Week 3

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Week 3

[Two weeks in, and all at once four people are dead. Chitose, Miki, Lucina, and Tsurugi - whatever the circumstances, however any of you may feel, their rooms are just as empty at the end of the week. If you check your P.I.P.s, you'll find that their pictures on the profile page have gone monochrome.

C.E.C.E.'s morning announcement comes like clockwork on Sunday. This time, though, there's an addendum to her usual message:]

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.

[In addition to the new floor, the Champions will find that they've gained another memory this week.]


Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday



(( Welcome to Week 3! Don't forget to check in and submit your memory regains! Turn in your benefactor threads for sweet loot, too! ))

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[karappo]

[When he sees Osomatsu's tears, Karamatsu's breath leaves him. He...wasn't intending to make him cry, but even if he was, he wouldn't have expected it. Not out of Osomatsu, of all people. And for a moment, he isn't sure how to handle it. Normally he'd just...immediately hug him, or something, but he doesn't know if he'd take that well right now.

He carefully slides his hands around Osomatsu's arms, moving to grip at his forearms gently where Osomatsu is holding onto his jacket in return.]

I promise. I refuse.

[Even if everyone else leaves, or turns against them...or even worse, makes an attempt on their life. He refuses.]

[titularly]

[With Karamatsu gripping onto Osomatsu's arms like that, he ends up leaning his face forward, against his brother's chest in return. Silent sobs wracking his body -- of relief, of stress, and just from holding them in for too long. Sure, he doesn't cry very often at all. He's always the one who's reliable, and strong, and laughing in the face of danger but.. they really never were in danger before, were they?

They lived such cushy lives compared to this, that it's just. Shocking. It's shocking and scary and Osomatsu hates every little bit of it.]

Please don't die...

[Osomatsu whines that at his brother, begging him even though he knows that honestly.. Karamatsu doesn't have a choice in a place where people are being forced to kill each other like this.]

[karappo]

[Karamatsu closes his eyes, feeling a brick sink into the pit of his stomach as Osomatsu leans forward against him, crying. It's...a eerily familiar feeling, if only because that very night he'd dreamed of similar, except Osomatsu was screaming at him instead while he tried to calm him down. Karamatsu isn't used to being the rock, at least not for Osomatsu of all things.

And yet, he grips him a bit tighter anyway, letting Osomatsu lean on him for as long as he needs to.

He can't promise Osomatsu that. And he thinks Osomatsu knows it, too.]

We are going to be alright, Brother. Somehow.

[titularly]

I'm so scared, Karamatsu.

[Osomatsu buries his face against his brother more, shaking his head against him.]

I-I keep... I keep thinking about Chloe-chan. Her brains were.... s-splattered right in front of us...

I-I don't want to see my little brother like that. I-if I saw your dead body, I....

[His sentence trails off, and he just tightens his grip on him even more as if he was scared that he'd lose him if he let go.]

[karappo]

I know.

[Karamatsu stresses, his voice deep. Grounding. Or, he's trying to make it be.]

That is not going to happen, Osomatsu. We might do some stupid things, but we are not going to go after the Overseers and get ourselves killed, right? And we are also not going to make ourselves targets. We are not vulnerable. Okay?

Do...do not think about that. Do not even entertain the idea that that might happen. You will drive yourself mad otherwise.

[titularly]

I can't help it!

[Osomatsu yells that back at him, louder than he meant it to be.]

After that dream a-all I've been thinking about is h-how I was losing you -- all of you. A-and how I might lose you here, too... b-but if that happens.... i-if that happens I am never, ever getting you back!

[karappo]

[Karamatsu grips Osomatsu even tighter, sure that his fingers must be leaving marks through his jacket sleeves as he tries to bring Osomatsu back down.]

Shhh. Shh...

Just because you might lose us...does not mean it is going to happen.

[titularly]

[Osomatsu is silent, absolutely silent. Karamatsu can say that but who knows, honestly? He could be dead tomorrow or Osomatsu could... and thinking about it is just.. not good. It's not good.]


I-I need.. I need a drink.

[So instead of arguing he just.. leans against his brother after saying that.]

[karappo]

[That...sounds like a good idea, actually.]

I have whiskey. It should be in the dumbwaiter still.

[He doesn't know Osomatsu took it.]

[titularly]

...I need another drink.

[karappo]

Eh? What is wrong with whiskey?

[titularly]

I uh.. I might've dran...

[Osomatsu's words trail off as he looks over his brother's shoulder, at the new bottle of whiskey he had acquired from Zombina sitting there on the bed.]

...y'know. Nothing. Nothing's wrong with whiskey, let's have some.

[karappo]

[...yeah he didn't need to hear all of that to know what he was going to say.]

...you drank that whole bottle yourself? Today?

[titularly]

....are you mad?

[karappo]

No...no, of course not. I just did not even know you had it.

[How the heck did you slip that one by him niisan.]

[titularly]

Well I woke up and saw it and.. just took it with me everywhere.

[It's been rough, Karamatsu. He really needed a crutch today.]

I finished it off a couple hours ago.

[karappo]

Ahh...well. I suppose it cannot be helped.

You have some more we could drink, then?

[titularly]

Yeah, I was given some.

[Osomatsu gently pushes Karamatsu back from him, then, so he can get up to his feet and stumble a little to the bed.]

It's literally just the same stuff from before so it ain't like you're missing out on anything.

[karappo]

Let's have some, then.

[Do they have glasses? Maybe Osomatsu won't be offended if they just drink straight from the bottle because he's not sure how he feels about having to go back to the cafeteria right now.

Karamatsu follows Osomatsu to the bed, sitting up on the edge of it. At least they seem to be...okay.

...right?]

[titularly]

[Honestly.... the jury's out on whether or not they're okay. Osomatsu's not sure what to even feel after everything that's been said.. that's why he defaulted on drinking. Because it makes it so he doesn't have to feel anything, or think about anything.

So when Karamatsu takes a seat, Osomatsu sits next to him and pops open the bottle, taking a long swig of it before handing it over to his brother.]

[karappo]

[Karamatsu obliges once the whiskey is handed over to him, taking a swig just as long. God, he hasn't had any alcohol since he got here...and while he handles it pretty badly, he needs it now.]

It is not beer...but it is something.

[titularly]

[Osomatsu's been drinking as much as he could since he got here, but even he needs it the most right now than any other time. It's.. been a lot.]

Maybe they'll put in a bar or somethin' with some beer in it.

[karappo]

[Karamatsu considers the whiskey bottle for a moment before passing it back to Osomatsu.]

Wishful thinking. I believe they know that we want one.