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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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[ she’s already a little pale from the excitement from before but More Corpses means she just goes shock white, no matter who in particular they may be. luckily, xie lian is there before she gets herself stuck in the middle of things and she clings onto him for safety. never go anywhere without your moral support god, kids.

which gives her ample time to look around while hua cheng does his half to the new group of enemies. Goat-san of the red hair, would you happen to be hiding upon the ceiling ]

[ zuko is not as close to goat and doesn't know his memories, but thrown out like trash does strike a pretty hard chord with him, and he frowns. ]

[ but there's no time to react, because they're surrounded by enemies, and zuko pulls out his sword once more -- he glances around the room, quickly, following the movements of his companions, and his eyebrow furrows in confusion when hua cheng sheathes his weapon-- ]

[ oh, wait. there it is. ]

[ with a smirk in hc's direction, he rushes forward to cut down any corpses not rooted down by the ice. ]

[ (except for one, which usagi can v-chop) ]

[ Goat is nowhere to be seen, unfortunately.

Hua Cheng can freeze them, though the one with the arrow tattoo manages to break free of the ice, using monstrous strength. Looks like he's the top one of the bunch. He gets cut down by Zuko for his trouble, though, sending a splatter of blood and... black goop? It's probably fine.

By which I mean that after a couple of moments, said goop then swallows up the corpse's body and takes the form of a giant multi-headed monster, necks long enough to extend across part of the room and mouths large enough to swallow a person whole. In fact, there are enough mouths for all of you!

Aka, with a roar, the monster sure is trying to eat each and every one of the four at once now. ]

[ "hm this is a sticky situation but we can handle it", i thought. five seconds later...

i mean. well! xie lian grabs onto usagi and gives her a push backwards - sorry for the corpse pile that you probably have to trip over. he reaches back for the stupid backpack full of guns he shoved between his back and his hat and yeets it at usagi, too, in the general direction he pushed her away - ] There are weapons in there, take one, quickly!

[ and with that, he's drawing his sword and immediately leaping into battle, jumping into the line of fire with the head that was going after usagi and his own, to try and draw their attention. sword up, he's leaping in the air and making a slash at one of their heads with his blade to try and take it clean off.

which will probably not work because i rolled a seven. bad. ]

[ Oh, of course.

What was a great red coded bonding moment quickly becomes hell, and he shouldn't be surprised. Hua Cheng stares at this multi-headed monster. Hydras don't exist in thank god it's god, but monsters that spawn new body parts (or even bodies) probably do, because it's wuxia-aligned, and that's just how it is. So without his abilities in place, he's not keen on trying to slice its head off right off the bat, personally, as he draws his sword again. ]

Do not let that shit get on another body! [ Just in case, as he - meets the head that attacks him head on, instead of moving, thrusting the sword forward to stab it right in the goddamn open maw. I rolled a 17.

Try to eat Crimson Rain Sought Flower, huh! ]

Eh?! Eh?????

[ she's yelling at his back (and subsequently screeching when he gets injured) but here she is digging through the bag to pull out a gun anyway.

rip in shit everyone.

but unluckily I rolled an 18? so somehow she gets the safety off and fires off a shot at the creature who may be trying to eat xie lian whole right now ]

[ sometimes you trigger a boss battle ]

[ anyway, zuko's first instinct after his fellow red yells at him is to kick the closest corpses away from the monster -- but he's got one of his swords out in a flash. xie lian is struggling a little bit, gunsagi's covering him -- hc's got himself covered, so he does his best to parkour away from the head going for him and slash at the one going for usagi! teamwork. ]

[ he's going for its eyes, for the record, and i rolled a 14 ]

[ The good news is that this is only a mini-boss battle.

Which is to say, Xie Lian could've gotten a good hit, but then he rolls a sad, sad 7, so he just kind of uselessly slashes along the monster's head. Annoying, but it doesn't do much.

