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

SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY

[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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[killedbyapig]

[so. no more dreams. he's reached the end.

and he's pretty much royally fucked at this point, isn't he?

today, Robert is in the conference room, pacing around with a look of great concentration on his face. he's commandeered a white board for his purposes, and it currently reads:

PLAN

step one SURVIVE !!!
step two find ned


... and that seems to be as far as he's gotten.]

[hentopan]

First step looks important. [ This is the kind of company you wanted, right? And while Terumi probably did avoid Bob for a few hours after getting the crap beat out of him, he's over it now. He had a great dream, so there's no putting a damper on his spirit.]

[killedbyapig]

Well, if I die here, that solves all my problems, doesn't it? [SIGHS] It'd make it easier, anyway.

[hentopan]

After all of this, you really think death is that simple?

[killedbyapig]

It is where I'm from. [HAHA yeah...] Not all of us are from bloody magic worlds where people live forever and sharks can think. Some of us are from the real world.

[hentopan]

Keheheheheheh. [ But the shark is weird for even him, tbh.]

What makes it unreal? There was magic in my world for a while till I guess you can say it died out. Most people nowadays don't know anything about it, but that doesn't mean it's gone completely.

[killedbyapig]

Isn't that good enough? If the only magic you've got is the sort of old stories told in nurseries, then you haven't really got magic, have you?

[hentopan]

Not if you recreate it.

[killedbyapig]

... And that'd be the sort of thing someone like you would do. [with the clear implication that someone like him would not.]

[hentopan]

Exactly! If you use souls to power it, it's basically like magic anyway. Sometimes even better~.

[killedbyapig]

Gods, I'm still bloody shocked you didn't join forces with Juri our first night here.

[beat]

As far as I know.

[hentopan]

[ Terumi grins in that extremely unsettling way of his.]

He doesn't use the souls for things like that.

[killedbyapig]

Splitting hairs. You both still use 'em.

[hentopan]

And? Souls are powerful. [ He has zero shame about this.]

[killedbyapig]

"And?" How would you like it if someone used your soul to power a lamp? [LOOK HE MADE A MODERN REFERENCE]

[hentopan]

Keheheheheh. [ The thought of that is very hilarious, apparently.]

They couldn't, but it would be amusing to see them try!

[killedbyapig]

[audibly frustrated] You just don't give a damn about anything, do you?

[hentopan]

I do. But I know they couldn't use my soul for something like that, I know a bit about using souls.

And mine's different.

[killedbyapig]

It's a demon's. [he just. assumes.]

[hentopan]

[ And now he's laughing again, good job King Bob you're providing him so much amusement today.]

No, no! I'm human~.

[oasisrose]

[Um.

Well, it does qualify as a plan, doesn't it?

Jean clears her throat, and politely comments,] Well, that seems straightforward enough.

[killedbyapig]

It's not finished. [he says, sounding absurdly put out] Those are just the most important parts.

[oasisrose]

I see... still, better than nothing. So, who's Ned and why is he so important?

[Is he a hero? Will he save us?]

[killedbyapig]

[visibly puffs up proudly bc he's talking about ned and ned is great.] He's the truest friend I've ever had-- more like a brother than anything! Whatever sort of nonsense will be caused by my returning home, he'll be sure to handle it!

[but actually the short answer is: no, no.]

[oasisrose]

Oh, that's right. Kings leaving their kingdoms tends to be a bad thing, doesn't it?

[It's actually an unusual concept for her. Her world did away with kingdoms and empires quite a long time ago, opting for self-governing cities instead -- he's been something like a myth to her since the beginning.]