WEEK 5

[whimsicalism]

Five deaths in one week. With the end of the last trial, you've lost eleven people in total. There's only ten people in the twisted wonderland of the Castle. Even if the new area is cheerful something seems just a little bit off. The arcade has gained a new arcade machine and the ghosts in the graveyard seem to have returned to their mechanical routines. Your powers, too, seem to be gone once more. It seems Halloween has ended for good now as your fifth week in this strange building continues.

Just when will this game end...?

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[Welcome to Week 5! Don't forget to submit your memory losses and your weekly AC here. The Alices can be found in their audience hall. However, the Queen can be found roaming the castle this week! Just put 'Alice' in the headline and she might pay your character a visit. As always, don't forget to turn in threads for fabulous prizes.]

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[octopups]

[Amdi takes the envelope thoughtfully, curious but not really tense. Apparently all the others are sealed but his only has the flap folded down (thnx yue alice) so it's not hard for him to open. His posture is loose as he pulls out the paper and unfolds the picture.]

[For a moment several of him stare at it and cock their heads, clearly confused. But then all of his eyes widen and he drops the picture from his mouth like it's on fire, all of him scrambling a few feet back to get away from it. Several of him look up at the Alices in desperate despair.]

Th-that's not fair! That's not fair!!

[For anyone who cares to look, the picture on the floor is of two adult humans, a man and a woman, brown-skinned and black-haired and smiling brightly at each other. They're standing on a heather-covered hill slope wearing some the of close-cut unadorned clothing that looks like it's just the base layer for something else. Behind them is a steep metal stairway stretching down to the ground out of an opening in an otherwise smooth greenish metal hull.]

[nothingposh]

Nothing about this is fair. That's the point, ain't it?

[Gavroche didn't actually open his envelope, but he does pick Amdi's picture up and tuck it back into the envelope it came from. No need to have that out in the open.]

[octopups]

[Amdi is mostly hunkered down on the floor trembling a little and still staring up at Alice, but he does notice Gavroche.]

I-I know, but, but...!

[After a moment one of him hesitantly walks towards Gavroche, reaching out its long neck as though to take the envelope, but he doesn't actually open his mouth to grab it yet.]

[nothingposh]

[Gavroche just holds it out, waiting.]

Life's not fair, yeah? Whingeing about it makes you feel better, maybe, but it don't do much in the long run.

[octopups]

[The member looks up at him, big-eyed and uncertain. The paper of the envelope buzzes occasionally with the ultrasonic hum of his thoughts.]

You're... you're right.

[He takes the envelope meekly in his jaws.]

[nothingposh]

Most people I know would say something about revolution right now and the people rising, but it don't really apply to our situation. [He smiles, but there's something slightly guarded about it.] Wish it did, though.

[xxxx_me]

[Nagisa did mention Amdi, so...

Hm. Watching this.]

[octopups]

[Amdi sees you watching, Allen.]

[In fact, a couple of him start tentatively walking towards you. At the same time a few of him start walking the other way, toward the door of the Audience Chamber. But then all of him stop, and stumble a little, and look around at each other. In the end Amdi just ends up shuffling off to the side and bunching up again around the member holding the letter.]

[xxxx_me]

[...

Crouching down and holding a hand out. Here, boys and girls.]

[octopups]

[Amdi watches at the hand, sad but thoughtful. He's not disintegrate, not like that time in the first trial, just confused and indecisive. When a human is "of two minds" about something, it can be hard to tell, but with Tines the phrase can be almost literal.]

[But evidently he does decide, because after a moment all of Amdi turns and slips quietly out the door, still clutching the envelope in his jaws.]

[xxxx_me]

[Oh...

Farewell puppers.]