THE FORSAKEN FORTRESS

[monoguests]

[Well...there's land up ahead. It's an island suspended inside purple water, and even though the sky all around them has been rendered in a purple coloring, thick spotlights zoom around the island at a vicious place. Yet, it looks...deserted.

There's no stopping the boat. Not when there's no anchor, at least. It almost magically, robotically, pulls up alongside one of the island's docks. Though the island gives off an intimidating aura, there's not much else we can do, is there?

Lets go exploring.]

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[green_mario]

[Of course. Of course they couldn't have landed somewhere nice and friendly. It had to be a spooky fortress with an ominous aura.

He awkwardly starts getting off the boat, well they've made it this far...]

W-well I guess we'll-a have to see if there's anyone here...

[Luigi cautiously does just that as he wanders around.]

[superstylishschism]

Nice color scheme, at least.

[Not that he's biased or anything. He's got a hand on his wooden sword as he jumps down to the dock. Not that he doesn't trust this place, but...oh, wait, no, that's exactly it.]

[monoguests]

...Oh, yeah. Sure there's a lot of people on Medieval Island here.

[Clarice is done already tbh]

[green_mario]

[Clarice why.]

Look, we won't-a find anyway to go back home if we just stay in the boat.

[monoguests]

[She's so hungover, Luigi.]

You think we're gonna find it on "Intimidating: The Island?"

[shslancer]

Medieval Island?

[Guess who don't know that term?

The medieval one in the group.]

[monoguests]

Well, I mean...that's what it looks like.

[chaoscontrol]

[HOORAY. No more boat. You'd think someone who was born and raised on a space station would be ok with being on an inescapable vessel in the middle of nothingness. Well you would be correct.

For the first day or so.

But the lack of windows in the ship had him pacing the decks uneasily, constantly on the watch for land. He's a little too irritable to chat with his fellow survivors. But once he sees land, even as ominous as it is? He is all over that shit. And, as he is wont to do, he departs by himself. But he won't stop anyone trying to follow him.

He's spotted the highest point on the island, what seems to be part of a boat stranded high atop a spire, with a giant bird's nest below.

That's where he's going to try and go.

And hey, if that particular structure isn't there, courtesy of a certain volcano guardian, well... he'll be going toward the next highest place]

[monoguests]

[Well, once he makes it there, he's going to find a giant locked door, identical to the ones back at the camp. Looks like you're going to need a key here.]

[chaoscontrol]

[Hm. That's good to know. Shame he had to climb all that way just to reach a dead end, but that's life. And it felt good to stretch his legs, anyway. Time to go find the others and tell them about what he's found]

[monoguests]

[Well, they're pretty far down from Shadow, but there's a few doors hanging around along the way if he wants to take a looksie.]

BALLOT BOX

[chaoscontrol]

[Shadow sets the ballot box out in the light of one of the torches on a wooden table. He also takes the 15 student slips out of his glove and lays them out. He also lays out the picture he found]

Everyone, I think you should come take a look at these.

Once we're done here, we should use the key on the locked doors I found.

[green_mario]

[Luigi sees the slip with his name on it and absentmindedly picks it up to check it out.]

You did? You think it might be a way to escape or at least find out what's-a going on here?

[monoguests]

["Luigi Mario
Reason: Vulnerable, In His Brother's Shadow!"]

[green_mario]

[Luigi couldn't help but sigh a little at that.]

Why do people only talk about me when they're talking about being in my Big Bro's shadow...?

[Seriously he has other traits, people.]

[superstylishschism]

[He picks up his own and snorts.]

When did they write this? It's a couple finales out of date.

[chaoscontrol]

I don't know if it will answer our questions. But it is at least a way to keep moving forward.

[green_mario]

Yeah, it's-a better than just looking at...

[Sidelong glance at the hand/blood room.]

... Y-y'know.

[fitnessenthusiast]

[Something possibly belonging to the bear is never good, but she decides to look at her ballot anyway. She doesn't seem all that impressed, but this is Wiitney we're talking about.]

That's not true.

[shslancer]

[Nephenee hesitantly picks up the one with hers on it. Seeing her name on something doesn't seem good, in this instance...

All right, what the heck does it say?]

[monoguests]

[Nephenee Marigold
Reason: Self-Esteem Issues, Total Daddy's Girl - Huge Family!]

[shslancer]

[Without even thinking, she says:]

D-don't ya go bringin' him into this, dastards...

[How dare they bring her family into this!

Also that wasn't a sniff you heard. No one heard her sniff or saw her wipe her eyes. Totally.

Following suite on that 'checking the other names' thing, she plucks a few out, trying not to get any wet.]

[lavenza]

[takes hers and reads it.

...seriously she's really curious about this.]

[monoguests]

[Elizabeth Megidola
Reason: Inhuman Mannerisms, Kind of cute!]

[lavenza]

Well... I am cute, I'll give them that.

Does anyone else have reasons this fickle?