However, Usagi, with an 18, is lucky enough to randomly pull out a flame gun from the assortment of weapons in the backpack! Because I'll be honest, a normal gun would be pretty useless right now. She fires, shooting a beam of light that burns through the neck trying to eat Xie Lian. One head down! Despite Hua Cheng's fears, it doesn't regrow another one.

Hua Cheng stabs through a mouth, killing that head and dripping black goop down his sword.

Zuko stabs the eyes, causing that head to roar and swing around blindly. The head that was originally going for Zuko, before he parkour'd away, instead swerves for Xie Lian.

Also, important question: where is the unconscious falcon during all of this. ]

Edited 2020-11-19 01:50 (UTC)

[ well that's fine!! sometimes you just have to yeet a gun bag and it throws off your aim!

however, this time, i rolled a seventeen. so! xie lian's strike bounces off the top of the one monster, and he leaps back when it does. he's able to do some wuxia bullshit so his feet hit the wall, and uses the momentum to push back off and this time slice across the neck of the monster attacking him to try and take its head clean off, too. ]

[ Since it's dead, it's fine - he guides its momentum so that he can just drop it out of his way, to put a foot on the side of its jaw and pull his sword out with a fun gross noise. Usagi is... shooting guns, and Xie Lian and Zuko are both doing great, so he's not worried about them.

... he is worried about Usagi, but that's normal. ]

[ ........she did it? she did it! she absolutely was not expecting the legit firebeam of doom and yelps. miraculously, she doesn't drop the gun.

so with that, she shoots again at a 15 this time. ]

[ good job everyone! also zuko is still cradling and protecting poor lil sleepy falcon. he's just doing all his fighting with one arm. it's fine. he'll die before the bird does ]

[ now zuko's going to parkour jump up and over the heads -- whatever's still alive, he'll try to jump on top of and stab.... with a 9. hm ]

[ Xie Lian slices off the head! Just one more head to take care of, and it looks like Zuko's got it—wait, no, he doesn't.

The stab annoys it, but it's not down for the count, as it tries to swing its head and smash Zuko into a wall.

Usagi's shot lands, burning through another part of its body. This, at least, seems to slow it down as it swipes a blade-like hand at Hua Cheng. ]

[ we love monster goop! xie lian lands on the ground in front of usagi, sword up, other hand ready to guard, if necessary. a quick assessment of the situation, and, he calls out - ] San Lang, on your right!

[ --and then scurries to go help zuko, who is holding that poor falcon. he's practically vaulting over the corpse pile in the room to jab the monster in whatever body part's the closest with a quick sword strike and a solid 15.

let him assist his son!!! ]

[ Considering they're all a bit preoccupied, Hua Cheng can't completely mask the flinch in his expression when Xie Lian calls out to him. Gege is distracted it's probably fine.

But he still follows through on the warning, with a - rolls, a 15 also, wow, how romantic. He pivots to block, either with his saber or with his silver bracer, whichever the monster winds up hitting first. ]

[ with her beginner's luck, she will continue to keep pulling the trigger but... alas, I got a 7. which absolutely means she's about to eat shit on a mini boss so rip ig. ]

[ the monster hits zuko, but he braces for the hit, shielding the falcon, and hits the wall. listen i dont care if zuko gets the shit kicked out of him no one touches this bird ]

---Oof.

[ that's going to bruise! but he's up right away, gripping his sword and going for the other side of the head xie lian isn't attacking -- in tandem -- with his sword. pretend that makes sense i rolled a 14. ]

Edited 2020-11-19 03:09 (UTC)

[ You all did well, so once they attack, they ultimately succeed in killing the monster! They might have to slice it up in pieces, though, just to be on the safe side. But once it's dead, it collapses back into the odd black goop.

... Except for Usagi's 7, so her aim is off and she accidentally shoots a beam of fiery light in (rolls RNG) Zuko's direction. He might want to dodge.

Either way, everything falls silent. Dead Demans, dead monster, lots of gross goop (here's hoping it didn't splatter on anyone's clothes), and no Goat. Well, this was an unproductive trip. Eventually, though, they'll hear a voice calling from outside. ]

Hellooooo? Anyone there?

