WEEK ZERO: MINGLE

[retellers]

WEEK ZERO: MINGLE (43 remain) Rise and shine, gremlins. The sun is shining, the birds are chirping, and it's the start of a new week. Speaking of new, if participants turn on their PHS, they'll notice another section available. There's also an alert for a new message, titled TEAM ASSIGNMENT. Opening it will reveal which Leader they have been assigned to. Furthermore, at the corner of the PHS screen is an icon of an animal, depending on who their Leader is. It is visible only to them and no one else. That's not the only change, though. Participants may not notice at first—or perhaps they will?—but sooner or later, they may realize that they're... missing something? Strange. Three Leaders can be found around the area, open (?) to approach. If participants want to speak to them more privately, or to an absent Leader, it looks like they'll have to go through another channel. Which is to say, the Planetarium is now open! Finally, for the rest of the week, the participants will inexplicably have the urge to be physically affectionate. That person you just met days ago? Time to cuddle! This complete stranger you ran into? It sure is tempting to hold their hand. This urge can range anywhere from minor to impossible to ignore, depending on the situation. Enjoy your bonding!

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[heartablaze]

haha i'm in danger

[Have you met pink, small, and energetic? Well, here she comes. Her eyes are a little puffy and she looks very, very tired, but she is easily bouncing her way to the nearest person. If you don't know her, congrats, she now has you by the hand and is physically dragging you in excitement.

If you DO know her, then you're practically getting full-body tackled with a hug without any hesitation whatsoever. Do you end up on the ground? Well, if 88 pounds of energetic force gets you to the ground, then congrats, you're on the ground, a tired but excited girl beaming down at you.]

Hey, hey! C'mon, let's go look at the Planetarium! Let's go, let's go!

wild
[She can be found snooping about, climbing trees, trying to talk to the various animals or playing with the inn elevator (oh my god), so hmu if you wanna do something else! #nik3432/fairybread]

[evocationary]

Whoa! Whoa, whoa, personal space! Bubble!

[ she nearly drops her coffee mug on the floor - but whether she gets tackled or grabbed, she is useless to resist tiny pink energy. off they go to the planetarium ig, wheezes ]

[heartablaze]

[Hikaru at least does still have eyeballs, so the grab happens to the least occupied arm, arms wrapping against it like a barnacle and hopping up and down until Lup is willingly following along or shaking her loose, whichever happens first. Once they're moving, Hikaru happily moves to just a handhold, steering the ship that is the two of them.]

Haku-san and I got to climb up on the top before but didn't see a way in, which was kinda sad... but Wolf-san said yesterday that it was how we could talk to them!!! And people were opening the doors when I was out real early this morning, so we gotta try now!

[stillnot]

[ time to get dragged! Which Clementine is... actually pretty okay with, and follows along with a light laugh.

... it is probably worth noting, since Hikaru is holding her hand, that Clem is missing her left ring finger. ]

Yeah, sure. I want to check it out.

[heartablaze]

Yeah!!! I wanna see how big it is inside, and that's a lot better with someone else...

[Ah. She pauses a little when she notices the lack of a finger underneath her grip, looking more surprised than anything else.]

Oh, um, does it hurt or anything? We can switch hands if you want!

[lecarre]

[waugh...!!

She's suddenly taken by the hand, and Ange flusters despite herself, flushing.]

Um, m-miss...? The--the planetarium?

[heartablaze]

Yeah! The big stone building over on the left side of the plaza! You know, the one no one's been able to get into? There were people opening the doors this morning!

[What's blushing, can you eat it

She tugs on Ange's wrist, trying to guide her to follow.]

Come on, let's go take a look!

[reconnective]

[they've never met, but for whatever reason he doesn't seem to mind the handholding? he just kind of blinks in surprise as he begins to get dragged, but he laughs and at least tries to loosen the hold.]

Okay, okay! I bet it's really cool inside.

[heartablaze]

[Were you expecting her to by shy about holding a boy's hand??? Especially an older boy's hand??? Welp, too bad! Her grip isn't dainty in the least, but she still at least gives in to the obvious attempts from him to adjust that, practically bouncing as she tries to lead them both towards the stone building.]

Yeah! Wolf-san said yesterday that that's where we'll be able to talk to everyone at the castle, too, so I wanna go see how it works!

