Week 6.

[trustharder]

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

SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY
[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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[ratingspoint]

I've had worse.

[He's not going to elaborate any on that, though; up she goes, dammit. And also up we go, because who the fuck puts first aid up a flight of stairs.]

[captainobnoxious]

[Maybe it has something to do with his murderous show he did back home. Maybe he had a bad dream.

... Sigrun can ask when she's set down. But seriously, who the fuck does that, Kingmaker your floor plans are shit.]

Like what? I mean, I'm sure you have, a little blood's nothing, but you can't just say that and not expect me to ask.

[ratingspoint]

...I'll tell you some other time, when you probably don't have a concussion.

[In other words, probably something to do with hella murder, yes.]

[captainobnoxious]

[She is so good.]

I probably don't have a concussion? But okay, if that's what you want. In return, answer me something else?

[ratingspoint]

[...You were just hit in the head with a flail, he wouldn't be surprised if you had some sort of concussion, okay.]

Of course, sweetheart. Anything.

[captainobnoxious]

I'll hold you to that.

[... Mostly because it is probably not something he is gonna want to answer, actually, which is why she wants to be able to start bandaging herself up at the infirmary before she actually comes out with it. Cleaning off and disinfecting and... yeah.]

Everything okay?

[With every "don't perform" attached to it.]

[ratingspoint]

[To his credit, he actually considers the question before he says anything, as opposed to a kneejerk default.]

...Things are all right, darling.

[And that's...it's a little odd, but it doesn't seem too bad.]

This weekend has been hard for everyone, you know that.

[captainobnoxious]

Of course it has been! We're losing more and more people, and honestly Misa was a huge blow to me. It sucks that there's just me and Aqua now to take care of you idiots.

[... Which is a worry on the side itself, but you know what we are not here to talk about her issues. We're here to lean against Mettaton and pretend that it's a great idea even though her gut is honestly hating her for not just slouching and disinfectant blows.]

Buuut it's not like you can be a good distraction for anyone with something on your mind, and I am positive you had something weighing you down before I asked you out here.

So. You know. If no one else, you can talk to the apple of your eye. I'll kindly keep my mouth shut if you want.

[Or, well, try. She'll try for him.]

[ratingspoint]

Oh, I don't know about that! I've been a pretty decent distraction for people today, whether there's something on my mind or not.

[It's not the point and he knows it; it's also not something that he should discuss with her, not after she got so upset last time. But just the same...]

I just had a disagreement with someone earlier, that's all.

[captainobnoxious]

Well, it's not like there's many people that'd affect you like that, honey. Was it about a certain someone's decision to out himself?

[Brave, noble, and stupid, yes. She can at least agree on the last point.]

[ratingspoint]

He can do whatever he wants; I told him that I wasn't going to stop him, because it's not my decision to make.

[captainobnoxious]

It's not your decision to make for him, no, and it's not like it's your responsibility to make sure he doesn't get himself killed because of it. That's mine.

[... Kind of.]

He knows that about you by now though, doesn't he? It's not like you keep it a huge secret.

[ratingspoint]

Oh, he does.

[He shrugs, though.]

It doesn't really matter, sweetheart, we talked it out.

[captainobnoxious]

[She makes the most unhappy noise at that, finishing the bandaging so she can grab her boyfriend's face.]

And came out worse for it, obviously. Is he one of the losses you're cutting?

[There's-- actually no judgement in that, just a little worry.]

[ratingspoint]

[...Oh...

He doesn't pull away from her, though, nor does he look away, even if he looks a little startled at the sudden contact.]

And if he is...?

[captainobnoxious]

It's your decision if it's like that. I can't stop you from saying so or thinking that way, but... you know this isn't like with your cousin. Cherryblod's not holding you back.

[Maybe it's because she's actually got a closeness with the shrimp over the probably ghosty cousin of Mettaton's, but it sure is different to her.]

[ratingspoint]

Oh, don't worry - it's nothing like it was with my cousin. I know that very well, sweetheart.

[captainobnoxious]

[Sigrun squints at him for a moment, then just kind of. Hugs him. Fuck being hurt, it's late enough at night and her everything is catching up to her that she's willing to spill a selfish feeling or two.]

