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Anything interesting in those papers on the wall?

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(There are some papers on the wall.) (Mirabelle approaches them with interest.)

These are about the King! I completely forgot about that.

(King?)

(That was...) (Someone or something...)

Vagar has a King? Will there be any princesses we need to save in here? Because I want the reward when we save her.

You want a princess kiss? Ew.

No, don't be stupid. I want money.

(Wow.)

Uh, no. We do not have any kings in Vaugarde.

I remember this, it was a strange dude who was freezing Vaugarde in time, wasn't it?

Yes! That's exactly it, we were actually worried he'd attack Dormont. He'd been freezing towns in a path heading towards us.

There are frozen towns? How come I never heard of this???

They're not frozen anymore. His entire stunt only lasted a few months, and then... the Director showed up.

And then people had bigger concerns.

(It's scary to think someone freezing towns had became a sidenote.) (You wonder why he stopped?)

Ah! Siffrin, your nose-!

Wait a second, there, Mirabelle behind that sheet!

(Mirabelle spots the oddly tinted sheet and rips it away.) (...Revealing the crack.)

Everyone, get out, hurry.

(Nobody needs to be told to rush out.) (Without even thinking, you pick up Lupus and burst out of the room.)

WHAT! WHAT'S HAPPENING?!

Hwhah?

It's okay, Lupus, it's okay. Mirabelle is immune, so she's fine.

What-? Huh???

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Check the closet

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(While you're here, you snoop around the closet.) (Inside are more art supplies and a pile of hand drawn cards.)

More art stuffs! Gimme, gimme!

(Lupus digs into the supplies like a studied scholar.) (They're going to become a masterful artist someday, you just know it.)

(You go back to the drawn cards.) (Hm, you pick one at random...)

(It shows a wavy sky and an elongated structure.)

(Except, no, it doesn't.) (You've been holding the card upside down.)

(In reality, this card has a drawing of a man carrying six swords on a boat.)

(How does the boat not sink???) (The bottom says "Six of Swords.")

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WOAH! This room is WRECKED! Did the Director thrash this place?

Uh, maybe? I've been in here before. It could have been a mess before they showed up.

(You glance down at the torn papers.) (From what you can make out, they're clouds and rocks.) (Maybe landscape drawings?)

(One strip, near your foot is more intact than others.) (You reach down, picking it up without anyone seeing.)

(It's... you?)

(No, that's not quite correct.) (Your cloak looks different, you have lightless trims.) (But maybe… one of the previous Siffrins?)

(What is this doing here?) (Did the Director...)

Oh! I found the broken egg key!

Yay! Key time! Now we can finish the Labyrinth!

Uh, not exactly. There are three floors, and we've just completed floor 1.

WHAT! We're still on floor 1?! STILL??!

Yes, indeed. However, how strange to hide a key in a drawer like this.

It's harder to find it in here, when we'd be distracted by all that paper.

Good point, thank you, Mirabelle, for your clever investigation.

YEAH! Good work, Belle!

WOO! We got detective Mira on the case! Nothing will get past her.

Yaay, good jooooob, detective.

(Lupus claps enthusiastically, you join in.)

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They make me SICK

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candle smell????

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(You spot the candle making station.) (The party goes alert.)

Candles!!!! That's great, let me get a whiff.

...Aw.

What? What is it? Let me smell.

It's... apple and cinnamon. Aw.

What's wrong with apple and cinnamon? Is it bad now?

Because... it sounds so tasty... mmm...

(Lupus begins to drool.) (...Oh, you're drooling too.)

(You're not so hungry enough to try to eat that candle.) (You're NOT.) (Stop thinking about it!!!!)

Nobody likes sweet smells anymore, because everything's sweet now.

Oh, yeah, I noticed that. What's that about?

It's the Blood Curse. But don't worry, it doesn't spread by being airborne.

Oh, then why do you guys want to get rid of the sweet stink?

Because it burns my nose and I can't smell anything else, AHHH!

It's just a matter of preference on if you want to mask the smell or not.

My mask has been Craft-infused with coffee beans.

I change mine up all the time. Today it smells like oranges.

Mhm, my bandana smells like bacon.

That's the worst thing I've ever heard in my life????

Hey, it's better than sugar smell.

(Your cloak has been crafted to smell like flowers.) (It's quite nice.)

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could mind craft be used to make someone invisible? like, stop everyone else's brain from seeing them?

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Could Mind Craft be used to make someone invisible? Like, would it stop everyone else's brain from seeing them?

Yes... but any Curse can only be done by a God or, theoretically, a massively powerful Craft user.

You've mentioned that before, are there really no known Craft users that strong?

But doesn't Mirabelle use Craft to be immune? Isn't she strong enough?

She's Blessed. It's not her power, it's the Change God's.

Oh, that makes sense.

But it's my fault I got Cursed... and I'm not a deity. I'm just a loser.

Uh, dusk is pretty certain it's his fault he got Cursed.

Then he angered a God then. What were the exact circumstances? Which God was it?

OH!!!!!

What is it?

It'd have to be the Director.

HUH??? How's that possible? Are you sure?

Uh, dusk, how do you want to explain?

I don't want to... my Curse is my burden and my shame...

Uh, yeah, I don't know. I assume they met before the Director first showed up in Dormont?

(Not... really the truth...) (But you can't exactly explain this without explaining the outer loops.)

But, um, we should worry about this later.

(Uhhhhh.) (You're going to have to work shop this with dusk.)

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You're weird, Mister Isabeau.

I think they broke your brain, are you sure they put it back to how it was before?

Ouch, but maybe. You'd never know. That's part of why it's so controversial.

(Altering minds with Craft…) (Sounds spooky!)

(You'd never want to do that.)

Wait… does this mean I'm Mind Crafted right now?

