Week 8.

[trustfellows]

WEEK 8 Regardless of what you think of the most recent deaths, four more people have died this week. Milla Maxwell, Angel, Susan Ashworth, and Aligula are gone now, leaving you with about a quarter of your original number. Thirty-five down to twelve - this can't keep going for much longer, can it? Is there anything you can do? 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... Unlike the previous weeks, however, it seems that either you've reached the end of the line or Jericho has decided to stop rewarding you for your effort; where there would usually be a stairwell to a new floor, you're met with nothing but solid wall. Perhaps it's distressing; perhaps it's a good sign. Only time will tell, and time isn't something you have a lot of around here. PARTICIPANTS REMAINING: 12

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[OOC: Welcome to week eight 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!]

Comments

[evilfrenzy]

[There will be a lot of sulk and breaking of things today, absolutely. But the sunglasses will be vital for getting around when necessary, so he's glad to have them back. Hopefully he didn't just break them by carelessly tossing them...

He listens carefully to Sayaka's response, because honestly he's not sure what to do with himself the way things are now, and having any point of reference to work with is helpful. Giving himself space...yeah, that does sound like the best idea. Maybe if he just rests all day...

Sayaka's parting words completely take him out of those thoughts, stunning him for a moment.

"You're not alone..."]

...Thank you, Maizono. I...will remember that.

[He lets those words trail out through the door before retreating for now. Things may seem bleak and hopeless for the time being, but...those words will linger. And it really does help.]

[heritrix]

[Rin nearly chokes on her drink, just managing to keep it from spraying everywhere.]

Y-Yeah. [Hack, cough. Oh god, how strong is this stuff? Her nose burns. Rin covers her face with one hand, looking away with a suspicious expression.] Two siblings in love with the same person is the sort of thing you'd only see in a cheap drama or a harem novel!

[Why is her voice so squeaky.]

[hesperos]

I think this time around might be different because now you know what not to do wrong.

[ Hmm, well - ]

Maybe the struggle here is not repeating those mistakes, and I guess that can be hard enough. But, you're determined to see it through, right?

[heritrix]

You can't remember them? [Rin looks surprised for a second, then sinks forward on the bar, arms outstretched.] Wait, neither can I. Most people don't...

[She was apparently talking about literal past lives, as in reincarnation.]

[notaccurate]

[For a moment Luca almost ends up doing it really condescendingly with baby-talk, but he stops himself short of doing that. No, Elda's actually a good person and a friend, she deserves better than his salty attitude.]

The easiest way to explain it is 'if you can imagine it, you can make it real'. But there are rules to making things real, and those rules make most things very difficult to do. Basic physical and chemical reactions, like starting a fire or turning water to ice, are much easier to do than things like controlling people.

And when you try to do this, there is an area around your body where you can actually do magic. Think of it as like...a boundary to the magic. It's generally a sphere shape centered around you, hence why it's called 'Sfeer Theory'.

The science part is in knowing what materials to supply and what circles to draw to get the reaction you want. Of course, those with a stronger willpower do not need to draw a circle at all, as they can 'draw' it with their mind.

[evilfrenzy]

[Ah...]

I...get that. I am not sure if returning is even an option for me anymore.

[So that probably tells Tarrlok a lot.]

Looks like we've found ourselves in some pretty deep holes.

[notaccurate]

[Luca just. Stares at the cards for a few moments.

Then he looks up at Yuri.]

You do realize you have a 'four of a kind', yes?

[evilfrenzy]

[Yesss come on in.

It'll become very apparent, very quickly that Rin's observation was more spot-on than Rideaux let her in on. He does not seem well at all. Still, he'll humor the question with a response.]

It would be helpful if you explained what a motorcycle is first.

[...Rideaux may be from a more technologically modern JRPG world but it still doesn't have cars and the like.]

[destage]

...You know, that's an absolutely excellent point! And that's absolutely unfair, considering everything the two of them do. Honestly, no wonder Alena-san said she didn't like him--he's probably a terrible boss who just sits there and eats sweets all day.

