Week 3.

[trustharder]

WEEK 3 Another week has passed; two more Survivors are gone. Pearl and Caren both had someone to fight for, someone worth killing for; perhaps it's for the best to hope that somehow they've found peace despite not being able to collect on the Kingmaker's incentive. Saturday is given to regrouping and sleep; there aren't any bodies to be found on Sunday morning. That doesn't mean the night passed easily, though - it seems another piece of your personal puzzle may have fallen into place while you slept... Following that spiral staircase up to the second floor will reveal something strange; those stairs definitely lead far higher than you remember, up to a previously inaccessible third floor. Go ahead and explore as much as you like; consider it your reward for a job well done. SURVIVORS REMAINING: 23

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[OOC: Welcome to week two of Trustfell! Save your threads for coins and the coming week's activity check; don't forget to check in to this week's activity check and submit your memory regains!

The text and calling posts are still active, for the sake of contacting the jerk who's keeping you here, to be used at your leisure!]

Comments

Dining Hall

[goodforsomething]

Oh - [There's an obvious moment of surprise and wariness when Stan enters, but when he registers who it is, he relaxes some.] - oh, it's you. What're you doin' up, doc?

[Says the man who's just wandering around at night without even any tea.]

[amygdalae]

[Bruce glances up and towards Stan when the other man enters, pausing in his fiddling.]

Nothing much. Just needed to clear my head a little. [And King is sleeping in his room, so...] What about you?

[goodforsomething]

About the same. I'm used to stayin' up late - it's a hard habit to break.

[He considers Bruce for a moment.]

You walked outta there pretty quick this afternoon.

[amygdalae]

[Ah... well.

How to explain that.]

...I wasn't expecting the Kingmaker to throw something like this at us, to be entirely honest.

[goodforsomething]

Nobody was.

I wouldn't call the guy subtle, but I didn't think he'd just come right out with it like that.

[amygdalae]

It was certainly unexpected.

[Bruce had been thinking something along the lines of last week--holding something over their heads, again, but this is. Well. He really wasn't prepared for this.]

[goodforsomething]

Yeah.

Well, you'd better not die. We'd be hosed without any doctors around. [He doesn't have any specific reasons for saying so, Mr. Dislikes Self.]

[amygdalae]

Like I said before, I'll do my best.

[Ha. Haha. Ha.

Bruce never really likes lying so blatantly, but its not like its any worse than how he already is.]

[goodforsomething]

Good. You're real useful around here, gettin' those meetings together and all.

[His manner is casual enough, but he's not entirely done.]

[amygdalae]

Anybody could do that.

[Like, honestly. It's not that hard... and surely somebody else can pick it up when needed.]

[goodforsomething]

Nobody else did.

Not sure if you've noticed, but we're not real big on organization and common sense around here.

[amygdalae]

It's hard to blame any of them. People always react differently when forced into extreme situations.

[And this is... certainly one.]

[goodforsomething]

Right. Somebody's gotta keep their head!

[amygdalae]

You seem to be doing a good job of that yourself.

[goodforsomething]

Ha! Yeah, you don't want me in charge here.

[amygdalae]

Why not? I think it'd be worth a try.

[goodforsomething]

I can get us whiskey, but I dunno about gettin' outta here.

[amygdalae]

Just being able to keep morale high in general is already good enough, I would say.

[goodforsomething]

Yeeeeah, I guess it's not bad. But there's a big difference between doin' that and actually keepin' shit together.

[amygdalae]

And again: you're doing a decent job of that, or so I've seen.

[goodforsomething]

[oh my god bruce you are infuriating]

Just shut up and take a compliment, nerd.

[amygdalae]

[Sorry Stan, he can't take a compliment to save his life.]

Ah--[yeah, there's some surprise here]--thank you then, I suppose.

[goodforsomething]

You're welcome.

[was that so difficult]

[amygdalae]

[yes. yes it was.]

...I still stand by what I said earlier, though. [That they all don't really need him.]

[goodforsomething]

[Stan just shrugs.]

People need a lot less than they think they do. Doesn't mean it's easy to go without.