Week 4.

[trustmods]

WEEK 4 Ashley Williams and Asuka Langley Shikinami have joined the ranks of the deceased. Two more deaths, two more people whose absences will be felt by the group; a bit over one-fifth of the Participants are dead. And this week, it seems everyone is feeling it. They say three times can be considered a routine, and the fourth week of the exercise isn't breaking pattern any. Saturday can be given to rest and sleep; on Sunday morning, the clock chimes the hour at seven o'clock. There are no more bodies, no more bloodstains; there's nothing else to be found this morning. Unless, of course, you count whatever you found last night, strange dreams or otherwise. Once again, there's a new floor to explore; after everything that trial decided to be yesterday, you deserve the reward. And for the second time, there are rule changes, effective immediately. You might want to take note of them. PARTICIPANTS REMAINING: 23

SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY

[OOC: Welcome to week four of Trustfell! Save your threads for coins and the coming week's activity check; don't forget to check in to this week's activity check and submit your memory regains as well!

The Letters and Switchboard posts are still active, for the sake of contacting the jerk who's keeping you here, to be used at your leisure!]

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[nankurunaisa]

“You want me to do the show?!”

“Yeah. All the previous actors are well-known.”

“A long distance relationship...being miserable in love...

W-well, I’m perfect! There’s no job that I can’t do.

...So love...what does it mean?”
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[Before the morning bells ring, Hibiki will be in the incinerator's room. She doesn't know how to use a furnace, but she's intuitive to figure it out and get it warming up. In front of it (or, if you come in after it's warm, inside of it) is a dollhouse that had been brought up once or twice during the last two days. She can also be found with a crumpled up letter in one hand, clearly waiting for it to be burned as well.

After that, she can be found waiting for the mail room to open so she can drop in a letter that I'll write later. She doesn't want to waste any time or be out longer than she has to, so she'll try to quickly get to her room once everything is over.

And then, aside from a quick trip to the kitchen and to the coop room, she'll be unavailable until night time. That's when she finally decides to explore the third floor for herself in hopes that it'll be less crowded. Upon being disappointed to find a bar and a billiards room, she'll end up spending some time in the game room looking everything over, going through cabinets and cupboards in hopes of finding anything she likes.]

game room

[announcemyvictory]

Ah, hello, Hibiki!

[Elise seems... happier, anyway, though she definitely didn't look like it earlier.]

Have you seen these game books? The ones with the dice and the character sheets. King Logan's familiar with the style of game and I wanted to see who else knew about them.

[nankurunaisa]

[Well, if her absence doesn't indicate Hibiki is unhappy, nothing well. But it's night, and she can muster a smile for Elise. It's genuine, even, albeit weak. Elise isn't a bad person.]

Heya! I haven't seen those yet...can you show 'em to me? This is my first time up here.

[Meaning, yes, she's been in her room all day.]

[announcemyvictory]

Of course! Now, which one was he looking at... I think it was this one. [Out comes a knockoff-D&D rulebook.] He said it was a game where you all create a story, led by one person crafting scenarios?

[nankurunaisa]

A game where you craft stories? I was kinda hopin' this place would have Uno!

[Because anime references Uno sometimes and Uno is more serious than a murder trial.]

How do you play it? ... ...Why's it look like a lot of reading?

[announcemyvictory]

These are the rules. I know it's a lot of thick books to read, but I'm assured it's playable regardless... I'm not sure about card games, though.

[nankurunaisa]

Eh? Are you actually plannin' on reading all of them, Elise? That's really impressive! It sounds like somethin'...

[Oh.]

...it sounds like somethin' Ashley would do.

game room

[shuttermouse]

[ Suddenly, Chie emerges from under one of the tables with her camera in her hands. She looks a little tired today; it's getting a little difficult to get a good night's sleep inside murderschool. Every week somebody turns up dead and they have to survive another trial and it's wearing at her. ]

Hiya, Hibiki-san. Find anything interesting?

[nankurunaisa]

[Why is Chie under a table!? As soon as someone calls out to her, Hibiki moves, startled, and hits her head on the top of the cabinet she'd been poking around in. She just wants a fun card game! Anything!]

Ow, ow, ow! Chie, what're you doin' under there?! That was scary!

[shuttermouse]

Sooorry! [ Chie shoots her an apologetic look. ]

I was just checking if there's anything interesting to take pictures of.

