trustfell | WEEK 5.

WEEK 5.

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~~

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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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[Sayaka gets up, her eyes just...almost unblinking, and her face flushed almost beyond recognition. It's an almost instantaneous motion, and her hands seem to slam on the table while she gets up, and goes to Alex's side. She wants to be closer. She...she just wants, at this point, just--

If Alex will let her, she's going to go right up to Alex and hug her, just...shaking like hell, but...]

Oh...oh, Alex...

[Come on Sayaka, you've been an idiot for this long, don't--]

I--I like you, too. You mean the world to me, and I...I never would have guessed that you'd like me back...!

[...She may need a bit, good god. But her tone, if nothing else? It sounds genuinely joyous.]

Edited 2017-10-13 06:20 (UTC)

[ There it is. A smile that's so different from the practiced ones Sayaka's showed her, showed everyone here. Despite how sudden Sayaka moves, that's what Alex acknowledges first. It's...such a lovely smile? It's so real, and--

She is. The static in her head, the whispering. God. For the first time since she started remembering, it's... All of it's quiet. ]

[ A hug. Right, a hug! That can happen- Alex is swept into it before she even realizes. A flittering, dancing emotion sweeps through her stomach, one she recognizes as a sweet, rapturous feeling. It's underscored by a wistful touch of pain, as most everything is, in a brief if only Michael could see me now, but it passes. ...It's passing more often than it used to.

Maybe that's the thing about time healing, or...something. "If you could meet the people I have, Mike," she'd say to him. "If I could just introduce you. If I could talk to you for an afternoon. If I could tell you, off-script, what I've been through. Mike, I miss you so..."

Her precious memories, on the line...

...She hugs back, tight, in a moment. You aren't here right now. She is. I am. Michael wouldn't want her, to live tethered by fear. She has to try and remember that, as difficult as it is.

Even if just for this week. ]

[ Tighter, tighter. While she can, she's going to hold on-- she won't let Sayaka slip away with the tide. In contrast, she's standing still and smiling into Sayaka's shoulder. This is...genuinely a better answer than she'd expected? Not that she'd expected a negative, just well the idol industry, everyone.

She lets out a laugh. ] Dummy, I'm not exactly subtle.

[ ...at least she's self-aware dear god ]

Of course I do, you- how could I not?

[God, she's holding on as tight as she can--she doesn't want to let Alex go. She doesn't want anything to happen to her, or anything to get between them in this moment. She's never felt this...utterly elated, this free in her goddamn life. She's been so used to being in a cage of stage lights and managers and expectations, but in this moment--in this one moment? She can truly be happy, and free, and this is what she wants.

What she would give to have the chance to tell them all to go to hell--that she's found her place in the world, and someone to share that place with. She's...]

Right, like I'm not the person to miss subtle cues...

[...she's usually much better at it than she was with this. Maybe it's just--from all of the emotional repression she's done. She wants to break the walls of this place down and just travel everywhere with Alex, and see the world...and...

...Well, she will take one selfish action before speaking up again--a peck on the cheek. One that's not going to come from a dare this time, but makes her heart feel light as air all the same.]

I...I didn't think that anyone would, silly...I never thought anyone would really be able to see me, and have those feelings for...the girl that I am, not just the one I play up on the stage! I'm so happy, I feel like I'm walking on air, and it's...it's all because of you...

[ ...A little kiss, that's great, it is though Alex goes stiff but not like...scared or anything, just a little type of jump-surprise, because oh gosh. Another tiny laugh slips out, and it's like-

For once it's like she's floating on top of the water instead of being dragged down by it. ]

Well, I- I didn't think I was- in a place where I could, feel like that or...be happy like this, s-so...that's because of you too. [ She...wants to look at her, one moment. ] You're- you've done so much for me.

[God, this is--this is amazing, it's almost exactly like her shoujo manga? But no, comparing it to that--that's kind of cruel, and that doesn't even come close to matching the feeling that floods through her chest, the warmth, the fluttering, the--everything? Everything.]

...No, no, I...I get that. I really...I really do. You've done so much for me, too, and...I'm so happy that I could make you feel like that...

[Sayaka withdraws her face a bit, but mostly so she can stare at Alex, too, with just...the biggest damn grin, and enough blush on her face that it probably looks childish. She's so happy, and it's glorious.]

[ Who says being childish is a bad thing? ...The blush is more cute than anything. God. Someone's going to walk in and find them and it's going to be embarrassing but Alex doesn't care, she just wants to keep this moment forever. ]

We're- we're just gonna keep going in circles, aren't we? I'm happy, that you're happy, that... [ She giggles. ] Jeez, what a mess.

Well, I mean, if it's you I'm going in circles with...I'll go in circles until I'm dizzy and on the ground. I suppose you've got a bit of a point, though...

[Sayaka giggles a bit, just kind of...wanting to snuggle up to Alex so much, but staring at her face seems to be working just fine. She wants to commit this moment to memory--make sure she could never forget it. She could never forgive herself if she did.]

But, well...I've never done something like this before. What's the next step in this...?

[She seems to be joking, at least? ...It's not being genuinely lost, it's something.]

[ ...A slow nervous grin. ]

A-aaaahhhh... Ummm, well... I've...gone out with a few people, it's usually...a movie, or hand holding or...um... Sometimes, there's...a kiss.

