WEEK 3

[strangerpeople]

WEEK 3

[Once everyone has gotten out of the elevator, those who go to look for Akira and Kurama will find that they have been put into one of their rooms, together, safely tucked into bed with a glass of milk for each of them. And - aside from the bruises of being suctioned into a death cylinder and tranquilized with some very strong drugs - they are alive and unharmed.

Naturally, this means that Akira and Kurama are the first to experience the dreams, but everyone will experience them, once they finally fall asleep, for good and ill.

Despite everything, too, the survivors will find many other new things facing them as they wake up. A new evolution for their powers, a new wing...and a new rule, updated after the execution. The profiles have also been updated, to reflect the Titled's ever-dwindling numbers.

This is going to be a long week, that's for sure.


There are ten strangers left in this place.

((OOC: Don't forget to do Activity Check along with memory regains, everyone!))

Comments

EMERGENCY MEETING????

[scienceofmagic]

[ Croix is sending out a LIME. ]

Everyone, meet at the Netfugee Cafe. It's important. I'll explain when everyone is here.

[beguiledcard]

[ No need to ask him twice...

It helps he isn't exactly far away, but it doesn't take him long to get there with Karma being (willingly, we hope???) dragged along. ]

What's wrong?

[comesaround]

[ Oh he definitely didn't need much motivation to come along with Akira. ]

Yeah. Mind filling us in?

[scienceofmagic]

...I was exploring, and in the restaurant up here I found this.

[ Going to show off the photo of the reserved booth, Longcat, the disc and then dig out the note which she'll share with everyone. ]

Minamino and I found a disc and when we went to check it, well... Check for yourselves.

[incrediblystressedout]

[Contrary to her usual habits, Joey just follows the chat message's instructions without making a federal issue out of it.]

A CD-ROM was just lying around?

[byanyother_name]

If the note can be believed, it may have been deliberate carelessness.

[beguiledcard]

[ He'll be taking the note to read it, and then quietly taking out his phone to snap a regular picture of it.

For now, he's remaining quiet, even after passing the note back. ]

[comesaround]

Ah... well. This is certainly very concerning, to say the least.

[ A sigh. Karma shook his head once he'd read the note, proceeding to then cross his arms over his chest. ]

I definitely think it was deliberate. Someone wanted us to find these.

[incrediblystressedout]

Are they trying to give us a hint, or just scare us with the idea that someone knows everything?

[comesaround]

I'd like to believe it's the former but knowing this place it could be both.

[ Have to consider all the possibilities after all. ]

[beguiledcard]

[ There's silence until after Karma's last words, there. ]

Agreed.

[ He frowns, finally sliding his phone back into his pocket. ]

I think the most we can do, for now, is look at this information ourselves, and then compare what each person's says.

[ A pause. ]

The most we can hope for, is this is something we're seeing thanks to someone trying to help us... and not just something the captors are taunting us with.

[ Sigh. ]

Even if it's the latter, it proves they're still underestimating us.

[theirmagic]

[ Presumably this is before Maze Time, so she's here. ]

I-I'm here, what's wrong, Croix?

[scienceofmagic]

...Ursula.

[ Here, just. Check this computer. With your information on it. She'll point it out to you. ]

[theirmagic]

[ Loading Reading, please wait...

...

...

...

Oh. Oh, oh hell no. There's no way. But that's... definitely her signature... and all of this... she stares at it, long and hard, and then finally says: ]

This... it had to have been mine. But... why would I ever agree to coming to a place like this? I had to have been tricked into it. There's no way I would sign a document without reading every single word carefully. I used to--my family used to be in the show business... I know better...

[scienceofmagic]

...Ursula. What if those shadows in the pictures already existed before we came to this game? Would you sign this, then, if it meant protecting your students?

[theirmagic]

W-well, I...

[ She frowns, thinking deeply about it. ]

... If it came down to my life or Akko's and the others, I'd give mine up every time. So... I guess I would.

[scienceofmagic]

...If that picture is to be believed... I think I would, too.

[theirmagic]

You'd at least do it for me, if nothing else.

[ There's a long pause where she levels a glance at Croix, as if she wants to say something else, but she trails off, then changes the subject. ]

... How did you find all this? Did... did we all agree to this...?

[scienceofmagic]

...My contract is the same. As well as Britt's and Helena's.

[theirmagic]

... So we all agreed to this...

[ She... feels ill. ]

I... I don't know what to say. This information... changes things. If our homes are really truly in danger... what... can we do?

[scienceofmagic]

...We find a way to break the game and survive, as well as save our homes. There has to be a way.

[beguiledcard]

They said they're willing to explain what the threat is and how to stop it, but only to the winner.

[ There's a hardening of his expression. ]

Sounds like we just need to skip to the first part of that somehow. Find them and make them talk.

[steelmagnolias]

I'm here.

[ He's just a bit shaky, but... he's here. ]