WEEK 6.

[trustfellows]

WEEK 6 You've lost a lot of people this week, haven't you? Katniss Everdeen and Weiss Schnee were killed for rule violations, while Chie Hori and Frank Archer were murdered by Mikoto Suoh and Yuuki Terumi. It doesn't really matter how they died, though, does it? After all, they're dead now and the only thing you can do is keep moving forward. It seems like there's no end in sight. 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... Changes were promised to you this week; while Sunday dawns seeming no different from the previous weeks, it seems one change is going to remain a constant - namely, a new floor has been opened up to you. Whether this is a promising sign or not is something that you're going to need to decide for yourself. The important thing, for now, is that you continue to do well. PARTICIPANTS REMAINING: 19

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[OOC: Welcome to week six 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 Hilda!]

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[heritrix]

What you did, and how you felt... You said you couldn't write it off. That it was part of you.

[Rin's eyes shift to her own secret now, then Kirei's. Her gaze is fixed, and intense.] I learned something about Sakura last week, from Kirei. It's complicated, but apparently she wasn't as invaluable to her family as we thought she'd be. Something terrible was done to her, and in the version of events Kirei recalled, she'd become the vessel of a devastating power, and corrupted at that.

Her grandfather lost control over her. She'd killed hundreds of people, and Kirei seemed to think she was reaching a point she could devour the entire city itself.

[heritrix]

[Silence hangs in the air, and Rin takes another drink of tea. Runs her finger over the lip of the cup.]

I didn't have to ask him how the other me had responded. I knew exactly what Rin Tohsaka would do. If Sakura is that far gone, of course she'd kill her.

...Nothing like that has become of my sister, so far as I know. [And she doesn't think... No, that doesn't matter to this. She's trying to be easy on herself.] But you of all people should get it, right? I wasn't even shocked by what that other me would do.

That's a part of me, too.

[heritrix]

You're probably the only person who will notice anyways. [Rin smiles.] It's a bedroom, after all.

[Walking back over, she'll hand the brushes to him.]

[heritrix]

Okay, fine. We'll get manly stickers if that makes you feel better.

[matchbreaker]

It's about the only thing that makes sense.

[evilfrenzy]

[Good job, also he is definitely going to wipe that grin off Yuri's face in whatever games they end up playing, so help him...!]

A wise plan, considering you decided to use your pants for a rag when I brought some with.

[...good job telling him, Rideaux. But he seems to have no regrets about that, instead making a wiping gesture on his cheek, that smug smirk of his being back and ever-present.]

I'll likely still be here, so just give a knock.

[evilfrenzy]

That is exactly it, though. As they say, you are your own worst critic.

[He'll see it every day, knowing it doesn't perfectly match!! It is truly a travesty, Rin.

He takes them and gives her a little bow. It's overly formal for something so simple as her having found some brushes for him, but hey.]

Appreciated, Rin. [...and now since his curiosity is getting the better of him:] Are you planning some decorating of your own?

[He means the painting that Rin was moving.]

[heritrix]

[Pfft, she feels like she's dealing with a mage from the Association when he bows like that, so properly formal. It's a little different from the pledges Archer would show her.

...And speak (or think, rather) or the devil. Rin blinks at his question, then turns to look back at the painting in question.]

Mm. I supposed I'll have to, won't I? I went to all that trouble, so I might as well hang it up.

[bloodbiter]

[There's a small cant of her head.]

How do you mean?

[bloodbiter]

It's very rare where I come from. There are only certain people who can fly, and it was only recently one of them took me for a ride... Though I imagine that feels very different than flying inside a ship. That must be an incredible experience, too.

[bloodbiter]

Ah, I didn't think of that.

[And yet, she doesn't hesitate for long.]

I would be willing to continue if you are.

[bloodbiter]

[Her eyebrows definitely raise a bit at that backflip, but then she looks focused. As she decides the best way to strike:]

It will take more than that to make me misstep.

[And then she's rushing in to aim a hit at his ribcage.]

[bloodbiter]

Sneaking out?

[Give her the deets!!]

[didntgetdadslooks]

It's... when Sirens wake up. It feels like forever ago, from where I'm standing now.

[sleepytimegal]

...

[ Alex sits there silently, clearly thinking. Just thinking. That... Yeah, that's-- ]

I do get that. But...I still can't think you're horrible for it. I- I've seen other sides to you, and...if I've got good in me, then you've got just the same kind in you...don't you?

[sleepytimegal]

[ ohhhh boy- ]

I do it, from time to time. When there's something mom disapproves of, like an overnight concert, something going on too late. Only live once, don't you? I wanna capitalize on the things I like.

[sleepytimegal]

Do you- like, do you like looking at this? Do you want it gone? I mean- is it...something that reminds you of good things, or...?

[hesperos]

[ ... Yuri just makes a face that's a cross between embarrassed and annoyed at the reminder (mostly at himself that's just basically an internal 'damnit'.) Then when Rideaux makes a wiping gesture, Yuri raises a hand to his cheek and he wipes at it.

He smudges the paint even more on his face in doing, but he looks triumphant not knowing otherwise. ]

Alright, see ya later.

[ He opens the door, and hurries himself out for now. ]

[matchbreaker]

... What, there's assassin colleges now?

[ ??????? ]

[matchbreaker]

[ Huh... she didn't see that coming, but she nods all the same ]

The Japan we moved to - where we live now - is also an island. It was weird to be there at first, even if we did live close to the sea back in Europe too.

[matchbreaker]

Well, we have a god, a doctor who works under a god to blow up universes, a mage, some other magic-but-science person, a bubblegum magic princess, and a priest here. I'm sure at least one of them'd know some sort of process.

[ Nod, nod. ]

[bloodisthicker]

Oh, I see. Did she tell you what it's supposed to do, or did she leave you to figure that out on your own?

[matchbreaker]

Well... I guess she did, but it's one of those things which might not be good to get people's hopes up about. She said it can see invisible or hidden things.

[heritrix]

...More than I should, arguably. I'd have an easier time of things if I were a crueler person.

[Rin's jaw tenses. If she were just a little crueler, Archer wouldn't have betrayed her, twice over. She'd have been able to act on that incentive three weeks ago, and Fuyuki would be safe.

If she were colder, it wouldn't bother her at all when so many people screamed at Hilda last night for murdering her younger sister. Or the week before that, when Kirei told her what he did about Sakura, and Rin realized she might need to choose to do the same.

And yet...]

If you asked me weeks and weeks ago, I'd balk for that reason. But I'm starting to think maybe I'm better off the way I am.

[heritrix]

Not school classes, dummy. Class, as in classification.