[center][img]http://i.imgur.com/oFbtccM.png[/img][/center][color=2f4f4f]"I'm the master of this mansion, Countess Rivianne,"[/color] the girl said, answering the young priest's question regarding her identity. [color=2f4f4f]"I apologize for the rough awakening, your senses may not be perfectly alright yet so it's understandable that you have doubts about your meal. Nevertheless, I assure you that none of which you have already consumed was tampered in any way other than any possible cooking mishap,"[/color] the Countess said, setting her own silverware aside, after having finished her dinner.

In fact, just as she said so, the 'guests' reunited around the table would begin to notice their senses slowly coming back to them, the last of which was the sense of taste. While their minds had no recollection of being part of this dinner, the taste left behind by dinner's main dish, a sumptuous wildfowl spiced with expensive fine herbs, was impossible to negate.

[color=2f4f4f]"Perhaps it's time for the dessert? Please, come in, Hermiana,"[/color] the Countess said before ringing a small bell.[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/TWnwSL0.png[/img][/center]Upon her command, the same servant that answered all those who called at the main door came in. She carried a silver tray, over which rested small crystal bowls of soft vanilla ice cream, decorated with chocolate chips and mint leaves, which she promptly laid before each 'guest' with a great deal of reverence. Once she was done serving the desserts, the maid returned to the Countess' side. She bowed lightly as a sign of respect to those sat at the table and held the tray before her, waiting for her mistress' next command.

Ice cream was a very expensive dessert, given how hard it was to maintain the temperatures needed to produce and store it, which was only made more luxurious by the addition of vanilla and chocolate. Certainly this was a dessert that wouldn't look out of place even in a royal dinner room, meant to impress foreign dignitaries and business magnates.

[color=2f4f4f]"Please, suit yourselves. Once we are done with our dinner, I can explain the Game to all of you,"[/color] the Countess said before taking a taste of her own dessert. [color=2f4f4f]"Ah, yes, forgive me for not mentioning it earlier. Given that all of you came here in the adequate time, I believe that you are intent on taking part in the Game, right?"[/color] she added, before eating more of her dessert, waiting to see any of her 'guests' reactions.