trusthell | WEEK 4.

WEEK 4
Three more have died this past week. Milla Maxwell was killed for breaking a rule, Chiyuki was murdered, and you all had a hand in executing Yoshikage Kira.

It seems like this isn't going to stop any time soon. How many more will join them this week?

Saturday is given to regrouping and rest; on Sunday morning the clock chimes as it always has, but at least there are no bodies to find today. It seems you're safe for now. The night before wasn't necessarily a peaceful one, however; you'll probably feel a bit groggy when you wake up, and it seems you've regained something that you didn't realize you'd lost...

Despite the Wordsmith's reaction to the last trial, it seems as though you've been rewarded once again for a job that was...well, it was done, even if he didn't explicitly say it was well-done. Another door has opened in that stairway, it seems, leading you further down into the building; once again, there are more rooms down there, more things to occupy yourselves with.

Or perhaps just more means to get creative with regards to how you take initiative with your fellow Apprentices.

~~APPRENTICES REMAINING: 23~~

~~APPRENTICES REMAINING: 22~~

APPRENTICES REMAINING: 20

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[OOC: Welcome to week four of Trustfell! Feel free to make as many top levels as you'd like and tag out to other characters! This post is for all of your interactions this week... at least until the weekend. Don't forget to save those threads for coins and the activity check!

If you'd like to get in contact with the Wordsmith, you can do so through letters or the switchboard!]

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[He studies him for a bit after he pulls his hands from her and she clasps her hands in front of her chest.]

Are you doing alright? You seem... preoccupied.

[ He takes up the trident again from where he's left it, running through the paces with it again. The exercise helps him focus, and though his comments come more sporadic as he goes through his routine, they're more normal sounding.]

Too many people have died in the past few days already. I haven't ever doubted that anyone would kill, but this week that's more true than ever.

I can't doubt that at all. As much as I wish it wouldn't happen, the incentives are starting to become more enticing. Honestly, even I don't doubt that someone will die as a result. We all have regrets we wish to undo, especially with... this one that the Wordsmith gave us.

[She was definitely swayed by it. So many 'what ifs' in her mind if... if Belius wasn't killed.]

It's all the more reason I've chosen to find ways to protect myself. After all, I can't rely on others to protect me when they could very well be the ones that want me dead.

[Her words definitely sound shakey at that last part. Perhaps fear.]

Edited 2017-02-17 01:28 (UTC)

[ There was a reason he hadn't approached her then, because she wasn't the only one who was tempted upon hearing what the wordsmith offered.]

No, you can't. [ It's as blunt as ever, but he's pleased in some way that she realizes this. He stops in his routine though, looking over at her. He knows that tone, he's heard it too many times before.]

We all have to do what we can.

[It's definitely a terrifying thought since at home everyone protected each other. They were on each other's sides. Yet here... here she knows... friendships can be made yet... when will people die? When will they... betray one another?

She doesn't want to think like that. She wants to think they'll all get out, yet she knows. She knows. She knows.]

Yes, we do. I want to live and I'll fight to live, yet-- [She pauses in her words, wondering if she should really say what she's thinking.] --it's okay if I have to die. If it means others get the chance to live, then it's okay.

[ Well he's definitely not thrilled about that answer and his scowl shows it, he does understand. Oh does he ever understand that mentality of not putting oneself first when it came down to it.]

I'm not gonna tell you what to think, but that better be your last resort.

[She hunches a bit at that scowl, retreating a bit.]

W-well, if it meant that you, or Mikazuki, or Hanyuu, or someone else gets to live... I-I would be okay with it. It scares me to think that maybe someone I've gotten close to might die.

[...]

Don't forget the people you have at home either.

[She looks down. She honestly doesn't know her fate back home. Maybe she lives, maybe... she dies. Then there's the fact that she's a poison on top of it.]

I--

[She sighs.]

I know.

[ He sighs, though it's out of a relief and not exasperation. He had wanted to yell at her that dying for him of all people was stupid. It's a good thing he didn't.

And it's also probably better to talk about something else.]

Don't forget that.

Have all your dreams made sense? Or they do they feel like they're skipping?

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[She shakes her head.]

They feel like they skip. I'm not sure what's going on just that... I...

[Yeah, this may not have been the better topic as she cuts off.]

You don't have to tell me what it was about. Christo was convinced they were memories, but there's gaps in mine too.

[ But how many memories was he missing?]

Well, I don't doubt they are memories. One of them connected with what I remember last before coming here.

[She didn't realize things went to pot right after she was 'kidnapped', either.]

Yeah, that's why the incentive this week is so dangerous.

[...why his mood is why it is.]

I know.

[There's really not much more to say than that.]

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