redactable | WEEK ONE: MINGLE

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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[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.

[ 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?

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?

Off. [ nod. like this helps but izumo is just going to assume most people aren't going to reading the instructions or even know about technology. ] All of this is simulated. It's why you can touch anything.

But I am; it's where I grew up.

[ and without any other pretext, she'll have it zoom in on one of the fox statues. ]

Is that better?

[whoa!! his eyes sparkle a little bit when the zoom happens and he nods - ]

It is! Thank you.

[he'll admire it, tilting his head as he tries to take in every detail]

Could you tell me about it? Only if you want to, of course.

[ she's happy that he's taking an interest to the fox statues, especially considering everything else, but... ]

I'm not sure what you want to hear. [ she'll cross her arms across her chest. ] Do you want to know about the place or the statues?

Both?

[don't ask him questions like this - but he'll also turn back to her]

Or if you have any memories of this place you'd be willing to share? I think that might add to the history of it.

[ it's fine, she's used to another person who answers her questions with questions. ]

I supposed the two are tied together, but if you haven't thought about it, but the shrine is dedicated to fox gods. The statute you're looking at is a representation of one of them.

[ are they accurate or are they not? she will not expand on it. ]

The land is sacred land for the god and as tribute to being able to live there, the people built statutes of them to show their respects as well as created places for offerings. [ hmmm...a memory... ] As for my memory of it—I spent a lot of time running up and down those stairs.

[ it's....lacking, yes, but. spoilers? ]

[he hums thoughtfully at that, looking at the fox statue even as he listens to her explanation, nodding along]

Ah... the relationship between people and the gods truly vary from place to place - but there's always a sense of worship, isn't there?

[innnnteresting. he looks back to her, tilting his head to the side]

Did you have fun doing that? It sounds tiring.

[ she'll hum thoughtfully at that. it seems like common sense to her but her background is nothing but this. ]

It seems to be the natural course of action for most people, if you ask me. If there's a higher being that provide something that no one else can—why not admire that being?

[ it's the same of how the earliest building blocks of society was created. the strongest who could provide protection for others. the smartest who could endure... ]

But I wouldn't call it fun—it was just that I had a lot of reasons that took be up and down those stairs.

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