trustfelled | Week 4.

Week 4.

WEEK 4
Three more Competitors died this past week. Chitoge Kirisaki tried to take matters into her own hands only to be punished as a result while William Flemming and Archie both tried to take the Adjudicator up on his word and escape. Three more of you are gone, but there's no going back now.

Saturday is given to regrouping and sleep; on Sunday morning the clock chimes as it always has, but at least there are no bodies to find today. 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, another set of doors has opened up - this time at the end of the western corridor, leading up and toward the north. Go ahead and explore as much as you like; consider it a reward for surviving another week.

COMPETITORS REMAINING: 23

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[OOC: Welcome to week four of Trustfell! Don't forget to save your threads for coins and the activity check, and don't forget to submit this week's activity check and memory regains!

If you'd like to get in contact with the Adjudicator, you can do so here!]

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[WELL,]

Alright then~! We are ready to begin! Make sure you don't press too hard, Angel, or it'll disrupt the energy we're helping to pour into this spot.

[or some bullshit, christ. alright.]

Hello, hello, hello to aaaany spirits out there~! Ferid and Angel here, we're looking for a certain Chitoge Kirisaki to join us tonight, because we have something veeery important to talk to her about! Please, won't you join us? Slide the coin to "yes" to let us know~!

[... And after that introduction, Ferid waits a few moments before discreetly moving the coin himself to yes. It's light enough that Angel won't know, and slow enough that it seems to be dragged.]

Uh... okay. Lightly.

[At least Ferid is having fun with all these theatri- AND THEN IT FUCKIN MOVES]

Did you do that?

[LIKE WHAT CHANCE IS THERE THAT HE DIDN'T DO THAT HAHAHAHA...]

[Well, considering he seems as surprised as she does--]

No... I didn't. Honestly, I wasn't expecting a reply that fast or at all either, so I suppose using Chitoge's room might've worked after all.

[He'll, uh. He's gonna tilt his head for a moment, staring at the coin, before smiling excitedly at Angel.]

As I said, you'll be asking the questions -- yes or no ones work best, since they're easy to answer.

Uh... okay! Hi... Chitoge. Are you okay? I mean, besides being a ghost. Does being a ghost hurt or anything. I guess. I don't know, I've never really thought about ghosts?

[She can't just launch into the reason why they're contacting her after all! Gotta... work up to that.]

[Ferid's had years and years and years of practicing in restraining his laughter, and no better time has it come into play until now.]

Why haven't you-- ah, it's moving again.

[And surely enough, it is! At that same pace as before, out of the "Yes" area... and then back into it again as an answer.]

... I hope that was to your first question and not to the one about if being a ghost hurts.

[LISTEN SHE WORRIES OKAY?]

I'm going to assume it is. Good! Good. So, uh... you've probably seen, but things are sort of moving like they have been here. We got a pool! And Archie stabbed Juri and it was super badass.

[Wait ghosts can go through walls Chitoge probably saw that.]

So, I uh. Guess you're probably wondering why we seanced you up, huh?

[THERE'S A REASON MOST PEOPLE ASK ONE QUESTION AT A TIME oh, but you've never seanaced before, Ferid definitely should have mentioned that in his instructions.

There doesn't seem to be a reply at first, but the motion from before repeats; in and out of "yes".]

Yeah, I mean of course you are, people don't just seance ghosts up for fun.

[Deep breath.]

So it's not really to ask you something, but to tell you? I know this is... actually probably objectively the worst time to say this, now that I'm thinking about it? But I mean... you deserve to know if you don't already but uh I kinda sorta had a... thing... for you. Like a romantic... thing. And I know you're a ghost now and you like someone else anyway but I think you're great and nice and if I'm going to be turned down I want to be turned down properly. Even if it's on a weird alphabet mat.

So: Chitoge Kirisaki, not taking into account the ghost thing, do you reject me? Y-Yes or no.

[Oh, oh goodness. He could actually do something here. He could make or break a girl's heart.

Aligula would hate him.

... Though he's not sure how Chitoge would reply, anyway, and the coin draws back to the center as a result. Staying there. When it appears not to be moving anytime soon, Ferid speaks up.]

... I think she may be thinking about it.

[Pros to rejecting Angel: There will be the look of resignation he likes to see. It's probably the thing Chitoge would do.
Cons to rejecting Angel: Aligula will kill him if she ever finds out he's the one controlling the coin.

Pros to not rejecting Angel: There will be hope! And happiness! And grief, since Angel and Chitoge cannot be together, goodness.
Cons to not rejecting Angel: ... Well, it isn't like ghosts exist anyway, so.

It takes a minute for the coin to move, but it slowly slides across the board and settles snugly on "no".]

Ah. [Wow.] Does that mean..?

