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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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[ hm, yeah. don't like that.

sorry if this is anyone's pet, but she's going for an eye with one of her hoarded arrows. by all means, continue your discussion. surely, it screeching in pain or anger whatever will be warning enough for the rest of them staring at the sword, or talking, or something. ]

[ Oh. He sees that. ]

'Twould be best to hold your words—

[ And then, Homura fires off an arrow. ]

—for a beast lies ahead.

[ He has no idea how to use a sword. ]

[ Well, the arrow does hit, and when it happens there's a kind of-- echo, around Homura? Like suddenly there's another person there also shooting a bow and arrow, a dark skinned boy with a crop top, but it only lasts a second before the monster fails to die of convenient arrow like an asshole, just screeches, and the girl grabs the sword hastily. ]

For the honor of--

[ the word she says is garbled, and it does not really matter anyway, because there's a flash of light that encompasses the entire scene and when they next blink, they're somewhere... completely different.

All of them will find themselves wearing their outfits from the ball of last week, in the middle of a very icy (literally? why is there so much ice here) ballroom. There's people everywhere, and the girl from before is still here, wearing a red dress and looking around worriedly. She's further away from them now, though, vanishing through the crowd.

There's music! Food! Dancing! Absolutely none monster. Also, someone is immediately coming up to all of them. ]

There are no weapons allowed at Princess Prom.

[

what ]

[ nope. this is officially an entirely different experience than she had before and now izumo is honestly at a loss. she can no longer be any use of a guide to them. we're all on this ride without a map or anyone at the wheel.

it's nice to know she's back to being dolled up, though? in a way. it was a very pretty dress but at the same time she has bonus injuries, tragic.

nevertheless— ]

Princess...Prom?

[He is not a princess.

Rufus turns away to head for the crowd where the girl, who's so far what links these two locations, disappeared.]

[ what the hell. ]

[ well! ]

Ohhhh, I'm so sorry! Silly me, I'm afraid we weren't informed when we received our invitations.

[ wh ]

Umm, would you be able to show me to where the guests check them in, then?

[ who is this. ]

[ Much as Alphinaud would likewise wish to pursue the girl from before—

Well. Someone else has other plans for them! Given that they're both the ones with weapons here, Alphinaud is going to assume she is putting on an act, and he follows suit. ]

—Indeed, pray pardon our mistake. If there is somewhere we can take these...

[ he doesn't actually want to part with it, but. ]

Honestly, I have no idea how you got this far in without putting weapons away. Princess Prom is a peaceful, neutral event, and no weapons or conflict is allowed within these walls.

[ the attendant huffs, not at all explaining what princess prom is or why, bringing homura and alphinaud over to a check out area, though they seem to ... hesitate, when they get to Alphinaud's sword? ]

... Didn't we already have...?

[ they seem very troubled by this. Izumo and Rufus seemed unarmed, however, so they're free to do what they want! Rufus followed the blonde who, it turns out, seems to be following... this is a cat. She's following a cat that seems intent on throwing stuff down from tables and being a nuisance in general, putting fur all over pretty dresses and what not.

The cat leads both Rufus and the girl in circles back to Izumo, apparently very interested in a poor girl who can't walk without aid. It rubs itself on her legs and looks very smug for a cat. ]

[ while alphniaud and homura deal with the paradox that i have unknowingly created, izumo can watch the cat chase unfold in front of her. yeah, rufus is more than welcomed to follow the girl (and the cat) around because there's no way that izumo will be doing much hobbling after given her everything. that said when the cat comes closer to her and starts to circle her.

well.... izumo loves cats. she loves them very, very much. also this is rare for a cat to come to her instead of running to them?? sorry were they here for something? izumo suddenly can't remember and all she wants to do is see if she can't pet this cat while awkwardly bending over because of leg.

put a cute animal in front of her and her mind blanks. sorry? ]

[While Izumo entertains the cat's company, Rufus closes the gap between himself and the girl—finally.]

Is the cat important?

[ she'll just

go along with the attendant I guess, looking for all the world like a clueless, ditzy, embarrassed mess who just forgot to put her bow away at the nice royal rendezvous, oopsie.

honestly yuuri has no intention of giving up her bow but being shown to where the already-checked-in sword would be nice if that's still relevant at all. hm. wonder if she can desummon and resummon it back like she's supposed to be able to, actually...

anyway is there anything in the check out area worth taking a second look at, or will these other princesses' memory belongings go unpilfered today? hopefully the rufus-izumo duo is getting useful things done. ]

[ Well, if nothing else, these two are a distraction to the attendant while Izumo and Rufus do their thing. ]

Oh, this?

[ Alphinaud glances down at the sword, then beams a smile at the attendant. ]

Lovely, is it not? 'Tis a fine blade that's been passed down the family, and while I am not yet skilled with it, I do hope to one day make my father proud.

