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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[evocationary]

[ she squints down at him. ]

Oh! Didn't even see you there. What a surprise. Can't believe this place has talking benches.

[robopriest]

Will wonders never cease? I think they're also coming up with talking weights, now.

[Meaning: Lup ]

[evocationary]

[ she just like, pours a bit of her coffee in his hair. ]

[robopriest]

...

[He instantly stops, coffee trickling down his face. Somewhere, a certain vampire is feeling some kind of strange victory. Wow. WOW.]

...Really.

[evocationary]

Oops. [ she says, absolutely not sorry whatsoever. ] The talking weight missed her mouth.

[robopriest]

[>8T]

You're the one who started it. [Almost half considering just. Throwing her off.] Are you really going to do this to a nice talking bench priest like myself?

[evocationary]

Ladies do not start fights, but they can finish them. [ lup says, primly. ]

I thought you liked coffee. [ she doesn't pour any more on him, though. look, she'll even affectionately wipe his face off for him. ]

[robopriest]

Hardy har har.

[He makes a disgruntled face at the cheek wiping, but her next statement just makes him turn his head, giving her a curious look. Also he's still in this dumb pushup position because of course he is.]

Huh? What do you mean?

[evocationary]

[ she's not moving until he knocks her off, so. she squints at him. ]

Literally two days ago you told me you live off -- [ a beat. a realization. ] Oh. Oh no.

[robopriest]

Hey, what are you going "oh no", for?

[He's just ???????? now, thanks, Lup.]

If you're going to just say weird stuff and pour coffee on me, I might just have to make you get off of me. Come on.

[evocationary]

This is not even the weirdest thing I've said this morning. [ she says, flatly. ]

Anyway. If you start getting headaches, it's not my fault.

[robopriest]

Really? What was the weirdest thing you said?

[Headaches? Why headaches?]

You make me sound like I experienced brain trauma, or something.

[evocationary]

Whatever it was, it's not my responsibility anymore. [ she says words and then those words are promptly someone else's problem. ]

And, uh. Not brain trauma exactly? Did you talk to the NPCs yesterday? Sorry, the hosts.

[robopriest]

I guess I can agree with that sentiment...

[He furrows his eyebrows.]

...Wait, you can't be referring to the whole memory loss deal, right?

[evocationary]

That is, actually, yes, what I was referring to. As in you told me the other day that you could live off of coffee.

[robopriest]

...

It couldn't have been a joke, right? I mean, we talked before. You know how I am.

[evocationary]

I am like, hm... pretty sure it wasn't a joke, but maybe.

[robopriest]

[.................But coffee?]

Okay, but even if you're right, how could I just forget coffee? That's ridiculous.

[evocationary]

Hey, I'm not the one making the rules around here! I don't friggin' know how it works. I'm just saying you liked coffee like two days ago, and now you're like, eh.

[robopriest]

Bizarre.

[............Yeah he's just going to start doing pushups again.]

I don't like bizarre.

[evocationary]

[ legit forgot she was sitting on him for a second ]

I love bizarre, but not this kind. This is the kind of bizarre that I avoid, actually. [ she peers down at him. ] It could be worse.

[robopriest]

I already had enough of bizarre before I came here...

[Just muttering to himself, before he raises his voice to talk to her.]

Lets hope its not worse. For all our sakes.

[evocationary]

It will get worse. [ she says, in that almost cheerful tone. ] Don't you worry.

What kind of bizarre? [ she's listening! ]

[robopriest]

Don't jinx it.

[And a low sigh.]

It's nothing.

[evocationary]

Don't just tease your backstory like that if you're not gonna tell it to me, dude.