Week 8.

[trustfelling]

WEEK 8 Despite the week of peace - or in some cases, because of it - it seems that the stream of deaths is going to continue unabated; if anything, there's been a sharp uptick this week. Yuri Lowell, Angel Hyperion, Naoto Shirogane, Aymeric de Borel, Isaac McDougal, and Ferid Bathory have all joined the deceased. In one week, you've dropped from over half your original number being alive, to almost two-thirds being dead. But surely things can only go up from here on out, right? 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... Another set of doors has opened up, once again branching off of the eastern corridor and leading toward the south. Go ahead and explore as much as you like; you've definitely earned it this week. COMPETITORS REMAINING: 11

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[OOC: Welcome to week eight 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

[oasisrose]

[WELP.

Since Jean's investigating in the chapel, it's natural that she'd run into him. She's not actually against defacing the church on principle, but...]

Terumi, do you want to get cursed? Because that's how you get cursed.

[hentopan]

[ He laughs and it's more maniacal than normal.]

Aww, thanks for your concern Buttercup, but shit like that doesn't bother me. [ He shrugs offhandedly.]

Don't think another curse would do what the first couldn't~.

[oasisrose]

[Jean makes the most surprised face in all of time and space, because she is just so gosh-darned stunned that such an upright individual like Terumi would manage to get himself cursed.]

So, are you collecting curses now, or is there another reason you've decided to redecorate the chapel?

[hentopan]

I've burned down chapels before, it's a lot of fun, you should try it sometime.

But no, no, there's a reason for this. [ Like most of the things he does, actually.]

I guess you could say even I have someone I fight for, shocking huh?

[oasisrose]

I'll pass. Blowing up a cathedral has been more than enough blasphemy for my lifetime.

... well... yes, actually. That does surprise me. [She pauses in her search of the room for a moment to get a better look now.] A god?

[hentopan]

That must have been fun too~. [ Maybe he should add it to the list of things he needs to do when he gets back.]

What do you think? [ He's grinning in a cocky way-- it's not something he usually throws out there, but he is in a good mood so he'll tell her regardless of her guess.]

[oasisrose]

[Hmm. Runes are more in Hiro or Lemina's areas of expertise -- next to them, Jean feels like she barely has a handle on her own language. But they're not here unfortunately, so she'll contemplate over what he's written anyway.

They bear more than a passing resemblance to some of the writings in the old ruins and temples, but not enough to draw a direct translation -- and Jean never bothered to learn that language when their leader was an archaeologist. But she takes note that it's long, and with the complicated characters you would reserve for a full word.]

... it looks like a very long name, or title. And since you thought it appropriate enough to write in a chapel... it should be a god, or something comparable in reverence.

[hentopan]

Bingo! Takehaya Susano'o no Mikoto. [ The long name (and title really), is spoken in what is likely his native language, Japanese. But since there's really no direct translation it comes out just like that, which sure is a mouthful.]

It's a bit complicated, Buttercup. But one of my original vessels is the Susano'o unit. There's some preachy wannabe hero in it right now, but I was thinking-- I really should take it back after all this time, I've been generous enough~.

[oasisrose]

"Vessel"? So, what, it's like a ship?

[That's not her real guess -- he's already bragged about doing things that should be in the domain of the gods, and she's already well-acquainted with the idea of reincarnation and the body as a vessel.

But you know what, she'd rather get it wrong by underestimating him than overestimating him. She'd never hear the end of the latter.]

[hentopan]

No, no, a body. [ Spoken so causally like.]

[oasisrose]

[Huh, so her actual guess was right.]

How does that work, then? I've heard of reincarnation, but... not something where you could just pick a body.

[hentopan]

You can't just pick it. They need to be specially made or it won't work at all. Compatibility is important and all that.

Wouldn't call it reincarnation either.