Mirabelle (angy1) WAIT!!!

Bonnie (no!1) Gwah!!! What? What is it?!?

Mirabelle (awawa1) Sorry for screaming, sorry, sorry! Um, I, um...

Mirabelle (awkward2) I... don't know if this is relevant, but...

Mirabelle (anxious2) I, um... I recognize this corridor.

Odile (urgh1) ...Oh?

Mirabelle (anxious2) I recognize it... The Head Housemaiden of this House used to warn us about it...

Mirabelle (awawa1) I think... I think she called it the "Death Corridor"!!!

Isabeau (hahaha1) Oh that sounds bad!

Mirabelle (awawa1) So, so, um--

Odile (gimme1) The House is supposed to be a safe building, but with the King here, some traps might be activated... Is this what you mean?

Siffrin (fufu1) (Traps? Traps?) "A job for me, then."

Odile (lol1) It IS your job.

Isabeau (sif!1) Protect us, trap master!

(Not the first time you've had to reassure Mirabelle.)

(Time to look around...)

Siffrin (smiling1) (Bonnie is looking intently at the wall...) "Found anything interesting?"

Bonnie (sulk5) ...

Bonnie (sulk3) Negative.

Odile (lol1) Keep looking kiddo, I'm sure you'll find something.

Bonnie (hmf1) I might! You don't know!

Isabeau jumps up and down.

Isabeau (hahaha1) Go Siffrin, go Siffrin, go!!!!

Isabeau (sif!1) Not to tell you how to do your job, but make sure to check everything!

Isabeau (really1) ...Which is just those six pillars, I guess.

Mirabelle (anxious1) Please... Be careful...

Odile (reading1) I'm resting my legs while you look around. Have fun.

Bottom left / Middle left

(This is a pillar.)

(Nothing there.)

Mirabelle (anxious2) ...

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Bottom right

(This is a broken pillar.)

(You look around, trying to find something, anything...)

(Nothing there.)

Mirabelle (anxious2) ...

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Middle right pillar

(This is a broken pillar.)

(Nothing there.)

Mirabelle (anxious2) ...

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Top left pillar

(This is a broken pillar.)

(You look around, trying to find something, anything...)

Mirabelle (anxious3) Did you find something?!

(There is something!)

(Yep. A whole lot of nothing.)

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Top right pillar

(This is a pillar.)

(Nothing there.)

Mirabelle (anxious3) ...Nothing?

(This is the way to the previous room.)

(Nothing there...)

(This probably leads further into the House.)

(But you have to put Mirabelle at ease and check this room...)

After checking every pillar, everybody lines up at the bottom of the hallway. Siffrin stands alone in front of them.

(Well...)

(You can't find any switches or traps, so...)

Mirabelle takes a step forward.

Mirabelle (anxious2) So? So??? Are we safe? We're not safe, are we, this is the Death Corridor...

She jumps.

Mirabelle (awawa1) The older housemaidens kept saying people died there!!!

Mirabelle (stressed1) So there must be a trap-- Something weight-sensitive, or something!

Mirabelle (stressed2) Or, or!!! Maybe it's time-sensitive! If we spend too long here...!

Siffrin (okay1) (Oh come on now.) "There's nothing weird in here."

Mirabelle (angy1) But there must be!!!

Isabeau (sad1) Aw, Mira...

Bonnie (sulk5) Belle, Belle, don't worry about it.

Bonnie (mock1) Frin isn't good at many things, but they know stuff about traps.

(Hey...)

Odile (lol2) Right. If we can't trust the one who's supposed to lead us THIS early, this won't bode well for later...

(HEY...)

Mirabelle (awawa1) But, but--

Siffrin takes a step upwards, deeper into the hallway.

Siffrin (siiiiigh1) "We're not dead yet, are we?"

Mirabelle (anxious2) ...Well, that's true...

Odile (up1) We HAVE been in this room for a while...

Odile (reading1) And Siffrin has been walking everywhere, so if it was weight-sensitive, something would have killed him by now.

Isabeau (brag1) Exactly! It's all fine!

Mirabelle (awkward2) Oh...

Mirabelle (happy2) ...yeah! Yeah, okay! I'll believe you!

Mirabelle (awkward1b) Sorry... for worrying... I'm a little on edge...

Siffrin (smiling2) "We're good, Mira."

Siffrin "See?"

Siffrin "Everything's fine."

The screen goes black.

(As you live through the novel experience of having your body crushed by a giant rock,)

(You feel   a tug   on  your  stomach)

(And,

The game over screen appears with the text "(You got crushed.)"

(Oh, wait, that's the room you died in because you didn't check for traps.)

(There MUST be a switch or something somewhere that can stop the trap from activating.)

(. . .)

(You didn't feel it last time, but...)

(You can feel something... different in this room.)

The middle right pillar is now suspiciously sparkly.

The player has to interact with it.

(This is a normal pillar, but...)

(Carefully, you look at the pillar.)

(...)

(...)

(Oh stars.)

(Hidden unless you're looking at the right angle,you can see a switch hidden between the rocks.)

(Stupid, stupid, stupid.)

Mirabelle (angy1) OH, WAIT!!! Siffrin, I just remembered, this room, it's--

(You press the switch.)

The rock crashes down from the ceiling, hitting an empty patch of hallway. Everyone turns to look at it.

Mirabelle (uwah!1) WAH!!!

Isabeau (huhwah1) WOAH!!!!

(Okay, the rock fell!!! And not on your head!!! Woohoo!!!)

(So you CAN change things. You can fix things.)

(You can keep going.)

(. . .)

(You're feeling a lot more confident about this "killing a monarch" business!)

Siffrin (blep1) (You give a thumbs up!!!) "Trap taken care of!"

Odile (hm1) I-I suppose it is?

Bonnie (hmf1) That was scary!

(Oh, before you forget!)

Siffrin (happy1) (You should ask...) "Any more 'Death Corridors', Mira?"

Mirabelle (awkward2) "Death Corridor"...?

Mirabelle (awawa1) Um, no! That's the only one! I promise!!!

Mirabelle (awawa1) This hallway had a trap, which Siffrin just activated... But I don't think there's any other ones in the House...

Odile (hm1) Good to know. Let's get going then...

(You look around the pillar...)

Mirabelle (angy1) OH, WAIT!!! Siffrin, I just remembered, this room, it's--

(...and press the switch.)

The rock crashes down from the ceiling. Everyone turns to look at it.

Mirabelle (uwah!1) WAH!!!

Regular

Siffrin (boo1) (Yeah, yeah...) "Let's go, everyone."

Isabeau (hahaha2) N-not even phased, huh? So cool, Sif!

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20% Chance

Siffrin (joke1) (You chuckle.) "Heheh... Bonk."

Isabeau (up1) ??????????

Siffrin (smiling3) (You start walking away.) "Let's go, everyone."

Mirabelle (anxious2) O-okay!

(You silently keep moving.)

Bonnie (no!1) ARE WE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE BIG ROCK?

Siffrin (fake3) (...) "I haven't noticed any big rock."

Isabeau (fufufu1) Too cool, Sif. Too cool.

Isabeau (wonder2) ...?

(You look around the pillar...)

(...and press the switch.)

The rock crashes to the ground. Siffrin does not react.

(That's the pillar.)

(You already pressed the switch.)

(A pillar with no switches.)

(A very big rock.)

(You can say from experience that a rock like this falling on you would kill you near instantly.)