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

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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

INVESTIGATION

[buddyoldpal]

Wishing Pond

[ Well, Eizen is dead. Nishitani might not have gotten up early enough to see the events transpire, but he's not stupid enough to not notice. As pissed as he is at Eizen, maybe Edna will give him the ass-kicking he deserves.

But it's time to throw coins at Pond-kun!! Nishitani tosses a couple in and gets several things back, but the weirdest thing is the coin he gets in return. ]

The fuck? Didn't I just throw one of these in there?

[ The pond won't even take this coin back, what gives?? He's twirling the handcuffs in one hand and holding the coin on his palm in the other. Doesn't look like any coin he's ever seen. ]

What'm I supposed ta do with this, Pond-kun?

Chess Room - Investigation

[ He never did end up teaching Eizen how to play chess... ah well, time to see if Sage-chan left them any goodies in this room. ]

wishing pond!

[tangas]

I'd ask for those handcuffs, but dunno, BDSM doesn't seem all that fun.

[ HMM but kurosaki in handcuffs and officer jenny's outfit. hmmmm. ]

[buddyoldpal]

[ Nishitani laughs! ]

If it ain't fun then ya ain't doin' it right, kid.

[ HE'S A KID, DON'T... DON'T NISHITANI... ]

Plus these're kinda shitty, ya could prolly break out of 'em if ya tried hard enough. Sex is prolly the only thing they'd be good for.

[tangas]

[ THIS IS EDUCATIONAL. ]

OK, but giving someone complete control over you...

[ he shakes his head and shrugs. noooot sure that's a thing he's capable of. ]

Have you tried it? You like it?

[buddyoldpal]

Fuck yeah, I have! There ain't much hotter than givin' it up fer somebody else. Sets ya free, ya know? Nothin' ta worry about but feeling good.

And if ya like bein in charge, ain't much hotter than holdin onto a good leash an' showin' somebody how much ya can do. They put their trust in ya, that's powerful stuff. Long as yer both consentin', I mean.

[ Safety first, kids. I can't believe Nishitani is promoting BDSM, this isn't even a sex game, dude!! ]

[tangas]

That's my issue though. Trust. It's not that easy to give, you know?

[ ain't that easy to accept it either. he's been trying to let more people in, but he's spent his life trusting only his sister for so long that it's hard to unlearn something. he can count on one hand the number of people he trusts completely and his parents aren't even included. ]

It's hard to let go. And then if I fail them, well then fuck, what now?

[buddyoldpal]

Yeah, it's a responsibility, it ain't somethin' ta take lightly, whether yer the S or the M.

[ He can joke and all, but he takes this shit seriously. ]

Ya gotta trust the other person or it don't work. That's why some folks go ta professionals, they know their shit.

[ You can trust a dominatrix...... jesus, how did this thread happen. ]

[tangas]

Wait - do you mean invite a third person, a professional, to help?

[ he'd... probably be fine with that? but jin, probably not so fine. ]

But still. How do you let go of your control? [ he says you, but he means... him. ]

[buddyoldpal]

Sure, yeah. Ain't impossible. They could show ya the ropes.

[ Please note: Nishitani is not a professional, please don't ask him to help you................. god ]

It's gotta come to ya, ya gotta trust in the other person or ya won't be able ta. Which is fine! Maybe yer an M and not an S. Ya don't wanna force it or nothin'.

[tangas]

I don't think Kurosaki's into threesomes, but I guess if he wants to try this, we'd have to make do or something.

[ he still looks pretty dubious? ngl this sounds like too much emotional effort for something that might not work out. ]

Eh, dunno, I like being in control, so I guess that would make me an S. And I like a good fight, but it's not that fun if the other person doesn't fight back. And that's not how it works in BDSM, right? One person gives and the other person just... takes?

expel me from this earth for this tag

[buddyoldpal]

Ya prolly wanna figure it out yerselves. If ya put too much pressure on gettin' it workin' one way or another, yer not gonna have much fun.

[ And that's the goal, obviously. ]

Not always! If ya setup a scene where the M fights back fer a bit, that'd work out fine. Some people who're inta takin' it only like ta give it when it feels earned, ya know? Ain't just a matter of layin' back like a fish an' takin' it.

[thecastle]

[ There really isn't anything in here, but good try! ]

[buddyoldpal]

[ :'( ]

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.