Mirabelle (angy1) WAIT!!!

Mirabelle (anxious2) A-ah! Sorry, Siffrin...

The screen pans to the entrance to the office.

Mirabelle (anxious2) It's just, over there, that's the Head Housemaiden's office!

Odile (huh1) The Head Housemaiden, huh...

The screen pans back to Siffrin and the party.

Bonnie (hmf1) Someone like her definitely has some good stuff, right? Like keys! Like snacks!!!

Odile (lol4) ...Like information.

Isabeau (brag1) Let's go, then!

First time

(You follow along.)

Subsequent times

(You let yourself be led.)

Siffrin and the party walk into the Head Housemaiden's office.

Odile (hm1) ...

Bonnie (wait1) ......

Mirabelle (anxious2) .........

Isabeau (hahaaa1) That door sure is locked.

Bonnie (ew1) Yep.

First time

Siffrin (okay2) Sucks.

Odile (gimme1) Mirabelle, any idea where the key for this would be?

Mirabelle (anxious1) I'm not sure, I. . .

Mirabelle (anxious3) Oh...  Oh no.

Bonnie (serious1) Uh oh.

Mirabelle (awawa1) I remember... The key...  The key is in the Head Housemaiden's office, in her desk drawer...!!!

(What?!?)

(How did you miss it?!)

Bonnie (no!2) Uh oh!!!

Odile (sigh1) Urgh...

Mirabelle (awawa1) I'm sorry!!! I'm sorry!!! I should've remembered, why didn't I remember--

Isabeau (hahaaa1) Hey, don't worry about it, Mira.

Odile (lol2) Yes, you're not to blame here. If anything, it's Siffrin's job to look out for things, so...

(Hey...)

Isabeau (hm2) Can we break it down?

Bonnie (ew1) It looks really solid...

Odile (gimme1) And the fact that it's frozen in time doesn't help.

Isabeau (hahaaa1) So... Are we stuck?

Mirabelle (anxious2) W-Well we could keep exploring this floor, but I'm...  I'm pretty sure the key for this door was in the office...

Mirabelle (worried1) If we can't access it... What should we do...?

(...)

(You could...)

(You could loop back to before the room collapsed, couldn't you? And explore the Admin room more?)

An X symbol appears in the top-right corner of the screen.

(You could also stay here, but... You don't think there's any point...)

[Hey stardust! Sorry to interrupt, but I am here in your head to beam you some amazing advice.]

[See this little icon on the top right? This is a helpful little icon to inform you that you are stuck in time.]

[No matter what, you won't be able to progress further in the House in this loop. Only thing you can do is find a way to loop back. Woopsies!]

[Say, though...  Didn't you see some tears on the way there? They MIGHT do the trick if you need to loop back easily...]

[(Come say hi sometime! I'm so lonely... Sob sob... Do you feel sorry for me yet...)]

Subsequent times

Odile (gimme1) Mirabelle, any idea where the key for this would be?

Mirabelle (anxious1) I'm not sure, I--

(Oops. You forgot to check the drawer in the Head Housemaiden's office.)

(The door is locked tight.)

With Memory of Keys equipped

(Hm...)

(The key for it was in the Head Housemaiden's office, but it's inaccessible now...)

Mirabelle (happy3) Oh, that's the Head Housemaiden's office!

Bonnie (hmf2) Someone like her definitely has some good stuff, right? Like keys! Like snacks!!!

Odile (wonder1) ...Like information. Let's look around...

(Ok REALLY look for a switch, a key, ANYTHING this time.)

First time

(A desk.)

(Most of this side of the desk is taken by a single, massive drawer.)

(Woah! It's completely stuffed full.)

(You start looking through it while everyone talks.)

Second time

(The Head Housemaiden's massive desk drawer.)

(Mirabelle said the key should be in the drawer...)

(You start looking for the key.)

Subsequent times

(The Head Housemaiden's massive desk drawer.)

(You start looking for the key.)

Odile (gimme1) So this is the office of...

Mirabelle (excited1) The Head Housemaiden of Dormont! She's wonderful!

