-[ prismic △ sanctum ]-

[Lilium Mortem]

any change to the reflections? check them both just to be sure, can't be too careful. unless you're low on battery or something there's no need to hurry.

[seppawku]

look at em and go through, i suppose!

[SHIVERS]

You look up into the mirror, just to be safe.
You see a full set of eight, vividly-colored spheres, including a green one.

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[Lilium Mortem]

Ok, seems like everything is working order. check the other reflection press forward!

[seppawku]

wait wait. can we take any of the spheres with us?

[knux400]

So it seems like the doors need all eight spheres to remain open. If I had to guess, we can't mix and match vivid and pale ones either. Onwards!

[SHIVERS]

You experimentally try to pick up a few of the spheres in the room, but none of them seem to budge.

You press on through the door, finding yourself in a hallway.
Unlike the concrete and marble rooms you'd seen before, this seems more... homely.

The floor is reddish-brown hardwood, and where the walls have been painted a deep red to match. You can't see very much of the walls, though, as they're lined with rows and rows of books. Most look fairly old, too worn to really make out the titles anymore.
There's also simple red wooden door directly in front of you.
You can see beyond all that into the rest of the study, and start to check your surroundings.

However, once you manage a few steps into the hallway, a wood-covered metal panel juts out, sealing the door you just came through tightly.

You're a bit concerned, but seeing as it seemed to be a dead end, anyways, you try not to worry too much about the way back being blocked.

Exiting the hallway, you walk down a couple of steps into a small lounge area, another large window where the west wall would otherwise be.
Outside the window, it's quite dark, but you can tell it's daytime outside. There's a small garden, filled to the brim with various kinds of ferns, palms, shrubs and ivies. Vines have grown up around the sides to block the view somewhat, but you can still see plenty; the entire garden lit up in a blue glow from pouring rain outside, which also keeps a persistent ambiance throughout the room.
In the lounge itself, there's - appropriately - a large lounge chair, a couch, a desk with a chair, and a nook seat in the corner against the window. The desk has a green lamp sitting on it which is currently on, illuminating it with a golden tint, though there isn't anything on the desk itself.

You can see what looks like a kitchen east of the lounge area, though you're distracted before you can continue.

In your head, along with the map, you now find persistent words forming.

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MAPCURRENT ROOM: STUDY

[seppawku]

HMM keep an eye out just in case, but u should grab the books that seem maybe informational and take them by the lamp!

[knux400]

Let's check out the kitchen. Are we hungry at all?

[Lilium Mortem]

according to the map there are two doors and one set of stairs, double check their locations as you explore. also is the rain glowing? also also out the window are we higher or lower off the ground then we were in the entrance room? also also also keep an eye out for an owl. don't talk about bugs if you do see one.

[SHIVERS]

You try to grab a book, but find that it won't budge. None of them seem to have titles, either, now that you look across the shelves.
It takes you a moment to realize that they're fake; just plastic props that look like books.

Looking out the window again, the 'blue glow' you see is from what you guess is dim sunlight attempting to pierce through a thick armor of rainclouds.
In addition, the garden and the fountain from the earlier window were both level with where you were in both rooms, both giving the appearance that you were on the ground floor, as best you're able to tell.

The first door was the red one you noticed just across from where you first came into the study.

You don't feel hungry... You can't even remember if being hungry is something you're capable of or not, but you head for the kitchen regardless.
As you enter, you note that the stairs are around the corner, and the other door - a flimsy-looking brown wooden door with a deadbolt on it - is just through the kitchen.

The kitchen itself is simple - cabinets and drawers, a fridge, a microwave, a sink; things of that nature - though its color scheme is odd. The tiles are purple and black, the walls just around it are painted indigo, and that odd color scheme persists throughout. Even the fridge is purple.

One other thing you note is that there's a knife block on the counter, which has all its slots full save for the biggest one, which is empty.

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MAPCURRENT ROOM: STUDY

[knux400]

Big knife is missing. I don't like that. Real quick, what is our skin made of? How much damage would a knife that size hypothetically do?

Let's take the second biggest knife and check the flimsy wooden door. Carefully.

[seppawku]

make sure to check there’s nothing on the stairs while u go to the door, corners r a Hazard

[SHIVERS]

You aren't sure what material your 'skin' is made of, but from touching it experimentally, you wager that a knife could most likely pierce clean through.

You can see the stairs from where you are, though you have to crouch down a little to see the top.
You don't see anyone on them, or anything else suspicious.

Attempting to arm yourself, you grasp the second largest knife handle and pull, only for it to stay stuck fast.
You try every other handle, but find none will come out, no matter how hard you pull.
All the knives are fake, and the knife block itself seems to be rooted to that spot on the counter.

Giving up on securing a weapon for the moment, you walk over to the door.
While it's fairly thick, it looks quite old, not held together well at this point.



You unlatch the deadbolt and go through, proceeding with caution.

You find yourself in an alley, the sky orange in the beginnings of sunset.
There are various trash cans and dumpsters around nearby, all with sturdy padlocks.
It looks like it's rained recently, as there are puddles scattered about.
Brick buildings with boarded up entrances blockade you towards a single path, just around the corner down some steps.

You can hear a strange whirring sound up ahead.

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MAPCURRENT ROOM: ALLEYWAY

[seppawku]

ominous, i love it! splash in a puddle for funsies (U DONT GOTTA ITS JUST RELAXING) and maybe slowly approach the noise? would be good to try n spot what it is before going too far twds it- we’re kinda trapped between alley, path, and mansion.

[knux400]

Mmm, ominous whirring. My favorite. Investigate it cautiously, and be ready to run or fight if needed.

[1011686]

Look at the architecture of the buildings around you. Do they look real, or are they fake like the books and knives? Like, do they have windows?

[SHIVERS]

You take a quick glance at the buildings in the alleyway.
You don't see any windows, but you suppose that's not uncommon, considering this is a back alley.
Tracing your hand along one of the walls, they feel solid. 
Real enough, you suppose.

You round the corner and walk towards the noise, staying cautious.
Up ahead is a wall with a fork going right and left, which you quietly approach.
When you hear the noise growing louder, you determine that whatever is making it must be getting closer, and duck behind one of the dumpsters.
You carefully peek your head out.

As you watch, a small, floating machine of some kind enters your view from the right side of the fork up ahead.
It's bathed in a sphere of red light with itself at the center, the sphere extending out a few feet in diameter, just enough to reach the walls and pavement.
You only see it for a few seconds, its movement slow enough to watch as it exits your view at the left side of the fork.
As it leaves, the whirring grows quieter, but doesn't fully dissipate.

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MAPCURRENT ROOM: ALLEYWAY

[knux400]

Did the sphere have any noticeable effect on the walls/pavement it touched? If there are any objects on the ground, did it do anything to those?What did the machine itself look like?

If the coast is clear, continue down the fork where the floaty orb machine came from.

[seppawku]

if it’s clear u can proceed, but definitely stay out of the machine’s light. i wouldnt think it can ‘see’ traditionally outside that?