WEEK 1.

[trustwellness]

WEEK 1 Now that you've had a chance to yell at the Wordsmith, one thing is very clear. He wasn't lying. There's no escape from this place. You can explore all you like, but there aren't any ways to leave. It seems like there isn't much to do but settle in and get to know your fellow Apprentices. You're free to go wherever you'd like for the most part, but come 10PM the doors to the kitchen and the mail room will shut and lock and nothing you can do will get them to open. While you might be tempted to sleep in, you'll find that the clock in the foyer goes off every morning at 7AM and again in the evenings at 10PM without fail. You'll be able to hear it no matter where you are; it seems it's being broadcast over the PA system. You're welcome to go back to sleep after you hear it, but surely you don't want to spend the whole day in bed? (Unless you were out exploring all last night. In which case, go back to bed, damn.) APPRENTICES REMAINING: 30

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[OOC: Welcome to week one 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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[oyashiromama]

[She realized a moment too late. This... She hasn't watched humanity for so long to miss the signs that someone's upset.

Asking or prying will do nothing. Leaving it be, nothing. Still... Still.]

Then...let's look until we find a happier one.

[She hasn't been able to influence anything for a thousand years. Maybe that can change.]

[bloodbiter]

[She's half tempted to say she's sorry or tell Hanyuu she's fine, but - that would be admitting there was a problem in the first place, and that's not true, not really.

So, she simply nods, putting forth a small smile.]

What do you typically enjoy reading about, Hanyuu?

[oyashiromama]

[She doesn't draw attention to Adelina's discomfort, and the perfect way to do so is explain her...complicated state of existence, isn't it?]

Well... When I was last living, the few things written were scrolls, and books were more of a...commodity for the courts. In the form I was in before this, I couldn't touch or interact with the physical world...so I've really only read bits and pieces over some of my villagers' shoulders.

[She says all this calmly, with smile of her own.]

I really don't know what I'd enjoying reading about. Maybe fairy tales, they sound nice.

[bloodbiter]

[It sounds awful, is the first thing she thinks, but she isn't certain if saying so would be disrespectful or rude in some way. She bites her tongue, but gives a nod.]

Fairy tales are a good place to start, I think.

[She glances around, though, realizing she has... no real idea where to find anything like that. Hello darkness her old friend.]

[oyashiromama]

[It was awful. Everything about it, about her entire existence for the last thousand years has been awful.

But no matter.]

Now, let's see... [...you know, it's probably going to be randomly checking books throughout the library until they find the right section but at least fairy tales are things you'd know at first glance.]

[bloodbiter]

[Luckily for the both of them, they stumble across the correct section soon enough, and Adelina pulls a slim volume from the shelves. Pale Ivory and the Multiple Gnomes...]

Does this look satisfactory?

[She hands it to Hanyuu.]

[oyashiromama]

[Award for best knockoff name goes to...

Hanyuu takes the book and flips through it. Adapted from an original tale by the Brothers Glumm, a girl who gets another chance at life...]

Oh, yes, this looks like it would be marvelous! [she's never going anywhere else in this library now, fairy tales are all there are for her] Nice, light, just the right thing.

[bloodbiter]

[She gives a smile in response to Hanyuu's reaction.]

I'm glad I was able to help you find something to your liking this time.

[oyashiromama]

Thank you very much- aah, but I think maybe you would like it as well, if there's another copy?

[She has it open to an early page.]

It involves a princess, after all.

[bloodbiter]

Oh! Would you like to read it together, then?

[She says, as she pulls another copy from the shelves.]

[oyashiromama]

Reading with company is much better than reading alone, right?

[(Dislikes: loneliness)]

[bloodbiter]

Yes, I would have to agree.

[She gestures to one of the tables, taking a few steps in that direction.]

[oyashiromama]

[To the tables they go, then! Fairy tale book club, let's do this thing. Hanyuu, for the most part, will read while trying not to disturb Adelina, but honestly she's just already starting to get very wrapped up in the story. Pale Ivory, immediately a likable girl in a tough situation.]

[bloodbiter]

[She reads along, tilting her head slightly as she turns through the pages. She pauses for a few moments once she's finished, looking towards Hanyuu to make sure she's completed it as well.]

What did you think?

[oyashiromama]

I enjoyed it very much! [ :D ] Pale Ivory's a charming heroine, and all the gnomes have such colorful personalities!

[Lively, Drowsy, Wheezy, Surly, Dummy, Flustered, Prof...]

[bloodbiter]

[She nods.]

I do wish she would have been able to do the queen in herself, though... What a truly abysmal ruler.

[oyashiromama]

[haaa...]

That...is true, she was not fit to do so. ...I think it was nice that the poor kindhearted girl didn't have to stain her hands, though.