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

[heritrix]

[Rin is a little emotionally stunted, but not so dense that she can't put two and two together, especially as the room smells fine and she sees no evidence of physical distress. It's anxiety bothering Estelle, then. Rin glances back at the princess, and brushes her hair back on her shoulder.]

Staying in this room isn't going to help you feel better; it's too stuffy, and offers nothing but a reminder of where you don't want to be.

[firstaid]

I've been out, but nothing helps.

[She's been trying, but she just feels trapped, physically and emotionally. Nothing works to free her mind of this burden she's been feeling.]

I walked around, I tried reading, anything really, but nothing helps.

[Well, she hasn't drank, but she's not a drinker like that.]

[heritrix]

Those are all quiet activities; it's the same as curling in on yourself, because it gives you too much space to get further lost in your head. You want to do the opposite and get those feelings out.

[Rin turns halfway back towards the door, stroking her chin.]

Something aggressive, then... [Blessedly, she's starting to sound like she's talking to herself, but she's saying some pretty out there things.] But we don't have a gym, or even a boxing ring. Maybe the storage room has balloons...?

[firstaid]

I... I don't usually do things like that to that kind of energy out.

[People like Yuri do, but Estelle is a lot different. She's usually a master of escapism, but she can't do that right now.

There are other methods she uses, but she hasn't used them here for a lot of reasons.]

[heritrix]

Exactly. It only stands to reason then that you should try something unusual for you, right?

[firstaid]

I don't want to do things like that right now.

[She's nice and comfortable in her room and really she's drained right now, physically. Yeah there's a lot of anxiety, but she doesn't want to move too much. Or else she would be electing to keep moving like cooking or something like that.]

[heritrix]

[Hm.]

Get some sleep, then. And come find me when you do have more energy. I'll have something put together by that time.

[firstaid]

[Well, that's not what Estelle wanted either, but she's not going to fight it.]

...Maybe.

[That's the only answer she squeaks out.]

[heritrix]

[I'm so sorry people have to be Level 4 to unlock Rin making any attempt to engage on a deeper emotional level with someone, Estelle, you didn't ask for this.]

Would you like me to bring you some tea?

[Noting Estelle's hesitancy there, Rin thinks to make one more offer before she goes to setup... whatever it is she plans on doing.]

[firstaid]

[Estelle, on the other hand, seeks emotional connection but won't force it on others... unless your name is Rita.]

Tea... would be wonderful.

[Well, at least tea would be soothing.]

[heritrix]

Okay. I'll be right back.

[And give her enough time to get to the kitchen and make a pot and she will! It'll probably be about twenty minutes or so. Is the door still open when she comes back?]

[firstaid]

[Yes, the door is still open! Estelle is still sitting on her bed with her back against the wall.

When Rin comes back, the princess offers her a smile.]

[heritrix]

[Rin will smile back, and offer her a thermos.]

Here you go. Let me know if it tastes alright.

[It's lemon balm; Rin chose it specifically.]

[firstaid]

[Estelle takes the thermos with a thanks before she gives the drink a quick sniff before she drinks it.

...it almost seems like a medicinal tea so she appreciates it as she takes a sip.]

It tastes just fine. Thank you.

[heritrix]

[Good.]

It has a calming effect that's good for anxiety. Chamomile is a nice remedy as well, if you find yourself looking for something to help you sleep later.

[firstaid]

I'll keep that in mind if I can't sleep tonight before the kitchen closes.

[Or maybe she'll make some anyway.]

[heritrix]

Don't forget to meet me before then. I'd tell you to wear a tank top or something you don't mind getting dirty, but we don't have much in that way...

[She taps her chin.] Well, I'll come up with something.

[She needs to confirm a good place for what she's thinking of too. Too bad they don't have an art room.]

[firstaid]

I actually have a couple of tank tops.

[She has two of those Team Skull tanks from the vending machine. Fun fact: she wore that tanktop in round 4's mastermind trial.]

So I can do that.

[Well, now that Rin's decided to set something up, Estelle certainly can't say no.]

[heritrix]

[That sounds cute as heck, she even has the pink hair to match the punk girls.]

Oh really? [Where did she get them from? Rin might have to ask later.] Great! Meet me at the conference room later, then. You can set the time.

[firstaid]

Would eight PM work?

[Seems close enough to bed time, but still early enough that the kitchen is still open in case they need a snack.]

[heritrix]

8 PM... [Thinking it over, Rin makes for the door.] Yeah, that should give us enough time. See you then.

[Now to go set things up! When Estelle arrives in the conference room, what she'll probably notice first is everything on the table. Are those balloons? Turkeys??

Well as a matter of fact, they're actually the latex gloves you can find in the infirmary. They've been filled up with... Well, that's too dark to be water. Is that paint?

Rin herself is standing on a chair, stapling the corner of a paper to the wall. HI ESTELLE.]

[firstaid]

[Estelle arrives in the conference room as promised wearing the tank top, the weird frilly overskirt thing she got from the vending machine and leggings.

She's not sure what to expect, but that is definitely not it with the latex gloves filled with... she doesn't know what and a paper on the wall...

She furrows her eyebrows trying to figure out what's going on.]

Rin, what are you doing?

[heritrix]

You can't tell just by looking?

[The chair Rin's on wobbles a bit as she tilts it on two legs to get the angle she wants, and she keeps her balance comfortably. Snap goes the stapler.]

That's okay. I'm almost done, so I can show you. Once these bags are laid out on the floor so we don't make a mess.

[When all four legs of the chair are on solid ground again, Rin hops off and reaches for some garbage bags she set aside on another chair. She drags the chair she was standing on before back to the table, to make room.

Including the one she just stapled up, it looks like there's about three poster-size sheets of paper that have been put up on the wall, seam to seam. She should have really taped off the wallspace around it or something.]

[firstaid]

[She looks at the paper stapled up in the conference room and back at the latex gloves filled with... something.

Paint?]

I didn't think painting would be such a mess...

[Maybe a bit of one, but the way Rin has things set up and with the garbage bags so the floor doesn't get messed up too bad... just what are they doing?]

[heritrix]

It's so you can take the hands-on approach, or as far as you'd like it.

[Notice: there are no brushes! Once the garbage bags are laid out, Rin picks up one of the gloves.]

You can take one of these and smash it against the paper if you want, or we can prick a hole in one of the fingers and you can spray it. We can even cut a bigger hole in it if you want to try out finger painting. Either way, this is an opportunity for you to go nuts.

[As she speaks, Rin sort of demonstrates what she means of each tactic, from mock shoving the balloon at the wall, or lightly squeezing one of the fingers and aiming.

No mess yet, this is Estelle's stage. If she's upset, the idea is she can toss about the paints as violently as she likes, or if she just wants a way to destress, she can doodle. Work out her feelings on the canvas, basically.]