WEEK 6.

[trustwellness]

WEEK 6 With the deaths of Viktor Nikiforov, Varric Tethras, and Killia, you're down to half of your original number. There's only fifteen of you left. How much longer before your number drops again? 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... Of course, that doesn't mean that you've gained nothing else among the many, many losses you've faced; it seems that another floor has been made available to you for surviving another week. Congratulations and well done, even if you might not necessarily appreciate the reward. APPRENTICES REMAINING: 15

SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY

[OOC: Welcome to week six 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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TUESDAY

[trustwellness]

[wordsmithery]

[Once again, the Wordsmith's voice rings out in the early afternoon with the same familiar line:]

Gather in the foyer in ten minutes.

[And yet again, regardless of whether or not the dwindling number of Apprentices does as asked, he continues all the same.]

I have another offer for you this week, Apprentices—a very simple and straightforward one. I am willing to bend Rule Seven once and once only: any Apprentice who successfully evades accountability for their actions may not only leave the university, but leave it with one other. Should the requested Apprentice be among the dead then arrangements will be made to change that and allow them to accompany the guilty party regardless.

All of you already know what you must do to claim this, so I will spare us all the incessant repetition.

[iaspis]

[Normally this is where Jasper would shout about how the Wordsmith is wasting their time, but instead she stands in silence.

One other, huh?

Her gaze wanders towards the profiles before she turns and walks away without a word.]

[matchbreaker]

[ Leave with one other? And he can revive the dead? That... raises a few more questions, but Elda's eyes are very clouded, glancing to several people who might be in the room as she sort of taps her fingernails on each other. This one doesn't have a witty response from her, but she's curious what the others might say.

In all honesty her seriousness probably looks a little silly what with the somewhat too big on her maid outfit she has on ]

[acherontiastyx]

...

Or we could just wait until we get a shot at him, mug him for whatever he's using for this, bring back everyone but Kira and leave the Wordsmith to bleed out in a ditch somewhere.

[...sigh.]

[feistytrader]

[There's really no mistaking the first person to come to mind in this case, and there are a lot of ways that Silver wants to respond to this. Anger, lashing out, or maybe nothing at all. And it seems like he's going to be furious for a moment; he's shaking a little, his fists are clenched up tightly enough that they would hurt without the gloves, but the only thing he can manage to get out is laughter, and once it's clear that he isn't really going to stop for a while he ducks out to head back to his room.]

[elepe]

[...Oh.

Oh, this is definitely a different motive than what Lusamine was expecting to hear about. She's never been among the ones to shout the Wordsmith out, but even this time...she doesn't know what to say to this.

So. She's outta there, as soon as she possibly can.]

[tsugomori]

[ ... Mikazuki listens to the motive come and go, and for awhile, he'll be standing there, calmly sipping at his tea. For a good while, though, he also doesn't look at anyone, but he doesn't leave readily easily either.

... Despite how calm he appears though, he is displeased. ]

GIFTS...?

[trustwellness]

[You've got two letters today.

One addressed to Lusamine, and one addressed to Watanuki.]

Re: GIFTS...?

[foundfate]

[He wasn't totally waiting for this, nope not at all.

As soon as he sees the letter addressed to him, he takes it and opens it.]

[elepe]

[...okay, it's hard not to be excited when she sees that letter, dear lord

She'll take it and open it right up!]

[plegia]

[So. That sure was a motive, wasn't it. Gangrel retreats to his room for awhile before once again returning to the dojo to run through his usual sword drills and acrobatics. He's doing better this week; he's more focused and less wild. You're welcome to join him either to spar or watch; there's an extra useless sword if you want to fight him but otherwise he won't mind the company!

The new floor doesn't really hold much of interest for Gangrel, but you can actually find him in the greenhouse for awhile, just sort of strolling through and looking everything over. Plegia is mostly desert, but it's not like he's never seen anything green before. This is just so different after being trapped in here for weeks. It's kind of a nice change of pace, even though Gangrel's usually not too fond of nature.

Finally, in the evening you can find him in the chem lab, where he's got some paper and a pen and... staring at both of them like he's trying very hard to figure out what to write. Occasionally he'll glance around the lab itself, look sort of frustrated, and then return to glaring at the paper like it'll magically make words appear.]

dojo!

[feistytrader]

[Silver shows up in the dojo with Weavile and Gold's trusty cuestick today! However, it's pretty immediately obvious that there's something off with his balance, given that he holds onto the doorframe as he comes in, and while he's not quite stumbling over his feet, he usually holds himself a lot better than he is right now.]

Ready whenever you are.

