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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[heritrix]

That's good. [Adjusting her scarf, Rin comes in to sit beside Kyrie.] It was something else, then?

[chessturner]

It was...I'm not sure where this fits in my memories, but my husband...he confessed he had been lying to me about Battler-kun.

[Since Rin knows very well how she feels towards Battler, may as well tell her]

...Battler-kun is my son -- my biological son. I have been hating the son I have wanted for eighteen years.

[heritrix]

[There's a restrained gasp here. A lot of questions come to mind—namely how Kyrie is doing, because yes they did talk about this before, and Rin can understand why she looks so rocked now—but the logistics of it all is perhaps the most baffling.]

How is that possible?

[chessturner]

It's a long story. His first wife and I were going to give birth in the same day. Hers died, mine didn't...he bribed the doctors and convinced them to swap the babies.

[Or something like that. She refuses to try to remember Rudolf's exact words, that hurts too much]

[heritrix]

So all this time, you thought you lost...

[It's a horrible thought, and an obvious statement that doesn't need to be highlighted; Rin's doesn't finish that sentence. Gritting her teeth, she looks irritated on Kyrie's behalf.]

That's awful. I hope you tore him a new one.

[chessturner]

He did want me to scold or even kill him if I wanted, but...I didn't do anything like that. [She talks quietly] I needed someone's support in those trying times.

[...well, it's mostly because Kyrie knows very well this was the kind of man she signed up for, and she also knows very well she'd be capable of something as cold and hurtful if she wanted]

[heritrix]

[Rin frowns, but seems to accept it.]

You must love him dearly, to feel that way after such a betrayal.

[...she can maybe understand that. But still, Kyrie. Throw his underwear out the window and make him sleep on the couch at least, holy shit.]

[chessturner]

[Hohoh, yeah, Rudolf isn't going to earn just a metaphorical slap on the wrist]

I have loved him since a long time ago...I left my family for him. Nobody wanted it to happen, but I convinced them to let me go. Do you understand? I have...sacrificed a lot to be with him. [Not the 'leaving the family' part, though, she may or may have ended doing that anyway]

The least I should do is make sure those sacrifices were worth it.

[heritrix]

[There's a pause between Kyrie's words that hint what she shared only scratches the surface of some of those sacrifices; that there's more that runs darker and deeper. Rin still remembers what she said, that her feelings about her stepson, now her real son... Something about it not being the one that could most damage her.

Rin knows it's none of her business to ask.]

I've sacrifice a lot to get to where I am today, for the things that I want. [Sitting at the table, Rin locks her ankles.] If I can't understand, I can at least emphasize. That's my philosophy, too.

[But it's not quite the same between them either, is it? Rin hums, and looks ahead at the wall.]

But I've always known what I lost when I lost it. To find out now, after so much time... [Kyrie said she hated Battler. Does this change things?] I'd ask you how you feel, but you probably don't know yet. I bet it'd turned your world upside down.

[chessturner]

[And her most recent despicable actions still remain unremembered, hah]

It's good to hear that.

[Someone here knows the value of sacrifice!]

That's an understatement. I have no idea what to do or how to feel. I'm...confused. I'm starting to dread the future, knowing I'll have to return home and face my husband and Battler-kun.

[If she survives, of course]

[heritrix]

[If you don't acknowledge the chance you might die you're just lying to yourself, but only the weak give up on their plans for getting out of here. (yea)]

It's an obstacle you have to face eventually, so I'm sure you'll know what to do in the moment. All this down time we have—sometimes it's a blessing, but usually I see it as a curse. Since there's no way to act, it's too easy to fall into a loop of overthinking things. Sometimes you have to rely on your intuition as much as your head.

[chessturner]

I don't have very good intuition. I always rely on logic and knowledge, intuition is something I have never relied on.

[Maybe she relies on her brains too much]

[heritrix]

If you think it's a fault, shouldn't you work on it?

[chessturner]

I should. I'll find a way how to do it -- as long as it isn't putting my life in risk. There's no way I'm relying on intuition in moments such as the trials.

[heritrix]

Obviously.

[Rin waves a hand like it's a matter of course. There are times in the court room where she thinks intuition is useful; after a certain point, she was sure in her gut that Kimblee had something to do with Sigrun's death, for example, but she wouldn't advise banking on that. Even then, she'd wanted to be sure.

Regardless of that, though, it's not the type of situation she was thinking of when she gave Kyrie this advice.]

That's a life or death situation, so it's different. I was thinking more along the lines of... Well, if Battler walked in the door right now, what would be your first impulse?

[chessturner]

[It's difficult to know. Kyrie thinks for a moment]

Stall for time. See his face, turn the chessboard around and deduce how he's feeling. In other words: I'd wait for him to make the first move -- even if he wouldn't realize he's making it.

[heritrix]

Mm... [Rin tries to remember what Kyrie told her about him.] He thinks you have a good relationship, right? You've been here for a few weeks now, so he'd probably be happy to see you and know you're alright.