trusthell | Week 6.

WEEK 6
The number of Survivors left is dropping at a quick pace; the King got what he wanted, for better or for worse; Tarrlok and Lynne were victims of both fate and some sort of magic that most in the Vault still don't quite understand, and Misa Amane has been executed, not for her particular brand of "justice", but for murdering two innocent people.

It's been a bad week.

However, 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 sixth floor. Go ahead and explore as much as you like; you've done well. You've earned it.

SURVIVORS REMAINING: 14

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[OOC: Welcome to week six 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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Mine is too! That's so cool.

[... Cherry knew that, but she didn't know that his was that color too, okay.]

I wonder why it's the same. And who else we share it with. Maybe I'll ask bombshell sometime, see if he's got any idea.

I'm honored to share something in common with you.

[Genuinely so. Sigrun is an admirable woman, and if he has something essential to his soul that's the same as hers, he can't be that bad.]

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... Of course you are! Especially something like a soul.

[... But there's a weird kind of hesitance at the beginning, the boat she'd been drawing before picked back up with a renewed effort.]

[He catches that, and it is indeed weird.]

Holding up alright?

[... Time to decide how much effort she wants to put in today.]

Oh, well, yeah. Mostly.

Want to talk about the not-mostly part?

Only if you promise not to fuss over me.

So that's a 'no', then.

[You know he can't promise that.]

[Sigrun snorts, leaning against him a little.]

It's nothing that big anyway. [it so is] Just thinking about leader stuff. Nothing anyone else needs to worry about but me.

[And how it's dragging her by the heels lately, with people's faith and Mettaton's words about cutting losses.

... He'd said that she wasn't failing any of them either. She should've thanked him for that instead of going off on how pointless things felt.]

Being a leader's difficult. I told you I couldn't handle it like you can.

[Just. Makes it worse here.]

[She looks like she wants to say something, grimacing slightly, but it draws back into an easy smile and shrug.]

It is. But it's rewarding, you know? Having so many put their trust in you, [wrongfully,] knowing that they're depending on you to keep them safe, [and failing,] it's a nice feeling.

[Most of the time.]

Imagine it would be. Suppose how you handle it depends on if the rewards balance out the strain.

[He doesn't know how bad it's getting to her, but it's definitely strenuous.]

[There's no way she can tell Cherryblod about it.

So she sits up straight again, doodling small ghosty figures at a corner of her paper. It sucks when people have such faith in you.]

And I am an expert at balancing that! Coming from years and years of experience, you know, and compared to the surprise of the field this place is a vacation for me. Everything feels like it's on a schedule.

[but why tho]

Kind of depressing how regular it is.

[because he believes in her so much how could she possibly break that]

We can't save everyone like I wanted to. Can't protect them, either. It's tough to know that as a leader.

[... That's pretty much the only thing about her problem that he's getting out of her.]

But being a leader also means that despite knowing that, you keep safe those you can because it's your duty. Even if they keep falling, even if things aren't going the way you want them to, you keep on until you're finished.

[One way or another. Even knowing this, though... it's still hard. Just how hard it is isn't something she can disclose.]

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I know you won't give in. No matter how frustrating things get, no matter how long it takes to get us out of here, I still have faith.

Because you're Sigrun Eide.

[He seems to think that's reason enough.]

[At least her grin's a real one, shoving her shoulder against Cherryblod's. Even if it's still going to be a nagging worry in her mind... it does help. A little.]

Of course! I wouldn't trust anyone else with this job either, you know? Giving up's just out of the damn question when it comes to my family.

[Ow. He pushes back.]

I'm the last person who'll argue with that.

[Family is family no matter where you find them.]

[That's right, old timer, get in with the young crowd. Push them around.]

Do you think we'll just keep going up until we hit that guy's pad, by the way? There's only so many floors to a building, right?

If this building worked on logic, maybe. We'll reach the top floor and he'll say 'congratulations on making it this far'.

And then we'll punch him.

I think the number of people who want to just punch him is going down. We'll need him alive if there's not an exit right there, so that's all it's gonna have to be for a little while, but after that he is as good as dead.

[Noooot by her hands, maybe, but. Good as dead.]

Haven't been in that number for a long time, if I'm going to be honest.

[Is anyone really surprised?]

But I understand keeping him around as long as he's useful.

[... She's gonna whisper this one to him.]

If he doesn't need his tongue we could take that out. Plenty of ways to stop bleeding in a hurry.

[s i g r u n]

[Ooh, is it lowering our voices so we can talk about terrible things time, his favorite time of day.]

I like the way you think.

[Learning how ruthless Cherryblod still is is like, the best thing she's experienced today.]

Most people do. When we're on the same page, anyway. What's your idea of a good idea, old man?

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