week 8

[thecastle]

Week 8

Sunday - Thursday

Whatever hopes you had going into the final trial have been dashed—after the execution, most of you were left with that unfortunate revelation, those bitter betrayals, and a lingering sense of regret over your failures. Even now, some of you may find it difficult to feel joy over the fact that everything is almost at an end. Understandably so, and even if things had been different, there's nothing that would erase your knowledge of the Emperor's ominous warning; a warning you either failed to heed or simply didn't know how to prevent.

In order to get through this new week, you will all need to pull yourselves together and work as a team. Some of you have already begun the process of trying to piece everything together. It's a start, but there's still much for you to discuss. After all, it wouldn't do to just suddenly discard all that information given to you, would it?

This week there aren't any new areas for you to explore. The only change in scenary comes from the sakura tree, and it's one that's hard to miss. The tree stands tall, branches full and lively, and the entire area around it seems that much more vibrant for it. The tree is in full bloom, a clear sign that your time in this castle has come to an end.

Anyone who tries to come too close to the tree will find themselves blocked by a white barrier.

SURVIVING WARRIORS: 9

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SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY

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

Comments

[aumygoddess]

i - sewing room
[ Very, very early in the morning (like, stupid o'clock early, she didn't even sleep tonight whoops), Hanyuu is in the sewing room, dutifully making a katana-sized strap and holster. Carrying a big sword around might be good for endurance training at first, but eventually it gets tiresome. Fuck it.

Making one out of regular fabric doesn't seem to working, given how heavy it is, so she eventually pulls out some of the furred material. ...which also isn't the easiest given her thread keeps getting stuck in the fur. ]

...this would be much easier if we had plain leather to work with. But I suppose beggars can't be choosers, especially now.

ii - solar
[ Come nighttime, she...still hasn't slept, because Sunday is Bad Decisions Theater I guess. Anyone who wanders in here can find her staring up at the night sky through a pair of binoculars. At anyone coming in, she'll put them down. ]

Good evening...may I ask you a question? [ ... ] If after all of this, we get to return home, what will you do?

[ Because she has to head right to a new kakera and she is not looking forward to it. Can she get a vacation first? ]

iii - wildcard
[ hit me with anything! ]

i

[devilsphysician]

[Hanyuu wasn't the only one up early, he went into the infirmary to busy himself by filling medical packs more to busy himself, and started to head into the sewing room to grab more bags]

Ah... you couldn't sleep either?

[He asked as he spotted the familiar face]

[aumygoddess]

Unfortunately no.

[ A sigh, and she puts the fabric aside for a moment ]

So I thought I would be productive instead of laying in bed with my eyes wide open.

[devilsphysician]

Same here, I decided to raid the infirmary and make first aid kits for everyone - came in to get more bags... and materials for bandages.

[He takes a seat, crossing his leg]

[aumygoddess]

I hope we won't be needing too many of those, though.

[ will she fight the sage if she has to, yes. does she want to fight the sage, fuck no. ]

[devilsphysician]

I hope not - it's hard to say if we'll even have access to the infirmary once they set their plan in motion.

[He's a good fencer, he could probably injure either one with a well-thrown knife if he gets the jump on them, but he has no illusions, he would be annihilated by either one]

ii

[originallutece]

Bask in my Robert's presence, I imagine.

[She settles herself in a chair, regarding Hanyuu tiredly.]

After that, we'll likely go somewhere warm. Some isolated island where no one will bother us.

And yourself?

[aumygoddess]

I have work to do. I was taken here as I was about to do something important, so it is vital that I tend to it.

[ a smile, but a tired one ]

That sounds nice. I don't know if I can, but I'd like to go on a vacation to the beach, one day...

[originallutece]

[It's the isolation she savors, really. The beach is for Robert (although she likes it as well), but all Rosalind truly wants is to be alone with him.]

We tend to burn. Nonetheless, he enjoys the freedom to finally go after so many years of not being able to, and so we do.

What vital thing?

[aumygoddess]

I hope you two have a nice time. Take home a little seashell for me in spirit, okay? Heh heh.

[ a pause, and Hanyuu closes her eyes ]

I was taking Rika to a new universe. But my powers have been weakening for some time, and it takes quite a bit out of me to traverse the Sea of Fragments. This will be the last one. If she does not survive, she will be gone for good.

