WEEK 1

[strangerpeople]

WEEK 1

[Well, this is...happening. This is a thing. This is your life now. The Commander is expecting you to just up and kill one another, and then try to get away with it. No big deal, right? You guys can handle this. You won't fall for what she has. She's clearly an idiot. A loud idiot, but still an idiot. She's not going to get one over you.

...Right?

In any case, the Commander's quarters are now open for anyone who decides they can actually stand to be in the same room as her, but beware - any favor you might ask of her is going to come at a price, and who knows what she'll ask you to do if you decide to gain a boon from her. Unless you're a suck-up like Baku - then she'll apparently be flattered. Maybe that's a good tactic to use?


Whatever you do, try not to murder the bread again. The Bread Did Nothing Wrong.


There are fifteen strangers in this place.]



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Comments

[backuphero]

[At that, Jonathan slumps miserably, maybe being a little bit melodramatic.]

You're telling me. Getting real sick of "brushing" my teeth with salt from the kitchen. Wonder if somebody could steal Her Majesty's toothpaste....

[beguiledcard]

[ Wrinkling his nose a little! ]

Yeah, no kidding... Fortunately, between that and water, I don't feel as gross as I'm sure I could feel.

[ There's a nod as he considers that last part, though. ]

I wonder if someone playing decoy would be enough. It's worth a try.

[backuphero]

Maybe if we lured her out... no, somebody would have to actually deal with whatever she wanted and really go in to take a shower, then the distraction would need to happen so they could steal it. Maybe. I'm not really good with the planning, I'm more the "breaking things" guy, you know?

[beguiledcard]

[ He snorts quietly. ]

Usually, the planning was done by Morgana or Makoto... I was always the one delegating or giving the final say for the team.

[ There's a softening of his expression. ]

You remind me a little of my best friend from back home. He's more of the "breaking times" guy, too.

[ He chuckles softly, twisting a strand of bangs, considering the more prominent traits for a moment: ]

Ryuji's one of those people who has a tendency to say the first thing that comes to mind, and can be reckless, but... I never saw anything wrong with it, personally. Our team was balanced, thanks to all the differences in personalities.

[backuphero]

People who can plan, a guy who rushes ahead and says what he thinks, and a natural-born leader... it sounds like it must have been. Balanced, I mean.

[He smiles, and it's unusually soft, almost wistful -

Despite everything, despite the tradition of One Belmont Against The Night, the business of hunting monsters and vampires isn't meant to be solitary. Even among Belmonts - the Legend had his companions. Jonathan's grandfather had his brothers-in-arms, his father had his best friend... he's got no idea what kind of business Akira was in, but the kind of ties that easy familiarity speaks of are ones that can make history.]

One hell of a compliment to give a guy, saying he's like to your best friend when you had a team like that. Thank you. I hope I can keep on measuring up.

[beguiledcard]

[ His expression flickers with several... somethings - something like pain, something like longing, ... something like definite homesickness. But he still smiles. ]

Something tells me you'll do just fine, as long as you keep being you and don't let a place like this damage your spirit.

[backuphero]

[If either of them had known what waited for him only a few weeks ahead, they'd have laughed themselves sick. At least, Jonathan hopes they'd have laughed. He'd rather laugh than cry, even as horribly dry as his eyes feel when he thinks back on this, four days into fear-driven deliberate insomnia.

But in the moment, all he could see was an ache on Akira's face, and that made his smile falter a bit before it steadied itself into a fierce grin.]

No problem. If that harpy thinks she's got the best of me after all of this, well... she can keep thinking that, it'll make it easier to take her down.