redactable | WEEK SIX: MINGLE

WEEK SIX: 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, 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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[ in a strongly worded letter to realm, alex is asking it to stop fuckin' with her boys. please and thank you. ]

... [ her hand drops down so she can give him a careful one armed hug, keeping them both away from any food they might be carrying. ]

This started today? The... whole not knowing how you're feeling thing?

Yeah.

[He's a little more awkward about it, but he leans into her hug.]

...I feel like I'm in the mountains again.

[ well at least he's not shoving her away and scaling the fairground booths? she'll take it. ]

... [ ... ah. ]

Like what I saw the other week?

...

[He just nods.]

[ she sighs, and moves back, giving him some breathing room. ]

Sounds like another memory loss, huh?

... Do you still remember what came after that? Like... before you came here, or just things from back then?

...Yeah, I remember stuff after that. But it feels weird, because I was...acting different.

[He was civilized. Not...that feral.]

[ hm... ]

Just... go with what's comfortable. It's easy to say, but I think focusing on it might stress you out more.

Like Chiron last week, with the ... centaur thing.

Okay.

[He bumps his shoulder against hers, lightly.]

I won't think about it that much, then.

[ ... it'd worked for chiron. sort of. she thinks. ]

Importantly though, even if you're unsure or you feel confused by it, you're still you.

[ that feels like it has to be said. this place messes with their heads enough that sometimes it just has to be said, as a reminder. ]

...

[There's a little smile on his face.]

I guess I am, aren't I?

Mmhmm. [ she makes a little noise of agreement. they're all still them, despite everything they've lost and the ways it's changed them so far. ]

I think so, at least. For what that's worth.

[ it's still hansa, even if he's hiding in trees and trying to clear out a corndog stand in one go. she's still feels safe and comfortable with him. ]

I think as long as I'm someone you like...I think that's what matters.

[The last thing he does, even in this state of mind, is to want to be seen by the people he loves as some kind of stranger, or even worse, a threat.]

Don't worry about that.

[ she knows by now he'd never do anything to hurt her. not intentionally, and that's what matters. even now, that feeling and certainty is still there. ]

I'm not going to suddenly decide I don't like you because of something the realm did. None of us are.

That's good.

[He feels at ease with that. Alex...always makes him feel at ease. He's silent for a moment longer, before he points at the shore with his corn dogs.]

Let's go to the beach.

Hm?

[ she looks over in the direction he's pointing. ]

Sure. You've had enough to eat? [ ... she'd hope, but who knows. ]

I never have enough to eat, but...

[He just wants somewhere quiet, for once.]

I think it would be nice to sit there for a while.

[ hm, well. she offers him one of her corndogs at that. notably though, not the one he gave her, but the one she picked up beforehand. ]

Have you ever been to the beach before? [ she's starting to take a few steps in the direction of the end of the boardwalk, where the beach itself begins. ]

Ergastulum's landlocked, so I'm... pretty sure this is my first time at one.

If I was at one, it feels like a while ago.

[He probably went to a few during his travels, but...that seems like another life. He steps along with her, taking the corn dog from her to bite into it, thoughtfully.]

You've never been? [Hm!] They're really lovely...but well, you can see that.

Are they always so...

[ she points between the fair and everything loud over there, and then back over at the beach itself with just the sand and the ocean lapping against the shore. ]

I mean. This manages to be both peaceful, and loud and exciting at the same time.

[ the duality of this particular beach, when seen through the eyes of one with none beach knowledge. that she can recall at least. ]

Haha.

[It really is, isn't it? The paradox of the ocean. So calm, yet powerful. So wild, yet pristine.]

Yeah, they are. They have their...moods, I guess. Like an angry ocean isn't one you want to deal with. A happy ocean is...calm, like this one.

[ hmm. well, she's absolutely going to head right down to the water so she can walk in it. ]

... It's a bit weird to see everything so calm after everything that's been happening. [ especially this past weekend, and all the bits and pieces of information that's been trickled down and dispersed throughout the group since then. ] It's better than it being something dangerous, or frantic, but... it's a bit dissonant.

[Oh, there she goes. He blinks, before trailing after her, a little more hesitant.]

What do they say? It's like.. the quiet before the storm.

It always is at this time of week. Maybe moreso this week.

...Mm.

[He bends down to touch the water...and then suddenly moves to flick it at her.]

Well, might as well get wet-! Haha!

[ it's a good thing she's already dressed for the beach, so the water isn't a issue. she does squeak though. ]

!!

[ and then immediately splashes him back. so much for a quiet and peaceful ocean. ]

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