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.)

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[pseudoregelia]

[Repeated timelines... Well, Rosalind did talk a bit about that before.]

So she preferred the bird flying freely.

[originallutece]

She had a guardian. A mechanical flying bird that had watched over her and imprisoned her since she was ten.

The bird can symbolize freedom, yes, but that's but one meaning, and far from the only meaning.

[pseudoregelia]

[...Yikes!!]

W-what other meanings are there?

[originallutece]

Well, for her, imprisonment. Abuse. Attachment. Hope. She was terrified of the creature and loved it, all in one breath, because it was the only source of affection she'd had for years.

And the cage . . . at first glance, yes, it symbolizes her own cage. But it might also serve to remind her of how she'd escaped it.

[pseudoregelia]

That sounds like a cruel fate...

[And goodness is she sick of hearing of such things nowadays.]

Was she able to escape it for good?

[originallutece]

She was. Permanently and irrevocably.

[And then she'd ruined it in the DLC but you know what fuck the DLC]

Not without a price. But I think it was one she was happy to pay.

[pseudoregelia]

There's always a price, isn't there?

[Uuuugh.]

I'm glad she was able to get out of it, at least.

[originallutece]

As was I.

In any case: I find it amusing our host decided to choose that pendant, among all the things he could have chosen.

[pseudoregelia]

[Ick.]

Because it's like we're trapped in a cage...

[She raises a hand to it, clearly debating if she should remove it. It had been pretty enough, but now that she's heard all of that...]

[originallutece]

Keep it.

There's no use in throwing it away. And if and when you leave here, it will serve as a spiteful reminder of how you outwitted our hosts.

[pseudoregelia]

[She purses her lips at the thought, but she does eventually let her hand drop.]

I'll keep it for now. But a memento of this place doesn't sit right with me.

[Who would really want to remember something like this?]

Instead, once everyone's free to go, I'll be sure to throw it right back in Sage-san's face!

[originallutece]

[Despite herself, she smiles. It's a cheering thought, spiteful and petty, and she's fond of it.]

As you'd like. Though if you're to throw something at him, I'd suggest something more likely to leave a mark.

[pseudoregelia]

[Hiyono is faithful and resolute and absolutely petty and spiteful when the time calls for it.]

I don't have anything that's very heavy, though... I'll just have to hope the wishing pool gives me something good.