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

[prismbloom]

I do know some dodging techniques, if that helps.

[sleepingkogoro]

Dodging...

[Sure, why not? Maybe not everyone will be good for physical fights. Maybe some will be better with dodging techniques]

That could help. I don't think it fits my specialties, but there may be some that would be interested on what you have to offer.

[prismbloom]

I'll be more than happy to assist you, then, whenever you're ready.

[sleepingkogoro]

I plan to do it on Thursday morning, when everyone feels prepared for it all. I expect many people to come.

[Hopefully. He better start making those posters or else nobody will know it's going to happen]

How did you get good at dodging, anyway? By sparring with friends?

[Somebody doesn't know much about Aqua's life yet, it seems]

[prismbloom]

Excellent. Morning is the best time for this sort of lesson.

[ Huh, they really haven't talked about that! ]

Yes, my friends and I all trained together.

[sleepingkogoro]

Did you train for anything special or was it the usual roughhousing anyone likes to do?

[prismbloom]

We trained to achieve the highest rank a Keyblade wielder can have.

[sleepingkogoro]

Keybl-oh! That's right, your profile said you were a Keyblade something. That makes sense!

...

[Three seconds later...]

No wait, that doesn't make any sense! Keys are tiny, how can they be blades?

[prismbloom]

They are much bigger than regular keys--some are shorter than the average sword, but some are quite large.

[sleepingkogoro]

[Apparently everyone in Aqua's world fights with keys, that is what Mouri thinks. The mental images are fun]

So you use those to fight and achieve the highest rank. Is there a tournament or something?

[And can he go watch people fight with keys because he's still stuck with the mental images]

[prismbloom]

[ mouri no ]

No, not exactly. Not everyone can wield a Keyblade, and when wielders take their exam, there's not necessarily just one named Master. It's less a show of strength and more a test of one's heart.

[sleepingkogoro]

A test of one's heart...?

So what, if I find a Keyblade around I won't be able to wield it?

[He sounds...actually disappointed]

[prismbloom]

[ !!! ]

Masters do have the ability to pass on the power, if they sense potential within someone. It's somewhat rare, but it does happen.

And usually, Keyblades aren't just laying around--they come from within the wielder's heart.

[sleepingkogoro]

[From the wielder's heart. Huh]

Suddenly your life doesn't seem as simple as I thought it was. This whole Keyblade thing reminds me about many magical girl shows I have heard about back at home.

[prismbloom]

It's not exactly uncomplicated, no.

Magical girl shows? I'm not sure I've heard of anything like that.

[sleepingkogoro]

Really? You don't know what that is?

Girls, magic, fighting monsters, "I'll punish you in the name of the moon", all that?

[What, you don't have TV, Aqua?]

[prismbloom]

I'm familiar with three out of four, but... "I'll punish you in the name of the moon"?

[ she comes from ye olde times or something, who knows when birth by sleep actually takes place ]

[sleepingkogoro]

It's a catchphrase from a particularly popular show. I think my daughter used to watch it long ago.

If I remember right usually that was what the girl said when she was about to do a particularly strong attack onto the bad guys, I don't really know.

[It isn't like he watched it, after all]

[prismbloom]

[ Now she's even more interested. ]

I can see why she'd want to watch it, if there are female warriors involved.

[sleepingkogoro]

It is a very popular genre back at home. I think practically everyone has watched them at some point.

Even some adults like to watch those, but I can't say I know any personally.

[prismbloom]

I'm a bit surprised you've never sat down with your daughter and watched with her, actually.

[sleepingkogoro]

I think I did a few times. When I started my career as a private detective I exactly have heaps of work, so I had...a lot of free time, so to say. At some point I must have sat with her to watch. I don't really remember the details of what happened so long ago.

I do know Ran liked them, though.

I don't think she has watched them ever since she grew up.

[Children growing, it is...complicated for a parent]