Level 3: Headquarters! : RD 13

[shiromadoushi]

[[Bakura's looking insanely upbeat today. Almost hyper for the first time in ages.]]

Hey everyone! I talked with the King about having a place of our own that's not at the castle, where we can keep our own records and maps and things like that and he's giving us a mansion! It's that big one, not too far from the East Bridge, right on the water, the one that looks a little run down? He said it's been abandoned for a while so it needs a bit of work to fix it up, but that shouldn't be too hard to find people to help with that, right?

Who wants to come check it out with me?

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[shadedsunlight]

[Their own place, huh? It remains Ginia of the Welcome Center back in Luceti and she smiles a little nostalgically. It's a good idea having a central hub.]

It sounds like a great idea. I think I can put in a bit of time to help later.

[shiromadoushi]

Great! If you can, bring a broom or a mop and bucket or something okay? Any cleaning supplies you can get from town will be a big help!

[shadedsunlight]

I'll see what I can find.

I was in another world where we had a similar sort of central hub. Perhaps we can get a book and write down what we know or what we've experienced so people that come later and read it and be caught up.

[shiromadoushi]

Un! [[nods with a grin]] Giles and I were talking about it, any sort of records or maps or anything that we've found, we can record there where everyone of us can get to it, especially since the library here's so useless.

[shadedsunlight]

[Giles. Of course.]

The bookstore isn't any better, unfortunately. Lots of fiction, especially romance novels. [Maybe that's why the city is so obsessed with everyone's supposed love lives.]

[shiromadoushi]

[[Bakura's totally giving Giles the credit since it sort was his idea to start with]]

[[he shakes his head with a small laugh]] So many of them know how to read, yet all they read is that sort of thing... This place really is strange sometimes.

[shadedsunlight]

Perhaps there's a writer among us to provide more quality literature?

[shiromadoushi]

Maybe! It wouldn't hurt to ask!

[shadedsunlight]

Schwanheim could use a bit of culture beyond romance novels and gossip rags. Where's the epic poetry, the ballads, the paintings, the tavern songs!

[shiromadoushi]

I think I saw some paintings in the palace... the sort of generic background ones like you'd seen in an RPG.

[shadedsunlight]

I suppose I haven't explored the castle that much. And it really is quite like an RPG, isn't it. The roles, the almost two-dimensional villagers. I'm surprised no one has asked me to slay the rats in their cellar.

[shiromadoushi]

[[covers a small laugh]] Maybe we skipped the beginner levels and have gone right on to fetch quests.

[shadedsunlight]

Does that mean escort quests are coming up?

[shiromadoushi]

Aaaa, I hope not! Those rarely go well.

[shadedsunlight]

They're only frustrating in games because the NPCs always walk so slow or have pathing issues. If you're escorting someone with a shred of sense, it's not so bad. [Unfortunately, most people seem to lack a shred of sense.]

[shiromadoushi]

But who else would we be escorting except for someone like that? [[points out with a smile]]

[shadedsunlight]

Think it'dd be breaking rules if you picked up the person and carried them?

[shiromadoushi]

I'd think that'd depend on how you did it. Knocking them out and stuffing them in a sack would be the best for us, but we might lose points for it...

[shadedsunlight]

Really? Points are involved? I didn't know that. Who is in the lead? [Don't take her seriously, she's joking.]

[shiromadoushi]

We'd have to count up quests to find out. [[grinning, enjoying this]] Maybe we can keep a high score board in the headquarters~

[shadedsunlight]

Think we could get the king involved? Give out special prizes to the most helpful heroes around?

[shiromadoushi]

I don't see why not! What else is a king there for in a game?

[shadedsunlight]

Very true. Though I wonder where the queen is in all of this? If there is a queen.

[shiromadoushi]

[[he pauses, blinking]] I don't think I've ever heard a queen mentioned, come to think of it.. but there must be one, if there's a prince, right?

[shadedsunlight]

In theory, yes. Perhaps she passed away at some point or maybe ran off to another kingdom. Or the prince could be an illegitimate child. Who knows?