Berkeley's Phantasmagoria

[Serela]

>"But...what's the point of this? I mean...how were these people bad for your plans?"
>Try not to let growing horror overtake self.

>She seems to grow irritated from your questioning. "I want more unrest! Anarchy! It's more amusing, god dammit! Now go be the stupid bitch you are and take the fall for me!"
>After that outburst, it's becoming increasingly difficult to do so. This is not a good woman at all. This is a VERY bad woman.
>The two of you have just gotten outside of the building.

[Hello Purvis]

>"...Y-you take your own fall, you...you...tart!"
>Do we still have the knife? Give her a knifing!

[Seian Verian]

> She... She needs to be stopped.
> Are we still holding the knife?
> If so, slash toward her throat as quickly as possible, trying to give no warning.
> If somehow successful in attempt, break down crying

[Serela]

>"...Y-you take your own fall, you...you...tart!"
>Do we still have the knife? Give her a knifing!

> She... She needs to be stopped.
> Are we still holding the knife?
> If so, slash toward her throat as quickly as possible, trying to give no warning.
> If somehow successful in attempt, break down crying

>You stammer out a few words, and then lash out at her with the knife. She must be stopped.
>The height difference between the two of you is too great to reach her throat effectively, so you aim for the heart; but as your knive hits the dress, it bounces off, sending a violent shudder through your arm.
>Rainbows stares at her chest in surprise and takes a few steps back, before taking on a look of rage. "Y-you insolent child!"
>A window opens across the street. A head pops out, "What's going on down there?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"MURDERER! SHE'S A MURDERER!"
>Try to get her in the exposed fleshy bits, if possible.

[Serela]

>"MURDERER! SHE'S A MURDERER!"
>Try to get her in the exposed fleshy bits, if possible.

>The person in the window gasps in horror, and quickly shuts their window.
>Rainbows gives you another glare, before jumping into the air and flying towards the window, opening it from the outside and rushing in. You have a fairly good idea what she's doing in there.
>She's a bit out of range; and by the time you could get up to the room where she is, you think she'd be done and out the window again!

[Hello Purvis]

>Raise a general hue and cry. The adults will know what to do. And they got swords and stuff.

[Seian Verian]

> "NO!!!"

> Do we remember the orb?
> Do we have the orb?

>If yes to both of the above, try to see if we can use it to fly, and go after her

[Serela]

>Raise a general hue and cry. The adults will know what to do. And they got swords and stuff.

>You shout and call, rousing the residents of Wintervale. When Rainbows comes back out of the window, hands and face thoroughly bloodied as she floats in the air, there are several people coming to this spot; and many more on the way.
>They do?
>"No, no! It's too early for this to happen! Bah, I'll just have to take care of everyone at once, then...!"
>She quickly flies down and gives you a heavy blow to the head before you could even think of dodging.

You're out cold.

>When you come to, you feel very butthurt... literally. Someone is dragging you across a rug'd floor by your arms. You can feel the heavy fabric of a dress at your head and back, and that you're in a hallway.

> "NO!!!"

> Do we remember the orb?
> Do we have the orb?

>If yes to both of the above, try to see if we can use it to fly, and go after her

>You're not playing BERKELEY MALONE right now, you're the UNKNOWN GIRL!

[Hello Purvis]

>"Ow, stoppit..."
>If speaking doesn't work, stuggle a bit.

[Serela]

>"Ow, stoppit..."
>If speaking doesn't work, stuggle a bit.

>You complain a little, and start struggling. One of your arms comes free with little resistance; you seem to have surprised her. The other arm also comes free of her grasp, but seems to be caught on a pocket on the dress.

[Hello Purvis]

>Free hand, try to stand up.
>"Don't drag me, please..."
>Look around.

[Serela]

>Free hand, try to stand up.
>"Don't drag me, please..."
>Look around.

>With your free hand, you push against the floor and manage to stand up. You notice you're not being dragged anymore, although one hand is still stuck in a dress pocket. You can feel that there's something else inside the pocket.
>There is a very not-joyous Rainbows glaring at you right now. Rage doesn't even begin to cover it.

[Hello Purvis]

>Run, screaming in terror!

[Serela]

>Run, screaming in terror!

>You free your hand from the dress pocket, grabbing the item inside as you do so. Because this is a dream/memory and I can force you to commit such acts that are required to hold together the space-time continuum in an easily comprehensible manner.
>As you break free from Rainbows and begin to run, wailing in terror, you realize this is very familiar. In fact, this is exactly how your last nightmare started; running from Rainbows.
>Rainbows screams out in anger, and you awaken from the sheer terror it inflicts...
>You are BERKELEY MALONE! It's SUNDAY! You're in your bed; you've just woken up this very moment. Rinoa the ghostie girl is lying on a comforter a little bit away.

[Hello Purvis]

>Check the time.
>Does Rinoa seem to be asleep?

[MysTeariousYukari]

> "Wow... that was not enjoyable..."

[Serela]

>Check the time.
>Does Rinoa seem to be asleep?

>You stretch you arms and sit up, the Goddess Orb rolling into your lap. It seems you were sleeping with it in your arms.
>The sun is rising. Maybe... 7am?
>She does seem to be doing so. But you don't know if she's just pretending to do it, because you aren't sure if ghosts CAN sleep.

> "Wow... that was not enjoyable..."

