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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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[ ange is too tired to pretend anymore and I respect her

hilda gladly accepts this older rabbit, canting her head. ]

Thanks! I'm pretty worried about your... other self. Whatever you can help us with, we'd really appreciate.

[ Classified information....?

Jeanne accepts that well enough. Any help is better than none. ]

Please lead the way, however you can.

[ He just looks even more exasperated as he looks at them. Haruhi announces that it is now his job to take care of them and fills him in, and she leaves the room without much ceremony to continue her search elsewhere. He, however, immediately squints. ]

Are you some other secret organization I should be aware of? Will I need to be saved after an overly polite attempt on my life? Why are you searching for [ LAWN MOWER DOWNSTAIRS IS RUNNING AROUND ON A RAMPAGE ] exactly?

[ Meanwhile, the older Rabbit will walk out of the room and gesture for them to follow. As they walk, they'll get that same sense of sleepiness they had before, but they don't actually fall asleep this time.

Because we have to. [ she nods at haruhi ] We tried telling her but she didn't believe us, so I'm sorry if I don't feel positive about going through that again. But... she's my friend. And I need to find her.

That's enough, right?

[ she sounds sincere. it's alex, of course she sounds sincere. ]

[Ange, ever a helper, adds:]

We cannot promise that there will not be any attempts on your life, though hopefully we have escaped the killing phase of this entire situation. It is most likely safe.

[okay.]

But we do need to find her. There are many lives at stake. [and while Ange is no hero... Dorothy's life is among that number, so she's quite sincere on that front.]

[ as the drowsiness comes along again, she makes a face, expecting yet another sleeping spell, but...

maybe this older rabbit is a good luck charm, because it doesn't take them out this time.

she follows eagerly along, or as eagerly as a sleepy person can. she yawns, stretching her arms over her head as they walk to wherever they're going. ]

Do you know what's going on here? Or is that 'classified' too?

[ She shakes her head to clear what drowsiness she can. Jeanne is marching forward through this sleepiness by nature of her will.

She tries to keep an eye on this older Rabbit as much as she does on their surroundings as she follows. ]

Were we falling asleep because she's asleep?

[ The young man just sighs. ]

No, I understand that all of these ridiculous things are just beyond me, but they keep happening. [ He gets up. ] But I told her that I'll protect her, so I trust that you guys actually do want to help. Let's go.

[ And he will try to get them to leave the room with them. He seems to know where to go.

The older Rabbit glances at them. ]

You're falling asleep because you've been going back through time. It's part of the process. As for everything else... I have an idea, because it's happening to me. I know what she knows, because here it would have already happened to me, even if this place isn't entirely real.

Thank you.

[ she's just going to follow him without a second thought, sorry to poor ange who has just been following her like 😒 this whole time.

she's looking for a bunny..... ]

[It's fine, this is the life and times, Ange is used to it.

They at least seem to be making progress, so!! Following!!

Let's go!!]

...Honestly, all this time travel stuff is beyond me.

[ again, she doesn't know what a train is, much less temporal distortions. she doesn't really get it, but she believes her as much as anyone can, following along. ]

But if you tell us what to do... I guess I'll try my best.

[ Time is a funny thing in Fate/. I'm not thinking about it even if Jeanne would. ]

What kind of place is this, if it's not entirely real? I understand that our memories have affected it, but...

[ It's not too weird for her, but it is making her think. ]

... It'd be too much to ask you, if you'd know we have a hopeful end to this.

[ As they walk, he looks at them over his shoulder. Ange and Alex will start to feel sleepy, but they don't fall asleep. ]

You said you're protecting people? What will happen if you fail? What would you do?

[ The older Rabbit is headed outside, towards where the baseball field is. ]

... that I don't know. The other me doesn't, so I can't. [ ... ] But you'll probably be fine.

[ she doesn't answer Jeanne's question though. ]

[ alex blinks, shaking her head slightly. ]

We don't really know. It won't be good though. We lost people, and without her we can't get them back. None of us want that to happen - we've all lost people that mean a lot to us.

