Week 3.

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WEEK 3 Two more people are dead. Byakuren Hijiri has been murdered and Undyne has been executed. That brings us up to four deaths and twenty-five remaining Participants. You're doing well. Take all of Saturday to rest and sleep. You've earned it. On Sunday morning, the clock chimes the hour at seven o'clock. With no more bodies to be discovered, it seems you're safe for the time being. That said, you'll be feeling a little groggy when you wake up; it seems you've remembered something else. Or was that another really bizarre dream? Like last week, there's a new floor to explore. A reward for your efforts, of course. There's something else new, however, and as you approach the foyer you might hear the beautiful sound of... chickens? Chickens. Those are definitely chickens. It looks like Tabby's petition has worked, you have chosen chickens. Perhaps even more important are the rule changes, effective immediately. You might want to take note of them. PARTICIPANTS REMAINING: 25

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[OOC: Welcome to week three of Trustfell! Save your threads for coins and the coming week's activity check; don't forget to check in to this week's activity check and submit your memory regains as well!

The Letters and Switchboard posts are still active, for the sake of contacting the jerk who's keeping you here, to be used at your leisure!]

Comments

Shooting Range

[ninehundredlives]

...I was going to ask if you'd used one of those before.

[And then he. Actually tried to hit the target.]

[decrees]

[IT'S A DISASTER, SUSAN...]

I've never used a crossbow before, no. I have been taught how to maintain the ones my mother kept, but I've never been taught how to shoot.

[THE GUNS WERE A MISTAKE NO ONE WANTED TO REPEAT]

[ninehundredlives]

At least you've held one. I think only hunters use those back home.

[decrees]

They're not common in Albion either. Everyone uses guns now; crossbows are obsolete.

[ninehundredlives]

We don't have as many guns as some places. Tighter gun control laws and all? But some people have them. I've even used one a few times.

I doubt I could hit those targets though.

[decrees]

Gun control laws?

[Why would there be laws about that though?? Don't you need guns to defend yourselves-- oh. Right. Not every world has monsters everywhere.]

Well, I'm sure you would do better than me.

[HE'S SO BAD AT SHOOTING, SUSAN]

[ninehundredlives]

Are you this good with guns, too?

[It's funny because he's terrible]

[decrees]

I'm worse, believe it or not.

[hahahahaha oh god he's horrible]

[ninehundredlives]

Well, you're a king. You don't really need to defend yourself, do you?

[decrees]

...What?

[That... completely throws him actually, hang on.]

Of course I need to defend myself. I cannot rely on everyone else for that. I am absolutely terrible with ranged weapons, but I'm quite skilled with a sword and I used a warhammer for quite some time when I was a teenager.

[he says, like this is a perfectly normal thing that people do]

[ninehundredlives]

Really?

What were you using a warhammer against?

[decrees]

Trolls, of course.

[.........logan literally no one sane wanted to fight the trolls with warhammers]

Ranged weapons were typically used against trolls, but with my height it wasn't a problem.

[...THIS RAISES MORE QUESTIONS THAN IT ANSWERS, YOU KNOW]

[ninehundredlives]

[What. What. Susan stares for a moment, then shakes her head.]

....you can't just bring up things like trolls!

[decrees]

Why not? They were a fairly common threat in Albion before my campaign.

[LOGAN WHAT THE FUCK]

[ninehundredlives]

Not everybody has trolls running around? We might have some loonies with bombs, but that's what the guard is for.

[decrees]

[Headtilt...]

I'm not sure what that has to do with trolls. In Albion they were giant, vicious monsters that attacked any that dare pass through their domain. They often blocked roads between towns and were difficult for even my mother to defeat.

I often forget that other worlds do not have monsters running rampant.

[ninehundredlives]

That's why none of us carry warhammers. The only thing we have to worry about is each other.

Are they...intelligent?

[decrees]

Not as intelligent as humans, no. They're smarter than some of the other monsters, but they're not particularly bright.

[ninehundredlives]

[Sounds fine to kill them off then.]

What other kinds are there? Dragons and unicorns and things?

[decrees]

[See, you get him.]

Of course not. Those are just fairy tales. Hobbes and Balverines are very real threats, however.

[And Hollow Men, but most people don't go into tombs and abandoned ruins and shit.]

[ninehundredlives]

...I've actually never heard of those ones.

[Maybe they still exist in some folklore somewhere in her own world. That's not really her thing.]

[decrees]

Ah... Hobbes are small creatures with pointed ears. There are myths that they are what happen to lost children when nymphs steal their souls or some other nonsense like that, but in reality they're hideous, vicious creatures who band together and attack travelers.

Balverines are part human, part wolf. They can take on the appearance of humans, but like Hobbes, they're vicious and will eat people. Silverpines is overflowing with Balverines and I'm surprised anyone actually lives there.

[...why aren't they called werewolves, we just don't know]

[ninehundredlives]

Oh, so like werewolves? [yeah come on man that's a werewolf] They're things we have in stories - humans that turn into monstrous wolves during the full moon. If they bite you, you become one of them.

[decrees]

We have similar rumors as well. I have been warned not to get bitten by a Balverine, so I can only assume that that one is truth.

[...His mom saw a lot of shit. She knew what she was talking about.]

"Werewolves"... what an interesting name. It's interesting that there's something similar, even in stories.

[apparently no other worlds have hobbes... it's for the best tbh]

[ninehundredlives]

It is, isn't it? None of the fairy-tale monsters are real for us, but they are for you...and maybe we've got things that you think are imaginary too.

I would have thought alternate dimensions were just some kind of science-fiction thing, until this.