thefoundation | WEEK 5 MINGLE

WEEK 5

They said it was a break week, but two of your number were lost anyway last week. While you're all tired and still recovering, the speakers crackle to life with the voice of The Lady.

"Attention, Guests. The game is back on. Break week is now over. Happy Holidays."

The Staff are still like they were last week - only this time, the orders almost always go wrong, if they even manage to go through - the Staff are vanishing constantly. Meals are also getting affected - they're still perfectly edible, but they're not as delicious as they once were, with seasoning and other things occasionally being off. The Sign warning people to not take knives is still on the kitchen door, but The Chef seems incredibly tired, often resting on a chair in the corner.

The Resort is still furnished with Holiday items - but after Medic's christmas protest, there are more items related to other holidays up, and it's much more balanced - objects and colors of multiple holidays side by side in harmony, with the mistletoe still up for any needed smooching. There are, however, more wriggling...things, and there's even an entire 'tree' made of eldritch tentacles with glowing balls of light on them that wink in an oddly hypnotic fashion.

The weather is still nothing, but the courtyard seems to have switched to a much warmer clime, which while still a little cool is pleasant enough to sit outside in. Finally, the music this week seems... almost ominous...?

On Monday morning, another memory is returned to everyone, one more traumatic this time instead of gentle like the others have been. Yet, you feel as if you know a little more about your time in this world, now. Not everything, but...enough.

Enough to see this game through to the end, at least.

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[Oh look, everyone is getting a message!]

I am so, so sorry for what happened Saturday night. After all of the work everyone did to help keep me safe, I went and ruined it by leaving my room. It was stupid of me, and I should have just stayed put and asked someone for help instead of going out for food on my own.

What I did was unforgivable, and if anyone does not trust me after this, then I understand. But I'm still going to try and get all of you out of here alive, if I can. I owe that much to all of you, after the trouble I caused.

-A

It's... difficult, but I am sorry that things had to end in this manner.

I wish it could have ended differently too.

...and I'm sorry. I'm sorry that I killed your friend and hurt your other friend.

I know what it's like, to have something within you that you can't control. I do not hold it against you.

Do you want to be updated on Gerome's status as he recovers?

[Owain you fucking trash Chuuni, that's not the same thing.]

I would, yes.

[ DOWN SWORD HAND ]

I'll do that then.

[ :< :< :< She is looking around but ghosts are unfair and invisible. ]

where are you?

I'm in the lobby.

[He knows she hugs so she's not getting specific locations.]

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Where?

[ she still has glitter bombs she is not afraid to use them ]

[He is not responding.

But there is an indent on one of the couches.]

[ Well... she knows where the bun is. And she hasn't seen sticky notes or any long messages on the tablet. So it narrows it down to one of the boys.

Soooooo

She's just going to tackle the indent on the couch regardless because it'll be fine, right? ]

[The tackle is successful! And given how twiggy the body is, it's probably Atsushi.]

[ VICTORY. Just going to sit on him since he's not moving. ]

Don't move.

[ Giving him a squeeze before lifting her hand up to try to feel for neck and face. Trying to figure where everything is so she doesn't stick fingers up his nose. ]

[It's not too hard to find his face, since he's complying and not moving, but be careful not to jab a finger in his eye or something.]

[ There he is. and she'll find his forehead without eye jabbing or nose picking.

Just going to press her forehead against his. ]

I'm sorry I couldn't protect you.

[This ghost can't exactly escape to type another message, so he just shakes his head.

It's not your fault, Cinque.]

[ when the person sits on cat instead ]

I really wanted to save you. To save you both.

[ Cause his tiger side is important, too ]

[No it's not, tiger is just rude.

And Atsushi is squirming now, to try and escape.]

[ Nooooooo.

Look if she can't read, then he has to take this affection, right? ]

Atsushi. I wanted to tell you the tiger wasn't mean. I didn't feel like I was in danger at all when I was alone with him.

[ And with that, she'll finally slide off of him to sit next to him on the couch. ]

[Atsushi does hear that, but.

He also leaves the couch after that.]

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whirlingmace - 2018-12-24 20:56 (UTC) - Expand

Apologies mean nothing when you willfully chose to put your own comfort ahead of another's safety. You didn't prepare properly—this was your failure and I won't excuse it.

[ Sorry, he won't be responding further. ]

I understand.

[Not much else can be said about that, so.]

It's not your fault, Atsushi.

[She's dropping the honorific at this point for him. He's important. Tsumugi shrugs and idly plays with the end of the scarf she gave Atsushi. Said scarf is now around her neck, and unlikely to leave anytime soon.]

It's that woman's. She cheated and used you as a weapon, okay?

[A sigh. She probably should have offered him her potion last week. It would have made him so much less dangerous.]

The only thing you should have ask for help with was with trying to figure out what you're from.

[Tsumugi rapidly types on her tablet for a good few minutes straight, before sending it to Atsushi. It's the list he had in his room, but massively cut down. Tsumugi is a weeb of wide tastes, so be it mobile games, light novels, anime, video games, or manga, she's seen it. The list is far more manageable now.]

It's more manageable now, right?

As long as we don't have to worry about having a ghost tiger problem, it's... just something else that the Resort took away. Normally, you'd be able to control that transformation, wouldn't you?

[At least as far as she's been given to understand from Inaba, but Inaba is also a very biased party. And she probably shouldn't be bringing up ghost tigers in such a seemingly flippant way, but there's nothing casual about it.

So far, the ghosts haven't been as much of a problem, but so far non-game massacres haven't been a thing, either.]

I think in the end, the one who paid the most for this mistake was you, Nakajima-kun.

Atsushi....

[Taumugi’s hands reach up to nervously fiddle with the scarf around her neck. It’s weird to be wearing it again after having given it to Atsushi so long ago.]

You did everything you could, alright? It wasn’t your fault the others were out of their rooms.