THE LAUNDRY ROOM

[vesania]

[Here you are, in the laundry room. Driers humm and washers spin, going about their daily lives. A few ghosts wander around, but pay no heed to the residents. Somewhere in here is a blanket...]

[save_the_souls]

[Heading into the laundry room! Looking around, opening driers up and such]

I wonder where it is...

[valuedstrength]

[Don't mind Steve looking in weird places for a blanket with you, Allen. Like idk.... by the soaps and all that.] If I had to guess it's either with a stack of normal blankets or somewhere no one would ever think to put a blanket.

[Guess which one he's going with at the moment.]

THE BALLROOM

[vesania]

[Ah the ballroom, setting of many a great Paradisan party. I bet you've never noticed until now how many portraits hang along the walls of this area. The answer is A LOT. Better get searching]

[holyrabies]

Do you guys think it's under a particularly chaste or lusty looking painting?

[wizard_redfive]

[A giant treasure hunt wasn't what Dairine signed up for. Thankfully the ballroom is so close to the lobby, so she can just transit there. But when she looks around the room at all the paintings...]

That might be a good start. Or someone wearing a locket.

THE KITCHEN

[vesania]

[It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is...well, a SPOON. How can you even tell which is the right spoon? Looks like you have a lot of digging to do.

There is absolutely nothing ironic about this]

[holyrabies]

[She is zipping right towards the knife block!]

[ruin_mania]

[Those handles sticking up out of the knife block are clearly not ones that belong to spoons. And yet--]

Do you think it might be concealed inside, perhaps?

THE CLINIC

[vesania]

[Because the first place you want to be when there's a magical viral pandemic going on is a place where sick people go, right?

Get searching!]

[persequor]

[ So she decided to change groups. Fuck it, she does what she wants. ]

What are we looking for now?

[valuedstrength]

[And a member of Team Blankie is rolling in.] A stethoscope.

[cyan_maid]

[What's this? Folks looking around for things? And they never invited Jane?! That's unfair. That is SO unfair. Just thinking about it makes Jane bitter.

She becomes visible in the doorway to the clinic while everyone's back is turned.]

Gosh! What is everyone up to today?

WHILE SHIT HITS THE FAN

[persequor]

[ Arya drags Nymeria away from the door to find the tenth—steph—sto—WHATEVER IT IS. She pulls out the locket and holds it out for Nymeria to smell. ]

Come on, girl. Like last time. Find it and we can leave.

[ Nymeria sniffs the locket then smells the air and floor. She turns around, disoriented by the strong clinic smells. When Arya is close to slipping her skin again, she seems to find something because she runs off. ]

Wait!

[ RUNNING AFTER, SEVEN HELLS, YOU STUPID WOLF ]

THE LOST ROOM

[vesania]

[Good for you, you got through Insolitus to find this happy little place. You remember finding this room? Do you remember all the random junk that was in here? Well, it's still there. And somewhere, there's a flashlight. You know what to do]

[ruin_mania]

Really, there must be an easier way to get here.

[Time to start looking for a Green Lantern ring light source, she supposes. Though how they'll know it when they see it is a bit of a mystery as well. Maybe it will also have a clue attached to it.]