[ ...She says, as though this is a completely normal thing to do. Which it is for her, given that she likes to take pictures of rocks and grass. ]

[nankurunaisa]

In the game room?

[She sounds skeptical.]

I'm just lookin' to see if there are any fun games. I thought the place would be pretty empty by now, but you're just as surprisin' as usual.

[She's just going to rub her head...there, there...]

[shuttermouse]

Yeah, like cracks in the floor, weird stains or dust bunnies... [ Her definition of "interesting" seems to be pretty out there. ]

Wanna play chess or Go or something?

[nankurunaisa]

That makes sense! [And to her, it does.] I was thinkin' about how they're might be secret passages or somethin', you know?

[It's possible. But at the game question, Hibiki makes an exasperated expression.]

...I'm no good at either of those. You like card games any? I'm better at those.

incinerator

[perpend]

[You never know when someone might dispose of something that might be qualified as "useful" in a future investigation. That's why, ever since Undyne's trial, Cabanela has peeked into the incinerator room every once in a while. Just in case.

He doesn't seem suspicious of Hibiki at all as he approaches, looking curious.]

Trying to waaaarm up this morning?

[nankurunaisa]

[She jumps when she hears a voice behind her and whirls to face her attacker (at least, that's what she thinks at first, she's still on edge from everything ever). She only looks a little relieved when she realizes it's not someone dangerous. Or, well, it's probably not someone dangerous.]

Cabenela-san! You shouldn't sneak up on people. My heart almost stopped!

[But after a sigh of relief or something else, she turns to look at the incinerator.]

I'm not here to warm up. I'm gettin' rid of somethin' bad.

[perpend]

Sorry, soorry! You never know, with how things have been going around here.

[He examines the dollhouse for a long moment.]

So what's this, then?

[nankurunaisa]

It's...it's somethin' evil. The kinda thing when someone sees it, they lose all the good energy they have.

[It's Ashley's Dollhouse. But she can't say that.]

I'm gonna get rid of it. It's the best thing anyone could do.

[perpend]

Something evil.

[Well, that's not good. Especially for a place like this.]

I suuuppose turning it into firewood will help warm this place up a little.

[The cop doesn't mind at all!]

[nankurunaisa]

[Good. Reaffirming herself with a nod, Hibiki lifts the dollhouse and shoves it into the furnace before shutting the door. Or. However furnaces work. ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ]

You know those dolls from the trial, Cabanela-san?

[She'll let him draw the conclusion there.]

As soon as Ashley saw this thing, she...she looked so upset.

Incinerator

[charcoalfeather]

[There was always something about the incinerator that worried Rakka a little. Or, maybe that was simply a lost memory, trying to tell her about something again. So, that's why she tended to stay away from it. But as she passed on her way, she couldn't help but notice Hibiki in there, with that dollhouse sitting there.

The same one from Ashley's room. Huh.]

....Hibiki? [Rakka's soft voice reached out as she curiously stepped into the room, boots clunking against the flooring like usual. Sometimes Rakka's clothes were louder then she was.]

[nankurunaisa]

Rakka. Heya.

[Hibiki's quiet when Rakka calls out to her. A lot of things were said. The negative energy surrounding Hibiki is almost palpable, like it could repel someone from getting too close. It doesn't help that she's wearing a determined expression and standing in front of an incinerator.]

It's a bit early, isn't it? I wasn't really expectin' any company.

[charcoalfeather]

H-hi. [she rubbed at her eyes a little. That negativity... Rakka could almost feel it in the air. She had no idea what was happening, but it felt like, somehow she was drawn here. Maybe there was a reason.]

I was just on my way to the kitchen... is that the dollhouse from...

[There's only one place that house could be from.]

[nankurunaisa]

Yep. It's the one I got from the vendin' machine. It was hers.

[And it's burning pretty nicely. Hibiki's opening the door to check on it, but it's still very obviously a dollhouse.]

You should probably keep goin' to the kitchen, Rakka. Everyone's pretty upset with me...but I can't take it back yet. Not for Ashley.

[charcoalfeather]

...Oh. [Rakka's eyes flicker a bit as she watches the wavering flames.]

Hibiki...

[She's not leaving, and Rakka takes a few steps further into the room.]

[nankurunaisa]

G-geez...you're not even gonna listen to me, huh?

[Hibiki sounds annoyed, but she looks relieved that Rakka isn't actually leaving.]

I should probably burn those dolls of hers, too. She hated those just as much, y'know?