(You open the closet...)

If you don't have the Opaque Glasses

If you do; first time

If you do; subsequent times

The world skips. Text for refinding equipment plays.

(You take the item.)

(You got a SALTY BROTH!)

(You give them to Bonnie for safekeeping.)

(There's nothing else in there.)

(You look inside the closet, waiting for the Universe to right itself.)

The world skips.

(...)

(You open the closet...)

(It's filled with wax and candle-making supplies.)

• ACT 2: (Smells nice.)
• ACT 3: (Smells like wax.)
• ACT 4: (You don't smell anything.)

(The closet full of wax and candle-making supplies.)

(Something smells sweet.)

(Some sort of candle-making station.)

Isabeau (fufufu1) Sniff sniff...

Isabeau (neutral1) I have no idea what this smells like.

Bonnie (sulk5) Sniff sniff.

Bonnie (serious1) Apples and cinnamon.

Isabeau (oh1) Pie smell?

Bonnie (happy2) Pie smell.

Mirabelle (happy1) Pie smell...

Up to ACT 3

(Pie smell.)

ACT 4

(Candles.)

(The candle-making station.)

(It doesn't smell like a pie, but it does smell sweet.)

(A craftonomy book.)

Isabeau (hahaha2) Oooh, is this a craftology book?

Isabeau (wonder2) Piercing Craft, Creative Craft... Where's the Protecting Craft chapt--

Odile (question1) It's a craftONOMY book, not a craftOLOGY book.

Odile (lol1) This one is about the study of Craft, not your fortune.

After asking the King how he freezes people in time

If you're before Kingquest, the conversation proceeds the same as though you'd chosen "(Stay silent.)"

(A book about the study of Craft?)

(Could it have any information about Time Craft, maybe...?)

First time

Siffrin (questions1) (...)

Subsequent times

Siffrin (fake1) (You know this already.)

• "Does that craftonomy book have anything on Time Craft?"

  Mirabelle (neutral1) Time Craft? What for?

  Isabeau (boo1) Hm... It is related to our situation, isn't it? With the King?

  Odile (hm1) We don't have ti--

  Bonnie (oh!1) What's Time Craft? I dunno what that is.

  Isabeau (brag1) ...Should we have a crash course on Time Craft, then?

  Odile (urgh1) Urgh, fine.

  
  

  (Odile flips through the book.)

  
  
  

  Odiled (reading2) ...It does have a section on Time Craft.

  
  

  Odile (gimme1) Alright. So, Time Craft is, as the name implies, the power to wield and craft time itself.

  Odile (huh2) It's a type of craft that's been hypothesized to exist for decades, but its existence has never been proven.

  Mirabelle (awkward2) Until now, right?

  Bonnie (sulk5) Stopping time... That's what the King does, right?

  Bonnie (serious1) So the King is using Time Craft?

  Odile (reading1) The King most likely is, yes. Which would make it the first time in history someone managed to harvest that power.

  Odile (lol3) Outside of stories told in familytales, that is.

  Isabeau (brag1) I've heard scholars outside of Vaugarde are really excited right now! Time Craft, confirmed to be real!

  
  

  Bonnie (sulk2) ...So they're happy because he froze people in time?

  Mirabelle (awawa1) W-well, it's more complicated than that!!!

  Odile (reading1) Morals aside, it does change everything we knew about Time Craft.

  Odile (gimme1) Think about how Time Craft could be used. The King is only stopping people's time... But it could be used for many other things.

  Odile (reading2) It could be used to hasten or slow people's time, too. Maybe make people's bodies younger or older. Maybe make buds grow into trees in an instant.

  Isabeau (huh1) Worst case scenario, it could be used to change history itself! Crafting time to go back in time, and change history!

  Bonnie (no!2) Woah!

  ---

  First time

  (Woah.)

  
  

  Subsequent times

  (...)

  ("Worst case scenario".)

  ---

  Odile (reading2) The possibilities are endless... And terrifying.

  Isabeau (brag1) Definitely not the kind of power you want in someone's hands!

  Odile (hm1) And definitely not someone like the King.

  Mirabelle (awkward2) And, correct me if I'm wrong... But crafting time wouldn't be like crafting clay to a specific shape, or crafting a sword.

  Mirabelle (anxious2) Those are easy enough to do and won't tire you out, but crafting time? Something as basic and essential as time?

  Mirabelle (anxious3) Wouldn't it ask for immense amounts of power?

  Odile (lol4) Exactly. Crafting clay barely asks for any power from the user... But crafting time...

  Odile (reading1) It was theorized that crafting time, even to pause time for a single second... Would probably kill the user immediately.

  ---

  First time

  (HUH?!?)

  Subsequent times

  (...)

  ---

  Bonnie (no!2) KILL THEM DEAD?!?

  Isabeau (fufufu1) Kill them dead.

