WEEK 5.

[trustfellows]

WEEK 5 Tabitha Smith, Sigrun Eide, and Solf J Kimblee are all dead. Regardless of what you think of the trial or the events leading up to it, there's no denying that you can feel the dent in your numbers now. After all, ten people are gone now. It may be hard, but all you can do is keep going. 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... What with Jericho's excitement at the last trial, it's evident now more than ever that the new floor that's opened up to you is a gift, a reward for a job well-done. Because while surviving is something that you'll continue to try to do of your own merit...well. Let's say that he's so, so very proud of you. PARTICIPANTS REMAINING: 25 PARTICIPANTS REMAINING: 24 PARTICIPANTS REMAINING: 23

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[OOC: Welcome to week five 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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dining room

[sleepytimegal]

[ It's a little hard not to notice him, so desperately straining there. Alex just has herself a bowl of cereal form the kitchen, but when she Tarrlok's face, she sets it down and approaches. ]

Hey... What's up, you...look kinda like you've seen a ghost.

[bloodisthicker]

[...don't laugh, that's probably going to come off as worrying if you laugh]

...you. You know, I feel a bit like I have.

[sleepytimegal]

...What happened?

[ He's looking at his secret. Combined with that, that's... ]

[bloodisthicker]

...

I remembered something with basically no context except that things had gone very poorly for a wide variety of reasons, up to and including encountering the deranged revolutionary taking people's bending for...

[........................................]

Reasons?

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Rea...sons.

[sleepytimegal]

[ Her lips thin. ]

What...did they do? Were you...did they take yours?

[bloodisthicker]

...Yes. He did.

That would be bad enough, but I think I may have figured out how he does it. ...if that's the case, though, I...

[...KIND OF... GLANCES TO THE WALL O' SECRETS AGAIN...]

[sleepytimegal]

[ Shit. Shit that's a lot of bad, she-- ]

...Is he doing it 'cause- 'cause of your father, or...?

[ She...lets that implied question hang. ]

[bloodisthicker]

...

Well... I...

[...]

It's... benders generally he takes issue with. But...

[...]

I don't... maybe?

[sleepytimegal]

[ ... ]

You don't have to talk about it if it's- you know...too much.

[bloodisthicker]

[...you know, it's weird, being considerate of others because you actually like them instead of just existing in their vicinity? like. he's pretty sure this kid's brother is legitimately fucking dead as opposed to "oops I thought he was dead but he was actually off becoming a crazy revolutionary." like...

...]

Well... Alex. Can I ask you a hypothetical scenario?

[sleepytimegal]

...Yeah. Shoot. [ She's sitting now, nearby. ]

[bloodisthicker]

...

[god. how... not to make this immediately obvious.]

How... are you supposed to feel when someone you thought was dead turns out to be alive, but has gone completely and barely recognizably off the deep end.

[sleepytimegal]

[ ...Oh god, is he...talking about... ]

I... Um, shocked, for one? Completely...confused?

[bloodisthicker]

...Yes. That's... about right.

[...]

...I feel like I may have misinterpreted a few things.

[sleepytimegal]

[ ... ]

Is it him? Is- ...is it your brother?

[bloodisthicker]

...

Yes. Yes, I... think so.

[sleepytimegal]

[ Alex very quietly walks over and puts a hand on his arm. ]

How?

[bloodisthicker]

...I think I recognized his bloodbending when he took my bending. That's... what it felt like, anyway.

[sleepytimegal]

[ ...She never asked about that. Bloodbending. ]

That's... It sounds like...from what you've talked about, controlling someone's blood. [ ...she holds back a shiver. ] Did he do that to you?

[bloodisthicker]

...

[how to explain this...]

He did when we were children because our father decided to have us practice on each other, so ... I think that's what he does to remove people's bending. Some...how.

[sleepytimegal]

...Fuck your dad. [ JUST. YOU KNOW. AS A FREE ACTION. ] Tarrlok, that's- that's screwed up, I- do you know how he survived, how- shit.

[bloodisthicker]

[like. yeah. he agrees. fuck that guy.]

I'm sure it's how I always thought he survived. It honestly never sat that well with me that he'd just die in a blizzard when he was as good of a waterbender as he is, so I'd imagine he just... made it to civilization somewhere and started from there.

[sleepytimegal]

[ ...But that means...his secret, it's not--

...he's got to be thinking of that. she doesn't...want to be the one to bring it up. ]

Jesus. ...This is...heavy. Do you think there's... Do you think there's any chance of working things out with him? Why...would he go after you?

[bloodisthicker]

I don't know, honestly.

[HE'S TRYING NOT TO THINK ABOUT IT...]

I mean, I know why he went after me. If he's trying to overthrow the established order... well, I'm one of the most aggressive leaders in the city, so I make sense as a target.

[sleepytimegal]

Even though you're...?