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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[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.

[chanteuser]

[ is there anything that stands out about them? and the blade -- does it look significant in any way?

alex will grab some of the Most Important Looking Items if need be, and purposely not look at the body. ]

... His name was Miles Mayer, I think. It's... fuzzy, but this much I remember.

[ it's said very quietly. ]

... Do we need to stay here? Or should we keep looking for Rabbit?

[lecarre]

[Yeah if there's anything remotely noteworthy Ange'll pick it up. Otherwise, she just shakes her head at Alex's question.]

If he is from your memories, that answers that well enough.

We should keep looking.

[That's the main goal here, right? Thank goodness the murder victim wasn't Rabbit!

Time to bail!]

[axecessory]

[ hilda gets the feeling that they may not be awake to make it to afterschool. what can they do but go and search in the meantime? at least they seem to be getting closer to rabbit through her memories, finding people she's connected to. ]

Ugh. Okay, thanks.

[ she sounds a little disappointed, but unless there's anything else in the room that stands out, off they go! ]

[discernments]

Thank you.

[ To Hilda, as they both check out if there's anything odd in the room before they go: ]

Shall we just check every other classroom while we're here?

[ She doesn't know how to be effective more than that unless— ]

We could also cause a commotion to draw people to us.

[retellers]

[ There is nothing obvious that stands out about the blade except for whatever Alex may or may not recognize about it.

But when they walk out, they will... run into Haruhi again, with her arms folded. ]

What was in there? Did you find your band member?

[ Meanwhile, Hilda and Jeanne see nothing that stands out, so they can go into the hall and discuss. ]

[chanteuser]

[ oh. ]

...

[ to lie or not to lie? ]

Something like a model, I think? And no, we haven't found her.

[ ... ] She's about this height-- [ bunny measurements ]-- with brown eyes and auburn hair about this long. You haven't seen her since we last met, have you?

[lecarre]

[not a strong enough lie, Alex.

Ange shakes her head.]

You really, really do not want to go in there. It looks like an art project gone wrong. You do not want to get dragged into cleaning it up, do you...?

[DO NOT GO IN THERE, IMPRESSIONABLE CHILD.

Anyway yeah, their band member. Alex has got that covered.]

[axecessory]

[ meanwhile, with the cadaverless group... ]

What do you think? Should we look around and see if we can find the others while we're at it?

[discernments]

[ She nods. ]

We should regroup in case we are all made to fall asleep again.

[ Jeanne opens the door to the next classroom, as they walk along. Anything stand out?

They can walk, talk, and search. ]