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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[discernments]

He does.

[ Where Chiron speaks in good humor, Jeanne is a little more clipped. It's fine. ]

You best not squander this third chance of yours, then. Fourth?

[ How are they counting this? ]

[antaressnipe]

[...

Let's see, his first life was as an immortal... then the second as a Heroic Spirit of the Grail War... and then here, where he has now lived twice, so--]

Fourth, yes.

[Rubbing ruefully at his neck]

... I will not squander it. I promise. [...] I owe as much to those I have professed to care for, after all.

[discernments]

Hehe. That's as much as anyone can ask for, isn't it? No more walking towards death at the first chance.

[ A little rich coming from her, but you know. ]

You still owe me a conversation about that. Don't make me use a command spell.

[ It's a joke. She would absolutely never even if she had the ability right now. ]

[antaressnipe]

-- About...?

[Oh! Hm. His eyes slide over to those three as he taps at his chin.]

I had not realized I hadn't explained... you wish to know the arrangement, then?

[discernments]

Yes.

[ She's waiting, Chiron. Explain it to her. ]

[antaressnipe]

Of course.

[I hate this is truly all it took]

Alex and Hansa have professed their affections for one another, and then Hansa to Emet-Selch. I have also expressed a willingness to remain by the latter's side, wherever life or death takes him.

As we are all comfortable amongst each other... well, I suppose that makes them partners of mine, though my feelings towards Hansa and Alex remain largely platonic.

[polycule]

[discernments]

[ i'm in tears thanks for doxxing it in public

Jeanne listens and nods after a moment. She isn't sure she completely understands, but she is... accepting it? It is what it is at this point, and if they are all comfortable with it, then that's... probably fine? ]

I see. That is quite the arrangement. [ A beat. ] I must admit that it is a bit more than I expected, but you are all consenting adults.

[ She's trying not to think about it too hard now. Even though she's the one who asked. ]

[antaressnipe]

[Y'all could have had the lore weeks ago if someone was just bold enough to ask the horse in public.

Also, Jeanne -- Chiron is so sorry if he's offended your Catholic sensibilities, he truly is.]

It is admittedly more than I expected as well, but none of us saw any reason to dissuade anyone else from their feelings.

[The power of communication.]

[discernments]

[ She was waiting for him to tell her first. Wow.

She's fine. (soo-won voice) love is love!

Or something like that. It's not like their arrangement is actively harming anyone, so she can be Switzerland. ]

It isn't often to see that kind of open-mindedness. If it brings you all some form of happiness, who am I to say anything else?

[ yaaay communication ]

[antaressnipe]

[Sometimes a horse is busy losing his entire identity because the person playing him is evil!! It happens!!

Also there is a bit of a laugh here, though it is soft and mild]

A shame you could not have seen Greece in its splendor, then. Perhaps relationships such as this were not commonplace, but communal romances weren't unfathomable, either.

[The gods were crazy and Greece was chill. Or dramatic. Same difference.]

But yes, I do hope we are all happy... [A bit of a wistful note in his voice... And this his eyes tick to her]

And you, Jeanne? Are you happy?

[discernments]

[ Ancient Greece was so dramatic that everything else had to be chill to balance it out. ]

I think there would be a lot for me to learn from seeing Ancient Greece in its prime.

[ It just seems like it'd be so novel.

The question seems to catch her off guard, and it takes her a moment to land on some kind of answer. ]

I am happier than I was to see all of you alive and well again.