Week 5.

[trustfellowship]

WEEK 5 Another week has passed; another two people have died. Tsubasa Hanekawa and Nachetanya Loei Piena Augustra have joined the ranks of the deceased. Whatever you may have thought about them in the end, one thing hovers heavy over the group: the fact that neither their compassion nor their ambition was enough to keep them alive in here. Is yours? 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... And of course, with another successful trial comes a new addition to the building, another corridor opening up on the west side of the building. The doors leading to it branch off of the hallways leading to the second and fourth sections of the building; have those doors always been there? You can't remember... It's a new week. Of course, that means you've been here for over a month, and your stay doesn't seem to be coming to a close yet. PATIENTS REMAINING: 22

SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY
[OOC: Welcome to week five 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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[carnivorously]

I know you have. But you're certainly not acting like it now.

[heritrix]

You say the rudest things...!

[Just when they were having a nice time, too! She folds her arms in a huff, the supplies tucked to her chest.]

What? Should I have been reviewing military tactics whilst walking down a hall in the middle of the day?

[carnivorously]

No, but the way you are shows you're not thinking straight.

[Who wanders past their room like that? Only someone who's head is filled with far too many thoughts.]

[heritrix]

What way I am.

[Still didn't put together how long he was watching her here.]

[carnivorously]

The way you walked past your room and realized you walked past it when you about bumped into the wall. That's what I mean when I say "the way you are."

[Yeah, he's been watching her...]

[heritrix]

So you're creepy as well as rude.

[That's not as scathing as it could be; if he was watching her for that long he's justified for the earlier comments. It's more like she's trying to save face here, and keep up an air of normalcy.]

[carnivorously]

I've got to make sure my master is in good shape, right?

[The way he says it is totally condescending, especially since he's moving his head to pop his neck.]

[heritrix]

You sound like your Master's last Servant, when you talk like that.

[This is a difficult expression to read, as she makes her way towards her door.]

[carnivorously]

So I'm not the first unruly dog you've owned then, huh?

[He's pretty much smirking at her now. It's fun seeing this side of her.]

[heritrix]

I wouldn't call him a dog... [Rin says this, as she opens the door. That would be Lancer.] But he was difficult to manage, yes.

[There's some fondness underneath another emotion that's harder to pin down. What's probably more noticeable to Kogami, however, is the past tense.]

[carnivorously]

'Was', huh?

[He does catch on to that past tense. At the moment, he won't pry more than that.]

[heritrix]

[She leaves the door open, so he can follow her if he wants. The supplies are set down on the desk; with her back turned to him, Kogami can't see her expression.]

...Hey, Kogami.

[She speaks to him casually, with a tone that belies something more earnest.]

When you asked me to be your master, what qualities did you recognize in me that made you think I would be suitable for the role?

tw: sexual abuse

[carnivorously]

[He chuckles a bit.]

Conviction. You're on a clear path. You know what you want to do, but you don't just think optimistically. You know how to set forth that path, too and you're not afraid to lead others down it.

[He leans against her door frame.]

A few months ago, at least it was a few months ago from my last memory, we had a new hire. Wide eyed doe type and she was assigned to be my new owner. She had a positive view of the law and probably hadn't done any dirty work in her life. Right off the bat, she was put on a pretty nasty case-- that's when I first met her. I told her that if she didn't like what I was doing she should shoot me with the dominator. Since I'm a latent criminal, it would unlock and shoot me with an electromagnetic shock, not unlike a taser.

Fast forward about an hour, there's a girl who was a victim of sexual abuse. Sibyl killed her abuser, but it seemed her crime-coefficient had reached the level she was to be killed as well, even though she was the victim. With gasoline all around her and a lighter, she was about to take us all out. Tsunemori begged me not to kill her, that she was the victim.

So I taunted her. "Shoot me if you don't like it." Guess what happened next?

I woke up in a hospital unable to move for two days because she hit me directly in the spine. I couldn't help but respect her after that. She chose justice before her job.

[All of this said is with a fondness in his voice.]

I suppose I sensed the same from you.

[heritrix]

[...The way he answers her question is interesting.

