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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[antaressnipe]

I see...

On our end, Goat told us it was time to leave, and so we travelled through a portal to come here... though I suppose we also ended up lost here and there.

[chanteuser]

Lost? How so?

[ ... ]

I wonder if that was why you got lost. The... path should've been fine, but without the Leaders here I wonder if it wavered a bit along the way.

[antaressnipe]

Perhaps. I and the others were forced through each other's memories -- or twisted variations of them.

[A slight frown on his end, but then his expression quiets]

It ended up being beneficial in the end. All of my memories are now restored.

[chanteuser]

Through each other's memories?

[ she lifts her hands to cup-- well i want to say his face but look at this height difference. they just sort of lie on his shoulders, thumbs brushing where his collar bone is. ]

No more being surprised whenever you look behind you, then? [ ... ]

Welcome back, Chiron.

[antaressnipe]

[Ha, as if he's going to let her hands sit on his shoulders for long -- instead he'll grab at least one of them into his own, and press a kiss against her knuckles]

Alas, it appears I'll need to be surprised in other ways going forward.

[...]

Even still, I apologize for the trouble I caused you.

[chanteuser]

[ she smiles. ]

I'm sure we'll figure something out.

[ ... ]

About your surprises, and your self-sacrificing streak. [ oho. he's not completely off the hook. ]

[antaressnipe]

... Mm. Of course.

[HOLDING A HAND TO HIS CHEST IN FURTHER APOLOGY]

I do not plan to make a habit of this, I assure you.

[chanteuser]

[ mmhmmmmm. ]

I don't think any of us plan on letting you. Don't worry.

[antaressnipe]

... Yes.

[He glances down at his free hand, the one not holding Alex's, flexing his fingers in mild suspicion. But he does not feel any different...

He is probably overthinking this]

Ah, by the way -- I was not gone very long, and spent most of my time returning back to the living through other's memories, but I wanted to ask if the virus has been taken care of.

[chanteuser]

?

[ she tilts her head at him. and then she tilts her head further. ]

... Ah. I hadn't heard about the virus part. [ me, a becks who knows nothing. ] But I think there's probably still more to go. We had to do something because the Leaders got lost, and you wouldn't have been able to come back without them.

So... the realm is still undealt with, I think.