trustfelled | Week 5.

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

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[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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To an extent. It does sound odd for a scientist, but I assure you it's more common than people think.

[She shakes her head a little]

It's not that I find it strange... I just never grew up with it in my house. Sometimes I forget it's an option for others.

Perhaps that's how it is for a lot of things. When you're lost, it's good to find something to follow.

... If you don't mind me asking, does it help for you?

Personally, you could say so. Though it's not for everybody.

[That seems to be good enough for Sakura. She nods and leans against one of the pews]

It's good that it can help anyone, especially in a place like this.

You must have something you're holding onto as well, to have lasted this long.

[...]

Stubbornness, maybe. [A quirk of her lips]

Everyone back home tells me I can be very... bullheaded, when I put my mind to it.

That's a good quality, if the trials in this place have been any indication.

Yes... though I'd say the same of all of us. It isn't just luck that got us this far.

Of course. It's the struggle to continue to live.

[A small smile at the other woman]

You seem to have more of that drive than many of us, Kashima-san.

[She supposes age makes no difference in this regard]

[The elder Sakura actually seems surprised at that. Her eyes widen, then narrow quickly.]

I wouldn't say I have any of that.

O-oh...

[color her surprised by the reaction]

I mean... you're always looking for solutions, and asking questions... I don't think we'd have lasted this long without your contributions.

I'm determined, yes. I don't simply want to die without having accomplished anything. But for a long time, I've found life a hopeless, pointless endeavour that tears itself apart.

Even having accomplished as much as you have? Back on your world, you're the head of a huge organization...

That may be true, but it's all for a single goal. Carrying out the planet's will.

... What is the planet's will? Keeping it healthy...?

You'd think that, but... Augustra's world didn't have it, but I'll ask it of you. Have you ever heard of something called "the Key?"

[She hasn't, thus the shake of her head]

No, I'm unfamiliar with that term. What does it mean?

An ancient familiar, but not one created by a person. It's made by the Earth itself and summoned when intelligent life has grown and taken enough for itself that the planet runs low on aurora -- its life force. The Earth uses this to determine whether, in the despair humanity is mired in and the ruthlessness it's taken to survive, there are still enough good memories to allow humanity to continue.

If the Key finds those good memories, or if it's killed before it can, then humanity will continue until the death of the Earth. If not, or if it's triggered by an external force, then for all intents and purposes, the world will end there in order to recuperate and eventually grow new life over again.

... So this Key... it will judge humanity and decide if they deserve to continue living.

[That's a humbling doomsday device. But onto the more important question:]

And your organization is set on whatever outcome the Earth decides on?

There's a rival organization, Guardian. You may have seen them on my profile. They want to find and kill the Key before it can, so that humanity can continue. We don't see the point in that; the world will simply waste away and choke. We instead want the Key to make its judgment, yes.

That could very well lead to your own death, Kashima-san.

... But I assume you've made peace with that.

I have. I haven't even found good memories myself. I can't expect the Key to in such a short time.

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