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

[antaressnipe]

... A rather pessimistic view, but I can't deny that might well happen.

[suddenlybees]

Will our chances of survival be higher if we cull our numbers early?

[ There's probably some sort of math that'll determine the longest survival time for the greatest number of people, balancing the two extremes of keeping everybody alive and burning through the food supply and quickly ultimately starving to death, versus sacrificing a bunch of people so the few left over can live longer on the limited amount of food.

Math. ]

[antaressnipe]

... It depends.

[He asks, so Chiron will answer to the best of his ability, so:]

If we do not consider the competition or that we are supposed to be retrieving Nova, then -- yes. Less numbers would burn through the food supply at a shorter pace.

But it is important to consider the emotions of those who manage to survive. Culling numbers could cause many of them to lose faith, and so lead to more death.

[suddenlybees]

So... kill off the weak, essentially. The ones who are gonna drag you all down.

[ Like him! It's nice when things are justified in backtags. ]

Haha, isn't that a thought? For the best chance of survival, you gotta pick and choose who lives and who dies.

[antaressnipe]

[Card we're gonna fight in the parking lot later]

I would prefer that not be the case.

[suddenlybees]

[ haha yeah ]

Isn't that what the rules tell us to do anyways? Number eight~

[ Everybody sure chose who to die! ]