WEEK SEVEN: MINGLE

[retellers]

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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Comments

[lecarre]

[there may as well be a murder, really.

Murder is probably the least surprising thing that's happened thus far.

Anyway, if they eavesdrop can they gather more deets...? Like where said murder happened, or where they should go to ~investigate~]

[axecessory]

Sorry, sorry... I'm pushing our luck.

[ but okay there's the laughs. she perks up a little at the oddity, shooting jeanne a glance before moving down the hall to Investigate.

can they go into whatever classroom the laughter is erupting from? ]

[discernments]

I hope your luck is better than mine.

[ It's a good thing Jeanne isn't near the murder rumors.

Jeanne prays laughter is a good sign and not a bad one, but yeah!! Heading towards the laughter. Can they find and go to the source? ]

[retellers]

[ Apparently there was some incident in one of the classrooms, from what Ange can overhear.

They can. They will walk in on a group of students, one being a green haired girl. She looks at them and



immediately bursts into laughter and points at them. ]

[lecarre]

[Well.

Time to start checking classrooms as they go!!

As they try to also figure out if they can get any more details than that, but if not, they're just gonna have to check each and every one.

I hope this school isn't that big.]

[axecessory]

[ ?????

actually the most frightful thing in this cyoa is being made fun of by high schoolers. hilda shoots this new girl a curious look. ]

Um... what's so funny?

[discernments]

[ It's fine. Jeanne can take being ridiculed. She takes it in stride. ]

Is something the matter?

[retellers]

[ We may need Alex for this subplot, admittedly, but Ange can wander in search.

But the girl wipes tears from her eyes. ]

You guys look... so ridiculous... hahaha!

[ Please quickly ask your questions while you still can. ]

[axecessory]

[ oh, their clothes. these punks. can't imagine what sort of reception they'd have gotten if they were still in those costumes.

in any case. ]

Yeah, yeah. Laugh it up. [ sighs!! ] We're looking for someone, about yay high and...

[ please insert description of rabbit here again, why didn't they loot her photo ]

[discernments]

[ uh, this gym uniform is their uniform? hello?

but also, stealing other people's personal belongings is a bad thing!!! it'd be really useful right about now, though. ]

Have you seen her lately?

[retellers]

[ She's still laughing, but ]

Oh, you mean [ a student accidentally knocks over an entire desk ]? I haven't seen her come in yet... Are you her friends?

[axecessory]

[ MIKURU RABBIT YOUR NAME ]

Yup! She's a good friend of mine, but I haven't seen her all day. Maybe she got caught up somewhere?

[ does she know where, perhaps? ]

[discernments]

[ Wow, these things that just conveniently happen so no name is heard.

Jeanne goes over to help right this desk. ]

Mm. I was hoping to see her soon, too. Do you know how to get in contact with her?

[chanteuser]

[ i guess alex is here checking rooms too hello someone needed her for subplot reasons?

what do her little alex eyes see so we can get this subplot going ]

[retellers]

[ Alex and Ange walk into the room to see a normal empty class. Or, almost normal, because there's a body slumped over on one of the desks without a head.

It probably looks familiar to Alex.

Meanwhile, elsewhere, the girl shrugs. ]

.. I haven't seen her yet. Hm, where did she go?

[chanteuser]

[ sometimes your series has a limited number of good memories for you to link for impact and you yolo one forgetting you also submitted it for memloss it’s fine she remembers the body.

so instead she just

slams the sliding door shut and turns to press against against it and makes a motion at ange/whoever has run over for plot convenience purposes ]

I have a feeling I... can guess the answer, but you aren’t squeamish are you?

[ she will not resist being pushed aside to look in if not ]

[axecessory]

[ this search is really turning out dire. ]

Does that mean she hasn't come to school yet?

[ do they need to go to her house or something? despite all the silliness, she's starting to get worried for rabbit—the clues should really be pointing her way but their leader still feels as lost as when they started. ]

[discernments]

If she isn't at school, where would she be?

[ How lost is lost?

This is the question, isn't it? What does lost mean here? ]

[lecarre]

[Ange just closes her eye.

Of course.

Of course the murder.

Why wouldn't there be a headless corpse here.]

No. I am not. You can stay out here if you would prefer.

[Ange will check out Alex's memory for her??? It's fine, this is fine, she'll step in to check out the decapitated body.]

[retellers]

[ The girl shakes her head. ]

I can't think of anywhere else, she didn't tell me she wasn't coming.

[ Ange will see that it's the body of a man. There's no sign of the head, and the body doesn't really seem like it belongs in a school setting. ]

[chanteuser]

[ we're in a lawless land where order doesn't matter now -- no it does, i guess this is us getting back into order. ]

[ alex will, after a moment, step back into the room after ange. is there anything else about the room, other than the obvious headless corpse that alex is trying not to look at more than she has to. bunny's not hiding in the corner is she? ]

[lecarre]

[If Rabbit was in this room, she'd probably be passed out, wouldn't she--

Anyway, Ange will do the dirty work of inspecting the body. Any obvious defining features that is has without, uh. Having a head? And is the classroom clean or a total mess?]

... This was certainly not a student. I suppose it was either a teacher, or from our memories once again.

[axecessory]

[ she just! sighs! ]

All right. Maybe she's not in this school at all, then...

[ are they just going to have to keep traveling through time until they find her? what is this place's deal? ]

Do you know where else we might find her?

[discernments]

[ Are they just going to have to wander the entire school until they're put to sleep again?

But if it's time— ]

Do you know what time her club is supposed to meet?

[ Isn't that what that other guy said? That they're supposed to meet sometime? ]

[retellers]

[ Rabbit is not in the room because she would indeed be passed out if she were. But there is a blade sticking out of the desk next to the corpse. If they look, they'll also see that it seems like there are random items scattered around the room, that don't seem like they belong in a classroom? It's like things that were inside a home were just inserted here.

The girl shakes her head. ]

After school, but also whenever Suzumiya-san wants them to. You guys should just look around.