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!]

Comments

[oyashiromama]

No, I've no romantic feelings for her! She is my dear friend, but the feelings are all platonic in nature!

[foundfate]

[He's just. Going to look over at Elda. To see if it looks like those feelings are 'all platonic in nature' to her too.]

[matchbreaker]

[ Um so like Elda is a fucking tomato right now? She's blushing furiously and might even have tears in her eyes, looking wide-eyed at Hanyuu. She had given the dare, punishment, whatever, thinking that she could probably laugh and clap, but that level of sincerity and feelings overwhelmed her from the moment that Hanyuu began with an apology.

She... ]

1/2

[oyashiromama]

[




oh god did she accidentally seduce a vampire]

2/2

[oyashiromama]

E-Elda... Y-you don't have to...like that...

[WHAT DOES SHE DO WITH THIS]

I do not have a good icon for this

[matchbreaker]

H... Hanyuu - I--

[ ... What does she say? Guzma and the bean sprout are background noise for her. Despite this being a room full of people, she's looking right at Hanyuu, and she- is utterly at a loss for words.

... This was friendship.

A dear and cherished friendship.

A friendship which could never have been. ]

I... I- I am. Sorry.

[ That probably doesn't make sense if you don't connect the dots she did in her head ]

[foundfate]

[Okay, just. What.

Now he goes back over to Hanyuu to whisper into her ear.]

Go hug her already, geez!

[oyashiromama]

[Hanyuu squeaks, jumps up and goes to hug Elda.

SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO BUT SHE KNOWS HUGGING MAKES EVERYTHING BETTER.]

[matchbreaker]

[ For a moment, Elda doesn't - well she does lean into it, but it takes her arms a moment to hug back. But when she does, it's enthusiastic, pulling Hanyuu in but also pulling the somewhat bigger woman down with her. And Elda...

Elda's going to kiss at Hanyuu's horns, again ]

I love these. [ She whispers. ] I love that you aren't human.

[ She knows Hanyuu probably doesn't want to hear that, but she needs to whisper that to her, throaty ]

[oyashiromama]

[Several things, here.

First of all, they're in public and this is an incredibly intimate act, and after the ideas put in her head by Guzma and the rest of them, Hanyuu isn't sure if she's entirely comfortable, leading this along, and-

And then. Those comments.

That Elda loves her horns... That Elda loves that Hanyuu isn't human... What's alienated her, for oh-so-long...

Riku told her that her horns were beautiful. But he also told her he loved her as she was. Ryuun, yes, but the person she was. Not... Not like this.

She won't make a scene. She won't, she can't. She will not, not in front of everyone like this. Her throat closes up, and the skin on her arms pricks, but she holds the hug and just stammers:]

E-Elda... Elda, w-we're in front of everyone... Please...

[matchbreaker]

[ She can't possibly know what's going on in Hanyuu's mind. She might piece it together, if she were given more time to consider it... but she wanted to make something clear to the other woman, something - something which seems utterly normal to her, but Hanyuu said that she was starved for. Elda loves her, yes. As a person. As friend.

... But she doesn't only accept that she's a demon or whatever. She loves it. She cherishes it.

With all of her heart, she wants to know more. She-

She breaks from her head, bringing her lips down to Hanyuu's ear, and once more whispering for her, ]

... And I love you, Hanyuu. I'm sorry to have argued with you. And for everything else, my dear friend.

[ Tbh the whole room could burn for all she cares right now. ]

[ravagers]

[ so much makes sense

whoa ]

[oyashiromama]

[Her mind feels like it's on fire. There's part of her that likes and accepts this, but another part that is in a severe fight-or-flight, and it's telling her to run.

She didn't want to live with the Ryuun. She didn't want to be isolated from the humans, she was suffocated with the Ryuun, she craves acceptance, but- but for the part of her that found life in the human world as well--

She's stiff, but she nods.]

It's... [Her voice is low.] It's- okay. I forgive you. [...] But please- apologize to...Vanille, too.

[...Though Elda can't quite see her face, it's clear to anyone who can that there are very many levels of conflicting emotions going on here, with the most notable one being discomfort, right now.]

[matchbreaker]

[ This moment... is not the moment she expected. And really, it's not the moment that she wanted either. Hanyuu's face might be obscured to her, but she'd have to be far more dense than she is in order to ignore that something had shifted in the body language of the other woman.

And so it's Elda that breaks the hug.

Elda that wipes off her somewhat teary face. And she nods as well. ]

I will.

[ Probably not right now, though. ]

[oyashiromama]

[When she feels Elda start to disengage, she pushes it all down. She can keep it all neutral, and she can even smile. She can focus on the good feelings that rise from this, because there definitely are some.

She's glad she waited until the meeting's winding down though. Very much so.]

Thank you.

[matchbreaker]

[ It's ... now, more than ever that Elda seems to realize that there is more than them in the room. And...

Well, she's going to take the seat she had. As if that didn't just totally make a scene. Her cheeks tinged something awful. ]