week one: mingle

[cyclists]

Week One
30 in Competition

As the sun rises on Monday morning, all participants will find themselves awakening with a sense of purpose. Regardless of where they slept the night before, they’ll find themselves compelled to return to the main meeting hall first thing in the morning.

Approaching the hall, however, they will find a large, swirling mass grey in color looming near the sakura tree. This swirl cannot be approached just yet, but seems to be locked and waiting for something more.

As the last member of the village enters the hall, they will find Lune and Sol at the head of the room. Though they’re together, it’s Sol who speaks up first this time.

“Last night, Lune and I were finally able to get some answers. Or, at least, something we can do to help. The core’s still experiencing fluctuations and some instability, but we’ve figured out a place some of it might be coming from.”

They stop, excitedly holding up a scroll.

“This core is connected to several worlds out there. It’s the heart of the universe and everything that happens here can be affected by the outside, and can affect the worlds you come from. We found somewhere that seems to have a source of darkness lurking around…if we find it and clear the corruption, we can help stabilize the core a little more and help protect yourselves while you’re here.”

With that, they seem to lose steam just a little, looking back at Lune for a moment before nodding.

“So, uh…we were able to open a gateway for you to this world. Checking it out might help us pinpoint the source and get this done faster, so…leave whenever you’re ready. There’ll be another gate on the other side to bring you back here.”

That seems to be it, though Sol looks back to Lune again. “Anything else?”

"Look after one another," they repeat again. "And do not believe it is possible to be over-cautious."

The moment participants leave the hall, they will find that the gateway has changed from grey to white, the opening widening enough for multiple people to step through. The Signs will soon take their leave, and all will remain peaceful once more.

In addition, as the week goes on, partners will find that a simple touch (even accidental) may incite the bond between them to grow stronger for a moment. They will experience a swap of memories through their connection, taking a moment to see a piece of their partner's past without any control over what exactly is being shared.



Welcome to your week one mingle! Please note that as of this week, murder proposals are open. CYOA sign-ups are also live, and will close at Tuesday, 8 AM PST. They will be running on Tuesday afternoon and evening, so please be mindful of your own availability!

In addition, ensure that all of your week zero private conversations were reported on the page, and your week one private conversations are reported on that page. If you'll be taking anything from locations, please report that as well.

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[quailvering]

post-meeting

[yaaaaaa~wn]

[how does a quail yawn? don't worry about it. he just does. he's looking a little... grumpy? this morning. he doesn't seem very optimistic about what sol and lune are talking about but he doesn't say anything against it.]

... I wish they'd do these... not so early...

[it's terrible for night owls quails]

air-ea

[ok! he's gonna do it! he's gonna be useful! that involves stretching his wings! he's gonna do it!!]

[or, well, that was his plan. he just makes it through the trees and]

Uuuu.... [he's so out of shape and he didn't bring any snacks and r.i.p. kazuaki gonna just die on a hike out of idiocy]

[he's just gonna lay on the ground until his stamina returns or death takes him tbh]

profiles

[there's something... sad about the empty spots on the wall. people coming to that area will see kazuaki set up with a bunch of pieces of paper and pens. On the wall next to him he's put up two pieces of paper.]

[MARY: loved to play, was real to us]

[TSURUMARU: surprised people but not in a mean way]

[There's a lot of space by each of these pieces of paper and kazuaki carefully offers the stack of papers he's holding to people who come to look]

Um, I figured- I- I know I'm not the best birdie for it, but... if you wanted to write anything t- to remember them by.

air-ea

[moonprisonpower]

[ saix is also hiking, but he is in much better shape. ]

[ he comes to a pause as he sees kazuki lying on the ground.... yes, the talking bird. ]

Have you been injured?

[quailvering]

[ah, yes, the talking idiot bird]

Uuuu... [he sort of- rolls over- to try and look at whoever's discovered him-]

[!!!]

[there is brief panic in his eyes. This guy is- scar- wait. this is the guy who was in a get-along shirt with the horse? did he imagine that? was the trial just too scary and his brain had, in an attempt to make things less scary, imagined something so ridiculous that he couldn't be scared of it?]

... huh?

