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Round 1: The Magician's Box

Phew! You're beat! After all that gambling, you've decided that before setting out on your grand adventure, it's time to kick back and smell the roses. Well maybe not, there's a weird looking girl standing by them...so you decide that a cozy-looking inn is a much better option!

Ah, Ahnenerbe Cafe. The smell of avocado grilled cheese and baristas who ask you to tip even though they didn't do anything wafts through the doorway as you walk through. A cast of colorful characters sits at every table, some have you wondering if they're even human. "Burrenyaa~ what would you like to order, fufu..." A cat cashier asks you, and you decide that maybe this isn't the right place to relax.

When you walk to the door, opening it reveals a world very different from the one you came from. ??? You close the door and open it again, and the scenery has again morphed into something unrecognizable. "No di-nya and dashing!" You hear the cashier call over the tavern's din. Ugh. Something's definitely up with this place. And you can't help but feel like you're being watched by someone who doesn't have your best interests in mind...

You'll get to know these patrons, you suppose, to figure out who's out to do you no good. And you'll take the hazelnyat mocha.

This round draws from Carnival Phantasm and Kagetsu Tohya.

Normal Rules

Mystic Eyes of Depth Perception: Give us a brief bio of who your characters are. Not everyone will know who's who.

People Die When They Are Killed: Your team has to win, no matter what (unless you want a really good semis hook). Make sure you write your team victorious.

Redshift: Writers are allowed to make changes to their characters in their narrative to fit their story, such as allowing power stealers to gain more powers, teaching martial artists new techniques, or having characters gradually grow in strength between rounds. However, you are not beholden to following what your opponent is doing. When facing another team, you are only required to write their characters as they were submitted. This is to help with ease of research, and make things more fun for both sides.

It Must Be Fate: If there's a Round Rule that doesn't mesh as well with your team as it could, feel free to take creative liberties! As long as you stick to the general idea of the round, there's nothing wrong with it.

The general idea of this round is:

• Your team enters a common area which quickly becomes a locked room.
• Something, or someone, is hunting you.
• Figure out who and defeat them to escape!

Red Garden Never: The character limit for this round is 60k.

Due Date: This round is due on Friday, March 21 at midnight CST.

Round Rules

Neco-Arc's Chaos: What are you gonnya order? There's a special on Sundays for cold brews.

This Chair.: What sort of crazy patrons are having brunch? Do they have cordial interactions with you? Are they weary travelers beat from a long journey, sentient cardboard cutouts, dinosaurs who fell into a hole by mistake that really enjoy avocado toast? Maybe you're talking to the orange haired waitress while she's on her break! This is your chance to have fun with the enemy team(s) outside of a combat context if you choose.

Wifi Is Okay If You're Close To The Router: There's a hidden killer in the tavern's midst, always close by. Who is it? Do they have a grudge against you, or are they simply here to kill those that don't pay their tab? If you rent a room and sleep upstairs, will they slit your throat, or toilet paper your door... you don't know, but this can't last! For your subs' sanity's sake!

A Veritable Menyagerie: The bracket for this round (since challonge refuses to do threesomes) is as follows!! Randomly selected:

• Elick320 VS DudeBro231 VS Ohnijin
• Talvasha VS Kaju_researcher VS Joshiwawawa
• MC_Minnow VS Sapickee9 VS CalicoLime
• Artemisia VS Kyraryc VS FluffyKnife