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Player Plot: The Basement
Hello Aefers! Susan here, and I'm coming to you live with a Player Plot That will be going up in one week! This post will serve as both a run-down on it, an invitation for suggestions/questions, and as a plotting post for anyone who wants to get involved!
So, here's the tidbits!
HEY-EY-EY. I SAID HEY. WHAT'S GOING ON?
For a full year (and likely even before then), the basement of Animal House (Shinjiro, Louis, Fie, Minato, and their myriad of animals) has been sealed up and locked and they haven't bothered to deal with it. The rest of the house has been Weird enough. (This may or may not be one of the reasons Louis publically burned half the furniture back in January.) They've cleared all the hemlock and other varied poisonous plants from the garden and made things liveable.... but that basement, tho.
And so, finally cracking it open, they will be soliciting help from fellow mirrorbound to please come help clean out this basement.
....which wouldn't be a player plot if said basement wasn't cram-packed full of weird, enchanted things.
WHERE DO I STEP IN?
Mirrorbound will be asked in a network post to offer their aid to come out to help clear out the basement and be fed (there will be tons of free food, it's the only way Shinjiro knows how to bribe people). It will be a "show up when you feel like, do as much as you want, and please for the love of god keep whatever you want." FREE STUFF! WHO COULD HATE IT!
However, basically everything in the basement is cursed or enchanted in some way, ranging from the relatively benign to the "you better get a witch to work on that hex asap."
WOW GREAT I'M GONNA DO SOMETHING GAMEBREAKING
ABSOLUTELY NO, FRIENDO! The limits for these magic items are:
-No Mind Control Bullshit
-No Dreamwalking Bullshit
-No Memory Alteration Bullshit
I've also been told that there won't be any hot deets on any main NPCS, so finding a pinup calender of Nessie is a no-go, but there can totally be scandalous details on minor or unnamed NPCs.
SO WHAT CAN I DO?
Really, this will mostly be sandbox style! However, for anyone stymied by indecision, or even just wanting to get something completely random, I will have the top thread in the log set aside for anyone who wants to be randomly assigned a find. This can go many ways! An example that came up while I was running the idea by people:
Yuff: i want elliot to find something musical instrument related. make it funny.
Me: A handcrafted Hurdygurdy, beautiful stained wood, but no matter how the user tries, the only tune that comes out is David Hoffman's Hooked on a Feeling (or the Aef equivilent thereof). Also it's a little sticky.
I'll also have a collection of possible finds/interactables noted in the exposition of the log, as well as the ability for people to just make up whatever they want. Do you want something to transmute you painfully and dramatically? That's cool, enjoy your body horror. Like any other transmutation in game it will gradually wear off, OR can be reversed by a skilled witch. Do you want something to make your character horny? Great. You can grow some (temporary) antlers. (Or go get fresh with someone in the corner, just please mark/warn any explicit content and don't make too much of a mess. people live here after all.)
Generally whatever is possible for a witch to learn or cast with magic is possible for an effect. Go crazy go nuts.
Just please don't kill anyone because then I gotta do paperwork for the mods. or like work it out with the mods yourself just DONT MAKE ME DO YOUR PAPERWORK FOR YOU!!!!
THIS IS TOO MUCH TO READ, I'M GONNA ASK A QUESTION IN THE COMMENTS
Go for it. I'll spontaneously make up an answer.
IT WOULD BE BETTER IF YOU DID (X, Y, Z)
I didn't even think of that! Let me know in the comments, so I can make this mini-event even better for the people who want to play in it!!
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IC Network Portion
Name: Shinjiro Aragaki
Date: xx/xx
Format: Video!
[It's (surprisingly) a video from Shinjiro! He's clearly holding the watch in an outstretched hand, and, to put it mildly, the faun looks exhausted. Less physically, and more from the culmination of a bunch of aggravations. The two silvery brushes that are non-stop attacking his shaggy, long hair through the duration of the video might have something to do with it. But he doesn't acknowledge them. Instead he tilts his head slightly once he's verified that it is, indeed, filming, and then begins talking.]
