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! ))

Comments

[stillstands]

I did.

[And hey, it was good. She's definitely smiling.]

It's still tough, but... not being alone is so much better.

[hellahighwater]

[ The next question of the hour is how she got out but... That can be a conversation for another day. Miki's talked about a lot and...they're both here.

Chloe's alive, for now. ]

Sometimes just one person's all you need. ...I'm glad you've got three.

[stillstands]

They didn't need to help me, but they did. I don't know if I can ever thank them enough for that - properly thank them. But I'm glad they did.

[And... yeah, she's probably at the limits re: what happened back home. So she focuses on Chloe instead - subject change now.]

What about you? You sound kinda familiar about it... do you have someone you're grateful for as well?

[hellahighwater]

[ Oh, um. Well, Chloe looks away a little. It's a softer Chloe than Miki's seen. ]

I do. You've seen my title, right?

[stillstands]

[Oh.

No. Chloe that's adorable? You're not allowed to be adorable. Yes you are.]

Champion of Max Caulfield?

[hellahighwater]

[ She nods.]

She's my... [ god, you could fit a whole semi truck in this pause ] ...best friend. My most important person.

[stillstands]

Important enough they gave you her name as a title.

[Mmmhmmmmmmmmmmmm.]

[hellahighwater]

[ MMMMMMMM........ ]

Yeah, important enough... I had to help her with something. That's probably why I got it.

[stillstands]

I have people I help [she hopes] and my title isn't Champion of the School-Living club.

[hellahighwater]

It- it was kind of...a complicated thing, alright?

[ just say you love her it's fine chlo ]

[stillstands]

Was it?

[Was it really.]

[hellahighwater]

Yes!

[ YES, IT WAS, THE TIME TRAVEL WAS HELLA COMPLICATED!!! ]

...Okay, maybe there's other stuff in there, but it was!

[stillstands]

Did it have to be? That part specifically, not all of the... other stuff.

[hellahighwater]

...No, but... It was what it was. It'd been a long time since we'd seen each other, anyway.

[stillstands]

You only reunited with her recently?

[hellahighwater]

Yeah. She moved back to town, after...about five years of radio silence.

[stillstands]

... That long without any contact?

Did she lose your number, or... did something happen?

[hellahighwater]

[ ...Her jaw tightens, a little. ]

No, it... It was a weird time in our lives. Distance made it hard to talk.

[stillstands]

[People do say that long distance can make things different. But... it's still sad to hear that they had that period of time where they couldn't, or didn't talk.]

... But you found each other again. [That's what happened, hadn't it?]

[hellahighwater]

[ Smooth over the conversation. Much better. ...Really, to Max herself, or to silently, Chloe would berate her, but to others...

...how can she possibly badmouth Max Caulfield? ] Like destiny. Seeing her again... She came outta nowhere and saved my life. It was just like old times.

[stillstands]

[That feels... significant.]

What happened?

[Chloe had mentioned a lot of things that were ... bizarre, but lacking the context needed. Is this the starting point of it all...?]

[hellahighwater]

[ She can't quite not say anything, after Miki's told her so much... Chloe still hesitates. ]

Well... I was trying to get money from this asshole who fucked with me, but the guy had a gun. Almost shot dead in a fuckin' school bathroom, can you believe it?

[ Almost, and yet... ...Chloe won't go into that right now. Still, she gently smiles. ]

But Max...she was hiding in there. She tripped the fire alarm before that shithead shot me. Didn't even realize who I was, but...well, we ran into each other after the guy was harassing her, and we put the rest together.

[stillstands]

[That... does sound like orchestrated by nothing but destiny. To be in exactly that spot to save the friend she lost touch with so many years ago, what are the chances?]

That's a brave thing for her to do.

[Oh that's right.]

I forgot it's more common to have guns in America. I don't think I'd be able to move if I saw someone pointing one...

[hellahighwater]

I mean, I just about nearly pissed myself.

[ AS LONG AS WE'RE BEING HONEST, HERE. ]

I'm not really used to people pointing guns at me, as much as they're all floating around all over the place. And Max... She barely sees those, probably. She's Super Max, that's for sure.

[stillstands]

I'd be worried if you were??

... [That's oddly cute. She's Max's champion, and Max is her hero?] It was good she was brave enough to do something when she did. [The alternative... doesn't bear thinking about, does it now? Huh? HUH?]