02.50 - week two, saturday

[afflictionmods]

W2 SATURDAY

Like last Saturday, everyone will get an announcement on their tablets; this time, the announcement is preceded with a bell of some sort before Lorelei appears on the screen again.

"Good morning, everyone. This is an announcement to let you know that today's lesson will take place starting at 8:15 tonight. Again, today's lesson will be starting at 8:15. Please meet at the lower campus exit near the lecture by 8:00pm; Florence will be waiting for you there.

If you have a bag for some snacks and, perhaps, an item you can use for self-defense in the case of an emergency, please arrive with those things on you. We will provide you with an overview of what to expect when you arrive at 8pm.

Thank you."

The alert ends.

You have the day to prepare, ask each other what the hell is happening -- Florence and Lorelei do not seem to be available, strangely enough. There's a lot to take in with the information you have now. But before you know it... night falls.

FULL NAV

(CODE)

Comments

[cheerfuldays]

... That sounds tiresome. Even if I comfort them now, they'll just get hurt in a little bit. What's the point?

[exofractured]

[Oh good. Phantom can feel a little angry, as a treat. He's always preferred that to being frightened.]

I'm certain you already know what that looks like. Or perhaps you have some latent aggression towards Phil to work out that I should know about.

[ignihidden]

[That is a question that makes him think. There was some part of him that thought, well, Cater was the person from his own world...]

[... but it's not like that made it any more probably for Cater to remember him. They were "just classmates."]

[... but maybe it hurt less to have "just classmates" if there were other people.]

... w- well, if he doesn't want to be friends they he doesn't... need to act friend...ly.

[selfconcept]

[ Hien squints at Marcus. ]

What?? Okay, if you're being possessed right now, let me talk to the ghost.

[ hien: let me talk to the manager ]

We'll work something out.

[escardos]

No way, you both have to be honest with your feelings!

[ and now flat's clinging to this misunderstanding. he takes an excited step forward. ]

You can't beat around the bush, you have to tell Carty how you feel! In fact, maybe he might be feeling it right now? I'm sure of it! You should take this chance. Help him, mister or miss ghost!

[imitationsoul]

It's a waste of time to try and evade these spirits. Nothing can touch me right now.

[ She spreads her arms wide, a sort of 'ghouls come at me' gesture - which naturally goes ignored, as she's already possessed. ]

The only thing we can do to try and evade what is being done to us is to do away with sentiment altogether!

[partymagician]

[ Fai frowns, but he doesn't flinch when Hien screams. It's... honestly the most emotion he's seen from him in two weeks.

But he needs to hold firm. He needs to figure out a way to get rid of this possession. It's probably his fault that Hien got possessed in the first place, because they weren't sticking together. ]

No.

[ His voice is calm and soft. ]

I never said it wasn't painful. Of course it's painful, Hien. That's why you can't just bury those emotions like I know you are. All that will accomplish is making you feel worse in the long run.

[herlocksholmes]

It could be.

[Hmmmm...looking at the empty ones, though...]

Oh? What am I seeing? There are no plaques giving credit to anybody.

[Then it's more like 'what am i not seeing', but still, more anomalies are piling up! Having had enough, Sholmes turns to Flat]

Aid me, Mr. Escardos. Let's take one of these casings off and try to reach the artwork itself.

Cw: gore mention

[selfconcept]

Oh, no. You're not fine at all. I don't see your usual face, or a face at all.

[ figuratively ]

Your teammate will be so distressed about you, and you don't even care. That's so sad, Shizu. We have to make you care.

[ Hien pretends to think about it and grins. ]

Oh, I know. I'll go stab him and tear his neck from his body. Maybe then you'll care.

[tosa]

(He nods,)

I think so. At least... that's how it is where I'm from. Ya got museums for remembering the past and ya got museums to show off things right now. Sometimes ya got places that do both.

Ya got history museums 'n art museums 'n even museums that're just neat.

[ignihidden]

[The Great Detective appears! ... or something like that. Idia's a little surprised by the interruption and that surprise does let Sholmes move the hand an appropriate distance away. He still holds the shard tightly, though, and Cater can likely feel it cutting into his palm wherever he's hiding.]

... eh... [it's gloomy mode Idia still]

... Really, I'm starting to get the feeling you're like a nagging dad...

