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!]

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[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.

[bloodisthicker]

Well, it's got to happen eventually, right? I mean, it sounds like the principle isn't that different from radio. You're just working with images instead of sounds. Of course, I don't know that much about the science behind either...

I... can't really say I ever thought of that end of things as manipulation, but I guess it really is. And here I was, thinking it was just a fun way to pass the time while doing paperwork...

[pokexplorer]

Mmm, as far as I can recall, it's slightly more complicated than radio since you have to send video signals rather than sound signals. But as you say, it's bound to happen.

Oh, I never said it wasn't fun! It just leads to watching or listening to some things you never expected to...or would be willing to admit to watching or listening to. It can even happen with written media sometimes!

[Apparently Colress must have his own guilty pleasures too if he's suddenly so passionate about trashy programming's secret mind manipulation techniques.]

[bloodisthicker]

That makes sense to me. I mean, if we've already figured out how to send audio, it must be a lot simpler than video. But once you've mastered one thing, it's a lot easier to move on to other related things and make headway in those.

...oh, no, I know that too well. Honestly, the only reason I'm listening to that trashy kind of stuff instead of reading it is because I barely have time to sit down and read things these days.

...well, back home, anyway.

[pokexplorer]

[It's at this point that Colress awkwardly picks at a few screws on the inside of the half-deconstructed radio.

TO SAY IT, OR NOT TO SAY IT......

Fuck it, Tarrlok you better have his back with this-]

I can confirm that the library has its fair share, at least. I picked one up out of desperation from boredom before I got these radios, and...

I was mildly horrified at how much trouble I had putting it down after I began paging through it.

[bloodisthicker]

...

[...this is good potential blackmail material, but for now...... you know........]

Could you... perhaps give me the title so I can see if I'm able to get back into reading, maybe.

[pokexplorer]

[...

...............]

Blinded by Science.

I...I was desperate for anything scientific in nature.

[bloodisthicker]

...

You know, I'd probably prefer a political theme, but... I'll take it.

[pokexplorer]

That might be a bit easier to find, actually... Perhaps I can have a look next time I drop by the library.

[....]

If not, the one I mentioned will be slipped by your door as soon as I finish it.

[bloodisthicker]

...well, I could look for one on my own, too, and if I really like it we could trade them.

[pokexplorer]

[With a smile and a wink,]

It would be our secret reading swap. I certainly wouldn't mind sharing opinions, either!

[Look at their lives and choices, this is what desperation has done to them.

If only it could stay this simple...]

[bloodisthicker]

Oh, I absolutely wouldn't, either. Of course, we're going to have to be careful that we don't let things get too heated, lest one of us end up on trial because the other had bad opinions.

this is AWFUL

[pokexplorer]

Kill each other over books? That wouldn't be my first incentive of choice to actually consider.

[He obviously has not been part of fiction-related fandom.]

[bloodisthicker]

You'd be surprised. I'm actually half convinced there will be rioting in the streets if they actually decide on a couple in my radio show of choice...

[pokexplorer]

Are you serious? Over a radio program?

[THAT SOUNDS FAKE, BUT OKAY...

In other words, tell him more.]

[bloodisthicker]

I may be exaggerating slightly, but the debates can get pretty heated. They're almost as bad as sports fans.

[pokexplorer]

[Okay, the sports fans comparison he gets. People get really ridiculous during those games, especially football.

So with that in mind...]

Promise me we will never get that bad, Tarrlok.

[bloodisthicker]

Oh, don't worry. I'm sure that we both have impeccable taste, so it will never have to be a problem.