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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!
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[Yoink! Back onto the broom, kid.]
Might have better luck grabbing your brother this way, too.
cw starvation, child death
Let's go.
[ Owen won't have a hard time moving, but once he hits a certain elevation above the ground, he feels a sharp pull back down and suddenly he's in the tower again.
Although this time, Fai(?) looks like he's been here for much, much longer. He's gaunt, his face almost skeletal, and his hair even longer than before. He sits next to a strange portal with a voice telling him to make a choice.
Before he can say a word, a child looking exactly the same as him, comes falling down from the top of the tower. The two make brief eye contact before he lands on the ground with a sickening sound.
Blood starts to pool from underneath him. ]
F...ai...?
cw starvation, child death, corpses
First, though, there's... a dead kid. Corpses don't usually bother Owen, considering how many people he's purposefully sent to their doom, but it's not usually children locked away in towers for the sin of being born.
He's out of his element.]
...
[He frowns at the portal, the voice.]
How long have you been in here?
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It seems like some parts of memories aren't meant to be changed. ]
...Me? I don't know...
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What's your name?
[Though, you know. He has a bad feeling about what the answer he's going to get is!]
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[ He clutches Fai closer to his chest, his eyes filled with tears.
Is this the answer Owen wanted? ]
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Yuui. You should let him go.
[He means this literally more than anything else, but looks at Fai taking his brother's identity.................................]
And get out of here.
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[ That’s his wish, his sole reason to keep going. ]
I can’t let him go. I’m taking him with me when someone comes to save me.
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[…
He crouches next to them, frowning.]
Sometimes, it’s best to let people who have died to stay dead. Bringing someone back who’s not supposed to… can cause more harm than good.
[It benefits the living more than the dead, words he heard directed at Snow and White not that long ago…
What a mess.]
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[ He does his best not to cry, clinging onto Fai harder. ]
Fai...
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[He’s so bad at this!! Help,]
You can’t let yourself be weighed down by ghosts.
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Even though it's my fault...?
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[HELP,]
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The man in the portal... he said only one of us would be saved. We had to pick and—and he... he fell.
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It wasn’t your decision alone, was it? Do you think Fai just wants you to stay in here forever, burdened by everything that’s happened?
cw gaslighting
[ ... ]
And I made the choice. He said I did. He said I murdered Fai. That's why... when that person comes to take me away, I'll try to save him. I have to.
[ owen is not equipped to handle this i'm so sorry ]
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Why do you believe him?
[He's... to the point, at least.]
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[ Owen tried several times to get him out to no avail. He has no other options. ]
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[Burn the whole thing down! Trust no one!]
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If I know myself well, then I don't need to worry about other people telling me things like that, because I'll know it's not true. Right?
[ It seems like Owen is getting through to him, at least.
But before he can say much more, the memory melts away and leaves Owen in darkness. ]