WEEK ONE: MINGLE

[retellers]

WEEK ONE: MINGLE (40 remain) Rise and shine, gremlins. The sun is shining, the birds are chirping, and it's the start of a new week. To the participants, yesterday's events may seem distant now—albeit not as distant as their life before this. Whether or not they notice, they will have lost a memory upon waking up. The barrier to the north is down, and beyond the bridge lies new areas to explore. Strangely, what was there last week seems to have been replaced overnight. That's not the only thing that's different, either. The participants will find that their lodgings have changed. Finally, should anyone check their PHS, Hajime, Pikachu, and Virid's profiles have been removed. 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. Furthermore, it looks as though the rules have updated. Finally, this week, the participants will find themselves drawn to one person in particular. Whoever that is, they will find themselves compelled to be close to them physically. The longer they attempt to resist this, the more compelled they will be... and the closer they will want to be, to the point that it might be emotionally and physically draining to not be holding hands or hugging them for several hours because you've ignored them too long. That's fun.

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[maidforservice]

inn kitchen.

[RISE AND SHINE EVERYONE, THE INN KITCHEN IS ON FIRE!!]

[. . . okay, no it's not, but there is a strong scent of burnt food in the air and a worryingly large cloud of smoke drifting from the inn kitchen's door. investigation reveals Sharon hastily flapping at a small stove fire with a kitchen towel. despite the situation, she seems calm]

Oh my. That certainly didn't go as planned.

[help]

tech lab.

[after the kitchen fiasco, Sharon can be found exploring their new areas-- specifically, the tech lab! she picks up a pair of science goggles and places then over her eyes, because why not]

Heehee. . . it's almost a shame the Chairman isn't here.

wildcard.

[I'm available for PCs! hit me up on discord if you want any!]

kitchen

[suddenlybees]

H-hey! Did you forget how to cook, or what???

[ STOP FEEDING THE FLAMES!!!! god, Kano snatches the towel out of her hands and starts sort of hand hovering waving her away towards the door. ]

[maidforservice]

[oh my god. her instincts of ESCAPE FIRE and PUT OUT THE FIRE SHE STARTED are fighting here, but in the end she. abides by the shooing and steps away from the stove, wheezes]

[and then, mildly]

It would seem so. [WEEPS] And I was quite looking forward to making a delicious breakfast, too. . .

kitchen

[chanteuser]

[ oh my god ]

Sharon, what--?!

[ accck. alex just rings her hands for a moment like she's not sure which direction to panic in first. ]

-- I have no idea how to put out a stove fire. Oh my god. [ help. ] What happened?!

[maidforservice]

[it's fine, Alex can panic while Sharon just CASUALLY continues batting at the flames]

Baking soda, please.

[weeps]

And I wish I knew. I haven't done this in so long I cannot even remember the last time I set a stove on fire. . .!

tech lab.

[lecarre]

[... Ange peers into the room cautiously, and then looks relieved when it's just Sharon there.

She wanders in, looking around thoughtfully.]

... The "Chairman", Miss Sharon...?

[maidforservice]

[yes it is just Sharon wearing a CUTE SPACE DRESS playing around with science goggles, it's fine]

Oh! Good morning, Miss Ange.

[a smile as she swivels around to face her]

The Chairman-- Lady Irina-- is my employer.

inn kitchen

[uhhhmagic]

Oh, so you're a Gary then? Don't take this one out too, or you're responsible for feeding all these beggars and children.

[THANKS GARY.]

[maidforservice]

[SHE HASN'T SEEN THE GARY SIGN YET]

[calmly and evenly as she continues to try and punch out the flames with a kitchen towel--]

My name is Sharon, sir. It's on my profile

kitchen!

[dianxias]

[ ah.

well! also appearing calm is one xie lian, who spots the smoke and pokes his head in, because he's dealt with such a situation, before! ]

Oh - I know how to solve this, just a moment!! [ and scurrying over to the pantry, he grabs one of those big cans of m*rtons salt, checks the label to make sure it's not flour (a mistake he's made before)

and proceeds to go dump it on the fire! i googled it apparently this works ]

[maidforservice]

[this tag reminds Al of a worse time in life where she thought flour could be used to put out kitchen fires. SHE WAS SO YOUNG AND NAIVE THEN. . .]

Oh. . .!

[she jerks back at XL dumps salt on the flour, which quickly smothers it. SHE IS SAFE]

Thank you for your assistance, sir. That could have been quite dangerous.

[YOU THINK???]

kitchen!

[siblingless]

[oh my god

She is immediately running to find salt and a lid to smother the fire.]

Kreuger-san, what happened?!

[maidforservice]

[STEPS. . . BACK to let Sumire do that. she is also going to try to find some baking soda or salt to help put this fire out]

Sharon, please!

[is now the time to correct names oh my god??]

And it seems I had a bit of an accident!

kitchen

[bisouled]

[ yeah, she recognizes that smell - and is immediately alarmed by it. Fiora's rushing into the kitchen as soon as she sees the smoke, and is relieved to see nothing more than a small kitchen fire. ]

Oh, no! What have you done? What did you burn?

[ she doesn't want to throw water on it if it's a grease fire... ]

[maidforservice]

[it's a grease fire]

Bacon.

[she admits that easily with a DEEP SIGH that one might give if they were mildly inconvenience in some way and not, you know, staring down a FIRE]

Please retrieve some baking soda for me, if you will.

kitchen

[misstrust]

Who died?!

[ As Dorothy bursts in, looking a little panicked and also ready to maybe punch someone? Deck a fire???? ]

[maidforservice]

[DOROTHY?!?!?!]

Goodness, certainly my skills have not regressed that much. . .!

kitchen

[yamantaka]

[ something is pulling him towards the kitchen. maybe it's the smell of burnt food, but shima is poking his head into the room and looking around ]

So, huh, what's cooking?

[maidforservice]

[there's been an itch, a sort of nagging feeling, something crawling up and down her spine since she woke up. . . and while she's been ignoring it, it's only now that it seems to ease up a bit. she'd think about what that means if she weren't, you know. dealing with a fire??]

A fire, so it seems.

[why is she SO CALM]

Would you please offer me your assistance, sir?

tech laab

[sacredchants]

[ well, someone else is here exploring everything that's new and exciting so she won't make much of a fuss. there is something amusing about the way that she just places the goggles over her eyes.

... not that she'll laugh about it. (loudly.) ]

The Chairman?

[maidforservice]

[it's okay, Sharon herself is giving a little giggle. she has amused herself!]

My Chairman. Lady Irina is my employer, and also the Chairman of one of the biggest technology companies in Western Zemuria.

[WILL IZUMO KNOW LIKE, ANY OF THOSE WORDS]

kitchen

[stillnot]

[ clem immediately comes and starts? putting out the fire?? at least she seems to know how to do it pretty well. ]

Why do people keep wrecking the kitchen?

[maidforservice]

[SHE SOUNDS. . . APOLOGETIC]

Believe me when I say this was not intentional. Nor have I ever set fire to the kitchen in all my years as a maid before now.

[:( :( :(]

lab

[reconnective]

[sora finds himself walking into the lab at that moment, blinking in surprise but offering sharon a grin.]

Was your Chairman a scientist or something? [science, technology, it's truly all the same to him.]

[maidforservice]

[close enough. . .!]

Heehee, you're not too far off.

[lowering the goggles from her eyes]

She's the Chairman of one of the biggest technology companies in Western Zemuria.