a trip to the costume store

[divus]

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[divus]

[Knocking does not work, sadly. Nice try though.

As for the racks, nothing seems entirely out of place. There are fashionable dresses hanging next to more fashionable dresses on the racks, coordinated by color; outerwear is with outwerwear; tops with tops. The more costume-like costumes are sorted by type, as well: princess gowns and prince doublets near each other, cop costumes by military uniforms, sexy witches near sexy black cats, etc...]

[usogi]

[ . . . hm.]

Cheri said something about every girl being a princess... Ishirin-san, can you check out the ball gowns and dresses?

[senri's gonna see if he can look at the mirrors at all! are they all just super typical mirrors attached to the wall or can he gently lift them off the wall to look behind them]

[ritualization]

I'll see what I can find.

[he nods to senri-- if he's got the mirrors covered, ishi will keep investigating outfits!

but also, like

give him a minute to look at those because he's distracted by the sexy costumes. not in any sort of 'dad get out of the gutter' way, he is just. legitimately trying to figure out what is the deal with these, murmuring to himself.]

Why would these even be here? This is so little fabric...

[who would actually wear that...]

[divus]

[the mirrors are just mirrors!

...and the costumes are just costumes. is it something you could buy in a costume store? it'll show up here.]

[usogi]

People are into interesting things, Ishirin-san.

[this is not about kink lessons though

senri is going to pause in front of the mirrors and

STRIKE A POSE IN FRONT OF THEM]

This seems like something Cheri would like to do.

[ritualization]

I suppose they must be. I don't see much of a reason for that here, still.

[sexy cat outfits are not great to get stabbed in... but he is perfectly fine not thinking about it too hard, watching senri pose away.]

If not that, then-- you don't think we might have to put any of this on, do you?

[dubious... he'd kind of prefer not to.]

You're more familiar with what Sincerity-san is like than I am.

[divus]

[Senri looks great while he poses, but nothing happens. The door remains closed.

The racks of costumes, fancy dresses, and other pieces of clothing stay where they are. Oh, hey, there's a shoe rack back there somewhere...]

[usogi]

[booooo!]

Maybe...? I wouldn't mind doing some dress up, but it'd be weird if Cheri had to put on a different outfit every time he had to go home. For Beauty, all I had to do was play a song on the piano.

I wonder if there's something else....

[he'll wander over to ishirin-san now, skipping as he does to look around. his fingers will brush against fabric as he goes before he wanders over to the shoes]

Maybe there's a Cinderella thing going on....

[INSPECTING SHOES do any of them look special, any glass slippers]

[ritualization]

Even they have to do this each time, then... something simpler does make sense, in that case.

[he has just literally never asked about this because their rooms are their own business, sorry dad is not super helpful here senri,,

he also probably doesn't know that reference but he's gonna help inspect this shoe rack anyway!!]

[divus]

[The shoe rack has all kinds of shoes. In fact, it seems like as soon as they think of another type of shoe to look for, it's on the next part of the rack that they look at.]

[usogi]

Well - not all the time. Beauty had a mirror that he could use to access other parts of the castle... I was hoping it wouldn't be anything too hard anyway.

[that's so many shoes

senri thinks idly of some shoes he's seen cheri wear before - ]

I wonder if we're supposed to take a walk in his shoes in order to trace his steps....?

[ritualization]

--or maybe we ought to just...

[you know what you're supposed to do when you're going in somewhere

ishi's looking for a blank spot on the rack now, actually, toeing his own sandals off.]

[divus]

[as senri thinks of shoes he's seen sincerity wear, a few pairs of heels appear on the rack.

ishi will find a blank spot on the rack to put his sandals on, but nothing happens when he does.]

[usogi]

Pardon me, Cheri!

[senri will gently toe off his own shoes and then go to pick up the heels and put them on? he can wear them pretty easily once he finds his balance at least

he'll try that but - ]

Oh - maybe you should think of some comfy bunny slippers, Ishirin-san! I bet Cheri likes to wear those to relax like anybody else with any sense.

[ritualization]

[he's looking very uncertainly at those heels-

and he exhales a relieved sigh when senri doesn't ask him to put them on too. thinking about bunny slippers it is.]

Of course. I will leave those to you.

[divus]

[senri's looking nice in his heels and ishi's got some comfy bunny slippers, but nothing else happens]

[usogi]

[thank you supportive bracket text!]

.... hmmm.

Do you think there's magic words? Open Sesame!

Or - I'm hoooome.

[tadaimaaaa]

[ritualization]

It must be something like that. I doubt we've missed anything in here, though we may just not be thinking of the right things.

[but senri's the sincerity expert, comparatively, so he's not sure what he'd be able to come up with that senri wouldn't.]

If not certain words, perhaps if you just ask politely...?

[there's no way it's that easy after how quick the door was, but

worth trying!]

[divus]

[neither open sesame nor tadaima work



also i'll save you some time: asking nicely won't work either]

[usogi]

[thank]

I dunno... Maybe it's the sound of Cheri's heels?

[he's gonna see if doing a little catwalk back over to the door will help - and also see if there's any hints by it :/ ]

[ritualization]

Hopefully we don't both have to put them on. I don't know how you can walk in those, Nito-kun.

[while senri does his thing on the catwalk (on the catwalk)-- ishi is just trying to go back over things himself.

there's no way it's as easy as like, thinking of the door also being open. or having a handle or something. if it is I'm going to actually die ok but we're covering bases here.]

[divus]

[the heels go click, click, clack on the floor, but nothing else happens

the door does not swing open, and it does not magically grow a handle. nice try though, ishi]

[usogi]

[there was an attempt made.]

... both of us... Ishirin-san, can you try to put my shoes on the rack too? That's probably just polite.

[senri will actually try to gently push the door open? he's not strong enough to damage it anyway but,,]

Cheri is from Japan too, so maybe we're supposed to remove our shoes entirely before going in.... He's the Prime Minister's favorite nephew!

[ritualization]

Of course. We shouldn't leave them lying around, anyway.

[on the rack they go!

and he's going to just

look back over the costumes Again to try to figure out what the heck they're missing]

It would be nice if this place could give us a little more indication of just what to do, but I suppose we'll just have to keep trying?

[he's a dad not a shitposter he's DOING HIS BEST]

[divus]

[the door holds fast. sorry, senri. :c

senri's and ishi's shoes sit there on the rack as nothing else changes. the costumes sit exactly where they are, in the same places as before - royalty in its place, law enforcement and military in theirs, sexy costumes all together...]