Week 5.

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WEEK 5 Two more are gone this week. Luna and Chie Hori have joined those who are present only in memory now, and their passing seems to have left a lot of emotions raw and exposed. But as usual, the group has at least a little bit of time to recover. Saturday can be dedicated to rest and sleep; on Sunday morning, the clock chimes the hour at seven o'clock. The stairwells are clear of bodies; there's no more death to be dealt with for the time being. Unless, of course, you happened to recover something particularly unfortunate in your dreams... Once again, there's a new floor to explore; your reward for doing your job well. And since you've survived for a month now, you are doing your job well. However, the new floor isn't the only thing that's changed; there are a few things about the building that seem a little...off. A few things that weren't there before might be, or a few things that should be there aren't; you'll just have to see what the week brings, won't you? That is, if you're not going to be investigating all the goings-on personally... PARTICIPANTS REMAINING: 21

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[OOC: Welcome to week five 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 to be used at your leisure, for the sake of contacting the jerk who's keeping you here!]

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[announcemyvictory]

[Elise steps in and looks over the violin she'd tried out the other day.]

Good afternoon.

[sunsong]

...Hey, Elise.

[ It's still not a great morning by her standards, but she offers up a tiny smile. It's...not the best, but. Hey, they talked to ghosts! That's something, right? ]

How are you holdin' up today?

[announcemyvictory]

All right, I suppose. I'm not sure what to say about last night.

[sunsong]

It ain't so weird that ghosts exist to me, but - can we really save them...?

[ She wants to know how. If they can leave this place with everyone, then...isn't that the optimal choice? ]

[announcemyvictory]

I don't know. I'm sure the Conductor knows... at least, I think he must.

[sunsong]

Yeah, but the question is, would he tell us? His hobby is basically not tellin' us shit.

[announcemyvictory]

He's told us a lot more than I'd expect. The problem is just making sense of it all.

[sunsong]

Ugh...yeah, but that's the part that gives me the most problems, usually...I'm really not a detective.

[ she says, although she's usually ok at trials...BUT THAT'S DIFFERENT ]

[announcemyvictory]

I haven't found a thing, either. But we have to make it somehow, even if that means doing things we aren't sure about.

[sunsong]

Yeah, I know, I...I still want to help everyone.

[ She's just. Not having a great week.

She's clearly at least trying to pull herself together, though, as shown by being out and about after Sunday and Monday being spent hibernating... ]

It's just...a process.

[announcemyvictory]

You're doing a good job of it. You're a responsible sort and your decisions haven't been all that bad.

[sunsong]

...Mostly. [ She didn't think Chie would hurt them, but agreeing to go play games with her had gotten Luna killed, hadn't it? ]

I'm...gonna keep doin' my best, anyway. You are, too, right? It's never goin' to be okay again, but...if we give up after all this shit, Luna's death will mean less than nothin'. It means nothing now already, so - so at least I have to carry on and do her part, too. What she'd want me to do.

[announcemyvictory]

...Of course.

You've been good. You have everyone's well-being in mind. And for so long, I've just been thinking about myself... It's nothing. It can't be helped now, so we have to do what we must.

[sunsong]

Aw...are you thinkin' about us now, Elise? [ She's touched...or teasing. ] I know sometimes we've had our disagreements, but I've never thought of you as always only thinkin' of yourself. I like you, you know?

[announcemyvictory]

[blinkblink] You do? I thought you'd all thought I was a burden.

[sunsong]

I dunno what everyone else thinks, but I've never thought of you as a burden.

[announcemyvictory]

...Thank you. [She looks away and lifts up the violin.] We've got to move sooner than later, I think.

[sunsong]

Yeah, I agree. Everyone's...really been tryin' to figure stuff out this week, right? I want to help more, too. Well, I say that, but...so far I haven't found any clues myself.

[announcemyvictory]

Neither have I. I'd like to stop this before anything else happens, but I can't see another way to.

[sunsong]

Really, all we can do is...decide not to murder anyone. I've already made that promise four years back so...even with this fuckin' motive, I'm not going to do a damned thing.

[announcemyvictory]

It's hard to trust anybody in here. I decided I wasn't going to, especially after Asuka... but it's almost just as hard not to.

[sunsong]

...Maybe it is. But I'll make you a promise, okay? If nothin' else, you can trust me. I swear...I'm not going to murder here. No matter what. I'll vote in order to keep the group alive, and I'll accept that sin, but...I'm not going to murder anyone, and I'm not going to force everyone to murder me in a fuckin' trial over it.

[announcemyvictory]

...All right.

[Gulp. She looks up at Sol.]

On that... I'll believe you.

[sunsong]

I'll make sure those words never come back to bite you. Okay? We...can't do this without trustin' one another. It's true it's dangerous - Asuka was right about that - but even so...

[ ... ]

"All these kind people are with you still." Even when she was writin' a letter in case she was fuckin' murdered, Luna believed that. I believe that, too.

[announcemyvictory]

Thank you. I'll. [She coughs, tries to find a word.] I'll do that.