WEEK FOUR

[lesmodsalouette]

WEEK FOUR

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The day is rung in by a myriad clocks tolling at once.
It's a familiar sound. It's the first time you're hearing it.

Once again, Monday is upon you, and once again you have just arrived at the castle to meet your new roommates. The last week is gone without a trace - nothing there to remind you of its existence. Injuries have been replaced with the old aches you may have felt before coming here, keepsakes have vanished and decorations have returned to their original state.

Formally, this is a clean slate and a fresh start. But that's not how it feels in your mind - your bodies may be rewound, but your hearts are steadily continuing, carrying the weight of a time that never was.

As always, the castle is new and old at once. Static, yet ever-changing. The curious minds among you may find it a good idea to explore a little.

TIME LOOP:

-Characters wake up with the clothes they had with them at their canon point, like in the intro log unless you wish to have them affected by the weekly effect as early as Monday.
-The state of their bodies is still exactly the same as it was on the intro log (for better or worse). This is independent of the weekly effect.
-Any items they accumulated last week are also reset (sorry you'll need to build up your weapon cache again), except items that were given out as event rewards. Please note that the item uses are not reset.

LOCATIONS UPDATED:
- garden, library, promenade
- aquarium → wintering room
- photography studio → tea room

WEEKLY EFFECT

This week the castle's whims have decided to put on a little fashion show! Characters may awaken to find themselves dressed in an outfit that they have once worn... or an outfit that they might have worn, in a future that has never come to pass. These clothes are not period-accurate and instead reflect the characters' own lives and thus worlds! It's time to shine in an outfit you absolutely love - or absolutely loathe!

The drawback is that these magical clothes also cannot be removed until sundown. Whatever outfit you woke up in? You're stuck in it! The only way to escape your dress-up fate is to damage the clothing, but if you do so you'll find yourself stuck naked until the beginning of the next day. The castle's strange properties do at least provide a little cloud of mist that will follow characters around for modesty reasons.

The new clothes will remain after the day of their appearance. They'll lose all strange properties and become garments that can simply be worn or discarded at will, like all other clothing.

(OOC: Counter proposals are open until Tuesday! Murder proposals are closed! Thank you all for your enthusiasm!)

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Comments

[objetdevanite]

Yep. [The ring says flatly.] Technically he just finished it. Ayaka got the first stab in. It was all a massive fucking mess.

[antline]

[He goes very pale.]

Ayaka...?

[Her?]

[remainsilent]

She's leaving out details to paint herself out as some kind of victim.

[antline]

Ah...

[Now he's even more confused.]

So Ayaka and Richard...did not attack first?

[remainsilent]

They didn't. Your friend here lured Ayaka away from the library by pretending that someone may be coming for them both. I will let Ayaka and Richard explain their own sides better, but he was merely protecting someone important to him.

[antline]

...

Then why didn't Ayaka and Richard say that in trial?

[objetdevanite]

Well, why would they?

Now they get two wishes if they actually manage to win their Grail War. You're welcome, I fucking guess.

[antline]

...

[He sort of understands, sort of doesn't.]

Siffrin died.

[Maybe Shiv is trying to make herself the victim. Maybe Ayaka and Richard were in the right.]

[But Siffrin died.]

[antemeridian]

[ girls, girls, if you both actually care about the wish then you're both complete fools.

ultimately, she doesn't say anything. it's not her place to speak, and people can make their own mistakes. certainly Siobhan Roy has realized at least part of the error she made, and Ayaka and Richard will have to live with the consequences of their decisions as well. ]

[remainsilent]

That is for them to answer.

[simulacres]

You—

[ from under the hood, ayaka looks a cross between horrified and livid. ]

You were the one that attacked me!

[objetdevanite]

Hey, Ayaka.

[The ring perks up at the voice, albeit just as cold.]

You gonna give them the same sob story you gave Siffrin? "I'm so sowwy, I just had to let you get put down instead of my perfect little rabid guard dog!" Give it a fucking rest.

[simulacres]

He’s not my guard dog.

[ ayaka’s trying her best to keep her cool, but her hands are already shaking from fear and anger. ]

You tried to kill me. That dagger was yours, Siobhan, and you know it! If you had just left me alone this wouldn’t have happened!

[objetdevanite]

[That actually gets a laugh out of the ring.]

Yeah, you're right. I probably wouldn't have gotten stabbed if I picked someone without a bodyguard.

I didn't go after you because you're an easy target, Ayaka. Even if you do a great job acting like it.

No, I just don't fucking like you.

[simulacres]

Usually when you don’t like someone you leave them alone, not try to kill them.

[ what a horrifying amount of malice. ayaka can’t help but shrink back in the face of it. ]

[objetdevanite]

Yeah? And usually I'm not one of maybe four totally normal people who never learned how to fence in a place where everybody's being encouraged to kill each other. Plus, just found out magic is real.

I wasn't about to wait until somebody decided to go after me first, and I'm not gonna play up the fucking damsel role just so a knight in shining armor will wanna take good care of me.

Besides, if you really wanted to defend Richard, you should have slit my fucking throat yourself instead of pretending you didn't want me to die.

[remainsilent]

[ beefing with a teenager ]

[objetdevanite]

[SHE'S IN COLLEGE]

[ocenon]

[ hey, what's with the worst vibes imaginable that's been festering in the corner this whole time? ]

I'm sure being able to hide behind an object makes it easy to say such things, Siobhan. Perhaps when we've finished this you'd like to say it again?

[ gamers lets rollllllllllll ]

cw nsfw language i'm so sorry

[objetdevanite]

[A scoff with an edge of nervousness escapes from the ring.]

What, are you gonna kill me again? Careful you don't blow your load thinking about it before you get the chance.

Bet you felt real strong, seeing how fucking helpless I was once you showed up to save the day. And you nearly killed ten more people doing it. Great work, Rich.

[simulacres]

Shut up!

[ she wants to kick that fucking ring into the fucking fire ohh my god she'll set the whole fucking library on fire herself and make sure that the fucking ring burns with all the books- ]

[objetdevanite]

What, are we acting like that isn't literally the point of the knight in shining armor bit? He loves getting to play hero.

[She's not quite sure what would happen if somebody did try to destroy the ring. But like hell she's gonna listen when Ayaka tells her to shut up.]

[ocenon]

If it comes down to it, yes.

[ He doesn't seem to even notice the bait she's trying to set on him. ]

If you think I would let Ayaka take the blame for killing someone as unremarkable and desperate as you, then you are mistaken.

cw suicide implications??

[objetdevanite]

"If it comes to it--" Yeah, I'm gonna be a real big threat. Five-foot-five woman saying shit in a room with thirty other wide awake people.

Jesus Christ, do you let her take anything for herself? You gonna lock her in her room to protect her next?

[The ring spins slightly on the table as if it's pacing around.]

Then she's only in the stupid war for your wish--god, you're obsessed with each other. It's fucking disgusting. You're gonna end up in a pact where you light yourselves on fire at this rate.

[objetdevanite]

And Siffrin is unremarkable and desperate, Saber?

[No matter how heated everyone has been speaking, her voice is unusually even.

She doesn’t mention herself. Maybe she has already marked herself as unremarkable and desperate.]