week two: mingle

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Week Two
26 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 Lune who speaks up first this time.

"Good morning, good morning. You've done well to purge the corruption in the previous gateway - allow us to assist with the finishing touches. For the time being, it would appear as though we've been able to locate another. The land might appear a bit familiar to some however... I only advise you watch your step."

When Lune finishes, Sol chimes in from their place at Lune's side.

"The corruption is still out there, and we're going to do all that we can to find a way to contain it. But until then... stick close to others this week. Do your best to protect yourselves and look after each other. Okay?"

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.

The only oddity is that throughout the week, in a noise that extends past the portal but seems to resound even through the village, there will be the occasional, resounding call of a war horn.

In addition, as the week goes on, partners will find ever-growing feelings of anxiety and nervousness dwelling within them the longer they are separated from one another. They will feel compelled to be very close to their partners at all times, and will be on edge if separated for more than an hour by the end of the week. Welcome to surprise codependence at its finest.



Welcome to your week two mingle! As a reminder, murder proposals are open. We will also be hosting a mini-event on Tuesday, so please be on the lookout for that.

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

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[omegathree]

[Val is much, much heavier than his skinny stick frame suggests. What a sturdy branch he's currently on, if it's holding up both him and the leggy.]

I'll lower this down as carefully as I can. Be ready for it.

[globs]

[ the branch may or may not be creaking ominously... Cinnabar's focused on their leg, so they don't notice. ]

I'm fine. Just do it.

[ they sort of... crawl over to get in position under the leg. They look embarrassed that they just had to do that, but they try to cover it up by looking mad, instead. ]

[omegathree]

Very well.

[Once they're in position Val undoes trap and it drops right where Cinnabar is.]

[globs]

[ this is a bit risky, but they hold up their arms to catch it, hoping that the cushion of the dirt on the forest floor combined with their slowing the momentum of its fall will be enough to keep either their fingers or their leg from breaking any further - and luck's on their side, because it doesn't. Once Cinnabar's confirmed nothing else has snapped off, they breathe out a sigh of relief. Good job, team. ]

Finally...

[omegathree]

[At least they haven't broken any more limbs. And even if they lost one today, it's not like it shattered into millions and millions of pieces.

Once that's done Val is just jumping right down from the tree, leaving a deep dent in the ground.]

[globs]

[ at least no one broke any limbs, it's true. They didn't know the bar was that low, but it is. Thanks, Minato.

They do notice the dent, and look up at him with some confusion. ]

You're heavy.

[omegathree]

[Despite how much of a skinny stick of a man Val is- he's dense.]

Yes, I am. Is that odd?

[globs]

[ he sure is dense ]

Yeah. You've got a soft, fleshy body like a human does, don't you?

[omegathree]

[In every single way.

He pauses and nods slowly.]

More or less.

[Because this humanoid body isn't exactly what Val is.]

[globs]

So why are you so much heavier than they are? Do you have more organs inside, or something?

[ their understanding of animal anatomy leaves much to be desired ]

[omegathree]

It's due to what I am. I can't transform while I'm here, but my true form is a dragon.

[globs]

Huh? You said you were a demon vampire the other day... Stop making up new words.

[ as they speak, they slowly get to their feet (or foot, rather) - it's a bit of a struggle, but they use their disembodied leg as a sort of cane to stay balanced this time. ]

[omegathree]

I'm all of those things.

Dragon isn't a made up word.

[He stands next to Cinnabar, but he also doesn't really... help. They seem to have it handled, more or less.]

[globs]

[ that's probably for the best. They'd flip out if he tried to touch them. ]

Well, I don't know what it is.

[ awkwardly hobbling forward with their leg cane back towards the gateway - and praying they don't fall into any other traps. ]

[omegathree]

I'll draw you a picture of what I look like once we're back.

[Walking forward, looking for ground hazards and hoping Cinnabar doesn't fall into any pit traps.]

[globs]

I don't really care.

[ stubbornly continuing to make their way back... so far, good on avoiding the traps. They'd just give up and go to sleep in a pitfall if they fell in one, at this point... ]

[omegathree]

[He doesn't really mind one way or another, but also he's gonna have to get Cinnabar out of a pitfall if they both end up in one.]

What do you care about?

[globs]

None of your business.

[ now THIS is partnership ]

[omegathree]

I see. So you don't want our partnership to mean anything.

[globs]

Why should it...? It's completely random that we got stuck together.

[omegathree]

You're right. It is random.

What does it matter? We're still here together. Why not learn about each other?

[globs]

Didn't I tell you a bunch of stuff the other day already?

[ they had A Conversation, friendship complete ]

[omegathree]

One conversation doesn't make a relationship.

[globs]

Now we need a "relationship..."

[ grumbling as they hobble along. They look like a crotchety old man, except for the whole beautiful-androgynous-gem-fairy thing. ]

There are better people for you to make friends with than me.

[omegathree]

Any bond between two people is a type of relationship.

[Val doesn't even have the grace to sound deterred by how grumpy his partner is.]

I can make multiple relationships while I'm here.