(ROLE) CULT 3.0

[dormheads]

cult.

On Monday at 10 PM, Otome, Byleth, and Luxanna 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.

As of this week, more notes have been added.

A summary of what the others were told previously:

» This world is forced to act according to an internal logic. It isn't always aware of everything going on, and it can't break whatever rules it wishes. This would presumably be why you all arrived here with your minds intact, rather than already assimilated; it's possible that this defence mechanism has manifested in other ways as well, to try and correct things to how they should be.

Comments

WEEK 3

[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. Also, as per Byleth's request, a lamp has been added to the room to give it some light.]

CHOICE: TARGET

[dormheads]

[A crystal ball on a desk reveals the names of the potential doomed this week: Denji, Malik Ishtar, Crow Armbrust. Please reply to this comment with the name of the character they will be killing before Tuesday 3pm PST/6pm EST!]

[divineimpulse]

They're picking Crow! It'll be Luxanna and Byleth.

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]

Choices this week are Claude, Dimitri, Ichiro, Caleb, Manwol, and Lucretia!

[dormheads]

[Anyhow after that trial drama, you may recruit Dimitri.]

CHAD

[inaccordant]

[He's here if you have any questions. The bandaid is still on his head; that wound isn't getting any better, apparently. It's fine.]

[illuminance]

[ hello chad ]

What an ominous room.

[inaccordant]

[he sighs.]

Not my choice. This was apparently an actual cult about... cats, in previous years, and it didn't seem worth it to throw everything out.

[illuminance]

A... Cat cult?

I've only ever heard of spider cults. Spider cults make much more sense.

[inaccordant]

Rest assured that I have no idea what they were thinking either.

[momming]

Rupert mentioned you had some sort of... ah, mental distress when you spoke with him. Are you all right?

[inaccordant]

I'm fine. I don't actually have any recollection of what he means.

[momming]

... Does the name "Hugo" sound familiar to you at all?

[inaccordant]

I can guess as to where you saw the name, but no, it doesn't mean anything to me.

[divineimpulse]

How did you hurt yourself?

[inaccordant]

I don't really remember.

[divineimpulse]

[...]

Doesn't that bother you?

TALK TO EACH OTHER

[dormheads]

[momming]

... This list is...

[ wow she sure looks uncomfortable ]

[illuminance]

... I'm sure all the lists have been unpleasant.

[momming]

They have. Is there anyone you're incredibly opposed to, Luxanna?

[momming]

[ And once again-- ]

So how the recruiting works, Luxanna, is that we each pick two people we think might be a good fit for this, in some way or another. Out of six, Chad will select one and we're given the opportunity to explain the situation to them and offer them a chance to join, just like we did with you.

[divineimpulse]

[byleth nods, beckoning lux over.]

My picks are Dimitri and Claude. [forever on her bullshit.]

[illuminance]

I would pick Ichiro and Caleb. Though unpleasant to drag anyone into such unpleasant tasks... I don't want to drag any children into things. And I know that Ichiro is increasingly desperate for ways to help.

[ and she just thinks caleb is Neat. ]