  Mirabelle (anxious2) And yet, the King is still alive...

  Isabeau (disappointed1) So it raises the question...

  Isabeau (sad1) What gave him enough power to use Time Craft without dying? And how did he learn how to use it?

  Odile (lol2) Good questions, Isabeau. You have pretty smart insights sometimes.

  Isabeau (hahaha1) I sure do!

  Bonnie (sulk5) Hm...

  Bonnie (serious1) Time Craft is what the King uses and it's dangerous. Got it.

  Odile (serious4) I suppose talking about this was useful. I'm surprised you're curious about this, though... Siffrin.

  
  

  (You shrug.)

  
  

  Odile (dotdotdot1) ...

  ---

  First time

  (...)

  (Time Craft, a type of Craft that allows the user to control time...)

  (Isn't that what you and the King have been using?)

  (But neither of you should be able to use it... Using it would ask for immense amounts of power.)

  (So then... What gave you this power?)

  
  

  (...Maybe you should ask the King about this.)

  
  

  If you haven't talked to the Head Housemaiden in ACT 3

  (And... You still need to go talk to the Head Housemaiden.)

  (She seemed aware that you were looping in time... Maybe she knows why you're able to use Time Craft?)

  (You need to talk to her.)

  
  

  If you have talked to her

  (But what if it isn't enough? What if he doesn't want to tell you anything about Time Craft?)

  (You've talked to the King, and the Head Housemaiden... Are those really the only two people that would know anything about the loops you're stuck in?)

  (Who else could you talk to about the loops? To theorize?)

  (. . .)

  (Oh, wait.)

  (There is ONE person.)

  
  

  Subsequent times

  (...)

• (Stay silent.)

  This is also the normal course of conversation before Kingquest.

  
  

  Bonnie (lol1) Heheheh.

  Isabeau (sniff1) Aww... I wanted to know my horoscope today...

  Odile (hm1) This place has been frozen for a few months now... I don't think it'd be up to date...

  Mirabelle (happy1) Hehehe, you really like that sort of stuff, don't you Isabeau?

  Isabeau (hahaha1) Yes I do!!!

  Isabeau (fufufu1) It's absolutely useless and has no basis in reality, but I like it when some letters tells me I'm gonna have a good day.

  Odile (lol4) You're Protector Craft, aren't you, Isabeau... People who use it are patient, honest, loyal...

  Odile (lol3) ...and very gullible.

  Isabeau (brag1) That sure is me!!!

  Bonnie (lmao1) Haha, you're very gullible!!!

  Mirabelle (anxious1) Bonnie, you're laughing, but... Aren't you... also using Protector Craft?

  Bonnie (no!1) NO????

  Odile (lol2) Yes, I do seem to remember this being the case, kiddo.

  Bonnie (stop!1) NO!!!!!!! IT'S NOT THE SAME!!!!! I'M NOT GULLIBLE!!!

  Isabeau (fufufu1) Heheheheheh...

  (...)

  ---

  First time and ACT 2

  (You like being able to be near them and not have to contribute to the conversation.)

  (Being silent and surrounded by people you like is nice!)

  
  

  ACT 3

  (It's like watching a play you've seen a dozen times.)

  (It's comforting.)

  
  

  ACT 4

  (Before this all happened, you'd never noticed how you could just stay silent and they'd all talk around you like nothing's wrong.)

  (Sometimes you wonder if you really exist.)

  (If THEY really exist.)

  (Real people wouldn't say the exact same thing over and over and over, wouldn't they...?)

• If you asked about Time Craft

  (You can come back and read this again later if you need to.)

• If you stayed silent

  ACT 2 & 3

  (You're Piercing Craft!)

  (Determined! Brave! Honest!)

  (Or so people say.)

  ---

  ACT 4

  (You   are Piercing Craft.)

  (Callous. Aimless. Manipulative.)

  
  

  (Or so people say.)

Isabeau Aww... I wanted to know my horoscope today...

(You

(You don't think about anything.)

(The craftonomy book.)

(Some vials.)

• First time:(Let's see...)
• Subsequent times: (You pick them up.)

(You got two SOUR TONICS!)

(You give them to Bonnie for safekeeping.)

(Nothing else here.)

(A tidy bed.)

(There's bits of wax stuck to the covers.)

(The usual bed.)

(A tidy bed.)

(The same bed as always.)

(Instructions on how to craft candles.)

ACT 2 only

(Unlike normal candles, it seems Crafted candles last longer, and can change smells as time goes by...)

(Instructions on how to craft candles.)

(They're engraved in your brain, now.)

(Some books on the House of Change.)

(...and an book from the series "The Cursing of Château Castle", issue #51.)

After talking to the Castle-loving One

(...Issue 51? You should remember this number.)

(Some books.)

(A chair.)

(A chair.)

(But you're fine, so it'd be a waste of time to sit down.)