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!

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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[stillnot]

Uhh... Georgia.

What's up? [ what's this about? ]

[heartablaze]

I'm just trying something! Like... a memory thing, sorta. [Where did she get that pen from? Who knows. It's here, it's being held out to you.]

Can you write that down, Clem-chan? With your name?

And, um... something you really like to eat, if you could have anything in the world.

[stillnot]

A memory thing?

[ clementine takes the pen very carefully so she doesn't accidentally shock hikaru... and writes down Clementine - Georgia, USA. (Earth). who knows. maybe people need the clarification.

and it takes her a very long time to think of anything to write down for a food. she eventually settles on coffee, which, like. sure. close enough.]

[heartablaze]

[we do not judge any food choices here in casa de shidou, it's fine]

Mmm. The PHS is removing those pictures and profiles of everybody if they're removed, you know?

I know it might be a little silly, but... I thought I could try something with this. Like... a way for people to remember each other, all together, even if our minds forget. But that's gotta start with who you are, and where you're from, and something only you could know but that's easy to talk about, right?

[Clementine is definitely close enough to feel that that shoujo sunshine happiness, while all very sincere, is stomping out some pretty regretful, fearful thorns underneath.]

[stillnot]

[ wild and unfamiliar. like legitimately clem is having a hard time processing those shoujo feelings, because for her it's the opposite. there's a tense anxiety and caution, a hyper-vigilance of sorts. a deep, deep exhaustion and worry. and then a small, small undercurrent of warmth at current company.

and as if that warmth isn't as dulled as it is, clem gives a small smile. ]

That's a really nice idea. I thought about suggesting some kind of funeral, but... I don't know. Didn't seem like my place.

[heartablaze]

There's a little shrine in the inn lobby now - did you see it? It's for paying respects. [Not quite the same, but it's something.] The leaders said they gave them as best a sendoff as they could, but... I know a lot of people have different ideas about funerals, you know? At least, from what Claude asked the other week, that's... that's the feeling I got.

I don't want to remember them only with regrets, or to see a shrine and only be sad. I think, sometimes, that's a little hard. But all of us writing down what makes us who we are, the good things we know from each other, what we miss that makes it hard to not have the removed around anymore...

I want to see if we can remember that, together.

[stillnot]

I'm used to not getting to keep anything from the dead.

But - if we can keep something. A shrine or a list like this. It's better that way.

[heartablaze]

Do people do special things with the dead in Georgia, Clem-chan?

[this hurt to write with my own hands]

[stillnot]

Nnnot that I know of.

I think it was pretty standard stuff. Funerals or... Whatever. Say a few words at their grave. [ but what does she know, society collapsed when she was a kid. ]