week 5

[thecastle]

Week 5

Sunday - Thursday

The Joker and Rhoda are the next to join the land of the dead. It could be considered a blessing that this week's events didn't include as much as a bloodbath in comparison to the one previous. Just because only two have died doesn't mean the intensity of these occurrences have decreased in any fashion. The heated moments in the previous trial only proved as much. Even afterwards, there are those discontent entirely with the idea that someone seems to have gotten off the hook so easily. All everyone can really do is attempt to cool off and move forward.

Soon, the dawn of the fifth week is upon everyone.

Everyone's next concern may be the new locations revealed for all to explore. It may be because of the rooms' superb ability to distract or the simple means of investigating, but novelties are probably still welcome either way. If you find yourself gazing at the sakura tree (will you really trust a talking sink?), you'll find that the buds are brighter in color, though still closed. Maybe next week will signal their blooming, even if it that no longer seems like an entirely good omen.

SURVIVING WARRIORS: 19 17

---

SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY

(OOC: Welcome to Week 5 of Ukimiya! Feel free to comment to the weekly top levels and thread as you like, and redeem coins at the wishing pool.

You can contact the sage with your pendants here, and the teishu here.)

Comments

NO SHAME I GUESS (wishing pond)

[blacksong]

Toss it back in and get another coin? [What a helpful suggestion?? But most of the stuff the Pond has given has been pretty useless to her in the first place.]

SHAME IS FOR THE WEAK

[buddyoldpal]

Tried that. Ain't done shit fer me.

[ He shrugs. I mean, he's gotten plenty of other junk this just seems like a weird trade. ]

Pond-kun spits out whatever shit ya throw at 'im. I'm startin' ta think tossin' a body in here wouldn't fuckin' work.

[blacksong]

So it only wants to be a man-eating monster some of the time, huh? What a picky-ass pond.

[buddyoldpal]

Looks like it. Plus, it ain't pulled that shit since way back when, so who the fuck knows what the hell that was about.

[blacksong]

Maybe it just wanted more dead people to keep it company. [How many people had even died at that point... Not enough for the Pond to be happy apparently.]

[buddyoldpal]

Ya think it'll ever be fuckin' satisfied? At the rate we're goin' that tree's gonna fuckin' bloom too. Seems like this whole place just wants ta keep remindin' us that people're dyin'.

[blacksong]

The Sage'll be satisfied with, what, nine of us left, right? But who knows about the rest of these things. If the tree has its way, having anyone left alive might not even matter.

[buddyoldpal]

I'm surprised he didn't just pick the nine of us that're strongest then cull the rest. Seems like it'd get the work done faster than this shit.

[blacksong]

Right? If he can find out all the shit that he put on the plaques, he should've known right away who the best at killing would be.

[buddyoldpal]

'xactly! Seems like a damn waste, goin' through all this shit an' forcin' a buncha princesses ta kill.

[ Meanwhile, Pond-kun watches on... unmoved by their discussion... ]

There's a difference between killers an' assholes, ya know?

[blacksong]

[She dares the Pond to try and eat them right now, just try it!!]

It's a waste of everyone's time, including his, unless the point really is just to get a kick out of everyone suffering. [Which she wouldn't discount, especially at this point.] Forcing people to kill like this is just stupid. It's not gonna make the killers "stronger," that's for sure.

[buddyoldpal]

[ Honestly, Nishitani would try to kick its ass, pond or not. ]

Well, ya know what that fuckin' water said, right? How they were feedin' on the dead and people's feelin's or some shit? Wouldn't surprise me if that's the real endgame.

[blacksong]

[She'd join him in a heartbeat. Two weirdos just trying to beat up a body of water.]

Are we sure that the tree and the Sage aren't connected? 'Cause if there's any corruption or whatever going on, it sounds more like we're gonna be the ones to make it happen thanks to the tree.

[buddyoldpal]

[ Water sucks, txt it. They can definitely take it down!! ]

That's a damn good question, actually. Just cause it's showin' how close we are ta bein' fucked don't mean it ain't connected. Fer all we know, Sage-chan could be gettin' stronger off all this death and shit.

[blacksong]

Then we're all just playing right into his fucking hands. [She scowls. It's not like they haven't been already, but this is even worse to her.] The guy has to know about it when he's running this whole place, so it doesn't make sense that he hasn't said jack squat about the tree and how it's apparently leading to something bad when he's supposedly trying to stop some corruption.

Unless he's in on it some how. Fucking hell.

[buddyoldpal]

Yeah, I ain't tried askin' him about it, but he's a cagey fucker. Wouldnta said anything anyway, I bet.

I don't doubt the fucker's in on it, ta be honest. His power ain't pushin' back corruption, it's containment. Sure, that means he can put up barriers, but it sounds ta me like his real power is keepin' alla us trapped in here.

[blacksong]

Containment...

If we take him for his word, we know he needs our help for the corruption, but what if it's not about fighting back against it all? Maybe he's looking for people good at killing and not getting caught 'cause he's looking for containers for the corruption? And what'd be better to hold evil magic than a bunch of evil people?

[buddyoldpal]

Shit, that'd be really fuckin' fucked up.

But I wouldn't put that shit past 'im...

[blacksong]

Same here. [SIGHING] Alive or dead, we're fucking screwed. Fuck, who knows, death might even be preferable to that.

[buddyoldpal]

Then we get ta hang with Water-chan, huh? Hah! That'd be a laugh.

I know I sure wouldn't mind a change of pace, I'm gettin tired of seein' the same fuckin' faces every fuckin' day.

[blacksong]

And I'm getting tired of walking around the same five fucking places every day. For some fucked up shit like making us kill each other, I dunno how they managed to make it so goddamn boring.

[buddyoldpal]

No fuckin' kiddin'! Least they got us some booze, but I'm dyin' ta get somethin' new around here. Even the murders make this place more excitin', at least.

[blacksong]

Finding out who died and who killed are really the only things to do here, and even that sucks when we're stuck in the trial room for the whole day. [Why is there no real positive to this situation not one single good thing!!]

[buddyoldpal]

[ Nishitani lets out a loud siiigh. ]

Man, there really ain't any shit ta do around here. I can see why ya tried ta kill Rhoda-chan, least it's somethin' ta do.

[blacksong]

Exactly! [THANK GOD someone else who gets her completely logical way of thinking!!] I'm surprised anyone even needs a "motive" when there's literally jack shit to do here in the first place. Boredom's as good a motivator as anything.