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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[arcsplainist]

[ Welp, here they go. Alphinaud just looks at the entrance to the building, mildly puzzled at it. ]

This is... another place of entertainment, I take it?

[ It appears so gaudy, what. ]

[chanteuser]

[ ... oh wow. what the actual heck is this. ]

It must be, it's with all the other "fun" things...

[ why does she feel a sense of dread and also bewilderment at the thought of going through this thing. ] Do we just need to... go through the fun house? Is that it?

[infreefall]

Well, it's worth a shot, right? These things are supposed to be tough to get through so maybe that's it.

[ she smiles at both of them and! ]

If you get freaked out, you can hide behind me, okay? I'll keep you both safe.

[retellers]

[ I'm so glad.

But yes, that sure is just an entrance. There doesn't seem to be anyone outside it, but they can hear the sounds of chatter coming from inside? Oh boy! ]

[arcsplainist]

[ oh... boy ]

Tough, you say.

[ But how?? He just. Stares at it some more, then: ]

... Well, let us not tarry. In we go.

[ Which he does. ]

[chanteuser]

I didn't think last week was so bad...

[ she managed to avoid all the fires. and dramatic bear skin rugs. and naked ghosts in bathtubs.

then again at the last one she got stabbed in the leg by a bird coughing up a sword so the bar was like. subzero. ]

...

[ hrrffffff--- she takes a deep breath and marches in after alphinaud. might as well get this over with. ]

[infreefall]

Have you ever been to one before, Alex-san?

[ she's not even asking alphi because he's a ye olde, and also because she's just assuming he'll be a scaredy cat. ]

...You think someone got stuck?

[ time to go see!! ]

[retellers]

[ Going in will take them to... well, the inner entrance! It's a large room painted in stripes going in different directions, making it difficult to really tell the actual size of the space.

There's also two doorways! There's flashing lights coming from one, and music from the other. Ohhh, how fun!! Wow!! ]

[arcsplainist]

[ Going in, he just. Blinks. This kind of hurts his eyes. ]

If anyone has, I can already understand how.

[ Now which way to go... ]

[chanteuser]

I don't think so, Ochako.

[ and oh. she blinks too. she's starting to think she never wanted to go to one in the first place. ]

Oh. That's pretty loud, huh.

[infreefall]

That's kind of the point. We should probably avoid the lights, though... [ that can be bad for some folks? ] Those cute ears of yours can handle a little music, right, Alphinaud?

[ onward! to the music room! ]

[retellers]

[ Once again, this game is not ADA compliant.

But to the music room! Now that they're inside, they can tell that it's this. Don't dance too hard to those sick tunes!

But the ground is also set up to look like piano keys. They'll have to cross them and add to the music to cross to the other side of the room. ]

[arcsplainist]

—Erm. [ Wow, way to get him flustered. ] I will be fine, yes.

[ Until they actually go in. Alphinaud steps on an E key, stops, and winces. ]

... Gods above, who is playing so awfully?

[chanteuser]

[ alex just glances at alphinaud. then ochako. and then--

covers her ears really fast because she just got hit by party fluting and alphy mashing an E key with his foot. ouch. ]

-- is this supposed to be part of the fun?

[ she takes a step past him and steps on an F key. it's as lovely as you might expect. ]

[infreefall]

[ ochako, meanwhile, thinks this is hilarious? it's so bad that she just bursts out laughing?

and also. extends a hand to each of them. ]

May I have this dance?

[ let's dance our way across this hell room ]

[retellers]

[ There is no real mod tag here, other than I hope they dance. ]

[arcsplainist]

[ ... He'll accept her hand, if only to please Ochako, but: ]

Is it possible to dance to this?

[chanteuser]

[ she takes a step, pressing another key with her foot. ]

We could always just make a different song; louder. [ she steps again, for emphasis.

and also takes ochako's hand. dance! dance! ]

[infreefall]

Yeah, exactly! Just don't think about it too hard, okay? Then we'll find whoever else is stuck in here and make it out together!

[ she'll at least like. try to match the beat, as much as anyone can match that. but we're dancing across the piano yeeeeaaah!! ]

[retellers]

[ They're dancing across the piano! And as they reach the last note... the floor drops from under them. Guess it was a trap door!

But they land in a net right below. They'd have to crawl on it to get to a landing where they can get off it. ]

[arcsplainist]

[ Aaaand you can bet Alphinaud just let out the loudest yelp as they fall ]

[chanteuser]

[ it's cool, alex is doing the same. ]


Oww...

[infreefall]

[ also yelling in surprise. yeesh, at least there's a net... though suddenly she is regretting her choice to wear a sundress today. ]

Ugh. Are you guys okay? [ that wasn't fun at all!! ] ...It looks like there's a way out over there.

[retellers]

[ Don't worry, there is a strobe light helping them see where they're going.

That's probably not helping. Anyway, the sounds of chatter is a little louder now, all they see is net forever. ]

[arcsplainist]

I... I am fine. I think.

[ This strobe light is NOT HELPING. But he'll attempt to crawl over towards the landing, anyway. It's a struggle. ]