WEEK 4

[whimsicalism]

WEEK FOUR

Monsters come in all shapes and sizes, it would seem.

The students of Ira Academy will find themselves entering the new week with their hunger sated, but it's likely the grisly scene of Friday's murder and the demonstration of the execution make the food hit much heavier. The risk of death is still very real, and astute watchers might also find it haunting to think about what sort of twisted game could have forced Yuta to lose control of his own actions. Or perhaps, for the fifth week in a row, people are just finding themselves angrier at their circumstances and their captor than ever.

After her release from the washing machine last week, Nanami Kiryuu can be found more often shadowing the other students around, hanging out in the periphery and putting in appearances even if she doesn't have information to share or announcements to pass on to the rest of the group - as long as no one makes an attempt to shoo her away.

The stairs open up to another newly remodeled floor, offering new locations that may prompt more answers to your dilemma--or more questions. There's no way to know which it will be. Thankfully, there's always a new mind-numbing relaxation activity to take in.

How long can this keep going on?

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OOC NOTES

Welcome to Week 4! New locations are now open, a couple of old ones have been tweaked, and characters have started the next week of their education. Please hit the mods with a ping in Discord and put INVESTIGATE in your subject line if you're interested in exploring a new location. Nanami may be putting in some public appearances in threads this week; otherwise, please ping + Discord tag her or the (SHEEP) if you want to speak with then. All NPCs are still available for their private contacts as well!

As a reminder, AC runs Sunday to Sunday concurrent with these posts and is collected based on the prior week; this means you have a whole week to get in AC for the week prior. AC for week 3 should be submitted no later than this coming Sunday. Remember to submit your regains, and sign up for a spot exploring this week's mystery if you want to!

Comments

[lets_dewey_it]

Anya...?

<sub>[She'd been quiet most of last week, and... he needed to keep his promise to Edward to keep protecting her in his place.

Slowly, he cracked Anya's door open, looking in to see her sobbing.]</sub>

...Anya...

[spychic]

[Anya is curled up on the floor, crying.]

...Hi, Dewey...

[sniff sniff]

[lets_dewey_it]

_{[He knew why she was crying. All he could do was sit next to her and pat her on the shoulder.]}

I'm here if you need to talk...

[spychic]

...

Anya doesn't want her family to leave.

Papa might have to leave because if Mama and Anya know his secret, world peace might be in danger.

Mama might have to leave because if Papa and Anya know her secret, she might not feel safe anymore.

It is all because of Anya.

[lets_dewey_it]

N-No, Anya, I don't... think it's your fault.

And how do you know they would leave if it happened? _{[He felt scared for the girl regardless...]}

[spychic]

Because Papa is a spy. He wants everything to be secret and he's....he's thought about it before when he got scared.

Anya knows.

Anya heard it.

[lets_dewey_it]

...If either of them did leave you forever because of it, I'd never forgive them.

...and even if family does split, even for just a bit... There's always a chance they can come back together. I know this from personal experience. Not just from my mom coming back, but what happened before then...