week 3

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Week 3

[Come week 3 of the Champion Excellence Program the high-flying feelings that came with the dodgeball game last week has dissipated, especially after the...everything that was that trial. Satan Mask sure was a thing that happened.

Just like last week, right on the dot at 7 am, the mechanical woman's voice chimes to awaken the remaining champions on Sunday morning. After the initial wake-up call though there's a new message tacked on:]

Congratulations, Champions! By surviving your second trial, you have unlocked the third 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.

[And again 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.]

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[ooc: welcome to week 3, everyone! Check-in has begun and don't forget to submit your memory regains!]

Comments

[cyan_maid]

I suppose it isn't, but we know what those old churches were for. To not know the name of the thing a structure is supposed to honor just seems...I don't know.

[refusedtoleave]

It could be multiple beings, there are too many stories and rumors to pick one out.

[cyan_maid]

Do they have anything in common besides apparently being about the same thing?

[refusedtoleave]

It's just a bunch of old fisherman's tales.

[cyan_maid]

Mm...then I guess it's not easy to pick up common threads to try and piece together something that might be close to true. Aw, shucks.

[refusedtoleave]

No, and all the stories of witches and demons don't help.

[cyan_maid]

...Witches and demons? Really?

[refusedtoleave]

Yes. Supposedly the island used to be inhabited by demons, which is why a shrine was built there, to ward them away. The witches part was more Mother's doing. To keep the children from going into the forest.

[cyan_maid]

Well, I suppose if the children believe that, then it'd work...

[refusedtoleave]

Well, we haven't lost any yet. Though we have come close a few times.

...One time Jessica decide she wanted to 'fight' the witch and dragged her cousin off into there.

[cyan_maid]

Er...oh, dear. Yes, that's not exactly...the desired effect. I do hope they were alright?

[refusedtoleave]

They were fine. Just worst between the pair of them was a scrapped knee and a bloody nose... It wasn't hard to find them with how loud Battler was crying.

[cyan_maid]

...Battler?

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[refusedtoleave]

My nephew. He's The same age as my daughter so they played a lot together.

aw shucks the html...

[cyan_maid]

N-No, I figured that he was the cousin, but...that's...not a name I'd expect for, well, anyone.

[refusedtoleave]

Really? It's a western name, or his father said it was... The kanji for it means'fighting person'.

[cyan_maid]

Well, you're not wrong...it's just more of an...adjective? Not really a given name...

[refusedtoleave]

Oh... That would explain why he got upset by it.

[cyan_maid]

[A strained smile.]

I'd apologize to him in person, if he was here...but, well.

[refusedtoleave]

Maybe you'll meet him one day, once we're out of the here. From what I've remembered, he'd appreciate it.

What about you? Does your name mean anything?

[cyan_maid]

Jane, or Crocker? Jane means, "God is gracious", and Crocker, I believe, is confused a lot of times with the old occupation of "crockery", which is to make pottery, but I've also read it means "heart-break".

[refusedtoleave]

[She's just going to think about it.] Western names are interesting... I never really looked into them until I was with my daughter.

[cyan_maid]

Huh. Is there a particular reason why you chose a western name for her?

[refusedtoleave]

Family tradition...

[cyan_maid]

Oh.

[...Considering who else was probably named due to family tradition...]

I'm glad you stuck with something that's an actual name, then.