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[monster_san]

[Fuu's smiling face appears in the amber. Behind her, you can just see the piece of mirror, though she's too far away for the words to show.]

Hello, everyone! I hope you're all well today.

It seems as though the mirror on this branch is enchanted! It's showing a riddle at the moment.

It reminds you of a riddle the heroes would find in a storybook, don't you think? But of course, reading a story and being in a story are two entirely different things.

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[magicsprice]

Not always, sometimes, one can be part of the story that you're reading.

[He's checked the mirror out, but without any of his tools from home here, there's no easy way for him to investigate the enchantment on the mirror.]

I have my suspicions, the first item, that A diamond from the clouds, may be a rain drop.

[monster_san]

Oh my, I'm not sure what I would do in such a recursive situation.

A rain drop... or a sleet fragment, or snowflake. That would be difficult to carry.

[magicsprice]

I could possibly make it easier.

[Though a rain drop could possibly be carried in a cup or a pot. As for a snowflake, he could keep it frozen with magic and carry it since the cold wouldn't bother him.]

We could try both a rain drop and a snow flake, figure out which it wanted.

[monster_san]

[wait what]

You mean you've been in a... story-in-a-story before?

[well, maybe not so weird, as she herself has been to another world before...]

Yes, that would be a good idea... covering all the bases, so to speak.

[magicsprice]

I mean I lived a story, and then found a storybook which told the story that I lived.

[He nodded once.]

Indeed. It would save time if we obtained both, so if one didn't work, we could switch them right after instead of having to work to get the other option.

[monster_san]

That sounds like quite a predicament, Mister...?

Very efficient. But maybe we should figure out what the words around the riddle signify, as well.

[magicsprice]

Gold.

[It's far easier to introduce himself with the far simpler curse name than with his actual name. Then he doesn't have to listen to people mangling Rumpelstiltskin when they try pronouncing it.]

Of course. We can figure that out as we're gathering the items it's apparently calling for. Though given it states the objects will break the webs. That could be metaphorical and be speaking of the mist possibly, or be literal and mean the web that can be seen on the third floor, if you look toward the ceiling.

[monster_san]

How nice to meet you! I'm Fuu Hououji.

Ah! I must admit, I hadn't considered that it might be the mist barriers. They seem rather large to be broken by items we could carry ourselves.