week 7

[arsholes]

[On Sunday morning, there is a small gift waiting for the early risers in the tower: a gold key, dangling from a length of twine tied to the wooden beam across the ceiling at the cross section of the four dorms. Upon further inspection it has a particular symbol on the back half and a note that reads "Good job. Here's your reward". The note is signed Heisenberg. The key goes to seventh floor, where there is the same symbol etched above the keyhole on the lock.

Another new floor, another pair of deaths and their numbers halved in a matter of weeks. Things can't go on like this much longer.]


Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday

✨WEEKLY DEALS✨
1. Random Record Shuffle* - A funky fresh record you can play in a record player! The only catch is Garfield gets to pick the artist. *Repeat customers now welcome [1 coin]
2. Pondering Orb - A large red-tinted orb. Good for pondering in your deep dark lair. [2 coins]
3. Dis Bear - A human-sized plush bear in fun monochrome colors! Good thing the doorways here are pretty big. [3 coins]



✨LEFTOVER STOCK AT 50% MARK-UP ON SALE✨

1. Moon God Mask - A very large moon mask that covers your entire head. It kind of makes you want to either get a hamburger or form a cult. [1 coin]




(( OOC: Don't forget to submit your orders for any threads that aren't with Heisenberg or Garfield! And don't forget activity check! ))

Comments

[rikonstructed]

I was keeping them for the explosive properties, but I'm sure Hubert could do better with the materials we...

[Just. Trailing off as he takes in the sheer volume of rats.]

...Ah. That one should be Rosa. He said she was the mother of some of the others...?

[He didn't name ten of them though.]

[ghostsguysgyuudon]

Uh-huh. [She pets the rat in question with a smile.] Garfield-san gave them all collars to help me keep track, or I'd never remember.

[rikonstructed]

That was thoughtful of him. Even with those, keeping track seems like a challenge. Why would Garfield bring so many?

[ghostsguysgyuudon]

Maybe just because Bruno-san would have missed them. They were his friends. The only friends he had for a long time.

[She pets one and hands it a tomato.]

[rikonstructed]

...I suppose. He's shown us a number of courtesies. And I'm glad to see they're unharmed. Are you managing with that many?

[ghostsguysgyuudon]

Of course! They're well behaved, and I can't leave them alone to get hurt. Though with them, Chiffon-chan, and now that big guy I got in a box today...

[rikonstructed]

No, I was only wondering if you needed... "Big guy"?

[ghostsguysgyuudon]

Oh, he's outside! It would be too troublesome to let him in for supper. I hope it doesn't rain. At least I think it's a he, but I can't even tell what species he is...

[rikonstructed]

[Garfield wouldn't put a monster in the boxes. Right.]

...You're certain it's friendly?

[ghostsguysgyuudon]

It's been well-behaved so far. Just please don't get distressed if you see it, okay? I don't know what it is, but it doesn't seem all that dangerous.

[rikonstructed]

[Completely deadpan:] So I'm not to be distressed if I see any unknown large creatures outside.

...Well, it's more warning than we had for the bear.

[ghostsguysgyuudon]

The what? Oh -- wait, I can try and draw it! Hold on! Oscar, can you move for a second?

[Mei reaches into a pocket otherwise occupied by rat and pulls out a calligraphy pen from the gacha. She attempts to draw Wu's badgermole on a napkin! ...It's too bad her art skill is canonically this.]

[rikonstructed]

[He doesn't use it often anymore, but at one time Nuadha certainly had extensive training in diplomacy. He keeps a completely stoic face as he accepts her offering.]

...I see. That's very helpful. It looks-- [menacing] ...friendly.

[ghostsguysgyuudon]

I'll have to show you in person tomorrow! I'm sure you'll get along.

[rikonstructed]

[Coming from anyone else, that would absolutely have been a masterwork of a subtle insult.]

If it's as well-behaved as you say, then I'm sure that's true. ...Perhaps we can get more information on it from Garfield, since he delivered it in the first place.

[ghostsguysgyuudon]

[Meanwhile, she has no idea how it could be an insult.]

Maybe. I should ask him. I already need to talk to Heisenberg-san, anyway.

[rikonstructed]

The cat seems more likely to be helpful, but... what about?

[ghostsguysgyuudon]

...Loki-san told me I should. That if anyone could get through to him, it's me. But I don't think I could, I mean, every time I've talked to him, he sees right through me, and what would I even ask?

[rikonstructed]

Ah. ...I think I can understand what he meant. Of everyone here, you're capable of seeing the good in people as they are. If you talk to him like you do the rest of us, I think that would be enough. But don't burden yourself too much with it.

[ghostsguysgyuudon]

Am I really that bad? Hubert-san said the same thing about taking on too much to help the rest of us.

[rikonstructed]

Hubert is right. You're always worrying about not having done enough or what else you can do. If you don't take more care, you'll exhaust yourself.

[ghostsguysgyuudon]

[Mei winces and sighs a little.]

But you're all doing what you can, too. I don't want to burden you on top of that.

[rikonstructed]

That's not it.

[Yeah he's not getting any better at this is he. He sighs a little and tries again.]

...Baldr and Felix scolded me for something similar. What I mean is that while we're all doing everything we can, it's... we don't want you to be hurt doing it.

[ghostsguysgyuudon]

["You know, Ougai-san isn't the only one who worries about you."]

...I'll try. I don't know how, but I'll do my best. I don't want you to have to worry.

[rikonstructed]

I know. It's only a reminder. And that asking the rest of us for things isn't a burden.