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

[lightnen]

Normal people would have that kind of honest reaction, for the most part. The fact that he hadn't been allowed to have a proper childhood and trained to do nothing but be a cold-blooded killer could never be erased, but he was trying to do his best to enjoy his time here for what it mattered.

"That's a pretty optimistic way to think but... it's probably not impossible. Just have to convince them this is a bad idea or something and maybe they won't do it. It'd be easier just to kill them after getting the answers we need, because then there's no risk of them trying again after we're gone." Killua's tone was almost impossibly casual when he mentioned killing their captors, treating it like they were talking about nothing more than the possible weather outside.

[pursuitofbeauty]

That casualness doesn't go unnoticed. Yusuke gives him a look that can only be described as both curious and sad.

"You speak lightly of killing for someone so young. Do you truly believe such a thing is as easy as you seem to imagine it to be?"

[lightnen]

It wasn't at all hard for Killua to catch the look the older teen gave him, raising an eyebrow briefly before the words that followed painted quite the picture of what was on his mind regarding this.

"Of course. If they're human then it should be too easy if we can outwit them, but if they're not... then that could make it difficult." He exhaled a sigh, shaking his head and seeming to muse on something for a moment or two. "...Does it bother you? The way I spoke of killing someone just now?"

[pursuitofbeauty]

"Yes, it does." Yusuke says it quietly, and though he is clearly uncomfortable there's also no trace of judgement in his tone. He sounds more sad than anything. "I feel sorry for you, if that is something you can accept so easily. Your age has little to do with it, I would feel the same even if you were a grown man."

So yes, Killua, this one has a gentle heart. Think less of him if you will, he won't be bothered by it.