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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[lovelikeyou]

[After last night's exciting adventures, Rose seems to be in a pretty good mood! Despite everything, and especially it being Thursday, she looks rather pleased as she goes off to the vending machine for her second draw of the week.

Shortly thereafter, there is a large pink lion racing headlong through the hallways for a little bit! Look, he's been stuck in some sort of weird vending machine liminal space for a while, and now he's got the zoomies. The lion displays no particular interest in anyone he passes, though he is liable to knock people over, or possibly leap over them entirely if they're short.

Rose follows, laughing.]

Wait for me! Oh, don't worry, he's a friendly lion.

[After that's resolved, she'll be taking her pet(?) to the dining area for a treat of nice rare steak! Just watch him tear into that with his teeth and claws! It's fine! It's fine.]

hallways

[philoxenia]

[ As luck (?) would have it, Mira's out giving Daisy a little bit of running time, too... and when she spots the huge pink lion, Daisy starts barking. ]

Daisy, what-- [ Oh. Oh, goodness. Mira scoops Daisy up in her arms, holding the wiggling pup firmly. ] A lion?

[lovelikeyou]

This is my lion friend! [Rose laughs, turning with her dress gathered up in one hand.] Well, that was him!

[philoxenia]

[ Oh gosh, look at him go...! ]

H-he's so big, and so pink!

[ She's delighted. ]

[lovelikeyou]

I know! Isn't it fun?

dining room

[bogwife]

[She was coming in here to get some food for Princess and Gregor the Whiny Baby Skull but holy shit. Holy fuck.]

...Rose, I need to pet your weird giant cat right now or I think I might die.

[lovelikeyou]

Go ahead! He's very friendly.

[just don't get between him and his food, probably]

[bogwife]

[Before Rose can even finish her sentence Zerinda is next to Lion (well out of the way of his steak) and shoving her face and hands into his mane.

Everything is different now.]

[lovelikeyou]

[Lion just gonna ignore that, we good]

Isn't he fluffy?

Hallways

[bolderfell]

Augh!

[Guess who's short. Therion ducks and rolls, too, and comes up with a knife, and then Rose runs past, laughing, and like.

Why? Why.]

[lovelikeyou]

Therion!

[She spins to greet him.]

That was my lion friend! He was in the machine!

[bolderfell]

Why do you have a lion?

[WHY IS IT SO BIG?]

[lovelikeyou]

I'm not sure! They must have gone all the way out to the desert to get him!

[she did take that as "why do you have a lion HERE" and not just a general "why do you have a lion"]

hallways

[mouflon]

[ Rin hears Rose call out to someone in the hallway. She pokes her head out of the library. ]

Hey, Rose—hyaaa?!

[ ...And promptly lurches back into the library, narrowly avoiding tripping over her own feet as a whole lion barrels past the door. ]

[lovelikeyou]

Yes?

[Rose pops into view a second later, breaking from her pursuit of the lion to just start talking to Rin instead I guess]

[mouflon]

Wait, hold on, what was that—

[ Rose is Big, but Rin scuttles back to the doorway and tries to peer around her, at the pink blur that just went by! She's clutching something to her chest, by the way. ]

[lovelikeyou]

Oh, that was my lion friend from home. He really wants to run!

Hallway

[ladygeryon]

[Aria lets out a yelp of warning, and Nira turns and manages to brace herself so she doesn't get knocked completely over, though she does drop her walking stick as she laughs as well.]

He's your companion, then? He's so pretty! [Much more colorful than the pictures she saw in those books.]

[lovelikeyou]

He's my friend! He lives out in the desert, but I go and visit him sometimes.

[and there he goes, time to zoom]

[ladygeryon]

Oh, well, I hope he doesn't mind being cooped up in here too much. [A pause] Are all lions on your planet pink?

[It's a legitimate question!]

[lovelikeyou]

No, they're brown. He's just been exposed to a lot of Gem energies. It gave him some powers, and things.

hallways

[nothingcanstop]

[ holy shit he's huge. Definitely got leaped over, Della did. ]

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Rose, hold on, who?!

[lovelikeyou]

That's my lion friend! He was stuck in the machine somehow, so I guess he wants to run now!

[it's cool!!!]

[nothingcanstop]

Was...was he in some kind of...whatchamacallit, Pokeball thing...?

[ also why is he pink, did you dye his fur??? ]

[lovelikeyou]

No, he just came out of the machine.

[.....]

It was...very strange to see...