theairlock | week 1

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week 1

Week 1

[With the introduction to the relationship experiment and their overseeing hosts done with, the Champions are left to their own devices to explore the first floor of the mansion as they please. Cece and Kip will pop-up every once in a while to chit-chat but for the most part they're somewhere inaccessible.

Each morning the Champions are awakened promptly at 7 am by PAL's even, almost laid back voice announcing the time and each evening at 10 pm to announce when the kitchen is closing for the night. Unlike the Overseers, he doesn't seem to be one much for conversation.

Enjoy your week, Champions.]

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[ooc: welcome to week 1, everyone! This first week is a peace week which means there will be no murder this weekend! Feel free to start submitting threads for the benefactors]

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[The sign can't be serious. Not even Nishitani would be stupid enough-

Nope. Nari takes that back. This is Jailbird they are talking about. Please don't let her regret walking in here.]

Are you serious- Is that a knife from the kitchen?!

Well hey there, Nari-chan! Ya come ta try yer hand with me?

[ Yes, he's that stupid. And he is gleefully holding that knife of course. ]

Yeah, it's not as nice as my usual one, but I figure it'll get the job done, yeah? Don't worry! I ain't gonna kill nobody. Just more used ta fightin' like this.

[Give her a moment. She puts a hand over her face, takes a deep breath, then lowers it. And she's pissed.]

You fucking son of a bitch. I have a list. Of. Every. Single. Knife. In. That. Kitchen. [Each word is said rather clipping.] Where the fuck do you get off throwing my count off?!

[ Nishitani has 0 sympathy and in fact laughs. He really wants to fight tho, so maybe he's being facetious on purpose?? ]

Aw, shit. I didn't mean ta cause a fuss, girlie. Woulda told ya if I'd known ya were writin' em down.

I'm trying to keep people from killing each other! [Fuuuuuuck just going to pick up a pillow because what else does she have to fight with?!]

Don't make me fuck you up!

[ Nishitani laughs harder. Oh, she wants to play. This is exciting. He's not just laughing at her, he's giddy. ]

I'd like ta see ya fuckin' try, Nari-chan!

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Bring it, old man.

[THIS IS GOING TO BE A MISTAKE.

She grits her teeth and charges, keeping the pillow in front of her like a shield with both hands. What will Nishitani do?]

[ He cackles. He's heard that one a million times. He can kinda see what she's going for with the pillow and, being that he enjoys danger, he... fucking stabs the knife right through the pillow. Don't worry, he's not trying to stab her hands or anything, but he's definitely trying to freak her out.

In fact, he's gonna just leave the knife there and try to step around her to get a low kick in. He's holding back though, he's certainly not taking this very seriously. Or maybe he always fights like this? ]

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[As if she's get scare of something like that. This girl has been bullied a good chunk of her life, she doesn't get frightened by things that she engages head on very easily. Good thing he keeps the knife in, because she lets go of the pillow, avoiding the kick by dancing away a few steps. Yes. Dancing. Don't judge her.

She grabs another pillow and decides to go for a throw. They aren't soft pillow fight throws, either. She's putting all of her strength behind them.]

[ ~~Yes, but is she breakdancing.~~ Nishitani ducks low to dodge the pillow, though he can tell just by the look of her that she's taking this to heart. Now that's fun.

He is, however, not one for long range at all. He runs up and tries to close the distance between them, aiming a punch at her shoulder. Guess he's fired up now. ]

Ya got some sweet moves, Nari-chan!

[~~bitch please, she is trained in the classical dances and samba. breakdancing is for shmucks~~ Of course she would take this to heart! Nari has lost her temper and wants to teach Nishitani a lesson.

Even if it hurts like hell, she'll take a hit to the shoulder to grab his wrist and pull him closer, wincing as she moves to ram his face with the elbow on the now hurt arm. She can close range, too! Maybe her sister fighting withe her can be useful now.]

[ ~~Breakdancing is a legit fighting style in Yakuza 0, don't diss~~ Funny thing about Nishitani though, he never learns. Or, well, that's not true. But the way he learns is through violence so maybe Nari would have the right approach here if Nishitani wasn't grinning like this is the most fun he's had all week.

With his wrist grabbed, Nishitani can't pull himself out of the way of her blow (but he can at least turn his head a bit so she hit his cheekbone, not his nose.) She hits hard though. Good for her! He's gonna have a nasty bruise but boy is it worth it. He's just smiling harder now. ]

Not bad, not bad!

