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]

( for the prompt called react, shizuku sure doesn't! she just... kind of keeps standing there. but she's at least turned to look at mae somewhat... for all it might matter.

she doesn't say anything. )

[totaltrashfire]

[Shizuku is nice, but even a nice person should react to something like that.

Mae gets closer and waves her hand in front of her eyes and, if that doesn’t work, claps her hands in front of her face.]

Hey!

[cheerfuldays]

... Yes?

( why is she clapping.... )

[totaltrashfire]

Oh good, you can hear me.

[And see her!]

Come on, we have to run! [She'll tug a little on Shizuku's arm.]

[cheerfuldays]

I can hear you. ... Do we? It won't do anything. It didn't save me. It won't save you, either.

( said in a quiet monotone... but she lets mae pull her anyways. there's no point in fighting anything, after all. )

[totaltrashfire]

[She's coming, but the words she's saying are... bad.]

I mean, I guess that's true in the long run, but we don't have to die today!

[Even if you have to scrape and crawl and fight, a little more is better than nothing.]

[cheerfuldays]

It would be illogical for Lorelei to let us die after everything she did to bring us here.

( so... thats... comforting? maybe? )

[totaltrashfire]

How do you know? Maybe this is all just some kind of elaborate ritual! You can't ever just kill the sacrifices, you have to make them work to live and then watch them die, it's more cinematic!

[Wait, what were they talking about?]

The point is let's not risk it, okay?

[cheerfuldays]

Alright.

( said in the tone of someone who couldn't care less either way, honestly. )

... I've already been caught, you know. There's nothing to save me from anymore.