Mirabelle (happy1) She manages the House and makes sure everyone is happy and fulfilled! She organizes a lot of events too!

Mirabelle (excited1) She's also a great Crafter! She always creates wonderful items that makes everyone's lives easer!

Mirabelle (awkward2) She taught me so much... Most of the Craft skills I know, I learned from her.

Isabeau (hm4) She was the one, wasn't she? The one who was supposed to...

Mirabelle (anxious3) Yes...

Mirabelle (sad1) She's the one who was supposed to defeat the King.

Mirabelle (sad2) But the King was too strong, and attacked out of nowhere, and now... I don't know what happened to her.

Mirabelle (sad2) When I fled the House... The King might've already... ...

Isabeau (hm5) ...Don't worry, Mira...

Isabeau (hahaha2) If she's that strong, I'm sure we'll find her safe and sound eventually!

Mirabelle (anxious2) Y-yeah!!!

Mirabelle (anxious2) Positive... I have to stay positive.

• First time

  (...)

  (The drawer was full of notes and boring administrative papers.)

  (No key.)

  (But why is it shining, then...?)

  (...)

  (You should look elsewhere...)

• Subsequent times

  Second time

  (...)

  (. . .)

  
  

  (Aw stars.)

  (There WAS a key hidden in there.)

  (It was taped to the underside, so you missed it before... You blinding idiot...)

  
  

  Subsequent times if you've defeated the King only once

  (...)

  (The Head Housemaiden...)

  (She knew something about whatever's happening to you.)

  (Maybe you could try and ask her what she knows...)

  (You pick up the key.)

  
  

  Subsequent times

  (...)

  (You pick up the key taped to the underside of the drawer.)

  ---

  (You found the ROCK KEY!)

  (The keychain dangling from it is shaped like a hand in the Rock position...)

  
  

  Second time

  (How fitting.)

  
  

  (You put the Key in your Pocket.)

  
  

  Second time

  (You now know where the Rock Key is located.)

(The Head Housemaiden's massive desk drawer.)

If you didn't find the Rock Key

(There's nothing important there.)

If you found the Rock Key

(There REALLY is nothing else important in there.)

(Here, here, here!)

(Got the ROCK KEY.)

(A pile of papers.)

(You take one at random...)

At random:

• (It's a lovely, cheesy, mushy love letter from someone named Claude.)
• (It looks like boring administrative papers.)
• (It's a petition to serve more bread at lunch.)
• (It's an essay about the 3.5% of people who are dual Craft types users, like Mirabelle.)

(Boring papers!)

(Some paper and ink.)

(On the paper, you can see a spreadsheet of some kind.)

(There's two columns, one filled with names, while the other only has one or two.)

(The first, full column is titled "Save Vaugarde".)

(The second, near empty column is titled "Other".)

Without having advanced Loopquest

(What could this be about...?)

After reading the book on Wish Craft in the Secret Library

(. . .)

(And then, you realize...)

(This is... A list of people who wished to save Vaugarde!!!)

(You look around her desk, trying to find out more.)

(Why would she record the people who wished to save Vaugarde?)

(...There!!!)

(It's a little notebook, jammed between random boring paperwork...)

(In it, the Head Housemaiden talks about Wish Craft... How in the days before the King attacked, she noticed everyone was wishing to the Favor Tree for the same thing:)

(To save Vaugarde.)

(And she started wondering if this wish could be the key to the King's defeat, somehow...)

(So the Head Housemaiden knew about Wish Craft!!!)

(...A wish for Vaugarde to be saved...)

(Reading this... You start to wonder whether this wish could be related to your loops.)

(Have you been looping this whole time... To save Vaugarde?)

(If you think about it... It somewhat fits.)

(You and your friends are the only ones who can save Vaugarde, so if you died...)

(The wish could activate then, making sure to loop you back to before your death, so you could try again?)

(Maybe the wish manifested itself by giving you the power to loop back in time?)

(Without this power, you would've failed and died, and the King would never have been defeated...)

(Making the wish impossible to fulfill.)

(So maybe that's it...? You're here because of this wish?)

