Week 2

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Week 2

[The Champions have now been here for one week, and while the dud of a first incentive didn't tempt anybody, the fact remains obvious: a lack of murder isn't going to be the thing that gets you out of here.

Blaze Dudely and Rox have not made a reappearance since Tuesday, leaving you to your own devices for the moment. That door they entered and exited through remains locked, and there is no new area to access this week. Are you sure they're even still back there? Despite their absence, you all wake up on Sunday morning from strange dreams. What to make of it?

You can only hope it's not a bad omen for the rest of the week.]

Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday

(( Don't forget to turn in your AC for Week 1, submit your memory regain, and turn in your Benefactor threads! ))

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room 2

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[Korra may be on the other side of the hallway, but when she hears the scream, she comes running-- what is going on?!]

Lucina?

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[The scream is truncated by a thump, and a few startled sounds. Uh...

...

She may have fallen out of bed. Try knocking to...get her attention?]

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[of course she's knocking now, and her voice is getting a little more urgent]

Lucina?! Are you alright?

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[-Alright, it's...she probably hears you now, Korra. There's a pause, and a lot of shifting, and the door finally opens and...Lucina looks shaken. Her face is pale, her eyes far too wide, and her grip on the door is a little too tight.]

K...Korra...?

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Lucina-- you... [look awful?

Korra hesitates and then asks]

Do you want company?

[since her room looks empty, and Korra knows about having nightmares.]

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[I mean it's okay it's fine, y'all can say it, she looks a wreck.

Lucina pauses, then shakes her head.] No - n-no, it's - I...

[Everything is still filtering in from her dream. The light, her father, Grima...]

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[that's not really an answer so she assumes that the answer is a firm... Maybe?]

What happened?

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...Dream. I-It was...

[Slowly, the events from the dream start to really hit her beyond the initial scream, and...tears start to well up at the corners of her eyes.]

No...oh Gods, no...i-it was a nightmare...

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H-Hey, it's okay!

[she had a dream too, and while parts of it were intense, it was... honestly, it ended really nicely. It felt real, though, and that could be upsetting.]

What happened?

[her hand reaches out to lightly touch Lucina's shoulder]

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[Korra's touch isn't flinched at or pushed away - in fact, Lucina barely reacts to it at all. She brings her hand to her eyes, fingers shaking as she tries to wipe away tears.]

It's over...i-it's all over...I can't...it can't be true, it couldn't have happened, I...n-no...

[...She's...trying, Korra, but it's going to be hard to coax out anything super coherent this soon after waking up.]

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[well at least she's not being pushed away...?!]

What's all over? What happened?

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[She's still shaking her head.]

Home...at home, everything...all the things we worked so hard to do...it can't be over, it...it couldn't have been real...

[Korra I really do appreciate this but she's just not coherent in this state.]

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[it's... it's okay.

she just... pulls her into a hug.]

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[You are being hugged back pretty immediately Korra. This was a good move to make.]

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[SHE'S SORRY ABOUT YOUR MEMORY LUCINA, HOPEFULLY... IT GETS BETTER?? But also, this is... nice, in general. Helping]

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[She just needs to cry for like five hours it'll be fine]

...I-I'm...sorry...I just...t-that dream was...too close to reality...

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It sounds like it was really upsetting.

[she admits a little quietly. She wants to help, but... she honestly has no clue what's going on. It's hard to say the right thing.]

Dreams like that can be rough.

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[It would still be hard even if Lucina could explain everything.]

...I used to...have nightmares like it. Years ago. [Being with her father as a frightening, evil dragon descended on them was fairly common dream fare.] B-But they stopped...a-and this one is...different...

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Different... how?

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...I was...I wasn't a child, I was...how I am now. And...it felt real...

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Oh...

[she pauses]

... I had a dream like that last night too-- but it was... sort of pleasant.

[she releases her from the hug, and all her worried looks are there.]

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...Oh. That's...good, at least.

[It's slightly less bad that not everyone was having nightmares about terrible things at home.]

I'm sorry, I...I'm not in any state to really...

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It's okay. I just wanted to make sure you were alright. We're all in this together, right?

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R-Right...

[But no one can be with someone in their dreams, sadly enough.]

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[unfortunately...]

If you need anything, just let me know? I can't... help with dreams. But i can help here.