Week Four

[stagemanagers]

[Last week, Gershwin High School Academy University saw its very first intentional murder! What a milestone! And right after Spongebob's No Murder party, too - that doesn't seem like it bodes very well for anybody's future.

You all wake up this morning with yet another new memory returned to you. You'll also find that the school's external doors have now unlocked. Congratulations! You're free! Unfortunately, you also seem to be entirely in the middle of nowhere. So maybe it's more of a symbolic victory.

Still, you should look around and do some investigation! Maybe you'll find a fun surprise.]

Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday

(( Be sure to submit your memory regains and your AC for this week! Hester's office hours and the merch booth also remain available! ))

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[samefacesyndrome]

[ But then she stops ]

Oh but I did have something to give to you right now, Farrah-san.

[brokeforgood]

[Farrah doesn’t look, but she sure does pretend like she’s trying to continue to look. She freezes once Rina says that, though, and leans back, no longer trying to peek.]

Really? You do?

[samefacesyndrome]

Uh huh.

If I give it to you, you gotta promise not to look at my other surprise! Okay?

[brokeforgood]

Okay, I think I can manage that. [Farrah sits down on the other side of the table, and even helps Rina pop some books up as a shield.]

[samefacesyndrome]

[ Good! Rina will use the book shields to give her time to shuffle her project into a little baggy, before moving the books aside so she can see Farrah better. ]

Okay... first give me your wrist please.

[brokeforgood]

[Farrah closes her eyes and pushes her wrist forward. She’s already wearing a white and orange thread friendship bracelet, from Connor. ]

Here.

[samefacesyndrome]

[ On that same wrist just above it, Rina begins tying another bracelet onto it singing to herself as she does. ]

We were spending days
That can never be replaced
I finally understand
I'm not alone
We're accumulating days
(Right here)
That can never be replaced
(One by one)
I finally understand
(We're together)
I'm not alone

[ She finishes tying and singing at the same time and on Farrah's wrist with the friendship bracelet is another bracelet made of woven white thread but in the middle is an orange heart made of beads. ]

...You're not alone.

[brokeforgood]

[Farrah freezes when she sees it. It’s so nice. To be thought of like this. And Rina’s song.... Farrah gathers her hands within her own, twining their fingers together, and singing her own song.]

You move just a finger,
Say the slightest word,
Something's bound to linger,
Be heard.
No one acts alone.
Hopeful, no one is alone.
I am not alone
You are not alone.
We are not alone.

[samefacesyndrome]

[ Feeling her hands in Farrah's and their fingers laced together, Rina smiles a little bit. It's warm... and like when she holds Varian's hands it's safe ]

We are not alone...

[ She squeezes Farrah's hand. ]

I hope... it makes you feel better. I know yesterday was hard...

[brokeforgood]

I love it. It’s got my team colors on it. The tigers. [She lets go of one of Rina’s hand, but keeps the other gripped. With the free hand, she scratches at the air like a fierce tiger.]

Rawr!!! Thank you. It means a lot to not be alone. Especially.... after yesterday.

[samefacesyndrome]

You're welcome! I know yesterday was um... really tough...

...Um... you know... it's actually a "wish bracelet". I read up on them in the books here and I thought I'd make some...

They say that if you make a wish and take care of it, when it falls apart on its own your wish will come true. And so I thought that'd be better... than anything that awful Wizard could do.

[brokeforgood]

[Oh. Farrah’s heart aches at how genuine and sweet a gift it is. She smiles at Rina, squeezing her hands.]

I love it. It’s way better. I don’t want it to ever fall apart, even if it means giving up my wish.

[samefacesyndrome]

Really? [ That gets her to giggle. ] I guess I did too good a job then...

But that... also makes me happy to hear.