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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!

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[ if there are any cannonballs around she'll kick one in taako's direction, also.

otherwise she's going to use rup's body as a distraction by shoving it at paako and then hitting them both with her sword. just wild whacking.

where's his arm. can she dual wield. lup is going to beat paako and rup with her sword and also paako's arm. ]

[that's it. elsa of arendelle is literally his only friend right now because like the skeletons, sora also pauses to watch elsa's grand entrance. give him a moment to give her a wide smile.]

I knew you'd come through for me! Ready to show 'em how it's done? [does elsa know how to use a sword? he actually does not know but that was pretty damn impressive so it's surely fine. and if not, punching works like he's doing right now to clock a skeleton in the head to pop its skull off as it gets closer.] Stand your ground!

[why? because he's going to fight his way over to the side of the ship and with a running leap he's going to jump over to the other ship to make sure there aren't any lone skeletons around. good luck elsa, you got this! probably!]

Let's. Do. This.

[complete with jump-cut zoom-in for each word, her face determined and ready to destroy. this is very exciting! she hasn't fought anything since the whole spirits thing, and she didn't want to hurt them! let's wreck the undead! especially whoever doubloona is!!

elsa has no earthly idea how to swordfight, but she has unlimited running-in-the-deep-snow stamina, and the kind of terrifying determination that can literally tame a bucking waterhorse trying to kill you? so, she's literally just slashing fools left and right, every time they get a little too close, lopping off limbs and scattering bones. she doesn't look too worried? it's fine. it's disney!]

[ Good news! There are cannonballs. Bad news... there seems to be a lack of ammunition? Huh. Weird. Almost like someone threw all the ammunition overboard, because they weren't expecting an army of skeletons to attack the town, which is a situation where ammunition would be useful? Anyway.

Lup... can dual wield. Paako is outraged.

Meanwhile, Sora just leaped onto an enemy ship! Surprise, it's full of skeletons! Sora leaps into the middle of what seems like a villain song number, but they pause mid-note to look at him. Awkward. ]

... arrrr. He has come.

[ They look serious, or as serious as a skeleton can look. They cannot make facial expressions, they are bones.

Meanwhile, Elsa is going wild with her new sword? That's cool. The skeletons look at each other, and instead decide to attack by throwing shit at her. Like, boat stuff. Have some rope, binch! ]

[NO

MY DREAM OF LAUNCHING THIS COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT TWIN'S HEAD AS A CANNONBALL IS CUT SHORT]

I hope whoever tossed the fucking gunpowder into the harbor is cursed for a million zillion years! I hope their dick falls off! If they don't have a dick, I hope they grow one just so it can fall off! Fuck! Okay, Plan B.

[Fish . . . fishing Rup's head back out of the cannon, tucking it under one arm, like a football and just. Sprinting back out to the top deck. Have fun, Lup.]

[ at some point while lup is wailing on the fake twins she gets this sense that she should be really mad about something. hm.

anyway, taako leaves, which is fine because lup was getting bored of beating them up pretty quickly so she just follows taako up to the deck. she's still got paako's arm, too. ]

Oh, shit! Elsa, what's up - where is Sora. [ ...

oh right. well, she'll throw paako's arm at mach speed at the skeletons throwing shit at elsa, and then do a running leap to like, midair sidekick one of them off the side of the ship. it's very pro wrestling.

lup, use your sword. ]

[hm. did not think this one through. so here he is on the enemy ship and he's keeping a tight grip on his sword, still in a battle stance as he's looking at these villainous skeletons?]

Um...am I interrupting something? And could you maybe take it somewhere else?

[hello??? were you expecting him??? he pays no mind to what's going on at the howling rose for a few moments.]

Why are you throwing things? Didn't you like my singing? You applauded and everything!

[i rolled a sixteen, so she sidesteps the rope—and just runs at the crowd, swinging the sword. and singing again.]

Where are you going? Don't leave me alooooooone! Trust me, I'll follow you! Into the unknown!

[mid slasher attack, Lup's thrown skeleton arm pegs one of them, and her beautiful kick hits another? elsa nods approvingly, and moves away from the pro-wrestling space.]

He's on the other ship! [purely for corny disney comedy, elsa scoops up paako's arm—and wiggles it.] Think he could use a spare hand?

[as she speaks, she's one-handedly continuing to slash like a demon. let elsa frozen kill the undead.]