...So we need help clearing out our basement, and there's free food for whoever helps out. Just show up sometime and cart a bunch of stuff to the curb. You can eat as much as you want, and keep whatever you find down there.
[The soft-bristled paddle brush is now desperately scrubbing at one of his horns, as though confused as to what this object is in the way of its duty. The thin, hard-toothed one keeps catching on one of his ears, earning a faint flinch each time. Neither seem like they plan on stopping anytime soon. He is still refusing to comment on them. It's at this point that Louis peeks into the field of view, saying nothing, but watching those brushes go wild, with a face that can only be described as: :3.]
There's a whole lotta stuff left over from whoever used to live here, and I dunno if I've even seen a quarter of it. There's like... furniture, jewelry, probably some weapons... Hell, a lot of stuff I dont even know what the hell it is. [a pause.] And maybe bring gloves. Who knows what all weird shit's been growing down there.
[He seems about ready to finish up the post, when a small shadow is cast over him by Fie, and a weird marionette drops into frame next to him. It speaks with Fie's voice. Sort of. It's Fie, if Fie were a shitty beaknik, and when "it" speaks, something similar to a saxophone playing a smooth, jazzy melody can be heard.]
Be cool, man! Help a cat out!
[Shinjiro shoves the marionette away, only for it to tumble back into place, Fie adding on:] No, it won't let me stop-- Louis, help out.
No, not helping. Have fun, kids.
Rude, Louis. Okay, please Elliot--
[The voices grow fainter as SHinjiro just STANDS UP AND WALKS AWAY FROM THIS MESS to try and finish the post.]
Anyway, lemme know if you wanna lend a hand. Or just show up. If you do let yourself in, then make sure the hyena doesn't run out into the yard with the chickens.
-----------
The Log Itself
The House
The house is much like the rest of the housing around it. Victorian style with some side yards, an outside that's desperately in need of paint, and wild, fancy architecture. Along the side is a fenced yard containing a small kitchen garden, complete with a recently added chicken coop in the back.
The front door leads to a small foyer, whereas the side door by the garden goes straight into the kitchen. In the kitchen, there will be a number of foods available for anyone chipping in to snack on, with options for vegetarians and meat-eaters alike. (No blood, sorry vampires, but if you get peckish you might find someone willing to let you have a bite.) Shinjiro will aggressively shoo away anyone who shows up just to get food without actually contributing. It's for people who help only!!
The interior is weird, as to be expected. They've made it mostly liveable, most of the furniture in the living spaces in new, but there's still Victorian Classics such as too many patterns and portraits of strangers on the wall, and bad wallpaper in surprisingly cozy places. There's even a restroom on the ground floor, complete with fireplace by the tub. People taking a break are welcome to tool around on the ground floor, where things are markedly more normal. Any attempts to go upstairs, where the residents bedrooms are, will be dissuaded.
There's a dog to pet (Koromaru, an incredibly intelligent white shiba inu) or a Petal Wolf (Bela) or, if you want to risk a few fingers, Fie's hyena (Alfin). The hyena occasionally breaks out into mad giggles in other people's voices, occasionally parroting contextless statements in perfect mimicry of the people who live there. Scrounging around somewhere will be Louis's cat, Juniper, and then there's the coop full of chickens outside...
But you people aren't here for the relatively normal living space.
THE BASEMENT.
The air is cooler in the basement, and with that soft scent of wet stone. It's not disgusting or overwhelming, despite how locked up and sealed the area had been, and for who knows how long. More than anything else, it's just dark. They've carried a few magitech lanterns down to the foot of the stairs, at least, in initially scoping it out to try and see what's down there: and even from just stepping off the stairs, it's clear to see that this is some sort of wild magical hoarder situation.
Walls are packed with everything from displays of oddities and curiosities to books and containers of liquids, the labels long since faded and peeled, to even rusted lockboxes, worryingly rectangular and human-lengthed, each with stiff, sturdy locks. In another corner, there's more shelves cluttered and overflowing with wet specimens preserved in jars. Many are completely unidentifiable. Many are absolutely identifiable, and it's unclear which is worse. There's everything from animals to plants to fish to even pieces of monsters or humans/witches alike.
