week 0 - continuation

[vicedirector]

seven vices week 0 ♫ tuesday - sunday With that revelation, things are sure to be more tense--or maybe, you prefer to go the hope route? Either way, the atmosphere of the town begins changing ever so subtly. Once in a while, you can feel someone staring at you from behind, though when you turn to check, no one will be there. Footsteps can also be heard echoing when one stands close to the void, even when alone....of course, no one will be there, either. As of Tuesday, extra food will be found in the kitchen. The ingredients are very based in Western cuisine: rye and wheat bread, potatoes, cabbage, beets, onions, cucumbers, assorted mushrooms, and the like are all supplied. In addition, there are also miscellaneous spices, eggs, milk, and an abundance of fish and pork. Various dishes made with the above ingredients will also be set out for anyone to take during lunch and dinner. A copy of the rulebook has been pinned to the front of the chapel, and a wooden sign now stands at the east edge of town near the clinic: Welcome to Lebensbaum | EST. 1623 | Population: ♜♜♜♜♜♜♜. The bonfire will be lit every night from 10PM to 6AM, after which it will extinguish on its own. >Mingle? This is the last open mingle for Week 0. No motives will be given until next Monday, and thus no murders will occur. Enjoy your last week of safety! When posting toplevels, specify the time and location. If you plan on having any private conversations between characters, remember to let us know in the post linked below. cast setting rulebook profiles private conversations

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[dereban]

► tuesday, anytime; hotel lobby

[ At various times, Inaba can be seen with her laptop -- turned on as she seems to be typing down some notes. A lot of them is in what seems to be in various different languages. She seems to be testing something out, but what that is, really, comes to her as a mystery.

The first line of text seems to read, in Japanese: Hello. I am Inaba Himeko, and I'm a freshman at Yamaboshi High School. Those who might read the language as Japanese (instead of their native language) might denote that she's using atashi (アタシ) in katakana for her 'I'.

The second line of text seems to read something else entirely different, this time in English: Fuusenkazura is a kind of plant.

And the last line isn't in a language. Not really, anyway. It reads: 01001111 01110101 01110100 00100000 01101111 01100110 00100000 01100101 01110110 01100101 01110010 01111001 01101111 01101110 01100101 00100000 01101000 01100101 01110010 01100101 00101100 00100000 01110111 01101000 01101111 00100000 01110111 01101111 01110101 01101100 01100100 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00100000 01100100 01100001 01110100 01100101 00111111

Of course, she'll eventually realize that the first two are translated automatically while the last one isn't. In the meantime, she'll wave someone down if she sees them pass by, with a tired smile. ]

Hey, do you mind if I ask you a few questions? I'm taking some notes for reference to see if I can find any links. [ She'll probably come short, but it's nice that She Tried anyway. ]

► wednesday; afternoon ( kitchen )

[ Three days running on caffeine and literally no sleep doesn't sound like a good sign. Of course, it isn't as if she'd listen to what the others said, back at home -- there wasn't much of a point to it, after all.

She's in the middle of eating, but soon enough she just drops her fork in the middle of all that without another word, her eyes immediately forcing themselves shut as she falls off her chair, taking it with her to the ground as she's knocked out.

This definitely doesn't count under the 'intentionally' falling asleep rule, seeing as she's... just managed to collapse without warning. Someone might want to help her, there. ]

► anytime, anywhere, wildcard!

[ Inaba can be found doing as much investigation as she can. Although after she collapses on Wednesday, she's probably going to either be in her room or the the clinic. Feel free to also hit me up at endlesseight if you want to do anything privately or w/e! ]

wednesday - kitchen

[lastgirl]

[Buddy isn't in the kitchen, nor intends to go in, but is close enough that she hears the sound of someone collapsing. Considering what they're suddenly here for -- well even then, she would think someone has just died with a thud like that. She rushes into the kitchen and the sight of "Nagase" on the ground stuns her.]

Hey...

[She realizes that won't do any good though and kneels down by her, shaking her body.]

Hey, get up!

[takanome]

Vice--

[It's the middle of some congenial conversation - Takao has eaten quickly, only has a few chunks of less tasty vegetables left, and he's perfectly happy to put down his fork to take a closer glance. That's not really... moving... He stands up, walks quickly around the table, ending up on Buddy's opposite side of Inaba's body. Before long the younger girl has shown that Inaba isn't getting up. Takao leans down and loops his arm around her shoulders.]

