WEEK 6.

[trustwellness]

WEEK 6 With the deaths of Viktor Nikiforov, Varric Tethras, and Killia, you're down to half of your original number. There's only fifteen of you left. How much longer before your number drops again? 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... Of course, that doesn't mean that you've gained nothing else among the many, many losses you've faced; it seems that another floor has been made available to you for surviving another week. Congratulations and well done, even if you might not necessarily appreciate the reward. APPRENTICES REMAINING: 15

SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY

[OOC: Welcome to week six 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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[matchbreaker]

... Fine.

[sportadork]

And it only took a little bit over a month! [but who's counting right]

[matchbreaker]

A month to get over two hundred years of hatred! I really am getting old.

[ Siiiiigh. ]

[sportadork]

It's a really good thing, Elda. [gets a smidge serious, but still smiling.] You don't have to forgive humans for what they did, because it was terrible, but hating them only hurts you. And not all of them are bad! They're mostly good, I think.

[matchbreaker]

[ . . . ]

I'm not going to accept most.

[ She sighs, but... ]

Lusamine's been a friend to me. Kimihiro's kind, and so's Orihime. Silver's relatable. these people ... I'll accept these people.

[sportadork]

I wouldn't ask you to. But, just keeping an open mind, and not letting prejudices and fears decide who you can get to know... It's good. It's really good.

[a pause] I'm very proud of you, you know. I think your family will be proud of you, too.

[matchbreaker]

[ She... ]

... James. He would have been. [ God her heart is in her throat now ] He- he really would have been, yes. The damned old fool.

[sportadork]

Not so foolish. Not so foolish at all.

[matchbreaker]

[ Elda holds up a finger to Sportacus. It's not quite wagging so much as telling him to silent himself. Elda...

Then pulls it back to brush over her lips.

... She can't quite taste it anymore, but the memory is there. ]

James Marker saved my life, and from where I am now, it's clear some truth was in his words about hatred. But he still died for his sentimentality. A widow can absolutely call her late husband foolish if she wishes.

[sportadork]

Of course! I would never want to take away that right from you!

... I just think he sounds like a wonderful person. You were lucky to have each other.

[matchbreaker]

We were. [ ... Are? Who knows, at this point. Elda shakes her head, and she leans back a little, hopping down to begin to pace some in a wide circle around the destruction she's caused, admiring it. ]

Henry and Calera's first was little Ren. I met him for the first time when he was four years old and he was adorable, the very spitting image of his grandfather! He's twenty-one now, and in a lot of ways, he's still like James. The boy I'm afraid inherited a lot of James's more unsavory traits, he's now a bit of a womanizer, and uses that appeal of his in order to find women he can continuously use to feed on.

[ She shakes her head ]

Still, I know he is a good boy, deep down.

[sportadork]

I'm sure he'll grow out of it. Or at least you'll be sure to set him straight.

[matchbreaker]

Honestly, I don't mind him going that which way to get his meals. It's a little tacky, but he'll grow into a dependable man yet, I'm sure of it.

[ She shakes her head ]

As for little Anju, she's only eleven and really looks much like her mother in some ways. I don't know how to feel about that doll-like hair and those features of hers, but she really is cute! And talented - she's not awoken as a vampire but can command bats even better than I could at her age, and she's a savant when it comes to ghosts. I don't know who relies on who more between her and her older sister.

[sportadork]

That's really impressive! [pause] Can vampires normally do things with ghosts?

[matchbreaker]

Not really, that's a fairly unique talent!

[ She claps her hands together ]

It's not unheard of, but I've never heard of anyone with her talent. She's kept dozens of them in her dolls.

[sportadork]

... In the dolls? [considers...] Binding spirits sounds like very difficult magic. That's incredible!

... She does let them go eventually, of course. [PLEASE...]

[matchbreaker]

It is, isn't it?! [ She laughs ] I don't know, really! I know she carries one around constantly though, so I'm sure she's befriended that one, at least. I doubt he wants to go anywhere.

[sportadork]

As long as everyone's happy with it and she lets them go if they want to, it's okay.

[matchbreaker]

Well they're ghosts, where else would they go? I imagine having someone to talk to is rare.

[sportadork]

Under rocks. In fields. I don't think they really talk to people; they mostly just scream.

... Other ghosts might be different. I am not exactly an expert.

[matchbreaker]

Being a doll seems better than screaming from under a rock.

[sportadork]

Maybe, but you decided to scream under rocks. You were not forced to be a rock-screamer.

[matchbreaker]

[ . . . .

Wow.

Okay? ]

[sportadork]

... What I'm saying is that consent is very important! Even with ghosts. Maybe even especially with ghosts.

[matchbreaker]

... Honestly! You are ridiculous, Sportacus.

[ SIGH. ]