Week 5.

[trustfelling]

WEEK 5 With the deaths of AZ, Brady Russell, McKenzie Mitchell, and Walter White, it's probably starting to feel less crowded around here, isn't it? But there isn't going to be a break from your situation - a new day in here should remind you of that. Two people were murdered in an attempt to escape and one had Juri's help to take his own life. How many more will die this week? 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... Checking the rules when you wake up will reveal that there's been a rule change; another reminder of things you've lost, and things you may have yet to lose. Of course, with the start of a new week, another set of doors has opened up - once again, they can be found in the western corridor, jutting downwards toward the south. Go ahead and explore as much as you like; after the weekend's trial, you probably deserve it. COMPETITORS REMAINING: 19

SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY

[OOC: Welcome to week five 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

[flagitate]

It's a control thing. We hunt, we're less likely to sign up for the food they're gracious enough to give us, and we're less likely to get our names into the Reaping more than once.

[ ... nevermind that she put her name in for the tesserae as much as she could anyway... ]

Or something like that.

[glaciates]

...What's the Reaping?

[This sounds pretty Fucked Up but you know what, he is here for Fucked Up today.]

[flagitate]

It's a special day where kids ages twelve to eighteen get their names in a drawing. One girl and one boy is drawn. The ones who get drawn get the honor of going to the Hunger Games.

... Well. They used to, anyway.

[glaciates]

[Apparently this is a bad thing. "Hunger Games" though...???]

So what happened? Why doesn't this take place anymore?

[flagitate]

You know how my profile says I'm a rebel? I was rebelling against the Capitol, the ones who kept the Games going. Our president? He's dead.

Then I put an arrow through the heart of the woman who wanted to continue them. Who wanted to keep them going after hundreds of people died to try to stop them.

[glaciates]

Oh.

[He remembers her occupation. She'd been just as confused as he was by his, but that... that feels like it was a very long time ago.]

I uh... I get why that was necessary.

[And he does, even if his tone sounds a little stunted. He's just. Trying to process all of this. Give him a moment.]

[flagitate]

[ .... ]

Sorry. I know it's a lot.

[ And she's so casual about it, okay. ]

[glaciates]

Yeah, it's... I don't think most people would be okay doing what you did. But if it's necessary then sometimes you need to take matters into your own hands like that. I get it.

[That's decidedly less (unsure) so... improvement!!]

suicide tw

[flagitate]

Yeah. After I did that, I thought I was going to die. I thought they'd kill me.

[ ... She's not gonna tell him that she almost killed herself. She had it all planned out, too. ]

[glaciates]

But you thought it was worth the risk anyway, yeah? Because someone has to do something.

[flagitate]

[ ... Sometimes, she didn't think it was worth it. Lots of dark thoughts, and all. Like how she wasn't good enough to be the Mockingjay, how maybe they should've saved Peeta or made Johanna be the Mockingjay. ]

Someone had to, yeah. Nothing would've changed otherwise.

[glaciates]

That's just how things are, sometimes. Either everyone's too afraid to act or they just don't realize how bad things are... There's plenty of reasons why other people don't do what really needs to be done.

...I don't know the whole story, but it sounds like you did the right thing.

[flagitate]

Yeah. Before I did what I did in the first Games, people were too scared to do anything.

And it's a pretty long story. I'm not gonna bore you with it.

[ ... It still feels weird, admitting how much of a part she played before she even realized she was playing. ]

Thanks, Isaac. You're a good listener.

[glaciates]

It's no problem. That's what I'm best at. I'm uh... not as good with the whole... [vague handwave] communicating aspect of it.

[HE SUCKS AT SOCIAL BUT BOY CAN HE SERVE AS A GOOD SOUNDING BOARD]

And I don't mind listening again, if you need it sometime.

[flagitate]

I don't know. You say some pretty smart stuff.

[ ... Well, he has every time they've talked. ]

If you ever want to talk about anything-- I'm here.

[glaciates]

I try. I think I've gotten better at it since I've been here.

[CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT!!! \o/]

I'm okay though. I'm still working through my memories, but that's pretty normal. I'm missing seven years, after all. It'll take awhile for me to come to terms with everything that's happened.

[flagitate]

[ GOOD JOB GUYS, YOU DID IT ]

Well. [ shrug. ] The offer still stands. It comes with a good cup of tea, too.

[glaciates]

I'll be sure to keep that in mind.

...Thanks.

[WE HAD A POSITIVE THREAD, LOOK AT THIS]

[flagitate]

Yeah. No problem.

[ WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS!! ]