week three: mingle

[cyclists]

Week Three
24 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. I wonder if you'll find the skyline familiar? Do try to be kind to those you find on the other side."

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

"You guys did great minimizing the damage and working together...so keep it up."

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 begin to experience the emotions of one another. The clarity of these emotions enhances with proximity, and they will be able to feel the emotions of their partner's intermingling with their own.



Welcome to your week three mingle! As a reminder, murder proposals are open. We will also be having another CYOA this week! Sign ups are here and will close on Tuesday at 8 AM PST.

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

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[nonbelligerent]

[partner..........]

Do you need help?

[stillstands]

[ partner...!!! ]

I... wouldn't mind it. Thank you.

[nonbelligerent]

Do you want me to carry you? I can handle the hands.

[stillstands]

[ ... She wants to say yes, but also that's. Mm. She's being kinda pathetic. So she just kinda... slides herself off her perch, and onto the ground.

...


And then a hand rumbles out of the ground and she yelp, and scrambles back up. There's... a real fear in there, that Shess'll probably feel, not like she's just been startled. It's a proper, rooted fear. ]

-- Please.

[nonbelligerent]

[... well, given her memory that he saw, he can guess why she might be afraid.

he turns around and crouches down. piggyback!]

[stillstands]

[ oh. hello. ]

Are you sure?

[nonbelligerent]

Not like you'll be heavy.

[you're tiny, miki.]

[stillstands]

... Alright then. If you're sure.

[ She'll just. Take that offer then. The world probably looks different from all the way up here, huh? ]

[nonbelligerent]

[congrats, miki, you get to know what it's like to be tall now.

true to his word, though, shess handles the grabby hands. namely, by moving his foot out of the way before it can strike, and promptly stamping back down so that the bones are smashed.]

[stillstands]

[ wow, even the atmosphere's thinner up here.

she just clings on. lets shess do what he do. she feels calmer, that's definitely clear though. ]

[nonbelligerent]

[since he assumes there's nothing here she wants to see, what with all the hands, he'll be leaving the cemetery!]

[stillstands]

[ she is very, incredibly done with this cemetery, yes. thank you shess. ]

[nonbelligerent]

[once they're out, he lowers himself so that she can get down.]

[stillstands]

[ it was a blessed piggyback ride while it lasted. miki slips down off his back, a little tentatively just in case something makes a grab for her.

...

phew. ]

Thank you. I wasn't sure how I was going to get out of that mess.

[nonbelligerent]

Run very fast, I imagine.

[stillstands]

That’d make it worse if they caught me anyway and I went down like a ton of bricks... but if they didn’t, yeah. That’d probably do it.

[nonbelligerent]

Well, even if it wasn't me, I'm sure someone would've come to help you.

[stillstands]

[ Like a certain vampire, apparently! ]

I expect so. But, uh. I might avoid walking through there again.

...

You haven’t come across those things anywhere else, have you?

[nonbelligerent]

I don't think so. You should be fine.

[stillstands]

Okay.

[ That's good to know. ]

Have you found much yet? Other than... skeletons and me.

[nonbelligerent]

Not yet. Still looking around.

[stillstands]

It’d be nice if we had some idea of what to look for. Other than just getting a general feeling of “try not to die and don’t get grabbed by skeletons”...

[nonbelligerent]

[cue cyoa]

Yes, it would be nice if we could be given more direction for these gateways.

[stillstands]

[ sad whomp whomp ]

If we had a clue or a direction, it'd be something else, but... we don't ever seem to get much other than "here's the gate, off you go".

But knowing what Sol and Lune can be like, anything else would be too much, probably.

[nonbelligerent]

We'll just have to do our best. Think positive.