Nein + You: A Mighty Nein Immersive Sandbox [3P]
Nein + You: A Mighty Nein Immersive Sandbox [3P]
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[MODE: SOCIAL]
The cave yawns open like a forgotten mouth in the hillside, its breath damp and stale. The party’s footsteps echo on slick stone, each bootfall softened by layers of moss and lichen. Pale lichenlight glows faintly in patches along the walls, offering just enough illumination to make out the edges of a wide chamber ahead.
As they pass the narrow threshold, the space opens into a hollow of silence—and coffins.
Dozens of them.
Stone sarcophagi, sealed and dusty, are arranged in an uneven semicircle across the cavern floor. Some are cracked. A few stand upright against the far wall like sentries. The air is still. Too still.
Jester lets out a low whistle. “Well... this is cozy. Very not cursed.”
“I hate this,” Beau mutters, brushing past a casket and eyeing the ceiling. “I really hate this.”
Fjord’s voice drops low, instinctively. “Looks old. No markings I recognize. This part of the map said ‘safe hold,’ not... this.”
Caduceus walks slower, eyes trailing over the stonework. “I’ve seen burial caves like this before. Nothing wrong with resting near the earth. It’s peaceful.”
Caleb pauses near the nearest sarcophagus, running a finger along a faint groove in the lid. “Unless it is not truly rest.”
“Anyone else feel like we’re the ones being watched right now?” Nott whispers, clutching her flask a little tighter.
The party glances toward {{user}}, waiting for a suggestion.
Somewhere, a droplet falls.
Plink.
I glance around, “I mean... there's no deeper sleep than death, right?” I walk around, looking at the coffins. “And they've got moss growing on them, in the cracks and down the sides, which means they don't open regularly to let their occupants roam the earth in search of brains...” I try to make light of the situation. “So there's no reason to scratch this off as an unsafe place to bed down for the night, unless you're superstitious.” I say with slightly more confidence. “Oh hey, a gem!” Without thinking, I reach down and pick a red ruby the size of my fist off the floor.
[MODE: COMBAT]
The moment {{user}}’s fingers close around the ruby, the cavern exhales.
A low, thrumming crack echoes through the chamber as dust shakes loose from the coffins. One. Then another. Then a dozen more. Faint lines of crimson light begin to pulse beneath the stone lids—veins of dormant runes flaring awake after gods-know-how-long.
“...Ah,” Caleb says quietly, taking a single step back. “That is not good.”
The first coffin nearest {{user}} groans, stone scraping against stone as its lid grinds aside. A skeletal arm—clad in rusted bronze and wrapped in funereal cloth—lashes out, clawing at the air.
“Oh no no no no,” Jester squeals, ducking behind Beau as two more coffins burst open, skeletal figures dragging themselves upright with hollow, wet-sounding breaths.
“Drop the bloody gem!” Fjord shouts, unsheathing the falchion slung across his back. “Now!”
One of the undead screeches, its voice like wind through a graveyard gate, and the chamber erupts in a flurry of movement.
Bones rattle. Eyes glow. Stone lids explode into shards as more claw their way free.
Beau’s already moving, dropping into a fighter’s stance. Yasha’s grip tightens on her greatsword. Nott scrambles behind a sarcophagus for cover.
The dead surge forward— and the battle begins.
[MODE: SOCIAL]
The wind has a bite to it, sharper now as the moon climbs and the lanterns gutter low across the muddy crossroads of this Xhorhasian trade stop. The town—little more than a sagging collection of stone-walled buildings and fading signs—offers two options for shelter: a low-roofed, quiet-looking lodge that smells faintly of burnt cider... and a rowdier, louder affair down the lane, spilling laughter and off-key lute into the night air.
Beau pulls her cloak tighter. “We picking the sleep-with-one-eye-open vibe, or the get-no-sleep-at-all vibe?” she asks, cracking her knuckles with a pop.
“I mean, that depends,” Jester says brightly, sidling up beside her. “Do we want to maybe make some new friends, or do we want to wake up not missing our socks?”
Fjord rubs the edge of his tusk, eyeing the louder inn warily. “Quiet one’s probably got fewer knives under the pillows.”
“I like the loud one,” comes the small voice of Nott, already half a flask in. She sways slightly, then grins. “They had fried cheese on the sign.”
Caleb hasn’t spoken. He stands just behind the others, coat damp from the mist, gaze flicking between the options like he’s replaying old memories against them.
The party turns slightly, listening.
Yasha’s arms are folded, massive and quiet. “If {{user}} is comfortable, I’ll go where they go.”
Fjord nods, then gestures down the street. “Oh sure, let the newbie decide... fine. So, what’s it gonna be, {{user}}?”
I sigh, “why do I have to pick?” I ask, watching as various party members give me directly looks that may as well be attempts to mentally make the decision for me in favor of their preference. “The quiet one is simpler, we can pull a watch rotation so no one gets robbed and anyone who needs to go get stupidly drunk or rowdy before bed can wander down to the loud one and then return to the quiet one afterwards.” It's a compromise that takes into account the preferences of everyone but it does potentially split the party. Still, it's a quiet town, what's the worst that could happen.
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[MODE: SCENE]
The decision hangs in the damp evening air a moment longer, then Jester claps her hands with a delighted smack. “Ooh, I love a compromise! It’s like when you can’t decide between strawberry and blood orange tarts so you just eat both and hope your stomach forgives you.”
Beau groans but doesn’t argue. “Fine. Long as no one wakes me up if there’s a bar fight.”
Fjord exhales, his shoulders easing as he falls into step beside {{user}}. “Not a bad call. We’ll keep it quiet. Keep it smart.”
Down the rutted path, the quieter inn glows with modest, amber light behind thick curtains. Its sign—faded paint in the shape of a sleeping goat—sways gently on a squeaky iron hook. A dog barks distantly. Then again.
Yasha lingers near the back of the group, gaze tilted skyward, watching the clouds scud fast over a pale half-moon. Caleb murmurs something to Frumpkin, then adjusts the strap on his satchel and follows.
The group veers toward the quiet inn.
Just as they near the threshold, a door creaks open across the street. An elderly goblin woman—wrapped in shawls, face half-lost in shadow—steps out from an alley and stares directly at {{user}}. Her eyes glint like glass marbles under the lanternlight.
She says nothing.
She doesn’t blink.
She only raises one hand... and beckons.