(But Vaugardians shouldn't know the correct rituals to wish... And rituals are the most important part. The wish shouldn't have come true without them.)

(Could their belief in this wish be enough for it to come true? If a lot of people wished, on a country-wide scale?)

(And... Why is this wish centered on you? Why not everyone in your party?)

(And, and! If that's the case, if this wish is why you're here, then why are you still here?)

(You've beaten the King already, haven't you?)

(If that wish is why you're here, the loop would've stopped after you beat the King, right?)

(Did you do something wrong...?)

(. . . )

(The pieces don't completely fit yet, but...)

(There's no doubt in your mind that Vaugardians' wish to "save Vaugarde" is why you're trapped in this loop.)

(You're getting closer.)

(You smile.)

Mirabelle (anxious3) Siffrin, is something wrong? You've been staring at this notebook for a while...

Siffrin (fake1) "Just lost in thought!"

Mirabelle (happy1) O-oh, okay! Shall we get going, then?

(You nod.)

(...The Head Housemaiden...)

(She's the one who wrote this. She knows about Wish Craft.)

(She knew something was wrong, this whole time.)

(She might know... How to...)

(. . .)

(You should go and talk to her as fast as you can!)

(But first, you have to go talk to Loop! You have to tell them what you've found!!!)

This conversation gives you 3 Weird Points.

Subsequent times

(It's the number of people who wished to save Vaugarde.)

(Everyone's wishes.)

(You'll make them all come true!!!!!!)

(This part of the desk has nothing interesting on it whatsoever.)

ACT 2

(You can see the desk has some drawers you could look into on the other side, though...)

(The key's not here, stupid!!!)

If you've never met Euphrasie

(Childish drawings of a tall bright woman.)

After getting to the end at least once

(Childish drawings of the Head Housemaiden.)

(Childish drawings of the Head Housemaiden.)

(If only you had a pencil! Scribble scribble scribble!)

(A closet.)

(It's full of boring administrative papers.)

(Some notes about the King.)

(The Head Housemaiden must've been looking for more information about him...)

Odile (doubt1) Why do you even call the King "the King"? Vaugarde isn't a monarchy...

Odile (huh1) Isn't "King" just a title he chose?

Mirabelle (anxious3) Yes, but he chose it... Calling him something else would be rude?

Isabeau (brag1) Yeah, that's just basic manners.

Odile (urgh1) . . .

ACT 2

(Vaugarde is so weird.)

ACT 3, regardless of Kingquest

(...)

(You wonder if calling him "King" might've given him more notoriety than he should have.)

ACT 4

(...)

(Does he even remember his name...?)

First time during Kingquest, after unlocking the ability to ask the King questions

(But...)

(So the King is a name that he chose...?)

(Maybe that's something you could ask him about...)

(Some notes about the king.)

(Rrrrrrrrip! Nothing there!)

(The bookcase is filled with books about various subjects.)

ACT 2

(Various BORING subjects. You leave the bookcase alone.)

ACT 3

(You leave the bookcase alone.)

(Boring bookcase full of useless books!)

Siffrin leads the party out of the Office.

Suddenly, a giant rock slams down in front of the door, blocking it off. Everyone turns around, staring at it.

Odile (hm1) ...

Bonnie (wait1) ......

Mirabelle (anxious1) .........

Isabeau (hahaaa1) There was nothing important in there, right? So this is fine?

Odile (hm1) What a waste of time. At least we didn't get squashed, though...

(Need the key.)

Siffrin turns around.

(A big rock.)

(At least this one didn't fall right on you or anyone else...)

Isabeau (sad1) Could we maybe break it down?

Odile (question1) We could try... But--

Isabeau (yeah!1) SMASH!!!!!

Mirabelle (stressed1) ...

Odile (huh1) ...

Bonnie (zomg) ...

Isabeau (yeah!1) ...... . . .

Isabeau (sniff1) ow

(The rock did not flinch.)

Odile (lol2) How's your fist?

Isabeau (sniff1) I'm okay... I'm okay... I'm okay...

(A big rock.)

(There doesn't seem to be a way to pass through.)

(The blinding big rock!)