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?



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[ 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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[snackooed]

[ There's absolutely no shortage of chocolate here, that much is for sure. What with last week being a disaster, and this one on thin, thin ice, the answer to the problem (and, really, most problems) is delicious dessert, in Ema's eyes, so she's laid out a complete and utter smorgasbord. An assortment of cakes, trays of brownies, plates of cookies, an ice cream bar with all kinds of flavors, and plenty of fruits, too, just in case there are a few of us who are more health-inclined! ...She'll judge you silently if you take one, though, so maybe it's a little better if you don't--

She spent a nice chunk of the afternoon in the art room, working on her beautiful, beautiful sign. Not only is it covered in glitter and absolutely huge, with big bold letters stating the obvious, there are little poorly-drawn doodles of each of the boys with a big red circle and a line through their faces. You know, just in case some of them happened to conveniently forget how to read. ]

Masterpiece.

[ Let's conveniently ignore that it's a bit sad that there are only six--

But in any event, she's here, in her pajamas (though she's still wearing her pink glasses over a dark green night cap, as if it's kind of fashionable--), and she's brought a cootie catcher! It happened to be a little easier to make than she remembered; significantly more simple than anything she could make with yarn, at least. If you're looking to have any of your burning yes/no questions answered, she's your girl! Of course, she's more than happy to join in any other party games and give Daisy some attention, too, while she's here. ]

[emberserker]

[Anna is very much not in her pajamas, just wearing her school uniform, and she raises her eyebrows at the sign.]

Are we children?

[snackooed]

I'll have you know that I worked extremely hard to perfectly capture each of their essences, thank you very much.

[ They all look a little red in the face, and have tiny puffs of steam coming out of their ears, as though they're all more than a bit miffed that they're barred from entry.

It might be a little jarring, to see Birkin and Kirei looking like angry cartoon characters, but that's just how it be. ]

It's better than my crochet work, though, wouldn't you agree?

[emberserker]

It isn't falling apart, so yes. Do you really think they'll be all that unhappy not to be here?

[snackooed]

It's all in a bit of good humor. If anything, I think it'll make them crack a smile, honestly. I don't really want anyone to feel all that left out, but...sometimes, you just need a ladies night, right?

[ Usually you don't have ladies night in your PJs, Ema. ]

[emberserker]

A mock sleepover in a place where we can't sleep on pain of death. You're supposed to be adults, really.

[snackooed]

Well, if we had it in one of our rooms, there's no way that we'd be able to fit everyone, and we didn't want anyone to be excluded, especially not the taller women among us. Besides, it's group bonding! And it's a bit nostalgic, on top of that.

[ She didn't exactly get to have too many of these as a kid. With Lana in law school, it would've just been inconsiderate... ]

None of us are actually going to, you know, sleep. We'll have fun until late at night, and when the party starts to die down, we'll clean up and go rest in our separate rooms.

[emberserker]

[sigh]

Nostalgic. Some of us don't feel that attached to the past.

[lovelikeyou]

[This is all so exciting! Rose is visibly jazzed about absolutely every part of this!]

What is that? [re: the cootie catcher]

[snackooed]

It's a game that I used to play at parties like this when I was younger. It's a fortune teller! You get to ask it any question you want, as long as you can answer with "yes" or "no," and then I'll ask to pick from a couple of options. After I do that a few times, it'll tell me an answer!

It's not totally serious, but it's pretty fun. We used to ask things like, "does my crush like me back," or, "am I going to pass math this year," or stuff like that! You know, things that we thought were serious business back then.

[archboxer]

...Do we need to warn them?

[What... is all this? Is this what fellow children do???]

[snackooed]

Well, I just wanted to make sure it was very clear that this was supposed to be for girls only.

[ Hi, Rhea. Do you like the artwork? She made it herself-- ]

But maybe I went a little overboard? Hopefully they don't get the wrong idea...

[archboxer]

I believe they will understand.

[Or rather, she thinks that most of them wouldn't have tried to sneak in anyway. The only one who seemed to be of that nature is thankfully slain.

However...]

I... am simply surprised at your dedication to making sure of that.

[snackooed]

I was put on sign duty and dessert duty, and with everything going on, I didn't think I could afford to put less than 100% into either of them.

[ Coming from someone who used to be a professional half-ass, at one point in time-- ]

Besides, it was a chance to show off my artistic talents.

[ Or lack thereof. ]

We've had a couple of new pieces here from our budding artists, and I felt like throwing my hat in the ring. I know, I know, it's too late for me to change career paths...