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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lil emetophobia for prompt one

[nothingcanstop]

[ Okay, so...some people are having a bit of a time of it this week. Della isn't really one of them, but...she can read the room, okay? Be sensitive, be careful, and be aware. That's her motto!

And apparently be fashionable, because she's wearing an, uh. Quite familiar orange scarf around? Huh.

It's not easy to be fashionable! Especially not, uh. When you're yelping and stumbling out of the vending machine room. And...kind of gagging? Really gagging. And, you can kind of make out- ]

Whose sick joke hhrrrkkkk--!!

[ ...So that's fun!

Later in the day, after she's had some time to collect herself, you know, Della deposits the rest of her coins that she hastily forgot about after the, ah, earlier incident. And...well, she surely gets some things, some exciting things, particularly um.

Well. In the latter half of the day, there's a sign on the gym door. It reads SAFETY FIRST: DESTRUCTION WORK IN PROGRESS. That can't be bad at all, right?

From inside the gym, there's noises of...um, a chainsaw? A chainsaw. Definitely a chainsaw.

If you so happen to enter, you'll see Della Duck, wielding an ornate sword that is also a chainsaw. The sword might just be Excalibur. You may find her cutting into a) bootleg Monobear, b) a blobfish kigurumi, or c) a stuffed kangaroo. She's practically vibrating from the chainsaw effect. ]

Thhhiiis is evvvven betterrrrr than the bbooowww...!

[ ...Yeah. ]

gym

[reallyhatesharks]

[Nova would know the sound of a chainsaw anywhere, so when she hears it she immediately gravitates toward it. She expects somebody to have gotten a regular chainsaw from the vending machines but what she sees is, uh. Very much not that.]

What the fuck is Excalibur doing here?

[There were, perhaps, nicer ways to say that. Nova is too stunned to use any of them.]

[nothingcanstop]

[ Della, swinging the sword about, turns in surprise. She figured that sign would keep people out! Then, uh. Well! ]

You did not just say Excalibur!

[reallyhatesharks]

Listen, I'm not the one who pulled it from the stone but I'd recognize that chainsaw anywhere.

[nothingcanstop]

[ She turns off the chainsaw. ]

Isn't it supposed to be a sword?!

[reallyhatesharks]

It is a sword. Why else would the handle be like that?

[For the record: Excalibur is just a chainsaw blade on a relatively normal sword handle.]

[nothingcanstop]

[ Thanks she hates it. ]

Why's it have teeth then? And...and rev like all vrrrrr! Swords don't do that!

gym

[hardnosed]

[ Jasper walks in! Jasper stands in the open doorway! Holy shit! ]

How are you even holding that thing?

[ Ducks must just be stronger than humans, nobody correct her on this. ]

[nothingcanstop]

[ The answer is the sword is sort of moving her a little bit, but it seems she's got it fine. ]

Whhaaat, thiiis? [ She hasn't turned it off to talk. Why would she. ] Jjjust gotta knowww where to cccenter yourselllfff.

[ She's winging it! ]

[hardnosed]

... I'm almost impressed. This is another thing the machine spat out, is it?

[nothingcanstop]

Yyyepp! Kinnnda weird sword buuuut I'll tttaaake ittt!

[ Della, turn off the stupid chainsaw. ]

[hardnosed]

[ ... Wait. ]

You're supposed to wield that thing in the middle of combat?

[nothingcanstop]

Appppparrenttlyyy?

[ Okay, this is stupid. Della turns off the chainsaw. ]

Whoa. Talk about shakin' things up.

Vending machine

[bolderfell]

[Therion jumps a little when Della staggers out of the vending machine room in that state. In an instant, though, his brows knit and his hand finds the hilt of something under his cloak. He hurries to the entrance and peers inside, ready to attack, if need be.

...

Is it the fake jellyfish.]

[nothingcanstop]

[ It sure is!!! Looks so real, too!

Della continues to heave. ]

[bolderfell]

[Uh...huh. He glances back at her, then at the jelly, and casually draws out a knife with which to poke at it and lift it up off the floor. The way it bounces is. Weird.]

...I don't think it's real, Della.

[nothingcanstop]

[ She's kind of...glancing back over? And sees the thing wiggle and bounce, even though she hears Therion she just.

Hurk. Oh that sucks. ]

Get it away.

[bolderfell]

All right, all right. I'll be right back, then.

[Hey. Three guesses where he's going to try to dispose of it, and the first two don't count.]

[nothingcanstop]

[ A hero. A genuine hero of the times. Only once the fake fish is gone does Della let out a sigh and lean against the wall. ]

I swear, Professor... This is the last straw... Laugh all you want, but no more.

Vending Machine

[drladysounds]

What? Is it? Did you get a carnivorous mutant leech--?

[Shelley peeks into the vending machine room, where she sees the Man-o-War on the floor]

Oh!

[nothingcanstop]

It's worse...!

[ Della managers to choke that out before Shelley enters. Truly. ]

[drladysounds]

It's a Man-o-War! Natural enemy of humanity!

[Shelley approaches carefully, like it's going to spring up and attack]

...but it looks...dead.

[nothingcanstop]

[ Della's not looking. She's not looking! ]

It's still there with its...squishy...little flail-y tentacles and rrrrrhgggg!!

[drladysounds]

Don't worry. As long as there's no water it can't harm you. It's not even talking anymore.

[She can't blame Della for being so grossed out, these things really are gross. Jellyfishes, why do they exist. They and their stinging tentacles]

Come on, we just need something to move it and shove it away. Like a shovel! Or a really long ruler!

[nothingcanstop]

It'll squish, eeewwww!!

[ Oh she's acting like a teenage girl. ...Wait, hold on-- ]

Did- did you say talking? Since when can these things talk?