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.

NAVIGATION locations ₓ˚. statuses *+:｡ ic profiles :ₓo ic rules ･ﾟﾟ･｡ audience requests murder proposals ｡✧o private conversations ･ﾟo｡ curfew ･ﾟ✧ memories

Comments

[reconnective]

What, like a warning? "If you do this, we will find you"? Maybe...it'd be nice if people listened, at least.

[siblingless]

[She nods.]

... It sounds worse when you put it that way, but yes. [Morosely.] Me, too. I hope it's completely unnecessary.

[reconnective]

I don't have another way to put it. I'm not the one who made the rules. [but he sighs.] I really hope it's completely unnecessary, too, but...it makes me wonder if this means the leaders really think we're at a risk for repeating last week.

[siblingless]

Well... That depends. Do we know for a fact that the leaders wrote the rules?

[reconnective]

No. It would make the most sense since they contact us over the PHS, but if it's not them then what? The Realm?

[siblingless]

Hmm... Perhaps we ought to ask? There were some features that were created from nova, after all.

[reconnective]

It couldn't hurt. [it's actually smart, so thanks for holding the braincell sumi.] It feels like every time I get an answer about one thing I end up with at least three more questions. Even now, I'm not sure I really get how the nova works.

[siblingless]

[She will hold the braincell.................. this once.]

That would make the two of us. There's so much I just can't wrap my head around.

[reconnective]

Me either. Sometimes it feels like the Realm's really making us work for it even though we're supposed to be helping it. It seems kind of dumb.

[siblingless]

... It does feel like that. I want to lend a hand, of course, but isn't this all a little counterproductive?

[reconnective]

Yeah. But if that's what it wants to do, how do we change that?

[siblingless]

... The realm was affected by Viridian-san's actions. Could we perhaps teach it to be nicer through positive actions?

[reconnective]

I've been thinking about that, too. It sounds like a good idea, doesn't it? And it doesn't take much to be more positive than that. [not killing people is a great start.]

[siblingless]

It does. I wonder what's the best way to go about it... If we want to influence the realm, then it has to be something that'll leave an impression.

[Like, not killing people.]

[reconnective]

Clementine and I talked about doing something like a game night to bring people together and get to know each other better. Kind of like Claude's party but on a smaller scale. Fun can be a pretty powerful thing.