[ #Smooth ]

[...All of those sound so wonderful, really. If there were good movies and a place to play them, she'd give anything to be able to go on a date, or just...continue to hold Alex's hands, forever? Maybe forever. Their hands would probably get sweaty after a while.

...That last bit, though, that...well, she didn't know if a dry lump had already formed in her throat, but...well...]

...Would...you like that, then? To...a kiss...?

[She's shaking a little, again, but she's smiling. The nerves are practically killing her, but her adrenaline is just kind of rushing like a bunch of hornets, or...something.]

[ ...Well, all her adrenaline she's been running on has kind of dried up so she's about as nervous as Sayaka is, but there's that little voice in her head again that's taken to sounding like Aligula calling for her to kiss the girl and honestly she hasn't seen The Little Mermaid in years but she can still hear the dumb song, shut up and don't let the Sunken hear it-- ]

U-uh. [ A very nice high-pitched squeak. ] If- ifyouwantto. I- I would.

[i can't believe the sunken are gonna be singing the entire time they smooch

Still, uh. That is...]

...That was really adorable~!

[Sayaka giggles, brightly, just...kind of leaning closer. She's actually just...not sure what to do, and looking at Alex for some help here. She's, uh.

...It's probably blindingly obvious that this is her first kiss here.]

[ THEY BETTER FUCKING NOT SHUT UP GHOSTS

Okay.

Okay, no, she knows what it's time for, it's time for her to step up and do this okay Alex you're good, you're. Good. ]

Y-yeah, uh. Ah...

[ come on alex get ya head in the game ]

[ With a quick breath, she licks her lips and...very conscious of how she had eggs for breakfast this morning or that if Sayaka rubs against her hair too much, it might stain her clothes, or...about a thousand other things, ghosts in her head notwithstanding.

But, that breath is all she needs to suck it up, so to speak, and she closes her eyes and moves in gently for a kiss. One that's bound to be gentle, and short, but more than the peck on the cheek Sayaka's given her. ]

[Sayaka honestly isn't sure what to expect when it comes to kisses--sure, all of the stuff she's read makes it sound like the best thing in the world. That when someone kisses you, it's the best feeling in the world and the whole world stops for you and them. It's so...overly dramatized, much like everything else in the world.

Time doesn't stop and the environment doesn't go all sparkly, nor does fitting music start to play. But...the quiet simplicity of it all, of feeling Alex's lips against hers is enough. It's more than enough, and it makes warmth flood through her chest and her eyes close as she returns the kiss tentatively. Kindly, even--even if it's clear she has no clue what she's doing, and she's...returning, as best as she can, the warmth that she feels.

It's...nice. It's nice, and she could stay like that forever, honestly, but it's gentle and short and when she pulls back, Sayaka just...kind of lets that feeling set, for a little bit. She looks so content, for once...]

[ There's a certain amount of stress, being someone's first kiss. Even with the moment being so close and intimate, it's on her mind. That's why the response is welcome, and Alex's hands - they've found Sayaka's forearms, the both of them - tighten their grasp a little.

She pulls back when Sayaka does, letting her set the pace and...being very content with this relaxed, chaste sort of courtship. After everything they've been through, something simple's appreciated. ]

So... Good, huh?

...Very good. Better than...anything I've ever read, and anything I could've dreamed of...

[Not that it's much, all things considering, but it's certainly everything she could have asked for and more. It's so wonderful, and the touch...well, that doesn't get Sayaka to seize, but she practically melts a bit under Alex.

...She is very touch starved but also very happy, god, and she just kind of...tentatively cups one of Alex's cheeks? She's not good at this, but she's...trying.]

You...mean the world to me, you silly goose, so of course it'd be the best. ♥

[ Is this the kind of happiness Michael felt so fiercely? The kind Clarissa did? There's a silly fleeting thought, about picnics in the park and...so many other things they can't do right now. What she can do is reach up and place her hand on Sayaka's, red in the face but smiling with no restraint. ]

'Kay. Cool. [ ...All the words she'd planned out really aren't coming, are they? Silly... ] So, I... You're cool with this, we're cool with this, then... Would "girlfriend" be an acceptable designation?

[God, she's cute? She can think that without it feeling all weird now. Alex is so goddamn cute, she's wonderful, she's adorable, she--]

Yes! Yes, absolutely yes!

[She's her girlfriend. And...holy shit, that's something that would make her quake with fear, if she was at home. If anyone caught wind of this, if anyone saw, if anyone--

You know what? "Anyone" can go directly to hell, as far as she's concerned. Sayaka practically beams, though, once her nerves just...kind of calm down, and she's back in control.]

I'm--I'm happy to be your girlfriend, Alex. And you're...you're my girlfriend, and...

[This probably looks so stupid, like she's trying to just...commit it to her head, that this isn't a bad thing. This isn't a blemish that she'll have to repair--this is what she wants, and there's nothing wrong with that.]

And...and that's more than okay by me. I'll just have to spoil you a bit, though, if I get the chance...

[ How excited Sayaka is about all this honestly makes it even better. Stupid some could call it, but really Alex just finds it endearing. It makes her like her more and more, and...

She beams right back. ]

I wouldn't say no to a little pampering. I- I wanna try and return the favor, too, you know- it's only fair. [ A little giggle.

God. God, this is the happiest she's been since-- ...a long time. Longer than she possibly could've realized. ]

We'll make it work.

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