Fourth.

[trustfellows]

As the fourth week comes to a close and Friday morning dawns like the rest of the week before it, with the chiming of the clock and the doors to the kitchen unlocking, it seems, for a brief moment, that everything will be normal. For a given degee of "normal", anyway – perhaps some are on edge because there's a definite pattern that's been happening here, but for a few blissful moments, everything seems quiet. It doesn't last long; eventually, Jericho's voice can be heard over the public-address system. He doesn't sound as excitable as usual, though perhaps that can be explained away with the content of his message: "Hey. Just so you know, we've kind of got a problem this morning. Nothing catastrophic or anything, but you might want to get into the foyer so you know what's going on. We'll be waiting." You might want to go.

Comments

[trustbound]

...What are you doing?

[She doesn't sound like she's trying to stop Rin from doing anything in particular, just...]

We'll take care of it, you don't have to...poke it, or do whatever it is you guys do to figure out what happened to the dead people.

[heritrix]

I heard him. [Since it doesn't look like Alena's trying to stop her then, Rin's going to drop down beside Tabby, though she's still glancing in Alena's direction.] But I can't get into her room if I don't get her key.

She was allowed to loot things all the time, so it should be fine if I do too, right?

[trustbound]

[...Oh, that's.]

Do you think she would appreciate that?

[It's a genuine question, not an attempt to get Rin to knock it off via guilt trip.]

[heritrix]

Maybe she'd hate it. I didn't know her that well. [And it doesn't look like that's going to change.] Maybe it would piss her off and she'd come back to haunt me as a ghost. I think I'd be okay with that.

Either way you cut it, it has to be better than this. And I can't think of a better sendoff for her.

[trustbound]

[She thinks about that for a moment before just kind of...nodding.]

Go ahead, then. It'll be okay, Jericho's probably going to be busy for a little while.

[heritrix]

[This wasn't the response she was expecting, but then again she's not really sure what she was thinking would happen. Without another word, Rin rifles through Tabby's pockets until she finds her room key. Alena will be able to see Rin rub under her nose for a moment, trying not to sniff as she stands back up.

Tabby's key goes into her pocket, and Rin nods once at Alena before leaving.]