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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[infreefall]

[ ochako ain't afraid of no balloons! she's just charging right through there, as fast as it takes to catch up to this runaway funhouse attendee! at least the chorus of popping balloons should direct alphi (and alex, who is definitely still here) where to go. ]

[retellers]

[ The sound of annoying popping should be enough to direct him, yes.

Up ahead, the figure is climbing up a rope ladder! It's leading through one of those like, small tunnel things? You ever been to a McDonald's playground? You know, the tunnel things?? What are they called. anyway the ladder leads into one of those. They're going to have to crawl. ]

[arcsplainist]

[ You are really good at this.

The popping is definitely enough; after squeezing through more annoying ... bouncy pole thingies... Alphinaud runs to catch up, following the noise. Eventually he does, except once he reaches the rope ladder, he is totally out of breath, bent over at the knees. He is not meant for this. ]

Why... are they running so much...

[ wheeze ]

[infreefall]

[ ochako is just. waiting at the rope ladder. glaring up at it like it alone is the source of all their problems. ]

I don't know. You guys are way too cute to run from. [ she gestures at the rope ladder. ] ...You have to go first.

[ she is wearing a dress. ]

[retellers]

[ They hear the distant wheezing of someone going through McDonald's playground tunnels. ]

[arcsplainist]

[ Don't mind Alphinaud's utterly puzzled look. Why! Do you keep saying these things!

Thankfully, he also catches on pretty quick, so through his panting: ]

Very—very well.

[ He is not super nimble but by god he is working his way up this ladder and into the tunnels... where he's crawling through I guess... I'm lovin' it ♪ ]

[infreefall]

[ look she's telling the truth! they're both very cute!

anyway she'll start climbing after alphinaud (and alex, who is still here in theory) because no one is getting panty shots today. ]

It sounds like they aren't doing much better than you.

[retellers]

[ They can hear a distant thunk! and then what can only be the sound of a large body falling down a slide, very poorly, and hitting the edges of it very hard. ]

[arcsplainist]

I am fine!

[ No he's not.

He's gonna scurry towards the sound tho. ]

[infreefall]

Whatever you say.

[ she does not buy it

but she's following alphi and the noise ]

[retellers]

[ They will have to go down the slide! They will hear

groaning

down there. ]

[arcsplainist]

[ He reaches the slide! And just looks down it, giving enough room for Ochako to look as well if she wishes. What's down there anyway, a ballpit? ]

Are you all right?

[infreefall]

[ . . . ]

We probably have to go down there, don't we.

[ SHE'S WEARING A DRESS. ]

[retellers]

[ The groaning sounds more faint. ]

[arcsplainist]

We got this far, haven't we?

[ he glances down ]

I shall go first.

[ whee ]

[infreefall]

We don't even know why that guy's running.

[ way to ruin the funhouse, rando! anyway i guess she'll go down the slide too once it sounds like alphi's out of the way. ]

[retellers]

[ A little ahead, they will see a guy, just... on the ground. He's huddling in a corner, hiding from them, except he is still in plain view. ]

[arcsplainist]

[ He sure is.

Alphinaud approaches, though not too closely, eyeing the man down. I can't believe this guy is afraid of a four foot elf. ]

... Ahem. Good sir, as I said earlier—we mean you no harm. For what reason do you have to run?

[infreefall]

Yeah, what are you even running from? It's not that big of a surprise that other people would be here, is it?

[retellers]

D-don't look at me!

[ He waves them off! Frantically!! ]

[arcsplainist]

[ Alphinaud looks at him. Briefly averts his gaze at Ochako. Then back to him. ]

Are... you well? Is aught amiss?

[infreefall]

Looking away! [ she does turn away but that just means she's watching alphi's reactions to this instead. ] You can tell us what's wrong! We can try to help.

[retellers]

[ on closer inspection, this guy is on the... smaller side? like a very tall child. also, he has donkey ears. he makes a donkey noise. ]

Keep away! I can't go on tiktok like this!

[arcsplainist]

[ Buddy you're taller than Alphinaud. If only donkey ears were weird to him, but look, he comes from a world with like, wolf people and turtle people and fish people and—you get my point. ]

... "Tik tok"?

[ Alphinaud looks back to Ochako, puzzled. ]

[infreefall]

[ okay, now she is peeking over her shoulders, and when she spots the ears, she freezes.

kemonomimi?? ]

Erm... Well. You know, I'm not really into that kind of thing, but there are a lot of people who are? It's, um - maybe they think it's cute? You could still get a lot of views, probably.

[ she did not sign up for this. ]