WEEK 4.

[trustwellness]

WEEK 4 Three more have died this past week. Milla Maxwell was killed for breaking a rule, Chiyuki was murdered, and you all had a hand in executing Yoshikage Kira. It seems like this isn't going to stop any time soon. How many more will join them this week? 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... Despite the Wordsmith's reaction to the last trial, it seems as though you've been rewarded once again for a job that was...well, it was done, even if he didn't explicitly say it was well-done. Another door has opened in that stairway, it seems, leading you further down into the building; once again, there are more rooms down there, more things to occupy yourselves with. Or perhaps just more means to get creative with regards to how you take initiative with your fellow Apprentices. APPRENTICES REMAINING: 23 APPRENTICES REMAINING: 22 APPRENTICES REMAINING: 20

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[OOC: Welcome to week four 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 29

[acherontiastyx]

[...oh, okay, yeah, it's open, let's just see if...

Yeah. Okay. Across the hall neighbor isn't dead yet. Good.]

...Hey. Whatcha reading.

[firstaid]

[Nope, not dead! She's still very much alive and kicking. Good thing he calls out to her because she was super into her book.]

It's called 'Elegance and the Monster'. It's a rather intriguing story, though I'm also rather sure the heroine is suffering from Stockholm Syndrome.

[acherontiastyx]

...Oh, is that, like, the story where there's some kind of Pokemon person living in a castle or something? And all of his servants got turned into object-ish Pokemon because he didn't totally kiss some enchantress's feet when he was like, eleven?

[firstaid]

Yes, that one! Because he refused to give the enchantress refuge and begged for forgiveness once she found out she was beautiful, she had cursed him. She wanted him to see that beauty is on the inside and that he had judged someone by her appearance despite a plea for help.

[Though that part was a lie and she was testing him, but details.]

The heroine, Bella, instead falls in love with the monster, seeing that he is truly kind and not judging based on his appearance.

[acherontiastyx]

Right, right. I don't know, though. I think the version I saw was more open to interpretation, because I always thought it had more to do with... you know, the kid finding out he ticked off a witch or something and her getting all preachy and hamhanded about the whole thing. I mean, you can't really blame a kid for not wanting to let strangers in if he's a prince or something. How's he know she's not an assassin, huh?

But yeah. Man. Have you heard this one before? I have some deep feelings about the ending of the cartoon version, but like. I don't wanna spoil it.

[firstaid]

I've read something similar to this back home, but even I'm not sure if it will end the same way. Until I read until the end, that's when I'll know.

[So he could spoil her but she wouldn't know until she read the ending for herself.]

[acherontiastyx]

...yeah, you're probably right. I dunno, maybe he put in a super grim version where everyone dies. That seems like his style.

...

So anyway. Like. I was really disappointed with how they did the ending, because when the Beast turns back into a human his design is this really bad bargain bin romance novel lead instead of anything cool. So you end up just kind of wanting the big furry guy back. I mean, doesn't that kind of go against the intended message of the story, anyway?

[firstaid]

I think that's a wonderful ending if that were the case. Yes, she loved him for who he is, and now that he realized he could love in return, his heart and now his appearance match. It's symbolic of how he's purified his heart and found love!

[Clearly they could have a discussion on this.]

[acherontiastyx]

Why does his appearance have to match his inner soul or whatever, though? I mean, the point is that he's good on the inside and that's what really matters, so it shouldn't matter if he stays a big furry monster guy.

I mean, that and "beauty" is subjective as heck. Like, what if our heroine's really into big, hairy dudes and she's kinda disappointed he turns into a prettyboy?

[firstaid]

As I've mentioned, it's likely symbolic more than anything. That, and it makes for a happy ending, I believe.

[Even if she could have been happy with him as a monster, but then everyone else can accept him too, so many things she could say...!]

[acherontiastyx]

Yeah, but what's someone who isn't a Pokestar Studios good lookin' prince supposed to think when they watch it? That's how you get body image problems.

See, this is why I always liked the one about the street-smart stray Houndour and the pampered rich girl Growlithe a lot more. Nobody really has to change who they are for things to turn out right, but there's still a divide that messes with how they see each other from the start.

[firstaid]

I don't believe that was the intention of the story.

[Though she does get the 'body image problems' part.]

Though that story sounds like The Noble and the Dude. It's the story about two dogs who meet and fall in love, right? And I believe there was a scene with pasta involved.

[acherontiastyx]

What the heck, really? I'm kinda surprised your world still has something like that, right down to the bit where they're eating spaghetti and they accidentally smooch.

...

I mean, unless they just got pasta all over the place.

[firstaid]

Well, it did lead to an unintentional kiss. I suppose that is a commonality.

[acherontiastyx]

Yeah. It's still weird, though. Did the guy making the pasta have an accordion?

[firstaid]

[She shakes her head.]

Nothing like that. He just made the pasta for the dogs. Nothing else was written about him.

[acherontiastyx]

Huh.

...

I bet he had an accordion. He had to have.

[firstaid]

Why is the accordion so important?

[She is a little confused here.]

[acherontiastyx]

Because how else is he going to sing to the dogs while they eat? I mean, I guess he could have a different instrument, but I don't know. The accordion seems pretty iconic.

[firstaid]

In the book he doesn't sing to them at all. As I mentioned, he just gives them pasta and leaves them be.

[acherontiastyx]

...Well that's got a lot less whimsy, although man, do songs in books ever feel weird. So I guess it makes more sense to be in a kids movie than a book.

[firstaid]

I suppose it would. A play would be a place to have songs. Sometimes they have purpose in books, but usually it's for plot or a character trait. Not just to 'enhance a scene'. It wouldn't make sense.

[acherontiastyx]

I don't know, I tried to read this one book series a while ago where people would just burst into song and it had an actual point maybe once.

[firstaid]

Well, if they felt compelled to sing for any particular plot reason, I suppose that would make sense. However, without hearing it, it would be difficult to convey music.

[acherontiastyx]

Yeah, no, they just sang all the freaking time. I think the guy just liked writing poetry but wanted to write a novel, too.