WEEK 4

[bathymetric]

Another trial, another week, and still you're probably running lower on answers than you'd like. And on people - you lost three since last Sunday. By the end of this week, you'll have been here for nearly a full month, yet still the days crawl on.

You wake up Sunday, again with no memory of Saturday, but this time with a simple message on your devices: You may resume requesting items, if you like. Enjoy. Guess it really was just a stealth motive after all, but at least it's being communicated that it's over! That's something, at least.

And when you leave your rooms on Sunday, there's another new area to explore! This one is... certainly more ambitious in its construction than the last one, to say the least. But hey, you have a pretty neat place to host parties, if you feel so inclined! That's... fun...

Hey, you gotta find the fun in situations like this where you can! Silver linings, right?



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[ ooc: Welcome to Week 4! Remember to turn in AC here, threads for regain coins here, and if you feel so inclined you can visit Angel's office hours over here! ]

Comments

[fivestagegod]

[He still fucking hates everything, and it sounds like he's getting this out here just to have it out there at all, but...well. It's something.]

I was checking out the arcade earlier. Found that.

[He gestures toward the sign.

CHANNEl 42, 21:49]

I've transcribed what happens, with regards to that, if anyone wants to see it.

[And he has! He'll pass it to whomever wants to see it; it's kind of a lot.

There's also another, smaller set of notes that's decidedly harder to read for the sake of keeping focus off of them.

Professor doesn't know where the things we find are coming from.
He's getting pretty pissed off, yelling at the cleaning staff.
We've been here for a long time, processing us to come here took weeks.]

[bolderfell]

[Therion frowns, and it's as much at the main entry as at Birkin's furtive side notes. He taps the transcript once before passing it on.]

...Looks like our Professor moonlights as a thief. A thief and an employer of thieves, and a special instructor of theft. That something they teach at academy these days?

[baitless]

Given what people have told me about the artwork here, that’s not terribly surprising. I’ll admit I’m surprised they teach that, though...

[...]

...granted, we did offer certifications in it back at the Academy, but that was strictly for combat purposes.

[bolderfell]

...You certify your thieves.

[ck what the fuck what the fu]

[emberserker]

For combat? Like privateers?

[yeah what]

[baitless]

It’s more of a combat style that’s focused on speed and agility, though part of it is definitely relieving your opponents of, say, their weapons or any healing items they may have, hence the name.

[bolderfell]

...I guess. You have an instructor for that kind of thing?

[baitless]

Well, when a student gets sufficiently good grades in their swordsmanship instruction, they can trade in a seal to take an exam to be certified in that particular class if they want to pursue it. If they pass, they are given the resources to train in those skills in drills and other combat exercises.

[bolderfell]

Most backwards damn thing I ever heard...

[baitless]

...it... works well enough, I swear.