Week 2

[thecastle]

Friday's harrowing events are clear in the minds of many—first and foremost, the death of Rika Furude, and of course the reveal and subsequent "sentencing" of Asch the Bloody. It also serves well as a reminder to everyone that the gloves are off, there won't be an easy way out for anyone and it is unlikely that there will be an option to 'wait it out' in the hopes of not participating in this 'game'. Or, as The Sage and The Teishu put it:

The Challenge.

Despite how you felt about the trial, it's likely that some rest would be welcome after all that transpired. Fortunately, some of your fellow warriors have taken it upon themselves to provide a reprieve of sorts, if you'd rather not be alone.

As if the events of the trial are supposed to be nothing but routine, dawns comes once more Sunday morning, punctuated with the sound of the rooster crowing obnoxiously. Any light sleepers hoping for their rest to not be disturbed may find themselves disappointed. Though, if anyone should wish, they may feel free to try to fall back asleep.

But, maybe that time can be better spent wandering. It seems that some places may have mysteriously unveiled themselves. It might do well to check them out. Or not. How anyone chooses to spend their time is ultimately up to them.

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(OOC: Welcome to Week 2 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

[bratsitter]

Might want to be careful to wash off the kitchen things thoroughly when you're done. [if you even end up needing to use them] You don't want to poison someone who tries to cook with it next.

[deontological]

...is that likely?

[She knows poisons can come from plants, but... yikes.]

[bratsitter]

A lot of things that make good medicines make good poisons if you don't use them right. [Or if you use them very right, depending on how you look at it.]

[deontological]

...I see... that is troubling. Perhaps you would assist Doctor Georik with his inventory of the plants, in that case? We can make note of anything that has the potential to be misused so that we can see if it's missing should someone turn up with the symptoms of poisoning.

[bratsitter]

I can lend a hand, but I'm not really an expert. If the plants are too outside of my knowledge, I might not be too helpful.

[deontological]

A little knowledge is better than none at all! And if there's anything that none of us gathered here recognizes...

[She looks thoughtful.]

Well, perhaps we might be able to persuade the Sage or the Teishu to tell us more about them, somehow.

[bratsitter]

I wouldn't bet on them being totally honest. We'll want to take what they say with a grain of salt.

[deontological]

Certainly, but completely disregarding what they say won't do us any good either.

[bratsitter]

That's a fair point, I'll concede you that.

[deontological]

I think that the more conversations we have with them, the easier it will be to establish a baseline for what's... "normal". It may even be possible for us to discern whether they're telling the truth or lying, but if we never speak with them, we won't learn their tells.