redactable | WEEK ONE: MINGLE

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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[bad.]

That sounds... really awful. [...] Worse than "really awful," actually.

It's fine.

Tell me something you remember from your world.

Something I remember...

[hmm. there are a lot of things she remembers from her world (it's still early, yet!), so she has to take some time to think about it.]

...what kind of memory do you want to hear about?

Hm... Something from your childhood, maybe? That's what I gave you.

Umm... let's see.

...when I was really little, I got sick. My cousin got sick, too. We stayed together so that we wouldn't infect anyone else, and... his father came to visit him, but mine didn't. We overheard people say that my father was too afraid of getting sick to come and visit, and that... well, it was upsetting.

A little while later, my favorite dish was sent to us. I tried it... and it was so gross! It turned out, my father had made it, and he brought it himself.

[her expression softens into a smile.]

That was the most disgusting meal I ever had, but it was the most delicious, too.

That's cute.

Sounds like he tried at least.

He did.

[it's a good memory!

it would be a shame if she forgot it some week.]

[ noooooooo ]

Were you close with him?

Mhm.

...I sort of took it for granted that he would always be there. I wish I'd done more when we had time together, but - I do treasure the time we had.

Me too. It's easy to feel like nothing's going to change, when you're little.

Yeah... it is. And then you grow up, and you realize that everything can change in just a matter of seconds.

Can I ask what happened?

In my world it's always obvious what happened, but... Not for everyone else's worlds.

...he was killed.

[depressing.]

[ oh. uhh. ]

Sorry to hear that.

...

[she's not really sure what to say to that, other than:]

It wasn't your fault. You didn't know.

[ she considers asking why it happened but settles on something else instead. ]

Is that why you're traveling?

[she nods]

Mhm. Once that happened, I had to leave.

It's... Kind of the same for me.

[ vaguely ]

[ah... yikes.]

...it's hard, isn't it? You know you've gotten stronger because of it, and getting stronger is definitely a good thing, but it still feels a little unfair that it was necessary in the first place.