I know where her room is, it's just on the first floor!

[With that he loops his arm under her knees and stands fully. Takao walks out of the kitchen towards the staircase and room 103 with firm steps, having the leg strength to do this well apparently, though a close eye on the muscles in his neck makes it pretty clear that he could barely go faster.]

[lastgirl]

What--

[Buddy immediately stands up and rushes to catch up with Takao, but he's a great deal faster than her even as she dashes to get beside him. By the time they make it to the stairs she's caught up to him.]

If you try anything I'll cut you up asshole!

[dereban]

[ Thankfully for the two of them (or not), that doesn't stir her up, but rest relieved that she isn't dead? She's breathing, that's all that matters, right? Probably.

But please don't fight... ]

[takanome]

Be my guest!

[Here they are at the top of the staircase. He pauses to give Buddy a look that attempts to be understanding but Takao is sufficiently keyed up at this point that he doesn't really change much from "sweaty". Providing evidence for his awareness of her nearby room, he stops at this point to let down her legs, instead walking Inaba along with hands on both shoulders. Before long, they're in front of room 103.]

Damn... where's her key...

[dereban]

[ She is wearing a jacket, so they'll be able to find her key in her right coat pocket. ]

Tuesday, 3 PM

[dhaosu]

[ Dhaos turns his attention towards the girl when she does wave down, because, well... he didn't have a reason not to. ]

... Very well.

[dereban]

Alright. The first one is simple. Can you name your place of origin and the year you're from?

[dhaosu]

The world I was within before arriving here happened to be named Aselia. As for the calendar year, unfortunately I cannot recall.

[ It's complicated. ]

[dereban]

I'll keep that in mind. [ ... ]

By the way, can you try reading all three of these lines on my screen here?

[ She wants to see what he can and can't read. Since Aselia isn't Earth, of course. ]

[dhaosu]

... I cannot make out the last one. Although, I do recognize it as being something that regularly appears on certain technology.

[ He recalls seeing stuff like that during the time of Thor, actually. ]

Tuesday morning

[smileleftbehind]

[Cheshire stops when she asks him if he could answer some questions. He looks around to make sure that she's not talking to someone else before approaching,] Like what?

[dereban]

It's very simple stuff. [ She's being rather polite, but that's fine. ]

The first question relates to where you're from and the year it was.

[smileleftbehind]

[So much different from the other day.]

The abyss. Or, I think it was called Sablier.

I don't know what year it was.

[dereban]

[ She's gotten used to things now, so she's calmer. ]

I see, I suppose that helps, thanks. By the way, can you read any of this?

[ Just going to show the three lines of text now. ]

[smileleftbehind]

[He shakes his head no,] I never learned how to read. I didn't have to until I got here.

tuesday

[muties]

Oooh, girl, is that a laptop? Niiice.

[ A person should always have like five computers on them. ]

Yeah, sure, question away. Might even have answers.

[dereban]

It's something I made myself. [ shrug ]

I was wondering what world you're from.

[muties]

Made? Shit, that's cool.

[ as a computer nerd she is Impressed ]

Uhhh. [ what to do with this, this could get so stupid sounding so fast ] Earrrrth? Post-apocalyptic, tho.

[dereban]

Hah, yeah. Things to do with computers is kind of my hobby.

[ She smiles, just a little. ]

I'm from Earth as well, but not post-apocalyptic. What part of Earth?

tuesday;

[createdamonster]

H-hm? Oh, yes, that wouldn't be much of a problem...I suppose we're all trying to do research in our own way, after all.

[ Being stuck in circumstances like these, it's natural to investigate, or so she supposes. ]

Please, by all means, ask away.

[dereban]

Alright. [ She already knows the date that she's from so-- ]

What world are you from? I want to assume Earth, but I don't want to be presumptuous, you know?

[createdamonster]

No, Earth is correct. It's pretty normal, too, as far as I'm aware. For the most part, things generally seem to have a logical and scientific explanation, as one would expect. So, it's not like here at all, really.

[dereban]

Yeah, that's the same for me.

[ SHRUG ]