WEEK 2.

[trustwellness]

WEEK 2 Adelina and Kyrie Ushiromiya are dead. Regardless of how you felt about them and whether or not you mourned their passing, life goes on. It seems the Wordsmith intends to make good on the rules he's left for you all. Saturday is given to regrouping and rest; on Sunday morning the clock chimes as it always has, but at least there are no bodies to find today. It seems you're safe for now. The night before wasn't necessarily a peaceful one, however; you'll probably feel a bit groggy when you wake up, and it seems you've regained something that you didn't realize you'd lost... Either way, it seems there's nothing to do but move on - or, perhaps, move down. Another door in that holding area near the elevator seems to have opened up, leading into a corridor and a stairwell that seems to lead you somewhere beneath the dormitories, and eventually onto a new floor altogether. Go ahead and explore all you like; after all, you did well at completing your lessons this past week. APPRENTICES REMAINING: 28

SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY

[OOC: Welcome to week two 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 Wordsmith, you can do so through letters or the switchboard!]

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room 21

[oyashiromama]

[It sure sounds like Watanuki's up to something. There's no reason for Hanyuu not to check on him, so she knocks on his door. He'll probably hear her footsteps either way, they tend to be rather loud.]

Watanuki? Oh... Ohh, goodness.

[He's not great at woodwork huh.]

[foundfate]

[Nope. Not at all.]

Hanyuu! I just-

[And there goes one of the parts, falling off.]

...er...It's...it's a work in progress!

[oyashiromama]

[Her lips quirk to a smile.]

Are you...making something to dry your kimono with?

[foundfate]

Ah, yeah, that's what it's for.

[He looks back to his pile of...stuff.]

If I can actually make it, that is.

[oyashiromama]

I haven't seen one of these in years- ah, well, I still haven't, it seems.

[She teases.]

But maybe you need an extra pair of hands?

[foundfate]

[WOW RUDE but Hanyuu passes the friend-level check where she gets to tease him without him yelling at her, so. He just laughs sheepishly.]

I know, it looks terrible, doesn't it? I may be good with my hands in a lot of ways, but not at building stuff, clearly.

A little help wouldn't be too bad, I think.

[oyashiromama]

I can't say I'm all that good either, you know? [As she comes over to...oh, what can she hold to make this easier, if she steadies the main rack?] I've never had the opportunity to do so. I may be just as bad.

[foundfate]

Well, at least it's something we're both bad at, so nobody can make fun of the other person for it.

[Not that he would make fun of Hanyuu anyway, regardless of her skill level at something.]

[oyashiromama]

[He is too kind to tease, what a good boy.]

Not at all. ...Aah, it has been long since I've seen something like this... Are you an old-fashioned kind of person?

[foundfate]

Ah, well...

[He looks a little embarrassed.]

Honestly, not really. I only dress traditionally at festivals and when I'm at work. I don't even know how I ended up here in a kimono anyway, I should have been at school. And I don't even own a kimono like this.

[oyashiromama]

[Oh... She frowns, very lightly.]

Not in clothes you should have been...? Could it be part of our memory problems?

[foundfate]

Maybe.

...I really hope I'm not missing 100 years worth of memories, though.

[oyashiromama]

...Ah. [That...she hasn't been thinking of. She doesn't want to think of. She has everything she could possibly ever want, she got it, so why does she have to think about...]

Nor...do I, really, but... It's clear we're missing some.

[foundfate]

[He nods.]

Honestly, I'm missing some pretty big chunks of memories from a lot of my life. I wish they would just hurry up and come back.

[oyashiromama]

A lot of it? You mean...from earlier on, as well?

[foundfate]

Yeah. Somehow, I don't remember anything from before my parents died. That was when I was 8. And there's big gaps in-between then and now too.

[Thinking about it, he frowns now.]

Honestly, the only amount of time where my memories are fully clear with no gaps are the weeks we've spent here.

[He looks up to Hanyuu curiously. He's not the only one, right?]

Isn't that the same for you too?

[oyashiromama]

[That's... She somberly shakes her head.] There are parts of my life that are a little fuzzy, but I'm sure that's...because I've been around for so long.

No other bits of lost time, not from when I was younger. ...aah, younger from my current perspective.

[foundfate]

[Well that right there, that gets him to frown.]

Maybe I'm getting my memories out of order?

[oyashiromama]

That could...perhaps be it. [She doesn't sound totally sure though.] Your early memory loss troubles me, though. And your other gaps.

[foundfate]

Why? We know who's taking our memories.

[oyashiromama]

Well, yes, but... No one I've talked to has shared anything missing about their past, just their presumed future. No one except you.

[foundfate]

[Okay, that. That gets a worried look from Watanuki. And will make the motive in week 3 that much worse for him.]

So...I'm the only one, then.

[oyashiromama]

[She just made things worse...didn't she?]

W-well- it might not be the kind of thing everyone speaks of! Like you, they could aah, assume otherwise, and... [...] I'm sorry. I didn't mean to...worry you so.

[foundfate]

[A LITTLE but he's not going to let her know that.]

It's alright, it's better to know about it than to be left in the dark.

[oyashiromama]

[She's an unfortunate pro at making it worse...]

If you're sure... If, aah...if you need any help with it, sorting anything out, then I'll be right here, alright?

[She reaches over and touches his arm as a show of comfort.]