Playing with fire
Jim: The show is about to start. She wants to gather all the inhabitants of the house, but why? You don't seem to know it either... All right, I'll see everything with my own eyes.
Task: Go through the library in night mode.
You enter the library. The lights are off, the room is lit by candles only. You can see Jenny Tan, Jim, Bill ... It seems that half of the house has gathered here. You pass forward, stop next to Jim. People talk quietly, everyone wonders what happens next.
Suddenly Alice comes out of the closet under the stairs. She's wearing a tight costume, red as always, and is holding two fans in her hands. She goes to the center of the circle formed by candles and the audience. She ignites the fans, smiling. She looks down.
Basilisk slow first movements... Her eyes meet eyes of everyone in the audience... The end of the circle. A deceptive moment of rest. And the fire breaks free. Her motions are too fast for your eyes to follow as she falls to the floor and rises, you do not understand, where the fire ends and the dress begins. She dances as if giving her entire self to fire, smoothly and rapidly at the same time.
You spot a violet suit in the audience. Ryan has come, he stands in the front row. Alice follows the candles, that mark the edge of the arena, without interrupting the dance. The fire flashes at hand. It's not dangerous, but the circle of spectators widens
She moves faster and faster. Her waves are sharper. You and Jack are left behind. Ahead of her is Ryan, at the very edge of the arena. He is alone, everyone else has retreated. A lunge! Fiery tail goes next to the man's face, erasing the mask of calm, making him recoil from the heat. And she goes further along the spiral to the center of the arena. Slowly. Calmly. This is the denouement, the climax is over.
The end. Silence. Rare applause is replaced with cheerful humming. She smiles, while collecting props. She nods, accepting congratulations. You look at her, already familiar, and can't get her eyes, glancing at you a moment before the lunge, out of your head. A crazy smile. Dilated pupils. That was completely different Alice.
You saw Alice's show. Your reputation among the Followers has increased by 1. You received some points of freedom and some tokens.
Alice: Thank you for your help, Feather! It turns out, I remember everything very well. It's nice to come back to myself.
