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

[elepe]

[...She doesn't trust Hanyuu. That much is...not necessarily clear on her face, but it's more in mentality. She doesn't trust her. She can't trust her.

So...she settles for something placating, looking away again.]

...Tell me. As a god...have you ever felt like you have failed the people you were supposed to protect?

[oyashiromama]

[...Oh. A contemplative expression rises to her face.]

I... Yes. More times than I can count.

[elepe]

How does it make you feel?

[...she should be more specific.]

To be more precise...what do little things that remind you of them do to you?

[oyashiromama]

...It depends. When I'm...particularly in a bad state, they make me sink in on myself, and remind me of my failure. They...make me detach.

[...]

But...other times they make me more determined. Alani... Alani reminded me of my daughter. [Ah-] I definitely failed Ouka...and all I wanted to do was save Alani.

[elepe]

[...Huh.]

You're far stronger than I. The thought of failing people, those I care for and love...it scares me. The very thought of it is something I cannot stay on for long.

[She's talking in general terms, at least.]

How do you find determination in such things?

[oyashiromama]

Because I can't stand to see another suffer in that way. [...] Or...a little more selfishly, because...part of me treats it as another chance.

[Rika, her second chance at doing right by Ouka. ...Alani, her third. Failure, in every one, so she thought.]

I can understand that fear, though. It... For a very long time, my own paralyzed me. That fear, and the fear of being betrayed.

[elepe]

...Another chance to right the wrong?

[She's not sure what to think of that, and it...gives Lusamine a significant pause. When Hanyuu brings up the fear of being betrayed, she has to turn away again and cross her arms.]

It's a terrible feeling. It doesn't seem like something that would offer second chances, or ways to repent.

[oyashiromama]

Another chance to do right by those you no longer can.

...It takes so much to be able to move past the worry of betrayal, I know. To stop being frozen by it...but you know? I think...not taking a chance is worse. That's what I've experienced.

[elepe]

[...]

I would think that it would be simpler to close ones self off, so they could never be hurt again. It's safer.

[oyashiromama]

I tried that, for a long time.

[...]

I've only lived to regret it, with every fiber of my being.