Oh, yeah, I guess you are? Huh.

It's meant to be easily reversed if you know what you're doing. But normal Mind Craft is already super advanced stuff.

Correct. For something this widespread and extreme, a God made Curse is the only way to do it.

(Ah, so there's no hope to fixing Dusk so easily.) (It's best to destroy the source and cure everyone at once.)

Stupid Director… stupid Curses…

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Mind control?! That's awesome! I could have everyone praise me and give me cake.

It's not awesome, how would YOU like to be puppeted? It's disgusting.

B-but -I mean -it's just-!?

Hey now, Lupus wasn't thinking of it so seriously. This is new to them.

I guess, but they should know to hate Mind Craft by now. It's awful, stupid and evil!

Ah, it's not always so bad. There's helpful medical use cases and there's a milder form some people use for recreation.

For… fun? Vaugardians alter each other's minds for fun?

Welllll, some people do it. There are businesses that have trained credited Mind Crafters. They'll temporarily alter your mind for an evening.

That's… strange.

It's not really my scene, and it's kind of… scary to me.

I've done it before. It's not as extreme as it sounds. You've really got to trust the Crafter, otherwise, yeah, I'd imagine it could go south.

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wait, hold up, mind craft? have we heard of this before?

Part 1

Part 1 (here!) - Part 2 - Part 3

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(Mind Craft?) (You feel like you've heard that term before.) (…But you can't recall what it is.)

...Confused, eh, Sif? Maybe it was outlawed where you're from.

Is it not outlawed in Vaugarde?

To an extent, but not really. There's been a lot of debate in history over its legality.

Interesting. it's completely illegal in Ka Bue, so I hadn't expected Vaugardians to be more open to such a taboo Craft.

What is it exactly?

It's "Mind Craft," Craft over the brain. It's not the most well understood study, as it's been wrought with a troubled history.

Theoretically, you could completely rewrite someone's mind to your desire. Alternatively, if done wrong, you could do irreversible damage.

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There are various supplies in here and... an empty glasses case.

(The party moves on.) (Once deeper in, you notice an open book.) (When you approach, Isabeau whistles.)

That's a Craftonmy book. Are you interested in learning anything?

(Uh oh!) (You didn't mean to alert the Isabeau to your sights.)

Uh, not really. But it might be important?

(Wait, actually, that's true!)

That's a solid point, Siffrin. However, we don't have time-

No, I don't think it'd hurt to take a second to look over Mind Craft.

Does the book contain any pictures?

No, sorry, Lupus. It's a textbook.

Ewwww!!! Ew, words.

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"It's ok to disappoint people." has got to be MOST powerful, life changing advice I have ever heard.

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how to help everyone in the world immediately right now

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sifloop in a "problematic m/m ship" poll let's all shoot ourselves

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(You've all walked to a fork in the road.)

Hm... which way should we go?

We better be prepared for another game or traps. We never know what we'll face ahead.

(Oh stars, you didn't even think about that.) (Yeah, there'll be more games.) (Blind it all.)

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We should probably tell the kids that they need to be careful with what they ask Dusk to do when he’s like this, he isn’t in his right mind after all

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(Everyone gathers for the next door to the left, but you ask for a moment to talk with the kids.)

...Sorry for not telling you earlier, but I didn't want to freak you two out with some bad news.

Oh, no! Are we out of food again?

What? Wait, you didn't have-

(Now isn't the time to unpack that.)

No, it's dusk. He's got the Theater Curse. He's not in the right state of mind, so don't make him do anything.

Ohhhh, okay. He doesn't look very puppety, though.

He's... Cursed?

Yeah, but we're not going to let it get worse! He'll be fine, once the Director is dead.

Yay! Then everything's fine. I got my Siffrin to save my other Siffrin!

What? That doesn't- but Frin, you can't let him be Cursed?! How could you let that happen!!!!

(Woah!) (Angry Bonnie!)

Hey, hey, it's only temporary! They decided to take the piece to get the key, it was his choice.

(Bonnie still looks furious at you?!????)

And they're at stage 1, that's not too bad. I promise, it won't get worse.

...Okay, but I don't like it. No one else should get Theater Cursed either, got it?!

(Ah... of course.) (You're such a fool.)

Yeah, I understand. You don't need to worry, I'll keep...

(WINK!) An eye out for any more pieces and make sure nobody ever touches another one.

...Hehe, you were trying to wink, weren't you, Frin?

Psh, no, I totally winked. It's super duper obvious that I did.

Haha, wow, I thought he blinked.

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S-Sorry. I was uh. Scared.

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S-Sorry. I was uh. Scared.

...That's alright, Sif. That was a scary situation.

And as we deal with more of that troglodyte's malicious games, I imagine we all may get a little more... scared.

Yeah, and it's good to let your emotions out! Crying is healthy.

R-right...

(You read that it helps...) (Even if it's a waste of time, and it's messy and gross!)

Thank you, everyone. I'm... I'm ready to go now.

(Mirabelle gives you the biggest smile.) (She's so confident, you wish you could feel that way.)

Now go "wee!"

Weee...

YEAH! And now go "Hyaughh" again!

Mules don't go "hyaugh" they go "nyeeeheh!"

No, it's "haaugh."

I'll go both... "nyeh haughhh..."

Woah... that's awesome.

He did it? Nice. Good mule. You get another banana.

Uh, so you two- I mean, three having fun?

Yeah! We're playing sad mule. Want to join us?

That's alright, we're going to continue going through the house now.

Oh, okay. Can I keep riding them?

Yes. No.

Dusk, no, you can't! Think about your back???

My back already carries the weight of all my sins, Bonnie is no trouble.

Uh... Bonbon please don't. It's not fair.

Siiiigh, fine. No more mules. Time to pack it up, and close the fences.