trustfell | WEEK 3.

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.

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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!]

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[...she's still her friend.

She's still her friend. Elda told her, earlier, that she wasn't a doll, but Alex is...probably one of the first people to explicitly tell her that the business is messed up. Sayaka thought it too, when the glitter and glitz of the business rubbed off to reveal everything underneath, but...

That was the way of the world, wasn't it? Wasn't it?

Sayaka's trembling, and there's a few tears starting to trickle down, slowly. But when it rains, it pours, and Sayaka wasn't sure if she deserved those words--she'd probably never be sure, but knowing that Alex is still there for her, and she's standing up to all of that--]

I...I'm...I'm so sorry. I'm sorry, I'm sorry--

[What else can she say?]

I didn't...I thought...I thought you were gonna hate me...

[ What...does she do? Is it okay to hug her? Sayaka's a little weird about touch, Alex is starting to get that. Still, she couldn't let her just hurt herself like that, and-

She settles for holding her hands a little tighter. Offer a wavering smile. ]

Why the hell would I do that...? No, it's... No way. From something like this? No way.

[ (How could she, honestly... When she, what she's done, it's so much worse...?)

[...god, that gesture is so comforting right now. She can't even begin to just...appreciate it, because she doesn't feel like she deserves it. At all, really. But god, it's comforting...

She doesn't understand it, but god, knowing she's not going to be alone here is...freeing, to say the least.]

...Thank you. I...I can't...

[...]

This...is what I meant, you know? That you do so much for me...and I don't...know if I deserve it, Alex. You're such a good person...

[ Those words cause a visible reaction in Alex, one that probably isn't too comforting. Her face pales and this time it's her who averts her gaze. She can feel it, her throat closing up. ]

Don't... You don't have to say something like that, I'm not- ...I'm not the kind of person you think I am.

...No. If...if you can say that about me...

[They just got over this for her, didn't they? Sayaka gets Alex's grip off of one of her hands, just...gently putting it on her shoulder and trying to look at her.]

Then...I'm going to say that about you. You're my friend, Alex, and...I swear that won't change.

[ One hand loosens its grip. It doesn't help that she feels so far away. Like she's floating through the sky, or...underwater. ]

I- I've done- there's something I can't fully understand, but it's- Sayaka, it's really bad.

[ ...She's trembling. ]

I mean what I say. I promise I'll stand by you.

[She doesn't have to tell her if she doesn't want to, but Sayaka isn't going to leave Alex alone. That's a promise. The girl extended that much of an offer to her, so it's the least she can do in kind, right?

...She'll let go of Alex and hold out her pinkie.]

[ Stunned, Alex curls her pinkie around Sayaka's. The other hand... It slips into one of her pockets. Despite saying she couldn't explain it, Alex has been carrying around her envelope. Weighing her down, her own personal anchor.

Wordlessly, she places it on the bed between them. ]

[Sayaka nods her head, and...she'll go to open the envelope up and read it. It can't really be that bad, can it?]

[ It says one sentence, one simple sentence. It's still baffling: ]

"Alex has doomed a girl to nonexistence multiple times."

[...Well.

Of all the things she expected, that sure as hell wasn't one of them. Sayaka...puts it back in the envelope, then, and passes it back before just...

Kind of gripping onto one of Alex's hands.]

...You don't have to explain it, but it doesn't change anything.

I can't explain it.

[ Her voice is light and breathy. ]

I mean, I- I can, kind of, but- I-I don't want...to put the pieces together, I don't want to. [ Staring at the floor. ] I told you, I- I made a choice, in that dream, but- I-I- it happened again, and I made a different choice, and n- no one...

No one remembered her.

[ Again. Multiple times. Does that mean...? God, what has she done? ]

T--Then don't.

[God, what a mess this is. Sayaka's not sure she wants to know how such a thing can happen, but she shakes her head and tries to kind of...keep Alex tethered here.]

You don't have to explain it. You don't have to think about it. Don't--don't put yourself through that, Alex.

[ She swallows, and tries to stop shaking. Clarissa... Clarissa, what she did to her. What she-- ]

S- Sayaka... You really...even though I chose to let her be taken-

[ Don't think about it. Don't. She breathes out and slowly looks at Sayaka. ]

Even then.

[Sayaka's words are firm when she says that.]

I don't think you're a bad person...it sounds like you were in a bad situation, too, and...decisions like that don't make a person. [Alex just got done talking about something similar with her, after all. Sayaka's smile is calm, reassuring.] You're better than that stupid piece of paper. I promise you that.

[ While she doesn't react as strongly as Sayaka did, this does result in the tension leaving Alex's body, and...gently leaning against Sayaka.

A shuddering breath. ] Still good... Still...

[ ...does she want to- no. no, it's been so much she can't...talk about Michael now. ]

...You're a good person too. We're both...more than these dumb things.

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