[ I hate this. I'm modding this, but I also hate this.

Paako and Rup are abandoned, which is very rude. They continue to work on their plan. However, the skeletons will try very hard to keep Elsa and Lup on this boat? They are currently getting their asses kicked by a Disney princess, but it's fine, they are still keeping them here. Because...

On the other boat, some of the skeletons are now firing cannons at the Howling Rose. Because they still have things to fire with. Fuck you.

Meanwhile, Sora now has a bunch of skeletons running towards him--in a motion that looks kind of like coordinated dancing, if you tilt your head. Guess they were disappointed in having their number interrupted? ]

[Still with Rup's head under his arm, and with cannons firing in his general direction, Taako's heading for boarding the other boat too - trying a maneuver where he grabs and rope and tries to swing across while yelling]

MOVE, I'M GAY

[so i think that should give him advantage on the roll]

[ eh what are paako and rup gonna do, they're missing a head and an arm ]

Nice. [ lup says, laughing. it is distinctly gremlin-like. ] Hey! Back to back! Let's action movie this shit!

[ well we're sinking now so that's fun but lup doesn't care because she's nyoomed over to elsa and they're back to back, fighting off skeletons with their cool swords. it's very dramatic, lup is humming the pirates of the caribbean theme under her breath, it's great.

the ship is probably shaking pretty alarmingly. hm. ]

[sora's going to duck so taako can swing valiant and gayly over his head, and he has no idea what else is going on because that sure is a lot of enemy skeletons closing in. the thing about the boat is he can also feel the slight rocking that comes from cannonballs being fired and he turns just in time to watch them hit the other ship. great.

it's fine. rapunzel taught him to dance which means he volleys off of the side of the ship, falling into his own coordinated dance moves while slashing and striking at whoever gets closest. are there barrels on deck, he will get out of the way to jump on a barrel, do a spin and launch himself back into the unknoooown.]

Disarm the cannons! The Rose is sinking! [TAAKO GO GET READY TO BLOW SOMETHING ELSE UP I GUESS, HE HAS HIS HANDS FULL.]

Edited 2020-10-15 02:31 (UTC)

[okay so first of all, all of us can mutually agree that lup and elsa fighting off skeletons back to back on a sinking ship owns. lup is humming music. elsa is really getting into it now, absolutely thwacking skeleton heads off their shoulders with gleeful abandon. it's really more the force of the swing than the blade that's taking them off? but it's fine. lup may be subject to elsa's ongoing background anxiety emotions, but mostly she just gets that elsa is having a lot of fun going absolutely apeshit.

well, until sora yells out that the rose is sinking. she gasps, eyes going wide, and grabs lup.]

Come on! We have to go help Sora! He's still recovering from his injuries--ow! [stupid zappy week rule? anyway, she's running to a convenient pirate battle rope, shoving her sword in her belt, and swinging again.

i rolled really good on this, so she lands with another flourish. let's dance battle.]

[ Okay so, here's the thing.

Everyone looks really cool at the moment? Elsa and Lup are kicking ass. Taako is running with a head. Sora is also cool, but he is not a hot girl, so he gets less attention from the mod writing this. But like, all in all? They're doing pretty well, if you ignore the fact that the Howling Rose is currently sinking.

And that's when the kraken shows up. ]

[Taako lands, presumably, on the Enemy Ship and sees. Well. The fucking Kraken? This rules.]

Jiminy friggin' Christmas. Can't believe this is the only fun thing that's happened here.

[for some reason, poses - captured head held aloft.]

Listen up, skele-holes, I'm here, I'm queer, and I'm commandeering this ship! This ship is mine now and if you got a problem with that, you can report it to Captain Bofa!

[Loading Rup's head into a cannon, because I assume no one is actually paying attention to this, but he is turning to whisper to a nearby skeleton that may or may not be aggressive right now.]

Psst, hey, before I light this, I really need a favor, and I need you to say "Captain Bofa?" but like, as a question. it's for a one-liner and it's gonna rule.

[ no like, it really does own. and lup is really enjoying herself too, it's feedback going apeshit energy. the whole zap thing sucks, though. ow. she's shaking her hand out as she prepares to follow elsa over to the other ship. she stops right before she swings over, one foot on the railing of the ship, dramatically looking out at the town that is definitely really on fire. ]

Yeah, yeah, no, you're right, I just - it just occurred to me that I'm in the one place without fire right now, and I'm - super bummed about that? I --

[ and then the kraken shows up. ]

NEVER MIND THIS WAS THE RADDEST CHOICE, FUCK HIM UP, TAAKO!

