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WEEK TWO: MINGLE

WEEK TWO: MINGLE
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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!

NAVIGATION

locations ₓ˚. statuses *+:｡ ic profiles :ₓo ic rules ･ﾟﾟ･｡ audience requests
murder proposals ｡✧o private conversations ･ﾟo｡ curfew ･ﾟ✧ memories

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i. the town - pub

[ alex is sat at one of the tables in the bar. she's in an outfit that seems to fit in with the theme of this whole place well enough, although the bandana is untied and on the table.

the table, where she is sat there also happens to be a full botle of wine; a glass, which she is drinking the aforementioned wine from, and a bowl of fish stew with bread, which she doesn't seem to be touching. ]

... Could've done with this yesterday, but at least it's here now.

ii. the town - houses

[ perhaps you are just exploring. perhaps you have already explored the entire town and are used the layout, you're just passing by.

either way, you'll find alex stood by one of the houses, hand hovering over the handle of the doorknob but not moving to open it. ]

... I know there's no one here but it feels a bit like trespassing to just wander into these houses.

[ ...

nothing about her body language suggests she's not gonna though? ]

iii. wild

[ the normal wildcard niceties go here. hit me up on discord to chat about a thread, or sort some pcs, etc, etc. ]

Edited 2020-10-12 17:09 (UTC)

If we'd had it yesterday, everyone would have massive hangovers today. Though I guess I should prepare some hangover cures anyway, just to be prepared.

[Hi, he's coming to sit down at the table with her. He's not dressed up though, he's got his same boring robes on.]

Edited 2020-10-12 17:45 (UTC)

[ where’s your sense of pirate adventure, shiro? ]

Can you do that with the things available here? [ she’s getting up to get another glass, so she can pour him some wine. might as well get gently sloshed together. at least the wine is chilling her out a bit so that’s the most emotion he’s going to get from her right now, haha. ]

Almonds should be easy to get, and maybe ginger root. Prickly pear and willow bark might be a little harder. But if I have those four ingredients, I can make it.

You don't actually eat those things, by the way. You dry them all out and brew a tea made from them.

...

I was going to say, that sounds like a terrible snack.

Well, you know what they say: the best medicines taste the worst.

...

Maybe splitting this bottle is a better idea then. Prevention is the best cure, or something?

Ha! That's true too.

[Give him a glass, Alex. He'll share.]

[ she will do just that and push the bottle over to him as well. ]

Cheers then. If these new locations are going to keep vanishing, we might as well enjoy accessible alcohol while we can.

Yeah, might as well. Though I'm hoping they can at least keep up the liquor at these places. I don't smoke anymore, so drinking is one of the few vices I can indulge in.

[ there's just a long pause there. smoking, huh. ]

...

I'm starting to think this place was really into the idea of gathering up the most atypical priests it could.

It did, didn't it?

[And since he's already found out that he won't literally die for sharing secrets:]

I never wanted to be a priest. I don't believe in God, or in Heaven, or any of that. But it was a choice between 'be killed' or 'become a man of the cloth', so here we are.

[ wow, secrets. ]

... People are pretty determined when it comes to staying alive. I never liked my first job either.

[ ... ] I guess it's not something you can just up and leave once you've committed and your life's on the line?

First jobs are usually the worst, so I can drink to that.

[He would drink to anything right now.]

Nope. I'm in for life. The powers that be made it very clear that if I ever tried to leave, I'd be killed right away.

It could be worse, though. Most of the messages in the church- be kind, help others, be a good person- I can stand behind. So it's not like everything's a lie. It's just a shame that so many people need to hear 'be good because God told you to' instead of 'be good because it's the right thing to do.'

[ haha!

he has no idea. ]

... I've never really thought much about religion. If I did, I'd probably think I'd been abandoned by this point, one way or another. Most of the kindness and saving I've had has been thanks to much more solid hands, rather than spiritual ones.

[ ... ]

Maybe threatening people in your clergy isn't a particularly "good" thing to do though.

"Most of the kindness and saving I've had has been thanks to much more solid hands," huh?

[He sounds amused, but there's definitely a feeling of 'boy I know that mood' and absolute sadness. He understands it a bit too well.]

Yeah, most of them are rotten to the core. The few good ones though, they make it worth tolerating the rest.

I've... had my life ruined by people, but also saved by people as well. It's always been people, not concepts.

Although I don't hate the idea of believing in something so strongly it guides you.

[ she just... doesn't know if she can. or if she'd ever be able to. ]

Yeah? Corruption runs deep in a lot of things.

It sounds like corruption runs deep in the world you live in too. Some things never change.

[Or maybe they do, since Alex found help somewhere.]

Who was it who saved you? Someone you keep in touch with?

[ she takes a sip of her wine, and nods. ] It's a bit sad that neither of us are surprised by that.

Mm. I live with them.

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