Shoulders stiff, Rin continues to keep her back to him initially, but when the story begins she shifts from one leg to the other; turns her body just slightly towards him with her face in profile.

He has her complete attention. If he's watching for it, her face is composed, but her eyes unnaturally bright, taking all of this in intently. Wheels turning. She didn't ask this question on a whim, and some layer to his story is helping her find her answer.

She's silent for several moments, after he's completed the tale. Then:]

...I'm not sure I believe in justice, but I think I'd like her.

[carnivorously]

You would have gotten along with Tsunemori. She's rather friendly, easy to work with, states her opinion rather openly, but... I respect her a lot.

[He looks down at the ground and he smiles sincerely. Something often not seen from Kogami, especially here.]

She treats me like an equal and if anything, I suppose I don't think of her as my owner, but as my partner.

[He knows she thinks the same. She treated him like a human-- she had from the first day.]

[heritrix]

[It's really nice to see him like. With a smile on his face like that, Rin can only smile back in turn, happy for Kogami from the bottom of her heart.

But there's also something profoundly sad behind her gaze too. As best as she can, Rin tries to hide it. She doesn't dare open her mouth just yet, because she's sure if she did her voice would give it away.]

[carnivorously]

Though I do wish you could have met her. She's not that much older than you and she would have taken you in rather quickly.

Yeah, so that's enough about her.

[He chuckles. He didn't mean for it to go on about Tsunemori, but it shows just how much he cares for and respects the woman.]

[heritrix]

[No, she doesn't mind in the slightest. It paints a better picture of what qualities Kogami respects in a person. And it helps differentiate him from the person she's thinking of, too.

She always knew those things, of course, but not as it pertained to her.]

I got off to about as bad as start with Archer as I did with you, when we first met.

[Her voice doesn't shake when she speaks. That's good; she trusts herself enough to continue.]

He took me for someone young and inexperienced, and told me I should wait in the basement while he did all the fighting for me.

[There's a touch of genuine humor to her groan, recalling it.] It was so condescending. He told me he acknowledged me as his Master, but in form only, and would be the one calling all the shots. That made me really angry.

[carnivorously]

Well, I can't say we didn't do the same as your Archer. Old Man Masaoka apparently told her to sit back and do nothing. It pissed her off from what I heard.

[He chuckles. It almost confirms they really would get along.]

Sounds like you've experienced the same thing, then.

[heritrix]

I did, but I didn't tolerate it for more than a minute. I used something much stronger than a taser, and leashed him in quick.

It was a reckless move that shouldn't have worked in the first place, but that it did even halfway impressed him. He took back everything he said and apologized for looking down on me, and even praised my skill.

[She had been so proud in that moment. Archer had been the first person to acknowledge her talent in such a way.]

Things went smoothly over the next several days, as we started to understand one another. I was annoyed that I hadn't summoned the Saber-class Servant as I'd intended, but Archer...

[She holds a hand, close to her heart.] We were compatible, in every sense. We would bicker, but our synergy was flawless. In combat he would follow my every order without hesitation, and there were times I didn't have to say the words.

He knew what I wanted from him, and I knew he would be there. I didn't think twice about jumping off that skyscraper, because I knew he would catch me.

[carnivorously]

I can't say I fully comprehend Servants and classes, but it sounds like you got a good one. That kind of trust is hard to find, but when you find it-- you never want to let it go.

[He knows with Tsunemori. Maybe she had a blind trust in him, but... he was glad for it.]

However, it is a good thing he caught you when you jumped off a sky scraper. That wouldn't have been a fun death. Instant. But not fun.

[heritrix]

[There it is again; a flash in her eyes that lingers, like photo negatives. Something sad. Something hurt. Her mouth is a tight line. Kogami's words apparently caught her off guard, because Rin only turns her face away as an afterthought; the action reads wooden, and not as natural as she intended.

That kind of trust is hard to find.]

[carnivorously]

[Hmm...]

Did I say something wrong?

[Because it's clearly something he said that's making her react like this.]

[heritrix]

No. It was funny.

[But her voice is thick and she's not laughing.]

[carnivorously]

[Well, he won't pry...]

If you say so.