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

SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY
[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]

Don't...

[She says, without pulling away or making any attempt to do so.]

I don't deserve... Please.

[matchbreaker]

Oh stow it.

[ That comes out harsher than intended and will be paid off at the trial at the end of this week ]

Affection has nothing to do with deserving. I like you, so I support you. It's simple.

[bloodbiter]

[She hesitates for a long moment, then, before she moves her arms to return the embrace. Try as she might, there are definitely some tears leaking out.]

[matchbreaker]

There, there. It'll be okay...

[ Still holding her, she scratches her back. She is a lot smaller, but Elda, as ever, is resolute. ]

[bloodbiter]

It won't...

[But that's said weakly, all she can manage between shaky breaths.]

[matchbreaker]

It will. I swear, it will.

[ the most miserable day of a person's life, that makes one feel like tragedy is forever. But it's still possible for that to turn around. ]

[bloodbiter]

[After a few more moments, softly and halting:]

...How?

[matchbreaker]

Because you're still alive.

[ She keeps holding the girl, gently stroking her back. ]

People can live past the worst day of their lives. Even someone who has lost everything, for that person... maybe their strength is found with someone new, or something new. Maybe it'll take years, or maybe it'll be instant. Who can say, I can't. But everything, everything is subject to time. Nothing, not even pain, can truly last unchanging forever.

[bloodbiter]

[She shakes her head, but there's no energy behind it. She just kind of leans until her head is braced on Elda's shoulder.]

It should have been me.

[matchbreaker]

Don't say that.

[ That's her first response, one hand snaking up the back of the girl's body to get towards stroking her hair a little. ]

I know the instinct, but please don't say that.

[bloodbiter]

No, that's not... [A breath.] If it were me, she never would have failed. She never would have waited so long, she...

[She reaches up to wipe a tear from her face.]

If it were me, I would be fine, and so would she.

[matchbreaker]

You can't know that, Adelina. You truly, honestly, cannot.

[bloodbiter]

[It's good advice. Later, it'll make perfect sense. But now, her hands tense and clench together.]

She was a skilled warrior for years before I was. She would have never been stuck in a simple cave for an entire week!

[matchbreaker]

[ there's no need to push the statement now. What matters is that Adelina heard it, and that she can remember it later. The main thing that matters now is being here, and she knows it. ]