[Puzzle 001]

[hisapprentice]

[In the plaza, near its southern edge, there is something strange. It is most noticeable now that snow is falling in earnest - a shape, smallish and curled up on itself. There is a boy in the snow. Asleep, dressed only in new feather pants, shivering. When he finally shivers himself awake, it's a groggy half-there voice that broadcasts. Seems the journal's open.] Just...a few m-more...minutes, Prof-ffessor...

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[his-apprentice.livejournal.com]

[It doesn't make much practical sense, but he nods]

Mmhmm.

[pigtailed-loli.livejournal.com]

The Malnosso leave us alone most of the time! We got pretty much everything we need here, and everything's free! But sometimes, they experiment on us.

[his-apprentice.livejournal.com]

Free? Even the food? [He's so hungry. Can't you hear his stomach rumbling? When she says 'experiment' he looks up from tugging on snowboots]

Wh-what do you mean by 'experiment'?

[pigtailed-loli.livejournal.com]

Yep! I can take you to the bakery right now if you want. [She can definitely hear your stomach.] Also, yeah, experiments. Um, they change things around the village! There was this experiment where we got some weird masks that affect how we think. [sob it's still embarrassing to think about.]

[his-apprentice.livejournal.com]

A bakery? That sounds great! [A true gentleman doesn't solve puzzles on an empty stomach!]