WEEK 4.

[trustwellness]

WEEK 4 Three more have died this past week. Milla Maxwell was killed for breaking a rule, Chiyuki was murdered, and you all had a hand in executing Yoshikage Kira. It seems like this isn't going to stop any time soon. How many more will join them this week? 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... Despite the Wordsmith's reaction to the last trial, it seems as though you've been rewarded once again for a job that was...well, it was done, even if he didn't explicitly say it was well-done. Another door has opened in that stairway, it seems, leading you further down into the building; once again, there are more rooms down there, more things to occupy yourselves with. Or perhaps just more means to get creative with regards to how you take initiative with your fellow Apprentices. APPRENTICES REMAINING: 23 APPRENTICES REMAINING: 22 APPRENTICES REMAINING: 20

SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY

[OOC: Welcome to week four 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

[oyashiromama]

Is that so? Like what?

[oyashiromama]

[...here's a little admission-]

Neither have I, actually. I hadn't played Solitaire until just today too.

[So we are both flying blind here.]

[oyashiromama]

[Once they're seated, that's...better, far better. Hanyuu takes a deep breath and keeps hold of his hand, staring not at him, but at the floor in front of her.]

How... How familiar are you...with alternate realities? Not like...ours, but different variations on the same core?

[oyashiromama]

Huh? O-oh, is that your...the Pokédex? This is it? You got it back?

[...set what up- Hanyuu has so many questions, her attention's torn between both boys.]

[oyashiromama]

[Hanyuu won't be long, but if Orihime's inclined to look around, even a little, she might spy something familiar on the desk!

In other words, your hairpin's sitting out there, girl.]

[deofoled]

Like where I grew up. There weren't any shadow creatures but demons died every day.

[feistytrader]

I've had it back for some time. Here.

[Check it out!



It sleeps deep on the ocean floor to build its energy. It is said to cause tornadoes as it wakes.]

Isn't she cool? Kingdra's the first Pokémon I caught.

[Not his first partner, but still.]

[plentyfriendly]

But that was just a coincidence. The weirder thing was that I knew his name before he'd told me what it was.

[That was a clue something odd was afoot, even then.]

After the two of us solved some arbitrary puzzles in the elevator, we got out through the top, which opened up into a warehouse. Soon, we'd be joined by seven other people, two of which had gotten out before we did. None of those seven were named Greek letters.

[oyashiromama]

If you can take any comfort at all, take comfort in remembering...that this place is very unlike the rest of the world. It's not...it's not your fault, everything that's happened here.

[oyashiromama]

[She can't manage a smile, but that's appreciated.]

I'll pray that you have. Kids your age... You should be able to be kids, and enjoy your youth.

[A little squeeze back. Her hand's shaking, just a little.]

[oyashiromama]

[Waste away to nothing, staring at her ceiling? no that's not a good answer-]

N-not...in particular...

[matchbreaker]

Okay, then I get to pick it! Let's go to the bar!

[ Wahahaha ]

[oyashiromama]

[...]

You are...one of the strongest people I've ever met.

[She just has to tell her that, and it's as she says this that Hanyuu walks up to her and places a hand on her arm.]

[oyashiromama]

[Much like a small rodent, Hanyuu startles easily, so it's fine.] A-aah, you could...yes, I am. A pool's a welcome addition, as I was...meditating, for Alani.

[She promised, after all.]

[trustwellness]

[And that gets neither a yes nor a no; it just keeps flowing down the wall, as it does when it has nothing to say.]

[trustwellness]

[YES.]

[oyashiromama]

A-aah...is that so...? I hadn't realized.

[#justfunthings]

[oyashiromama]

Did he bring you here?

[oyashiromama]

[Oh, what a clever device?! Hanyuu's fascinated, really, technology's so cool!]

Ohhh my...! Like a little sea horse, a- [wait-] A-a little sea horse?! How big does it say she is...?!

[she's most used to meters but she recognizes something like 5'11" being way not little]

[trustwellness]

[Once again, neither a yes nor a no.]

[feistytrader]

They're usually around six feet.

[He'll even gesture with his hands and indicate something a little taller than him.]

My buddy's a little smaller, though.

[And he'll lower his hand to somewhere around Weavile's size instead.]

[oyashiromama]

So you two were the odd ones out. How- how did you know his name, if you don't mind my asking? Did you know how you knew?

[oyashiromama]

A-aah?! Th-the bar...?!

[YOU JUST SAID YOU HAVE NO PREFERENCE HANYUU SORRY]

A-au...alright...but I'll avoid drinking anything.

[oyashiromama]

...Forgive that, Kageshirou, it wasn't clear. Did you two arrive here together?

[matchbreaker]

Why not?! I want to see you get drunk!

[ WHAHAHAA...

Arm around her shoulder. ]