04 - week four

[afflictionmods]

WEEK FOUR

Saturday comes to a close, and it’s time for some rest and recovery. Perhaps the TLC you deserve will come this week, or perhaps the nightmare will continue. It’s hard to say with things being so strange around you, from Wei Wuxian’s disappearance to the sudden addition of objects and places and creatures from your homes. Who knows what this week will bring? Nothing ordinary, that’s for sure.

You wake up on Sunday to an increase in those little glimpses you saw yesterday. What were snippets of songs, locations that might’ve seemed familiar, and creatures that were dormant, are now all alive and whole. When you go to the karaoke bar, the songs you once knew are there. Monsters and animals are alive and sentient. New business are abound. Vehicles are operable, and perhaps some of your old belongings are back, too.

However, some of these things aren’t even things that should exist outside of your dreams. They may be far too strange and unusual to be real, or just things you don't remember ever seeing. The only thing you remember about these things in particular is that they were, quite literally, in your dreams this week.

That being said, every few hours, all of these things from your homes and dreams fade out and get replaced by new sounds, places, beasts….only to maybe come back again at another time.

Well. At least there's one constant here: You’ve got a handful of new locations to look at, with the fog having spread once more, and they aren't going anywhere. There aren’t as many new places that are native to Estelline this time around, but that may be for the best, considering everything going on.


SETTING TRACKER

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

NEWSPAPER SUBMISSIONS + EDITION #1

SAGE / FLORENCE / LORELEI

MEM SHARE DETAILS

OOC NOTE

OOC: Details on this week can be found here!

Also, we have a lot of participants for the news activity from last week. Neat! Everyone who participated in some capacity will have a small polaroid camera delivered to their doorstep. There's limited film, though - 10 photos per camera. It doesn't seem like there's any extra film at this time, either.

Finally, there will not be any weekly tasks this week. You guys are going to be busy with memshare and dreamscape stuff; instead, enjoy the Estelline University Newspaper!

FULL NAV

(CODE)

Comments

"This is a test." (cw: murder, gore, mention of child abuse, suicidal behavior)

[unsinksyourship]

[Scene: Ikeda Manor. This parlor is starting to become more familiar to you than Umebachidou's shopfront; a cold wind blows in through the window, which is broken for Reasons. Kawase is here, for now.

Recap: You're sure that this time -- this time, with Hanazawa and the power of science(???) on your side, you'll be able to finish this. You'll be able to chase away the monster, stop Minakami from being Minakami, and keep Kawase here. You have to -- or rather, Hanazawa has to. You can't do much of anything but rely on him, because he's the only one who even begins to believe you.

(The Professor doesn't quite count.)

All you can really do is keep playing the role you've given yourself. (TIMESTAMP: 50:22 - 1:07:23)]

cw; suicidal implications just for the thread

[teidaisei]

[ Who knows how a portal wound up in their room, even if the purpose of their seclusion wasn't from them specifically, but rather any type of chaos. At least that's what Kawase assumes has motivated Tamamori, that and punishment. For Kawase, he's parts too tired and parts too greedy to properly fight the situation he's wound up in, at least for now.

He still thinks it would have better if he died, better for everyone. Yet he's still human and still that particular brand of selfish, a bundle of contradictions that always winds up at the same answer and ultimately the same fate. That's why he's still here (for now), or at least that's what Kawase has told himself.

Seeing this memory—

Kawase smiles instinctively because that's what he does in situations like this, for all the twenty some odd years he's lived. Watching his own death isn't difficult, nor is hearing Hanazawa's honest words. He's been prepared for the former as long as he could string two thoughts together, and the latter is a burden he's carried since that one fateful night. Seeing Tamamori like that, though. A weird bubble of emotion wells up within him: sadness, jealousy, concern. Kawase is not a protector like Hanazawa, nor is he capable of giving others comfort like Minakami. What he's good for is being used, what he's good for is doing whatever he wants no matter the circumstance. ]

Tamamori-kun. Do you know what the opposite of a punishment is? [ He gesture with his hand as he sits back down the bed. Come here. ]