Trustfell 5: A Good Day to Trust Fall (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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trustfelled2017-07-02 11:45 am
trustfellowship) wrote in trustfelled2017-07-02 11:45 am
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. |
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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I'm barely a participant in the war, Tohsaka senpai. At this point, Rider is there to protect Senpai and everyone else at my command.
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But humoring her can only go so far. Too many things don't add up for that.]
If that's how you feel, why not transfer your rights as a Master to Emiya-kun? You've said yourself that he's without a Servant now. It's not enough to order her to act as a bodyguard, if he gets in a bind and immediately needs to change plans.
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That's a lack of consideration on my part, then. I suppose I've underestimated Rider's attachment to me. She... she refuses to leave me, even though I'm hardly a capable Master. That, and I can at least power her properly. Senpai had trouble enough keeping Saber in top form.
[He's more a master than Shinji, but in some ways, that isn't saying much. There's a pause before she continues]
And since no one else has breached the subject, I can only assume it's because the Tohsaka-senpai from my reality doesn't think it'll do much good. If it won't increase anyone's chances of success, there isn't a point.
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Because this is still a lie, Rin is positive. It doesn't explain why Zouken Matou would allow his granddaughter to stay among his enemy, or why Sakura Matou would turn against her kin. If they're relying on Archer's arm as their best bet of winning, it means too that the Illyasviel von Einzbern of Sakura's world no longer has Berserker.
In such a scenario, Sakura Matou cannot under any circumstances afford to be an inactive participant in the Grail War. She's the only one in the position who could win it, or otherwise stop the threat at hand.]
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I see. [Her voice is almost musical, as she watches Archer's face. The flicker of his eyes finding the camera.] That does sound like the pragmatic approach I would take.
[Because we're not allies in your timeline. Otherwise, if you really wanted out, you would have given Rider to me.]
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... Yes.
[Her next pause lacks the same put-upon patience as the previous ones; she shifts, and bites the inside of her cheek while struggling to speak again]
It isn't just Grandfather we're fighting. There's... something else there. But we don't know what it is.
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[If she doesn't know what it is, presumably it would have to be.]
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Right now we think Grandfather might be allied with it. Maybe. But regardless, it's dangerous.
... A shadow that devours people.
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It's going for bystanders, who have nothing to do with the war?
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The Servants... they can't defeat it. According to Illya-san, that's what took down her Berserker. It covered him while Saber-san attacked and--
[Ah yes, she realizes blatantly this isn't something she'd mentioned. After a sigh, Sakura backtracks in explanation]
Saber-san came back, but she's no longer Senpai's Servant. That shadow thing is controlling her.
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I haven't encountered anything like that, in my memories. I think you have it backwards. Whatever it is, Zouken Matou is the lynchpin; the most tremendous different between your version of events and mine is that that man got involved. If this shadow creature were at play, I should have seen it with our without his hand otherwise.
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[A rogue player would've been equally bad, but it's made worse if the shadow is being controlled by her Grandfather.]
I don't have any memories of a confrontation yet. Everyone is preparing for now, with you and Senpai patrolling at night for information.
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Well, we have Illya-san and you working together... I can't imagine we won't come up with a battle plan eventually.
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And those concerns are best left to our memories, anyhow. We have our own issues, in this place.
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We'll just have to wait for someone to make a move this Thursday night.
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Like I said, it'll work out. And if it doesn't, it's probably a bluff.
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... Um.
[Or perhaps not]
You don't have to keep pretending, if you don't want to...
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About Senpai, I mean.
It's okay if you care for him, too.
[...]
Really, this is good news. I know you'll keep him in line. He's so brash and tries to do so much, he needs someone watching out for him.
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I-I've told before...
[Whatever irritation is there deflates quickly. In Rin's mind, Shirou is already as good as dead, it's just a matter of when. Even for Sakura's sake, she doesn't have the energy right now.
For Sakura's sake, maybe it's better if she just admits it. Not everything, but some.]
He's no good at it himself. I'll watch his back for now.
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This was going to happen in at least one reality... and it's not Rin's fault that all Sakura has to look forward to is death if she ever goes home.
But her smile is warm as she nods in agreement, a silent "thank you". For now, this is enough.]
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[She doesn't ask "if that's okay". She's sure for Sakura it isn't, and that she'd want nothing more than to be left alone, in spite of the smile on her face.
It's warm, but Rin also thinks it's bittersweet.
Before Sakura can give her reply, Rin shifts her seat closer to the Matou girl, so they're nearly side-by-side. This isn't "I'll stay and you go"; in truth, Rin has no desire to look at these monitors for another minute.
I'll stay here with you. Whether Sakura understands or not, that's what the Tohsaka heir means.]