[ Really not the time to be quipping, but he grabs her other wrist, squeezing hard. Do you really want to get grabbed by Nishitani? This seems bad. ]

[~~:||||~~ No one ever said she was a good teacher. Nari will learn his language in time without resorting to being busted up and bruised.

There's quite a bit of satisfaction that bubbles up when the hit does connect. Good. Why? Because she actually feels relieved to be doing something as inane as fighting someone. Sorry, Nishitani, but that hit was the culmination of panic and anxiety she's been feeling since getting here.]

Oh, shut it!

[She would be happy, too, if there wasn't suddenly pain. Her mind blanks out from fear, and there's not stopping the reaction her body has to the terror she feels. As much as her powers are dampened, an electric shock is still an electric shock, delivered straight to the sensitive skin of the palm of the hand. Nari jerks as if the shock hits her as well before pulling away and stumbling back. Her pupils are dilated as she stares at Nishitani.]

...... fuck.

[ See, they could have fun like this! Who says fighting isn't fun? And stress relieving. If someone needed to let off some steam, Nishitani would totally be there.

He was totally set to try and flip her, or at least twist her arm a little bit to see how much force it'd take to get her to drop her hold. But now there's a very real shock coming from the hand that grabbed her and he reels back just as quick. It'd be one thing if she'd triggered his PIP, but his whole arm is getting pins and needles and the unmistakable tingling of an electric shock follows what was definitely a bright burst of pain.

I mean, this is Nishitani. To him, that felt kinda good. If his pupils are dilated it's for distinctly different reasons. ]

Well, shit, Nari-chan. Never knew ya were this fun. [ He clenches and unclenches his hand. Or tries to, anyway. ] If I'd known ya could do that, I wouldn'ta gone easy on ya after all!

[While he's happy and excited, Nari is the complete opposite. She crouches down, wrapping her arms around her legs as her body shakes. Mind screaming "No!" over and over again, the same prickly fear as what happened back then feeling like it never went away. She shakes her head as he talks.]

Not fun. Not fun. You. You weren't supposed to find out. None of you. Now everyone is gonna know. I don't want them to know. None of them. Not you. Not Roland. But now you both know.

[Don't mind her... having a bit of a breakdown.]

Woah, woah, now. Calm down, Nari-chan! 's not like ya did anythin' fuckin' bad.

[ A girl is having a panic attack in front of him, he has no clue what to do in this situation, especially when he was having so much fun. ]

It's a secret, yeah? I won't tell nobody. Cross my black heart.

[ He even does the thing with his hands where he draws an X over his chest. Surely this is how you comfort panicking women? ]

I did! I'm supposed to be normal! That's not normal!

[Girls shouldn't have powers like that. She's been told that so many times. It would be different if she was a boy.

Humans shouldn't have powers like that. It makes them freaks. So she's a freak.

And now she's stuck here. In this place. With strangers. She lets out a sob and covers her mouth to muffle the noise, the pulls it away again.]

Everyone watching this knows now... all those cameras? They show everything! Everyone out there knows! And that means everyone in here is gonna find out. And when someone dies, they'll blame me.

Woah, slow your roll, sister. That's a fuckin' huge leap of logic if I ever heard one.

[ Should he... hand her a pillow or something? To cry in? He sure has never had to deal with this shit before, he has people for this. ]

Nari-chan, I dunno all the details with what ya got goin' in back home... and comin' from me, this'll probably sound pretty hokey.

[ He bends down to talk to her at eye-level, resting his elbows on his knees. ]

Ya ain't no freak. I ain't never met anyone with powers or that shit before I got here, that much's true. But yer a sweet girl who can kill a man if ya want to, and ya got cool powers. That's pretty fuckin' rad, if ya ask me.

And if someone ends up dyin' here? Unless yer the one doin' the killin', that ain't gonna be your fault. I wouldn't judge ya for killin', neither.

[ Oh, that was not the way to take this conversation, Nishitani. Stop, you were doing so well. ]

Ya know how many people I've killed?! I fuckin' lost count!

Is'not!

[That outburst is followed by a bunch of vulgarity in German that's for some reason left in it's natural state. Must be bad. The rest is translated and said much softer, as if reciting a story.] There's no one like me back home! And my parents kept saying that if anyone found out I'd die. They'd take me and I'd die. No experiments. No prison. Just death.