[ The bullshit duo is really at it... ]

[ The attendant looks ... so confused, looking back at the sword that's been left behind and then Alphinaud's identical one. They are forgetting to grab Homura's bow, though it would be difficult for her to go over the counter of the checkout to pilfer, unfortunately. Boo. ]

But... wasn't that She-Ra's...?

[ it's muttered to themselves more than anything, before they take a closer look at Alphinaud's sword. Meanwhile, in catlandia, the cat looks so amused at being pet and also immediately weaves itself closer to Izumo?

The girl squawks at Rufus's question ]

Uh, duh, of course it's important? It's the Horde? I have to know what kind of evil scheme she's up to. And weren't you keeping an eye on-- gah, never mind! Get back here, cat!

[ she looks like she wants to bowl over Izumo to get to the cat. the cat purrs in a fashion that sounds distinctly amused. hmm. ]

[ the blond girl is saying something about a horde and evil schemes but the only thing that izumo has on her mind is how cute this cat is??? there sure is some hostility towards the cat from the blond girl but the only izumo is going to do is see if the cat wants to jump into her arms? (arm?)

she has no real means of "protecting" the cat from anyone given her injuries but no one would be really mean to her given...her injuries. right??

right????? ]

[Clearly, she's thinking of someone else on his end. Rufus follows closely behind the girl, though he does glance around their surroundings as he does so. If she isn't alone, are there other people keeping an vigilant eye on them or another party?

He turns back to the girl and Izumo. Somewhere in this party hall, Rupe is doing an impeccable job of keeping out of sight.]

[ who knows what happened to the rest of the stuff she had on her before outfit change but they're small and easy to hide. maybe the flower is woven in with her crown of red lilies.

anyway, while izumo deals with cat, Rufus tries to... talk to girl, and alphi distracts the attendant, she'll just. stow her bow such that hopefully it doesn't look too conspicuous, and then step carefully away from the confused attendant to check out the rest of the ball.

you just have to look like you being there, right? act cool, confident, and just go wherever you feel like. it's like being the new transfer student again, x100.

anyway they're looking for someone so look for them she shall as she makes her way around hopefully, anything interesting happening or is it just couples and triads chattering by the punch bowl? ]

[ This paradox...... ]

Is aught amiss?

[ Maybe they are identical swords, but that's not a big deal, right? It could happen to anyone. ]

[ The girl looks like she's alone? And she does not seem too concerned with potentially further injuring an injured person to get to the cat. Hm. Though since Rufus and Homura are looking around, they might notice that some of the party guests seem to be... disappearing and reappearing for no reason? That's cool and normal. Homura specifically will notice a boy in a ... crop top tuxedo vanishing behind a door, looking angry.

Anyway, the cat jumps into Izumo's arms and that's when the girl attempts to tackle them both with a yell.

Meanwhile, in the Alphinaud corner-- ]

I... suppose they just lookalike. [ though the attendant seems to think, and-- ] Wait, did anyone ever check your invitations?

[ hrm. oops. ]

[ well, there's no hope of izumo moving out of the way in any reasonable amount of time if she is actually tackled?? time for izumo to get tackled into the ground, i guess.

bye. ]

[Goodbye.

Homura can investigate the traffic first. Rufus steps forward, then glances aside while the girls and cat collapse into a heap.]

Please surrender the cat.

[This is addressed to Izumo as he watches the guests from his periphery.]

[ well, she hears that from behind her, and oops, time to disappear into the crowd. who are you mysterious boy who was projected on her for all of half a second...

can she follow and just. hang by the door to see if she can hear anything? no? can she follow, and leave this scene about a naughty cat that zia is labouring so hard over. ]

[ ..... Invitations??? ]

Indeed, they have! Right at the door, even; however, if you would like a second look, I have mine right over—hm, where is it, now...?

[ Alphinaud is, uh, gonna check his pockets? He really hopes one just mysteriously manifested somewhere. ]

You won't get away with this, cat--

[ unfortunately, once the girl talked izumo, the cat fucking leapt away, so izumo was bodily tackled for no good reason, but now that there's a commotion, the attendant forgets all about Alphinaud's invitation and simply drags him back to the rest of the group sans Homura?

she forgot to take his sword but that's probably for the best ]

What are you doing, the Princess will--

[ and then the cat leaps on top of the girl, possibly to be terrible or to protect izumo, who knows, but it mostly means the girl is now trying and failing to wrestle a cat while on top of izumo, causing everyone to look.

meanwhile, homura follows the boy out of the room. he's not there when she looks, but she will notice what looks like an armored person planting bombs on some pillars? that's fine and cool. ]

[ IZUMO IS A GOOD GIRL AND DIDN'T DESERVE TO BE TACKLED LIKE THIS?!???

but here she goes. down on the ground, i guess. hope no one wanted her to get up again any time soon. also she'll let out a bit of a yelp/scream as she falls to the ground because of her injuries. also because she's being caught up with being wrestled with???

sometimes you spend your healing item healing someone other than yourself so you just suffer. anyway hope this commotion is ultimately good for everyone. ]

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