Fragments of the Past, located by the theatre and close to Bizzie's farm, seems to be a museum of some kind. The building itself, from the outside, is definitely post-cataclysm and seems to be fairy sturdy. There is a large garden surrounding it, stretching all the way to the theatre which, although its nearest neighbour, is still quite a distance away.Originally Posted by Noblejanobii
Alright it's time for our first action. Jan, where do you want to go?
A museum sounds cool! Maybe we can learn some of the history of the area there.
I wonder if any serial killers lived here.
Oh boy...
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First Action: Search (47) Fragments from the Past to see if there's anything or anyone of interest there.
Second Action: Speak with the curator, Anguleri the Dhelmise.
At first, you see fit to search the exterior of the building. You figure that a nice garden would be a crafty place to hide something of worth, so you get to work, first scouting the perimeter and moving in bit-by-bit. When walking feels too slow, you extend your shadowy, ribbon-like arms which propel you a whole lot faster, but you never skimp on the being thorough.
After a while, something white catches your eye. You stop, retracting your shadow arms and sinking back down to a tiny mimikyu size, and inspect what you found. It appears to be a bone, and it's not clean. It reeks of rotten flesh, and it looks filthy, like it's been sitting here for days or even weeks. You hope you don't need this and leave it where it is, and use it as motivation to find the reason why it's here. With a little more searching, you begin to feel the skin under your pikachu costume prickle. This is an unusual occurrence for you, as normally you're the creepiest thing in the room, so you figure it must be bad. With a little more searching, you find where the property takes a dip, and at the bottom of the small hill is some kind of tipped-over pot. The earth then curves back up on all sides, as if this dip was almost carved out solely for whatever lies down there. Surrounded by trees and plants, you figure it's well hidden enough for nobody to have noticed it yet.
You head down the hill, trying not to slip, until you come to the base. It is a pot of sorts, but more specifically, an old, rusted, grimy cauldron which seems to have fallen off the apparatus that held it due to it collapsing. It has a similar stench to the small bone you found, and littered around it are fragments of similar bone, meat scraps, blood, and what could be someone's insides. Just looking at this makes you want to gag, but you maintain your composure...until you round the fallen cauldron to peer inside.
Resting in the remaining puddle of a foul liquid substance, a rotted face stares back at you, voids for eyes and skin almost completely fallen off. You can't even tell what this used to be, but the sight of it completely disgusts you. You keep your eyes on it a little too long and its horrific odour snakes into your nose, and you can almost taste it in your mouth.
Madder the Mimikyu suffers 1 point of Sanity damage.
You pull away, scrambling backwards a little as you try to regain your composure. This...must be a Stalker's doing. As creepy as a floating head in a cauldron is, the mental toll it took on you can only be the influence of the Abyss. You figure this is where the bone must have come from, but you're not quire sure how this cauldron could be of any use right now. Regardless, the stand it was resting upon looks broken, so perhaps that's something you could relay to your fellow Emissaries.
{Hell-Cursed Cauldron: <Repair>} was added to the Team Records.
You leave the cauldron where it is, and are relieved to breathe in fresh air once you make it to the top of the dip. Well, perhaps serial killers do live here. You search the rest of the exterior, then head inside and scour the building's interior. However, nothing else catches your attention. But you do stick around, noticing that the dhelmise who runs the museum seems to be present.
Madder the Mimikyu (S: Ghost/Fairy)
Health: 8/8 | Sanity: 7/8 | Purity: 12/12
Battle Stance: Fight
Perk: Seinaru
Interview Rapport: VERY POSITIVE
+1 Shared type
+1 Shared evolution stage
+1 Intimidation Ghost > Ghost
+1 Modesty Ghost < Ghost
Shortly after your search of the museum and its grounds, you elect to target Anguleri, the museum curator. You find them floating around the museum, clasping a painting gently with reeds that seem to wrap around their body. As you walk up to them, you comprehend just how incredibly massive this pokémon is, and how tiny you feel by comparison. To quietly compensate for this, you find yourself extending your shadow arms again and propping yourself up somewhat. It's only then that the massive pokémon notices you.
"One moment, small thing," they say, somehow drifting above the floor towards a storeroom. The doorways in this museum are almost fifteen feet tall and ten feet wide, and you watch as Anguleri easily manoeuvres through one and back. "You're here to see the art?"
You tell them that you're here for another reason, and that you're helping with an investigation of the Stalkers. You intentionally omit the part about the cauldron.
"The Stalkers?" they bellow, their voice almost a rattling, churning sound constructed like words rather than a voice. "I do not know why you are asking me, as clearly I have nothing to do with them. Nor will you find anything of import in my museum, so if you are not here to peruse our exquisite collection of art, I bid you farewell."
You stop them from leaving by extending your arms until you come right up to what you imagine is their face, and explain that their cooperation would be very much appreciated, and that anything could help. They catch onto your persistence and seem to produce what you imagine is a scowl.
"You tiny folk pretending to be menacing is adorable. And a pestilence. I do not know anything. Do you understand? The only thing that has changed around here is that, for some reason, a rancid stench wafts through every now and again. No, it is not me, and no, I do not know where it is coming from." They stare at you for a moment longer, then push past your form, floating toward the storeroom again. "Perhaps you can ask Krenta what he's been seeing of late, rather than bothering me."
The door slams behind them, and you're left alone in the museum until you decide to leave.
Health: 8/8 | Sanity: 7/8 | Purity: 12/12
Battle Stance: Fight
Perk: Seinaru
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