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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[misstrust]

[ Dorothy is going to apologize profusely after this.

But she also gets to feel exactly why he is incapable of doing anything else and you know? That's valid.

Ow.

Just let her slump against the booth instead of her crutches. Carry on. Sorry, buddy. ]

M-my... apologies.

[retellers]

[ the dude manning the station just kind of looks at emet and dorothy having a Moment blankly before handing them a giant fluffy duck plushie ]

Petting the duck usually helps people's depression here. [ that is not a depression, sir. though he looks at ange and laughs at her suggestion. not meanly? just. genuinely believing it to be a joke. ]

Good one. Getting a clue in here's got a high cost. Way higher than six little ducks. Lot better to keep to the ducks if you ask me.

[arkitect]

[he is very seriously contemplating just threatening this man for the clue instead of dealing with these ducks.

he is also still in pain, though, so he just grits his teeth, exhaling heavily.]

--you were unaware.

[the giant duck is all dorothy's to pet. he's not fully recovered, but he is pinging off an abrupt shot at the ducks, hopefully surprising them once more while he seems mostly out of commission.]

Just-- continue, both of you.

[lecarre]

[... ... .... Hm.

Okay.

Well.

Ange smiles sweetly at the attendant.]

Is there anything else we can-- [she fires off a sudden shot to try to surprise more ducks. Who's been teaching Ange to be sneaky]

--shoot that would be worth the right amount of points...? If "six little ducks" is not even close...

[They'll be here all day!!!]

[misstrust]

[ Dorothy pets the duck. It's very soft. This makes things so much better and solidifies her resolve to Get This done.

So she sets the duck down. Delicately unbuttons the top two buttons of her tacky pineapple shirt and manages to seductively drape her broken leg on the front of the stall while breathing.

Seductively. ]

Sir. And your fine feathered friends, as well, did you happen to know I'm very interested in... [ She leans forward.

Seductively. ] ... challenges? Perhaps I might make it worth your while with an offer of my own...

[ Please just shoot the ducks, guys. Dorothy will offer herself as a distraction. ]

[retellers]

[ ange and emet manage to shoot more ducks, netting them a very beautiful duck figure. it's made of glass! it will break if you breathe on it wrong, probably. the man looks at dorothy and her breasts before looking back at her face and smiling, still clearly high. ]

I'm real gay, but you've got some real nice breasts on ya, ma'am. Might work on Jocelyn down by the Ferris Wheel better. [ he smokes from his blunt again. anyway, back to ange while dorothy lives with her failures ]

I can take out the mega duck if you want, but I don't know if you guys are ready for that.

[arkitect]

[sorry but he's not going to follow dorothy's lead here, we are not finding out if the shooting game dude is into older men. cursed content.]

There is one way to find out, is there not?

[mega duck! mega duck! these are terrifying words to type on mobile!]

[lecarre]

[Ange is pretending she did not perceive Dorothy trying to seduce the stall man.

Anyway.]

Yes, please do bring out the mega duck!

[misstrust]

[ She buttons one button back up, but keeps the other one free in case this Jocelyn will prove to be helpful later. ]

I appreciate your kind acknowledgment of my breasts, good sir.

[ Please just bring out the duck. ]

[retellers]

Alright, but you're gonna need more guns.

[ he takes out some bigger guns, presses a button and at first, nothing happens.

and then a warning siren rings.

and then.

from the ocean.

mega duck floats over, ominously. ]

[arkitect]

[well! mega duck lives up to its name.

emet-selch grabs a bigger gun, readying it.]

Shall we, then?

[lecarre]

[Ange....... stares at it for a long, long moment.

For a minute she just looks incredibly tired.

But then she also takes a bigger gun, starting to walk towards mega duck without a word.

As soon as she's close enough to take aim, she's firing at it. Alrighty then.]

[misstrust]

Mm, let's.

[ She too will take a bigger gun. And leave one crutch behind so she can carry it and hobble along until she's closer.

And then try to shoot Mega Duck in the eye, it's fine, they're all over this. ]

[retellers]

[ none of their shots seem to do any damage to mega duck, who simply continues to advance ominously in the water at a very slow pace. it looks the same as all the other duckies, though it does not seem to have as obvious a target as the others... and it's also not dodging the shots, simply tanking them.

what is this duck made of ]

[arkitect]

[is its lil ducky mouth open. can it be fired into to try to damage the inside of it. if so, that's the plan!

if not, then he's going to be aiming up?? time to see if the target is like, on its back where they can't see it. he can possibly cheat with the third eye to make sure that shot falls back down where it should, maybe, that's in the mods' hands now.]

[lecarre]

[WAIT.

Cal is forgetful but Ange is not, and this is items week, and also more fun.

Anyway she's over this duck and she has no better use for this anyway. So while it is still in the water, she takes a pearl out of her pocket which she lost an eye for in the cyoa (a very bad trade), and proceeds to try to sweep the poor thing underwater by controlling the water it's meandering towards them in.

even if it doesn't work that's way more fun]

[misstrust]

[ Dorothy was going to try, but--

She's going to just lower the gun and let Ange do her thing first. ]

[retellers]

[ well emets thing wouldn't have worked but then ange cheeses it and fucking drowns the duck which sadly goes PHBTTTT underwater, so the dude just. claps and whistles from behind them ]

Damn! Never seen a gun do that before. Wild. Mega duck ain't ever seen the ocean so close.

[ don't tell him you cheated ]

[arkitect]

It is a particular sort of skill, yes.

[it was absolutely skill and not cheating! definitely not. the gun did it, shooting game man.]

Is that enough?

[lecarre]

[.... Yeah she just drops the pearl back into her pocket casually, and smiles brightly.]

Did we do a good enough job for the clue, mister?

[misstrust]

I would say she did, indeed, take care of the target.

[ Completely legitimately. ]

[retellers]

[ I NEVER GOT THE NOTIFS FOR THIS ]

I reckon you did! Here you go.

[ the carnie gives them

a demonic summoning circle, complete with candles and blood. that's your clue. ]