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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[infreefall]

[ ochako steps through the portal, looking a little tired, but she perks up instantly the second she sees everyone else. fist! pump! ]

We're back! I knew we could do it!

[ she's beaming! ]

[chanteuser]

[ oh my god brace yourself ochako

she's coming in for the hug ]

You reckless--you---

[ OCHAKO ]

[infreefall]

Alex-san!

[ she's laughing even as she throws her arms around alex. ]

I knew it wouldn't take long to bring us back!

[chanteuser]

Still!!

[ you shouldn't have had to go through all that!! ochako!!! ]

I'm just glad we managed to get you back safely.

[moondumplings]

OCCHAAAAAAAAAN......!

[ i'm so glad i can write useless ic tags like this. you can also expect to be slammed with the force of ten buns ]

[infreefall]

[ this is the second time within a week that she's been tackled like this, and the second time that i am letting them both fall to the floor in a heap. but ochako is still smiling. ]

Missed me, Usa-chan?

[moondumplings]

IT'S BEEN SO LONELY.

[ rip keeping that secret. usagi's just weeping all on her now. she's so, so glad to see you alive and well ]

[arcsplainist]

Ochako!

[ He BEAMS, oh is he glad ]

[infreefall]

[ guess who is also getting a hug ]

Alphinaud! I'm so glad you're okay!

[arcsplainist]

[ Yup, it's hug time, hell yeah. ]

Forget of me—'tis you I am truly glad is well after all that has happened!

[axecessory]

[ oh!!! she runs over, still in stupid gym clothes but gently fussing over ochako all the same. ]

Ochako! Are you okay!? Is everything all right?

[infreefall]

[ okay, she's giggling at the outfit. first alex, and now hilda? ]

Yeah, I'm fine. Just a little tired, is all. You're okay too, right?

[axecessory]

[ look their last outfits were worse ]

Yeah, I need some bandages, but what else is new?

[ they're always getting beat up one way or another. ]

Did they treat you guys okay on the other side?

[riegan]

(AFTER FAMILY HUGS... Claude is going to approach Ochako. There's no hugs for Ochako and instead, he just gives her a smile and a wink. He'll also hold out his hand to her for... a shake???)

Welcome back, hero.

[infreefall]

[ you know, there is a part of her that is internally screaming at his stupid smile and the even stupider wink, but claude offers his hand and just?

really?

no. he's getting a hug, too. ]

I've still got a long way to go before I'm a real hero... but thanks, Riegan-san.

[riegan]

(Please let him go he isn't used to this many hugs from this many people in this short a time span. He straightens his back and leans away some in surprise but. She's hugging him?? And he'll

Eventually return it, hugging her back and leaning his head on top of hers. He'll just stay like that for a little bit, too.)

You're fine. (She's definitely a hero.) You're okay.

(It's hard to tell if he's still talking about the hero thing or just her being here, though. And he pulls away to say,)

... You've got some nerve, you know?

[horologia]

... welcome back. It sounds like you had quite the time as well.

[infreefall]

[ waves for homura-san! ochako isn't sure if she's allowed to hug this one, honestly, so she hangs back a bit, but it's clear that she wants to. ]

Heh, yeah, we did. I'm glad you're all okay, though.

[horologia]

[ her body language pretty much is just "tired", beyond the whole dirty ballroom outfit from fairytale week thing. funny enough despite all their memories being back, she's... still like this, as opposed to how she was before losing anything?

maybe a little softer around the edges at most. the hug will be accepted, but she won't initiate. ]

We would have been fine. The only reason things wouldn't have been is if there was something more necessary that none of us had heard about.

But as far as we all knew, that was the last of it, was it not?

[cuedoves]

... Hey. It's good to see you again.

[ zuko's a little awkward but he's smiling. also his arm is burned and he has injuries or whatever i'm tired ]

[infreefall]

[ she takes one look at him and frowns. ]

YOu know, you were supposed to just rescue the leaders, not come out looking worse. [ . . . ] But it's good to see you, too, Zuko-san.

[cuedoves]

.... It's fine, don't worry about it.

[ sometimes, fire happens?? ] It wasn't too bad over there, was it?

[canned]

Ochako! You're back! [also a fist pump! we're excited!]

How did you do it? What happened over there??

[infreefall]

Elric-san!

[ she is bouncing a little when she sees him! she kind of wants to give him a hug too, but she seems... uncertain? would he want that? could he feel it? ]

Goat-san - Er. Lessa-san made a portal for us. We just walked through it, but we kind of had to get through each other's memories to make it back all the way.

[canned]

[he could not feel it, but absolutely radiates hug-wanting energy—at all times, not just now]

You had to go through memories? Like watch them? That...could have been embarrassing