bellelurette | WEEK ONE

WEEK ONE

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Maybe being swept away to a fancy castle isn't what you wanted (Hickey aside), but the fact of the matter is that you're stuck here, at least for now. Thankfully there's enough food even if hot chocolate for breakfast might be a bit rich for some palates. There's at least a stock of raw food in the kitchens, but your hapless kidnapper is a Witch, not a chef, so you'll have to perform your own, manual kitchen magic if the provided meals aren't to your liking.

Just try not to burn the place down before you get the chance to take your host at his word (that you'll be leaving in a week's time, certainly, trust).

If you do get the cabin fever immediately, the grounds are a beautiful reprieve from the great indoors -- and if nothing else, perhaps you can find time to get to know your fellow guests. The weather is gorgeous all week, cheerfully sunny, which lends something to the mood.

WEEKLY EFFECT

This week, characters will feel heightened emotions periodically. If they're very happy about something, it'll feel like the best thing in the world! If they'd usually brush off something mildly annoying, suddenly it'll grate on their nerves. This effect will last throughout the week until investigation and is completely optional.

[OOC: Welcome to Week 1! Despite the lack of any threatened murder (except in Witch's direction), there will be a case this week. We'll have a small optional event on Wednesday at 1PM EDT/10AM PDT, but it won't require real time threading and can be done over the course of the week. ]

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[Is this a good thing or a bad thing, stay tuned--]

Ah, so you weren't the one who ended it? That's even worse. To string you along only to cut you loose when you were no longer what he wanted... that's truly cruel.

Isn't he? He wouldn't share his feelings all the time, but expect me to put him first? He wanted me to leave my family knowing I can't. Awful!

Well, it sounds as though you're better off without him. After all, relationships are supposed to be an equal exchange, not one person using the other for their own benefit.

I mean. I guess. [ He's also depriving Seojin because he can't give any action as someone who's supposed to be celibate? So. ] But if he has to die, I still wish it was under my house.

Your house?

My household.

I even tried to ask him once if he'd marry a relative so I can keep protecting him, but he just upped and walked away! He could've just said he didn't want to.

Ah, how complicated... so you don't want to let him go in spite of all of that, even if you no longer wish to be with him yourself.

Love truly is a fascinating thing.

Oh, I offered that kind of early. Marriage in my family is just kind of a formality. Everyone does it because our lifespans aren't so long.

Even shorter than a normal human's?

[Wow, that's, like. The blink of an eye?]

Forty would be considered old age in my family. Particularly the head of the household.

What a shame. Human lives are already so short as they are.

[...]

It wouldn't happen to be due to a curse, would it?

That's it exactly.

[ He remembers one of the other old man being sad about it, so he adds: ]

It's fine though.

There are ways to dispel curses, but... well, I suppose there isn't much point in talking about a hypothetical. Every curse is different, after all.

Oh, I know. I've been cursed since I was eleven. It's how I'm the head of the household now. [ No biggie! ]

[No biggie indeed.]

And you don't fear dying young?

Is there point in fearing death at all? All humans die, at any time. You can just step out your doorstep and get hit by a car.

That's true, isn't it? But that's why humans tend to cling so desperately to the short life they're allotted. The less time one has, the more precious it is.

I was taught to just rely on my family. And I need to repay them for their work and their faith. [ His family's not always right about what they taught, but he's not turning away from them. ]

Admirable indeed. The ties of blood certainly are strong.

[He understands, to a point. Even demons tend to have a certain amount of loyalty to their kin.]

But what do you really want for yourself?

[ ??? ]

I'm perfectly good with where I am. Why do people keep questioning that.

Oh, then I misunderstood. I thought you were asking that question of everyone because you were trying to figure things out.

I am. But there's no question about my family.

Mmm... then I think you have your answer, don't you?

Sure? [ Absolutely not, because Yoonhee's beyond selfish... ]

[Unfortunately for Yoonhee, there is a reason Vanis is not an actual therapist.]

I hope this entire discussion has been most enlightening for you.

[Because uh he's just listening in on this entire Zoom call and L O L.]

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