Week 9.

[trustharder]

WEEK 9 For the first time since your stay in the Vault began, no one died this week. That doesn't mean there weren't casualties among you, however – namely, trust, interpersonal relationships, and comfort in the group dynamic as a whole. Hopefully no one else pays the price for it. Saturday is given to regrouping and sleep; there aren't any bodies to be found on Sunday morning. You're safe for now – unless your dreams have told you otherwise... SURVIVORS REMAINING: 10

SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY
[OOC: Welcome to week nine of Trustfell! Save your threads for coins; don't forget to submit your memory regains! There is no activity check this week!

THE FINAL INVESTIGATION BEGINS ON THURSDAY!
THIS IS THE LAST WEEK TO REDEEM COINS!
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

[penduli]

[ ...that's really cool, though Black's looking more than a little nervous. The ghosts...

He sort of hopes they're not around. ]

That's neat. Will they send messages back if they hear ours?

[pokexplorer]

[Beheeyem gives a little bow in response to the compliments. Way to stroke his ego, you guys.

Colress just smiles at it though. Beheeyem already knows how incredibly grateful his Trainer is for his services.]

Based on my previous successful interaction, yes. Beheeyem will relay anything they say to us via telepathy.

[captainobnoxious]

[Sigrun'll pat Black's head gently.]

Not... like, to our minds, right? Because I don't know how I'll feel about that. It sounds weird.

[pokexplorer]

Oh, most definitely to our minds. That is how telepathy works!

[It's all said with a good deal of confidence. Colress has done this before, it's not a concern at all.]

I promise that it is not as invasive as it may seem. It feels like plain conversation, only without needing to speak. You will only hear what they want to say, and they will only hear what you want to say.

[captainobnoxious]

So I'll actually get to hear their voices again?

[Please confirm. Please confirm!!!!]

[pokexplorer]

Ahh... That is hard to say. When I last did this with Beheeyem, the voices relayed to me were rather vague. But I could make out who some of them were because of what they said.

[There's a small smile at this.]

Let's just say that Zagi is just as unsubtle as he was when he was alive.

[captainobnoxious]

[She hasn't heard Zagi in so long... Gosh. There's a lot of people she hasn't heard in a while now (and one she won't hear no matter how much she wants) and it makes Sigrun bounce on her heels.]

Okay. Okay! Oooh, I'm kind of nervous, that's nice.

[pokexplorer]

You have no need to be nervous. Though I will say that it is rather disorienting at first.

Ah, but enough speaking about it. How about we experience it?

[He turns to Beheeyem and gives him a nod.]

Are you ready, Miss Sigrun? Black?

[penduli]

[ ...this doesn't sound like it's going to be an awesome time at all. ]

Yeah.

[captainobnoxious]

[SHE LOOKS SO READY.

ARE YOU READY MR. BLACK.]

[pokexplorer]

[With the go-ahead, Colress once again turns to Beheeyem.]

All right, Beheeyem. You know what to do. Tell us if there are any spirits nearby.

[Beheeyem nods, and holds his hands out into the air. The lights on his orb fingers glow in patterns. They start out rapid and hectic, but slowly grow more methodical.

...

As much as he hates to be the bearer of disappointing news, all he can do is lower his hands and shake his head to the once-excited and expectant ghost whisperers.

Well, maybe this is good for Black at least.]

Hmm...

[Colress frowns. He too feels a bit bad, since he kind of hyped it up and now it doesn't seem to have turned out.]

Unfortunately, it seems as though Beheeyem still can't pick up their presence. I wonder why that is, if Glory was able to get in contact with them...

[penduli]

[ He's relieved—and disappointed, and worried. Glory had gotten in contact with them, but... ]

Maybe they're blocked somehow? Like how there's ways to block signals. Maybe it's something like that.

[captainobnoxious]

[Sigrun can't hide her disappointment.]

I... Can that happen? Is it that bastard's doing, do you think?

[pokexplorer]

That is entirely possible. Sometimes, a Ghost-type Pokemon can conceal their presence even from Psychic-types, so this could be something similar to that.

[He crosses his arms, thinking about it.]

Unless he has now managed to tamper with Beheeyem's abilities...but I would rather prefer not to think about how he could have done that with him under my care this entire time.

[penduli]

[ ...mmm. ]

Maybe it'd be dangerous for us to contact them right now? [ He can't think of any other reason that they wouldn't be around to try and talk. ]

[captainobnoxious]

[...]

Maybe. I guess we'll just have to ask Glory to talk them to us. I love that ghost, really, but I don't want them to be our only way of communication. So we'll have to keep trying too.

[pokexplorer]

Indeed. As much as I appreciate Glory's contributions, I would like to speak with the others on their own as well.

[Glory definitely seems like a friendly ghost, but there are still so many mysteries surrounding them.

Maybe he's just a little high on alert now. This didn't help at all.]

But it is as Black suggested- it is entirely possible that speaking to them like this is too dangerous as well. We still do not know the entirety of what is going on on that side.

[They still have Ambitious and the Kingmaker to worry about, for starters.]

[captainobnoxious]

[Siiiigh. She's so disappointed. God, she really shouldn't have been working on her project stuff. She should've joined them all in the chapel.]

I feel like I've missed out on such a fun experience. I'm never gonna get to say hi to them. Or apologize. I mean, I've been told they're not mad at me, but that was weeks ago. Could've changed by then. And I wanna make sure they're all okay too! For myself!

[A leader worries no matter if she's an official leader or not. Or if the people in question are alive or dead.]

Thanks anyway, rat tail.

[penduli]

[ There there, Sigrun— ]

Rat tail, Miss Sigrun? You don't have a more flattering nickname for Mr. Colress?

[captainobnoxious]

His hair looks just like one now.

[is she wrong, black]

I mean, on the side of his head, but still.

[penduli]

[ ...no??? ]

No it doesn't.

[pokexplorer]

[Colress is kinda giving an apologetic speech as this all goes down...]

I am sorry, Miss Sigrun. In hindsight, perhaps I should have invited you to the chemistry lab the night that Beheeyem and I were successful. I figured it would be for the best to keep the discussion of it to a minimum, however...

[...

He doesn't look totally embarrassed right now or anything.]

Please do not remind me of the state of my hair. It is bad enough that I have to see it for myself in the mirror every morning...

[captainobnoxious]

[...]

You're forgiven for both not inviting me and for your poor hair choices. I'm kind and gracious like that.

[pokexplorer]

[He appreciates the forgiveness, but-]

I didn't choose for it to be flat like this!

[He'll glance at Black now.]

Thank you for defending me though, Black.

[penduli]

I know what a rat tail looks like, and that's not it. It's more like... an inflatable pool toy that's lost air, I guess?

[ #nailed it ]

But you're welcome.