WEEK 1

[strangerpeople]

WEEK 1

[Awaken.

Fifteen strangers have been gathered to the Depths.

When the strangers awaken, they will feel nauseous in their stomachs. No doubt confused. Maybe a little sick, Perhaps, even terrified. And certainly, there is a good reason for it - they are not where they were before. If they had powers back where they came from, they seem to be all gone. And it appears that someone has left...guidelines for them. All of them addressed to a specific Title.

Their Title. Somehow, each person knows, upon seeing this, this is their Title, even if it seems to make no sense whatsoever. And its clear that whoever wrote these things knew it as well. Who was it?

Its uncertain. So far, there seems to be no one else save for them, and those who dare to venture out of their rooms - save, for some reason, the individuals in rooms 1, 8 and 7 - in this hot and stuffy place. No...'intercessor' to be seen yet, certainly. No outward signs that there's anyone else aside from the people with 'Titles'.


So, Titled: welcome.

There are fifteen strangers in this place.]

Comments

[kiddefender]

They're low guilty, I can only see plain iron or steel. They don't even have blood clean... Have you seen any whetstones to sharpen them?

[carries_war]

[He shakes his head.]

Not yet. I'm just trying to find a decent weapon before I worry about sharpening it.

[kiddefender]

Isn't it important to have a practical weapon? If it's easy to maintain then it's less likely to break.

[carries_war]

...If a weapon breaks easily, then it wasn't good enough.

[kiddefender]

Maybe, but then you just need to replace it. And when that time comes, you'll have enough money to get something better.

My first blade. It was a cheap, little thing- My master brought it, because it was all he could afford. But it kept us fed for two weeks. And by then we'd collected enough to get a proper sword.

[carries_war]

Some weapons are harder to replace than that, so when they break, you have to count on the others more.

[kiddefender]

That's how it works where I'm from. It's why I train as much as I can.

[carries_war]

That's the best way to make sure you don't break.

[Oooh, this one has a pretty good weight and balance. Casually testing the blade with one finger, he doesn't seem too worried about the chance of cutting himself.]

[kiddefender]

Lord Naofumi mentioned it before...[It felt like only yesterday, but they'd been traveling longer than that. Hadn't they?]

Oh! You found a good one? [She almost grins, then her face falls.] ...It's the only good one isn't it?

[carries_war]

I wouldn't call it good, it's still made of ordinary steel. But it should be easy to use. I don't know about the rest, I haven't been through all of them yet.

[kiddefender]

Better than most of these. [She's just going to hold up one, there's patches of rust.]

I really hope there are more like it. I've only just gotten used to having a standard weapon.

[carries_war]

[He peers at it, then makes a disgusted noise.]

They must not be taking very good care of them. Maybe they just left them here for a while, waiting for us?

[kiddefender]

Most of them aren't as bad. But they're not good. You think they'll tell us how long they've been planning this if we ask?