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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[laid]

[Remember the other day when Raven was trying to get way too up close and personal with everyone? Surely alcohol will only create a bigger, even worse situation.

And yet! Raven is just quietly sitting in a corner of the table, spending more time getting progressively wine drunk than he is anything else, watching everyone else. Weird!]

[sacredchants]

[ says the girl who is also avoiding all of this. there is non drink in her hand and her hands are crossed across her chest. ]

It's creepy if you're just going to sit here and watch.

[laid]

I'm not. I'm drinking too. Yer the one who's just sittin' here and watching, miss Izumo.
[They've never met but he's already learned everyones names from the profiles.]

[sacredchants]

[ it's fine. she expects some people to rely on the profiles that were set up for this sort of thing. also....don't point out how she's just as bad or worst. ]

That's worse then.

[laid]

Hows it worse? Yer supposed to drink at a party.

[sacredchants]

[ ah.

the temptation to comment about how he looks and the fact that he's just drinking by himself and staring at everyone else. but, hmm, this isn't the time for it. ]

I'm not.

[suddenlybees]

[ what are you doing... Kano sits down next to him and swaps drinks with his. ]

[laid]

[Raven is not sober enough to stop this but he's also not drunk enough to not notice and try to swap them back.]

Hey! Hands off! You ain't old enough fer this stuff, kiddo!
[Besides, uncle Raven needs his juice.]

[suddenlybees]

[ The drinks get swapped back and Kano makes a second attempt, they can just shuffle the glasses around indefinitely. ]

I'm seventy eight.

[ Don't judge a person by how they look? Here's hoping Raven does not memorize profile ages. ]

'sides, who here's gonna police me on this sorta stuff?

[laid]

[He didn't memorize ages but;]

Pretty sure I'd remember if yer profile listed such an unexpected age. And me. I'm policin' ya

[suddenlybees]

Ehh... Why's it so unexpected?

[ Some people are hundreds and thousands of years old when they don't look like it? If profiles are to be believed, anyways. ]

Anyways, can't you just cut me some slack? Just this once, copper?

[riegan]

(Just gonna take a seat and smoothly take away the current bottle of wine. He looks like he might be willing to top off that glass for you!!)

You seem to be enjoying yourself.

[laid]

[Raven looks put out for a moment when the bottle is taken away, but in the absence of a lecture he shifts into the slightly irritated confusion of someone who has in fact probably already had enough. Regardless;]

'Course. In Dahngrest there ain't a better way ta spend an evening than eatin' and drinkin' with a bunch of rowdy friends an' strangers.

[A somewhat wobbly pat on Claude's shoulder.]
You did good, kid.

[riegan]

Dahngrest...

(He'd mentioned that place before, when they first spoke with each other. He doesn't mind the shoulder pat one bit. In fact, it's kind of nice? Praise him!!!)

What else is it like? You spoke a little bit about it before.. It seems to operate on different sort of system from what I'm accustomed to.

(He's curious! Also, he's not letting anything else flow into Raven's cup until he answers. They're here to talk and learn more about each other!! This was his scheme!)

[laid]

Not run by nobles, yup. [He sees where you're coming from, fancy boy.] Dahngrest s'built by Altosk as a home fer the guilds. Bein' outside the Empire gives ya freedom, but without a barrier, you ain't got a safe place ta rest. Thus; Dahngrest, home of th' Guild Union.
[Honestly that his explanation was even this coherent is impressive.]

It's a pretty rough town, old Raven's gotta break up fights on the regular. But ya get used t' that sorta thing quick. The... weather's the hard part. There's some... [his brow crinkles as his sodden brain tries to remember something] somethin' with the aer in the sky above the city. Makes it so it never gets brighter than sunset.

[riegan]

A place without nobles...

(Color him intrigued. He's still missing a lot of Lore here but he can follow along well enough. Well, that last part is a little weird and he furrows his brow,)

It sounds difficult. I imagine the limited amount of light makes it difficult to do things like grow food to sustain the population.

(Don't mind him just... being a nerd.)

[heartablaze]

[She spots him after a little while, noticing just how long he's been alone. So she piles a plate full of those funny little sandwiches and a few deserts, carefully making her way over to the table and tugging at his robes to get his attention.]

You okay, Raven-san?

[laid]

[For what it's worth, his eyes look less sad? He's pretty relaxed. So that's... something?]

I've never been better, Hikaru darling. Watching you kids bound around having fun is a sight ta see.
[Ok, dad.]

If only old Raven had a pretty lady ta keep him company... then it'd be perfect.

[heartablaze]

[Oh! Yes, that's very nice to see, though the smell of alcohol gets her to wrinkle her nose a little. Hm.

She plops herself to a seat next to him, dropping the plate in a spot they both can reach. Here, help her eat this.]

There's lots of pretty ladies here... I know we're all still new to each other, but you could go ask one for a dance if you wanted?

[laid]

[Oh, snacks! He'll have some.]

Hmm? Nah, I think I'm fine like this fer now.
[That sounds like effort and also not sitting here getting drunk.]

[heartablaze]

Way over here by yourself?? Are you sure?

[no one tell her how drunk he is, let her be blissfully unaware

anyway she sticks a sandwich like 3/4ths in her mouth. this is very unlady like. it's ok.]

Mmn-- You know, I could go dance with you, if you want. I'm not very good, but I don't wanna see you miss out!

[infreefall]

[ someone's leaning in far too close to be polite and peering at raven. hewwo. ]

Aren't you going to dance or something?

[laid]

[Oh, yet another friendly teen girl!]

I don't think anyone's much interested in dancin' with old Raven.
[Mostly because at this point he's drunk and would just trip probably.]

[infreefall]

[ she snickers. ]

Do you always refer to yourself in the third person, Raven-san?

[laid]

[He pretends(? He is drunk though) to think about this for a moment.]

Nah, only sometimes! Just a habit I picked up a while back.