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

[feistytrader]

[Oh, hey, someone left their door open.]

Don't you think it's a little dangerous to...

[Leave your... uh...]

What's that supposed to be?

[foundfate]

[Don't tell him what to do, he can live dangerously if he wants!!1]

It's an effigy. I'm going to burn it to cast a curse on someone.

[His voice is very flat as he speaks. No, he's not serious about it.]

[feistytrader]

[Oh. That makes perfect sense.]

Who's the unlucky curse victim?

[foundfate]

Guzma.

[In hindsight he should have said 'Gold' to see what Silver did, but oh well.]

[feistytrader]

[...Guzma? Huh.]

What kind of curse, anyway? Are you cursing him to forever having slightly burnt meals, or what?

[Watanuki seems exactly that petty, if you ask him.]

[foundfate]

...you know I was thinking to have him always be slightly too warm regardless of what he wore, but your suggestion sounds better.

[He absolutely is that petty.]

[feistytrader]

...If I make one of these things, can you curse Gold to be a little chilly anytime he's too much of a jerk?

[Not a jerk in general, because Gold would never do anything without five layers of blankets.]

[foundfate]

That might be harder to do. Usually curses are an all-or-nothing kind of thing.

[feistytrader]

[...He stops to think it over for maybe five seconds, and then-]

In that case, I pick all.

[foundfate]

[Watanuki nods in agreement.]

With those two curses, I think most of the bad behavior in this place would be curbed. They would be too uncomfortable to cause any trouble.

[feistytrader]

[Yeah, but then things would get kind of... Uh...]

Please don't put a curse on me too.

[foundfate]

I dunno, a 'socks are always wet' curse might be a good idea for you.

[feistytrader]

I'd like to bargain for the slightly burnt food.

[foundfate]

And leave Guzma with the wet socks? How cruel of you.

[Did he laugh? He might have just laughed. Which is actually a rarity for Watanuki here, he's been so serious and uptight with about 90% of the people here.]

[feistytrader]

[...Holy shit, the uptight guy can laugh?

Silver doesn't really know how to respond for a moment, but his expression eventually relaxes; it's gentler than usual, even if he isn't necessarily smiling.]

It's not gonna kill you to lighten up every now and then, you know.

[foundfate]

[The laughter is gone, but a smile is tugging at the edge of Watanuki's lips.]

I do lighten up, you know. It's just always around people who actually want to laugh with me, instead of at me.

[feistytrader]

[...He'd argue that part of lightening up is getting made fun of, but at the same time...]

Like blowing out a bunch of candles and taking your ghost story too lightly.

[He doesn't have much room to talk at the moment.]

...Sorry about that. I got carried away.

[foundfate]

[Silver is the one person who isn't going to get an 'I told you so' about that, because he actually sounds remorseful about it.

Which is actually weird for Watanuki to hear, he's not used to getting honest apologies. It makes him shift uncomfortably in place.]

It's- I understand, in big groups like that it's easy to get carried away.

[feistytrader]

Maybe, but I'm the one who started it.

[Sure, he was egged on, but that doesn't mean that he didn't cause the problem in the first place. He considers adding on more, trying to explain himself, but he shakes his head- he's made his point, and from the sound of it, it's water under the bridge.]

...How much of that story was true, anyway?

[Judging by Watanuki's reaction, he has a hard time believing it was completely made up.]

[foundfate]

[For a moment, Watanuki stops to consider this. If he were back home, talking to someone from school he knew about as well as he knew Silver, he probably would be lying about that question. But back home it was more likely that ghost-related things would cause problems for him. Here, almost everyone was a ghost, or a demon, or knew about ghosts and demons. So maybe it's safe?

The hesitation there is Watanuki considering how safe it is. Even if he wants to make friends, he's still Independent. Gotta look out for number 1 first.

But eventually, he does respond.]

The real ending is different: the guy who was grabbed by the spirits, he didn't disappear forever. One of his friends used his exorcism abilities to quiet the spirits, which let the others drag the guy back from where he had been snatched away to.

[Take that as you will, Silver.]

[feistytrader]

[...Which leaves the real question: is Watanuki the exorcist or the poor sap that got dragged into some freaky spirit world?]

I think I like the happy ending better.

[It's not exactly a prime pick for ghost story night, but who cares?]

[foundfate]

[Look into your heart, Silver: you already know the answer to that question.]

I agree, ghost stories with happy endings are much better in general. All the creepy and scary stuff? Not fun at all. At least if there's a happy ending, then everything turns out alright. Or mostly alright.

[feistytrader]

The scary stories are alright, but I'm not sure how accurate they are. Most of the ghosts at home get a bad rep, but just like causing some mischief.

[...And since I neglected to mention Weavile is here for this entire damn thread, now is the moment that he's going to pop up from behind Silver and look proud of himself. No ghosts would ever get near him anyway! They're too scared.]

[foundfate]

[That sure is a pokemon there. Watanuki jumps a little when Weavile pops up, but doesn't go full-on ranting about it. He just looks startled for a moment.]

Ghosts like this guy here? Or are you not a ghost?

[Yes, that last part is said right to Weavile. Nonhumans have a habit of being able to talk in his world, so.]

[feistytrader]

[Weavile quickly shakes his head; Silver opens his mouth to explain, then realizes he doesn't have to, because he has his Pokédex now. He flips through the touch screen for a moment, and then shows it to Watanuki.



It loves to bite and yank people's hair from behind without warning, just to see their shocked reactions.]

Here. This one's a ghost.