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Ellis Evans ⚔️ (tufts) wrote in installment,
@ 2022-07-17 08:54:00

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character: ellis evans, narration: network

I found a button!! 🍕

Also I found a cute little stationery/book shop on the island and I'm kind of obsessed with it? Is it anyone's???

~~Also also I have an auditi~~

[WILLOW, DYLAN, & LINDEN]

So like, while we were we at the Deadwoods, I had a chat with The Well and found out some new info about Mother Goose? (Also sorry if it's weird to DM you with this kinda stuff, but I feel like maybe you folks would be the only ones who'd care about it or listen to me?)

There was a polaroid of her on the "banished" wall that only developed when The Well touched it.
Then like, everything froze and I was like, watching a scene of what happened? Mother Goose and her Geese rush into the club with a banishment scroll and she's like, "Peter, they're coming for Rhyme. They act is if I've done some sort of crime!" and then he's like, "That's where fence sitting gets you. Do something about it, then. Tell them where they can stick it." Then, he says quieter: "Don't forget to wear your ear plugs." (I don't know what this means, but it seems important.)
Then I asked about why people got "banished", and The Well said, "You couldn't tell the Queen no if she asked for it. But power only goes so far without respect. There was no respect here. The banishments meant nothing if they had no authority."
I asked if people fought back, and she said, "I don't remember the details, but their castle is now rubble." so like... maybe that means people revolted against Beauty & Beast?? She also called the Leadership Test thing that we were going to do a "slippery slope" (maybe that's another point against forming a government?).
Someone bound The Well the person to the well (the object) and modified her memories so she'd stay compliant. But now that she's out she's starting to remember things. I want to find out who.
Also this is less important, but she told me I used to live on the island, and then I found Excalibur and a burned journal, but it's locked. Do any of you know how to pick locks?

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altered
2022-07-17 03:15 pm UTC (link)

Huh, wonder what that's for?

Where's the new shop?

LEWD
I'm sure other people would be interested in this, but this is all really good info. Are you ok with me adding it to the doc?

Getting more info about Mother Goose and learning her picture was the one that was censored makes me wonder if we found her scroll as well. And if the "undeveloped" nature of the polaroid was also intended as censorship.

And we can probably google lock picking and get a locking picking set if no one else has the skill??

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tufts
2022-07-17 03:46 pm UTC (link)

I don't know, but I'm wearing it!

Business District! I'm a bit tempted to take it over myself, to tell you the truth!

[LEWD]
Yes, of course! I feel like you are like, one of the island's most important knowledge-keepers!

Yeah, that makes a lot of sense! I think you're probably right. Also, I wonder if someone just wants us to think she's dead?

Oooooh, good idea! I'll google that right now.

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altered
2022-07-17 05:00 pm UTC (link)

Finders keepers?

[LEWD]
I guess we did lose our librarians... I'll definitely add it to the doc.

When we first found the scroll I thought it would be the person who was doing the creepy stuff that was trying to keep their identity hidden.

Actually, I think I remember Barty saying he could help me pick a lock a few months ago. I'll ask him if he has a set already.

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tufts
2022-07-17 05:05 pm UTC (link)

The button or the store?

[LEWD]
Thank you, Dylan!

Could be, although maybe this is just creepy entity's way of "cancelling" MG so that nobody knows what happened to her. She clearly survived and escaped though, right? If she sent us all the letters?

Awesome, thank you! It could be nothing, but it would be nice to be able to check and make sure we're not missing out on important clues.

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	altered 2022-07-17 09:05 pm UTC (link)
	Both? [LEWD] It could be that someone's trying to make us find MG suspicious. A red herring of sorts. I guess there are two options with the letters since we've never actually met the sender - Mother Goose actually sent them. Or someone else did and signed her name. Definitely agree, it's worth trying to open everything we've found. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tufts 2022-07-17 11:49 pm UTC (link)
	Yessssss. [LEWD] Yes, exactly! I feel like there wouldn't be much point in signing her name, since none of us know her anyway? If the letter had said Mother Goose or Aesop, it all would have been the same to me. Have we found any other books or journals with clues? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

LEWD

altered
2022-07-18 02:05 am UTC (link)

Sure, but would "The Guy of Gisbourne" really brought you in? Or "Evil Queen"? Mother Goose is nice, gentle, comforting in comparison to a lot of other tales. Still, the geese are here and are mostly helpful. Except when trying to get to that Island.

Nothing I've seen has been an obvious clue but I'm not sure that every single person has posted what they've found either.

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LEWD

tufts
2022-07-18 02:16 am UTC (link)

I still might've, but also I have a tendency to run headfirst into danger, desperately wanted answers, and have nothing to lose, so take that with a grain of salt, I guess? The geese do seem to be a point in favour of it actually being Mother Goose, though.

