thefoundation | WEEK 3 MINGLE

WEEK 3

Week three opens like the other two weeks, but when you wake up, you know there's been a change in the area. At first, nothing is wrong - but when you look at any window, you aren't greeted with the cheery sight of the outside - instead, there's just a cold, harsh blackness. Trying to leave out the doors is impossible, too - if you try, you just find yourself back on the couches in the lobby. On top of that....The Staff are beginning to act even stranger, their glitching out becoming more obvious. Sometimes, they seemingly go blank mid sentence and walk away, as if they were reset, and slur or stutter their words.

The weather is...well, non-existent, except for the courtyard, which is still pleasantly snowy. There is still music playing in the halls, and the cover songs continue with some low-key music for the week.

On Monday morning, another memory is returned to everyone. Another piece to the puzzle, one step closer to finding the truth of this place. Yet, it doesn't seem like you're any closer to solving this...

And time still ticks onwards, regardless if you're ready or not.

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I COULDN'T AND YOU KNOW IT, SHIROU

[Does the tears make sense now shirou

DO THEY]

[They make way too much sense. And honestly, he's just going to yell out loud at you now:]

KUROSAKI GET YOUR STUPID GHOST FACE OVER HERE SO I CAN PUNCH YOU.

HELL NO

[He is fucking still glittering Shirou, take your best shot.]

[Yeah, no. He'll get Cinque to hold you in place if he has to.

YOU'RE GETTING PUNCHED BUDDY]

[WELL

HE TAKES THE PUNCH???

Reels back a little, but stays straight.]

....You done?

No, I'm not done! You told Inaba, but not me?! All you give me is vague references and crying on me without any explanation, but you just tell her who you are?!

And I can't believe you died AGAIN!

...

[Not...going to mention that Ichigo told him too.]

Just how many times has he died?

He died at the camp too. After promising me that he wouldn't.

So you have survived him twice now?

...No. Last time, I died before him.

[What.]

Do you even have any place to judge him for dying, then?

It was completely different for me! First of all, I didn't get murdered, I was executed. Second, Ichigo was one of the most powerful people there so no one should've been able to overpower him.

And thirdly, a lot of us were relying on him. It wasn't okay for him to be so reckless.

I want you to think about what you just said and how absolutely crazy it sounds.

...What?

[IT'S PERFECTLY REASONABLE]

There really isn't much of a difference between getting murdered and executed, for one! That's like arguing that the number of time someone is shot matters! Either way, you're still dead!

And second, there's a lot of reckless people here, he's hardly the only one.

Compared to the people at Camp, barely anyone here counts as reckless.

[Is he casually ignoring the first part? SURE SEEMS LIKE IT]

...I'm concerned that me stabbing myself in the hand is 'less reckless' than they were.

All of us were almost killed in our second week there because a few people botched a stealth mission. Really badly.

...alright, fair, we haven't messed up that badly yet.

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I didn't want to get you in trouble, Shirou! Or worse, get you fucking killed! I care about you too much to do that to you!

And shut up! I'm a shinigami!! It doesn't matter!

Yes it fucking matters! I can't believe we're having this exact conversation again, you-

[He shakes his head, so angry there are tears forming in his eyes

and then steps forward to wrap Ichigo in a tight hug.]

...You're going to be in so much trouble when we get out of here and meet all the others again.

[There's a pause -

And then he hugs back, tightly, shaking a little.]

I know.

I'm so sorry, Shirou.

I'm sorry.

...

[He exhales a long, shaky breath and relaxes a little.]

It's okay. We'll get through this.

[ "Again", huh.

* Inaba will remember that. ]

Whoa. Maybe it's Appy we should put a leash on.