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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[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?

[papasha]

Gaining better grip strength. And experience.

[His lips curl up some.

He waves the detached rotor section back and forth between his fingers, but doesn't hand it over.]

You're going to have to find a way to attach it to the circuit board inside of the bottom half of the blender, if you want the controls.

[suddenlybees]

Wha... I was thinking more like I could plug it into a wall and it goes whirrrrrrrrrrrrrrr?

[ He does the spinny thing with is finger. Controls are beyond him, he just wants it switched permanently on and will start spinning when plugged in. ]

[papasha]

[Kano is giving me grey hairs.]

Well, you might be able to accomplish that with the right person you coerce. I'm unfortunately not an engineer.

You really shouldn't have something so dangerous. All of us have quite a lot to worry about besides you getting into trouble.

[suddenlybees]

[ This is such an innocent request and Blanca won't let him have this /: ]

Then, like, don't worry about me getting into trouble? That's a me problem, nothing to do with you.

[papasha]

Ah, but it is a me problem now because I'm the one who helped you get the blades. You see? Your actions rest on a giant web of consequence, and the whole web feels the vibration when things go amiss.

[He puts the rotor down on the bench table between Kano and himself.

He doesn't offer it, but it's sitting there.]

[suddenlybees]

[ Why is he having this conversation multiple times. ]

Is the shopkeeper responsible if a man buys a knife and shoots somebody else?

[ He takes the rotor. ]

[papasha]

[His smile is thin.]

The man got both of those things all on his own. He didn't have anyone else do it for him.

[suddenlybees]

[ He waves the rotor in the air for a second before slipping it into his pocket. ]

And I took this from you all on my own. From here on, it's just me, so you're resolved of any involvement, alright?