Scattered throughout, there's lumpy sheets covering what can only be assumed to be furniture, as well as household items, baubles, trinkets, books, scrolls, and just general things crammed in any and every nook and cranny that can be found. If there was any sort of organization, it was lost well before the prior owner stopped their collecting.
In one corner, there's an iron spiral staircase that just leads into the ceiling, going nowhere. A few iron Maidens and sarcophagi can be found stored away, some of them haphazardly fallen over.
It's absolute chaos of junk layered on top of junk, pinned down by even more junk. And it's clearly going to take a lot of trips up and down those stone stairs to even begin to unearth some of the wild things stashed away.
Maybe if you're lucky, you'll unearth a friend to help light your way.
The Stuff.
I've gone ahead and written up some examples for people to run wild with-- and for anything else, feel free to either make things up, OR request something in the top thread!
Some of the Major Attractions of the Basement include:
An Iron Maiden. - Unlike many others, there's no spikes visible within. In fact, it looks almost welcoming. There's a faint enchantment to it, gently pulling at the senses of whomever gets too close. It's plush, and soft inside. Doesn't it look warm? The rest of the basement is so musty and damp and cold. Surely taking a rest would be fine.
Once someone steps into it, however, the doors close shut, and the victim is forced to rewatch their most embarrassing memory. When said memory has played out, however, they are released, no worse for the wear, and immune to the Maiden's Seduction for the next several days.
A helpful (if creepy) teapot. - This teapot has one job, and it will perform it. It will serve you tea. It will not stop until it has served you tea. No, it doesn't even know what tea is. It also doesn't seem to care if you have a container to hold a beverage or not. It. Will. Serve. You. Tea.
...However, who knows what liquid is actually within it. Feel free to use this skittering, crawling friend for anything. It could be as benign as incessantly following your character like an annoying and needy dog. It could be as horrifying as using force and chitinous claws to make your character ingest something. (Which could be delicious tea. Or could be anything else. Up to you!)
A speaker of secrets. - A jarringly hideous piece of taxidermy, the ravens screech the secrets of whomever touches it. Sometimes they're wrong, though. It's anyone's guess if they're yelling your deepest secrets, or if they're just making things up. Anyway, here's hoping whoever you're with doesn't just think you're using it as an excuse. (Or, if what they speak is true, hopefully people believe your excuse. Good luck carrying this thing all the way up and through the house.)
Vaguely Insulting Dishware. - What it says on the tin. The text seems to shift and change to insult you, specifically, and often times very passive aggressively.
A beautiful, floral chair - Like a flower in full bloom, this is another object that anyone nearby could find themselves magically drawn towards. It even smells soft and sweet- almost like fresh rain and honeysuckle. It's pristine looking, in comparison to all the objects around it, covered with dust and debris, and looks soft and pillowy and inviting. It's wide enough that someone could crawl onto and drape themselves across it.
At which point the petals will pull closed, enveloping them in a sweet cocoon of which they come out.... different. The effects are, as always, up to the player, as is the duration of them. (Transmutation spells are finite, of course, and the effects aren't strong enough to last more than a few days.)
A giant crystal. - It'll take a team to move this humongous chunk of rock-- Or maybe just a duo of dragon or chimera. The first person to touch it, however, will find that it is not only reflective, but it projects. The light hitting it is projected in prisms, and all take a form based on the person who touches it. This could be a warped, twisted reflection showing how one thinks of themself. It could be a projection of deepest fantasies. It could just be whatever you're thinking at the moment. Or maybe it's a mockery. Play around at your hearts content!
Potions of any and all type! - You're not the type to just drink mysterious liquids in someone's basement (Unless you are, in which case, go for it!) but so many of these are cracked and worn. It's entirely possible some of them work on contact or inhalation. The effects can be almost anything, from Alice in Wonderland style shrinking and growing, to floating or glowing or transmuting. Perhaps one is a mood enhancer! Another could be poison. And a third could make the tips of your fingers grow hair. It's a mixed bag.
