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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library

[oyashiromama]

[Just as Hanyuu had been looking a few days ago...except much more intently.]

Jasper? Do you need some help?

[iaspis]

[Jasper looks up, shaking her head.]

No, I was just thinking. Isn't it strange, how both of these libraries are nearly identical?

[oyashiromama]

...Yes, we... This one is bigger, but...the contents... The first aid room, to the infirmary, that was a much bigger "upgrade," was it not?

[iaspis]

Yeah.

It's strange, isn't it? There's still nothing but fiction in this place. Maybe it's the personal taste of the Wordsmith-- that seems the most likely. But I still don't know why he'd have two libraries filled with the same sort of books.

[oyashiromama]

It could be that... Or there could be another reason for it, though what I'm nor sure. Aah, it's something I've neglected to ask him, in all my conversations. ...Maybe I should fix that, since he does seem open to speaking with me.

[iaspis]

It's probably worth asking. So long as some of us are able to get somewhere with him, at least that's something.

[oyashiromama]

[Hm...]

...Enough talk of the Wordsmith. He seems to be all we talk about lately, doesn't he?

[iaspis]

[...]

He does seem to dominate our conversations.

[.......]

I've... never asked this, but do you need to eat?

[oyashiromama]

Do I need to...? Aah, in my physical form I do, yes. ...I wasn't in it before here, for a very long time, so I suppose...it depends?

Do you?

[iaspis]

No, I don't.

I'm beginning to realize that is... unusual, even for those who aren't human. It's strange.

[oyashiromama]

It is somewhat unusual...but it could just be how different species evolved. I'm sure there are others out there that don't. Aah, the Ryuun, we didn't need to eat until we took human form, you know? So...it's not as uncommon.

[iaspis]

That... makes sense.

We can eat, if we choose to, but our physical forms don't need the nutrients that comes from food.

[oyashiromama]

...If I may ask, do you taste it? The food?

[iaspis]

Yes, it all tastes so good. But it's a little weird, the feeling of it... sitting inside of me.

But it's not unpleasant, just strange.

[oyashiromama]

Aah... If your body wasn't made for it, I'd imagine it would. What do you receive nutrients from, then? For the Ryuun, it was mostly our...aah, a kind of energy, apparently? I took a human form very early on, so I never really had to understand it.

[iaspis]

Nothing. My physical form isn't my real body, this is.

[She points to her gem nose.]

[oyashiromama]

[...Oh, wow-]

Just...just the gem? ...Oh, the name of your species, it makes more sense now...

[iaspis]

Yes. The body you see is a projection with mass.

I can't entirely choose how I look, however. I could change my hair, my clothes, but not anything major about my appearance.

[oyashiromama]

Oh...! [...You know, Hanyuu actually looks a little surprised but excited about that-] You can't do that here, can you? I'd imagine not, because- well, that's what I could do, as a spirit, sort of...except mostly about the age I presented as.

[iaspis]

I.. think I could do that? But it wouldn't be permanent. Some Gems can "stretch" themselves, or "squish" themselves, but it's taxing, and doing it for too long can lead to injury.

[oyashiromama]

Oh...! Oh, well, I only did it when I hadn't a physical body, so...that makes sense, changing your appearance causing some kind of lasting damage, if done wrong.

[iaspis]

That would make sense.

Physical bodies would make things more difficult. It's amazing to see how resilient the humans are.

[oyashiromama]

...It is, truly. Thought they lack the same strengths as other creatures, they...they keep on fighting, despite the odds. It's admirable.

[iaspis]

...I hope they're strong enough to overcome this. In some ways, they're stronger that Gems.

[oyashiromama]

And than the Ryuun. [...never mind that hanyuu's the only one of those left-] Continuing on, when they're so fragile.