Week 7

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Week 7

[Seven weeks. Seven weeks of friendship and death and bonds between total strangers forming, bending, breaking, and mending. As of Friday the experiment has officially ended as it crowned it's Ultimate Champion, albeit with quite a few more hangers on than the mysterious EP or the Benefactors anticipated. However all of their PIPs are still active and there have been no attempts on their lives from CECE over the weekend.

There are no announcements on Monday.

The surviving Champions (including Xander, the Ultimate Paladin) awaken on Monday they'll find have regained the remainder of their memories from the ones they've lost.

Welcome to the end, Champions.]

Monday Tuesday


[ooc: welcome to the final week, everyone! There is no AC this week but please make sure you read and comment on the endgame announcement if you haven't already. At this point in the game everyone should be at their true canon point if they weren't already. Hold onto your butts, kids, it's gonna be a bumpy ride out.]

Comments

[cyan_maid]

You're definitely like a big sister in my eyes. It's...reassuring. I never did have any siblings.

[ratherdoweddings]

I'm glad! I try to be the best I can for everyone. This place just lets me be me, so I don't have to live up to my father's military history or anything like that. And I'm glad you're here too, Jane-chan. You've done so much for us.

[cyan_maid]

...I've only tried to do my best, Yurika. It's not always up to snuff, but it's all I've got.

[...I guess everyone's pretty much graduated from titles, huh?]

[ratherdoweddings]

[Yurika brightens.]

That's all we need. I've always said just being you is the best way to do things!

[cyan_maid]

[That's true indeed. But Jane doesn't say anything right away, her eyes a bit far away as she's deep in thought.]

...It's kind of funny that being me is helpful here. It...well. I definitely wasn't as true to myself as I wanted to be, or as much as I assumed I was, at home. But part of me wonders if it would have made a difference.

[ratherdoweddings]

I'm sorry things went so wrong for you... for everyone. The Benefactors might not have counted on this place making things better in some ways.

[cyan_maid]

No, I'm pretty sure their ultimate plan is to see everything turn horrible for everyone. With this sort of setup, it's kind of expected. But...

[It's like Xander told her. She's alive now.]

...I've just got to move forward.

[ratherdoweddings]

You're right. We all have to. No matter what happens, okay? I don't know how much time we've got to figure this place out.

[cyan_maid]

[Jane nods.]

...It's best to enjoy what peace we have while we have it. Right?

[ratherdoweddings]

And do our best not to fall apart.

[cyan_maid]

[...Reaching out to hold your hand and give it a squeeze.]

We'll just - we'll have to bend. Perhaps let ourselves get chipped and stripped, but we can't break or crumble. That's all.

[ratherdoweddings]

[Yurika holds Jane's hand tightly and smiles.]

I hope we're not here for a year, but we'll do our best no matter what. I believe in all of you!

[cyan_maid]

We won't be. I - I don't think they'll be leaving their Ultimate Champion stranded for long. And when EP and whoever else they've got show up...we'll make our move.

[But what should they be preparing for? What should they do? It's scary to think about because there's no clear answer. Perhaps remembering what good you held in life is all that can be done.]

[ratherdoweddings]

We should investigate. It's what we've been preparing for, and it can't hurt.

[cyan_maid]

But where to start? Besides the other side of the station, there's not much that's new to us...

[And it feels weird to demand they go into the rooms of a bunch of long-dead strangers.]

[ratherdoweddings]

But there might be something C.E.C.E. changed, like the holodeck last week.

[cyan_maid]

[Well if she fucks anything up right now Jane will be sour indeed.]

Perhaps. Maybe...the roombas in the cafe aren't acting right. Or the diner robot might be on the fritz?

[She doesn't think she can go into the diner again today. Once was difficult.]

[ratherdoweddings]

It seemed fine last week, but I can look. I'll remember that! Hmm -- oh, wait, the rules don't apply, right? Should we check the cameras?

[cyan_maid]

...I don't know if I want to risk breaking the rules outright, whether they apply or not. [It might end up with someone electrocuted.] At the very least, we can observe them.

[ratherdoweddings]

That's true... I just thought, since we've already slept in the cafeteria.

[cyan_maid]

...Let's just not do it ourselves, then. Let it be all of us or none of us.

[Or just Xander. They wouldn't dare do anything to their "Ultimate Champion" just yet, right?]

[ratherdoweddings]

I won't leave you alone, Jane-chan.

[cyan_maid]

I know. And...I won't leave you alone, either. Okay?

[ratherdoweddings]

[hugs!]

I believe you, Jane-chan. We're all here now, together, and we'll find our way somehow.