[ Heavy words, but Hanyuu says them with a tone of placidity. Considering she thought Rika was permanently dead here, she thinks she can maybe be at peace with it, back home. Not that she'd be happy about it, but it wouldn't break her. Maybe. ]

[originallutece]

[Ah. Well. Rosalind falls quiet for a few seconds.]

I see.

[But no. There's little point in dwelling on that; it'll only serve to make them both even more miserable. And while Rosalind is typically not one to shy away from misery, there's facing it and then there's reveling in it.]

Then tell me instead . . . tell me where you two would go, if you had all the worlds to choose from.

solar

[divertimento]

[Elliot has taken to spending late nights in the solar, as well. It's a pretty place, if nothing else. Seeing Hanyuu comes as a bit of a surprise, but not enough that it startles him out of answering.]

...Depends, I guess. On what happens from here, on who gets to go back home.

If we all do, [even the dead,] I guess... I just go back to school, pretend nothing ever happened. If not... well. I get the extremely fun task of informing Governor Regnitz about what happened to Machias, to start with.

I think, either way, though... I want to visit one of my friends. It's been a little while since I went to see him, and now, more than ever, I really want to.

You?

[aumygoddess]

You'd have to deal with the emotional fallout either way...remember to take care of yourself in any case, alright?

[ out of everyone in this game elliot deserves some quality therapy the most ]

I think that's a nice idea. Do something simple but fun.

[ a pause ]

I have to get back to work, unfortunately.

[divertimento]

Yeah. Of course.

[Not to dismiss the thought or anything, more to kind of promise it to her.]

Yeah. I think I'd like that. I mean... I don't think I can ever really tell him what I've seen here, but... I just wanna show him how much he means to me, at least in a small way, while I can. If this place has taught me anything, it's how much I need to do that with everyone I cherish.

[Sigh.]

...I'm sorry. I can't imagine that's a comforting thought. [And he doesn't even really know what it is she DOES. Ha ha, Elliot, you have no idea.] Especially after this... having to go back to business as usual has kinda gotta be a hell of its own.

WILDCARD

[pseudoregelia]

[Aaaaaand at some point during the day, Hiyono runs into Hanyuu apparently deep in thought, tapping a key against her chin. Key 13 in fact - Kizakura's room, depending on how much Hanyuu was paying attention to rooms.

--Until she realizes that oh, hey, there is a person there.]

Ah- Hanyuu-san. Hello.

[aumygoddess]

[ head-tilt ]

Hello. [ briefly, she glances at the door numbers, and--oh. ]

You are taking a look in Kizakura's room?

[pseudoregelia]

Ayumu, Elliot and I were planning on it, but...

I just took a peek, and I didn't find anything especially useful.

[Sigh.]

[aumygoddess]

[ For a moment, she looks like she's about to say something, but she closes her mouth at the last minute.

What was it Kizakura had told her? If something happens to me, ask Misora-san for my key, enter my room and take my bottles of booze.

He'd said only if he was dead...but everything was reaching the end, now. Did it matter? She still doesn't feel right spilling a secret like that. Maybe she could ask him? ]

I may be able to help. Will you excuse me for a moment...?

ii.

[blacksong]

Get back to what I was doing before I got interrupted with all this shit. [She has some important business to attend to, and yet she's forced to get sidetracked with all this!!]

[aumygoddess]

Ah...if it's alright to ask, what is it that you were doing?

[ what urgent business could zero mcmurderpants have

more murder??? ]

[blacksong]

Killing my sisters.

[MORE MURDER!!]

III

[godinsolitude]

[Ayumu makes a point to seek out Hanyuu shortly after breakfast-- He has some questions for her, and a request.... which might or might not lead anywhere, but he at least had to try.]

Hanyuu-san?

[aumygoddess]

[ Unusually, she wasn't in the kitchen for breakfast this morning, hmmm. But he does find her near the river, dipping her feet in the water.

"three corpses have been in this river, hanyuu" MANY WORSE THINGS HAVE BEEN IN THE HINAMIZAWA RIVER, DON'T GIVE HER THAT ]

Hmm? Yes, what is it?

[godinsolitude]

[Hm... What is she doing? Just cooling off?]

I had a few questions I'd like to ask you if I may, since you seem to be a resident expert in the subject of weapons.

May I sit?

[He nods to the ground next to her.]

[aumygoddess]

[ Looks like it.

...the secret is that she hasn't slept. Like, at all. She's pulling a 24+ hour shift, rip. ]

Feel free, yes. But I'd hardly say I am an expert, it's just my hobby.