[Nari wipes an arm across her eyes, realizing she's crying.] I don't wanna kill again... I'm not gonna do it. I don't wanna die, either! I just wanna leave, and take everyone out with me........... You killed that many?

[More than 100? Yes. She's curious.]

Well, your parents are fuckin' stupid. Here's 19 other people who are prolly gonna find out about yer powers and I really doubt they're gonna want ya dead if they were pretty hunky dory about my demon-cannibal roommate!

[ He laughs. This is totally working, right? Yeah, he'll hand her a pillow. Nice cursing tho, you just keep impressing him, Nari. ]

Look, that's great! Ya don't gotta kill nobody if ya don't want to. What's the worst they could do? Put a fuckin' knife to yer throat and make ya kill somebody?

[ He thinks about it. Could that happen? There was that one kid back home, and he ended up not doing it, but... ]

I mean, shit, if that happens, nobody'd blame ya neither. Wouldn't exactly be yer fault.

[ Can't exactly rule it out. ]

Fuck yeah, girlie! I started my stint in the yakuza as a hitman. Killing's bad an' all, but once ya really get started it's easy. [ He really doesn't seem troubled by what he's saying, like at all. ] I'm the guy they send when they need someone real bad, real dead.

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But that's because Roland's a nice person. Everyone likes him.

[She'll take the pillow if only to have something to cling to. And the swearing? Not something she does around her parents. They would die knowing their daughter can make a sailor blush.]

... If they put a knife to my neck, I think I'd rather ram it against it and kill myself instead of hurting someone else. That's if I can't escape.

[Really does not want to kill anyone.

Nari stares at Nishitani with something that can be either awe or fear. Probably more of the former with the way this conversation is shifting.] Why did you want to be a hitman?

They sure do. He's a real cool guy, helpin' kids and bein' nice.

[ He sighs, almost wistfully. Oh, he's definitely crushing on Roland. Don't even doubt it. ]

There ya go, see? Ya ain't a bad person, either, talkin' all self-sacrificin' and shit. Sounds ta me like yer a good person. Good people don't kill.

[ Of course, he's admitting to being a bad person. He knows that. He made his peace with that a long time ago. In fact, he just stays close, helping in his own way, even if... this conversation is gonna get pretty awful. ]

I've been a bad person my whole life, see. I was a bad kid and I grew into a bad teenager and now, I'm a bonafide bad guy. [ He's not exaggerating, either. But his tone goes a little soft, a little fond. He might be a bad guy, but he's got family. He cares, in his own weird way. ] Good people like you, they're too nice to kill us bad guys, but bad guys don't give y'all the same courtesy. So there's where I come in: I solve the kinda problems good people can't solve. That's why I started killin' people.

[ Just like his dad used to say, there are some problems only a monster can solve. ]

He's... a lot like my dad, except in the whole being what he is. Though he's a lot more open than my dad ever was.... maybe more like a big brother? Or something.

[Awwww that's so cute! Totally cheering for the two of you now, not even going to lie.]

... I don't think you're all bad. Not like you claim. There's something there in you that is just as good as the rest of us. Yeah, I know you scare people around here, but really? In the long run you have been nothing but kind to most of us here. A true bad guy is only kind to those who he can use. You don't strike me as the type of guy who would just casually use someone.

Yeah, I bet he'd take the bunch of ya under his wing if he could. Just one of those guys, y'know? Cool as shit.

[ Swooning a bit. Look, he is canonically really into dudes with strong morals who kick ass. It was bound to happen. ]

More than one kind of bad guy, Nari-chan. Sure, I don't use people and I ain't the one what pulled us into a space mansion ta kill each other, but I'd already killed a man by the time I was a high school. They got words for people like me, and they ain't tend ta be nice ones.

[ He shrugs. It doesn't really bother him one way or the other. ]

Though it don't hurt ta hear nice ones every now and then, so that's nice of ya ta say.

I guess so. I don't know if I would let him, though. Can't say I'm a fan of having someone dote over me or be protective in any way. I'd rather have an equal.

[GO FOR IT NISHITANI?]

Well... I try not to talk ill of people unless they really deserve it. You don't really deserve it to me. Even if you've killed. I don't know any of the people you went after, so there's not personal investment for me in it, so why get mad?

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