Week 3.

[trustharder]

WEEK 3 Another week has passed; two more Survivors are gone. Pearl and Caren both had someone to fight for, someone worth killing for; perhaps it's for the best to hope that somehow they've found peace despite not being able to collect on the Kingmaker's incentive. Saturday is given to regrouping and sleep; there aren't any bodies to be found on Sunday morning. That doesn't mean the night passed easily, though - it seems another piece of your personal puzzle may have fallen into place while you slept... Following that spiral staircase up to the second floor will reveal something strange; those stairs definitely lead far higher than you remember, up to a previously inaccessible third floor. Go ahead and explore as much as you like; consider it your reward for a job well done. SURVIVORS REMAINING: 23

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[OOC: Welcome to week two of Trustfell! Save your threads for coins and the coming week's activity check; don't forget to check in to this week's activity check and submit your memory regains!

The text and calling posts are still active, for the sake of contacting the jerk who's keeping you here, to be used at your leisure!]

Comments

[pokexplorer]

[The incentive this week seems to have put Colress a little on edge compared to last week's, as he's a bit more subdued than usual as he goes about his business.

Once the discussion in the dining hall comes to an end, he exits in a bit of a hurry and heads to room 20, his room, for a while. He keeps the door closed, but he'll answer if anyone needs him for something.

In the late afternoon, he can be found out and about in the second laundry room, where he's writing down a detailed inventory of every chemical that can be found in the storage room and just...trying to get his mind off of what happened earlier in the day. He writes out a copy for personal reference, and tapes the original near Mettaton's super glittery sign-out sheet.

Colress spends the rest of his evening in the dining hall with a cup of coffee and two of the Showa Radios that Caren gave him the previous week. He's taken one of them apart entirely with a toolkit, and is inspecting the pieces with great curiosity as he goes about reassembling it with the complete one as reference. It's something cathartic for him to do, really.]

laundry room

[prismbloom]

[ Aqua's not really been into the second laundry room yet, but.... judging from the general look of things, it's a good idea to--

Oh. Colress already had the same idea as she. Aqua looks it over, then nods. ]

... There are a lot of dangerous chemicals here, aren't there?

[pokexplorer]

[Colress had been clearing off his glasses as Aqua came over, but he gives her a nod of recognition while he finishes that up.]

There are- many of which I am not at all familiar with. I thought it might be a good idea to keep track of the stock in the case that no one decides to use the sign-out sheet. If any end up missing, we will know.

[prismbloom]

[ She nods. ]

I've done the same with the storage room. [ ... she tries not to think about the fact that it's that which ultimately did Caren in. Or, at least, had a heavy hand in it. ]

If you would like any assistance, I'd be glad to lend a hand. It's best to have to pairs of eyes on the items.

[pokexplorer]

[Colress merely gives a solemn nod about the first floor storage room. He recalls the discussion about additional items appearing in the storage room well enough. He doesn't comment further though, because he'd rather not partake in grim discussion right now. Not after the incentive announcement.

He does perk up a little bit at Aqua's suggestion though, and offers a small smile as he hands over his copy of the list for her to check out.]

I would appreciate that, Miss Aqua. Perhaps we can puzzle out the uses of some of these chemicals together while we're at it.

[He's not sure what type of world Aqua comes from...but who knows, maybe her world has some of these things.]

[prismbloom]

[ She takes it, looking it over. At the miss-- ]

Please, just Aqua is fine.

[ Hmmm. ]

The bottles may have some information about for what they're used.

[pokexplorer]

Ah, Aqua it is!

[He heads on over to the closet to pull out some of the bottles. There are warning labels everywhere.]

You know...the more I look at these, the more I wonder how they are supposed to help our laundry. Bleach, possibly. But some of these...

[prismbloom]

[ That's... a lot of warning labels, yeah. Aqua looks vaguely uncomfortable as she pokes through them. ]

If it were any other situation, I'd be more confused. Considering who's brought us here, though...

[pokexplorer]

Yes, no doubt that the Kingmaker has put these here for a reason... Hopefully no one here decides to put them to use for nefarious purposes.

[As he says that though...]

You know, when I began jotting these down, I considered asking you and the others what you would think of attempting to discard some of these entirely. I do wonder if the Kingmaker would simply replenish them the next day, however.

laundry room

[notjustawriter]

I've never seen so many chemicals in a laundry room before.

I'm glad you're keepin' an eye on things, it's a good idea to keep stock.

[pokexplorer]

[Colress looks up from his writing to give Gabriel a small wave. It's not as enthusiastic as usual, but it gets the job done.]

Ah, Mr. Knight. Hello.

