Week 5.

[trustharder]

WEEK 5 Three more have joined the deceased this past week. Taichi Yagami was punished for breaking a rule, Megumi Sakura was killed, and Norman Bates... well, the less said about Norman, the better. A third of you are dead now; your losses are becoming more and more evident with each passing week. Saturday is given to regrouping and sleep; there aren't any bodies to be found on Sunday morning. But that doesn't mean the night was uneventful - it seems something else may have brought you some newfound clarity. Or perhaps not... Once again, that spiral staircase leads farther than you remember, clear up to a previously inaccessible fifth floor. Go ahead and explore as much as you like; you'll probably need the distraction after the last trial. SURVIVORS REMAINING: 18 SURVIVORS REMAINING: 17

SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY

[OOC: Welcome to week five 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

[captainobnoxious]

[It's true, she would, and she keeps an eye on him as he circles around. Kind of like one of the more wolfish beasts. Sigrun can usually kill those things nice and easy, but humans are a different kind of opponent that makes her shift her weight a little lower, grip on the knife tightening familiarly.

Oh, how she'd missed having one of these, and Sigrun's seemingly tired of waiting when she decides to take off at him, all power and speed herself. Not as quick as Yosuke and his string bean self, but what she showed with her and Colress's battle wasn't just a one time thing.]

[garudynamic]

[And Yosuke dances away, swiping out at her- more as a test then a real attack, seeing as he doesn't stay in range long enough to really do anything anyways

He expects her to chase after him, to keep up the pressure, so he changes directions without even waiting to see what she does, working to try and keep her in sight at all times.]

[captainobnoxious]

[The swipe's no problem to dodge, though she's caught by surprise at the change of directions as quick as she is to try and follow after, stumbling a little in her attempt.

It's a genuine opening, yes, but it's not like Sigrun isn't hoping he'll go for it so she can counter.]

[garudynamic]

[All his experience until 'recently' has been largely against mindless monsters- so a feint is barely in his mind.

It's an opening, and he goes for it]

[captainobnoxious]

[Yosuke might see the fraction of a maniac grin when he gets close enough to hit.

And then she's stepping easily to the side, knife turning in her hand as she swings at him for his error in judgement.]

[garudynamic]

[His eyes go wide when he sees that look, and he spins away-

-it's close, but there's a bright red line under his eye, oozing blood. He doesn't seem to have even noticed he's been tagged yet]

[captainobnoxious]

[She has, of course, but she won't let down her guard as she dances back with a laugh.]

You're such a rookie, lazybones! You got hit already!

[garudynamic]

What? No I didn-

[His face tickles from the flowing blood, and he wipes at it]

...oh goddamn it!

[captainobnoxious]

You're not bad though, kid.

[Sigrun'll take out some bandages from one of her bags, not to mummify his face or anything, and rips a strip to press against the wound to help stop the bleeding.]

You have a good speed and you're quick on your feet even outside of that! You really caught me by surprise with that change of direction of yours. [Always praise before you crit.] But you've obviously never faced anything with half a brain before. If you fall for something like that again, it's not going to be your face that's cut next time.

[garudynamic]

Ngh... I'm used to having a team.

[captainobnoxious]

Me too. But it's still good to be able to do things on your own as well, kiddo.

What were they like?

[garudynamic]

Oh man, in general or in a fight?

[captainobnoxious]

In a fight! You can tell a lot about someone by how they fight, the kind of strats they choose and all that.

[garudynamic]

Well, we always fight as a group- we promised no one would ever go in alone. Usually we do two groups- one of four and everyone else exploring or protecting Rise. She can't fight but she has powers that let her sense enemies for us and act like a communicator.

[captainobnoxious]

So she's your Scout. It's a sound strategy to go in as a group, I guess, but it makes you a pretty easy target at the same time. We always split up into pairs when we're out on the field. The buddy system, you know?

[They make up for each other's failings that way.]

Except during training. I keep a closer eye on my rookies just in case they can't handle themselves.

[garudynamic]

Me and Yu went in a pair when it was just us. He's our Leader. He uses a sword and can switch out his powers whenever he wants- the rest of us have just one set of stuff we can really do, but he can fill in any holes in what we need at anytime.

[Look how proud he sounds. Best friend is so amazing]

[captainobnoxious]

Powers, huh. What kind of powers?

[Honestly, any and all kind of talks like this usually go over her head anyway since it's magic to her and that is just not her jurisdiction.]

[garudynamic]

Uh... It's kinda complicated, but basically we can all use elemental magic and stuff like that. Like, I use wind.

[captainobnoxious]

[MAAAAAAGIC.

Everyone she knows uses magic. Why can't they just not.]

I... can't say I'm surprised, considering how fast you are. [Even if the idea of elemental magic is a little baffling. Mages have Offensive and Defensive typing.] So you're all like forces of nature. That's cool. I guess.

[You'd need to explain How Cool it is to her before she really got it though...]

[garudynamic]

I guess so? Though everyone has different styles. Like, Kanji barely uses magic at all and just pummels people. While Yukiko uses pretty much only magic but she can literally blow a monster up in flames.

[captainobnoxious]

Like the Swede I work with. He blew up an entire building full of trolls, but with explosives.

[You know. Something practical and manmade.]

Does she like fire a lot too? I think mine really enjoys his job. Like, really enjoys his job.

[garudynamic]

She DOES seem to enjoy it a lot. She can be kinda scary outside battle too...

[captainobnoxious]

Mine's not scary at all! Just new to the field, so he's basically under my wing until he finds his rhythm. Really good at his job though, he's got nice potential, and I'm pretty sure he's my favorite hunting buddy on the team.

[Who will get replaced by a goddamn robot in the future. Sorry, Emil little Swede.]

'Course, right now, I've got a pretty swell group... I think. I feel like I'm still missing a few things, you know? But I think they're a good group to have for what we're doing.

[garudynamic]

Missing a few things? Like a few people?

[captainobnoxious]

More like memories. Namely, their names. I kinda remember what they are? From what their jobs are. But I have no idea who any of them are.

[...]

Except for the braidy guy. His name's Reynir and I'm supposed to keep him safe. He was a stowaway on a ship and we're starving because he took the crate meant for us. I still kind of want him dead, since he's been pretty useless, but on orders I'm supposed to bring him back alive and in one piece.

[Which is no problem, clearly, Sigrun doesn't have an issue once an order like that is given. She can be peeved all she wants but she'll still do it.]