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

[horologia]

In theory... if we're all the only ones who remember things from our own worlds, it's impossible to prove our memories are real. Only the people from the same place might know otherwise.

[ ... but it's mild, and she's mostly sidelined her own theories on this place for now. what hikaru's aim seems to be...

hm. ]

... It's sad when people disappear with no one to remember them, isn't it?

[heartablaze]

[There's a vibrant stab of hurt, a flicker of her eyes to the discarded paper with one name in repetition, before she forces a smile.]

Yeah.

If we can't remember for ourselves, then maybe we can remember for each other.

[horologia]

[ she sees that glance, and steadfastly doesn't comment, simply smiling mildly in return even as a tinge of melancholy colors the atmosphere around them. ]

I'd thought... at the beginning of this, to simply write down everything I thought was important. And if I ever stopped being able to understand what I wrote, then all I would have to do was show someone the section I couldn't read and have them explain it back. But, knowing at least from a distance how it is for Vezda-san...

[ that odd sort of disconnect from what people are telling you... ]

What else goes on this list that we are allowing others to remember for us?

[heartablaze]

Elsa-sama had the same problem. It's... frightening. But I don't think that changes that we should let someone hold those things that are precious for us, in case it slips through our fingers entirely.

[She'll produce a new piece of paper, turning it to Homura along with a pen.]

It can be whatever you want. All I'll ask is your name, and where you are from, and something you'd like most to eat if you could have anything at all.

Anything else is what you choose! But I hope people can add to one another, too... to help fill in the holes their memories leave behind, even if they can't see them for themselves.

[horologia]

[ she accepts them both, writing down the first two easily in a tidy script, then pausing. ]

... hm. I'm not sure what to say for that last one. Maybe one of those elaborate, overdone desserts like a fancy sundae or parfait, something you supposed to share with friends... It might be nice knowing what it's like.

[ but like, she hasn't really paid much attention to her diet in as much as things she enjoys for a long time? ]

[heartablaze]

We could probably make one with what they have in the kitchen! Parfaits can be a lot of fun.

[Homura... what a strange name. But it's kind of cute, and definitely unique, so Hikaru just nods.]

Why haven't you gotten to try it before, Homura-chan?

[horologia]

Ah, it's not a good idea to have such indulgent things when, um, you're in the hospital on account of your health. You have to be careful about your diet with some conditions, so...

[ pause, because she doesn't want anyone getting the wrong idea or coddling her- ]

Oh, but, I'm ... better, now. Still. Habits like that tend to last, I suppose? And it isn't like I would have had much chance to have any friends, when I mostly just spent my time in a bed all day...

[heartablaze]

[She grows quiet, letting her curiosity blossom naturally to confusion, then a warm realization. Ah, so she'd been sick. Really, really sick...]

You must have been really lonely for a while, huh, Homura-chan...

Would you let us be your friends? I'm sure we could show you a lot of things, if you wanted.