[moondumplings]

[ if an excitable force meets another excitable force does the world stand a chance?

that being said, despite them just meeting usagi is immediately just as excited and bounces right after her no other introductions necessary ]

It's open now?? Let's go!

[heartablaze]

[The real reason why the game was nerfed - this meeting would have cured the whole game of its problems immediately from the energy alone

As it stands, Hikaru is overjoyed to have someone else just as excited as she is - and someone so close to her height, too! She only has to look up a tiny bit!]

Yeah!!! I got on the roof the first day but it was all closed up. But people were opening up the door when I was awake this morning!!

If not, I'll just ask Wolf-san! He's over by the bridge, so I'm sure he won't mind helping!

[Somewhere in the distance, Wolf feels Fear.]

[antaressnipe]

[88 pounds, meet 2 tons.

By which I mean Chiron doesn't even move when she tries to drag him away by the hand -- not yet, in any case. They've never met and he leans down (really leans down) to have a closer look at her]

Have we met before, child?

[-- Listen, because of her height, he might be making assumptions about her age. Whoops]

[heartablaze]

[thinking she is like ten years old is canon, chiron, you're valid

She'd SOMEHOW missed the fact that half of this person is a horse?????? Sometimes you just see a face and a hand attached to that face and that's all that matters. But her eyes go wide, not letting his hand go as she sees just how large he is.]

Oh my gosh...

You're a faun?

[Swing and a miss.]

[suddenlybees]

[ Kano is on the ground before he knows what's going on— and when he realizes what's going on, he stiffens completely, before the thought gets hammered in that if he doesn't move, he's not going to be able to escape this. ]

Okay! Yes! Alright!

[ He'll agree to whatever to get Hikaru off, handhovering for a moment like he wants to pry her arms off him but doesn't want to touch her, and then just resorting to trying to drag himself along the ground and maybe Hikaru will peel off naturally. ]

[heartablaze]

[congrats, you dummy, you are now crawling on the ground with hikaru on top of you, though she starts immediately when she realizes just who she is talking to]

Hey! Hey, wait a minute! You're that boy from the souvenir shop...!

Why did you lie to me??

[She's not getting off, rip Kano I guess.]

[cuedoves]

[ a girl is touching him??? time for his face to go read. ]

What? Why?

[ despite the complaints he's kind of letting himself be dragged along ]

[heartablaze]

Why not? Aren't you curious what's in there??

[She has noted the Face Situation and given it a .5 second glance before continuing with what she was doing!!]

Wolf-san said we could talk to people from the castle in there, too! So we definitely can't ignore it!

[recrowns]

[WHOA

this is weirdly nostalgic with the reddish hair and the shortness - so he's actually going to be catching her, surprisingly able to hold his own probably because muscle memory kicks in]

Eh? Alright - but don't bump into anyone else on the way, it could be dangerous.

[he's easygoing!]

[heartablaze]

[Yay! Hugs for Soo-won!

She isn't shy, but she still easily unlatches herself to take his hand instead and lead him away from.]

Oh, don't worry! If it gets dangerous, I'll protect you, Haku-san!

IN DANGER

[maidforservice]

[oh my goodness. it's not that Sharon is unused to being dragged around-- Alisa used to do it all of the time, when she was younger-- but hello!!]

[still, she doesn't pull her hand away, and instead falls slowly into step behind her new pink-haired friend]

Oh my, someone is very eager today. Is something exciting happening at the planetarium?

always in danger when nik is here

[heartablaze]

Yeah, there sure is!

[It's an immediate response, full of energy even if it looks like Hikaru herself hasn't slept all that well.]

It's open now! That means we can talk to all the people at the castle!!!

[favourable]

[um, who is this girl dragging him.]

W-Who are you? What do you want...?

[heartablaze]

[Oh. The genuine alarm gets her to let up a bit, though she doesn't let go of the boy's arm.]

Oh - oh, did I scare you? Sorry! My name's Hikaru.

Do you not know what the Planetarium is?

[siblingless]

[WELL. GUESS SHE'S GETTING GRABBED BY THE HAND AND DRAGGED? Goodbye to whatever it is she was doing. She will just squeak and drop it whenever this happens.]

H-Huh?! Uh, ah— Okay?

[canned]

[if there's one thing Alphonse—in all of his 300 pounds of spiky steel plate armor—is weak to, it's getting dragged around by a small and cute girl

so he finds himself running along with Hikaru before he even has a chance to respond]

Wait, me?? Do we really need to hurry?