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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[supremity]

[ Hua Cheng squints his eye up at the rollercoaster - he's already had a staredown and encounter with the ferris wheel, but this is... very different - and hums. ]

Well, I'm sure the Realm will make it all the more interesting.

[ He's still bleeding from his other eye but it's got a wad of bandages and gauze under the eyepatch, so it's fine for now. ]

[soulus]

[And Rufus, still in swimwear, is also still bleeding from his left arm, where bandages are wrapped around the lower half of the barcode. He looks decidedly less impressed and inquisitive as he watches silently.]

[retellers]

[ The rollercoaster train is nyooming along. Zoom, zoom. People are seated in it, accompanied by the screams one might expect... Actually, wait. Those don't sound quite like screams of joy but more like screams of fear?

The train is, in fact, rushing along a lot faster than it should be. This is fine and definitely does not concern the three who are just watching from below, though.

Also I RNG'd, so as the train nyooms by above them, a scoop of ice drops and falls onto Rufus's head. ]

[dianxias]

[ xie lian, who knows nothing about rollercaosters, at first assumes this is normal. it looks fun! and then it starts getting more... scared...? ]

...Are they supposed to be enjoying tha -

[ kersplat.

..... oh. xie lian winces immediately for rufus, sympathetic to this unlucky plight. ] -- Oh, no, Rufus...

[ and reaches over to pick up the ice cream scoop with his hands and lift it off of his head.... hey it wasn't him this time! ]

[supremity]

[ This seems about par the course, to be honest. People enjoy themselves and scream a lot in Ghost City, so he's fairly unfazed watching it and is more inquisitive about what it is the Realm is about to throw at them.

... nyoom. ] No, probably not.

[ The screaming is a good tell. But then he turns his head away and snorts abruptly at the splat, unsympathetic and rude. ]

[soulus]

[Something cold and wet hits him on the head. Xie Lian takes the bulk of it into his hands, and Rufus watches the screaming passengers with indifference to their fear. Which idiot brought ice cream onto the rollercoaster?]

[retellers]

[ The train keeps on nyooming. Uh, how many rounds has this thing made with the same group of people. Maybe it never ends. ]

Heeeeeeeellllllp—!

[ That's coming from the children on the train, for the record.

As it passes by yet again, this time it's popcorn flying over and dropping onto (RNG rolls) Hua Cheng's head. ]

[dianxias]

[ nope that was definitely a scream of fear. ]

Ah -- How -- how long has that been going-- How are we supposed to -- [ HOW IS HE SUPPOSED TO KNOW HOW TO DO THIS

there are children screaming for help though, so!! no time for a thought process or rationale, only time to go try and help people!!! xie lian is going running for the place where people get on and off of the ride. goodbye boys good luck with your popcorn and ice cream. ]

Excuse me -- is there anyone here who can turn this thing off?!

[supremity]

[ Rufus and Hua Cheng stand there, probably, as food rains down on their heads and Xie Lian runs off towards the front of the line area. Casually, he picks up some of the popcorn from his head - like he's vaguely considering popping it into his mouth to just watch the show. ]

We should probably follow. [ Placidly, as his feet... do not move. At all. Deadpan: ] Oh no.

[soulus]

[That's Hua Cheng's problem. Rufus turns away to follow Xie Lian, ignoring the remnants of melted ice cream on his own head.]

[retellers]

[ Birds hop by and start eating any popcorn that fell onto the ground. Chirp chirp. Hi, Hua Cheng. How ya doin'.

Xie Lian rushes away to find an employee, Rufus following behind. He finds a teen worker hanging around the area... smoking some weed? What the heckie, did they steal that from the pool hall. Rude. Anyway, they hold some out to Xie Lian and Rufus? ]

Oh, did you want some?

[dianxias]

[ xie lian is not sure whether to laugh or to cry. ]

What? Why does everyone... [ why does it smell like the dark seedy corners of ghost city in here.

