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?



SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY

[ 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! ]

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vending machine

[nothingcanstop]

[ Round of coins, round of coins!

Okay, no, Della already turned in hers this morning, but the wastebasket gives her pause, you see. It catches her attention. She finds Therion positively captivated by...something. ]

Oh, wow. That's certainly big and shiny.

[bolderfell]

[Therion's pocketing it even before he turns around to recognize who's there.]

Oh. Della. [Sigh.] Yeah. I've been looking for it for weeks. At least getting it now saves me the trouble of trying to barter it off of Rin later.

[He starts to collect everything else into his wastebasket. Water guns, Oxy-chews...]

[nothingcanstop]

Oh, so it's something shiny that you recognize, that's fun. [ She's not going to like, peak at his stuff! ...Not entirely. Just idly. ] Did you have this big ol' shiny ruby on you when you got here?

[ Idly... Idly... ]

[bolderfell]

[Della, what the hella.]

I should have, anyway. [He gives her a searching, sidelong look, then faces her fully, completely deadpan.] What are you doing.

[nothingcanstop]

[ hella duck ]

Oh, just thinking your whole set-up's smart. I always have to make a fewwwwwwww [ she's seen it, there she goes ] whyyy is there more of this stuff?!

[ Throws her hands up. Then gestures wildly at the wastebasket. Not specifying what's got her so animated. ]

[bolderfell]

More... [He glances into his goodies.] ...sweet pastries?

[Look, he's really enjoying these donuts, okay.]

[nothingcanstop]

More flippin' Oxy-chew!!!!!

[bolderfell]

[...]

What?

[nothingcanstop]

[ If he doesn't mind she's just going to reach in and snatch it up. ]

I thought when one pack of it popped out I'd be done with it, but no, noooooooooo, here it is! Again! [ She looks at it and immediately snaps: ] Don't give me that look Gyro, who the heck makes all-purpose survival gum the worst flavor ever!

[bolderfell]

[He doesn't stop her. This is so much better than TV. ...Even if TV were good, it'd still be better than TV.]

...Della, I don't think he can hear you.

[nothingcanstop]

[ At least someone's having a good time!

Della immediately lets out a scream of rage, throws the pack of gum on the ground, and starts jumping up and down, making unintelligible furious noises.

Duck tantrum count: 3 ]

[bolderfell]

[In lieu of popcorn, Therion takes a nibble of the donut as she vents.]

If it's food, I don't mind taking it off your hands for good. Promise you'll never see it again.

[nothingcanstop]

[ Finally, it seems, she returns to the world of verbal communication and grumbles: ] I never, neeeever want to see this stupid, life-saving gum ever again.

[ ...has anyone explained to therion what gum is. ]

[bolderfell]

[Nopers. He draws it away from her anyway to inspect it once more.]

"Life-saving"?

[nothingcanstop]

[ Della heaves a very mighty sigh. ] Ugh! Yeah, it's... You chew it, and you keep chewing it, and woohoo! Everything you need to survive! You've got food, water, and oxygen, all there!

[ But she sounds still very affronted. ]

And the taste never runs out. Neeeevvver.

[bolderfell]

[His eyebrows rise higher and higher.]

...For how long? Does it keep you fed, I mean.

[Flavor is irrelevant.]

[nothingcanstop]

Oh, as long as you're chewing the damn thing.

[bolderfell]

--!

[Fuck putting these back in the wastebasket. Therion shoves the box directly into his shirt. Oxy-chew is just as valuable as the dragonstone, if not more.]

[nothingcanstop]

...Wow. Holding on to it, huh. You can take it. Any you see!

[bolderfell]

[!!!]

That a promise?

[nothingcanstop]

[ Even with her intense dislike of this whole situation, she does notice his excitement. It's honestly a bit adorable? ]

Ye- yes, yes. I don't want it, I don't need it. I'll stick to actual-real-food, water, and oxygen, thank you very much.

[bolderfell]

Don't know what that oxy-stuff is, but it has to beat scrounging for dinner any day.

[nothingcanstop]

[ He doesn't....... ]

...Therion, that's the stuff you breathe. The stuff that makes sure you can live.

[bolderfell]

Oh. Air? I know what that is.

[nothingcanstop]

Yes, air. But it's the- oh, jeez, I was never good at this stuff, it's the part of the air that's good for you. Without the...smoke or all the bad particles. Putting that in the stupid gum is why it was made.