WEEK SIX: MINGLE

[retellers]

WEEK SIX: MINGLE (25 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, Elsa, Yona, Shigeo, and Fiora'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. Once again, participants may find that they have difficulty recalling complete details of the past weeks. Also, anyone who had been poisoned during trial will still be feeling sick! Haha! Finally, participants will find that they are now sporting a new injury. This injury is one that they received in their past, whether they remember it or not. No matter how fatal the injury is, participants won't die from it, and the pain they feel will be dulled down. However, if another participant touches someone's injury effect, even if it's covered, then they will both be hit with whatever pain that was felt when the injury was first inflicted. This pain will last ten seconds. The injury can also be as minor or major as desired.

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[arkitect]

...I do not know.

[also it sure is lucky that he's a resilient person AND the pain is dulled down, because it looks like the fabric around the glowy area is kind of damp. but then he's wearing black, so what that actually is will be A Mystery.

he glances down to it, then shakes his head.]

I suppose where exactly it came from is of less import than it being here now.

III

[dianxias]

I. I should've known it would've been so long, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry...

[ xie lian is here, fussing over hua cheng's hair. he has a comb in one hand and uh. a pile of hair in the other?

there's a beat, and he just... slowly puts the comb down and reaches for his other tool of lianlian's hair shop -- his fucking sword!

this is fine. ] Um. Make sure you hold still, San Lang...

[ and he's going to just go ahead and take his sword about ten feet up and slice it off to test it. ]

[chanteuser]

[ i'm... ]

What happened to your arm...?

[robopriest]

...!

[He suddenly jumps down without any warning right smack dab in front of Emet, his look alarmed.]

It is...it isn't the same one...is it?

[He reaches his hands out as if to grab hold of him- and then draws them back and glances down at the ground, a little self-conscious.]

[robopriest]

...

What's the new location?

[supremity]

[ He raises his hand in greeting to Alex, while Xie Lian keeps a-brushing. ]

They really weren't. It's - a lot. [ Please. Do you want to help section his hair out so they can cut it, Alex, it can be bonding time. ]

[reconnective]

[...there's a small grin.]

Thanks a lot, Wolf.

[arkitect]

[hello fox. please don't mind the fact he's kind of trailing blood when he walks here, or that the fabric of his outfit is definitely damp in the middle. these are fine.]

Ah- Fox. I do not suppose you know if we will need to worry about first aid running out of supplies, this week...?

[like, if stock is going to be limited he will leave actual supplies to other people. but.]

[retellers]

The same thing that's happened to the rest of you, I assume.

[retellers]

[ hmmm but okay ]

It should be fine, though I take no responsibility if that turns out to be false. [ a beat. ] But it should be fine unless one of you tries to set the station on fire, I suppose.

[arkitect]

--the same one as what, exactly?

[he doesn't flinch or step back when hansa jumps down, somewhat confused at the sudden alarm, but when he draws his hands back like that-- hm.

that certainly doesn't seem quite right. he just exhales a breath and reaches out to take hold of one of hansa's wrists, loosely.]

[chanteuser]

[ she smiles. ]

A beach.

There's a pier too, with fair ground stalls and a ferris wheel? And more but I've only taken a quick glance so far.

[dianxias]

i. the first aid station.

[ happy monday!

xie lian is standing in the first aid station on this fine day. his white outer robe, currently stained pink, is folded on the nearest chair, and his inner robe is folded down around his waist. it too is stained pink, and his muscled, bare and scarred back is in plain sight. he seems to be looking for something, turned away from you upon entrance.

if you're curious about what he's looking for, well! perhaps you can look through him.

wait, through him? why through him?

because there is a hole approximately three inches wide where his heart is that you can see clean through to the other side. it is bleeding pretty profusely and soaking down the bottom of his clean white clothes. hm! i'm sure he's fine. ]

ii. the fair

[ once he's been all bandaged up properly and is now dressed in a fantastic shirt and a pair of navy blue board shorts, (though his forearms and neck are still visibly bandaged as usual), xie lian will go to check out some of the little booths at the fair!

the fortune tellers tent is first. he's curious, and when he presses the button for the spooky fortune telling machine (?) to tell his fortune, it says in a loud, spooky voice: ] Anyone you meet will be cursed by your horrendous luck for the rest of your life...

[ it spits out a paper while it talks in said spooky voice.

xie lian picks it up and frowns. ]

I knew that already... This isn't a very good machine, is it?