[ If they go to check it out, they'll find a human on a hoverboard. As soon as they exit, he points what looks like a firearm in their direction, before he relaxes. ]

Phew, you're humans, right? Or at least not Demans, whatever.

[ Oh, and a weird black thing might have followed them outside from inside the house. ]

Is everyone alright?

[ assuming zuko is not headless now that he's been shot at

anyway. we're fine. i think. so!

stepping out of the room with the others carefully behind him, xie lian glances up to see the human calling out! i was going to make a joke about hoverboards being wild technology but actually, that's the closest thing to flying on a sword he's seen here so far, so! xie lian, not nearly as ruffled as you would expect by someone on a hoverboard, bows to the young man, still holding his sword, though it's pointed downwards.]

Not Demans, no. We just finished fighting with several of them. Hello, young friend - have you seen a man carrying a black sword, like mine?

[ xie lian's gaze flicks briefly to the little black thing - he doesn't initially react to it, though he does hold his hand out sort of near it if it's hovering by...? ]

[ Good fucking luck, Zuko, hopefully you are good - if not, do you need an assist? You can have an assist. ]

Fine here, gege - put the guns away for now, Gongzhu. [ Nudging Usagi, so she knows he's talking to her, because while he's going to cover up his reaction he hasn't forgotten hers earlier at all.

... admittedly, he's not putting away his sword as he eyes the weird black thing. Especially when Xie Lian holds his hand out. If it tries to like, bite his hand or something... Hua Cheng will just slice it in half, or something. As he sidesteps any black goo anywhere. ]

[ SORRY ZUKO.....................

she starts at the apparent nickname when hua cheng gives her the okay, but luckily she remembers how to flick the safety back on before tossing it back into the bag. blease take these away.

otherwise, it's time to go back to hanging with to dad 2! and hopefully not running for their lives from this weird black thing. ]

[ zuko rolled a 9, so he will get grazed on his shoulder as he attempts to dodge. ow!! but he will push through the pain to size up the hoverboard dude and the weird black thing. ]

[ not making a move yet.... ]

[ Well.

A few things happen! One, the black thing opens up to reveal a toothy mouth, and it sure tries to bite Xie Lian's hand. Two, Hua Cheng slices it in half before it can succeed. Three, this doesn't stick, as it just reforms back into a black blob. At least it doesn't try to bite anyone again and is just chilling there.

As for the human: ]

Sword... Oh, you must mean Mr. God! Pretty sure no one else but him and, uh, you guys, I guess? would be using a sword nowadays. Nah, I dunno where he went. Probably headed to Zone 1 with Rano, though?

I'm on my way there too, actually—to carve a path of light! [ He fingerguns at the group with his hand not holding an actual gun. ] Wanna come with? I could use the help, and I got a good feeling about you guys.

[ hua cheng like :gooseknife:

oh, my. xie lian pulls his hand back before it gets bitten, and then san lang just kind of slices it - he gives him a grateful smile, opens his mouth to thank him, and then remembers his name issue from earlier. he then decides not to say anything, instead returning his attention to this nice young man.

so. "mr. god"... xie lian nods his head, lifting his hand to his mouth to slightly hide his smile at the nickname as he sheathes his sword. better than the other one? ] En, that's him.

If you would be so kind as to allow us to join you. [ with a bow of his head! ] We would be honored. Right?

[ @ everyone else? ] My name is Xie Lian - it is nice to meet you.

[ I'm so glad that this thing in its resting state reminded me a closed langolier so I inherently did not trust it. Thanks, Stephen King!

Hua Cheng gives it a stinkeye - which is the only eye he has, anyways - when it reforms, not sheathing the sword, but not going to attack it again. So long as it behaves itself, he won't have a reason to slice it in half. But he thankfully decides to move on past! The whole name thing! Because he can tell Xie Lian noticed.

Better to focus on this for now, and herding an injured Zuko, since Sipp is going to go to study and we are taking care of him. Good luck on your test tomorrow, Sipp! ]

It sounds like that's where we need to go. [ vibing ] Xue Yu.

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