WEEK 1

[whimsicalism]

Well! That was some tea party, huh? You've finally seen the faces (or perhaps the singular is more proper here?) of your captors. A pair of creepy twins seem to fit the overall theme of the Castle at least. Why not have Twiddle Dee and Twiddle Dum, after all?

Regardless, it doesn't seem that they're changing their minds any time soon. The first floor of the Castle is still open up to you. The Audience Hall is still locked most of the time so perhaps you can meet the Alices there if you need to. There are plenty of things to occupy your time before the inevitable slow erosion of your memories. If this is a game, who will make the first move? You or the twins?

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((OOC: Welcome to peace week! There will be no case this week so just have fun and explore. If you want to investigate please put Investigation in your top level. Don't forget to put threads in for regains or go to the Audience Hall to meet the Alices.

Also, if you want to keep up to date on things we now have a discord server!))

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[strictura]

Mm... well, the first thing that came to mind was something like...

[ He gets a piece of scrap paper to sketch out something that would look roughly like this on a pumpkin. ]

But we can do something else if you don't like this, it's just one idea.

[ Since he realizes after drawing it that the smile is a little Cheshire-like, and honestly he kind of has mixed feelings about seeing this face right now himself. ]

[xxxx_me]

[S. Stares at the picture for a moment.]

It's... a bear?

[strictura]

Yeah. They're called Monokumas, because they're half black and half white, though I didn't really draw it that way... Junko-neechan and Monaca-chan designed them.

[xxxx_me]

[Headtilt.]

Junko-neechan and Monaca-chan?

[Doing his best to imitate that pronunciation.]

[strictura]

[ nods ]

Monaca-chan is one of my friends, and the heart of the Warriors of Hope. [ Though he pauses and frowns slightly for a second after saying that. ] A-and Junko-neechan was like a big sister who saved all of us.

[xxxx_me]

Warriors of Hope...?

[It sounds like he was involved in something big...]

Were you in danger?

cw: suicide

[strictura]

...Not in the way you're thinking, probably.

[ Nagisa briefly debates whether he should be getting into this at all in this place, but Allen's shared things with him, so it's probably only fair.

He lowers his voice a little in case there's anyone else around, because this really isn't happy Halloween party talk, and he doesn't want to ruin the atmosphere for anyone else or make everything about himself. ]

Things were bad for all of us at home, though more so for the others than me. Eventually it got to be too much, and we all decided it would be better to just end everything together. But before we could do it, Junko-neechan showed up and stopped us, and gave us hope for the first time.

The Warriors of Hope were what we called ourselves after that, because we're fighting to bring that kind of hope to other kids, too. Our mission is creating a safe paradise for all children so that they don't have to go through things like we did.

Re: cw: suicide

[xxxx_me]

[...Oh. His expression is sympathetic.]

...I think a lot of the kids at the facility were the same. That's why Teacher was taking care of all of us.

[After all, he did see Stella...

...]

You're making a paradise for kids...? That sounds like a lot of work.

[strictura]

[ He'd kind of wondered that before when Allen had said it was a place for kids who couldn't go home. ]

Yeah... it is.

[ Shading in the dark side of the Monokuma sketch... ]

I'm definitely going to do it though, for everyone. I'm the leader now, and everyone has high expectations... I can't let them down.

[xxxx_me]

How do you even make a paradise like that?

[strictura]

Getting everyone to a place with no adults and then instituting our own rules to ensure a functioning society where everyone can be safe and happy.

...Ah, sorry, I really got us off track there. Anyway, we can just carve a normal jack o'lantern face if you'd like. I don't have much of a preference, really.

[xxxx_me]

That sounds really hard.

[He can't even really fathom it. But he nods, drawing out a basic jack o' lantern face complete with the odd teeth and triangular eyes.]

Something like this should be easy.

[strictura]

All right, let's go with that, then. Do you want to take turns cutting the shapes out? Or if you don't feel comfortable using a knife, I can just cut out what you draw.

[xxxx_me]

I can cut it out.

[It's not fair to put it all on Nagisa!

He is going to need to select a smaller knife for the effort though, and it's going to come out somewhat ragged because he doesn't in fact know what he's doing, but. That's part of the fun, probably.]

[strictura]

[ They'll probably each end up carving one side of the face, then, which will let it turn out a tiny bit like a Monokuma in its own way, since Nagisa is very meticulously smoothing the edges on his carvings and trying to keep things even. ]

[xxxx_me]

[Whoa...]

You're really good at this.

[strictura]

A-ah... thanks, but it's just because I'm taking such a long time sanding these edges, I don't really have any talent at arts and crafts.

[ That is all Jataro. ]

I'm just using the shapes you drew, anyway.

[xxxx_me]

[Looking at his own ragged cut.]

I used my own drawings but it still didn't come out that good... how do you sand it down so well?

[strictura]

It's just a matter of lightly scraping the edges over and over until you wear it down.

I'm also switching to the dull edge of the knife at the very end for when I just want to press the surface flatter instead of shaving off any more.

[xxxx_me]

[o:!]

I never would've thought of that.

[strictura]

Really?

[ ...To be fair, he might be more intimately familiar with being gradually worn down than some. ]

Anyway, your side still looks good, so I wouldn't worry about it.

[xxxx_me]

[He peers at the two sides again, frowning a little...

before trying to smooth out his side using the technique Nagisa described!!]

[strictura]

[ Nods! ]

That's it.

[xxxx_me]

[When he leans back, it's still a little bit rough, but much smoother than before.]

That looks a little better.

[strictura]

Mm. I'm happy with it if you are.