Week 7.

[trustfellows]

WEEK 7 Orihime Inoue, Estellise Sidos Heurassein, and Kirei Kotomine all died this past week. One of your Coordinators died as well, leaving you with a new face but still no end to this. Several of you are finding yourselves at a crossroads: either keep moving forward, or accept the inevitability of fate. It's your own choice, your own decision; no one's going to make it for you. Over half of you are gone now. 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... Once again, a new floor has been opened to you; unfortunately, either this is a particularly strange reward or Jericho is starting to get downright sarcastic. Perhaps there's something in it for you despite the setup; who knows, though there's really only one way to find out. PARTICIPANTS REMAINING: 16

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[OOC: Welcome to week seven 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 Hilda!]

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[bloodbiter]

[She has to think of a way to respond, and she takes a breath in. She doesn't know what she wants, not really, but something is telling her she doesn't want to be alone. It's... selfish, she thinks, and she doesn't know if she can talk what happened, but even so—]

...Do you want to come in?

[destage]

...If that's what you'd like, then certainly. I wouldn't mind that at all.

[She wants to make sure Adelina is absolutely comfortable with this, after all.]

[bloodbiter]

I don't know if I will be pleasant company.

[But she moves back from the door anyways to give Sayaka room to enter.]

[destage]

That doesn't matter to me. If I can help you a bit, that'll be more than worthwhile.

[Sayaka will bow her head a bit and step inside with a smile!]

[bloodbiter]

...Thank you.

[She's not certain she deserves that kind of kindness right now, but she closes the door regardless and moves to sit down on her bed, setting the plate beside her. Her gaze is directed at the floor, still, and she pauses; she isn't certain what to say here, or how to break this silence.]

[destage]

[Sayaka will take a place on the wall and look around the room just a bit.]

It's no trouble. If there's anything you'd like to speak of...feel free to, okay? Don't feel forced to. I'm here for you.

[It's at Adelina's pace. Sayaka has no desire to pry too much, but...if the girl wants to tell her something random, or about what's bugging her, either way is fine.]

[bloodbiter]

[The silence continues for a few more moments, before she gives a quiet admission.]

I don't know what to do.

[She doesn't give context just yet, but she sounds lost.]

[destage]

[...Sayaka tilts her head a bit.]

...You should keep going forward, no matter what. That's...the most I can say to that. But...did something happen?

[bloodbiter]

[She takes in a breath.]

Before I came here, I was... searching for something incredibly important. I found it's location, so I had been assuming that the situation I needed it for had been resolved.

[There's a real effort to keep her voice calm, but she can't manage it. Not now. There's a thick quality to her tone, like she's on the verge of tears again.]

But - I was too late. I found it, but I was too late. We were moments away from what we sought, and I made such a stupid mistake, and now...

[destage]

...Adelina-san...

[Oh, god. She doesn't know much, but...if it's that important, someone's life had to have been hanging in the balance...and...]

Adelina-san, I'm so sorry. That sounds so horrible...to have everything you worked for get lost to a simple mistake like that, it's wretched. You don't deserve that at all, after all of the hard work you must have put into that...

[bloodbiter]

No, you don't understand, it was my fault. She's gone because of me, so it's not about what I deserved. All of our lives, she deserved more than what I ever gave her, but the one time I tried to protect her...

[There's a low, bitter noise of frustration as she reaches up to rub at her eyes frantically. With that and the words coming out of her mouth, it's a more open form of vulnerability than she's shown here before.]

[destage]

...Your sister. You...you mean her, right?

[She remembers Adelina's secret. She at least can recall that much, even as horror settles onto her face at the realization.

Fuck. That's...Sayaka looks heartbroken for Adelina, standing up and walking over to just...put a hand on her shoulder.]

Adelina-san...

[bloodbiter]

[Once she finishes rubbing at her eyes, she's still staring at the ground, so when Sayaka moves over to put a hand on her shoulder, it's a surprise. She looks up at the older girl for a moment before her hands move to fists, digging into her bedsheets. She nods at the question.]

I thought I could at least do this. I thought I had changed, and I could at least protect one person. But nothing has changed. I'm just the same weak and inept person I've always been, and now an entire country will wait for me to lead it because the rightful heir to the throne is...

[She drags in a shallow breath, letting one of her hands rise from the bed to place it solidly over her mouth in some attempt to hold back whatever emotion she's feeling.]

Sorry, I'm - sorry. I shouldn't...

[destage]

...No, Adelina-san...take as much time as you need to to cry, okay?

[Girl, you deserved so much better. And even Sayaka can say this firmly.]

You're...allowed to be weak, here, if only for a time. Let yourself have this moment of weakness. I know I can't say anything...to magically make this all better, for you. Because something like this, it's the kind of thing that's...all consuming.

[Sayaka's words are soft.]

Please, Adelina-san. Let it out. It isn't good to bottle things up like this...I of all people would know that.

[bloodbiter]

No, you don't understand.

[She sucks in a breath, trying to steel herself. She can't, she...]

It was too late to save her, but with what I found, it won't be too late to save other people. What happened to her has happened to hundreds of thousands of people before we were even born, and now... It wasn't impressive or difficult, I just kept getting incredibly lucky, but that doesn't change the fact that everyone is going to look at me like I'm a hero, and I can't - I can't let them down. Not the way I let her down.