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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i. second floor

[ lup can be found in a few different places. she's interested in the fancy royal bedroom and the stone coffin one, but mostly - she strays towards the church on the second floor.

she just really likes the flowers, is all. she's carefully picking them and making crowns out of them. people can, in fact, catch her doing that, but also, at some point: ]

I cannot believe he threw away the crabs. [ said at top volume, as she stands in the middle of the church and puts her hands on her hips. ]

ii. kitchen

[ she can also be found in the castle kitchen, absolutely taking advantage of the state of the art appliances.

except at some point, she's in the middle of cooking something, and she - glitches? horribly. her arm glitches out of existence and the pan in that hand clatters to the floor noisily. more importantly, the stab of pain gets her to stagger, and then hunch over.

under her breath, she mutters ow. ]

iii. wildcard

[ pc me! or hit me up with something random, or message me, let's do some rule ten ]

[ Being the nosy little explorer that he is, Alphinaud finds his way into the church, only to find Lup plucking out some of the flowers. ]

—Oh, Ruby. Find something of interest here?

Not really, I just like it here.

[ she glances over at him, with a little smile. she waves him over. ] Come here.

[ Well, okay.

Alphinaud wanders in, taking a long look around as he closes the distance between them. ]

The place looks... old.

It might be! [ she tilts her head back. ]

Kinda soothing, though. [ sniff. ]

There is a certain peacefulness to it.

[ He also looks up, though, he also happens to be directly in the light beaming down so—ow, his eyes. ]

... But I do wonder where these different spots are pulled from.

[ clementine hurries over to kind of - come see if lup needs support or anything? but after the glitch is over she's not, like, freshly injured, so instead clem picks up the pan for her. ]

... You alright?

[ she just looks like she wants to punch a wall for a second before she takes a deep breath. ]

... Yeah, fine, my limbs just, uh - keep vanishing! You know how it is. [ she... will take the pan back. ]

[ she's valid and she can punch walls if she wants to. clem hands the pan over. ] Yeah. It's, uh. Happening to all of us.

Probably not a good sign.

No, probably not. Lends credit to that theory we were kicking around though, huh.

[ she puts the pan back on the stove. ]

... You good? Things are a little wild right now.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking.

[ clem nods in response to lup's question, but then looks sort of... confused for a second? ]

I think so.

[ ?? ]

Aaaare you sure?

I feel like I was supposed to ask you something, but...

[ she shakes her head. ]

I can't remember. It was probably nothing.

[ squint ]

Oh, that's gonna drive me nuts, not knowing what you wanted to ask.

Sorry.

[ clem doesn't seem too distressed about it. they lose memories from home, after all. not really memories from here. ]

[ that's the most foreboding meta text i've ever seen ]

It's fine. Want something to eat, before the pan loses its shit again? [ she says this and it like, jitters, behind her. ]

[ it's fine! ]

There's still a chance of you losing your shit, but - yeah. Sure.

[ there is that, yeah ]

It only hurts like, a moderate amount when it happens. [ she says, squinting down at the pan. maybe she will use... a different one. ] I've had worse.