[Like, how dare you not let him do something stupid and harmful??]

remember to clean the ghost lint out of your haunted dryer...

[vedr]

You want to outtalk me, fellow possessed? Only a possessed classmate would foolishly try to challenge me in outtalking them!

[ He's little red at being called out he's depowered, but will that hinder him? Not with this possessed ghoul on his back. No emotional withering today! ]

Even if my temendous powers have been taken from me, I will always be a primal beast of wind, trained by the Primarch Raphael as his worthy successor over the skies! my fighting spirit remains intact, and I simply cannot bow to a challenge! I will see to it that whether human or the divine, I see you as an opponent to face with dignity!

What may Tamamori-sama be the talk of town for? That's such a vague epithet it could be an insult in the wrong hands! Rumors are like that.

[undertakings]

[Ah. Well that's unfortunate.

Okay, one more thing: what happens if he takes the tablet, turns the camera recording on and just... tries to plunge the camera portion of it into the void?

...Like, he's expecting it'll just be a recording of black nothingness but who knows what's up with this hell dimension okay, maybe there's something in there somewhere. (will he even be able to keep a hold of the tablet and avoid losing it? eh. the instructor can deal with it on her budget.)]

[escardos]

Ah, you actually had empathy?

[ well, that's probably the most surprising thing that's come out of her mouth this past two weeks. nothing else seems to phase him, even her confession of finding a consciousness unnecessary.

he leans back on his heels, thinking for a moment. ]

Let me try something.

[ and he'll start walking towards her. ]

[herlocksholmes]

Even more reasons to take these off.

[Yeah, no, if these can cause trouble to Shizuku's employment then there's even more reason to try to get rid of them. Sholmes gets his hands onto one with Madara, having understood the urgency, and tries to remove one--]

Not as easy as it should be, my dear madam. Something is amiss.

[These are heavy! Abnormally so. Sholmes stops trying, changing plans]

Damaging them will have to be enough -- until your visage is obscured. What do you have that could do the trick?

[exofractured]

The latter, I assume. Or they would have informed us to be better prepared.

[Also they probably didn't foresee a tiny martial artist making a hole in the wall?? Maybe. Maybe they should have.]

Considering the driver from before, I doubt we could get their attention enough to learn anything from them.

[mirrite]

Sorry, not interested!

[That's all the encouragement Marcus needs to lunge forward, attempting to punch Hien right in the stomach. He's not super fast, but he hits hard if it manages to connect...]

[tosa]

Nah. (And he shakes his head,) It's always mattered.

(There's nothing sudden about it.)

But if ya don't wanna talk... then what d'ya wanna do?

cw mentions of self harm

[selfconcept]

Have you ever talked about this with him? Aside from hurting yourself with the shard. People tend to be on guard if you start hurting them to get their attention. I'll even come and mediate if you want me to be there for you.

[ He sounds sincere about it, at least. ]

[imitationsoul]

I'm human - the capacity to empathize is inborn... in most, anyway. Even Miach Mihie can relate to another person and their sentiments. Ordinary people just aren't relatable, you know?

[ She'll chatter away with that explanation and remain mostly in place as he approaches. There is no reason for her to think he is a danger, so she won't evade. ]

[afflictionmods]

[ Sadly, it is a recording of nothingness...but the void is starting to swallow the tablet whole, dragging it in inch by inch. Rip, Shin's tablet. We knew thy well. ]

[vivens]

Oh, hello Herlock Sholmes.

[ sabo will greet sholmes with a smile as he keeps working an "S" shape into the wall with the ink. the surrounding area will have something that will look like an "A" and an "L". ]

I'm making some adjustments. Things here and there.

[partymagician]

[ Ah... he hates hearing that from someone like her. ]

Because if you comfort someone, even just a little, you can lighten the burden of the pain they will feel in the future.

[escardos]

Like the Junji Ito manga...?

[ aaaaaaalright, well that's a little bit too much ridiculousness for even flat to handle.

he sighs, shrugging his shoulders. ]

Can I convince you to leave the body? If you're so scared, then I won't forget you. I'll give you a diary when we get back so you can write all about yourself and make sure that you don't forget yourself again or something.

[cheerfuldays]

( as much as she'd like to just be confused and dismayed at the existence of the photographs, the method is just as bad. it's an ugly, heavy pit in her stomach. )

Either way I'd be at a loss of how to prevent it...