WEEK 3.

[trustwellness]

WEEK 3 As the second week draws to a close, two more have joined the deceased. Christo and Alani are dead, leaving twenty-six of you remaining. It may not seem like very many have died, but their absence will certainly be felt. 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... Just like last week, a door in the stairwell has opened, leading you down further into the building; there are more rooms open to you down there - possibly even one that you'll find personally interesting. Go ahead and explore all you like; after all, you did well at completing your lessons this past week. APPRENTICES REMAINING: 26 APPRENTICES REMAINING: 25

SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY

[OOC: Welcome to week three 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!]

Comments

[officerhops]

If I can eat all the vegetables mom and dad have cooked up on the farm, then I'm sure soybeans are probably alright.

[Judy says this as she hops over to the fridge, pulling it open with a little difficulty so she can start grabbing the ingredients as Watanuki names them. Fresh veggies, mostly.]

[foundfate]

[Seaweed is one of those ingredients too, by the way. It's basically going to be miso with some added veggies, for the sake of filling her belly.]

[officerhops]

[Tossing all the new flavors at her today, huh Watanuki?]

So...have you been doing alright this week, Kimihiro?

[foundfate]

Well it's still pretty early in the week, isn't it? It's hard to say so early.

[He's not really okay, but burying himself in work helps.]

[officerhops]

Yeah...yeah, you've got a point. I guess "as well as you can, considering" is about as good of an answer as anyone will be able to give right now.

[She sighs, pulling out some celery from the back of one of the fridge drawers.]

[foundfate]

[Watanuki makes an affirmative noise at that. Then, a moment later, he asks Judy a question.]

Have you been remembering things in order? Or are there gaps?

[officerhops]

Uh...

[Good question.]

There have to be gaps. Things aren't adding up as I remember them now.

[foundfate]

Yeah, that's what I was thinking too. There's too many gaps for it to be going in order.

[This was actually bothering him, to be honest.]

[officerhops]

Memory loss doesn't really work like that either, does it?

[You don't usually just...remember such clear pieces of things like that, especially not in such an erratic fashion.]

[foundfate]

[SHRUG]

It's magic. I live around the stuff and I don't even understand it fully.

[officerhops]

Right...you talk about animal spirits and stuff, right? Is that magic too?

[Forgive her, she is ignorant but also curious.]

[foundfate]

[He nods.]

It's different kinds of magic, but it's still magic in general.

[officerhops]

Must be a pretty big change, being here compared to what you're used to.

[foundfate]

In some ways it's the same, in other ways it's different. It's just enough like home that sometimes I almost forget that we're stuck here, up until something happens to remind me of just how screwed we all are.

[officerhops]

[Oh...oh.]

It...can't really be all that hopeless, Kimihiro. I mean sure, things are pretty bad right now...but there's no way this can go on forever.

[foundfate]

It's not hopeless, just-

[He sighs and runs a hand through his hair.]

That shadow worries me.

[officerhops]

Oh...yeah. Me too.

What do you think it is? Have you ever seen anything like it?

[foundfate]

Not exactly the same, but I've seen things like it.

They...okay, I'm not saying this to scare you, but to give you an idea of how serious this is. I think it's eating people.

[officerhops]

[Ah.]

Eating them...

[She breathes out those words, like she's not sure she can believe it. She wouldn't if she hadn't seen it for herself already.]

That's horrible.

[foundfate]

Yeah, it is.

Which is why we need to be extra-careful and make sure nobody dies. With spirits like this, there's usually a ritual, or a pattern, or something like that. If it could just eat us anytime, it would have already. Killing someone, or breaking a rule, that must be a necessary part of it.

[officerhops]

[...]

The Wordsmith is probably controlling it. Like...it's his pet, or something.

[foundfate]

Probably, yeah. If that's not the Wordsmith himself.

[officerhops]

[UM]

...come again?

[foundfate]

Well, we've never seen him, right? Who's to say he's not a huge shadow that can talk.

[officerhops]

I guess you do have a point. I feel like that would make things a bit harder to work around here, though.