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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[riegan]

— Regular Bridge, Monday (Evening)

(No doubt, people are going to try to cross the bridge to check out what lies beyond! Or they'll have to come back to return to the side they've grown familiar with over the recent week. In the evening, you can catch Claude leaning against the railing, scrolling through his PHS (or typing away at something).

It looks like he's just going to mind his own business but if you think that then you really don't know Claude. Whenever he hears someone approaching, he looks up and makes eye contact,)

Hey, got a minute? Sorry, it's kind of a heavy topic... but where you're from, what do you usually do after a person dies?

— WILDCARD

(Hit me up!!! I'm always down to PC. My plurk is diejoubu and disco is eski#9874. )

[chanteuser]

[ well. this isn't what she expected to be talking about when crossing the bridge? hi claude? ]

Um-- [ she's talking before she stops, like her body is catching up with her brain. ]-- it depends on who it was that died, I think.

[riegan]

Of course. ( The distinction is important and he clarifies, ) Let's say it was someone you liked.

[heartablaze]

[She's already futzing about on the riverbank, tracing out a spot with her foot as though she's trying to measure something and mark it off with pebbles from the river, so Claude will probably get to watch her fiddle about doing this for a while before she finally gets called.]

...Huh?

You mean, what we do for a funeral?

[riegan]

( Interesting! He might have watched for a little while before speaking up, yeah. )

Sure. ( He hadn't really been specific and that was on purpose. So Hikaru's world has a funeral service? ) Would you mind explaining?

[sacredchants]

You're right; a bit of a heavy topic to stop people for.

[ hmm. now isn't this a funny topic to ask her of all people? either way, she'll take it in stride with a shrug. ...which is not answering his question. rip. ]

[riegan]

What can I say? I'm curious. I know what would happen back home but I've got nothing for this place, especially when there are so many different people here.

(What would even be the right thing to do?? Anyway,)

... How about I tell you about my place first then you tell me about yours?

[stillnot]

Shoot them in the head.

[ ... ]

And... Funerals. If we can.

[riegan]

(Uh)

That's... interesting?

(What does he even hecking say? He's an open minded guy! And he's probably one of the last people to ever judge another's customs?? But that's???)

Is there a reason why?

[evocationary]

Kind of a dire question, isn't it?

[ she looks vaguely amused. and also fidgety, but that's fine. ]

It depends on what you mean? Do you mean like, funerals, or where they go?

[riegan]

I know. It just seems relevant to ask.

(Considering recent events. )

Either but I admit, I'm interested in both. (But something is up with Lup and he raises a brow,) You don't have to answer if you don't want to.

(Had he maybe touched a sore subject?)

[tensecondsahead]

We have sky burials where I'm from. What do you do?

[riegan]

Woah, wait a minute... what if I wanted to ask about sky burials?

(EXCUSE ME? Don't just open with that and not explain.)

[suddenlybees]

[ Kano, with his hood up all the time to avoid specifically this, ]

I dunno, lie on the ground for two to four weeks and then get up and get on with your life?

[riegan]

(There's no escaping Claude von Riegan once he has his sights on you,)

And yet, here you are on your feet, Kano.

(Not on the ground after three deaths.)

[antaressnipe]

A coin is placed underneath the deceased's tongue, so that they might pay Charon's toll and be ferried across the river of death.

[The fact that Chiron answers with no hesitation]

[riegan]

That's kind of messed up, isn't it? You'd think after dying, you'd finally be free from material things like money.

... If you believe in that sort of thing; there being something beyond death.

[dianxias]

[ this is probably not the first time that claude has seen xie lian since this whole affection thing started, but here he is!

when claude looks at him and makes eye contact, he tilts his head. ]

Do you mean what sort of services are performed? Or what happens to them after the fact?

[riegan]

Either.

(He's not picky!)

I've always been interested in learning about customs and beliefs in other places.

[robopriest]

Perform the proper rites, of course.

[He says, easily, like he's said this a million times before.]

It's in my duties as a priest to help a soul move on to its rightful place, and ask for the mercy and salvation of God.

[uhhhmagic]

Depends? What did they have in their pockets, mostly.

[WOW]

[assistance]

[ while alyssa is taken by surprise by claude's straightforwardness... she replies in a just as curt manner, while also completely dodging the original question: ]

Are you asking because you're curious about how to remember the three who died this weekend?

[siblingless]

[She hesitates, just a bit.]

... Why do you ask?

[yamantaka]

Haah, well, there's quite a lot to do when it comes to funerals.

[ sounds like he has a lot of experience ]

[frostythehitman]

Depends on what culture they're from and how they died.

Why?