[Silver might be drunk as fuck and is here to get his ass totally beat.]

dojo

[sportadork]

[he's content to watch for a little while, before his attention span gets the better of him and he finds himself fidgeting with the extra sword.

after a while, he says,] Is it hard to do?

dojo

[iaspis]

[That motive was a goddamn thing, and the less Jasper things about it, the better, as far as she's concerned. Eventually she wanders into the dojo, looking like she's had a Week already, though she still looks as oddly muted as she's been since Kimbley's death.]

Your moves are impressive as always.

[She picks up the spare useless sword, weighing it carefully.]

Interested in a match?

chem lab

[tsugomori]

[ Mikazuki will be aimlessly wandering through the halls... and honestly, going to bed early is for losers -- either way, he'll pass by the chem lab but stop when he notices the man is trying to do something in there. So, he'll enter right into the room.

He seems to have caught onto what he may be... ? ]

Gangrel? Are you... ... writing down notes on chemicals?

[ ... nailed it. ]

dojo;

[firstaid]

[Estelle has some extra energy, so maybe the dojo is a good place to go and just clear her head and keep up with working to fight with her fists.

Though she enters and sees Gangrel...

...and oh...

...this is awkward...

She could try to just... turn around and go back to her room because that's what she's going to try to do.]

investigation!

[feistytrader]

[So Silver didn't take that motive well, but after some, uh, alcoholic dragon piss from the vending machine, he's taking it a little better than he could.

He'll still spend a good amount of time in his room because he is perfectly content just sitting in there with all the Pokémon, but he'll venture out eventually to try really damn hard to make those pancakes Viktor makes in the kitchen, and when he fails sufficiently hard he'll just decide that lunch today is ice cream instead, because who gives a damn.

Later in the evening, once he's had a nap in his room and has sufficiently sobered up, he'll be hanging out in the greenhouse, because this place is tranquil and full of plants and fruit, and he's fond enough of it that it's becoming a second damn home. After snacking on a few fruits and relaxing for long enough, he decides that investigating in here might be a good idea, and starts looking around.]

Kitchen

[foundfate]

[Watanuki may have been avoiding Silver for a bit, because he had been trying to think of the best way to address any uncomfortable subject with him. Eventually he does go looking for Silver, though, and his face looks serious as he approaches him in the kitchen.]

I need to talk to you. Without the pokemon around.

Greenhouse

[plentyfriendly]

[It's not that Phi doesn't see the appeal of the greenhouse - much like Rhizome 9's botanical garden, it's good to have something approximating an outdoor environment after all these weeks of indoors.]

Hey there.

Greenhouse

[matchbreaker]

[ So she was mostly down to check the chapel... but then she goes into the greenhouse. She doesn't know what to make of this room. But she comes in anyway, mostly because she saw a glimpse of Silver's one bird.

... Okay.

Also Elda is in a fucking maid outfit which is too big on her for some reason.

So the brat is here... ]

kitchen

[acherontiastyx]

[...

how the hell did he never think of ice cream for lunch]

Holy crap. You're a genius.

kitchen

[sportadork]

[he looks on with mild concern. part of him wants to try for convincing him to not eat the ice cream at all, or at least not so much? but, well. it's been a time.

so instead he just. silently slides over a banana.]

INVESTIGATION

[oyashiromama]

[That incentive's...worrying, but sitting and dwelling on it won't do any good. That's what Hanyuu's memories have taught her. Instead, she's going to go about her day. An early stop to the vending machine gets her some interesting items!

...So a few outfits (some she can place, others she can't), some weapons, some alcohol, and two cardboard cutouts of Viktor. Those who find her when she receives such things will see a rather shocked Hanyuu but it shifts to...confusion? General annoyance? ...A hint of a blush? Viktor, your hot bod haunts her, even after your death.

Unlike usual, however, one of those unique items she has a good idea of who it belongs to, mostly from the handwriting and a general knowledge of the person in question- so she goes and searches out Orihime with a notebook in hand. She'll look everywhere she can.

After all that, her destination is the chapel. She's only seen it completely destroyed before, thanks Elda, so now... Well, it's time to start looking around. Under the pews, near the raised area in the front, wherever.

...And in the evening, she's in the kitchen, making mochi. Killia left her a recipe after all, right?]

TUESDAY MEETING TIME

[foundfate]

Let's meet in the conference room at 6pm today.

-Kimihiro Watanuki

[Sort, sweet, and to the point. Watanuki isn't as eloquent as the others, so he's not even going to try prettying up the notes he slides under everyone's doors.

Funnily enough, when people do file in and get settled for the meeting, Watanuki suddenly has trouble finding his voice. But after a moment he clears his throat and starts talking.]

So. Um.

Anyone find anything important this week?