Your stomach starts to gurgle, and you realize that, while succulent, the fruit you were eating has given you horrible gas.

What do you do?

Your sensing spell detects a faint magical aura on the book, but it seems that it's not from the book itself. It feels more like the remnants of something that was cast on the book...

What do you do, so warned?

Fisco remains impassive for a moment, before taking a long puff from his cigar and almost casually saying "Nothing but some bad memories."

The answer is a gun. She is holding a gun. Fisco does not appear to be perturbed, but appearances can be deceiving.

{+2 Sight}
{Status: Nervous}
What do you do?

Feeling no backlash from the exorcism, you open the cover to the book. On its old vellum pages in scrawled handwriting is a date, seemingly over two centuries old. It seems to tell of an event you learned as history. Perhaps this was a journal of some sort?

How many pages do you sift through?

Letting out your gasses, you join in their chorus of hoots and hollers. Before you know it, you have joined their crazy ape band as the bass player. Your instrument is your body, and your tools are the wild fruits of your jungle.

How do you find your new career?

You flip quickly through the book, skimming through pages describing acts both vile and normal (and maybe one or two pages of sexual fantasy) before finding an entry that mentions a castle. Assuming it is the same place you find yourself in now, it appears it was purchased and taken almost a century ago, with many names written down and scratched out on the page.



At the bottom of the page, a small note is scribbled -- "shelf j 53". A quick glance tells you only shelf A is in this room.

What do you do?

You spend some time examining the various artifacts. A massive orrery takes up one corner of the shop. You find a small, seemingly unremarkable paintbrush labeled "Possessed Utensil", which someone has scratched the phrase "ghost writer" onto. A bejeweled box sits gathering dust upon a plush pillow, surrounded by gold and silver jewelry all glimmering in the wan light. A bell rings, and you look up to see a young woman has entered the shop.

{Ability: : deal two damage.}
{Status: Barrier}
What do you do?

Having learned their strange mannerisms and language, you bid a fond farewell to your new troupe and wander into the forests, better equipped than you had been when you arrived. Your path ahead may be long, but your head is clear and your heart is pure.

You realize you don't actually know the jungle outside of the little hamlet where you stayed with the apes.

Which direction do you wander in?

My deepest apologies for letting this slip by, guys. I basically took my spring break completely off, and I think I maybe posted in NGA two or three times across the 10 days I was off? I can't promise regular updates, but then again, I never did when I made this...

The fairy floating around your head, that definitely wasn't there before, says, "HEY! LISTEN!
"When you lose sanity points, your access to skills goes down. But all is not lost! Just find a Spring of Renewal and you'll be able to restore yourself back to full power!"

{-1 Sanity}
{Ability: : deal one damage.}{Sanity modifier}
{Status: Weak Barrier}{Sanity modifier}
What do you do?

With as heavy as the book is, you figure you'll kill two birds with one stone, metaphorically speaking, and decide to just take the book with you, looking for Shelf J.

Do you go back the way you came, or out the other doorway to the room?

You pick a direction seemingly at random, and wander down a small trail. Eventually you come across something interesting: a trio of giant insects playing instruments. A wasp mans a set of drums, an ant tunes a piano, while a spider sits at a harp. Well, two insects and an arachnid, you suppose.

How do you proceed?