WEEK 1

[strangerpeople]

WEEK 1

[You now know why you're here, Titled. The question now is, is there a way to get out of here without invoking the rules? What will those who brought you here do to get you to kill?

Time will tell.

There are fifteen strangers in this place.]

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[steelmagnolias]

[ Ren takes his breakfast at the cafe, lingering over a cup of coffee while seemingly lost in his thoughts. Later, he finds himself at Basic Brown, where he picks up a couple of shirts and some underwear and socks. It's just enough to last a couple of days.

Periodically, throughout the day, you can find him stealing off to his own room for a smoke. The smell is still on his clothes. Later, he goes looking around the grocery section of Yotsukoshi, trying to figure out what he can put together with zero cooking experience.

In the evening he stops by the barcade, getting himself some whiskey while poking at a broken calculator. ]

cafe

[classmated]

[ Lost in thought? Unsurprising given where they are, but he's enough of a busybody to approach Ren from the side to try to talk to him. ]

It's going to get cold if you keep staring at it.

[steelmagnolias]

...unfortunately, you have chosen to approach Ren from an angle that he can't read your lips.

So he stares for a few more seconds, before taking a plaintive sip. Still no acknowledgement that you're there, Wake.

[classmated]

[ That's certainly odd! Wake waits a few seconds before looking on, concerned. Time to try again. ]

Hello?

[steelmagnolias]

[ Nope, still nothing!

Another sip of that coffee. ]

[classmated]

[ Now it's moving right past odd and jumping straight to concerning. He works his way around so he's in front of Ren. ]

Excuse me...

[steelmagnolias]

[ Ah, there it is! Ren finally looks up when he spies Wake. ]

Ah! Didn't see you there.

[classmated]

[ That confirms Ren wasn't just ignoring him. Most likely wasn't lost in thought either. It takes a few more seconds for Wake to say anything. He isn't sure he wants to call Ren out on this yet. ]

... Yeah, sorry. I should have tried harder to get your attention. [ ... ] Is something wrong? You're just staring at your drink.

[steelmagnolias]

Nothing's wrong.

...well, there is the fact that we're all kidnapped.

[ That's pretty wrong. ]

cafe

[pinnately]

Hello! Are you having a good daydream?

[ She hopes he is, that's why they're so fun. ]

[steelmagnolias]

...not exactly.

[ He's been concerned about a lot of things ever since he ended up here. ]

Torri-chan, you seem awfully nonchalant about the fact that all of us are kidnapped.

[pinnately]

Oh, that's too bad.

[ Completely non-sarcastically, she really did hope he was having good thoughts. ]

I know it's dangerous, but I believe we'll all be OK. I believe in Wake too, he always knows what to do and he's good at keeping everyone safe.

Yotsukoshi

[strangerpeople]

[Hey. Hey, Ren. Look at those oranges. They look amazing, don't they?]

[steelmagnolias]

[ They do look pretty neat.

He'll just reach out and grab one right now, in fact! ]

[strangerpeople]

[As he does so, a slip of paper will flit up from under it. Which is weird because none of the other oranges have paper of any kind under them.]

[steelmagnolias]

[ Alright, he'll take that paper and have a look.

Anything in particular written on it? ]

[strangerpeople]

writing this down because the cells are not to be trusted. I got a word, I can't explain how, or what it means, but it might help us. It's T R E P H.

[That's it, aside from some orange juice stains.]

[steelmagnolias]

[Treph?

Well, it's not a name he recognizes. He'll slip it into his pocket for now, but he'll probably dispose of it somehow later.

That was odd]