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Week 2
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.)
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.
You can contact the sage with your pendants here, and the teishu here.)
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[She narrows her eyes at the cells. There are other questions to ask about this dungeon though of course, the best they can do together is speculate.]
I've tried asking them about something once. The Sage wasn't helpful, the Teishu was... well more receptive to the question. My concern is that they're playing favorites, you know? If they want to divide us, one of the quickest ways to do it would be to distribute different information to different people.
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[...okay, he can't deny that's possible]
Ah, playing favorites! That's possible! But why'd someone not inform the others if they get told something important?
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[Them, she means. The hostages. not that she's bitter about that or anything.]
Information is power, Kizakura-san. If you got a piece of information that might give you a better chance at surviving than the others... would you earnestly share it with everyone in the class?
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Damn it, all this magic stuff's really giving me a headache. I'm just a normal man from a normal place devoid of magic, I don't know how this castle's supposed to work.
[He already kind of gave up in trying to understand it all when a greenhouse appeared out of nowhere, hah]
...not earnestly, but...
[He wouldn't]
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We're both in the same boat there. We'll help each other get over the steep learning curve.
[If such a thing can be overcome when there's such a huge disadvantage to being unfamiliar with magic, that is. Misora doesn't actually say that last part out loud.
There's a more steely look in her eyes when she makes eye contact with Kizakura though.]
But you wouldn't because you have your daughter to return to, isn't that right?
[No use in pretending she didn't read that on his plaque on day 1.]
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...but I do need to return to her if I get out of here alive. Kyoko-chan's going to be surprised if I do return.
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[Looking sheepish, Misora drops eye contact rather quickly to look at the cell walls instead.]
Why would she be surprised by your return?
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...are you aware that some of us were dead before arriving here?
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....I was aware, yes.
[She briefly glances in his direction with a raised eyebrow.]
Credit to you for ...well... having enough presence of mind that it wasn't obvious.
[Why yes, she is talking about Nishitani here.]
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I have no idea how I'll explain to her I'm alive again, though. I died in front of her.
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[Her expression softens a little as the embarrassment recedes into the past.]
I don't suppose a "just kidding" would suffice, would it?
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[That's not what she meant, Kizakura]
I came to terms with this pretty much immediately, and I'm 100% sure she did too. She has the bad habit of suppressing her emotions. The stoic type, that's what she is.
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If that's true, she may just adapt to your re-appearance in her life just as quickly.
[...which isn't how this kind of thing works, but....]
Tell her someone made you an offer you couldn't refuse. It's more or less the truth anyway.
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[It's worth a try, at least]
What about you? Do you have someone to return to?
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[It's a bit of a dodge, but she obliges with a more straight forward response shortly after. It is on her plaque, after all.]
My fiancé. He's probably pretty worried about me.
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If it's any consolation, it's possible once you're out of here it'll be like no time passed back at your home -- I heard someone mention that. Maybe not being worried is better than worrying a lot. I don't know.
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[She seems pensive for a moment, a touch vulnerable even, before her expression grows more stoic again.]
I don't know if it's all that consoling in the end, if it were true. If we die here, does that mean our world remains paused? I'd like to think my survival doesn't have so much hinging on it and that if I did die, everyone could eventually resume a normal life without me.