Week 5

[bathymetric]

Good morning, New Rapture. A new day is dawning.

Another week, another motive, another trial. Even without a literal time loop, it's easy to start to feel stuck in something of a rut. Though vandalism parties and the like can help shake the feeling somewhat, it's only natural to start going a little... stir-crazy, don't you think?

Fortunately for you, another week brings another new section of New Rapture to investigate. This one is the biggest yet! And look at that fun theme park. And a bar!

Seven of you are dead, but eighteen of you remain. What you do to try to escape is up to you, but at least following :)'s advice gets you coins for stuff, you know?



SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY

[ ooc: Welcome to the fifth week of Unknown Seas Round 3! Please make sure to mark any investigation toplevels accordingly, post your ac, and you can reach either Mayor Fontaine or Eleanor for conversations! ]

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[sastruga]

[Mafuyu's brain is just desperately searching for the Appropriate Way to React To This and failing miserably.]

...Can I get you anything, Nandor-san?

[why is she asking that he's a vampire there's like nothing]

You're here rather...... early.

[honeyedtea]

So he is. You didn't need to come and discuss something with us? Some sort of emergency, perhaps?

[ Please let her believe that's the case. Please let her have some get out of jail free card. This is easily worse than finding the body on Friday. ]

1/2 i'm sorry but i'm about to make it worse

[fuckingguy]

... It's not that early, is it? Now, I was just—

[ Only as he's about to say something unfathomably horrendous (but also, just factual) does Nandor remember that these are children, and Mielle is Extra Children because she's a sheltered little miss from the vague past! You can see the exact second it hits him; his smile flags and his eyes go a little wider.

Oh. Oh. ]

Yes, that is exactly why I am here! Some sort of emergency. And the emergency isssss...

[ fuck he's absolutely terrible under pressure ]

cw unsanitary

[fuckingguy]

[ There's like five full seconds of dead air before he comes up with: ]

Jonathan. [ Good, Nandor, very smart. Of course Zinda would come to help Jonathan in an emergency. It is all perfectly plausible. ] He has, uh...

[ Oh no, he has to actually come up with an emergency for Jonathan to have gotten into... his mind frantically searches for options, and he thinks of their conversation in the ice cream parlor last night, and then he thinks of something Misfire said at the graffiti party, and suddenly this synthesizes into— ]

Fallen into the toilet again.

[ Again?? ]

h e l p

[sastruga]

[ . . . ]

...I'm... sorry?

[Is this happening? Is this the real life? Did those words really just come out of Nandor's mouth?

She almost wishes for a body discovery announcement to suddenly ring out and free them all from this conversation.]

[honeyedtea]

[ ... okay as much as this sounds like a poor excuse, it also just sounds way too much like something that would actually happen to Jonathan??? The man just goes through it a lot, is all. In general. ]

And is that... something that happens often to him? [ A beat, as she realizes that what she just said was highly insane. ] Actually, never mind. I'm not sure that I want to know.

Is there, ah... something you need from us to assist him?

[fuckingguy]

Kind of you to say, Mafuyu, but I am sure he is alright now. [ Completely misinterpreting that "sorry"! He continues, trying to embellish the story believably. ] Just, the guy is always weeping, not looking where he goes... because of the tears... you know how it is.

But! Zinda has already gone to assist him, so all is well and there is no need to worry. And I just, uh, stayed behind...

... To get... something.

[sastruga]

...He does cry a lot.

[They're definitely outright bullying the man now, even if he isn't here. Not that it makes Nandor's story any more believable to Mafuyu, but like...





It's not completely impossible.]

What did you need to get?

[honeyedtea]

[ genuinely had to upload a new icon to convey the expression on Mielle's face as she turns to Mafuyu

DON'T ASK HIM FOR MORE DETAILS??? AND MAKE HIM STAY HERE ANY LONGER THAN HE HAS TO??? ]

[sastruga]

[SHE PANICKED]

[fuckingguy]

Extra... towels.

[ Nandor looks down at his entwined, empty hands. ]

Small ones. [ He's been backing away towards the door like a cornered prey animal for a bit now, and suddenly hits it with his back. ] But this is still an ongoing emergency, so really, I should be getting back — oh wow, look at that!

[ He's legitimately just pointing at the kitchenette as if something unexpected is there to distract the girls' attention. ]

Is that a refrigerator?!

[ AND HE'S OPENING THE DOOR AND BOOKING IT ]

[sastruga]

[Mafuyu does not look away. She just stares as Nandor goes out the door and leaves.]

...

[.......]

Do you want some more tea, Mielle?

[SHE'S PRETENDING IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.......]

[honeyedtea]

...

[ . . . ]

You know, I think I would. Thank you, Mafuyu.

[ SHE DID NOT SEE OR HEAR IT ]

[sastruga]

[and they never spoke of this again]