WEEK 3.

[trustfellows]

WEEK 3 You all got to witness Yosuke Hanamura's death earlier this past week. You know what the punishment for breaking the rules is. With Chitoge Kirisaki and Blue's deaths, you're painfully aware of just how little trust this group really has. How long until someone kills again? What about that time limit the Coordinators imposed? Will there be another incentive? There are so many questions, but not a whole lot of answers. Saturday is given to regrouping and sleep; come Sunday morning, the clock chimes the hour at seven o'clock and there are no dead bodies to be found, so it can be assumed that all of you are safe for the time being. That said, you'll be feeling a little groggy when you wake up; it seems you've regained something that you didn't realize you'd lost... And when you wake up, you'll discover that a pattern seems to be emerging, at least as far as the building itself goes; a new floor is available to you, a stairwell across a short hallway from the one on the second floor having unlocked itself. There's not too much of a question about it as a result - at least, as far as what it means. It's definitely a reward. PARTICIPANTS REMAINING: 30

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[OOC: Welcome to week three 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!]

Comments

[sleepytimegal]

[ She doesn't take it as such. ...Honestly Alex is pretty done with the day and she's just woken up so she's shrugging off a lot- ]

Yeah, I hear ya. Got it.

[sleepytimegal]

[ Darkly: ] I was a total bitch.

[sleepytimegal]

[ Wha...huh. Alex stares at Rin for a moment and then...shakes her head. ]

I don't...think they're that kinda... They didn't like being called "ghosts."

[sleepytimegal]

[ All at once Alex collapses to her hands and knees, gasping for breath but not in pain, it seems. She's staring at the floor, as if in shock.

The radio, now, has gone back to a jaunty ragtime. No more morse code. ]

[zomgboom]

Azusa? Is that someone you know from home?

[She's just going to sip at the drink. No sense in letting it go to waste.]

[hesperos]

Yeah, but each minute in here feels like an hour, so when you think about it ...

[ Actually he knows that's not how it works, but can he get away with it (no). ]

[zomgboom]

So, like. That's a no, right? Are you guys related or something? [She can't really think of any other reason Rin would be so opposed. Oh, wait.] Oh! Or are you guys, like, archnemesises?

[heritrix]

[...Oh? Rin blinks once, surprised, before narrowing her eyes. That's a new wrinkle.]

You've spoken to them?

[If anything, Rin feels like she's more on the money than she was before; "wraiths" and "apparitions" are two separate classifications of spirits in her world.

An apparition is more or less the traditional ghost; very few can even perceive them. A wraith, however, is more powerful. They're capable of physical interference, even if it's low, and have the ability to communicate.

What concerns Rin is that to do so...]

[heritrix]

[Rin crouches down immediately after her, setting the radio on the ground. Ignore her just... Getting up in your personal space, Alex, hands flitting like butterflies from shoulder to neck. Maybe she doesn't look like she's in pain, but that was weird.]

Alex. Say something, already! Are you alright?

Oh dammit, I borked that tag

[heritrix]

If there's any justice in this world, it's that we aren't related. He may be my teacher and legal guardian, but we get along as famously as a mongoose does with a viper.

[Which is to say both of Tabby's guesses are close enough, they might as well be correct.]

[sleepytimegal]

[ That tone in Rin's voice isn't doing anything to shake Alex's nerves. She for a moment tries to act casual about it, with a shrug, but... ]

They were- yeah. Mostly...they spoke to me, but...a few times.

[heritrix]

Sure, it's not too hard. [Rin points to the small table, where she's arranged the billiard balls.] Go ahead and pick one out while I set the pins back up. It doesn't matter which one.

[sleepytimegal]

[ She blinks and then looks up from the touch, like she's been shocked, but lightly. The gasps settle, though her eyes are wide. ]

How- how the heck...am I s'pposed to answer that? [ Her voice shakes and she sounds...surprised more than anything? Like she wasn't expecting that (whatever that was) to happen either. ] Jees- yeah, yeah, I'm- yeah.

[heritrix]

[That—]

What were they using as their medium?

[That was the thing she was concerned about. Rin can again only base this on how spirits operate in her world, but it's rare for them to communicate with the living in the first place. They generally can't, without a medium.]

[sleepytimegal]

[ She doesn't look at Rin, instead choosing to focus on her photos. ]

Well...most times it was a person.

[heritrix]

You don't sound like it. Your speech is more wobbly than usual.

[Glancing her over, Rin debates with herself what should be the next step. Alex appears better than she was before, but it still seems like she's reeling. Whatever happened, she's obviously shaken.]

If you want, I can help you to the infirmary.

[heritrix]

[...her voice is gentler.]

Was it you?

[sleepytimegal]

[ Considering for a moment. Alex shakes her head. ]

I think I- I just need to lay down. In my room, that's...that'd be better.

[sleepytimegal]

[ That's a tone of voice she wasn't expecting- nor a question. She looks up with...almost a laugh of surprise, though there's nothing humorous in it. ]

Oh, no. They liked to talk to me, instead, they....had their favorites, of my...friends.

[heritrix]

[Well, okay then, looks like that's where we're going. Seeming to accept Alex's decision after a moment, Rin nods and makes to help her up. She'll reach for the radio, too, hesitating for a moment before shutting it off.]

[sleepytimegal]

[ For a moment after she stands, she seems weak like she'll fall right back down, but...no, instead Alex stays steady. With each passing second she seems to be getting her barrings more and more, though she glances at the radio. ]

...Just...don't, uh, turn it on around me...I guess.

[heritrix]

That's unusually persistent. Were you trespassing? Were they trying to make you leave, in other words?

[heritrix]

...For your sake, I'll avoid it. I don't know why it's having that effect on you, though.

[If Alex needs a hand or some support getting back to her room, Rin keeps close, but she won't jump in unless Alex looks like she needs it. But she's making herself available, all the same.]

[introspects]

Oh, Kotomine-san...!

[ he always uses people's full names...how interesting. she perks up instantly when she sees him, putting a friendly smile on. ]

I was looking for a cookbook, nothing too special, hehe. What about you?

[introspects]

[ ah, tarrlok! orihime puts on her best happy face and greets him. ]

H-Hello, Tarrlok-san! I'm just searching for some cookbooks!