Here we go again.

[shinypaladin]

ORDER'S SANCTUARY

COSMOS' THRONE is empty. She is nowhere in sight. Neither, apparently, is the WARRIOR OF LIGHT.

You try not to speculate too much about what they could be doing.

There are EXITS in ALL DIRECTIONS.

What do you do?

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[(Anonymous)]

DURR HURR HURR I'M A TREE

Break out into song!

[shinypaladin]

You break out into a stunningly off-key rendition of A Whole New World in a bid to audition into the next Kingdom Hearts game. Unfortunately, the role of Jasmine is already taken.

It was a good attempt, though. You get applause and shouts of "ENCORE!"

You stand on stage looking marginally confused and uncertain.

You can:

(G)ive an encore
(R)un off stage looking for your brother.

[(Anonymous)]

Audition for Dissidia Idol!

Give an encore!

(I HOPE PEOPLE START THROWING THEIR KNICKERS IN APPRECIATION.)

[shinypaladin]

You decide you might as well audition for Dissidia Idol.

That's odd. You didn't know Dissidia Idol existed until just now, but apparently now it does. Cosmos works in mysterious ways.

You refuse to contemplate her 'mysterious way' with the Warrior of Light, who is also still missing.

You give a nightingale-worthy rendition of The Work Song from Cinderella. The lyrics are interestingly altered. Your brother might not like being referred to in that song. (Just saying.)

(Oh my god. Ets is behind me singing a version with Cinderella changed to Golbez.)

[(Anonymous)]

Fun fact: Emperor is Prince Charming in the latest JP dub of that movie. DAMN, THERE GOES MY ANONYMITY.

This calls for a sparkly ballroom dress! No rendition of Cinderella songs is complete without it! Where is your beautiful costume!?

(Go Ets! Might I have access to these lyrics?)

[shinypaladin]

You totally did not have anonymity in the first place.

Oh, no! You don't have a sparkly ballroom dress. Now how will you audition?!

QUEST LOG:
[ ] Acquire sparkly ballroom dress.

Order's Sanctuary is sadly lacking in talented seamstress mice, so you might just have to go on a long and convoluted quest to achieve Dissidia Idol fame. You've sort of got the sparkly all covered, but the dress bit is a little harder.

You ponder upon who might have a lovely dress. Perhaps Cloud...?

(Sadly, she was half asleep so wasn't actually composing lyrics. It's now "A Tree Is A Wish A Seed Makes" because I told her it was you.)

[(Anonymous)]

Nonsense! Anyone could've claimed to be a tree!

GO FIND CLOUD. And make sure you're well stocked on make up - the last thing you want is to be caught half dressed!

(Awww... I can just imagine Exdeath singing this to himself on his quest to find a door to the Eternal Rift...)

[shinypaladin]

You pack your gigantic bag full of makeup in various shades of delicate lavender and march off determinedly to find CLOUD, sparkling the whole way. (One must keep up appearances.)

Unfortunately, you find that CLOUD is also participating in DISSIDIA IDOL.

Where are you going to get your dress now?!

[(Anonymous)]

Quick! You must find someone who lacks talent but has FABULOUS fashion taste and most likely has a dress to spare!

Right after reapplying your lipstick of course!

[shinypaladin]

You carefully reapply your slightly smudged lilac lipstick and make sure your hair is still in perfect condition (of course it is) before deciding that TIFA might be able to loan you something.

You run off to find her.

TIFA is kind enough to agree to loan you her clothes, but they are all midriff-baring tops and miniskirts.

On you, they bare more than the midriff and are EXTREMELY-MINI SKIRTS.

You ponder this new turn of events.

[(Anonymous)]

Thank Tifa and wonder about purchasing some chafing cream. That EXREMELY-MINI SKIRT is rather tight.

Also it seems you've dropped something... you'd better pick it up...

[shinypaladin]

You wince a little. That SKIRT is short and tight both, but we all make sacrifices when needs must.

You accidentally drop your lipstick on the ground. Oh no! You kneel to pick it up.

Or try to.

Well, this might be a bit of a problem.

TIFA looks like she's trying to hide her amusement.

[(Anonymous)]

Sounds like you might have to go on a new mission to find something to loosen you up! How else are you supposed to breakdance in your musical extravaganza and wow the judges?

[ets]

> UP

[shinypaladin]

You leap UP on COSMOS' THRONE, leaving footprints on its white surface. Better get something to clean that up later, or the WARRIOR OF LIGHT will make a new cloak out of your hide.

You pose dramatically and shout things about LIGHT and DARKNESS and FRIENDSHIP and JUDGMENT. You may have gotten a few of your lines mixed up with the WARRIOR OF LIGHT's, but it's not as if anyone else can really tell anyway since you both light up the world like little sunbeams.

Or moonbeams, in your case.

You gain DRAMATIC ENTRANCE +1.

You hop off COSMOS' THRONE feeling pleased with yourself.

[ets]

> DRAMATICALLY search for something with which to clean up the mess!

[shinypaladin]

You begin to wish you'd asked ZIDANE for lessons on dramatic improvisation. Nevertheless, you make a great show of asking the empty area to help you CLEAN THIS MESS.

Sadly, a towel does not miraculously materialise.

Apparently magical powers in the area are limited to spontaneous changes of clothing.

[ets]

> But certainly a towel counts as a change of clothing.

[shinypaladin]

You decide to try to cheat by producing a TOWEL via CHANGE OF CLOTHING.

It works, but now you have a fluffy white bathtowel wrapped around your hips and nothing else.

You were never a fan of traditional Lunarian clothing.

[ets]

Clearly, Cecil is a greater fan of Tifa's wardrobe.

> Recline in the chair, swaying hips back and forth in a regal manner so as to remove the footprint-stains, of course.

[shinypaladin]

You hastily glance around to make sure nobody is present, then sit down and start swaying your hips back and forth to remove the footprints.

You manage to eliminate half of one print when you hear loud footsteps rapidly approaching and hastily leap off COSMOS' THRONE, trying to hide the footprints. Just in case.

[ets]

> Cover the damning stain on the towel by wrapping it around in a different fashion while walking off innocently in the opposite direction.

[shinypaladin]

You hurriedly re-wrap the towel around yourself to hide the very damning stain, but that doesn't erase the issue of the footprints still remaining.

You also put on your best innocent look (which is very innocent indeed) and walk off in the opposite direction.

None of this actually does anything to draw attention away from the fact that you are still only towel-clad.

You hear someone shout your name.

[ets]

> Turn body and face away from the VOICE, wherever it may be coming from.

"Y-Y-Yes? I'm r-r-really cold! I was b-bathing. C-Can I b-be of assis-tttance?"

[shinypaladin]

You turn your body and face away from the VOICE, giving whoever it is a terrific view of your ... back. Yes. Your back. You also tell them you were bathing.

They want to know how you managed to bathe here, when there's nothing suitable for bathing nearby.