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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[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.

[hardnosed]

[ Honestly, she kind of wants to try it now? But she's not gonna say that. ]

It's got to belong to someone here.

[ ... ]

Someone who isn't subtle.

[nothingcanstop]

Well, great, that covers about half the people here.

[ Including herself!! ]

[hardnosed]

You don't need to tell me that.

[ Also her!! It isn't Therion's, and that's about all she can say concretely about the matter. ]

... Anyway. I know I'm not the only one who showed up missing weapons. This seems like the kind of thing that would have come up.

[nothingcanstop]

[ Therion is probably the only person they can count on here to have an ounce of restraint in terms of his weapons, and that's because he's a thief. ...Okay, Sly too. ]

It's bound to be something someone's missing... Well, it sure makes a sound...so if anyone's looking for a chainsaw-slash-sword, we'll find out sooner or later.

[hardnosed]

Probably. [ Hmmmmm. ] What is a chainsaw, anyway?

[nothingcanstop]

It's, uh... [ Della puts the sword down, gently, and pats her clothes, pulling a pad of paper and a pencil out of her pocket. ] So, you pull the stringy-thing, and it starts it up and it's like...a vibrating saw.

[ But as she's saying that, she gets down on her knees and starts sketching one? It's not...great. But it's a basic general sketch. Complete with sound effects!

She pats the teeth of the chainsaw. ] These move, and it cuts through things, like a...a hot knife through butter!

[hardnosed]

[ WELL... SHE KNOWS WHAT A HOT KNIFE IS...

Jasper suffers the grand indignity of sinking into a low squat to check out what Della's drawing, and absolutely mouths "ring" to nobody but herself. ]

So it's like those tools in the wood room, but more annoying. You think this one can do any damage to the walls?

[nothingcanstop]

[ She looks from Jasper to the chainsaw-sword. ]

I'd...be cautious about that. Some of them are designed to cut metal, but...others can't. It might just end up hurting someone, or- well...you know. Letting the water in.

[hardnosed]

So try it on one we know isn't holding any water back.

[ This does not address the first issue raised, at all. ]

Unless you think that'll destabilize the base.

[nothingcanstop]

[ She taps her fingers together. Jasper isn't going to listen to worries about hurting someone else, so... ]

I think it might be risky. Especially since we don't know how thick those walls are. If it breaks the chainsaw, we'd also be pretty out of luck. We should test its durability before moving forward with anything else.

[hardnosed]

[ HMMMMMMMMMMM ]

You're probably right. [ oh, thank god ] So how do we do it? Just pick tougher and tougher things to cut through?

[nothingcanstop]

[ internally sobbing with relief ]

Yeah--but we start small. See how easily it can cut through wood, before moving on to different kinds of metal. If...there were some kind of metalworking room, that'd be so much easier, but...

[hardnosed]

That machine keeps spitting out swords. Might as well use them for something.

[ That isn't, you know, the murder Zelos is gonna commit a hot second from now. ]

[nothingcanstop]

[ yeah this thread's mighty Yikes in hindsight. ]

Ohh, now that-- that's a great idea! If the chainsaw can cut through the sword... Well, that'd be a real good start.

[ .....of course this is going to require the STUPIDEST investigation ever, you know ]