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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Comments

[recrowns]

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.

[sacredchants]

[ 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? ]

[recrowns]

[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.

[sacredchants]

[ 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.