(ROLE) CULT 2.0

[dormheads]

cult.

On Monday at 10 PM, Rupert, Otome, and Byleth receive an encrypted e-mail.

d4rkness@Wiwaldi.edu

Come to classroom 1304; see attached map.

No one is in the halls as they creep to the abandoned classroom circled on the map. The normally locked door opens, revealing the room inside.

There are no windows and the lights are off, leaving the room cast in near darkness. Only a handful of candles, in what's probably a fire hazard, keep it illuminated; the fog being emitted from a personal fog machine doesn't help with visibility. What was once the teacher's desk has been pushed to the center of the room, with chairs seated around it. For some reason, there are cat decorations everywhere, mixed in with various (garish) occult items and patterns.

There is a cat-shaped bulletin board hanging on the wall, which reads:

» This world is trying to assimilate all of you, who started this year, into its setting. If it succeeds, you'll remain trapped in this school, your souls drained until you cease to exist.

» Each week, this place will make active efforts on a few select students. Once the weekend hits, they'll all be beyond saving. However, if any one of them is killed before then, they'll all be freed from the link, at least for the remainder of the week.

» Death isn't necessarily permanent. Those who died can potentially be saved. However, no such option exists for the fully assimilated.

» At the start of the week you'll be informed if you may recruit one person to join the cult. Provide a list of 3-4 people you want to recruit and you'll be told which one of them is approved. If you extend an invitation and they accept, they will join the cult the following week.

» Preventing the assimilation aside, even the original cult was meant to be a secret, so it's important that word doesn't spread. If anyone else learns about your involvement in the cult or your task, whether from your mouth or another's, this world may enact consequences. No guarantee on who they might affect, so it's up to you to decide if risking harm upon another is worth it.

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WEEK 2

[dormheads]

[Chad is leaning against a wall near the door.

On a desk is a thin vase of wildflowers (fresh; that is, not the same as last week's), along with a makeshift grave markers with the names of the dead.]

CHOICE: TARGET

[dormheads]

[A crystal ball on a desk reveals the names of the potential doomed this week: Sakyou Sagihara, Kon Shinonome, Bradley Bain. Please reply to this comment with the name of the character they will be killing before Tuesday 3pm PST/6pm EST!]

[heartlands]

this week they're picking bradley! byleth and rupert are going to go for it.

CHOICE: RECRUIT

[dormheads]

[Please provide a list of at least 3 people, ideally maximum 6, you want to recruit before Sunday at 1pm EST! The mods will then respond as soon as possible with the chosen recruit, at which point you may invite them with no consequence (unless they blab to someone else, of course).]

[momming]

Our six candidates are--!

Dimitri, Claude, Luxanna, Beau, Sakyou and Taichi!

[dormheads]

[They are approved to recruit Luxanna.]

CHAD

[inaccordant]

[He's here if you have any questions.]

[momming]

[ sorry, she is compelled to touch his shoulder. ]

Has anything changed since last week? Regarding what you know?

[ also-- ]

I have to say, you look better without the costume.

[inaccordant]

[he immediately shifts away from the touch. sorry, otome.]

I also prefer being free of it.

[...]

I haven't learned anything new, exactly. There is something that happened, but I can't say it for Dorm Head reasons—you might want to try asking your own, or asking around in general.

[momming]

I might have an idea already.

[ honestly, she just looks tired. ]

But I'll ask her, regardless.

[heartlands]

...Exact same situation as last week, right?

[the rules don't look like they've changed, but - just in case.]

[inaccordant]

[something sad flickers in chad's expression before it reverts back to its usual passiveness.]

Yes.

[unfortunately.]

[heartlands]

...Okay.

[he - makes a weird face, like he's resisting the urge to do something.]

Did you ever hear back from admissions?

[divineimpulse]

Hello, Chad.

So you're the connection.

[inaccordant]

Byleth.

If you want to call it that.

[divineimpulse]

It's an unfortunate situation, but I'm glad I can talk to you.

How did you get involved?

TALK WITH EACH OTHER

[dormheads]

[heartlands]

[wow! this is a bad list. he hates this list. after a few moments:]

...What do you both think?

[momming]

I hate it.

[ well, yes. ]

[heartlands]

...Me too.

[after a beat:]

I know... You lost a lot of people in your dorm, so maybe it's not fair of me to ask, but - unless everyone's really close with the other two, I'd rather not choose Kon.

[momming]

Oh, also... Yamato-kun reached out to me this morning.

Apparently there are other... ah, clubs of sorts like this one. And he's able to check on a person and see if they're a member of one, just no further details.

Also. [ She sighs. ] He can look into whether a person has killed.

[divineimpulse]

[she nods, but looks relatively unperturbed by it.]

I know of one. I can't explain it, but it's not a bad thing.

Why did he mention it?

[momming]

Because he looked into me and saw I was a member of one. He wanted to know if I could talk about it.

PICK ROUND TWO

[momming]

[ hi guys so we're discussing this-- ]

I think it might be a good idea for each of us to have a second option, just in case.

[heartlands]

So... Our original choices were Beau, Dimitri, and Sakyou, right?

[...]

Luxanna.