Week 4.

[trustfelling]

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

SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY

[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!]

Comments

[glaciates]

Definitely not. Things just keep getting tougher, huh?

[Isaac shakes his head after a moment though.]

I'm still working through it. I was fighting a couple of kids on top of a glacier? It was weird.

[Correction: he was getting his ass handed to him by a couple of kids while riding a glacier. Very important difference.]

I've never seen them before, but it felt like I recognized them somehow. I was really pissed at them.

[There's a lot more to it than that, but it's a lot of stuff he still has to work through. He's not comfortable talking about the rest of it.]

[fittedgloves]

You hadn't seen them before?

[glaciates]

Nope. One of them was short with blond hair and the other... uh.

[...how does he explain this.]

His soul was bonded to a suit of armor? They attempted human transmutation, so that kid lost his body in a rebound, I guess.

[you know, as you do]

[fittedgloves]

[ Well, that's a new one. ]

...How does that sort of thing happen?

[glaciates]

I'm not entirely sure what they did, but my best guess is that they attempted to bring someone back from the dead.

[AS YOU DO]

There's a reason why human transmutation is illegal, and that's one of them. Honestly, they're lucky they survived at all. They're pretty young too, I think. The blond one is, anyway. The kid in the armor sounds really young too.

[kids trying to necromancy the dead back to life: nbd]

[fittedgloves]

I suppose the saying "the dead should stay dead" goes for most worlds, doesn't it?

[glaciates]

Yeah. Even if you could theoretically create a body with alchemy, how do you put a price on a soul?

[Isaac shakes his head. He's looked into human transmutation, sure. What alchemist hasn't considered all the illegal things?? It comes with the territory of being a battlenerd.]

I should probably feel bad for those kids, but I was just really pissed off at them instead? I don't know.

[And that's not entirely true, because he's got a pretty good idea of why he was pissed at them. It's something he's still not ready to accept though.]

[fittedgloves]

Do you remember why you were angry at them?

[ Probably the one question he doesn't want her to ask, but she's curious. ]

[glaciates]

...I think they were...

[He falls silent after a moment and shakes his head. He can't look at Kyouko.]

I don't know. I'm not really sure what was going on.

[fittedgloves]

[ She gives him a curious look. ]

Maybe you'll find out in another dream.

[glaciates]

Yeah. It's possible. I probably will.

[And that's going to suck. He would have preferred never having this dream, thanks!!]

[fittedgloves]

Everything might turn out fine in the end, don't forget that.

[ That is what's keeping her going. ]

[glaciates]

[HAHAHAHAHAHA......]

Yeah. Yeah, it might.

[But if anything, that seems to have unsettled him even more.]

[fittedgloves]

[ She definitely notices that. ]

What's wrong?

[glaciates]

...It's nothing. I've still got some stuff to sort out, that's all.

[He recovers as best he can and while he still looks sort of unsure, that seems to be it for the time being.]

[fittedgloves]

Alright. I won't push you on it.

[ But she notices how he still looks a little unsure. ]

Are you headed anywhere in particular?

[glaciates]

Oh uh, no. I was just wandering around. Hopefully I'll wear myself out or... something.

[He shrugs half-heartedly.]

[fittedgloves]

I'm headed to the library myself. You can join me, if you'd like. Reading may help you take your mind off of things.

[glaciates]

Yeah, it might. That'd be good. Thanks, Kyouko.

[fittedgloves]

No need to thank me.

...We have to look out for one another, after all.

[glaciates]

We do, yeah.

[And he sort of smiles at that, though the expression is awkward.]

And even if I don't have to thank you, it's nice to hear that.

[fittedgloves]

[ She gives him a small smile in return. ]

I agree. It's nice to look out for one another. [ Because even if she acts distant, she does worry about everyone... ]

[glaciates]

Yeah. And don't forget that it applies to you too.