[moonprisonpower]

[ as far as saix is concerned he's surrounded by idiots, this is not that weird. ]

[ also, yes, it was the guy in the getalong shirt with the horse, the one whose expression never changed. whose expression is the same neutral, bitchface it is now. but he crouches down. ]

Why are you lying there?

post-meeting

[compendiem]

[ Minato's of a similar opinion, not used to waking up until noon on his days off, and he's a lot more quiet in the early mornings as he tries to get his brain working again. ]

It's like morning assembly at school, huh...

[quailvering]

I don't think anybirdie at my high school wore cloaks, though...

[yaaaaaaawn]

Minato, you're- you're still in high school, aren't you?

[compendiem]

[ If cloaks were allowed at school, Minato would probably wear them, like bringing a blanket to him to school to wrap around him in his seat. ]

Mm, yeah. Almost done with my second year. Why?

[ Please tell him senior are exempt from morning assembly, or something. ]

air-ea

[nonbelligerent]

[why is this bird never okay.

shess crouches down.]

Kazuaki? You're not dying, are you?

[quailvering]

[disaster quail]

Huh? Shess? N- No, this doesn't hurt as much as dying...

[nonbelligerent]

What's wrong?

Profiles

[liversandhyenas]

...that's actually sweet of you.

[Grim Eyes isn't the type to have her heartstrings tugged, but she can appreciate the intent]

[quailvering]

I just- I felt really bad that I barely knew enough about them t- to write something proper.

[which, well, that is probably sweet of him but it's hard to think of himself that way]

So, I figured, if any of us could write something i-it would probably be better.

[liversandhyenas]

We only knew them for a few days, of course you'd have nothing. [It's hard to know what to say about the deceased when you knew them for such a short time] I once heard someone say their own words and actions speak louder than anything else. Try to write something about that.

Anything that doesn't involve that mess of a death.

profiles

[whitewalls]

... oh.

[ this is... very sweet, and she just smiles a little sadly for a moment before she takes some of the paper. ]

I'll be happy to help with this.

[quailvering]

Oh- th- thank you! You can, um, write anything you want- if it's a story or something you noticed about them or-

I-I mean, I'm not saying you have to write something like that, but-

[auuuugh he's stumbling all over his words]

[whitewalls]

[ oh he's.... so cute... ]

Is it okay if I draw something for them?

air-ea

[unfriendliest]

[ uhhhh you good there, bird?

you don't look it? so don't mind kara just. pausing to scoop kazuaki up and continue on the path like it's no big deal. he's carried birds before.

i mean those were chickens but still, it's fine ]

[quailvering]

[oh no............. im being carried away........... am i going to bird heaven?]

[unfriendliest]

[ well if kazuaki doesn't protest, kara will just take him all the way to the top of the mountain, and gently set him down on a rock. kneeling next to it, he takes a moment to dig through the bag slung over his shoulder before setting a small, loosely wrapped bundle on the rock next to him.

spoilers: it's dango. kara doesn't know if birds can eat dango, but maybe it'll help this little guy. ]

more air

[wagashis]

[Okay, so he's still somewhat getting used to the fact that some of their companions are... animals. Talking animals. But he'd have expected them to do somewhat better outdoors than this, in all honestly; Shirasu pauses by this poor grounded bird, and after a moment, kneels down to be a little closer to his level there.]

Are you well? I'd have thought you'd be more suited to this sort of place.

[quailvering]

I- I knoooow, I know... [he groans, laying flat on the ground]

I- I just need a bit of rest...

[wagashis]

I suppose it makes sense that a bird would have trouble with climbing. Recover a bit, then.

[he's just staying right here, apparently deciding to wait and accompany him.]

You couldn't simply fly up?

air-ea

[autocatalysis]

[ given the... actual bird's... state julius almost feels a little bad about how fine he is in comparison, so of course he's going to pause on his way up, then crouch a little for a better look. ]

Hey. You all right?

air-ea

[hashtaghelping]

...

[well. swift wind leans down and nudges him with his nose.]

You, uh. You okay there?

post meeting

[alitaba]

[ can they start a night owl club? because futaba doesn't even count as having her eyes open at half mast. honestly, it looks more like she's focused on swaying side to side more than listening to them talk at this point ]

I agree...... can't they just send out notifs later......

[ it's hard to tell if she's answering him or just mumbling to herself, poor thing ]