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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[robopriest]

[just]

[RUNNING AT HIM AT FULL SPEED AND JUMPING, WILL CHIRON CATCH HIM]

[chanteuser]

[ jfc she's ducking ]

[antaressnipe]

[IT'S FINE, ALEX, Chiron catches your stupid ass boyfriend high enough that you won't get hit.

And once he's just hanging onto Hansa one-armed so he can have the other free--]

Was the truly necessary?

[robopriest]

Hahahaha!

[HE'S JUST. SO PLEASED. He's laughing so happily, pleased that well, Chiron really is the real deal.]

Sorry, Alex. [And then reaching up to ruffle Chiron's hair.] Its just really good to see you.

[antaressnipe]

[Sir he's not a horse, he's a centaur.

Also just for that, he gives his head a bit of a shake so that his hair just spills everywhere in defiance, also chuckling]

I was gone but for a week, I believe? [A hum]

Well, then I lived for a couple of eons in one of Yona's memories... so I suppose I have no right to judge time right now.

[robopriest]

A couple of eons? [:o] Ha, well, you're beating me with ten years, then.

[He lets out a pleased sigh.]

We missed you.

[antaressnipe]

... It was rather lonely.

[Ha. Ha ha. But he does not want to dwell on that. And at Hansa's response, Chiron will lean over and plant a kiss on his temple]

Me as well. I am thankful to be here with you all again.

[robopriest]

...

[He looks up at Chiron with some concern, even after the kiss. Chiron...]

Well, you aren't alone any more. [And he leans up to place a kiss against his cheek.] I can promise you that.

1/2

[antaressnipe]

[Hey, sometimes you feel the weight of time pass all by your lonesome and it's not great. It's fine.

His expression still softens at the kiss, and his tail gives a pleased, if amused flick to the side.]

No, I am not.

[antaressnipe]

-- Though in the time I was absent, I do hope you were behaving.

[SAID WITH A KNOWING LOOK, he bet Hansa wrestled some large creature while he was away]

[robopriest]

[He's looks like a very pleased dog who totally got into the cookie jar and ate everything inside it when his owner wasn't looking and hasn't been caught for it yet.]

I behaved a little bit.

[antaressnipe]

[Press X to doubt, sir.

Also I realize he is just casually holding Hansa in one arm, maybe he should stop that.

... Maybe later]

So you say.

Where any of the others with you?

[He means the proper babysitters]

[robopriest]

Yeah, it was me, Emet-Selch, and Blanca.

[The old men back together again...]

Emet-Selch's around. I know he'll be pleased to see you.

[antaressnipe]

[Oh, Hansa absolutely had a babysitter around. Chiron's smile ticks up a notch, at the mention of both of those names]

I will see him in due time. I'm in no hurry. No doubt he has others to greet as well.

1/2

[robopriest]

Good. But hey, don't keep him waiting.

[Okay, he needs to get down. He wriggles a little, and hopefully Chiron lets him go, because-!]

[chanteuser]

It's fine-- [ probably. she's relieved too. ]

[robopriest]

[He reaches down from where he's being held by Chiron and just. Ruffles her hair too.]

[chanteuser]

[ ack. ]

[ she catches his hand and squeezes it though. ]

Nice uniform, by the way. Did you guys end up at a school too? [ alex shut the hell up you're wearing worse. ]

[robopriest]

Yeah, we did. We even became teenagers, which was a bit weird, but kind of fun?

[Though he sort of likes being a cyborg a whole lot more.]

Haha, you make it work much better than me, though.

[chanteuser]

Teenagers? I would've liked to see that. [ baby hansa!

also stop. ]

Don't, this was all they had. And it's a step up from the last one.

[robopriest]

You should've seen Emet-Selch as a teenager. Just as grumpy as he always is.

[just constantly >8I in teen form, it was great]

Hm? What was the last one?

[chanteuser]

Really? [ she sounds so curious. ] He seems... [ perpetually 700000000 years old? ] like the kind of person who was never a teenager, honestly.

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Um.

[robopriest]

Yeah, I was surprised, too. But he was kind of adorable, honestly?

[also he was a giant nerd lolllll]

...What's the "um" for.

[chanteuser]

That would've been fun to see too.

[ haha. nerd. ]

... It's embarrassing.

[antaressnipe]

[-- Chiron legit disappointed he didn't see that mess.]