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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[sacredchants]

THESE ARE FROM TUESDAY AND ONWARD...
VR ROOM;

[ there are a lot of new places to explore with the new week and izumo has definitely been interested in a lot of it. One of them is, of course, the vr room. she'll have figured it out (mostly) and will start off sitting on the ground in the middle of the room that has taken the appearance of a shrine. there will be statues of foxes decorating the shrine but mostly it's just the open air, trees in the distance, and a general sense of calm. (if such a thing is allowed)

eventually, though, she'll get off the ground and move towards one of the fox statues and watch her hand pass right through it. ]

I didn't need to see this again.

[ cue her going to turn off the display. maybe stop her? ]

DOCKING BAY;

[ sometimes there is plenty to see that doesn't involve doing things that may or may not be dicey but then sometimes there is something that really can't be ignored. case in point, the fact that there are space suits and an airlock. she'll be staring out of the openings wherever possible, but... hmm.

hmm! ]

Hey, want to test it out to see if we're really in space?

[ she does not, in any capacity, mean that she wants to test it out herself. please keep this in mind. ]

WILDCARD;

[ henlo i'm here for anything. hmu on on disco (fruitpop#3649) or on my plurk (shockwires) if you wanna plot something out o/!!! ]

vr.

[lecarre]

[she didn't mean to stumble into something so private--in all honesty, she had no idea what this room was for or anything.

But.

Now that she's here...]

Oh, please, wait, miss! But it's so beautiful--!

[sacredchants]

[ she didn't mean to but it's fine, and izumo's hand will stop just shy of the "off" button before she turns around. she just stares for a moment as she decides on how she wants to respond to this. ]

It's not nice to sneak up on people.

[ not that she was really sneaking intentionally...? probably. ]

[lecarre]

[She was not, but also, a valid assumption.

Ange straightens immediately.]

I--I'm very sorry! That is true. This was all very rude of me, I just--um, I had no idea what was in here. But...

It is so lovely.

VR room;

[recrowns]

[soo-won probably wandered in on accident? and he doesn't know anything about VR so he was just walking around like wow there's a shrine in the space station

but he'll turn to the sound of her voice - ]

Oh, are you going to alter something? Could I have another moment? I haven't finished looking around.

[sacredchants]

[ it shouldn't be a surprise to her that people will and can just waltz into wherever they want but, well, it's always something to force herself to deal with each time. ]

I was going to turn it off.

[ ... ]

What else did you want to see?

[recrowns]

Off....?

[he points to the fox statues]

I'd like to look at these in more detail, if that's alright. Are you familiar with this area?

docking bay!

[siblingless]

[Too bad she's assuming Izumo means they should test it out together. Peering curiously at the space suits...]

Have you ever used one of these? It would be dangerous if we truly are in space and mess up.

[sacredchants]

[ SUMI NO. but izumo will be unflappable and totally keep going with the hope that sumi is volunteering herself to be yeeted outside. ]

I haven't, but that's why one of us should stay inside to make sure things don't end terribly.

[siblingless]

[Terrible. The sad part is that she will probably do it, even if she eyes the airlock with trepidation.]

What should the other do if it fails?

docking bay

[antaressnipe]

My curiosity aside? Not particularly.

[Are there any suits that would cover up Chiron? God.]

[sacredchants]

[ ah.

no horses allowed in space??? we need to fight for chiron rights. u_u ]

Why not?

[antaressnipe]

I prefer my hooves on the ground, strictly speaking.

[And there probably is a suit for him but how would he even put it on? There'd need to be at least another person helping him out, so...

Nah, he's fine where he's at]

docking bay

[chanteuser]

...

Y'know, I think I'm absolutely fine assuming we are and staying where I am.

[ smile. SMILE. ]

[sacredchants]

No sense in adventure?

[ COME ON. INDULGE HER. ]

[chanteuser]

[ smile. ]

You could try it if you want?

vr

[exercisms]

[Poking his head in? Is that how it works, I don't know. But before she turns it off, gaping a little.]

Wow.

[sacredchants]

[ who knows how this works but she'll stop short of turning it off when he makes himself known. ]

Oh. [ ... ] Did...you want to keep looking..?

[exercisms]

It's so pretty.

[He does seem like he's enjoying himself?]

vr

[stillnot]

[ it's really pretty and clem has literally never seen anything like this place... but that's not important, is it? ]

Bad memories?

[sacredchants]

[ it might be important... now, will clem stop her from turning it off aside? ]

Something like that.

[stillnot]

[ regrettably, clem just lets her turn it off. she doesn't want anyone to have to face somewhere that they don't want to.

so she sounds pretty tentative when she offers: ]

It's pretty.

VR!

[dianxias]

[ oh... xie lian didn't mean to sneak up on her, but what a lovely sight. when izumo speaks, he blinks, startled from where he's taking in the layout of the virtual reality, and turns to look at her. ]

It's quite beautiful. Is it a shrine to a certain god...?

[ he won't stop her from going to turn it off, but he does look a little bit disappointed! :( ]

[sacredchants]

[ sorry, xie lian, but izumo is going to turn it off before she answers him. it's nice that he seems to understand what he was looking at, at least? nevertheless—her lowers some. ]

Byakko.

[ she totally doesn't expect for him to know it so, she'll clarify. ]

Fox gods and those who have received their blessing.

[dianxias]

[ xie lian pauses, trying to think if he's ever heard of a fox god.



....all that comes to mind is hua cheng, who is neither a god nor a fox. hm. ]

I see! [ does he. ] How curious, the gods of each world may be different, but our surroundings are all still the same... Miss, did you used to spend time in such a place?