"Oh, we will find it out together.... or not. It's a game!" Idaho and got really excited, this was so much fun! They just murmured above the red laced cards, and finally Idaho pointed on one of them. "I think I know this one, come on!" She took Szarwas's hands, and they rushed out from the room... withouth noticing, if anybody followed them, or not. (Anybody, who'd like to, can join us :) )

They've spent some time there, checking the cellar, and talking about the riddles. Finally Idaho said "I would really like some fresh air. We should go out and check the Patio, what do you think?"

Idaho took deep breath outside, before searching throught the place. "I like places like these. So mysterious, don't you think? But now where to go? This card troubles me..." She pointed on one of the cards. "Awake with me? What do you do, when you get awake? I'm not sure..."

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I'm so happy we can work together on this said Szarwas when they finished discussing the riddles. She rushed after Idaho happily. She looked back for a second, maybe someone wants to join them, but then she thought they can catch up to them at the rooms and never turned back again.

Szarwas grabbed Idaho I think I know which riddle leads to the Conservatory. You know how much I love these places... so many exotic and interesting plants! Szarwas smiled and stared far-far away ahead of herself... then suddenly rushed towards the Conservatory Let's hurry, we want to get there before dinner, right?

[edit] Please ignore my outfit, I forgot to post the masquerade one and now can't add it :C

I would say we should go and visit these rooms:

Sounds good to me doll :D I agree

So, I have to first issue a quick apology to everyone. The holidays ended up proving more problematic than I had initially anticipated, with some other issues here and there. I wasn't able to fully master CYS, even after the drama of using it was sorted out. After that, I was discouraged and got into videogames. If the chance arises, I will still likely be sending out completed versions of the maze and scavenger hunt, since some systems were in place to potentially be rewarded or corrupted in those respective locations, and I wouldn't mind giving some stuff out. Especially now, all things considered.

That being said, I will likely not continue this branch of the plot. I have other responsibilities that I've been putting off. This has taught me a valuable lesson, in that should I do something like this, I should not be so ambitious, and preferably have it all fully written before hand.

But I also didn't want to leave the story there, so I'm going to give a summarization for anyone still interested in Immsmore.

THOSE CONVERSING WITH THE GUESTS

• You would have had the option to speak with three different groups of people, and ask them about the party, the Living Gallery, the other guests, and the host.
• It would be exposited that the Living Gallery was rather "delightful" and "delicious" and that the artist had such "appropriate taste".
• Malcolm would be said to be a "reluctant" host, but still an abiding one.
• Some of the other guests would be said to have been "just like" those invited. But that they decided to stay and proved eager to please.
• As with everything else in the party, these words would seem less than entirely truthful, and off-putting.
• Anyone that would check on the entrance would find a doorman preventing them from passing.

THOSE DOING THE SCAVENGER HUNT

• Those following the black cards would (eventually, with proper searching) find five fragments of something dark, with a smooth exterior.
• Those following the white cards would find small valuables stashed throughout.
• Those that broke away from the main group to explore restricted areas would find the main study. There they could potentially be discovered and either forcibly turned to work for the enemy, or die.
• In the study they would find letters from Malcolm and journals. Malcolm, it seemed, had been approached by "them" a little over a year ago. He was to be a spokesperson to lure more people, and in exchange would receive wealth and power as "their" numbers swelled.
• "They" seemed to come about a little over a year ago en masse, after a disturbance in the village of Immsmore proper. A foreign woman and the town's inn disappeared. Curiously, just as many as were exhibits in the gallery.
• He expresses discomfort that they've placed those that weren't cooperative in stasis. Fully aware, but unable to move, paralyzed. Still, he complies, and even finds it amusing and brilliant, in a horrible way, that "they" wanted those captured to appear as exhibits for new guests.
• His sister, Melisande, seemed reluctant to join at first, but otherwise seems cooperative.
• His journal also speaks of fragments of "the sphere", an object which "they" were unable to destroy entirely.
• If anyone got all four pieces of the sphere, Melisande would show up and converse with the individual, claiming that she was a friend. Of course, she would seem suspicious, especially considering that they wouldn't yet have the knowledge from the study about her base reluctance. Assuming, of course, that she genuinely was cooperative.
• Those that went into too many false rooms without the correct answer would start to become corrupted. (tbc)

PART 2

THOSE IN THE MAZE

• The maze would be a dangerous place of illusion, where it would be impossible to separate reality from imagination.
• Each time that an individual found a dead end, the maze would seem to swallow them for a moment, and they would return, different from before.
• After four instances of dead ends total, the maze would either prove to be the metal death of a person, or corrupt them to work with "them." (As happened with Queryla, who was going to be a secret traitor. Yes, there were going to be secret traitors to screw over the end game. ;D)
• Once, or if a person reached the center of the maze, they would be plunged back into the mansion. There they would find it was already after dinner and Malcolm was offering them party favors. There would also be a brilliant, but muted light glowing in the distance.
• If someone approached the light, their mind would be consumed.
• If someone took the party favors, they would become a secret traitor, working for "them" and receive goodies in the process.
• If someone resisted three times, the illusion would fade away, revealing the center of the maze. The entrances in are sealed, but two different passages lead out.
• After potentially successfully beating the maze, they would find their corvid guide gone, and work their way back into the house.