Cursed jewelry of any and all types - Same thing as the potions, these can be enchanted to have effects as minor as making your hair always look perfect (though there's a smell of cod liver that won't go away--) to as major as clamping in and biting through the skin, drinking your blood to fuel its dark powers. (Said dark powers could be anything from animatronic taxidermy coming alive to mimic your every move, to a spell to charm everyone around you, to the ability to speak with termites.) Again, go wild! And if you have trouble getting that jewelry off, there's gotta be some bolt cutters somewhere around here.... right?
There is MUCH MUCH ELSE that can be found! If you would like to be assigned a random Thing, feel free to give me the general vibe of what you're wanting, and I'll come up with something crazy for you! If you would like more than one thing, THAT IS FINE TOO!
FINAL OOC NOTES
In a list format because i'm lazy:
--NO EFFECT IN THE BASEMENT CAN BE GAMEBREAKING. Mind control, dreamwalking, and memory alteration are no-go.
--The contents of the unenchanted books in the basement are mostly nonsense or boring, but you can absolutely find some sort of burn book with hot deets on (non-plot) NPCs
--Any effect will eventually wear off. The process can be expedited with a witch. It's your choice how skilled that witch needs to be.
--"But susan someone else in a previous thread already took care of the item i was gonna use!" it's magic there can be two of them. or it can teleport itself repeatedly back into the basement. i'm not going to keep track and time isn't real.
--Mark any explicit content, plzkthx.
--Let me know if your character is enough of a jerk to try going to the second floor of the house. because a witch lives here and nearly all of them are mistrustful as hell so you know that's not gonna work out. (I'll let you know exactly how, if your character would try it.)
--If you're gonna die, talk to the mods about it first. if you're gonna kill anyone then double talk to the mods about it first.
--Go wild like you graduated from crazy go nuts university
And most importantly:
--FEEL FREE TO ASK ME ANY QUESTIONS! I'm available in the top comments here, though you are welcome to PM me, or shoot me a DM on discord (Soozaphone#3966), or shoot me a private plurk (![[plurk.com profile]](https://plurk.com/favicon.ico)
soozaphone ) if you'd prefer it be top-secret!!
Player Plot: The Basement
Hello Aefers! Susan here, and I'm coming to you live with a Player Plot That will be going up in one week! This post will serve as both a run-down on it, an invitation for suggestions/questions, and as a plotting post for anyone who wants to get involved!
So, here's the tidbits!
HEY-EY-EY. I SAID HEY. WHAT'S GOING ON?
For a full year (and likely even before then), the basement of Animal House (Shinjiro, Louis, Fie, Minato, and their myriad of animals) has been sealed up and locked and they haven't bothered to deal with it. The rest of the house has been Weird enough. (This may or may not be one of the reasons Louis publically burned half the furniture back in January.) They've cleared all the hemlock and other varied poisonous plants from the garden and made things liveable.... but that basement, tho.
And so, finally cracking it open, they will be soliciting help from fellow mirrorbound to please come help clean out this basement.
....which wouldn't be a player plot if said basement wasn't cram-packed full of weird, enchanted things.
WHERE DO I STEP IN?
Mirrorbound will be asked in a network post to offer their aid to come out to help clear out the basement and be fed (there will be tons of free food, it's the only way Shinjiro knows how to bribe people). It will be a "show up when you feel like, do as much as you want, and please for the love of god keep whatever you want." FREE STUFF! WHO COULD HATE IT!
However, basically everything in the basement is cursed or enchanted in some way, ranging from the relatively benign to the "you better get a witch to work on that hex asap."
WOW GREAT I'M GONNA DO SOMETHING GAMEBREAKING
ABSOLUTELY NO, FRIENDO! The limits for these magic items are:
-No Mind Control Bullshit
-No Dreamwalking Bullshit
-No Memory Alteration Bullshit
I've also been told that there won't be any hot deets on any main NPCS, so finding a pinup calender of Nessie is a no-go, but there can totally be scandalous details on minor or unnamed NPCs.
SO WHAT CAN I DO?