That's true. Well, maybe people will start contributing to your doc more, then we can pool all our knowledge (I know we can't really force people to).

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	LEWD altered 2022-07-18 02:45 pm UTC (link)
	Yea, I think they're a point in her favor too. Fingers crossed that someone has figured out something that answers it all. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	LEWD tufts 2022-07-19 12:19 am UTC (link)
	Knowing my luck, this is just going to be like, one of those recipes that has someone's life story before you get to the ingredients list. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	LEWD ssssss 2022-07-19 03:48 am UTC (link)
	You know, some of our predecessors survived whatever happened and spent decades trying to figure this out. I wish there was some way to find if they learned anything. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	LEWD teratology 2022-07-19 11:05 am UTC (link)
	lighthouse heist (Reply to this) (Parent)

	LEWD teratology 2022-07-19 11:09 am UTC (link)
	actually idk they probably met at someone's HOUSE-house with an AC unit and multiple bathrooms but i'd like to think that if they're anything like us, they'd choose to meet at the more dramatic location simply for the aesthetic. (i would.) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	teratology 2022-07-17 05:44 pm UTC (link)
	do it!! infinite stationery hack!! [LEWD...] 👀👂 why do you think someone would want us to think that (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tufts 2022-07-17 11:51 pm UTC (link)
	Copic markers aren't cheap 👀👀👀 [LEWD] So that we don't go looking for answers? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	ssssss 2022-07-17 05:29 pm UTC (link)
	Huh, I found a button too. Did someone lose these, or is it the island? [LEWD] "Don't forget to wear your ear plugs." He's talking about Beauty, isn't he? Like the Well said, she could make people do anything she asked for. I knew anarchy was the only answer. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	tufts 2022-07-17 05:54 pm UTC (link)
	👀👀👀👀 [LEWD] Ohhhhhhhh, that makes sense. I was picturing like, a Siren situation. You were right! I'm for it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ssssss 2022-07-17 06:13 pm UTC (link)
	What hatches from a pizza button? [LEWD] Honestly surprising there aren't more sirens in these waters. You know, modifying memories and censoring documents was something that also happened 50 years ago. Part of me wonders what the point is in letting us run around and dig things up, when whoever did this is so powerful. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	LEWD altered 2022-07-17 09:07 pm UTC (link)
	I'm still of the thought that we're somehow important for powering something or otherwise needed to make something happen. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	LEWD tufts 2022-07-17 11:52 pm UTC (link)
	Maybe we're all pieces on a giant chess board. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	LEWD altered 2022-07-18 02:02 am UTC (link)
	Let's hope it doesn't become a violent chess game. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	LEWD tufts 2022-07-18 02:09 am UTC (link)
	~~Chess is a pretty violent game if you th~~ Here's hoping! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	LEWD ssssss 2022-07-18 04:25 am UTC (link)
	I'm personally not in love with the number of weapons we've found in the ruins. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	LEWD altered 2022-07-18 02:44 pm UTC (link)
	Leads me to think that could have been The Final Battle. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	LEWD tufts 2022-07-19 12:20 am UTC (link)
	Where are the bodies, then? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	LEWD ssssss 2022-07-19 03:42 am UTC (link)
	If Dylan is right about us all being one big fairytale battery, there might not be anything left. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	teratology 2022-07-17 09:16 pm UTC (link)
	pizza bites [LEWD] there's dolphins though!! maybe they're not around to stop us? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tufts 2022-07-17 11:53 pm UTC (link)
	+1 [LEWD] Maybe they're not very powerful any more, and that's what they need us for. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	LEWD ssssss 2022-07-18 04:24 am UTC (link)
	It has been fifty years. Or there's more antagonistic factions here than we think. I wonder if there's a way to lure them out instead of just waiting for the next time they feel like fucking with us. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	LEWD teratology 2022-07-18 08:56 am UTC (link)
	ok so don't get mad but i've been trying and it hasn't worked so far (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	LEWD altered 2022-07-18 02:43 pm UTC (link)
	What have you tried? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: LEWD teratology 2022-07-19 02:42 am UTC (link)
	it's embarrassing... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	LEWD ssssss 2022-07-19 03:44 am UTC (link)
	We’re all storybook characters for children. Nothing is that embarrassing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

LEWD

teratology
2022-07-19 07:16 am UTC (link)

it IS embarrassing but i guess i'd tell each of you individually anyway. might as well tell the group of you. (DON'T ADD THIS TO THE DOC.)

okay, so like. you know how the friday the 13th fog happened and we think the fog might be the narrator or at least some sort of entity?

so i've kind of been going out in the fog with a notebook to see if anything will write in it or use my body to perform automatic writing.

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