Yes, I thought I might keep track of them. Like you, I find it a little baffling that we need so many chemicals for simple laundry. Some of these chemicals...while I am not sure what they are for, they don't exactly seem to relate to laundry at least.

[notjustawriter]

No... I don't think so.

[Most of these are poisonous by the looks of it.]

Maybe the Kingmaker decided to stick them here just "in case."

[You can practically hear the eyeroll in his tone.]

[pokexplorer]

In case someone needs a gentle push? Indeed...

[He frowns at the bottles as he looks at them again.]

Though I must say I am surprised- he seems to be more of a fan of literal bloodshed from what he implied in his little announcement today.

[He can't believe he's talking about morbid stuff like this but...he's just still a bit shaken up and bitter.]

[notjustawriter]

I know. It's... surprising.

I don't trust it, can't really think he's going to stop this just because he claims he will if we kill one of our own.

[pokexplorer]

Oh, I am completely with you there. To me it seems like he's forcing us to do it on order to continue being trapped here.

[...]

I suppose it is no different than the last two times we had to deal with a death in our ranks. Condemn the culprit and...continue being trapped here.

[notjustawriter]

Exactly.

Anyone who takes this initiative of his is only going to die. It's horrible.

[pokexplorer]

Granted they don't actually manage to get away with it if they do.

[But they've got a pretty decent track record going with the trials, so he's not extremely concerned. Probably more concerned about people actually murdering others than anything else.]

I didn't actually think he would pull something like this so soon though. It seemed like something of a leap compared to the first "incentive" of his. If I am to be completely honest, this one makes me feel more uneasy as well...

Dining Hall

[bloodisthicker]

[Tarrlok did happen to see that chemical inventory when he was passing through the third floor, so he means to talk about that... but... boy howdy, he feels kind of forlorn looking at that.]

You know, it's a shame there aren't any stations to tune those to, because I'm missing radio like you would not believe.

[pokexplorer]

[Ah, hello Tarrlok! He'll get a small smile from Colress as he peers out from taking a closer look at the radio innards with his small light.]

A radio fan, are you? What sort of stations did you tune into?

[bloodisthicker]

Well, I'd occasionally listen to swing... but mostly I tuned in for the radio dramas. Which is really quite a shame, because I'm probably missing every last one of them at this point.

[pokexplorer]

[Colress decides to skip the "but what is this swing you speak of" and go right to the radio dramas. He'll save Tarrlok the need to explain things...]

Ahh, I've heard of radios dramas! While Unova is television and movie-focused, I have heard that Johto has a very strong radio following.

I realize that it is likely a sore subject since you are missing them, but I am curious... What was your favorite drama that was airing before arriving here?

[bloodisthicker]

[surely the world of pokemon must have swing.....]

...now, I've heard of movies, but I haven't heard of television. I'm guessing it's sort of similar from the name, though...?

[...it's got "vision" in it, so it must have to do with seeing things!]

...and oh, it was this really melodramatic period serial about a love triangle that would always end on some dramatic cliffhanger over whether the kind-hearted Waterbender princess Anana will choose Anil, the freewheeling Airbender boy next door, or Shibata, the troubled Firebender bad boy with a tortured past.

[pokexplorer]

Your world certainly is something, Tarrlok.

[SAYS THE GUY WITH POKEMON. But look, it's just really sort of mind-boggling for a guy who is used to really high-tech stuff.]

Imagine movies, but instead of having to go out to a theater to see them, you can watch them on a screen in your own home. That is television. There are programs designed specifically for it as well, so it's more similar to your radio dramas, but with visual elements.

[As for the details on the radio drama...

...To put it lightly he just stares blankly as Tarrlok describes it.]

I am...sure it keeps you waiting with baited breath between each episode. Though I can't say I ever imagined something like that to be your favorite.

[bloodisthicker]

Well, from the sounds of it, I guess we'll catch up to your world eventually. Movies are kind of just... happening, eventually, unless the person who's trying to develop moving picture technology gets distracted by something shiny.

Who knows? Maybe that will even happen in my lifetime.

[THE GREEK CHORUS IS NOW SINGING THE ONE DIRECTION LAUGH TRACK]

I will wholeheartedly admit that I started listening to it completely ironically, but then before I knew it I was so deeply invested that I had to tune in every week just so I could know. Maybe I can get Councilwoman Hiyoko to fill me in on what I missed...

[pokexplorer]

Oh, I'm certain they will stay on track. A breakthrough that big is difficult to simply stray away from!

[Like...he doesn't care much for movies and all that, but moving picture technology is basically a huge scientific breakthrough. He can at least appreciate that.]

Isn't it funny how it works like that? You find something ridiculous, but it's designed in such a way that it still manages to pull you in. ...Honestly, it's slightly unnerving how well it is at manipulating our minds.