Really, this will mostly be sandbox style! However, for anyone stymied by indecision, or even just wanting to get something completely random, I will have the top thread in the log set aside for anyone who wants to be randomly assigned a find. This can go many ways! An example that came up while I was running the idea by people:
Yuff: i want elliot to find something musical instrument related. make it funny.
Me: A handcrafted Hurdygurdy, beautiful stained wood, but no matter how the user tries, the only tune that comes out is David Hoffman's Hooked on a Feeling (or the Aef equivilent thereof). Also it's a little sticky.
I'll also have a collection of possible finds/interactables noted in the exposition of the log, as well as the ability for people to just make up whatever they want. Do you want something to transmute you painfully and dramatically? That's cool, enjoy your body horror. Like any other transmutation in game it will gradually wear off, OR can be reversed by a skilled witch. Do you want something to make your character horny? Great. You can grow some (temporary) antlers. (Or go get fresh with someone in the corner, just please mark/warn any explicit content and don't make too much of a mess. people live here after all.)
Generally whatever is possible for a witch to learn or cast with magic is possible for an effect. Go crazy go nuts.
Just please don't kill anyone because then I gotta do paperwork for the mods. or like work it out with the mods yourself just DONT MAKE ME DO YOUR PAPERWORK FOR YOU!!!!
THIS IS TOO MUCH TO READ, I'M GONNA ASK A QUESTION IN THE COMMENTS
Go for it. I'll spontaneously make up an answer.
IT WOULD BE BETTER IF YOU DID (X, Y, Z)
I didn't even think of that! Let me know in the comments, so I can make this mini-event even better for the people who want to play in it!!
-----------
IC Network Portion
Name: Shinjiro Aragaki
Date: xx/xx
Format: Video!
[It's (surprisingly) a video from Shinjiro! He's clearly holding the watch in an outstretched hand, and, to put it mildly, the faun looks exhausted. Less physically, and more from the culmination of a bunch of aggravations. The two silvery brushes that are non-stop attacking his shaggy, long hair through the duration of the video might have something to do with it. But he doesn't acknowledge them. Instead he tilts his head slightly once he's verified that it is, indeed, filming, and then begins talking.]
...So we need help clearing out our basement, and there's free food for whoever helps out. Just show up sometime and cart a bunch of stuff to the curb. You can eat as much as you want, and keep whatever you find down there.
[The soft-bristled paddle brush is now desperately scrubbing at one of his horns, as though confused as to what this object is in the way of its duty. The thin, hard-toothed one keeps catching on one of his ears, earning a faint flinch each time. Neither seem like they plan on stopping anytime soon. He is still refusing to comment on them. It's at this point that Louis peeks into the field of view, saying nothing, but watching those brushes go wild, with a face that can only be described as: :3.]
There's a whole lotta stuff left over from whoever used to live here, and I dunno if I've even seen a quarter of it. There's like... furniture, jewelry, probably some weapons... Hell, a lot of stuff I dont even know what the hell it is. [a pause.] And maybe bring gloves. Who knows what all weird shit's been growing down there.
[He seems about ready to finish up the post, when a small shadow is cast over him by Fie, and a weird marionette drops into frame next to him. It speaks with Fie's voice. Sort of. It's Fie, if Fie were a shitty beaknik, and when "it" speaks, something similar to a saxophone playing a smooth, jazzy melody can be heard.]
Be cool, man! Help a cat out!
[Shinjiro shoves the marionette away, only for it to tumble back into place, Fie adding on:] No, it won't let me stop-- Louis, help out.
No, not helping. Have fun, kids.
Rude, Louis. Okay, please Elliot--
[The voices grow fainter as SHinjiro just STANDS UP AND WALKS AWAY FROM THIS MESS to try and finish the post.]
Anyway, lemme know if you wanna lend a hand. Or just show up. If you do let yourself in, then make sure the hyena doesn't run out into the yard with the chickens.
-----------
The Log Itself
The House
The house is much like the rest of the housing around it. Victorian style with some side yards, an outside that's desperately in need of paint, and wild, fancy architecture. Along the side is a fenced yard containing a small kitchen garden, complete with a recently added chicken coop in the back.
