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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[sacredchants]

[ a...ah....she's happy to see him but also.

hm.

expressing that she is not going to be easy with him compared to the others. ]

Fujimoto...

[lionson]

[Ah. There she is.

Shiro gives her a warm smile.]

Hey, good to see you again. Are your memories all back?

[sacredchants]

[ she'll...fluster if only because she's happy? how does she happy in front of shiro?? ]

They are—all of them. I remember your Rin, Yukio, and everyone else.

[ she mentions his sons because she knows how important they are to him. ...and maybe to her? a little. ]

[lionson]

Good, that's good to hear.

[It's okay, she can fluster instead of being happy. That seems to be her natural state of being.]

You ready for what's to come?

[He says that like he has any idea what's going to happen, but he doesn't fukken know.]

[sacredchants]

[ IT ISN'T BUT. SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO COMMUNICATE.

...that said she'll give her head a shake and a shrug. ]

I guess I'm as ready as I can be with what little we know. I'm not sure how we're going to fight a virus but we've managed it once before.

[lionson]

Ehh, I'm sure we'll figure something out. There's like fifty of us here, yeah? Between us all, at least one of us should have a good idea.

[sacredchants]

Isn't that a bit irresponsible of you? We've all been trying pretty hard, you know.

[ ....despite saying this, there's no real malice or anger in her words. sometimes it's fine to allow a moment of reprieve. ]

[lionson]

Exactly, you've all been trying pretty hard, and we've been trying pretty hard on our end too. So between all of us, we should have the answer.

[Shiro r u sure you're not just trying to be a little lazy here?]

[sacredchants]

[ hmmm.

two can play with this? sort of. ]

As an adult, I totally expect you to make up for all of the weight "we kids" have been pulling.

[lionson]

You trust me again after how much I mucked things up?

[That's half-teasing, half-genuine surprise. He thought he'd be getting more shit for his actions than he's been getting.]

[sacredchants]

We've all made mistakes, and some people deserve a second chance.

[ she is making sure to qualify that statement with "some people" because she isn't going to hand out second chances to everyone. ]

[lionson]

[Honestly, she's valid.]

Well, thank you for that. I'll try my best to make the most of it.

[sacredchants]

I'm sure you will.

The last thing you'd want to do is disappoint Rin and Yukio, right?

[lionson]

Right. We all have some important stuff to get back home to, yeah?

Speaking of which, I need you to do me a favor, in the future.

[sacredchants]

[ well. waggles fingers at her canon point but we're not touching that. ]

A favor?

[lionson]

Yeah.

If you ever see Shima talking to Yukio in private, punch him for me. Interrupt that conversation every chance you get, and punch Shima right in his face.

[sacredchants]

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[lionson]

You have my permission for it. The permission of the former-paladin has a lot of weight, you know!

[sacredchants]

[ WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED? ]

Okay...?

[lionson]

[Sometimes you find out a little shithead is trying to influence ur son into making bad choices.]

Good. I'm gonna hold you to it too!

[sacredchants]

[ honestly? valid but also— ]

Yukio would get suspicious after a while; what would I even say to him?

[lionson]

Tell him 'the former-paladin gave me permission.'

I could write you a note too if that'll help.