[CONTINUE + 4] Week 1 || Act: mingle

[foundationmods]

Monday comes onto the snowy town once more, though it still looks as if it's 'night' as ever.

Then again, you are underground. That's just to be expected, considering no natural light can get down here in the first place. The Monsters around you are just as friendly as ever, though now there's far, far less of them.

Is time running out for the mission? How many more loops do you have?

...You feel as if something is watching you when you're not looking.

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[finalring]

Locked. It almost looks like no one has been here.

[ ... what about the dressing room? ]

skipping so there's something for the others to respond to pfft

[foundationmods]

[ The dressing rooms are unlocked, but there isn't anyone inside of them. There are tutus, feathered boas, and capes inside of them but it doesn't look like they have been touched in a few days.

The dressing room that was used for a robot last week is also unlocked. The name that was once there is missing. The journals that were once there are missing. It looks like it's been unused for a few days ]

[sageking]

...It doesn't appear there's anything useful in any of these rooms.

[ Unless there was a keycard hidden in some kind of dresser in here? ]

[white_camellia]

It does not hurt to be thorough, however.

[Yeah, Nanaka's going through the robot's dressing room as thoroughly as she can. What all is in here? Anything where something small can be hidden?]

[oceanicbutterfly]

[Similarly, Karen's going to do a thorough search of the north dressing room. Maybe someone left a key in here. Or a letter. Or a bottle of grape juice. That last one wouldn't really be helpful but she'd enjoy it.]

[foundationmods]

[ There aren't any hidden keys, keycards, or grape juice from what they can see. There isn't really anything to be found here, besides the sad reminder that someone is missing. ]

[finalring]

[ well this is EXTREMELY DEPRESSING.

if only they could at least remember the missing monster, but this only makes the gap in his memory sting even more. ]

I guess we can go look on the other side then. Seems like we've seen everything that needs to be seen.

[sageking]

[ Well, it's time to move on from here then. ]

Hopefully there is something worth our time on the other side.

[ Whatever the case, he didn't care to waste anymore time in this spot.

It looks like they'll have to cut through the live stage area/grand entrance to get to the other side? Though is the live stage location accessible to them? ]

[white_camellia]

Yes... I had hoped there would be something left over, but...

[No luck here today, it seems. But yes, we might as well check the live stage, since it's on the way.]

[oceanicbutterfly]

...I feel like I should do something here, for them.

[She doesn't feel this strongly enough to not go towards the stage with everyone else, though.]

[foundationmods]

[ They can access the live stage, but it looks to be empty. There's a poster advertising a show, but the words CANCELED are stamped across it. What happened to that singer anyways? ]

[finalring]

This really looks like a ghost town.

[ sighs. ]

Where else do you guys want to visit?

[sageking]

[ You can even say the singer...gave up the ghost. Bad puns aside, though. ]

...We may as well go to the Buffet area since it's the closest.

[ From what he remembered upon running around from last time...

Regardless he'll just go straight towards that area to get it over with. ]

[white_camellia]

...The possibility of doing something is there, but for the time being, the exploration takes priority.

[The closer we get to finding a solution, the sooner we can turn the situation around, after all. But yes, let us check the buffet... Hopefully for some sort of magic foods, since those will always be useful.]

[oceanicbutterfly]

Hm...

[Karen isn't really satisfied with that, but it's better than nothing.

To the buffet they go.]

[foundationmods]

[ There's a monster at the front, but he looks too glum to even bother with asking if they have a ticket. Looks like they can help themselves to the food there if they want.

There seems to be missing some monsters there. The one talking about being hooked to the dew from leaves is missing, and there's less customers in general. It seems pretty quiet for a buffet. ]

[finalring]

Talk about a terrible vacation spot.

[ he sighs, and he can't help but think that it's almost cruel to take the food when the monsters are like this.

what kind of food is there, though? ]

[sageking]

Hmph, they seem to have accepted their demise at this rate.

[ Even when things were going very much to shit in the Singularity, his people hadn't despaired like this...even when their numbers had diminished...

...

Well, then again, their leader hadn't been put through existential erasure.

Also while they are checking out the foot at the buffet, Gilgamesh will slip into the kitchen to see if there was anything lying around, like, for example, a key card. ]

[white_camellia]

Looking purely at their numbers, that is hardly an incorrect decision, but... Truly, a place without hope has no chance of lasting much longer.

[She will absolutely take a bit of everything. And I do mean... everything. This is how you buffet.]

[oceanicbutterfly]

[Nanaka's buffet skills are strong and Karen will take a similar approach.]

It isn't just numbers. They don't have a leader now.

[foundationmods]

[ He will find the kitchen is emptied. Wasn't there someone working there before?

The buffet itself will have all kinds of monster food there for various types of monsters ]

[finalring]

Indeed. Just how a king needs their people, a kingdom needs their king to lead them. They need some form of guidance or stability, or else...

[ this happens. they lose hope.

he'll take some food as well. ]

We have to solve this before they truly do extinguish.

[sageking]

[ He'll back to take like. Some food, so yeah. ]

Evidently so. Seeing their despair is too pitiful.

[ Beyond the fact they need to solve it in order to survive at all...but he'll suddenly start getting going towards the Arcade. ]

Let's move onto the Arcade.

[white_camellia]

[Well, with that, time to put the plate into the inventory. Let's see if it reads as one item, or a dozen.]

Of course.

[Let's see then, on to the arcade, and... Are there any games that have prizes inside?]

[oceanicbutterfly]

We'll solve it one way or another.

[Karen never did actually check out the "DDM" machine itself. What... is it?]