[ she... can't not get chiron and ochako back. yona, kano, dorothy, there are so many people she refuses to leave behind. ]

[... Ange glances between him and Alex, before she simply shakes her head.]

We won't fail. [Simply, firmly.] There is nothing we cannot do, when it comes down to it. [Not with such a wide spread of skills.

Not when she's there, and she's always believed that where there's a will, there's a way. "Nothing is impossible for a spy", after all.]

[ hilda is a realist, not an optimist. when rabbit does not pose much hope to them, she takes it in stride—this is how it's gone this entire time. there is no real guarantee they'll find bunny and save her and, subsequently, everyone else.

but they walk out to this baseball field with no real idea of what to do, because it's worked so far. they'll manage this, or at least... try to. ]

The Rabbit we know would always say that too. That things will be fine.

So I'm sure they will be. Let's see what the situation is like when we get there, Jeanne.

[ For as much hope as Jeanne has and for as much hope as she symbolizes and wants to give, it's hard to say how much of an optimist she is at times when she's no stranger to pragmatism.

Still, Jeanne smiles. It's not like they all haven't done work. It's not like they all haven't made their own efforts, and those things are not based solely on hope. ]

We can only move forward with what's in front of us.

[ Which is a baseball field? What's up here? ]

... I'm glad that she's doing something that matters then.

[ well, he is also taking them... towards the football field. The same girl from the clubroom joins them, and doesn't speak to either of them as they go.

The baseball field is, well, a baseball field. But they will also notice that it's now suddenly nighttime as they step outside and all the other students are gone. The older Rabbit pauses when they get to the edge of it. ]

... Hilda, you once told someone that you didn't think you would be able to sacrifice yourselves for other people. You only have one life, so why waste it? Do you still think that?

[ alex looks around the football field as she goes. ]

Yes. All of them have done a lot.

[ can see anything of note on the football field? ]

[Yeah, Ange too is looking around, though she fell silent after her piece.

Alex pretty much had it covered, after all. The Leaders have done a lot for all of them.]

[ it's dark out, and hilda shoots rabbit a curious look. where's this coming from? ]

I do, yeah.

[ she answers easily enough. to her, it's the truth. ]

I'm pretty attached to being alive... and I don't think it's worthwhile to die for someone. A life is a life, you know? You're not adding something to the world by dying for somebody else—you're losing someone either way. It's not a waste to want to survive.

[ in the end, hilda has always been someone more likely to kill for someone than to die for them. (but is it really true that she wouldn't take a bullet for someone? maybe not, but no one needs to know that.) ]

I guess I'd just rather think of an outcome where we all turn out alive. But what's with the sudden philosophical questions? Sounds a little ominous.

[ More time traveling, it seems.

Jeanne stays silent because it's not a question posed at her, and this seems to be something meant for Hilda.

She has her own views and her own approaches to doing things, and she has always meant for people to be who they are. She watches to see where this goes next because it does seem very ominous. ]

[ As we have oocly established because I don't know words, they're all at the baseball field, but on different sides of it I guess. It's fine. But the young man who is Kyon I don't care anymore, falls quiet. This time, the girl with him (Yuki) speaks. ]

The one known as-- [ she pauses, looking at the two of them. ] It would displease Suzumiya Haruhi if she's not returned to us.

[ kyon just makes a face like "why do you have to say it like that"

The older Rabbit tilts her head. ]

I think it's just something to think about, after everything you have all been through. I'm not sure what I would do either. Am I brave? Would I find the strength to step forward and do something that I really rather not? How can we really know how we have all changed, even in a place like this where so many things aren't real.

It would make us pretty unhappy too. We want to get her back, and then she can come home too, for real this time -- to you guys and your club, I guess?

[ IS THE BUN HERE? IS SHE? WHERE'S THE BUN FRANCY. ]

[... Ange just nods quietly at that, casting her eye over the baseball field.

Can she even see Hilda and Jeanne? Hello rest of the squad.]

... The goal was always to go home. For us... and for her as well. It is time to bring her home.

We will do whatever it takes to make that happen. [Because Princess, too, is waiting for her at home.]

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