[More than anything, the 'No' takes Angel aback. She came here fully expecting to get rejected if this whole seance thing worked, not... definitely not that. Not... that it matters that much anyway. It's like they say: you can't smooch a ghost. But she doesn't believe it, somehow, even more than the idea of ghosts, she... she can't... right?

After a long pause, she swallows and speaks up:]

Ferid, are you sure you're not the one moving the coin?

Why would I ever, Angel?

[Like really, what does he have to gain from that.]

I-I don't know, I just... it's a lot to take in if it's true, you know?

[She sighs.]

And I don't just... want you thinking you have to make me feel better by pretending to be Chitoge's ghost. I can take disappointment, Ferid. I'm used to it.

[...]

There may be reasons for her decision outside of if she likes you back the same way or not. [It's an oddly kind tone, considering who it's coming from.] But if you don't believe me, why don't you ask some questions about Chitoge that only she could answer?

[This is like, seriously lovely. Let's drag out your hope and disappointment cycles more.]

[Well at least someone here is having fun.]

R-Right. Uh... do you like The Great Gatsby?

[

OF ALL THE THINGS, IT'S THAT? HE DOESN'T KNOW JACKSHIT IF SHE DOES. WOULD SHE? THE GREAT GATSBY IS ONE OF THE MORE INTERESTING PIECES OF LITERATURE THAT HE'S COME ACROSS, BEING A MOCKERY OF THE AMERICAN DREAM AND ALL THAT JAZZ, BUT DOES CHITOGE LIKE IT he could not be more fucked if he tried.

Well, let's think. Would Chitoge enjoy a tale like this. Would she really.

... It dips in and out of "no". Boy, he hopes he's right.]

A pity. It was something of an interesting read to me.

She didn't exactly paint the best picture of it.

[At least it's not about the New Rich of space her dad bought a pony made of diamonds and named it Butt Stallion just to insult someone.]

The guy you liked back in your world's name is Roku, yes or no?

[IS THAT WHAT THAT IS ABOUT, WHY DOES IT BLEED IF YOU STAB IT, IS IT A REAL PONY

Oh, a bridge he doesn't have to stress about! Another dip into the "no" before it moves again, at its own slow pace, to the letters, stopping on each one momentarily.

R-A-K-U.]

[BUTT STALLION IS A MYSTERIOUS AND UNIQUE CREATURE OBTAINED 100% LEGALLY FROM A LICENSED DIAMOND PONY BREEDER AND/OR MINING COMPANY

Angel breathes a little sigh of relief. Maybe just... one more question?]

The soulmate party was the first time we talked, right?

[

he has come to another bridge he cannot cross. was it the first time? it isn't like he kept track of chitoge during the first half of the week. they could've met before then. and he was busily being The Best Host at the soulmate party, too, who knows who met who. there were certainly a number of people he met there himself for the first time, properly anyway. like robert. god bless robert. man has tasteless opinions and a naive outlook on women and children fighting, but he's oddly humble and hasn't let the power of being a king go to his head. also: he won against a throne made of swords by wearing thicker trousers, how the fuck is that not just the most inventive thing ever? ferid likes robert. he's okay. higher than walter now on his hot or not.

...

...

The coin drags itself over to "yes". It's like one of those trick questions, where every answer is "no" until it's "yes" right. Please. If he's turned out a sham now, then Angel will never come to his cat party sometime in the future.]

[CONGRATS FERID YOU HAVE NOT BEEN DISCOVERED TO BE A SHAM, YOU WILL PROBABLY SEE ANGEL IN CAT EARS YET wait that sounds weird

whatever, the point is she buys it. Angel gives a nervous little laugh and tries to adjust her... hair? It's all in a side ponytail, Angel, literally what are you going to change- OKAY NO, UM.]

So you... do you like me too, then? I guess just because you didn't reject me doesn't mean you accept, necessarily, and I mean... good to be thorough...

[See, if vampires had the means to have heart attacks, he would've had one. But he doesn't.]

It is. Though I wonder if that's something so easily... spelled out...

[Which is what the coin is doing again, so uh.

F-R-I-E-N-D.

A pause, before he decides to add on something else.

B-E-S-T.]

... If she's willing to start that, then maybe we should ask her about life on the other side.

[Angel swallows. FRIENDZONED BY A GHOST... maybe. But that's a valid point.]

Right. So... is everyone who died a ghost now?

[Well.

That's easy enough to consider. If Chitoge's a ghost (if ghosts existed), then... The coin drags to "yes".]

I suppose that makes sense. It would be a little silly if she were the only one, right? And terribly lonely.

True. Or if just the people Juri killed were ghosts. [Like at least she would have Archie with her but damn.] So are you guys all just... around us all the time, hanging out and doing... ghost stuff?

[....... Ghost stuff.... What would that include, he wonders. Floating around? Talking to one another? Making amends? Making funny faces at people who can't see them?

...

The coin slides in, then out again. Yes. All the ghost stuff, Angel.]

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