...anyway, he shakes his head. i guess if rufus wants a weed he can have it. ] Um, no thank you. Please, good sir, are you the person in charge of this... contraption? Can you stop it? The people out there are screaming for help....

[supremity]

[ Doin' just fine, birds. Just fine. After a slight sideeye, he dusts more popcorn off his head for them, following after when he catches a whiff of... ah.

Why does this smell like the dark seedy corners of Ghost City?

Hua Cheng tosses his small handful of popcorn over his shoulder, looking past the youth and his joint to check out what's beyond and going on with the track. ]

[soulus]

[Rufus takes the proffered weed. He does not smoke it (yet).]

[retellers]

[ This mod knows nothing about operating rollercoasters, but past the worker there's presumably machinery and stuff. There's also a cot set up there? And a bunch of junk food.

The worker nods sagely at Rufus, before turning to Xie Lian. ]

People usually scream on rollercoasters. It's all part of the fun, so don't worry about it, dude.

[dianxias]

They're screaming for help?

[ ????????????????????????? ]

[supremity]

This seems like an excessive level of screaming. And food that probably shouldn't be involved.

[ Dryly from behind Xie Lian. Hey what if we try to walk around the high underpaid employee towards the machinery? ]

[soulus]

[Rufus stands in place with the weed in his hand.]

The speed is extreme as well.

[retellers]

Yeah, they do sometimes. And what are they supposed to do, starve while they're up there? C'mon, man, that's probably, like, torture or something. Don't be a torture stan.

[ The worker pauses, before they burst into laughter over what Rufus said. They are probably too high to stop Hua Cheng, so go right ahead. ]

[dianxias]

What is a torture stan...


[ this is bad vocabulary for him to learn.

anyway, xie lian is going to peer out of the entrance to where the roller coaster comes through. like how many people are on this screaming death car and are they all carrying food. is there an emergency ladder somewhere on this roller coaster in case it stops somewhere random or is it just that these people that will be gone tomorrow will die like men. ]

--I think they're just supposed to eat when they stop...

[supremity]

[ A glance back when the worker starts laughing, before he rolls his eye and goes to investigate the machinery. There's usually like, buttons and levers and stuff like that, as far as my limited knowledge goes.

... but this is the Realm and Hua Cheng is a fucking ancient fantasy China ghost. How complicated a system are you inflicting on us. ]

[soulus]

[Making a face, Rufus moves to walk past the worker and join Hua Cheng by the machinery. Xie Lian can handle the front on his own.]

[retellers]

[ There's maybe a dozen kids? And they're all carrying food. A drink comes flying and hits Xie Lian's in the face. Anyway, sure, there's an emergency ladder somewhere.

There are a bunch of buttons and levers, every single one of them unlabelled. There's also another teen worker, snoring over the machinery. Great place for a nap! Isn't a cot, like, right there. ]

[dianxias]

[ i was wondering when that would happen

he makes a short, startled noise and is now covered in sticky, sticky mountain d*w. ]

... [ xie lian shakes his head and scrubs at his face with his sleeves to clean himself off. and then. you see this icon? this is the icon of "i'm about to do some headass shit".

xie lian takes a few steps back from the part where people board on and off, calling over his shoulder - ] There's a ladder! I'm going to try and jump on the back and take them off one by one. You two keep trying to stop it, okay?

[ he's gonna wait for it to come back around and then absolutely make a jump for the back of it unless someone stops him.

it's like the reverse of the god pleasing festival! (this is a horrible plan) ]

[supremity]

[ That is the most headass, Xie Lian shit he's ever heard. There's a moment where Hua Cheng just seems to check out for a second, thinking of all the terrible, no good, very bad things that could happen with this. ]

... gege should make sure he holds on tight, in case something causes it to speed up or abruptly stop.

[ That "something" being them. He doesn't know about Rufus, but, really, he doesn't care very much for fake people that are going to disappear once they deal with this. Xie Lian, however, he cares about greatly!

... still going to press some buttons though, one by one with a pause in between each one to see what they do. ]