WEEK FIVE: MINGLE

[retellers]

WEEK FIVE: MINGLE (29 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. 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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[stillnot]

[ clementine has... a small hedgehog sitting on top of her hat. don't worry about it. (she's worried about it. when she shakes her head no, it's very slow and careful so that it doesn't fall. ) ]

Nope. I'm used to knives, but not swords.

i will slaughter gmail.

[dawnblushed]

[ohhh... what a cute hedgehog]

Do you want to try? Maybe we can start with a shorter sword, since it'll be more similar to a knife...

[stillnot]

I don't want to hurt you on accident.

[ she's pretty confident in her short-range fighting, because. well. zombies. ]

[dawnblushed]

That's what bandages are for.

[yona no]

[stillnot]

[ yona no. ]

Nnnno. We should save those.

[dawnblushed]

It's not like you're going to stab me that badly or anything! I still have a whole roll of them.

[stillnot]

Are you good at dodging?

[dawnblushed]

Pretty good! I'm pretty good at blocking, too.

[stillnot]

Hmm... Alright, then.

[ she will try it... ]

[dawnblushed]

[time to try and find a suitable sword, then! she grabs one from the shop and holds it out to clem]

What do you think of this one?

[stillnot]

[ clem takes it. she has no frame of reference. ]

Uhh, seems good?

[dawnblushed]

[she takes a step back, then gestures at her]

Give it a swing. Does it feel natural, or does it feel heavy or unbalanced?

[stillnot]

[ clementine gives....... a very clumsy swing.

which is weird because balance aside, she. really seems like she should know how to fight, right? like, how to swing a weapon?

she looks confused, anyway. ]

... Can't really tell, to be honest.

[dawnblushed]

[yeah uh


yona definitely expected clem of all people to be a little better at this than that.]

...do you have your knife with you?

[stillnot]

[ she shakes her head. ]

No, I put it back after last week. I have a gun now, so I don't need it.

[dawnblushed]

...and you definitely remember how to use the gun, right?

[she is So Worried]

[stillnot]

Yeah. Probably.

[dawnblushed]

[STRESS]

"Probably"?

[stillnot]

Haven't had much reason to shoot anything since the ghosts.

[dawnblushed]

[...she wouldn't want her to waste her ammunition trying to check, either...]

...well, hopefully you won't need it at all.

[stillnot]

Huh.

[ clem looks troubled at this revelation. ]

Yeah. Hopefully...

[dawnblushed]

...

You said before, you know how to use a bow, right?

[stillnot]

Haven't really touched it since I got the gun, but yeah.

[dawnblushed]

Let's go somewhere out of the way and you can try using mine. [arrows are easier to retrieve and reuse than bullets!!] I'd just like to make sure there's not any weird memory stuff going on.

[since.

again, of everyone - she'd have expected clem to take to swordplay like a natural. if it's not that she's just forgotten how to defend herself, and only that she's forgotten specific ways of defending herself, better to find out sooner rather than later what she still remembers how to do.]

[stillnot]

[ clementine nods, since she is equally concerned. no point in not testing this out and figuring out what the limits are, even if it... feels weird? feels weird. ]

Sure. Better to know before it's too late.