MEETING BACK UP

• The masquerade contest would be held, winner would receive something.
• Shortly thereafter, the winner would find a note amongst the party favors, urging the winner to gather the five pieces of the sphere. One was found in the satchel of the Harlequin Jester in the Living Gallery.
• If the winner was a secret traitor, they could present the note to Malcolm, who would summarily deal with his sister.
• Sphere can still be gathered whether people were told by Melisande or not. All fragments obviously belong to the same thing.
• Sphere fits together seamlessly.
• Obvious doors would be barred, and Malcolm would reveal intent of feeding those invited to the other guests. The other guests' form would shift, revealing amorphous beings of solid black, whose very shape seems to drive humans mad.
• Guests could escape through windows. Melisande (before potentially dying at brother's hand, or else escaping with those invited), would explain that they needed to run to a forest in the ruin.
• Secret traitors could follow after, and would have numerous opportunities to attack their brethren, either while running, or when the group stopped.
• Group would run for a while, and the forest beyond the estate would press upon them, shadows being thick, difficult to tell if they were of the forest or the beings chasing them.
• If number of traitors/corrupted exceeded those uncorrupted, traitors would win.
• Once in the ruins, the sphere could be placed on a pedestal.
• Once on the pedestal, the magic would work. Shadows would loom just beyond a small circumference until dawn.
• Shadows would not be banished completely, but confined to a much smaller area (Immsmore proper), with their powers reduced, rather than being able to venture freely with full power.
• Winning side would receive goodies.

I am willing to answer any questions people have. Just ping me.

Thank you for posting a summary of Immsmore for us :D Loved reading it :)

I should have known it was you. I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN. At the very least I knew you knew something was up when you mentioned seeing someone suspended in vines or whatever and paralyzed looking. O<

And I was going to be the best traitor ever. Stab errbody.

Thank you for posting it. It's an amazing story, I wish we could've played it.

Can we get the answers to the riddles? I'm really not good with them, and it took us a little thinking with to solve them. I would love to know if were right or not. (However she is not around now and probably won't show up for a while, she is busy with real life)

Thank you for the summary! It was such a good plot and so well written!

I didn't mention anyone in vines. XD I mentioned paralyzed people because the people in the gallery were paralyzed, so I was going by what I allegedly knew. ;)

Yes! I'll post them here in a bit.

Thank you! I'm sorry I wasn't able to finish it.

psssh close enough. I think you said like suspended or something as well, I can't really remember. XD Either way I thought something was up. Granted it was more along the lines of "did she ALSO immediately turn evil as well?"

thank you for the summary! I really loved the plot! You're a very good writer! :3

Amazing story! It was my first plot ever!

Thank you so much for the fun! Thanks for everything really :) Hope you catch up on your work now though!

Thanks for not leaving us hanging! It was a fantastic plot and I really enjoyed it. ^_^ It must have taken a lot of work.

...and then everyone woke up at home, with the sun shining on their faces xD WAS IT JUST A DREAM? -brand new paper over the table bring the news about strange happenings in a town named Immsmore- DUN DUN DUN 2015 PLOT SEQUEL. 8D

SNEAKY YOU playing your own plot! :P

Thank you for the lovely story (and the endings!), though ❤️

Feel free to skip the above spoilers because I talk too much ahaha, but I still must ask: WHO WAS THE 2013 WOMAN AND WHAT HAPPENED TO HER? xD

Wow, what an amazing plot line. I'm happy I got to participate, even though we didn't PLAY it till the end. Thank you so much for this story! (and for posting the summary!!)

For some reason I cannot dig up the file with all the riddles! If you send me the riddles and available rooms here, I can answer all of them for you.

I've seem to lost a lot of my notes relating to the number of sphere fragments. There were as many as there were black cards + one in the Living Gallery. I believe that there were four black cards, meaning that once you found all four, Melisande would appear, with the fifth still being in the Living Gallery and requiring those that stayed behind to give their piece over to assemble the sphere. Thus requiring cooperation between two teams.

As to the 2013 Woman, she was turned into the Harlequin Jester, and, as a cruel joke, has maintained more awareness than the other models. After "they" shattered the sphere after wresting it from her, they captured her and those in the inn.

Indeed, the sphere fragments were hidden inside the house, as "they" were unable to completely destroy the sphere and would not have wanted anyone the chance to get the fragments. The house was a safeguard measure, with Melisande trying to tip off the party guests so they could assemble it, since she didn't think she could do it on her own. Partly because she is being watched, and partly because she didn't think she could get it and run to the pedestal in the forest before they caught up with her.

The people in the maze would not have gotten a fragment piece, but would have had access to wishlist items. They also had a greater chance of being corrupted and being the secret traitors, thus potentially rewarding them with more nice things and having their own storyline. If they made it back and resisted, they would have some insight that others would not have had about "their" capability with illusions, which may have proved useful during the forest adventure.

The dead people wouldn't have counted for one side or the other during the final count. Only corrupted vs. living uncorrupted, that way the numbers could be tight. That was some of the reason that the Living Gallery and speaking with the guests had relatively low risk and low reward, but still offered insight, whereas the Scavenger hunt had less reward in terms of wishlist items, but offered a ton of insight. That way if you did get anyone corrupted/caught/killed, (which was a low chance in the scavenger hunt compared to maze), it would hopefully make for a relatively even total of corrupted vs. not, or favor the non corrupted side.

The seals were broken by Melisande. While most of "them" resided around the castle and used it as a means to corrupt more through parties and the like, some had ventured beyond the Immsmore area. Malcolm had correspondence with them at regular intervals, as well as a few others that were faithful to "them". She was tasked with mailing the letters out, and was concerned as to whether or not he was planning things in league with those outside of Immsmore and the like. She checked every one to ensure that they were all the same invitations.

I hope that explains everything. XD

EDIT: ALSO, thank you for whoever sent me that beautiful CW item! it's been on my wishlist forever. I have a few suspicions about who it is, but for fear of being wrong, I won't voice them. Thank you so much!