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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[riegan]

Of course. It helped that I had quite a bit of support to back it up. I couldn't possibly let them down.

(He did this for everyone!!)

[suddenlybees]

You could if you wanted to.

[ Letting people down is very easy; Kano does it all the time. ]

Anyways, is it going as well as you planned? Got a lot of blackmail on people?

[riegan]

(Ah,)

Is that what you think this was about?

[suddenlybees]

Are you not going to take advantage and collect blackmail?

[ Why else would there be alcohol in this future party HMMMMM?? ]

[riegan]

No, I plan on getting to know everyone and forging deep, lasting relationships before I resort to anything like that.

(Really,)

A few niceties can go a long way.

[suddenlybees]

[ this unbelieving face ]

What's the point of something like that? You don't need to know someone's favorite color or whatever to work together.

[riegan]

(He means it!!)

Yeah? Let's try it out. What's yours?

[suddenlybees]

Rainbow. What's yours?

[riegan]

A nice golden color. (In case his clothes didn't give it away,) Warm, not too bright... goldenrod is a good one.

[suddenlybees]

Oh, so, concentrated pee.

[ Claude's favorite color is pee yellow, naruhodo ]

[riegan]

(CLOSES EYES AT KANO)

What? Is that really your first thought?

[suddenlybees]

What over golden yellow things are there in the world? This is the one you see every day.

[riegan]

The sky at sunset and sunrise? Gold? Plenty of flowers. The top of a well done pie?

(And he'll throw a bone maybe,)

It's my the colors on the banner back home.

[suddenlybees]

Your, what? Sports team?

[ what are banners for ]

[riegan]

My house banner.

... Oh, you don't know?

(Enough people have figured it out by now he kind of just... forgot, oops.)

[suddenlybees]

[ Kano shakes his head. He's imagining a flag hanging in front of a house. Very patriotic. ]

[riegan]

Well, since the whole point of this was to get to know everyone and you've decided to grace us with your appearance... I'll make it easy for you.

(He'll just say it,)

I'm a noble. Claude von Riegan, heir to House Riegan, the leading house of the Leicester Alliance.

... Which probably just sounds like a lot of silly names strung together. But that's it.

[suddenlybees]

[ Sure is a bunch of silly names strung together. ]

...and your house color is pee yellow, gotcha. A real live noble, though! Wow! So your banner is like a coat of arms? Is it fancy? Stupid? I want to know what it looks like~

[riegan]

(Closes eyes. Kano why are you like this,)

Its... (Man, how does he explain it? And to this guy!) It depends on which one you're talking about.

The one back home is divided into sections for each of the Great Houses. The one at school has a Deer on it.

(Whiiiiich explains one of the invitations, at least.)