>To clarify, since it really wasn't clear previously, experiences of UNKNOWN GIRL are... well, unknown. Sleepytime is just a convenient place to fit in her parts of the story.
>The dream you DID have was rather interesting, however. In your dream... you woke up just like any normal day. Rinoa hadn't been there, your doorknob wasn't crystalline, your father wasn't gone... but the first thing you did when you "woke up" was pull something out of your pocket and do something with it. It seemed like it was... kind of like those cell phone things. Except this one was small and convenient, instead of like a brick. In your dream, you know that most people had one.
>The dream continued to differ slightly from real life, as you went downstairs and turned on the television; it was in color! And in the corner of the room, there was a small little computer with a color screen too! And it could do all kinds of fascinating things, unlike the computers you know in real life.
>Similar differences occurred throughout the rest of your dream as you went through a relatively normal day. Cars were faster and more gas efficient, and put out less exhaust. Music could be carried around in little plastic things and played to yourself with things that went in your ears. With television and "Internet", people could see stuff from all over the world.
>But, even though everything seemed so wonderful compared to the world you know... something was missing. People acted different. Personal values were more... well, not in a good way, really. You felt like the most important things were slowly being forgotten about, or pushed under the rug. It just didn't feel quite right.

>Of course, it was only a dream.

[Hello Purvis]

>"Hey, Rinoa, you awake?"

[Serela]

>"Hey, Rinoa, you awake?"

>Her eyes snap open. "Unfortunately. I really can't sleep, I guess..."

[Hello Purvis]

>"Oh. Sorry.  Can you at least lay down on the comforter right?"
>Ponder what would be quick for breakfast. And if Jigen would like an offering of cake and ice cream?
>Also ponder little easy to transit things around the house that might make good exotic tradables in Rinoa's world.

[Serela]

>"Oh. Sorry.  Can you at least lay down on the comforter right?"
>Ponder what would be quick for breakfast. And if Jigen would like an offering of cake and ice cream?
>Also ponder little easy to transit things around the house that might make good exotic tradables in Rinoa's world.

>She smiles. "Yeah, I can. I can hardly feel it, but... just knowing that it's there is nice."
>Maybe some cereal. And you don't know if Goddesses eat normal food or not; but surely she'd at least appreciate the gesture.
>You do have those earrings in your pocket, that you got on your birthday yesterday. You aren't emotionally attached to them or anything. The other presents, a joybuzzer and the camera, they might be worth something; or minorly useful to yourself, if not. Cake might be tradeable, but you don't think you can fit a whole bunch of tupperware in your pockets; you do still have the piece from yesterday, though.

[Hello Purvis]

>Consider getting a backpack and loading it up with stuff like ballpoint pens, sheathes of paper, and other modern marvels they wouldn't have on the other side.
>Get some cereal. Let Rinoa enjoy so TV so she doesn't get too jealous.

[MysTeariousYukari]

> What are the odds that Mom would be around the house?
> If they are high, consider asking Rinoa to wait in our bedroom.

[Serela]

>Consider getting a backpack and loading it up with stuff like ballpoint pens, sheathes of paper, and other modern marvels they wouldn't have on the other side.
>Get some cereal. Let Rinoa enjoy so TV so she doesn't get too jealous.

>This might work pretty well!
>You go downstairs and get some cereal to eat while Rinoa watches the TV. As you finish your bowl of cereal, you hear some noises upstairs; it sounds like Mom's woken up.

> What are the odds that Mom would be around the house?
> If they are high, consider asking Rinoa to wait in our bedroom.

>She'll probably be downstairs in a little bit.
>You tell Rinoa she should wait in your bedroom so your mother doesn't see her. She nods quietly and goes upstairs.

[Hello Purvis]

>Ponder how we're gonna introduce Mom to all the crazy funsters we've met, because like hell we're just gonna forget about 'em once this mess has been cleaned up.
>Gather up some cake and ice cream for Jigen once breakfast is dealt with, and a backpack full of little things to give as gifts or trade with. Add in a few cans of soda.
>Once this is done, head back upstairs.

[Serela]

>Ponder how we're gonna introduce Mom to all the crazy funsters we've met, because like hell we're just gonna forget about 'em once this mess has been cleaned up.
>Gather up some cake and ice cream for Jigen once breakfast is dealt with, and a backpack full of little things to give as gifts or trade with. Add in a few cans of soda.
>Once this is done, head back upstairs.

>No matter how you go about it, this would be awkward. Well, maybe if Transdimension wasn't such a creepy place, it'd be easier... but... you're still worrying about just keeping it from vanishing, at this point. At any rate, starting out by introducing her to a (kindof?)dead person probably isn't the best way.
>You get a bowl of vanilla ice cream and put some cake into it. Oh man, it looks so delicious, you just want to eat it yourself...! But you'll resist.
>At this point, you hear your mom's bedroom door open. Or at least, it couldn't be your room door closing; you're fairly sure Rinoa isn't solid enough to shut a door.
>Footsteps can be heard upstairs, and not seeming to be going downstairs.
>"Berkeleeeeey, good morning~!", you hear your mother call.

[Hello Purvis]

>"Down here, Mom!"

[Serela]

>"Down here, Mom!"

>The footsteps stop for a moment, and then start again. After a moment, you hear her coming down the stairs. Whew. It just wouldn't do to have her walk into your room and find Rinoa in there.
>As she comes down the stairs, she exclaims "Why, you got up first for once!"

[Hello Purvis]

>"Yeah, I got a lot of things to do today, so I'll probably be pretty scarce."