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WEEK ZERO: MINGLE
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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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I hope so. [noooo cheating!] What do you think? Have you ever competed like this before? [in groups, in general...he's still trying to get a read on mob as a person.]

[Nodding.]

At school. In the race.

[that absolutely counts.]

Did you win?

[. . . Shaking his head, deflated.]

[oh...buddy...]

That's okay! There's always next time. I know Fox said we're all competing against each other, but it sounds like we're all one big team, too. And we'll win this.

[Winning wasn't even his goal, Sora. It's sadder than that. He passed out before finishing.

But he likes what Sora is saying.]

Getting the nova is what's important, but the competition is to make it more fun.

[mob.........it's fine. no one needs to know.]

Mm. Right. [and now that he's thinking about it, competitions are pretty fun.] Maybe we'll have to play a lot of games to get the nova and that's why they couldn't tell us what to do yet. Like they're getting everything ready for us as a surprise.

[there is a much more cynical option here but no let's pretend things are still okay here.]

I think that they don't know how to get it yet. But it can be fun no matter what.

[Listen, he also knows it could be bad but he isn't going to think about that?]

Yeah. [fun would be nice even if they're all stuck here.] If you cloud pick, what would you want to do to collect it? Like...what kind of games and sports do you like? Maybe whatever it is will be close to that.

Mm. . .

[Skills: None.]

I. . . I'm not very good at most things, so competing against others isn't always fun. But I like when I can push myself to improve.

[he tilts his head at that. surely there's something mob's good at!!]

Like training?

[He's good at trying hard, is what he's good at.]

Uh-huh. Anything like that.

Well then maybe that's what they'll have us do with the nova. Each week we have to collect more and more to get better at it and improve our scores, but the way to do it gets a little more challenging each time. That wouldn't be so bad.

[Nodding.]

And the team that wins can get fun prizes, too, so it'll be fun.

Exactly! [except he wonders if mob's heard of the win condition.] Did you hear when Fox and the others came yesterday? The team that wins gets to make a wish.

A wish?

[Sort of drifting off, thinking about what his wish would be. Hmm. Hmm.]

Any wish we want, no conditions. Or at least that's what we've heard. [wishes are nice.]

. . . I don't know what to pick.

It's a big decision. But we have a little bit of time. Maybe if you think about it some more, you'll think of something really good.

[Hmm. Thinking.]

The thing is. . . I do have a dream, but I want to be able to achieve it on my own.

Oh? [mob suddenly has his full attention.] What kind of a dream?

[He looks. Embarrassed now.]

Um. . .

[...mob?]

It's okay if it's personal. [but now he really wants to know????] It's something you can reach on your own if you try, right?

[He's just embarrassed. Looking at Sora, looking at the ground. Sora is pretty nice, right? So after a second.]

I want to confess my feelings to Tsubomi-chan!

[oh. my god. this is...well, that's actually very sweet, he thinks, and even if sora himself looks a tiny bit flustered by the admittance he also seems to be smiling? good for you, mob.]

...that's definitely a good dream. You must care about her a lot.

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