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04 - week four
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
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!
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!
cw child death, starvation
That is not what she expected. Miach has seen dead children before. Watched one of them over hours, just to see what would happen and because there was nothing else she could do. None of those children had ever come back from a demise so... final-seeming.
She takes her hand back, not frightened but certainly cautious. ]
... a hallucination? Maybe.
cw child death, starvation
[The boy blinks again, slowly. He looks almost disappointed, as he pushes himself upright. His movement is a bit uncoordinated, and his legs don't move even as he shifts. It makes him frown, and that frown doesn't fade even when he manages to wiggle his toes. Coming back to life can be a very slow process, after all.]
I... almost thought you were here to save me...
[He should have known better.]
cw child death, starvation
I might not be able to, even if I try.
[ No, in all likelihood this would go nowhere. No use giving false hope. ]
Do you want me to try even if it will end in disappointment?
cw child death, starvation
...Can you...
[...]
Can you stay for a little bit? I don't want to be alone again... but it's okay if you can't save me.
cw child death, starvation
[ That, at least, gets instant agreement. Miach sits herself down properly, right next to him. They are leaning against the wall side by side, one chained and one not. ]
If you tell me why you are here, I'll tell you anything you want in return.
no subject
[He frowns.]
I think I was bad, but I don't know what I did.
[But if had been a good boy, he wouldn't be in here.]
no subject
[ How bad would one have to be to merit a punishment of starving over and over? If one even accepts the premise of justified punishment in the first place. ]
no subject
[That's a difficult question to answer - especially because the truth of the matter is the only thing Owen is guilty of is being born with magic. That alone is enough to condemn him.
It's just that nobody thought he would survive.]
I don't know... Maybe I've done something awful and I do deserve this...