bluesclues | WEEK TWO: MINGLE

WEEK TWO

OCCUPANCY: 31

Rise and shine, little monsters. A new week is waiting just for you. The events of yesterday may have been hard to stomach, but time heals all wounds, after all. The damages the house has incurred over the last week have been reverted and the staff is hard at work fulfilling their roles in this mansion. A piping hot breakfast is served in the dining room promptly at 7am, every square inch of floor and furniture has been cleaned spotless, and Pumpkin is...probably around tending to the animals outside. As you exit your rooms on this lovely morning, guests will find that the barrier leading upstairs has diminished, and a new floor has been opened to explore.

For anyone who ventures into the ballroom, a new change may become apparent. Should you choose to look at the plaques long enough, two images will flicker and change sporadically. While Nia's portrait remains the same, on occasion it will change to an image of a headless young lady. Likewise, Asch's portrait looks just like himself, though if you blink you may miss it changing into the image of a young man mid-transformation into something with claws and scales. Finally, Michiru's portrait reveals a picture of a beautiful young lady, but every now and then it will reveal an image of a shriveled up, dried out siren. There is no rhyme and reason for the change...though perhaps it serves as a reminder to those who remain.

Additionally, the house rules have been moved from the ballroom and back into the hallway, mounted in the entryway as they were.

It's been some time now. Surely you've made some friends and perhaps even some enemies. Though you may not fully understand each other, they do say the best way to know someone is to walk a mile in their shoes. Starting today you'll find that you've been bound to one other guest by an invisible sort of string. Everything you feel, they will feel. Everything they experience, you will experience. Though the threads may change from time to time, the connection is strongest with only one person. How will you handle this bond?

Some of you may find this easy. For others, this may be a little stressful! The pressure may grow stronger and weigh down on you, an anger so strong you find yourself...howling in the night to express your anguish. Others still may find that the silver cutlery will cause them to break into a painful rash, and others still will find that an increase of hair begins to take over your head, your arms, and even places hidden beneath your clothes. Perhaps it's time to invest in a razor and stick to plastic utensils.

Not to mention that the ailments you experienced last week are still in effect, though they're much less than before. Do try to keep track of your body parts this week...though you've been absolved of your sins.

You may experience only some of these events. Then again, maybe you're unlucky and you're experiencing all of these events at different points in time. Time is of the essence, however, and come Monday at noon a rustling crackle of static can be heard from overhead. Try as you might, you won't be able to find the speakers but a message will play loud and clear for all.

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[Such is the sad, cruel reality.]

It is. But I'm horribly weak, so I can't rescue or protect anyone like you can. I'm not suited for it at all.

Aww, hey! I'm sure that's not true. You're just a rookie, right? If you work hard, you'll get stronger.

Mr. Thymos, you've read the placard, haven't you? I didn't choose to become a demon slayer. I was so sure that I'd die during Final Selection, but I was too lucky. Now that I'm a part of the Demon Slayer Corps, I'm so scared all the time!

And they won't let you quit? Because of the money you owe?

No. [He sniffs.] The old cultivator who took me in always said money wasn't an issue. But he did cover my debt, so I can't just leave.

If I leave now, it'll look bad on Gramps . . .

Gramps? Your grandpa? That's why you're doing it?

[He nods, like that makes sense somehow.]

Even though you're scared of it, you don't wanna let him down?

[Never mind that he's already let Gramps down so many times. Zenitsu pats his chest like he's feeling for something that's no longer there.]

As long as I keep on getting lucky, it'll be fine. But a person can only be so lucky, you know? I might not even make it out of this mansion!

Sure you will. I said you would, right?

[Clapping a hand on his shoulder! Even though he should know better by now than to be making promises.]

Anyway, you'll be fine on your own. I think a person who would go fight demons and things just because they don't want to let down their grandpa must be pretty brave.

[He should know better. And although Zenitsu knows better, hearing the reassurance does wonders still. The rest, not so much.]

I haven't fought a single demon, though . . . All I've done is run and hide, because I'm not strong enough to fight one.

That's why you have to protect me! There may be no demons here, but I don't want to die.

I'll protect you. But you can also learn to protect yourself. You can get stronger, right?

[Listen!! You can just become too shonen to feel fear.]

[He was dipped in the fountain of wienie at birth, not the fountain of shonen.]

No way. Even if I did get stronger, I'm so weak that it won't make a difference. I'm not strong at all. No matter how much I train, I'll have nothing to show for it.

Hey, now!

[Honestly, this is the point in which Galo would be tempted to punch him in the face, but. Zenitsu is wienie and he might die?]

I'm not gonna stand around here and listen to you talk about yourself like that! Even if you're the weakest person on the planet, if you give it your all, you'll be stronger tomorrow than you were yesterday. Isn't that better than resigning yourself to getting killed?

[Can't believe Galo is the stealth killer for week two. Zenitsu promptly throws himself at Galo.]

I haven't resigned myself to that yet! I don't wanna die!

I'm just saying, even if I'm stronger tomorrow, it still won't be enough. Sometimes I get so scared that I can't move my legs or arms. I'm not like you, Mr. Thymos!

[Catching him! And then holding him by the shoulders, to shounen yell in his dumb wienie face.]

Don't you get it? When I was a kid, I was scared a bunch, too! My house burned down and I lost everything! I had nightmares all the time! But training your spirit is the same as training your body! If you work hard, you can do it!

[Scary!]

M-my spirit? How do I train something like that?

You have to stop telling yourself that you're weak or useless! You need to try to believe in yourself. Even if you feel so scared you can't move, try just a little and next time try even harder!

It may not look that way, but I'm trying my best. Does that mean my best isn't good enough?

If you're really trying your best, then that's okay. But you gotta stop saying how weak and useless you are. Can't you just tell yourself you're doing the best you can?

[Can't he do both?]

Is it really okay?

[That he's trying his best when he has nothing to show for it? To most, that's the same as not trying at all.]

WEEK TWO: MINGLE

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