trustfell | WEEK 1.

WEEK 1.

WEEK 1
You may not have learned much about the Coordinators (besides how unhelpful they are), but one thing's for sure: there's no way out of here. It seems like you're stuck here for the time being and the rules the Coordinators told you about are still hanging in every room. You'll be left to your own devices now - feel free to continue exploring and getting to know your fellow Participants for the next several days. Should you want to eat something you're free to use the kitchen before 10PM, but after that the doors will be locked and no amount of fussing with the locks or trying to break them down will get them to budge.

Every morning at exactly 7AM the clock in the foyer will chime, welcoming you to a brand new day here in Graceside Preparatory Academy. This will happen every morning at 7AM and again in the evenings at 10PM. You'll be able to hear the clock chime no matter what room you're in. There isn't a punishment for sleeping in, but you don't want to waste the day in bed, now do you?

(Unless you were out exploring all last night. In which case, go back to bed, damn.)

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[OOC: Welcome to week one of Trustfell! Feel free to make as many top levels as you'd like and tag out to other characters! This post is for all of your interactions this week... at least until the weekend. Don't forget to save those threads for coins and the activity check!

If you'd like to get in contact with the Coordinators, you can do so through private meetings with Alena!]

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[...that's kind of a hands off way of putting it, but--]

Yes, that's it! It helps build you up so you can leave the metaphorical nest. Your success after that really depends on the fanbase you've built up over time, and just how memorable or talented you are on your own two feet.

[...He's sort of like that.]

That sounds absolutely fascinating, even if it's not a process we have - but then, we don't seem to have the same options as a good amount of you seem to. Nothing to complain about, just a difference that I've noticed.

[She's...starting to get that.]

Are many of the industries where you come from not doing well, Kimblee-san? [Sayaka tilts her head a bit, in curiosity.] Or is it simply a matter of amount...?

We don't have an entire industry built around entertainment, for one thing - at least not in the same way. Movies are popular nowadays, but they're still fairly novel and generally watched for the story rather than the people in them; we have musicians and the like, but they're private performers as opposed to part of something larger. The idea of...fanbases, built around a particular individual, is a bit strange to me as a result.

[He doesn't sound judgmental, for what it's worth, merely stating facts.]

The industries we do have are far simpler than what most people here seem to be experiencing - Amestris is very rural for the most part, and what isn't rural is either heavily militarized or up near the mines. We do have merchants and trade work, some of it highly specialized... But for the most part our options lie in cows, coal, or conscription.

[Huh. Sayaka listens closely, though, living up to her title--it does admittedly make her wonder, honestly, just how far behind Amestris is on technology or the like to have so few businesses. It sounds like a very basic kind of place, but not exactly worse for it.

But at the same time, the way he speaks about Movies...that's interesting. Huh.]

I think I'm seeing what you mean. But I hope you can forgive a slightly weirder question--what year is it, where you come from?

[...Oh, that's...]

It's...1915, I believe? My sense of time isn't the best, I'll admit, but the year just turned over, it's winter. Why?

[...ah. That makes sense and raises...approximately twenty questions. Great.]

...There's...definitely something at play here, then. It's 2010, back where I come from. And Summer, to boot.

[That's. Um. Wonderful! Simply wonderful.]

It at least makes a little more sense, about why things are so different...?

2010...

[You can't possibly be serious, what on earth - ]

Well... I'd say so, yes.

[...did she break the man's brain, oh god--]

Kimblee-san, are you going to be okay? ...Do you need to take a seat for a moment?

[She is being done a concern, man.]

Ah... No, no, I'm fine, I just wasn't expecting that. Although I don't think most would expect "almost one hundred years into the future", honestly...

Ah...that's very true. I really could've been a bit more tactful about that. [A small incline of the head.] But that's incredibly strange, then. Not only can they grab people from different places, but different times entirely as well...

That certainly does seem to be the case. I don't imagine you have anything a hundred years out that's capable of such a thing...?

No, sadly, not at all. I mean we have...cars, airplanes, space ships and buildings that are trying to touch the sky? But absolutely nothing that messes with time itself. I don't even think that's a priority, despite all the movies about it...

Ships that are capable of going into space, really? We do have cars, though they're primarily used by ranking officials within the government and those that can afford them. And we do have trains... Otherwise, horses are still a primary means of transportation, generally.

Oh, yes! I think that was within the last...thirty, forty years or so? They have all of these satellites now that go into space and take pictures of various planets, or even some of the moons of those planets. There's some orbiting around earth, too--they send people into space to repair those sometimes, but people have actually been able to land on the moon before!

[...She was a bit enthusiastic, let's dial that down--]

We still have trains too, but horses...I don't believe I've really ever seen any of those around anymore unless they're for some kind of ride attraction. I assume they must be very reliable for you all.

They are, as much as animals can be - though apparently technology is going to be fascinating over the next fifty years, should we follow a similar trajectory...

How has your automail progression been, if you still use it...?

...It's probably obsolete, but I'm...afraid I've never heard of automail before. Is it like a mail carrying service? Maybe like E-mails?

[...nailed it]

Oh... No, no, we have a courier service that works well enough. Automail was originally motorized battle armor, but it eventually became advanced enough to be used as prosthetic body parts. They attach to your nerves and are fully functional, to say nothing of highly durable - outside of requiring maintenance, they're almost better than normal limbs.

[...So yeah, they have fully functional cyborg limbs in 1915.]

[...dude. Sayaka's eyes go completely wide as he talks about them, trying to envision them in her head. They're probably a little more unrealistic, but...]

Oh, wow...most of the prosthetics I've heard of are only the ones that are the same sort of shape as the limb. We don't have anything like that at home! You guys might be more advanced than us by a long shot!

Ah, true?

[Awesome, honestly - ]

It's something that's considered a specialty, where I'm from; it's a trade, but it's highly sought-after and those who are capable of creating and maintaining such things at a high level of quality are highly respected.

[kimblee please...

Sayaka nods her head, though, thinking about it.]

It sounds like it would require an extremely high level of attention to detail, right? To be able to connect everything to the proper nerves, so the person in question will be able to move freely...I think I can definitely see where they'd be so valued. They must be a good bit easier to adapt to as well, right?

That depends - apparently they're extremely painful at first, and difficult to get accustomed to. I believe the average recovery time for something reasonably basic is about a year.

[So it's...actually not that much longer than one would expect, in terms of recovery time and getting used to a prosthetic.]

Once you're accustomed to it, however, I'm told it's perfectly fine. Not enough for me to have any interest in trying it, mind, though apparently some people are enthusiasts.

[...en...thusiasts...]

I'm assuming you mean enthusiasts for modifications? ...I hope it's not the other thing I thought of.

...It's a bit of a morbid topic overall, if that gives you any indication of which it is.

[... ... ...]

So. People where you come from actually intentionally lose their limbs for this.

[WHAT THE FUCK]

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