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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[sacredchants]

[ izumo continues to take in the shrine and imagines how it'd look like in a year or even after a few months of proper care. it'd never be like where she grew up but there's no reason it had to be. ]

As long as you have somewhere to call home—it's not so bad. [ a brief pause. ] Have you thought of bringing anyone in to help?

[dianxias]

I haven't. [ with a small, sheepish smile.

izumo's inspection of said shrine won't give her lots of specific details apparently, but there's a small altar visible, with candles and incense, and a lovely painting hanging directly over the mantle. if you squint it's maybe a tiny, tiny bit familiar?

too bad this is vr so. ] The village that Puji Shrine serves is quite small, and I don't have the money to pay anyone to help... plus, the god that the shrine serves does not have many followers, so we don't receive offerings very often.

[sacredchants]

Sometimes anyone ever needs is bed to sleep in and food for their belly.

[ is she speaking from experience here? who knows, either way she still considers his reply as well as squinting at what looks like it might be a familiar.

if only it is one of those "one of these things doesn't quite look like the other". ]

Well, maybe some day someone will come and help you out. It's not always about money.