Varian

- one red scrunchie

ALL OF THE BELOW IS NOW IRRELEVANT

- his rule parchment + ink & quill

- a kitchen carving knife :/ he gave it back

- this tool set (smells faintly of blood)

- a scroll with a broken wax seal on it that reads "to you who chose to take a leap of faith;
Each and every Narrator has their own special title.
Some Narrators have a second special role in addition to this title.
No two Narrators may share the same title but may share the same role.
Roles may not be changed or traded, but the same cannot be said for titles." burnt oops

- 3/4 of a potion that glows in the fuckin dark

- the neutralizing agent to his sticky goo except he used the sticky goo so it's just there useless

- the stupid sunflower petal

- fire striker #4 he put it back

- you know what he's keeping rapunzel's frying pan. memoir

- a red button

- a lock of rapunzel's hair (that's weird, varian)

- fane's face ripper. why

- a note that reads "One way to end the war is for every Narrator in either the hero faction or villain faction to be killed.

The Tiger states that she would like to end this war as quickly as possible, with the least amount of ink/blood shed. In her eyes, it's cruel and unkind to force the Narrators to suffer in their names, and prolonging it for so-called balance is needless.

On the other hand, the Dragon dislikes this ending, as while it may shed the least ink, ink is necessary in order to succeed in this game. In other words, though fulfilling objectives may be unpleasant, it will yield the greatest success in the end. More importantly, near-equal amounts of each faction should complete their objectives. Balance is necessary in this game.

Narrators who die over the course of the game go to the Other Side, where the Beauty and the Beast were banished. It is an unpleasant place, similar to this castle but lacking in life. Their fate depends on the outcome of this war. A sufficient amount of ink is necessary to revive them."

- a DIFFERENT note from fucking beauty delivered via owl: "Hey. You █████ know me ███ █████ been ████████ you guys for a while. ███████ still a lot of stuff to ████████ in the castle and so far you seem pretty █████. That should probably be a compliment… ████ discovering. Keep █████████. Keep creating. Keep all ████ limbs!

Always, always, ALWAYS question what you’re seeing. Seeing ██████████ is███ believing here. And █████ the mirrors more closely. ███ ██ █████

-Beauty"

- letters from rapunzel to a bunch of people

- puts all my letters here so i can find them:

"Varian,

Yes! Excellent! That's exactly what █ was hoping to hear.

…███ ████…███ ██ ████. You must have spoken to a Historian. Mind telling me who ████ ███? …it's ███████ why we were banished though, yes. Even though it was ██ ███████, she was punished along with me and we've been waiting for the next round █████ ██ ████.

It's a game about balance, and while it's possible for Dragon or Tiger to die they'd have to go together. That was where I screwed up. But your ending ███ ██ ███ without that option.

Fulfilling objectives is still really important, ███ ████ ███ ███ of things you guys are going way too fast and you're endangering one of your own factions. ███ ████ ██ ██ careful that you don't accidentally wipe out one over the other. Equal numbers ████ ██ ██ ███!

The ink is collected for the Crafters to not only write their stories but allow you guys to continue writing yours. If there's not enough ink, ███ █████ ████ ██████ ███ you guys are stuck here. Try not to get stuck.

Write back if you do, and we'll do everything we can ██ ████ ██████ on this side.

-██r█ ██████ (Beauty)"

- this letter from jae-ha thats got like. tear drops over it SOMETIMES YOU CRY OVER LETTERS IT'S FINE:
"You deserve more than what this world has given you.
But you're intelligent and creative, and that can take you far.
It can take the people who care about you far, too.
Keep searching for answers, and find the people you want to trust.
I hope they won't let you down.
Big brother will do what he can from afar too.

Beautifully,
Jae-ha"

- the revised version of akechi's letter: "[censored],

[another censored sentence]

[and another]

I think you're the █████ ██ ███ Historians to reach out to us. You knew us once, I think, but you've forgotten ███ ██████ ████. The Tiger and the Dragon probably did you a favor by taking away those memories which █████ █████████ ███ ███████ █████, but you know. I stole this letter from the Beast to give you everything I can.

1.) I █████ ██ take Tiger's life because ███ ████████ it.
2.) That's wrong. I never █████ ██████ to dance. Beast asked me though because she's used to these things ███ she's better ██ ████ than I am.
3.) …that's correct.

…the ending of the ████ ████ ███ something that wasn't supposed to happen, and it was "technically" a win in Dragon's favor but ████ ██ ████ █ cheating ███ █████ I killed Tiger myself. ████ ██████ ████████ ██ I tried to change history and ████ ██████ ████ out. I'm responsible for a lot of people losing their chance at ever finishing their story and sending you guys back as blank slates while Beast and I were stuck here for a year.

The five of you have been ███████ ████ because you were in a special place when things went down. It was outside of the castle and therefore █ ██████ ████████.

…we were Editors. Our job was to █████████ extraneous ███████.

█████ ███ ████, you need to make sure that you █████ wipe out an entire faction on ████████. The game is about balance and that's in regards to ████ ███ ██████ ████ and the objectives completed. ██ ██████ █████ ██ ████ █████, try to find out the faction beforehand. I would ask you not to kill again, ███ ████ not like my hands are clean ███████ either.

You've made a lot of mistakes, but I have, too. So I'll help you as ████ ██ █ ███ in exchange for whatever information you can give us.

Please write back if you can.

-████ ████d█ (Beauty) and █r█nce██ ███a (Beast)"

- I'M GOING TO MAKE A SEPARATE POST FOR ALL THESE LETTERS from jae-ha:
"You deserve more than what this world has given you.
But you're intelligent and creative, and that can take you far.
It can take the people who care about you far, too.
Keep searching for answers, and find the people you want to trust.
I hope they won't let you down.
Big brother will do what he can from afar too.

Beautifully,
Jae-ha"

- this is where i give up keeping track of letters

[ he did it as a ghost earlier but the second he gets sanji alone sanji is getting another quick hug

to celebrate that they're alive, obviously? ]

I'm glad you're okay.

[ listen he had like. one doubt. ]

[ varian is walking along having a good time when he sees eichi heading towards him and he just

turns the fuck back the other way because he is trying to keep his murder quota down goodbye ]

Nope.

[ written on a ripped up parchment: ]

Don't react.

You two are Editors, aren't you?

The Historians found out that if an Editor is found guilty, they won't be executed. It happened to Hiro.

[ varian finds steph in a location i refuse to decide on and hands her a lovely, probably very familiar, broken mirror. though it's less handing over and more holding it out. with a frown. ]

I got the mirror, but next time you tell Belph what we're doing, you should warn me before he decides to tell Akechi and the rest of the Historians.

[ he's. a bit put-off, yes. ]

[ well idk if sanji is allowed to cook at all after his misadventures with Mermaids, but even if he's just going to look longingly at the kitchen, he will find something is amiss in his haven.

that something is varian, fully climbing the counters to try to reach something purple and shiny? above the cabinets. oh my god, varian, don't put your boots on there. people make food here!!! ]

Seriously, where is Rudiger when I need him?

[ maybe if he rises on his tippy toes he'll get it. and put some more of his dirty, dirty boots all over those counters. rip ]

[ so varian set up the meeting place in... uh ... let's say varian's bedroom so that everyone can just kind of come in of their own capacity. and once that is done, Varian will take the floor to be incredibly awkward ]

Well... Beauty and the Beast wanted us to share information, so. Here we are. I think you're all familiar with each other?