Week 6.

[trustfelling]

WEEK 6 Only two died this week; it still feels strange, maybe, but with the deaths of Mozu and Yang Xiao Long, it's difficult to ignore that your numbers are lower. You're almost down to half of the group you started with. 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... As before, another set of doors has opened up, this time branching off of the eastern corridor toward the north. Feel free to explore as much as you like; perhaps you've earned it. COMPETITORS REMAINING: 17

SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY | SATURDAY

[OOC: Welcome to week six 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!

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Comments

[fortunatedetective]

I'm in mood for some kind of celebration. Nothing big, just something to encourage Fridays like this one. Do you think Cilan-kun would be willing to prepare a feast?

[greenmamabear]

He'd probably be making snacks today anyway if we had a, uh, trial today. I think he'd be happy to.

[fortunatedetective]

[Good! Things are so nice when no one dies and days are peaceful. Hey, now that she thinks about it...]

Fern-san, do you mind if I ask about your past? Some of the things you shouted at Juri-san were rather noteworthy.

[greenmamabear]

[....Welp.]

Uh. Sure.

I'm probably not crazy. For the record.

[fortunatedetective]

Don't worry, I won't doubt for a second you're as sane as anyone can be.

[She says that because she hasn't heard details]

I'm rather curious as to how you ended fighting giant organs. How does that happen?

[greenmamabear]

Its kind of a long story? I guess we'd have to start by talking about parallel universes.

[fortunatedetective]

I'm familiar with the concept.

[But maybe it's different in your world? Start explaining parallel universes whenever you're ready, green mom!]

[greenmamabear]

Well, uh, the last place I was at says there's stuff like "zones" outside of parallel universe. Like, I'm pretty sure we're all from something called "the grey zone" because we have. Uh. Death.

And the last place I was at, that was, uh, "between zones". I think. Maybe. I'm a little unclear still.

[fortunatedetective]

...I think...I understand so far.

[Kinda? Not really, but after talking to Inigo about the worlds he visits and all she more or less thinks she understands]

[greenmamabear]

Okay, this is where it gets a little weirder.

So this place was called "The Hospital" and I, uh, feel like Hospital and The are capitalized? Its a big deal. And everything that's too complicated for a regular hospital in its own zone goes there.

And so I met giant talking organs.

[fortunatedetective]

"A little weirder"...?

[Naoto gives Fern a disbelieving stare because really, you call that 'a little weirder'? That crosses well into the realm of 'fucking lotsa weird'!]

So you got into the hosp...The Hospital as a patient, I assume. That'd explain the hospital gown. Are those giant talking organs your doctors?

[Maybe Fern went there to get a cure or explanation for why she's so green!]

[greenmamabear]

That's what it seems like, or at least they think I'm a patient. They're pretty incompetent. But, uh, no, the organs were the other patients. I haven't met all the doctors yet, but there was, uh... [Let's see...]

Dr. Phage, slimey little virus and an asshole. I think he runs the place? Dr. Tori, some kind of surgeon I think? Dr. Balmer runs the morgue. A giant needle guy too. Nurse Molly... I remember talking about meeting a Dr. Man but I don't know what he looks like or anything.

Oh, and Dr. Staph. She's the best of the bunch.

[fortunatedetective]

Right. I think I understand the general picture, although it's difficult to imagine viruses and needles as doctors.

[Naoto tilts her head]

How did you end fighting other patients?

[Usually the question would be 'why the heck are there giant organs' but she has the feeling Fern wouldn't know]

[greenmamabear]

[She tries to avoid an uncomfortable expression, but she feels too guilty about it to hide it for long.]

Its... I don't know, some of it was my own fault. A lot of it was my own fault.

[fortunatedetective]

[Hnrg, you do look guilty, Fern...Naoto tries to think of a way to make it look less important than it may be]

It may not be your fault as much as you think it is.

[Such things are easy to say when one doesn't know the details, of course, but this is Fern. How bad can it be?]

[greenmamabear]

[She runs a finger through her hair, trying to figure out the best way to phrase this. Its so hard to find the words.]

...It started with trying to help people. Well, no, that's not true. I just wanted clues to find my son and I thought helping the other patients might do it. So this nose had a bad case of kidney stones and I thought "weird, but I'll give him the right medicine."

But I-I didn't know... I mean, maybe I should've, everything else was alive and talking....

[What was it she said to Juri again? About killing a giant kidney stone and her children?]

[fortunatedetective]

[The first thought of 'how does a nose gets a case of kidney stones' quickly goes away when Naoto realizes the implications fits something Fern had said before.

Oh goodness]

...I don't think you should blame yourself. You had the best intentions, there was no way you could have known...

[That it was all alive and what not]

Besides you helped someone, and that's good. That's what I think.

[greenmamabear]

Didn't end up mattering much. The mom was... upset and tried to kill me and the nose.

Succeeded with him.

[fortunatedetective]

[Naoto stares at Fern for a moment. This conversation was bound to be unpleasant, what with what Fern had told Juri, but it's turning out to be more unpleasant than expected]

We don't need to continue talking about this if it's making you uncomfortable, Fern-san. I didn't mean to drag bad memories into the light.

[greenmamabear]

N-no, its alright. Its just... hard.

One of the little guys started following me too. Helping me. I thought he was just a weird monster but. He's just a kid who needs someone. Isn't he?

[fortunatedetective]

[It does sound like a kid] Kids need guidance, and you have a motherly aura. It's one of the reasons why people trust you. [And why you're overall trusted by the teenagers!]

[greenmamabear]

[That gets her to lighten up, just a little.]

I guess Nurturing is an apt description for me, huh?

[fortunatedetective]

It is. I don't know how we'd all be doing without you.

[Really, you're a sweet green mother and deserve more credit than you get! And you're already getting a lot]

[greenmamabear]

You're too sweet. I'm sure you guys could figure something out.