The front door leads to a small foyer, whereas the side door by the garden goes straight into the kitchen. In the kitchen, there will be a number of foods available for anyone chipping in to snack on, with options for vegetarians and meat-eaters alike. (No blood, sorry vampires, but if you get peckish you might find someone willing to let you have a bite.) Shinjiro will aggressively shoo away anyone who shows up just to get food without actually contributing. It's for people who help only!!
The interior is weird, as to be expected. They've made it mostly liveable, most of the furniture in the living spaces in new, but there's still Victorian Classics such as too many patterns and portraits of strangers on the wall, and bad wallpaper in surprisingly cozy places. There's even a restroom on the ground floor, complete with fireplace by the tub. People taking a break are welcome to tool around on the ground floor, where things are markedly more normal. Any attempts to go upstairs, where the residents bedrooms are, will be dissuaded.
There's a dog to pet (Koromaru, an incredibly intelligent white shiba inu) or a Petal Wolf (Bela) or, if you want to risk a few fingers, Fie's hyena (Alfin). The hyena occasionally breaks out into mad giggles in other people's voices, occasionally parroting contextless statements in perfect mimicry of the people who live there. Scrounging around somewhere will be Louis's cat, Juniper, and then there's the coop full of chickens outside...
But you people aren't here for the relatively normal living space.
THE BASEMENT.
The air is cooler in the basement, and with that soft scent of wet stone. It's not disgusting or overwhelming, despite how locked up and sealed the area had been, and for who knows how long. More than anything else, it's just dark. They've carried a few magitech lanterns down to the foot of the stairs, at least, in initially scoping it out to try and see what's down there: and even from just stepping off the stairs, it's clear to see that this is some sort of wild magical hoarder situation.
Walls are packed with everything from displays of oddities and curiosities to books and containers of liquids, the labels long since faded and peeled, to even rusted lockboxes, worryingly rectangular and human-lengthed, each with stiff, sturdy locks. In another corner, there's more shelves cluttered and overflowing with wet specimens preserved in jars. Many are completely unidentifiable. Many are absolutely identifiable, and it's unclear which is worse. There's everything from animals to plants to fish to even pieces of monsters or humans/witches alike.
Scattered throughout, there's lumpy sheets covering what can only be assumed to be furniture, as well as household items, baubles, trinkets, books, scrolls, and just general things crammed in any and every nook and cranny that can be found. If there was any sort of organization, it was lost well before the prior owner stopped their collecting.
In one corner, there's an iron spiral staircase that just leads into the ceiling, going nowhere. A few iron Maidens and sarcophagi can be found stored away, some of them haphazardly fallen over.
It's absolute chaos of junk layered on top of junk, pinned down by even more junk. And it's clearly going to take a lot of trips up and down those stone stairs to even begin to unearth some of the wild things stashed away.
Maybe if you're lucky, you'll unearth a friend to help light your way.
The Stuff.
I've gone ahead and written up some examples for people to run wild with-- and for anything else, feel free to either make things up, OR request something in the top thread!
Some of the Major Attractions of the Basement include:
An Iron Maiden. - Unlike many others, there's no spikes visible within. In fact, it looks almost welcoming. There's a faint enchantment to it, gently pulling at the senses of whomever gets too close. It's plush, and soft inside. Doesn't it look warm? The rest of the basement is so musty and damp and cold. Surely taking a rest would be fine.
Once someone steps into it, however, the doors close shut, and the victim is forced to rewatch their most embarrassing memory. When said memory has played out, however, they are released, no worse for the wear, and immune to the Maiden's Seduction for the next several days.
A helpful (if creepy) teapot. - This teapot has one job, and it will perform it. It will serve you tea. It will not stop until it has served you tea. No, it doesn't even know what tea is. It also doesn't seem to care if you have a container to hold a beverage or not. It. Will. Serve. You. Tea.
...However, who knows what liquid is actually within it. Feel free to use this skittering, crawling friend for anything. It could be as benign as incessantly following your character like an annoying and needy dog. It could be as horrifying as using force and chitinous claws to make your character ingest something. (Which could be delicious tea. Or could be anything else. Up to you!)
