WEEK 5

[bathymetric]

That's three murders now - and this last trial got more than slightly out of hand. It looks like you might be in for another tough week... or at least, maybe that's just the refusal of this place to change too much. You lose Saturday again, but maybe six-day weeks are starting to feel normal by now. Who knows? The cycle of day and night continues apace, changing so little.

Speaking of change, though, there's a new area to look through, the biggest and most complex yet. And the end of one wing of the facility, from the looks of it - though you can probably guess where more areas might start to open up.

And speaking of opening up (segues!), this week if you're out particularly late, you might sometimes see Angel out and about! So hey, maybe change is on the horizon.

Just gotta hope it's a change for the better, don't you?



SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY

[ ooc: Welcome to Week 5! 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! Or, if you want Angel to come to you, that's now an option! Simply put a prompt after lights-out into your toplevel and indicate you want Angel in the subject line, same as investigations! ]

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aquarium, sort of

[fivestagegod]

[Birkin is actually in the new wing of the building for once, checking out the giant fucking sharks and glaring at them like they owe him money, when he hears the sudden sound of...Della, noping out, apparently. That sounds like as good a reason to not be in here as any, so...]

You all right there, Della?

[nothingcanstop]

[ Della, throwing her hands into the air in incredulous rage: ] NERP!

[ This is probably fine? ]

[fivestagegod]

...Actually, I'm inclined to agree with you at this point.

[nothingcanstop]

[ She points behind her, back into the aquarium, but doesn't look for fear of catching sight of a jellyfish or something. ]

That there? That's stupid. We've officially reached- that is too stupid, for even me!

[fivestagegod]

...Well, look at it this way. It can really only get better from here. I refuse to believe we'll be subjected to anything dumber, though I guess it's possible I'll be surprised.

[nothingcanstop]

You're jinxing us. This right here, this is what jinxing looks like.

[fivestagegod]

I was just staring down an aquarium, in a mostly-glass building under the ocean where we're surrounded by fish.

Part of me wants to see how he outdoes that.

[nothingcanstop]

[ Full-body shudder. ]

Don't remind me, they're all just out there, ICK. No windows, but we get this, ugh!

[fivestagegod]

They're not that bad. They're fish.

[meanwhile, the player has an utter irrational phobia of fish so like. mood, della.]

[nothingcanstop]

They're made of fish parts! They squish and they squash and...! [ She shakes her head. Nope! Nope, not today! ]

This facility is a nightmare.

[fivestagegod]

...I could say something extremely morbid to that, but I think I'll refrain.

[nothingcanstop]

I appreciate the restraint.

[fivestagegod]

I do try my hardest.

[nothingcanstop]

Except when your special talents are most needed.

[fivestagegod]

You're breaking my heart, Della. What's that supposed to mean?

[nothingcanstop]

Well- I mean, I guess you do try very hard to irritate people, but. Let's be honest, William, Rin had a bit of a point. You're very good at irritating people into giving up their secrets.

[ This is a compliment? ]

[fivestagegod]

I never denied that, did I? Besides, I'm fine with pissing people off if it means that we don't all die.

[nothingcanstop]

Exactly! Exactly, it's...a necessary tactic, to not have restraint when our lives are riding on it.

[fivestagegod]

I'd imagine it's fairly obvious why I'm not here to play around with that sort of thing.

[He likes not being dead, after all.]

It's gotten us results, anyway. At least I didn't have to do it this last time around.

[nothingcanstop]

[ Thinking about the trial feels less fun and jokey, so she sighs. ]

Small miracles. We had someone else to say obscene things.

[fivestagegod]

Here's hoping we've all calmed down a bit. I'm not really looking forward to Tuesday, as usual, but hopefully it'll be less...that than it was last week.

[nothingcanstop]

...We can only hope. I...said I'd try and keep the peace, with...you know. Rhea. I'm not really pleased with her. But, we can't have everyone sniping at each other. However...warranted some of it is.

[fivestagegod]

Please. If I were interested in going after her, I would do it even if you told me not to, just because I'm not crazy about being told what to do and it's not like any of you can do too much about it.

But I've got better things to do, and it's not like she even registers within the framework of those better things. So it doesn't really matter to me either way.

[nothingcanstop]

Oh, I have no reservations about you know, making you do something. I told her I'd try, but she has to sit the hell down and cooperate first.

[fivestagegod]

Yeah, I got a letter from Seteth pretty much telling me to be patient with her. Which is another thing I'm not too inclined to listen to. As far as I'm concerned, she made her bed and she can lie in it.