... I'd be lying if I didn't admit that I was just a tiiiiny bit scared of becoming one of those losses you're willing to cut. You and him are really close. Or were? I guess.

[So, you know. What's stopping her from becoming one.]

I mean, that'd still be your decision and all, but I'd be pissed about it.

[ratingspoint]

[He hesitates a little before returning that; it's awkward, and he's still not very good at it, but you know what, none of that matters right now, and after a second his grip goes tight.]

...I'm not going to keep caring about people who are just going to make targets of themselves like that. That's why...

[You know. Why he said what he said during the entire clusterfuck with Norman. Why he's cutting ties with Cherryblod now.]

...Well. It hardly matters now, does it.

[captainobnoxious]

[She laughs a little at that, just a little disbelieving, but there's nothing that isn't fond about the way she follows it up.]

You volunteered yourself up for death one time, you jerk. It doesn't mean anyone stopped caring about you for making yourself a target of the week.

[... The hug is nice, though, even if it's a little awkward and he's still not good at it. She shrugs.]

Still, that really depends on you. Is it worth hurting someone you care about so you don't get hurt yourself if they die?

[ratingspoint]

Why wouldn't it be? If it hurts them, maybe they'll learn from it. Maybe they won't. Either way, it's not my problem anymore.

[...And that's...sort of a fucked up thing to say, maybe, but he's been doing great at that sort of thing for the entire damn weekend so far.]

...I'm tired of losing people.

[And that's quiet, but it's still there, and it still something that needs to be said.]

[captainobnoxious]

[There we go. That's it. Sigrun surely doesn't have a concussion, not with how her mind's nicely at work now, so that's good at least.]

Even if I don't paint myself a target, there's still a chance you'll lose me. That's just how it is. So I can't promise that I'll be around forever -- here, or back home.

[It's... something she's been thinking about a lot, since the week before too. It's why she's talked to a few people about them being a group instead of betting all their coins on one person -- on the chance something happens to her, that is, since so long as Sigrun's here she's not wanting to let go of the reins. It's something that gives her purpose and comfort.]

But I know what you mean. I am too. The big difference is that even if someone puts themselves out there like that, it just becomes my responsibility to make sure they don't die because of it. It's their decision, but it's not something they have to hold up alone. Makes sense?

[ratingspoint]

It does. But I can't do that.

[And that's blunt, and it's likewise a bit too quiet, and there's a pause before he continues.]

...Dr. Alphys wanted to die, you know.

[He hates talking about this; it's obvious from his tone. But he's going to do it anyway, for once.]

She thought she'd done something unforgivable. I knew...about parts of what she did. Not everything, I don't think anyone but Asgore knew everything.

I knew she thought she deserved to die, though. I was pretty terrible to her anyway. We were...mutually kind of bad to each other, but...

[Mettaton is the reason Dr. Alphys is dead.]

There's a difference between dying in battle and just throwing yourself in front of people claiming that you deserve to die. I can handle one of them. I'm not going to tolerate the other.

[captainobnoxious]

[Well, that was a lot of no context. Even knowing what she does isn't helping very much at all.

... But the point of is something she can comment on, anyway, tightening her grip.]

Got it. Kind of. I mean, I get what you're saying, anyway, the rest of it's pretty out there.

I don't think Cherryblod thinks he deserves to die, or wants to die, though. For all the gentle shrimp he is, there's nooooo way he's letting himself get killed before he sees his family again.

[As fucked off as they are into the Sea of Death.]

But he just didn't want anyone to be able to blackmail him, basically. Or so he told me. That doesn't help it even a little? I'm not trying to change your mind or anything, but. Just wondering.

[... She might be trying to make him give a little, maybe, but still.]

[ratingspoint]

If that's the case, then his timing was hideous - that isn't the sort of thing you tell everyone when someone was just expressing how much they would have killed you if it weren't too obvious, and it certainly isn't the sort of thing you tell everyone after weeks of going on and on about how everyone will want to kill you once they hear about it.

I told him, repeatedly, not to let people blackmail him for it. To get it out into the open. And then he goes and does it after it's plain that people want him dead for it. Really, what am I supposed to think about that? What's the thought process being doing anything like that. "Oh, well, a few people want me dead, what's a few more"?

[...He's fucking pissed, if it isn't obvious.]