week 2

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Week 2

[The second week in the Champion Excellence Program kicks off on a somber note. Chitanda, Toby, the Griffin- all three of them gone, two of them in one fell swoop. If anyone thinks to check the profiles on their P.I.P.s they will find that the dearly departed Champions' profile photos have been greyed out.

Right on the dot at 7 am the mechanical woman's voice chimes to awaken the remaining champions on Sunday morning, as she has for the past week. After the initial wake-up call though there's a new message tacked on:]

Congratulations, Champions! By surviving your first trial, you have unlocked the second floor of the ship. A new mini map has been added to your P.I.P.! To access the second floor please stand on the teleporter and select the floor you wish to be teleported to.

[The new floor isn't the only thing floating around the ship though, at least metaphorically. When the Champions are awakened they have regained one new memory from the ones they've lost. Starting again on Sunday, as well, Jamie and Bolton will be back to their usual office hours in their usual locations.]

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday


[ooc: welcome to week 2, everyone! Check-in has begun and don't forget to submit your memory regains!]

Comments

[fatherofsin]

Hope is a meaningless word that people throw around so they can feel better about lying to people about the odds. "If you just hope enough, you'll get through." Nothing replaces hard work. Prayers go unanswered and hope is just what the desperate us so the don't have to blame their lack of initiative and ambition.

[ He's quite sour about this conversation. ]

You're not keeping anyone safe. You're keeping them blind so you can feel good about protecting them, whether you believe that or not.

[bylight]

Then you've never been in a situation that warranted the need for hope.

[That's because he's a little bitch She snorts again.]

I'm giving them the same option I gave Chitanda. If they wish to learn how to fight, I will not turn them down.

[fatherofsin]

I left a failing planet where all hope did was ruin lives. So don't talk to me about the "need for hope." We needed solutions, not some nebulous concept that does nothing. And we need solutions now.

[ He won't mention that he helped cause it fail. Because that's what he does. ]

[bylight]

We're trying to keep a world from falling. Hope has worked for us. [Six people.] We find solutions, we hang onto hope, we make our own miracles.

[She lifts her hand with a flick, sending a fire spell at her own portrait, watching it burn.] And I refuse to be a part of your sick spectacle.

[fatherofsin]

Fine, then. Hang onto your lies you call hope. They obviously help you sleep so you don't realize you're just as selfish as everyone else. Worlds fall. It's what they do. So you move on and you do better next time.

[ He's annoyed. He worked hard on that painting. ]

There's no such thing as miracles. Just good hard work and those who refuse to attribute their success to what actually caused it.

[bylight]

I don't have time to explain just how wrong you are about the world I'm fighting for isn't falling the way you think it is.

[You're talking to a Final Fantasy Protag. There's always miracles happening in those games.]

Those who think like you in my world tend to die rather quickly.

[fatherofsin]

Funny. Those who think like you either die or know endless suffering.

[bylight]

I haven't come across either of those in my life. [No, that's for a later memory regain.]