WEEK TWO: MINGLE

[retellers]

WEEK TWO: MINGLE (37 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, and new buildings within the town have been unlocked. Finally, should anyone check their PHS, Cater, Sharon, and Kano'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. If you break the current ninth rule, participants will get shocked. It will be a mild shock at first, but the longer they touch each other, the stronger it will get. On that note, if your character did not share a memory last week, please make sure to check your notifs! Participants may also find that their memories of the past few weeks are getting fuzzier... as though they can't recall some of the details without focusing. Finally, this week, every time a participant gets within one foot of someone, they will experience the emotions the other person is currently feeling and vice-versa. This will last for ten seconds even after they've stepped out of their personal bubble, after which the sharing itself might share, but the knowledge will not. Have fun!

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Comments

[reconnective]

[sora is just good at steering boats and being a pirate i guess. we'll go with that. the skeletons have all proven to be utterly worthless and this is his boat now. mob and soo-won are somewhere vibin' and elsa's...sure trying!

and so he steers the ship closer to the port as he yells over to the kraken.]

Heeeeyyyy! Are you coming or not? We'll make a trade! Money for Lup!

[retellers]

[ The girls and Zuko succeed in putting the captain's entire body in the cannon alongside the ring, and shoot him off into the distance. He lands somewhere Francia gets to pick for hilarity.

The crew finally realizes what happened and rush to the side of the fort ]

Captain Jeff!!!! Noooooooooooooooooo!!!!

[ jeff, as well, wakes up right as this is happening, and screams in a barely audible tone: ]

'tis all yer fault jimmy doorington th' third!! curse ye 'n yer alcoholic sprog!!! ye dead scallywag!!!!

[robopriest]

[Wow! Gold! He doesn't care!]

Move aside. [Yeah, he's going for the outfit. He doesn't care. Pirate time now. He even puts on the hat, swinging the coat onto himself as he turns back to the bounty hunter.]

Well, go for it, Rufus. All yours. [well, until the kraken takes its fair share, but he doesn't know that.] Swim in it for all I care.

[A beat.]

[Yeah he's going to swipe up the jar of dirt. This is his now. He doesn't even know why, but maybe it's important! Its a jar of dirt. He's Hansa Sparrow, now.]

[arkitect]

Acceptable terms.

[it isn't as though he has to go too far out of his way to get the liquor if he loses or they both do, after all. it's fine.]

Of those options, I do find myself hoping we both lose, but one never knows.

[showyourself]

[the kraken looks at elsa. elsa looks at the kraken, and gives him a very frustrated shrug? she is TRYING to get in the SPIRIT of things, and DOES NOT HAVE ANY TREASURE?]

Just follow us!

[anyway. as soon as the ship gets near enough (or at least, noisily crashes into the port), elsa will launch herself off of it, and make her way immediately to the nearest group hauling a treasure chest—jeanne and izumo—to alert them tO PAY THE KRAKEN]

[assistance]

—See, she can still walk, it wasn't that bad!

[ THE FAULT WAS STILL YOURS, ALYSSA

that being said. uh. hey alphi hope you didn't bring pizza and make this the troy community gif. alyssa looks behind her and she's so highkey running purely on adrenaline that her first reaction is to point the gun at alphinaud. but once it registers to her that he isn't another skelefuck looking to make their days even worse, she turns his attention over to the now unconscious hikaru by. also pointing the gun at her.

it doesn't matter if it doesn't have any more bullets in it that's awful trigger discipline jesus christ ]

Can you—grab her and get here out of here? I'm—I'm kind of in the middle of something here!

[ namely, trying to thwack some stubborn ass skeletons, please,,, ]

[showyourself]

[they're both just! sitting her awkwardly now! okay!]

A mistake?

So... what's your first name?

[retellers]

[ Once they reach the port, these three will get to see a boat that is definitely not the Howling Rose, where a bunch of their friends are riding, and also Lup is being held by a kraken.

There is Elsa, who is telling them to pay the kraken.

Hm. Okay.

This is the first time I am sending this tag. ]

[frostythehitman]

[ You know what? Sure. Fuck it. It's not the weirdest thing he's ever heard before. ]

How're you so sure you're gonna find any here?

[frostythehitman]

I mean, yeah. That's kind of just how it works. There's probably some fancy psychological term for it out there somewhere.

[frostythehitman]

[ He leans down to help her up, offering her a hand. ]

[horologia]

Fiora-san!

