Week 4.

[trustmods]

WEEK 4 Ashley Williams and Asuka Langley Shikinami have joined the ranks of the deceased. Two more deaths, two more people whose absences will be felt by the group; a bit over one-fifth of the Participants are dead. And this week, it seems everyone is feeling it. They say three times can be considered a routine, and the fourth week of the exercise isn't breaking pattern any. Saturday can be given to rest and sleep; on Sunday morning, the clock chimes the hour at seven o'clock. There are no more bodies, no more bloodstains; there's nothing else to be found this morning. Unless, of course, you count whatever you found last night, strange dreams or otherwise. Once again, there's a new floor to explore; after everything that trial decided to be yesterday, you deserve the reward. And for the second time, there are rule changes, effective immediately. You might want to take note of them. PARTICIPANTS REMAINING: 23

SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY

[OOC: Welcome to week four 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

ballroom

[oftheland]

[...call it a bad first impression, but when Giovanni's taking a look around the school's various rooms during the evening patrol... well, there's a reason the ballroom is the first one he checks.

...he's faintly amused to see someone there, for obvious reasons.]

And here I thought you weren't one for living dangerously.

[ninehundredlives]

[Susan stops her playing as Giovanni enters, shifting to keep an eye on him. She's out on Thursday night, but she hasn't thrown caution to the wind entirely.]

I haven't gotten a chance to play recently. And I don't care to cower in my room. If someone really dislikes my playing that much, they can just say so.

[...maybe there's more to it than that, but.]

[oftheland]

Hey, more power to you. Honestly, this is probably one of the places we're keeping the closest eye on due to two of the murders happening here, so you're probably at least a little safer here than you might be.

...although, I would really hope no one would get that up in arms over someone playing the piano well.

[ninehundredlives]

Only an idiot would kill someone here again. [It's honestly kinda tacky at this point.] Of course, it's also ridiculous how regularly scheduled this all is, so maybe I shouldn't be surprised.

...thanks. I've played a lot more since coming here than I used to.

[oftheland]

...at the start, I was thinking that only an idiot would get the ball rolling by killing someone in the first place. Unfortunately, I was a little too optimistic.

And, well, renewing your interest in an old hobby is something, right?

[ninehundredlives]

That was a stupid incentive. [Of all the things...]

Maybe. I mostly used to play when I was sad.

[This is not to say that she's played a single cheerful thing since getting here.]

[oftheland]

He really could have just waited it out, I'm sure...

[reaver, why.....]

...oh, well, should I encourage you to play more, then...?

[ninehundredlives]

He'd almost certainly be alive now. And he could have been useful to us - now Rick is the only person who's good with machines.

[Susan honestly didn't like Reaver, but he wanted out as much as anyone; perhaps more, considering. He'd have helped the group.]

I don''t mind. It's not like I'll play if I don't want to.

[oftheland]

Yes... and really, as much as I tolerate Rick, Reaver certainly seems like he would've been better company. So it goes.

...hah, that's true enough. I'm sure it's decent catharsis, anyway... or at least something to get your mind off things.

[ninehundredlives]

Rick has his moments, but overall...

[Shrug. Overall, he's Rick.]

It is a good distraction.

[oftheland]

He's definitely not the easiest to get along with, and he's pretty crass... but I guess he's interesting, if nothing else.

I'd imagine so. Music was always the sort of thing I preferred to listen to rather than putting the time in to learn to play an instrument myself, but I always respect someone who actually went for it.

[ninehundredlives]

I enjoy watching the Conductor have to deal with him, mostly. Anything to make that bastard squirm a bit.

I learned when I was a child. I guess I just kept up with it.

[oftheland]

Oh, I'm definitely with you there. Even if we can't actually harm him, we can make his life just a little bit more difficult, I suppose.

Ah, that would do it. I was actually pretty singleminded as a kid, so it was only really just science and Pokemon.

[ninehundredlives]

I can't imagine there are many children in your world who don't like Pokemon.

[Seems like a kid thing]

[oftheland]

There aren't many people period who don't like them. I would be surprised if I encountered someone who didn't enjoy spending time with them in some form or another, since there's enough of a variety that if you don't like big, intimidating ones, you could probably just get something easier to handle.

[ninehundredlives]

Sure. I'm not a big fan of every animal out there, but I've never understood people who don't like any of them. Like a neighbor of mine - he tried to have all the cats killed once, just because they were there.

[oftheland]

...just because they were there? They didn't pose a threat to him or anything?

[...see, there's cruelty because something is in your way or because being cruel will produce some kind of scientific result, but...]

That's incredibly unnecessary.

[ninehundredlives]

No threat. He just found them irritating. He's the sort of man to lash out...

I ended up having to deal with the pest control people myself. It was a lot of trouble.

[oftheland]

Well, it's one thing if they're actively causing problems, but even then, if they're mostly harmless and not going to hunt you down for wronging them, couldn't you just ask them to be relocated? Killing seems like it's going too far in that sort of circumstance.

[ninehundredlives]

That's probably just a matter of effort. If you called animal control, they might do that, but it'd take them ages to even come out and they might never catch them all. Cats learn about traps.

But pest control? They favor more...permanent means. And they're not paid by the city, so they'll come.

[oftheland]

Oh, right, you can't just capture them in a ball or anything like that. Yes, I can see how that might be a little more complex... but it's still really ridiculous.

[ninehundredlives]

[Susan snorts.]

It really is. We've always been at odds, he and I.

[oftheland]

...I'm not sure if it would just exacerbate the situation, but have you done anything about him?

[ninehundredlives]

There's not all that much to be done, I guess. Though...I think I might have done something.

[Memories. THEY'RE WEIRD]

[oftheland]

...hmm. Well, if you remember everything and he's still a problem...

...

What sorts of cats do you like best, actually?