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

[temmapathy]

Mine...I guess it's a little weird. My family all know about it, but I guess all my friends still on Earth would be really upset especially because of how it's said.

[She just holds out the paper: Emma's family left the Earth behind in order to live on a paradise planet.]

[canismajorcontrolfreak]

Jeez, yeah, at that point it could only do damage because of how it's worded.

[Last he heard of Emma's life, that just sounds like victim blaming.]

[temmapathy]

Yeah...though I don't think I'd be able to explain. [She might never see them again, but it still hurts to think about her friends thinking she left them behind on purpose.] Michael would understand, but he doesn't know them well enough...

[canismajorcontrolfreak]

Well...if it's a different planets thing, Ava might be able to help. She lives on a spaceship, so she could send a message, or take you back, depending on what you want.

[Options! Solutions! (he hopes)]

[temmapathy]

Maybe...how fast is her spaceship though? I'm pretty sure that planet is really really far out in space which is why they were teleporting people instead of using spaceships.

[canismajorcontrolfreak]

I...have no idea. You'll have to ask her.

[how is that not a question he's asked yet...]

Could still ask if she can do something. If she's really far into the future, she's gotta have something useful.

[temmapathy]

Oh wow, she's from the FUTURE?

[canismajorcontrolfreak]

Pretty sure? That would at least explain why she asked what time I'm from before...

[temmapathy]

Wow...I guess I should ask her personally to make sure.

[hashtagwoof]

.... I take it, they left you behind?

[temmapathy]

[She shakes her head, then pauses.]

Well...not really. My mom and dad were both kidnapped there and there was no way for them to come back. So me and my brother decided to go there with them so that at least we could be together.

[They couldn't hide out in a treehouse forever.]

[hashtagwoof]

[ He raises a brow. ]

Not sure if you could call it a paradise planet if your parents were kidnapped, but I guess that makes more sense.

[temmapathy]

Well, we could get all the toys and games we wanted, and it's way less polluted than Earth so far...but of course that means hardly anyone's going to get to go there.

[hashtagwoof]

... So far, yeah.

[ Is she from some cyberpunk distopia? ]

Can you at least get internet between that planet and Earth?

[temmapathy]

[She shakes her head.]

They use the same teleportation that sends people to send messages back and forth. My dad managed to hide a message to us once, but that needed someone on the inside who's gone now.