A speaker of secrets. - A jarringly hideous piece of taxidermy, the ravens screech the secrets of whomever touches it. Sometimes they're wrong, though. It's anyone's guess if they're yelling your deepest secrets, or if they're just making things up. Anyway, here's hoping whoever you're with doesn't just think you're using it as an excuse. (Or, if what they speak is true, hopefully people believe your excuse. Good luck carrying this thing all the way up and through the house.)
Vaguely Insulting Dishware. - What it says on the tin. The text seems to shift and change to insult you, specifically, and often times very passive aggressively.
A beautiful, floral chair - Like a flower in full bloom, this is another object that anyone nearby could find themselves magically drawn towards. It even smells soft and sweet- almost like fresh rain and honeysuckle. It's pristine looking, in comparison to all the objects around it, covered with dust and debris, and looks soft and pillowy and inviting. It's wide enough that someone could crawl onto and drape themselves across it.
At which point the petals will pull closed, enveloping them in a sweet cocoon of which they come out.... different. The effects are, as always, up to the player, as is the duration of them. (Transmutation spells are finite, of course, and the effects aren't strong enough to last more than a few days.)
A giant crystal. - It'll take a team to move this humongous chunk of rock-- Or maybe just a duo of dragon or chimera. The first person to touch it, however, will find that it is not only reflective, but it projects. The light hitting it is projected in prisms, and all take a form based on the person who touches it. This could be a warped, twisted reflection showing how one thinks of themself. It could be a projection of deepest fantasies. It could just be whatever you're thinking at the moment. Or maybe it's a mockery. Play around at your hearts content!
Potions of any and all type! - You're not the type to just drink mysterious liquids in someone's basement (Unless you are, in which case, go for it!) but so many of these are cracked and worn. It's entirely possible some of them work on contact or inhalation. The effects can be almost anything, from Alice in Wonderland style shrinking and growing, to floating or glowing or transmuting. Perhaps one is a mood enhancer! Another could be poison. And a third could make the tips of your fingers grow hair. It's a mixed bag.
Cursed jewelry of any and all types - Same thing as the potions, these can be enchanted to have effects as minor as making your hair always look perfect (though there's a smell of cod liver that won't go away--) to as major as clamping in and biting through the skin, drinking your blood to fuel its dark powers. (Said dark powers could be anything from animatronic taxidermy coming alive to mimic your every move, to a spell to charm everyone around you, to the ability to speak with termites.) Again, go wild! And if you have trouble getting that jewelry off, there's gotta be some bolt cutters somewhere around here.... right?
There is MUCH MUCH ELSE that can be found! If you would like to be assigned a random Thing, feel free to give me the general vibe of what you're wanting, and I'll come up with something crazy for you! If you would like more than one thing, THAT IS FINE TOO!
FINAL OOC NOTES
In a list format because i'm lazy:
--NO EFFECT IN THE BASEMENT CAN BE GAMEBREAKING. Mind control, dreamwalking, and memory alteration are no-go.
--The contents of the unenchanted books in the basement are mostly nonsense or boring, but you can absolutely find some sort of burn book with hot deets on (non-plot) NPCs
--Any effect will eventually wear off. The process can be expedited with a witch. It's your choice how skilled that witch needs to be.
--"But susan someone else in a previous thread already took care of the item i was gonna use!" it's magic there can be two of them. or it can teleport itself repeatedly back into the basement. i'm not going to keep track and time isn't real.
--Mark any explicit content, plzkthx.
--Let me know if your character is enough of a jerk to try going to the second floor of the house. because a witch lives here and nearly all of them are mistrustful as hell so you know that's not gonna work out. (I'll let you know exactly how, if your character would try it.)
--If you're gonna die, talk to the mods about it first. if you're gonna kill anyone then double talk to the mods about it first.
--Go wild like you graduated from crazy go nuts university
And most importantly:
--FEEL FREE TO ASK ME ANY QUESTIONS! I'm available in the top comments here, though you are welcome to PM me, or shoot me a DM on discord (Soozaphone#3966), or shoot me a private plurk (