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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[suddenlybees]

[ Did he ever get his glasses back......... ]

Chainsaw.

[papasha]

[He absolutely did not, KANO.]

My. What do you need a chainsaw for exactly...?

[suddenlybees]

[ delightedly adds Blanca's glasses to Kano's inventory ]

Secret~ It's, like, a surprise gift for someone? Very hush hush.

[papasha]

[STOP HIS GLASSES]

A surprise gift to someone, or a surprise gift for someone?

[suddenlybees]

Both...?

[ What's the difference? ]

[papasha]

[He hates this.]

I see. And what do you plan to compensate me with if I help you to retrieve it?

[suddenlybees]

I didn't.

[ haha ]

I'll give you an IOU? You'd be, like, last in line behind three other people, though.

[papasha]

[smh]

I suppose I'll have to hold onto the rotor then until you have something to give me in return.

[suddenlybees]

It's not yours to keep!

[ The blender is public property! He insists as he was going to take it for himself anyways. ]

Can't you just, like, I dunno, trade a favor for a favor? I don't own anything useful, but I can at least be useful. Just give me a job.

[papasha]

[Heh heh.]

Favors don't hold up very well where I'm from. [He is thoughtful for a bit.] All right. I'll give you a job in return.

On one day of my choosing, you have to do whatever I say.

[suddenlybees]

Okay.

[ He agrees very very easily, hand extended, pinky out. Being at the whims of another person? Not unfamiliar. ]

Only a calendar day, though, so you better come find me at midnight sharp to get your time's worth!

[papasha]

[He really did agree way too easily.]

Only a calendar day. No tricks. So long as you promise no tricks of your own.

[He extends his offering of the pinky promise.]

Now, I believe we can get you that rotor.

[suddenlybees]

[ He makes that pinky promise, but he says nothing about no tricks. Tricks are subjective! Kano is a good boy who never plays any tricks ever. ]

Yeah, alright~! You said we got everything we need in the lab? Let's go back!

[papasha]

[This is the biggest, boldest lie I have ever in my life seen written on the Internet.]

We should, yes. All right then, let's go back. After you.

[suddenlybees]

[ timeskips all the way back to the lab bc it's that sort of day--

Presumably Blanca tells him where to go once they're back at the station and they make it to the lab, though the door is heavy enough that Kano's got to wedge part of the blender in there and squeeze himself through instead of trying to open the door up any further. ]

Maybe you can, like, dismantle those hinges while you're at it...

[papasha]

[Kano..........

Blanca is by no means a mechanic, but he seems to be pretty handing with getting the blender apart with some tools. He takes his time, though, being "careful," which is simply a means to make Kano be patient.]

You mean the one with the operating room?

[suddenlybees]

[ Blanca is a terrible mechanic and he's going to ask Al to smash blenders for him next time. ]

All the hinges! Can't lock us in if there aren't any doors, right?

[papasha]

[This is so rude. He's taking this apart just for Kano, even when Kano claimed to have nothing in return. Out of the goodness of his heart. That's just so rude!!]

I think you're right, in theory. But perhaps you should worry more about what the doors won't keep in than what they keep out.

[suddenlybees]

[ Kano can be rude and Blanca can be stupid, it's not mutually exclusive ]

Oh... You're right. We gotta keep at least one door so we can lock Hikaru inside.

[papasha]

[STOP

He sounds amused when he says,] I beg your pardon? [but doesn't stop what he's doing with the blender.]

Do you and Miss Shidou not get along?

[suddenlybees]

About as well as I get along with anybody else~

[ He is not out there making friends, I do not know how to write making friends ]

But it would be very funny if it were her.

[papasha]

[Minato and Hisoka were friends.]

That isn't very nice, you know. Karma is going to come back around for you if you keep talking that way.

[suddenlybees]

[ were Minato and Hisoka friends ]

Karma's already doing double duty to me, so it'll just a drop in the ocean. Anyways, it's not like I would do it? [ "It's not like I know how to use doors" I wrote and then walked away for half an hour ]

[papasha]

[Yeah, they're the "someone is going to die" "OF FUN" meme.]

Oh? Someone could teach you. Why ask someone to do something for you that you could do yourself?

[suddenlybees]

Weak grip strength. Why do something myself when I can get others to do it for me?