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

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[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

[sportadork]

[!!!] Well, if you're feeling up to it. I wouldn't want to pressure you!

[alchemicals]

[He just kind of...sighs a bit, though it's in that exaggerated way that implies he's not really put-out and is entirely willing to humor the guy for now; he walks into the room a bit to give himself a bit of space, and then gives himself a few steps' lead-in before planting his left hand down and just sort of having at.

It's obviously not something he usually does for the sake of it - he doesn't come out of it standing, he lands crouched in a defensive position on the floor and he's got his hands slightly raised and tense at his sides like he's prepared to pull a weapon of some sort - but at the same time, it is one-handed and not...entirely terrible, either.

(It's. Rather fortunately one-handed, because it looks as though one of his hands has been bandaged-up by Mercy now that it's actually visible, but he seems none the worse for wear and he's quick to shove his hands back in his pockets once he's standing up.)

...He kind of stumbles forward upon standing because he's still the least coordinated person in the building when he's not doing shit like whatever he just did, but we can't have everything.]

...Like I said. Not as good as I used to be, but not completely useless.

[sportadork]

[he watches the proceedings with wide eyes-- cocking his head a bit at the bandages-- and, at the end, claps v politely.]

That was great! [he was kinda just expecting him to completely eat shit so. expectations surpassed entirely.] You must have been really great before!

[alchemicals]

[thankfully, he did not completely eat shit, that would have been moderately humiliating.]

I had a lot of energy when I was a teenager, I tended to get it out by way of stupid amounts of physical activity.

[sportadork]

[nods knowingly] I was the same way, when I was younger! I just never actually stopped.

[alchemicals]

If it works for you, then more power to you. Personally, I kind of had to stop for a while - not too much choice in the matter.

[...Prison does that.]

[sportadork]

[hm, that doesn't sound like a good direction to take the conversation, either... he's thinking. it's a little obvious when he does; he strokes his mustaches.]

You could always start up again, here! If you'd like to. We have such nice spaces to do things, now, after all.

[alchemicals]

[Take all the time you need, man.]

...I wouldn't mind that, maybe. It'd be something to do, anyway.

[sportadork]

It's a good way to pass the time, right? A good way to work out how you're feeling!

[he glances, somewhat pointedly, towards the pocketed hand.]

And maybe just a little bit safer than other ways.

[alchemicals]

...It was a wall, before anybody asks. I had a rough night.

[Dreams sucked last night, Sport, you've got no idea.]

[sportadork]

[nods slowly] Bad dreams.

[he really, really has no idea. and he knows.]

I know you know healthier ways of dealing with this than that. And I know you'll use them instead, the next time. [he speaks with a great deal of care. trying his best to not come off as condescending as he tries making a move.] I just... Talking is one of those ways. It can help, even if it's only a little bit.

[alchemicals]

[Oh...]

I don't talk to a lot of people around here - they don't seem like the sort that would get it, you know? Some of them do, though.

[...Ah, right, about that - ]

I should probably apologize or something, for getting all snappish at you during the trial. Jasper kind of... Well, she didn't let me have it or anything, but she kind of proved your point afterwards. About people getting upset if I die or whatever.

[sportadork]

[OH WHEW. man. who expected jasper to be doing the heavy emotional labor here. carrying feelings in her big strong arms.]

You don't have to. It was... not a good time, I think. Everything started happening so fast, and the way you were talking... [scared him. a little.] I'm glad Jasper got through.

[a pause] I know I am definitely not someone who "gets it"-- I don't really get most things here to begin with... But, I hope you will still talk with me. I like talking with you.

[alchemicals]

...If you want answers about all of that, I don't mind talking about anything that was said back then. It's not going to piss me off or offend me or anything.

But I...

[He kind of hesitates for a moment; this is awkward, especially after Kira's...that.]

...Yeah. I like talking with you too.

[#NailedIt]

[sportadork]

[he beams at that.]

I don't need any answers... But, if you want to talk about something, I am here to listen. I have been told I'm pretty good at it.

[alchemicals]

...Yeah. Yeah, I don't see why not, I guess.

[Which is better than nothing, really; at least he doesn't seem all that keyed-up about it for the time being.]

The dream last night involved a guy that reminds me a lot of Kira. Apparently he was my superior officer back home, he got me reinstated to the military and everything.

I guess I just took it kind of badly after everything Kira decided to be this weekend. That's all it is, really.

[sportadork]

[nods]

You have a type.

[alchemicals]

[...what is that even supposed to mean]

I guess so?

[sportadork]

[a friend-type]

What's his name? [pause] Hopefully he's not like him in a few ways.

[hand ways]

[alchemicals]

His name's Frank Archer; looks more like an Archer than a Frank, his given name doesn't suit him at all. He's weird, too, in that overly-serious sort of way, but he's not a serial killer or anything if that's what you're asking.

The dream I had was about a mission we're on right now.

[sportadork]

He sounds nice! [kira but without the hand Thing. that sounds like an upgrade.]

What was your mission? [...] Unless it's top secret and you can't tell me.

[alchemicals]

[...Very much Kira but without the hand thing. Though Kira was also very much Archer but without the 'warmongering asshole' bit, so uh.]

Well, it's not like it matters too much because I ended up deviating from the mission anyway - I ran into some trouble, some guy that had been raising hell for the military for a while felt the need to interrupt.

[sportadork]

[frowns] Why would he do that?

[alchemicals]

He was involved in a war against my country a while back. The one I was in ten years ago.

I fought him back then, and he's got it out for me now because of what happened.

[He seems pretty calm about all that, though.]

[sportadork]

He's upset, then. [he says, not even beginning to comprehend.] Attacking you won't solve anything.