bellelurette | WEEK FOUR

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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You—

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

You were the one that attacked me!

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.

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!

[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.

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. ]

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.

Why would I do that!?

[ there’s a flash of genuine horror as the image flashes in her mind. she sees siobhan, bleeding from her stomach and with a slit throat, and the vivid sight makes her faint. ]

Of course I didn’t want you to die! I don’t know what kind of life you lived that makes you think that everyone deserves to be controlled or used or pretending to like you, but I genuinely didn’t want you to die! I didn’t even want to attack you! I just wanted to be left alone!

Because I tried to fucking kill you!?

[The statement comes out as half laughed out.]

Are you seriously trying to frame this is as I only hate you because I have deep-seated trauma? Fuck off.

[ “that’s not what I said” are the words that were at the tip of her tongue, but she bites it back. they’ll keep going in circles if they keep going at it like this. ]

Fine. Hate me all you want. I know what I’ve done and so should you. That’s all that matters.

[ beefing with a teenager ]

[SHE'S IN COLLEGE]

[ STILL BEEFING WITH SOMEONE HALF YOUR AGE ]

[ 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 ]

[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.

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- ]

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.]

Shiv, you're not at an advantage here.

[The umbrella has moved closer in the interim, same as Richard has started looming.

It's mild, but it's a warning.]

[The ring seems to simmer for a moment.]

I've been holding onto this shit for over a week. Cut me some slack, Manba.

I have been.

[The umbrella settles within arm's reach of the ring.

He isn't physically stopping you, just watching. Look at the shitshow going on upthread, Shiv.]

But those here might not. You'll have more time for it later.

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.

"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.

You still managed to contain me for a time, didn't you? That's no small feat, which is to be commended.

All the same, you misunderstand me, Siobhan. If it came down to it, I would not hesitate to cut everyone here down if it –

[ AND THEN AYAKA GOES AND GETS KNIFED SO ?!??!?!?! ]

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.]

No. [ the answer's about to be yes in about a minute, but this ain't about that right now. ] Neither of you are.

I will not make excuses for my actions directly leading to the two of you being killed. But I will also not apologize nor voice any doubts about whether they were the correct ones – that sort of indecisiveness is nothing short of an insult.

[ He's fine with getting her derision and anger. After everything, she's earned it. ]

WEEK FOUR

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cw gore

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cw nsfw language i'm so sorry

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cw suicide implications??

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