MOCK ROUND INTRO LOG

[foundationmods]

Welcome to Rokkenjima. This island may just be a copy in the middle of reformation, but the Witch extends her greetings all the same. Please, relax.

This game is just a trial run, but please do not think you can sleep through this. The Witch fully intends to put the system through its paces, so please put up a good fight.

The difficulty level depends on you. Think deeply on your moves during this short play time.

You wake with a start - even if you don't remember falling asleep in the first place - and find yourself standing on the dock of what looks like an island. There's a noise behind you - and if you turn to look, you'll see a plain white boat taking off and leaving you all behind, not stopping for a second if you try to flag them down or scream at them.

It doesn't look like you can swim to shore, either - there's nothing but sea in all directions, and something tells you trying to swim out will end up badly. However, a small dip, if you were so inclined, would be fine. It's not like the weather is bad for it - it feels like it's summer, despite whatever it was when you laid eyes on the envelope.

...Speaking of, Every last one of you have an envelope in your hands, with a gold letter 'L' on it. It's the same letter you were reading before you 'woke' up here, after all. More than that, those of you who had supernatural or magical abilities will feel...strange, as if your abilities are being forcibly blocked. Try as you might, you just can't use them - though all of your physical abilities are intact, of course.

If you decide to head up the path, you'll find Goat....men? waiting for you near the doors to the mansion. Despite their bright red eyes, they merely bow politely and wordlessly bring you into the mansion, showing you your rooms and then stating that they will prepare food for you or anything else you should need whenever you want, in surprisingly deep voices.

As they leave, you can't help but wonder...

What did you just get yourself into?


Mock Round Calendar!
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Comments

[overlordad]

[Well, that sure was a thing that happened. He had assumed that this Lambdadelta would show up, they'd discuss the terms of this wish, write up a contract... Goddamn it, never trust a spoken agreement. Now he had no way of letting his family know where he is. They're all grown now except for the new baby, but... he doesn't like not having eyes on his investments. At the dock, this man in a very nice suit glares out at the sea:]

Fucking bitch.

[Still, he follows the goats with no fear, and ends up gravitating toward the painting in the foyer]

Think that's our Witch?

painting

[beastlybruno]

Maybe, if that's not an antique or something.

[Says the hulking beast with the bright green eyes. He seems just as confused as everyone else here.]

Though as someone who happens to know a witch, the woman in the painting must be the strangest witch I ever saw.

[overlordad]

[Takashi doesn't seem startled at all by Bruno's appearance- he's seen worse.]

Yeah, she's not very intimidating.

[beastlybruno]

[Thanks, he appreciates the lack of fear.]

No, it's not that. [The witch he knows is only intimidating before you get to know her.] It's just that... Ah... She looks kind of eccentric for a witch, doesn't she?

[See, most witches tend to rock the traditional witch hat in some way, but Bruno's holding his tongue since he has no idea if traditional witch clothes are even a thing here.]

[overlordad]

The pink, right?

[beastlybruno]

And the decorations. And the frills.

Though I doubt her appearance says anything about her power.

[overlordad]

Making yourself look unintimidating is a smart move. A 'benevolent witch granting wishes' like some fairy godmother. Skeevy as hell, heh.

Painting

[curryparty]

Maybe? I haven't ever met a magic user with such an... eccentric style before.

Actually, most of them are pretty old-fashioned.

[Though he still peers up at the painting curiously enough.]

[overlordad]

Hey, good on her if that's the case. Wear whatever the hell you want.

[curryparty]

Black robes are pretty much the standard where I'm from. She's got some cute accessories, though!

[overlordad]

She not trying to play up the cliche I guess. She almost looks like a kid though...

[Ponderponder]

[curryparty]

Taking a bunch of people to another place instantly like that is really powerful stuff, too. It must have a steep sacrifice to cast a spell like that.

[But then again, so would granting a wish.]

[overlordad]

Or the letter itself does the teleporting... hmm...

[artificialhighness]

If it isn't, it says something about her decorating choices.

[Yeah, Luna's just taking the goats and the random people (most likely humans, if her experience is anything to go by, unless they really, really aren't) in stride, so here she is grouped in the foyer eventually with the rest of them. Staring up at that absurdly dramatic painting.]

[overlordad]

Pink and pumpkins... pastel goth?

[artificialhighness]

I didn't know there was a word for combining pink with pumpkins.

[In fact, she hasn't seen a pumpkin in a while, either. These things happen when the world ends.

Have a vaguely confused blink or two as she tries to process witch aesthetics.]

[overlordad]

Or just 'horrifically clashing'.

[artificialhighness]

Maybe it's a form of psychological warfare.

[She said that with a straight face. Mostly. There's a softening around the eyes where she didn't bother to hide her bemusement.]

[overlordad]

I can feel my will draining already.

[iblistriggered]

She looks kind of... young, doesn't she? Uh... Not that age matters! I guess a kid can be a witch, too! Why the pumpkins, though...

[overlordad]

[animal people aren't anything new to Takashi, so he doesn't even blink at Silver]

Could be a fake appearance too.

[iblistriggered]

OOohhhh... like an 'enhanced' portrait! [he looks up at the painting and frowns thoughtfully] ... You'd think she'd make herself prettier if that was the case... ah! Not that she's not pretty! But she's more.... cute?

[overlordad]

Yeah, definitely too young looking to be hot. Maybe to put us off guard...?

[iblistriggered]

There's a thought... but why would she want us off guard? I guess I'm still confused about this whole wish thing... But if there's a chance she can fix my world, then I have to take it!

[overlordad]

No such thing as a free ride. If she's offering something like a wish, she's gonna want something out of it.