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WEEK FIVE: 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. Finally, should anyone check their PHS, Alyssa, Hikaru, and Bucky'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. On that note, if your character did not stay, please make sure to check your notifs.

Once again, participants may find that they have difficulty recalling complete details of the past weeks.

Finally, participants will find that they now have another pet to take care of. Small creatures (based on any animal of player choice, real or mythical) will be following them around all week. However, these creatures are emotionally tied to their participant, so whatever the person they are connected to is feeling, they will outwardly display it. Angry? They will be hostile. Happy? So are they! Even more, they will react to other participants based on how theirs feels about the other. Anyone their participant loves, they will also love. Hope you don't secretly hate anyone, that might be awkward.

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[soo-won is just going to shift then, upon hearing someone approach. his daemon which was a small falcon sitting atop books, gives a happy chirp upon seeing alex, wings spreading in greeting.]

Something like that... Just thought I should try to learn something new.

[love????]

Something like... poetry?

[ LOVE poetry. the cat looks up at the chirp, his tail waving slightly in interest. hello bird. ]

[hello cat!! the bird croons happily before flapping down to go play with the cat

but soo-won just looks thoughtful at that as he looks down at the book]

... I suppose that too. I only knew Kouka's poets...

But I also rather enjoy this. I'm more familiar with folk ballads and the like... but love poetry is sweet.

I don't think I've read much of any poetry.

[ the cat's ears flicker back in surprise but it relaxes almost instantly, and leans up to try sniff the bird. hello there. friend? ]

I think it's pretty popular though. It's supposed to be romantic, reading or having someone read you a love poem.

... Were you planning on reading one to someone?

[friend!! the bird will just chirp and lift its wings up. friend.

but there's just an immediate laugh at that coupled with a wave of his hand - ]

Certainly not, even I know that has a certain connotation I doubt I can fulfill.

[he's smart enough to know that he SHOULDN'T be purposefully leading people on with love poetry]

But it's simply the easiest way for me to learn, I think. First-hand accounts of romance and love....

Though even though I say that, I don't know how much of it is truly resonating.

[ soo-woo your harem ]

[ the cat lifts itself upright onto its back feet and waves a paw in the air. like it's flapping its "wings". friend! ]

A lot of people would say that's something you need to experience for yourself. Books and poetry is just other people's accounts of things, and it's never going to completely resonate with you if it's not your experience.

[ she's gonna lean over and pick up one of the books herself, and give it a flick through. ]

Kind of like reading how to fix a sink, versus actually going and doing it for yourself. [ what a romantic description, alex. ] You might know what to do in theory, but it goes differently in practice.

[alex's description might work for most people but - ]

Fufu, do you think? I've read a bit about plumbing and would like to try my hand at fixing something one day. Theory to execution is something I always enjoy.

[ - soo-won is a master of politics and strategy at age 18 because he both reads so much and also is just very good at translating theory to experience. THOUGH AT LEAST HE'LL ADMIT,]

You're probably right that romance is something better experienced - but since I don't anticipate experiencing it myself any time soon, I thought a book might be a good stand-in.

[so he's

not reading because he's looking for advice or because he plans on doing anything, but just because he saw a gap in his own knowledge, apparently]

... You could always break your bathroom sink and try to fix it. But that's... normally something that would involve replacing entire parts of the sink and the leaders might have to get involved.

[ let the leaders rest ]

Is that because you don't want to, or don't expect to? [ she is just... curious. she would say it's not something that can be predicted, saying "yes it's going to happen to me" or "no it won't happen to me at all" but soo-won seems pretty convinced either way. ]

I... don't want to learn that badly? And that would inconvenience Blanca...

[but it's a sweet suggestion, alex??? (is it)]

But ah - the latter, probably. Maybe I'll be surprised but... well, I haven't understood it for this long, I'm not sure if I'll start suddenly?

[maybe it'll take the right person? or maybe soo-won realizing that the feelings are there? still unlikely]

[ inconvenience blanca, anna deserves it. ]

Maybe? I don't think there's a point when you're just expected to understand though. But I don't think rushing into it does you any good, just... y'know.

Be aware and consider how things might feel different depending on who you're interacting with.

.... that goes for most interactions, doesn't it?

[in truth, soo-won is actually quite good at nuance and handling people!

it just seems that once it enters the realm of romance, he has no idea how other people might be feeling until it's very obvious]

Yes, but we're talking about the ones you're apparently not to sure about.

[ you can't dodge this one with your great inter-personal-skills-for-everything-EXCEPT-romance, Soo-Won. ]

[ . . . . . do you mean the ones that he's not sure about because he can't tell how they're different from normal relationships?

which just leads to him going into a confused mental spiral because he's not sure what he's missing?]

Ah....

[ oh soo-won. ]

...

[ it's like she's watching him blue screen in real time. ]

Maybe thinking too much about it isn't actually going to do you any good...

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