Vending Machine stuff

[matchbreaker]

[ . . . Well that's a whole lot of shit. ]

Oh, some of that's mine.

[ By the way she heard that about the gold bar. ]

[heritrix]

Mhmm. [Rin will sit then, and... She looks a little happier, actually.] I didn't learn her identity until week, so to me she's only been known as Saber. It's a long story, but after a series of events in which the contract was severed between her and her original Master, she became my Servant.

[destage]

[...Luca.

Luca, dude, you look like you've just witnessed the third-coming of jesus himself, what are you doing--]

Ah, yes, Luca-san? Is everything okay?

[evilfrenzy]

[Damn right they're of the utmost quality!!

He glances away from the camera to give Kyrie a Look while he actually has a sip of that drink.]

Please. What good would it do to cover up the camera like that? [...] You got one of them too, huh? Consider me flattered that you've held onto it all this time.

[destage]

...What? Did they just decide to fire you or something? You've got a son to support, though...!

[That is a mildly terrifying thing to think about...]

[destage]

Well, for all you know, I could just be a mind reader.

[Sayaka beams a bit, though.]

Nope! Try again, Yuri-san--you're pretty cold, as it stands! I'll go with...E8!

[notaccurate]

[He's not even answering her at first. He's just going to walk right over to where she is. And as soon as he reaches her, he's pulling her into a hug.

When he speaks, he sounds like he might even cry from how happy he is.]

Thank you.

[evilfrenzy]

--Fuck!

[The sudden expletive is the direct result of Elda startling the fuck out of him. Literally. He almost almost drops the drink and camera, but manages to prevent that little disaster after juggling them for a second. He definitely doesn't have the acuity that he had back home.

He spins around to confront her.]

Can you not?

[notaccurate]

Well...

[Look at that suspicious pause there.]

I may have...yelled at a professor.

And then made a soldier punch himself in the face.

[heritrix]

Oh, you don't have those, huh? [Well, his mood answers her question, but she acts warmly.] It's like the modern horse. Men like to drive them dramatically off into the sunset, because they think it makes them look cool.

[bloodisthicker]

...

Oh.

[look. he didn't get to be where he is now without being a little perceptive.

and without being the sort of person who can't really suppress some kind of cheshire grin when this kind of situation arises.]

I see you've got me beat in one area.

[evilfrenzy]

["Yuri, it is the afternoon." They agreed to a time and everything...! Sometimes, Rideaux really doesn't know what to do with Yuri.]

Perhaps. Aligula discovered those notes on Kimblee not very long after his execution and our discovery of "the four". I'd say that is a rather timely coincidence. There may be more to dig through now.

[And boom, at the art room! Next up is to wander into the storage room... Yuri has more (unfortunate) experience with the secret door.]

[hesperos]

Oh yeah -- they've totally ended up regretting it, though.

[destage]

[...Thank you, Yuri, she kind of appreciates that. Though to be fair, she kind of agrees with him.]

He did. He was...kind of teaching me how to make an array, so that I could try to do some alchemy for myself. It was...honestly really fun, and I've been doing everything I can to keep it up here. I've mostly been experimenting around with my own arrays, but...

He made one for me. Once we're done in here, I can show you, if you'd like--it's so pretty, and I'm absolutely stunned that he'd do something like that.

[Sayaka seems...genuinely happy, for sure, when she talks about it. That warm tone stays when she continues.]

Honestly, seeing some of the other notes, too...like Sigrun-san's, knowing that these people wanted to see us again, and being able to see them, it's...it makes it feel like we're only a little separated, and that maybe if we work hard enough, we can meet again.

[hesperos]

Oh. I swore one of 'em was a second three or something.

[ Listen... ]

Guess this means I'm the one who won instead, huh?

[ Stop rubbing it in, Yuri. ]

[notaccurate]

[FROWN FROWN FROWN]

Ask your question, then.

[It's just one loss, he'll win in the long run.]