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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[heartablaze]

[She sees him in the crowd, brightens up like the sun, and she's already crying before he even reaches her.]

Nii-chan... Nii-chan!

[She pushes herself up with just enough energy, practically jumping into that spin and flinging her arms around his neck, keeping her face buried in his chest and gripping him like she'll lose him if she doesn't hold on for dear life.

Her laughter bubbles out of here along with her tears and her words are just incomprehensible mess against his shirt, but she's smiling and she's here and she's alive in his arms.]

[laid]

[Raven was probably right on Hikaru's heels, so he sees when Claude scoops Hikaru up and spins her. Normally it'd be his impulse to err on the side of retraint and aloofness, but maybe it's Hikaru's influence that once she's back on the ground, Raven just comes up and throws his arms around the both of them.

He's not good at sincere emotions, so he doesn't say anything. Just holds on tight, exhausted and relieved.]

[bowfaire]

(Me switching accounts for 2 minute to use this icon. He looks up just in time to see Raven and looks genuinely surprised by the hug. Really, now that he he has his memories, he can say he's not used to being physically close to people like this.

He'd never really been hugged before coming to the Realm. Discount the ones from his own parents and he can probably only count on his hands how often it's happened. And he can count on one hand the number of hugs he's given to others. When you're the kind of person that keeps everyone at arm's length, you really aren't much of a hugger. But this is one for Hikaru.

And he adjusts his hold some, grabbing Raven by his shirt to hug him too. It's just a big ol' group hug now.

That makes two.)

[heartablaze]

[You now cannot see Hikaru she is buried in smelly boys.

The redhead is just still just babbling happy incoherent nonsense for a few more moments before she messily wipes at her face with her fists. She's smiling so hard that it hurts, and to feel Claude's arm around her, to feel him pull Raven along and to be together and to be so deeply loved...]

I missed you so much. I -- [A shaky inhale, raising a hand to Claude's face, seeing his smile and feeling her heart could burst.] D-did you get my messages?? Did they look funny? I didn't cause you lots of trouble or anything, did I?

[laid]

[Excuse you he is a smelly MAN. Anyway yeah they are still hugging. He's not sure he even knows how to stop, he's not good at hugs??? How do you stop without it being awkward??]

Shit, yeah, we both sent ya some, right? Feel like we put a lot on yer shoulders.
[He did lowkey encourage Claude to do a murder.]

[riegan]

Yeah... yeah. (The hug is starting to break and it's fine. It's fine. He'll let Hikaru wipe at her face and with one hand, he tries to help her, dabbing at her eyes gently and looking up at Raven over her,) I got them.

Everything was fine.

(There was nothing wrong with the letters. Even if they weren't the easiest to read. Even if the messages were heavy at times. )

I was glad when you wrote to me. (Both of them.) But I'm glad we can see each other again.

(He's so glad.)

[heartablaze]

I told you we would!

[Bright and immediate, tripping over her own words slightly with the exuberance of someone that's still trying to process a difficult victory. Her hand lifts to find his against her face, her eyes apologetic.]

I told you I'd try. I told you I'd come back to find you. And I promised Oji-san we'd do it together.