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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Comments

[sacredchants]

[ izumo will close her eyes and take a breath.

of course it has.

she'll let sora explain himself to hansa as she goes for the talisman on the table. ]

Do we get one or is it just for him? Anything we should know about it in particular? You know, if there are any side effects.

[reconnective]

It's not my world, just one I've been to. Jiminy told me about it...boys who goofed off and didn't do what they were supposed to would turn into donkeys and be stuck that way. [he doesn't draw attention to the part where the fortune teller knows his name despite nobody saying it and not introducing himself. but he'll let izumo take the talisman and give it a once-over himself before he nods.]

Thank you. I appreciate it. How does it work? [even if it's just a phoney trinket he'll ask in all seriousness.]

[robopriest]

[You know, Hansa might have been able to understand that reference, but what do you know! He's a feral son of a bitch.]

Hmmph. Maybe they deserve to be donkeys.

[Kids get sent to the cursed donkey carnival for their sin.]

[retellers]

You'll just know when to use it. And just one is enough.

[ She glares at Hansa. ]

Yeah, okay, future CPS case. Keep saying things like that.

[sacredchants]

[ izumo will use her crutch to lightly smack hansa. ]

Knock it off. No one deserves to be transformed into anything unless they decided it from the beginning.

[reconnective]

Hansa! [NO. WE OBSERVE BEFORE DECIDING THEY SHOULD BE DONKEYS. but also he glances at izumo briefly before he shakes his head.]

Okay. Once is enough and we'll figure it out from there. [he bows his head to the fortune teller briefly.] Any other words of advice or future-tellings?

[robopriest]

Ow?

[Don't hit him? He's holding a cat??]

Ugh...yeah, I guess you're right. [Yeah, yeah, they're going to go save kids from donkey superhell or whatever. Fine.] Hey. Fortune lady. Just how many kids are we expecting that are donkeys?

[retellers]

Like, a lot? It's hurting business, because no one wants to go somewhere where there's a bunch of asses.

[ hmmmm ]

I'd think about the thing I said about weed.

[sacredchants]

[ ..... ]

So, we're supposed to take a bunch of weed from some kids to prevent them from becoming donkeys and this talisman is supposed to help us with all of that?

[reconnective]

...either that or Taako's about to turn himself into an ass. [muttered. but hm!] We should go check on them and make sure things are okay.

[robopriest]

[Hansa thinks about all of this a moment, before glancing
over at the fortune teller.]

...Can't you find like, a perfectly normal carnival to work in instead of one that turns kids into donkeys?

[He huffs!]

Where do you think Taako and Hilda are?

[retellers]

Absolutely none of you have any room to judge me about normal jobs.

[ She huffs!!! ]

[sacredchants]

[ sora..?? ??? ???? language? ????? ???

but, uh, she'll look between them all and just: ]

Yeah, no, you're probably right. We aren't the best candidates for this but it doesn't mean it isn't still weird.

[reconnective]

[it's fine, it's true? it is simply another word for donkey?]

...I absolutely do not have room to judge. [he will just repeat that with a slow nod.] Do either of you remember which way they went when we all split up at the beginning?

[robopriest]

I guess we can't judge at all. Ohh no.

[He says, dryly, giving a shrug to Sora's question as he moves to stand up...]

[And then proceeds to leave the tent. Oh right, he still has Mojo? Well, he's not putting the cat down. Bye.]

[retellers]

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There is now a heavy crystal ball being thrown at high speed at the back of Hansa's head. ]

[sacredchants]

[ nope.

izumo is going to let hansa get beaned by the crystal ball. she's not having any of that plus she's injured enough, thanks. so instead her attention will be towards sora. and just for the sake of things— ]

I think I remember them going towards the pool tables?

[reconnective]

[unfortunately a.) he's a peacekeeper and b.) hansa has an adorable kitty so that means he's immediately zipping forward to catch the crystal ball. except it's going fast which means he lifts his hands and catches this stupid thing, shoulders snapping back and a faint...rip...of bandages around his chest.

...great. whatever!]

Alright. Let's get out of here and go see what they found out. [he will...return the crystal ball.] I'll get Mojo back, too, and we'll return him!

[he will wait for izumo to get to her feet.] Hansa, wait for us! [FERAL HANSA IS BAD ACTUALLY.]

[robopriest]

[Haha, funny that you went for it, Sora! Because Hansa, without even turning around, without even a warning, just has his arm suddenly crank all the way back at an unnatural angle, hand reaching out to catch the ball....except it doesn't, since Sora gets there first.]

[The arm slides back to his side, but this actually deeply shocks Hansa - letting go of the cat, he instantly raises his hand to look at this bizarre limb that he's only just discovered.]

........?

[He looks over at Sora, pointing helplessly at his own arm.]

...????

[Well, guess cyborg impermanence saves the day? Please get him away from this fortune teller before she strangles him kthnx.]