WHAT ABOUT THE ROSE?!

[GUYS, THE SHIP????? but he pays no attention to it because he's busy with the appearance of the kraken and there's just a startled yell.]

This again? [you know what. no. he will use his sword to throw off a couple of skeletons to leave to the hot ladies before he decides the smartest thing he can do is go to the steering wheel of the ship to start turning toward the kraken so taako can, as the kids say, fuck him up.

the wheel gets a nice spin to get them aligned properly before he's ready to fight again. is there any saving the howling rose at this point, i'm crying]

It's going to sink faster if we don't stop this one from firing on it--oh!

[KRAKEN???

for a moment, elsa just stares at it, open-mouthed, before going back to angrily fighting skellies. fuck it. fuck this. she'll watch sora and taako's backs while they fuck up the kraken.]

...Why is it that when I want my magic the most, I don't have it?!

And who is Captain Bofa?!

[ The skeleton that Taako was speaking to looks down sadly. It wanted to be part of the joke...

Meanwhile, the ship that Lup is on is still sinking. It's about to sink even more, because the Kraken reaches a long tentacle to grab onto the ship and start dragging it to it. Oh. Oh goddammit why did tentacles have to get involved I swear this wasn't on purpose.

Anyway, the skeletons don't really react to the Kraken, as they are all used to this, so they just immediately return to attacking Sora. Soo-won is watching in the background. ]

[tentacles getting involved always make things more fun

Anyway, Taako blinks for a second, because he thought he heard someone yell about Captain Bofa, but it's kinda loud and there's a lot of shouting, so he's just trying to find something to light this cannon with for a second before grabbing, I don't know, a torch and making sure the cannon is aimed actually at the kraken wherever it might be. Aiming too precisely is heteronomative though so I am not going to bother. I'm powergaming at this point, but, it's midnight and i am tired.]

Did someone sa-- Did someone say it? They definitely did, right? Uh-- Whatever!

DEEZ NUTS

[then he fires the cannon. sure hope rup doesn't care too much about this.]

[ oh the kraken is out here just destroying the ship huh. rip paako and rup.

she whoops at top volume at taako's joke, clapping, and then there's an alarming cracking sound as the ship starts to actually go down.

so! lup is... going to jump from the ship onto the kraken's tentacle, and then the kraken itself, and try to run across it to the other not sinking ship. she is still humming the potc theme under her breath as she does this. ]

[WHAT. THE. FUCK!!!! except sora still isn't allowed to even think the word fuck, so it's just a lot of muffled internal screaming. that's fine though. he steered the boat, he got them pointed in the right direction, and now there's lup on a kraken, taako screaming about nuts, the queen of arendelle fighting skeletons on another part of the ship, and mob in a captain cosplay accompanied by soo-won.

typical day.

well. time to go! he's just going back to fighting off a swarm of skeletons, don't mind him. he's using parts of the ship to dodge and parry and also just try to get the skeletons to back off? it's fine.]

Edited 2020-10-15 04:14 (UTC)

[ohhh

it was a setup for an inappropriate joke.

well mister deeznuts can just fend for himself, then!

fighting her way over to sora, elsa knocks a few skeleheads rolling—and notices the two who've just recently emerged on to the deck. she waves cheerfully, her face blooming into a smile.]

Shigeo! Won! You both look very cute! Look out for the kraken, please!

[and, as she re-joins sora:] Are you going to attack that? We could probably take it. [ELSA??????]

[ Everyone claps at Taako's line. Amazing. Meanwhile, Lup is running on the Kraken, which is neat, but it's going to try to toss her off before she can reach the other boat.

Meanwhile, the skeletons keep throwing themselves at Sora, while a few look over at the Kraken. One mutters to the other, ]

Do you remember where we buried the treasure? We're going to have to pay the Kraken for showing up to get it to leave.

[ Hm. Anyway. The skeletons continue to attack Elsa and Sora. ]

[ alli died so i'm commandeering taako which means he's going to shoot cannonballs at the kraken until he is delivered his pirate husband

the kraken on the other hand tosses lup into the ocean and she dies.

or rather she just hits the water with a splash and a half-shriek that is more exhilarated than terrified. ]

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