WEEK 7.

[trustwellness]

WEEK 7 Oerba Dia Vanille, Phi, and Gangrel have joined the deceased, dropping your number even further. This is the second week that the death toll has risen by three, just by way of murder alone. With well over half of your number deceased, how much longer can this go on? 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... As before, it seems that door at the bottom of the stairwell has been unlocked, allowing you to descend even further into the depths of the university; perhaps the new floor holds something promising for you. Or perhaps you'll "christen" this one with another murder. Given the current pattern, that probably wouldn't be a surprise. APPRENTICES REMAINING: 12

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[OOC: Welcome to week seven 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!

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Greenhouse

[elepe]

[...the mistake is most definitely made, as Lusamine tries to come in to get her mind off of the motive--that's fine, this is fine, this is totally fine--and she sees Hanyuu looking asleep under the tree. The swords haven't come out yet--maybe she can--]

Hanyuu, don't fall asleep in here! You know it's dangerous!

[She's gonna go over and try to shake her too, assuming she's asleep--]

[oyashiromama]

[Immediately, Hanyuu opens her eyes, not in the kind of groggy motion you'd expect from someone being shaken awake. No, she looks alert from the instant she does so, alert and concerned.]

L- Lusamine, I- I'm sorry, I wasn't at all asleep, I- just thinking, I didn't realize how it would look.

[She's sitting down but she already tries to bow her head, because of course she does.]

[elepe]

[--Oh. Oh, that causes Lusamine to flinch back a bit. Okay, so she wasn't asleep. That's. Good? That's good. Okay. Breathe.]

...Please give consideration to such things next time. I don't want to see something happen to you.

[Today has been a very bad day and we don't need god dying to make it worse]

Are you...what brings you here? Were you at least enjoying yourself?

[oyashiromama]

[...Hanyuu hadn't thought... Lusamine's urgency gives her pause. She has to take a moment and assess that, and...sigh, gently.]

I...am sorry, I will next time. We don't need anything like that causing such stress. [...] I... I was trying to. It's been a trying day, I'm sure you know.

[elepe]

...You don't need to tell me twice.

[If the way Lusamine is twitching is any indication, she. She gets you, Hanyuu. To think this would have been at least fairly fine a week ago, but...

Lusamine breathes. She has to, or she's going to explode.]

Forgi... [Lusamine pauses for a moment, shaking her head.] I apologize for my harshness. But...we must use caution.

[oyashiromama]

You've every reason to, it's alright.

[Woof, everything is just. Hanyuu decides to straighten out her clothes, and stand, brushing some of her hair from her face.]

You came here to find peace as well, right? [And instead she had a scare like that.]

[elepe]

Yes. I've been so jittery since the announcement and meeting. Not even a trip to the vending machine helped...

[Lusamine shakes her head.]

Almost every place here has a hideous memory attached now. It's hard to escape it.

[oyashiromama]

...I'm still trying to hold on to them. The good memories. To...not let the bad overwrite.

[She sighs.]

To have that happen, it would mean truly falling into despair.

[elepe]

...You are stronger than I, that's a certainty.

[Lusamine shakes her head.]

I think we have already reached the point of true despair. Now, I think we are simply here out of spite and spite alone.

[oyashiromama]

If spite must keep you alive, then let it. Whatever you can do to, but...I refuse to believe despair's reached us. I spent so long in a situation I thought was hopeless, and yet...I came out the other side. This, it has to have something like that.

[elepe]

[...a hopeless situation? Lusamine...doesn't believe she's heard anything about that. Or if she has, she certainly doesn't remember.]

...Was it anything like this? [Perhaps it's rude to pry, but--] Perhaps there is some way that we can come out on top.

[oyashiromama]

Well... [Was it? Sort of...] In the sense that we were a small number of...relatively powerless people against something much bigger, and in the sense that- ...well, in a more literal sense that the same tragedies kept on happening.

[elepe]

[...wait, what.]

What do you mean? Did something terrible happen to your home?

[Maybe it's just reoccurring thievery? That seems to be what would make the most sense from wording, but...]

[oyashiromama]

[Ah... Hanyuu hesitates. Then-]

I...remembered it being resolved, finally, but...for about a hundred years, my descendant and I were repeating time to prevent her death, and on a larger scale the death of the entire village that I'm supposed to guard.

[...]

The memories have plagued me for weeks. It made it hard to believe anything good would happen, there...or here.

[elepe]

[...oh.

Well. That's. Uh, not what she was expecting? If her face is any indication she was not even close to expecting that. What the fuck is your world, Hanyuu.]

...My, those sound like impossible odds. I am quite glad that you managed such a feat.

[That's. A polite way of putting it, at least.]

[oyashiromama]

[I am so sorry about "summarize Higurashi in one comment" tbh]

Aah... Yes. Yes, they were. It made it almost unthinkable for she or I- especially for I- to have any hope. [She looks sheepish, and a little guilty.] ...But really, once her friends reawakened that hope in the both of us...in me, it was...the fighting chance we really needed.

So really...my only advice now is to believe there will be another side.

[elepe]

[never apologize, good god]

...I suppose if it worked for you, it really can work for anyone. [As absurd as the entire situation sounds.] There is much to look forward to once we reach it, isn't there?

[oyashiromama]

...There is. A world without losers...a world where no one is forced to take blame, and everyone can work to a happy end together.

[She smiles, wistfully.]

It's beautiful. I hope...all of us can see such a thing.

[elepe]

We will, Hanyuu.

[Lusamine says that with determination.]

We have far too much at stake to do otherwise. We will not cease until we create that perfect world, and...we get all of those back with us.

...tiny suicide cw

[oyashiromama]

[That determination...

It puts her a little more at ease.

If worse comes to worse, and she has to-

...

They will be alright. Without her, they will.]

Well, then I hope everyone else carries that same faith.

[elepe]

I'm certain that they do. We have not gotten this far for nothing.

[...though, now that Lusamine thinks about something.]

...Could I borrow you for a moment, actually? I got something rather unusual from the machine, and I would like some help knowing who to give it to.

[oyashiromama]

Borrow me? [Oh? She seems surprised but she nods.] Aah... Yes, of course. Whatever did you receive?

[Lead the way, Lusamine!]

[elepe]

An outfit...a rather odd thing I've never seen before? Really, I'm not sure how one would wear such a thing. It looks even more complicated than what Mr. Munechika wears...

[Lusamine leads the way to her room, skating in for a moment to pull the outfit out of her trunk. Freshly folded, she presents it to Hanyuu.]

Have you an idea of who might wear this?

[oyashiromama]

[...Oh.

Well, the moment she sees it, Hanyuu's eyes widen and she... Her hands find the fabric of the odd kimono, and she lifts up its black, most outer layer.

"Hanyuu, won't you try this one on instead?"
"Haaa...!! Riku, I will not indulge in your miko-obsession!"
"H-Hanyuu... Please, it's just for a moment! ...unless you like it-"
"There is no fault with the kimono I'm currently wearing!"
"...N-no, it does look nice too-"
"Wh-what do you mean by...?!"

Just seeing it... It brings back memories. Before she'd accepted Riku's gift, the clothes she now wears. Before... When she was first learning...

Her voice comes out tight.] It's mine. Actually. From very long ago.

[elepe]

[...oh. Oh, that's--that is not a good look, oh lord.]

Ah, Hanyuu...are you alright? You don't look so well...