week 2 - weekend

[productions]

murder manor week two



saturday & sunday

24 players remaining.

This is a general mingle post. Please put your character's name, the time, and location in the subject heading of their comment. Players may also thread in logs, either posted to murdermanor or in a private locked journal post filtered to include productions.

This post will cover the weekend period from the end of trial Friday evening to early Sunday evening, when new incentives will be announced. No murders will take place over this time.

Setting & Rules
Private Conversations

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[teenspirit]

[ Oh my god it's fucking Twilight.

She looks at him and says what Bella would say, which is also what Sonia would say right now. ]

I'm not afraid.

[ It's not that she's condescending at him, or defying him, it's that she thinks he has alternate reasons for suggesting such a thing, and those reasons probably have nothing to do with thinking about killing her. She wants to trust in that. ]

[godwhisperer]

No, you are not. To be aware of my power and to refuse to bend...

[He chuckles to himself a little.]

I believe you are a more dangerous foe than you yourself are aware.

[teenspirit]

[ Sonia smiles. ]

I told you so. [ And she leans close for a second, almost close enough for their shoulders to touch, but then she pulls away. ]

[godwhisperer]

[He frowns a little when she does that. He did almost want her to, for whatever strange reason the idea doesn't fill him with the disquiet the idea of contact usually does. But he isn't able to forget he can't be touched, or he would poison her.]

...Do not let your guard down. I would not harm you intentionally, but I would not be able to control it should my defenses fail.

[teenspirit]

[ It's okay, Edward Cullen... it's gonna be alright.......... ]

I believe you could. Are you not the mighty tamer of the Four Dark Gods? Someone who has wrestled with the gods themselves... I think he could control it.

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[godwhisperer]

[Oh no, he's turning all red at that comment.]

Hrrk - perhaps...perhaps it would be possible, at least if...

[godwhisperer]

Argh!

[No, it's too much all at once. He doesn't move, but he goes tense, like he's about to.]

What is it that you're trying to achieve?

[teenspirit]

[ Edward's reaction alarms Bella, who hugs Sun-D close to her chest in surprise. ]

Trying to... achieve? Excusez-moi?

[godwhisperer]

[He honestly seems really agitated, and not in a sexy vampire way.]

Why...why are you acting like this towards me? What are your intentions in this, I don't...

[teenspirit]

[ 'I think you're fascinating and you need a friend and I admire all of your skills and being around you makes my stomach feel weird' would sound even more stupid out loud than it does in her head, so Sonia tries a different track. ]

...

I told you. We share a special connection, do we not? As future classmates...

I want... to be your friend.

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[godwhisperer]

Friend?

[He really seems shocked for a moment. He's not used to having people who want to be around him, he isn't sure how to respond to this or whether to trust it.]

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[godwhisperer]

[But he calms down after a moment. He wants to accept this, which is enough of a step for him. But it's hard to trust what she means, whether she means something like an advantage, or whether she's actually interested in him. He wouldn't think badly of her, if she felt alone and frightened here and chose him as support, but she wouldn't know how seldom he's had any sort of connection.]

Do you mean...do you propose something like an alliance?

[teenspirit]

[ She looks a little hurt by that. Her gaze drops down to the hamster cupped in her hands. If she weren't so determined about this- determined that she's right about him, convinced that what she thinks about him has to be true- then it would sound like a cold dismissal. And maybe that's what it's supposed to be, but. ]

No... That's not what I mean at all. [ She brushes a finger over the hamster's soft back. ] Allies exist out of convenience; they are bonds forged by contract, and nothing more. And they are easily dissipated.

Friends. Not allies.

[godwhisperer]

I...I see.

[He does notice she looks a little hurt, and that wasn't his intention.]

You must understand that it is sometimes difficult for me to comprehend the intentions of humans.

[And that's not a lie or an exaggeration at all. But for the moment, the fact that he doesn't want to disappoint her or hurt her feelings trumps the reservations he feels about trusting someone at all, let alone in a place like this. It's easy with animals, or even with children like May, to be sure he understands, but it's more of a leap of faith with someone like her. So it's quietly and cautiously that he replies.]

I suppose that...I suppose that would be acceptable.

[teenspirit]

[ She feels immensely relieved at that. It's a struggle not to smile as much as she is. The struggle is futile. ]

H...hey, do not call me a human! I told you, I am going to reveal my singular powers eventually.

[godwhisperer]

Of course, how could I forget?

[He smiles a little into his scarf, quietly pleased.]

[teenspirit]

[ They're stretching the page now but this is Twilight and we all know each book is like 600 pages long. ]

You'll never forget again once you see me in action! Isn't that right, Sun-D? [ She looks at the hamster as if expecting a response. ]

[godwhisperer]

[Hahha fuck I got distracted with this and forgot to put up the new post.

Anyway, Sun-D twitches her nose back.]

Hm...if I am to accept you as my...as my friend, then you will have to accept the conditions for me to allow this. You will no longer have my permission to die.

[teenspirit]

[ Be here with me f o r e v e r.

She smiles down at Sun-D, then, at his sudden words, looks up at him, surprised. Oh. Ohhhhh. Oh. She stares at him intently, with sincerity in her eyes. ]

...

Yes. I accept that condition. What are the others?

[godwhisperer]

Do not...do not think to betray me.

[He looks down at the hamsters on his lap when he says that, coloring immediately. It's not really something he meant to say, exactly, but it came out.]

[teenspirit]

[ The more she learns about him, the more she thinks there's some kind of damage here. And there's nothing wrong with that, but it makes her cautious of boundaries, and makes her consider how she'll adapt to them. ]

I shall not. It will not just be a platitude. I will prove it to you.

[godwhisperer]

Hmph. That is all, then.

[He doesn't really need anything else to be satisfied by the idea of having a friendship.]

Sun-D is fond of you, you see, so there is no issue.

[teenspirit]

She is? I mean, of course she is! We're girls, after all! [ No Sonia you can't maintain a feminine bond with a female hamster-- okay whatever. ]

[godwhisperer]

[No, he doesn't think that's why at all, but yeah, okay, she can have that.]

Perhaps. But I believe she senses we are kindred spirits.

[teenspirit]

[ Oh... oh man. Okay she knows he'll probably follow it up with some kind of weird goth anime wizard anecdote, but he still called them kindred spirits and it means she's getting somewhere. ]

Ah... You flatter me far too much.