[ fiora that is the opposite of 'i'll be fine'!! there's a reason she asked!!! can robots get concussions aaaaa first aid didn't prepare her for this

yeah that's it that's the tag, good thing the skeletons are gone already ]

[retellers]

[ The Kraken... will drop Lup. Into the water. Shiro and Hua Cheng are probably in there somewhere as well? Did they ever get out of there. Ochako is bleeding in a boat. Please, someone tend to her gunshot wound.

Anyway. It wants to be paid. The swamp group has been informed. ]

[frostythehitman]

I don't know. It's new to me. Christ. Just when I thought it couldn't get worse than the cuddling...

...

No, you know what, the cuddling was worse. This isn't so bad.

[sacredchants]

[ was.



everything this bad when they left? it was just fire right? why is there suddenly a kraken???? someone explain??? izumo's not gonna have words but instead just kind of look to jeanne then to emet-selch.

look, she's fine with handling this in the most basic fashion but she's not making verbal commentary. ]

[retellers]

[ SOMEONE PLEASE TAKE THIS GUN AWAY FROM ALYSSA, JESUS.

But Alphi can either help Alyssa or check out the passed out child. Also, there's now a pirate ship and also a Kraken in the background of this thread. What the fuck is going on here. Everything is still on fire.

But these skeletons have not been informed about the temporary cease fire, so they are definitely still trying to attack. ]

[evocationary]

[ as she's falling and splashing back into the water for a second time from high up: ]

I SAID NOT IN THE WATER you asshole!

[retellers]

[ The skeletons are gone and the barmaids are save!!! Once again the day is saved thanks to PIPE BOMBS.

but uh

someone get fiora an ice pack maybe ]

[discernments]

[ Jeanne takes in this entire sight and

Well, it scans. She's not surprised, just accepting. All right. Okay. She's fine with Emet-Selch not helping carrying this giant chest either. No one can get mad at her for reopening her wounds tonight. Soo-won said she was in the clear.

She's just going to run towards the kraken. No brakes, no fear, only adrenaline. Better keep up, Izumo!! Jeanen's not slowing down. ]

Do you think the kraken is going to turn into a skeleton if it takes this?

[ She's curious. ]

[arcsplainist]

[ Sadly pirate ships and Krakens are perfectly normal things that exist in my canon, so thankfully for Hikaru's continued state of existence, Alphinaud is at least not weirded out enough by that to like, ignore her on the floor or anything. (It's not good, but you know.)

After he freezes and watches his life flash before his eyes because will someone take this gun away from Alyssa already. But, uh, right, passed out girl. Thankfully she is, like him, small. ]

I shall see to it that she is safe—you must escape while able, as well!

[reconnective]

[the boat is at the port. they did great. the kraken drops lup and elsa disappears to go inform the swamp gang about the kraken's money. sora's going to address lup once he spots the other people nearby.]

What--check on the others and get them out of there! [he's busy keeping a hold of this boat. taako no longer has anything to blow up. but he'll look at the skeletons while keeping a grip on the wheel.]

Well? We're here, and we're getting the money. You know the deal.

[leave. his ship now.]

[showyourself]

[elsa, meanwhile, is hoofing BACK to the harbor, waving her sword at sora—and the kraken, really.]

Jeanne and Izumo are on their way with the treasure! [the payment.

and to the skeletons, as she jumps into ochako's boat to STOP HER FROM FREEBLEEDING FOR FOUR MORE HOURS:] You heard him. Go on.

[git.]

[arkitect]

What did they do here--

[lup why are you being held by a kraken what is HAPPENING.

but also, this scans. he just pinches the bridge of his nose as he sighs out slow.]

Well, whatever happens to the thing, just get it over with so we can put an end to this mess.

WRAP UP

[retellers]

[ The Kraken has been paid off and the skeletons are all done and gone, taking their captain back and hopefully getting him a husband or like, some therapy, who knows. After all of that, there's Wolf, carrying Fox under one arm and Rabbit over his shoulder. All three Leaders are full of soot from the fire. Rabbit is crying. Fox looks so serene they actually look exhausted and Wolf's jaw is clenched so tightly it's a wonder they can even open it to wrap this up. ]

... Okay. I think that should do it. You guys... [ they look at the destruction around them. explosions. fire. everyone who is here is injured in some way, minor or otherwise. ] Go take care of yourselves and sleep this off. We're done here.

[ once everyone has gone past the bridge, the next time they go, everything will be back to normal in town. Like nothing ever happened.

And a reminder that everyone who participated, even if it was for like, two comments, will be getting a reward on Friday!! Thank you for playing, we'll see you on Friday when we live again. ]

[bisouled]

[ Fiora is not getting up!! She's still breathing, though... just completely out cold.

Do you lift, Homura. Bring this robot back to the pack. ]