trustfelled | Week 3.

WEEK 3
Grace and Doug are dead. It seems that there isn't anything more to do but mourn your losses and try to move forward. The Transmitter's rules still hang in every room, a reminder of the only means of escaping this place.

But surely no one else will give into them, right?

Saturday is given to regrouping and rest; the static blares out early on Sunday, 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...

Once again, however, it seems your efforts won't go unrewarded; another set of corridors have opened up, much in the same fashion as the other new area did last week. With them come new rooms to explore; maybe some of them will be to your liking.

Or perhaps it's better to say that hopefully some of them will; after all, if the Transmitter gets her way, you may be here for a very, very long time.

PATIENTS REMAINING: 26

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[OOC: Welcome to week three 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 Transmitter, you can do so through text or the phone in your room!]

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So it's back to fulfilling the incentive, then.

[Or blackmail, really.]

... Okay.

As a last resort.

[She means it.]

It's alright.

I'll wait until the last minute.

[Rin stiffens.]

Sakura, you're not going to botch this for me, are you?

What reason would I have to do that?

[Her voice is light; if anything, Rin's reaction makes her double down on herself]

I'm agreeing to your plan. There needs to be a murder if it comes to it.

[Early in the morning (as in, when the static alarm goes off), if anyone else decides to go to the art room for whatever reason, then they'd be greeted by the sight of McGillis... apparently just sitting there facing the door with a cup of coffee. Next to his chair is also a crossbow and a set of bolts, too. Furthermore, if you look even closer, there's actually what looks to be a pot of coffee nearby as well, albeit completely empty.

...Has he slept at all? It's honestly difficult to tell, because he looks the same as ever on the surface, just casually writing stuff down on a couple sheets of paper he has in front of him. If anyone visited him yesterday, though, they'll notice that the canvases that he'd marked are still present.

Some hours later, he'll be going back to room #12 with a sheaf of papers and he won't be back out until what passes for mid-afternoon in this place. Don't worry - canvases aside, he cleaned up the rest of the stuff in the art room.]

[Somewhere beyond her ribs is a tight, uncomfortable feeling.]

...If you need to do that, I won't stop you. But it might be better if you wait. If I fail, you'll need to act next, but the commotion should be good cover for you.

[...]

Tohsaka-senpai.

I'm saying I'll do this in your place.

[...]

No, I probably couldn't do it as well. But I'm sure I can be the victim well enough.

No.

[Flat and adamant. It's not going to happen.]

Why?

Because it's not going to happen, Sakura.

[You're my—]

Kogami knows we're from the same world. He'd smell we worked together from a mile away. You're the back-up, and that's how it's staying!

Edited 2017-06-22 08:12 (UTC)

[There's a visible flinch on her face at the mention of him, the one person who'd probably make her reconsider this.

... Which is why it's all the more significant that Sakura still holds her position, though she looks away]

There's no reason for me to be back-up. [Her voice is quiet] It's more beneficial that I be...

[Shifting on her feet (she hasn't sat down yet), Sakura's hands twist against each other]

B-because... there's no point in me going home anymore.

[Rin is still furious, eyes gleaming more silver than blue, but it ebbs to confusion. A foreboding feeling.]

What are you talking about? [Incredulous.] Just say it plainly.

[Sakura had assumed she was speaking plainly, but Rin's tone snaps her back into the moment. The girl looks at the other in brief confusion.]

You don't--

[--remember. Aaah, she sees.

Then she really will have to tell the truth. Sakura settles her eyes back on the floor.]

It happened after school, when Nii-san... [A pause, and it's heavy] ... when he brought me there in order to lure Senpai to him. Senpai tried to save me, and I assume you had formed an alliance with him, because you were there, too.

[Her voice grows weighted with each sentence, like she's struggling under the effort] Nii-san ended up losing the book that helped him control Rider, so she came back under my command. And...

[Nii-san ordered me to kill you both.]

He was angry that I wouldn't listen to him. One of my earrings contains a... liquid, that quickly drains my mana, so he... made it break. [Breaths coming slightly faster] Because Rider was under me again, I think the bounded field became too strong. I didn't realize what I was doing.

[I didn't mean to--]

I... I think I attacked someone. Then Senpai got in the way, trying to stop me from hurting anyone.

[I didn't, I didn't, I didn't--]

He was going to die. Rider wouldn't let anyone escape, she wanted to make sure I'd be well again, so I--

[A long, long breath, gently exhaled. Sakura composes herself]

I'm unconscious, or have already passed. Even if I wasn't, I don't think there's a way to wake me up, either.

[A lie. Sakura can think of one immediately, except her mind would be dead.

Best not to dwell on it.]

Edited 2017-06-22 08:43 (UTC)