[ and then presses the button again! please let me rng you a stupid fortune to overhear ]

iii. the pier

[ or, around sunset, you can find xie lian sitting at the pier with his legs dangling over the side. he has a fishing pole in his hands, though he's looking outwards towards the horizon, and what looks like a small pile of different fair snacks sitting behind him. like, a lot. ]

The view out here is lovely, isn't it? I thought I might watch the sun set. Would you care to join me?

iv. wildcard

[ play rigged carnival games with me! ride rides with me! ferris wheel prompt me! or pc me any of these things...!!! just get at me baby ]

[dianxias]

Thank you very much, dear Wolf!

[arkitect]

Then we shall hope none do.

[all these bleeding fucks and no station, imagine.]

Good to know, regardless. I expect nearly all of us will have need of it.

[chanteuser]

I figured it'd be a lot but... there's a lot and then there's...

[ she gestures. that hair.

but she will come and sit down next to him. ] Need a hand untangling this side?

[cuedoves]

[ zuko looks like he's been caught in an explosion recently but ]

... You okay?

[cuedoves]

[ looks at the stuffed animals. looks at rabbit. he looks like he's been caught in an explosion recently??? ]

[ >:( ]

You like them?

[reconnective]

beach/pier

[if anyone thought a few injuries would stop him from invading the beach, i don't know what to tell you. that is to say, as soon as he realizes where they are this week sora's immediately bounding out the door and heading for the beach.

but...well. today, he's wearing a loose tanktop and some red and white boardshorts, cheap black flipflops on his feet. sunglasses are on his face and he seems to be taking a leisurely walk while ignoring the burns on his left side, the bandage on his right shoulder, and the new, slightly bloody bindings around his chest. thank god the shirt's a little big on him!!!

catch him either fishing at the pier, or napping on a towel on the sand. you can also find him starting to wander down the beach toward the caves. for either awake option, he'll look up and offer a cheerful wave.]

This is way better than what I was hoping for.

[...if he's asleep. well. he's asleep. do with that what you will.]


boardwalk

[later, at the boardwalk, he'll be wandering around checking out the games and some of the rides. sometimes he'll have a thing of cotton candy. sometimes he'll have an ice cream bar. sometimes you'll catch him with a piece of pizza hanging out of his mouth. apparently free junkfood is great, but after a while he does find himself at the petting zoo with the donkeys and...

...staring in alarm...????????]

...if you're in trouble, blink once.

[hm.

you can also find him browsing and he might straight up bump into you. sup.]

Any luck with the games?

wildcard

[anything goes]

Monday, A

[antaressnipe]

[...

He's a llama, my dude, he can't say shit.

But this llama is rather big? And has a bunch of baskets laid over his middle, though the belt is loose so they shake a bit all over. Regardless, there are distressed llama noises coming from it as it approaches the tree Hansa is at]

Monday, ii

[antaressnipe]

[Hm.

Llamas probably cannot go into the water easily so it's bookshop prompt for Alex. The llama is going to find her and immediately

butt its head against her hand while she's trying to sign]

[reconnective]

[...well. he approaches fox with a grin and also a chocolate-coated ice cream bar.]

Here. [enjoy yourself, fox.]

boardwalk, monday

[antaressnipe]

[Sora turns around and theRE'S A GODDAMN LLAMA BLINKING ONCE]

[reconnective]

[rabbit...but no, sora knows not of their stuffed animal wants and instead finds them in the storybook shop!]

Find anything interesting?

[arkitect]

1, first aid, monday but also every day

[fair warning that the exact nature of his injury is kind of spoilers!! so dodge this one if you're not down.

anyway, emet-selch can be found in the first aid station on monday! it looks like he's trailed blood in here, and his clothes are definitely wet with blood around the midsection. also, something under there is glowing faintly blue...? hm.

he's busy looking over the supplies, frowning.]

This may not be enough...

[ANY OTHER DAY: you can find him here in the mornings, still bloody but less so now that he has the chance to try to mitigate this overnight. he's fine, this is... fine.]

2, northern area

[you can mostly find emet-selch around the pier, here! it seems he likes to chill near the water, maybe get a bit of fishing in. why not, it doesn't require as much moving around and it's a chill activity.

though you might also catch him around the towel stand at the beach, nabbing a few, especially later on in the day.]