05 - week five

[afflictionmods]

WEEK FIVE

Come Sunday morning, the portals around Estelline fade away, but not all of the oddities hanging around disappear so quickly. The recreations of your dreams and memories are still around, ever changing and shifting. Whatever it is that brought these things here hasn’t ended, not yet.

You don’t have time to worry about all of that, though, even if you know you should exercise caution once two of you found yourselves on the bad end of a monster’s claws. The course still isn’t over, though, even if the portals changed lesson plans. Everything continues on, with new places to explore as the fog pushes back once again. This week still feels a little more like what you’re familiar with, though, after Saturday’s lack of lessons.

...For now.


SETTING TRACKER

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

SAGE / FLORENCE / LORELEI

CYOA SIGNUPS
Due Saturday at 8pm EST

FULL NAV

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Comments

[afflictionmods]

So you don’t believe somebody else facing repercussions for your potential actions made you more cautious? I see…

[Hm.]

It was more detrimental than helpful.

[cheerfuldays]

( aw, mama... shizuku holds his arm lightly, frowning a little before returning her attention to kyle. )

Of course I've tried to avoid getting hurt for my partner's sake, but I also try not to do anything like that already. I've always tried to be aware of my place in the world and how it effects others, to be honest.

( more in the case of not disappointing others, and her role as an idol, but like... yeah. )

[festiverogue]

I don't feel like we've been anything but unilaterally, disproportionately put through things. Nothing of it feels like consequences, or like it has anything to do with us.

[Hmmm.]

I mean, it'd make more sense for us to have trust exercises or something, rather than all this nonsense with throwing us into orb-buses on the weekend and taking us off to scare the people who don't really deserve it.

[afflictionmods]

[uhhhh]

Do you think there are people here who deserve to be scared...?

[sweating]

[festiverogue]

I feel like maybe some people are more used to it than others. What person is getting a kick out of scaring Shizuku?

[Is it you, Kyle?]

[afflictionmods]

I don't think the intention of this is to enjoy the s-suffering or fear of another person...?

[festiverogue]

Then why do they keep putting us through this stuff? Somebody's benefitting. It's not us.

[afflictionmods]

[he just works here]

There are a lot of things we do not understand about all of this, just yet.

[cheerfuldays]

( oh- oh jeeze. )

Lorelei puts these exercises together, correct? Is your facility in league with this at all?

[festiverogue]

[Your move, intern.]

[afflictionmods]

I don't think so?

[the confidence on display here right now]

Well. Lorelei might have gotten funding from Camellia, maybe?

[cheerfuldays]

Then who is the one deciding the coursework?

( :0 )

[afflictionmods]

Lorelei? I mean, it has to be her, right...?

[festiverogue]

You're not sure?

[afflictionmods]

W-well, it has to be, right? If she's the one in charge then... she's the one deciding what happens? This is my first experience with the project...

[cheerfuldays]

I wonder....

( but she trails off, because. well. lorelei's being monitored, right? and everything else... they probably shouldn't play all of anyone's cards. )

Was there anything else you wanted to ask?

( whos she asking? yes. )

[festiverogue]

She's not taking orders from Camellia or anything, huh? So I guess we can't complain to Camellia about our treatment...

[afflictionmods]

N-no, as far as I'm aware any involvement from Camellia is minimal at best... I think it's largely providing funding and resources...

[cheerfuldays]

What sort of resources, if I may?

( her best guess is food, but. ??? )

[afflictionmods]

Money and supplies? Running an experiment like this probably takes a lot, more than we can even think of, but logistics isn't really my department...

[cheerfuldays]

I see! That's understandable, I think I'd struggle with that too in your place...

( of course, she's gonna have to work on that fast given that she's part of an indie idol group. )

Was there anything else, sir?