redactable | WEEK SEVEN: MINGLE

WEEK SEVEN: MINGLE
(21 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.

As usual, the participants will find that their lodgings have changed, and should anyone check their PHS, Chiron, Ochako, Soo-won, and Dorothy's profiles have been removed. They may also find that they have difficulty recalling complete details of the past weeks.

Furthermore, it looks as though the rules have updated.

Not everything is the same as the previous pattern, though. The barrier to the north is back up, and once more, what lies beyond is an empty field. In contrast, however, participants may notice that they can finally access a place they haven't been able to before...

Additionally, it looks like the Leaders aren't around. No matter where the participants look, they're nowhere to be found. Should anyone try calling for them in the Planetarium, there will be no response—not even a message telling the participant that they're busy.

Finally, everything around the participants begins to... glitch? Buildings may suddenly blink out of existence and then back in, random items like chairs or cups may suddenly distort even while they're being used, and looking at any particular thing for too long may give someone a headache. It's worse than it was that one week, though: participants will find that it's happening to themselves as well. Body parts might suddenly glitch out of existence then back in, and there will be a shot of pain when it occurs. It'll happen randomly, but it also seems to occur more often if they're touching something or another person.

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a.

[Ange can be found pretty much everywhere in the castle, carefully running a hand along the walls, or counting paces from one end of the hallway to the other, or checking each and every door.

She's got pretty much the same flat expression on her face no matter where she is, but the higher up in floors you find her, the more there's a faint air of befuddlement when things don't add up the way she's expecting them to.

Anyway, she notices other people around basically immediately, and offers up a casual:]

On the Black Lizard planet, it is considered respectful to measure hallways in new locations you find yourself in.

[... okay.]

b.

[Ange opens the door to the Pawn Room and stares at the pub setting for a long, long moment... It's the sort of place Dorothy probably would've been found in immediately, isn't it?

And then shuts the door behind her, turning away immediately, expression steely.

It's fine, probably.

If you're there as well, she'll immediately turn away.]

There is not anything work looking into there. [sure, ange.]

c.

[wildcard me or just hit me up for pcs tbh, fingerguns, i'm open for everything]

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[ Alphinaud is curiously wandering up, exploring the castle grounds for himself, but as he approaches—Ange just shuts the door ahead of him.

He pauses, puzzled. ]

... Are you certain? Naught at all?

[There's literally no reason to perpetuate this lie except that she was caught having feelings.

Anyway so naturally, straight-faced:]

Nothing at all. We had best move on to the next room, so as to not waste time.

[she lies anyway]

[ oookay. he can just roll with this. ]

Very well. I have yet to see what the other rooms hold, at least.

[ he can come back to this one later... ]

[That's probably wise. To the next room over! She's not much for conversation anymore, is she?

Anyway, next is the... Knight Room?

She opens the door without hesitation, and then blinks at the ensuing darkness. Hm.]

[ Given yesterday? He'll chalk it up to that.

Then she opens the door, and his eyes grow slightly wider. ]

This is different...

[ Alphinaud is about to walk in, but then he notices the floor and stops dead in his tracks. Uhhhh. Water? ]

—Is that real?

Interesting.

[Ange shakes her head.]

It can't be. It hasn't spilled out from under the door, and yet is level with the floor.

[... She steps forward, and tilts her head.]

How odd.

'Tis best not to apply logic to what we find within the Realm, but...

[ Alphinaud follows suit, stepping forth. He watches the floor in mild awe, rippling underneath his footsteps. ]

Marvelous, is it not?

[...]

Yes, it is.

[It's bizarre, too, but Ange can't deny it's beautiful.]

... I cannot help but wonder if these have come from the leaders.

A fair assumption to make. Already has much been drawn from their memories.

[ He looks around. It's so dark, yet in spite of that, somehow he isn't lost. Alphinaud draws further into the room. ]

But I know not enough of their minds to say for certain. It could very well come from anyone.

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[ ...

well.

okay then ange. ]

... Is that going well for you?

[blandly:]

Yes. I've discovered the answer to all of the secrets of this floor by doing so.

[it's

a lie.

it's all a lie.]

[ she just

blinks ]

Is that so? Anything worth looking at?

[ hmmm. ]

[Alex humors her so Ange just keeps being outrageous.]

Yes, of course. Of particular interest is the bedroom that leads to yet another alternate world.

[ bless. ]

Oh? Better than the ones normally past the Northern barrier?

Indeed.

This one takes you to a world full of talking cats.

You went in and checked it out then?

I did. [This just... continues now.]

I had a duel to the death with their leader.

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[ she's probably just rounding the corner or something, frowning the glitched sections and... staring at the floor in bemusement at others. like the portion of the third floor that should be over the hole where the church is.

at a nice, healthy distance, because social distancing: ]

Is that so? I am unaware of the custom. Then by all means, do not let me interrupt you.

[Social distancing is important and she's a good girl.

So Ange continues!

Her brow furrows ever-so-slightly as she finishes counting out her steps properly.]

... I should not be surprised any longer that things do not follow the laws of physics here, and yet...

[ her expression reads "first time?" i hate that stupid broken landscapes that make no sense are par for the course in madoka. ]

It is a place that has forgotten much of the details that govern it. What remains is just the parts most important for it to exist at all, the rough shape and concept of a room. The sketch of a halfway, and so forth.

Trying to understand it will not be particularly fruitful.

[yes, first time in a madoka hellscape, poor homura.]

That is most likely true. That has been the case each week, after all.

... Even so, I do not intend on allowing complacency to stop me from finding something potentially useful.

[So she has to try nonetheless.]

[ she tilts her head, slightly. ]

Have we been?

[ complacent, that is. ]

[Al is also up here on the weird upper floors, and he HAS been measuring hallways thank you]

"Black Lizard planet"? Is that what that dark room with the skulls is called?

[Al understands the importance of this!!

Anyway she pauses.

And then nods.]

Yes, that is correct. [no.] Each of these rooms is named after planets. [no!!]