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! ]

Comments

[nothingcanstop]

Eh. [ Still focused on the boat. ] Maybe. I just don't like being barred from something.

[mouflon]

[ ...

There's a small giggle. ]

Hey, fair enough. I can't say I don't know the feeling. Especially not where this place is concerned.

[nothingcanstop]

[ She hums and hms, looking from the boat to... ] Maybe if I climb on Shelley's... Eh, that'd probably be a bit rude.

Really, testing my grappling hook skills is never a bad thing. ...I can stop while you're here, though, wouldn't wanna...you know, bean anyone on the head.

[mouflon]

...What, Della, are you looking to stand on someone's shoulders?

[ she heard that!! ]

[nothingcanstop]

Never said that, never said that! [ She has some dignity!! ] Just didn't know if I should use the, uh...the what do you humans call it, the Michelangelo? To, you know, climb.

[mouflon]

Yeah, that's the name. I guess that means you have some sort of equivalent... Why, what do you call it?

[nothingcanstop]

You're going to hate it. Just, fair warning.

[mouflon]

I mean, maybe, but that isn't your problem.

[nothingcanstop]

[ So, Della looks Rin in the face, and stonily says: ]

Michelhamgelo.

[mouflon]

[ ...

Rin breathes a sound through her teeth. ]

You know, if you said that one fast enough, I might not have even noticed.

[nothingcanstop]

You were the one who asked.

1/3

[mouflon]

You're the one who brought it up. But, hey, no harm no foul, right?

[mouflon]

[ ...wait a minute... ]

[mouflon]

Foul, like f-o-u-l foul, not—

[nothingcanstop]

[ o-oh? oh. oh she smirks. no, she full-on laughs, big ol' belly laugh and everything. ]

See? Hahaha, you see, not that easy, is it? hahaha...!

[mouflon]

St- Stop laughing! If you ask me, the problem is that it's a little too easy...!

[ ugh!!! ]

[nothingcanstop]

No, no, that's what I'm saying! It just... hahaha, it just comes naturally!

[ She's honest-to-god tearing up. ]

[mouflon]

[ grumbling Tohsaka noises ]

I'm glad you think it's funny, then. [ But it's hard to begrudge Della the humor, all things considered. ] You must be pretty tired of explaining this stuff to people by now, huh?

[nothingcanstop]

Ohhh, Rin... [ She wipes at her eyes, calms herself down, gives her a solid look. ] I'm absolutely sick of it.

[mouflon]

I think Fugo is getting to be the same way. Maybe that's the real experiment here—how many times can we all give the same shpiel before we snap?

[ Rin, somehow, has dodged most explanations of her absolutely crazy circumstances?? But it must be way harder for someone like Della. ]

[nothingcanstop]

I get that it's weird for all of you. But it's just as weird for me. Probably more so, trying to figure out what's a human thing and what's a different world thing. This is just how it is, where I'm from, so... Maybe I should've had a round-table on it.