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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[stillstands]

... I wish he didn't keep acting like he's got a handle on it. I'm worried that Hisoka really won't leave him alone. He's probably the sort of guy who thinks "no" is a "maybe".

[ Oh no. ] ... You just want to play King's Game, don't you?

[twinsightful]

You're probably not wrong. That's the worst part...but I would trust Shess more than, say, Minato when it comes to something like this.

[Damn clowns. But...he grins.] What an excellent suggestion.

[stillstands]

I don't think Shess would do something like put his hand in a lava bowling ball like Minato did the other week, so that's probably a legitimate assumption. He has his moments though.

[ Oh. Bad. ] You-- [ Ugh. ] We're not just going to play King's Game all week. We're going to think of other things too.

[twinsightful]

Wait Minato did what? [THIS IS NEW. There's an exhausted sigh.] I hate that I can imagine this.

[But he still looks very amused.] Other things liiike what? I suppose I could run a host club if you're looking for something that allows people to ask questions of one another. Or is it that you don't know how to play? I could teach you.

[Now he's just being a dick.]

[stillstands]

His hand was all messed up, remember? I kinda feel like he spent most of last week just trying to outdo his last injury...

[ ring ring yes hello miki would like to request HELP ] How would running a host club here let people ask questions? You could do that sitting around a table, or by spinning a pointer at someone. Or... [ there's another one?? ] that one where you say things you've never done.

[ she absolutely does not know how to play outside of seeing it on tv shows. ]

[twinsightful]

I've learned not to question his injuries though maybe now I should...

Anyway, didn't I tell you? We throw parties and play games with our customers all the time. We entertain in small groups. [But...he's just laughing now, sorry.] Never Have I Ever and Spin the Bottle are popular, but to get this crowd to play? You'll have to be convincing.

[Though he seems to be thinking...] It's worth a thought though.

[stillstands]

We might need to wrap him in cotton wool, honestly.

No, you told me plenty about the other things though. [ stares into the distance. ] Some of them probably would. But we could just do something fun without other motivations like information gathering. Work up to it.

[twinsightful]

That's easy enough to get blood out of, at least. [He's finished cutting and moves on to lining up pieces for her bag.] I'd like to see what happens if we tried without motivations at all. Something just to have fun in general. That seems more agreeable.

[stillstands]

[ ... ] Why do you know that? [ KAORU... she just looks a bit tired. ]

... Just for fun. [ ... There's a smile. ] Why not? Something to take our mind off things.

[twinsightful]

It's a well known fact. [Is it?]

We can strategize together if you'd like. Naminé were trying to plan something to take everybody's minds off of stuff anyway.

[stillstands]

That sounds more like random trivia than a well known fact. Hopefully I won't have to see if it works or not... [ ha ha haha HAHAHAHA.... ]

Oh? What was she planning? [ Because it's probably nice and sweet and not with an air of trolling. ] Maybe if we have some good ideas we could collaborate with hers?

[twinsightful]

[He shakes his head and leaves that alone...]

We were thinking of games to play with everyone. Her experience as a whole is lacking as well, but I thought it might help her. [A half-smile, less teasing and more serious.] It'd be nice for her. We can all bounce around some ideas and see what sticks.

[stillstands]

Some actual games, maybe. Sports?

We don't really have a load of board games we can just go and use, do we...

[twinsightful]

Not really. What kind of sports could we play here anyway? We're lacking a lot of equipment, too.

[stillstands]

Races? You don’t need much equipment to run those. Or maybe we have a look for things that could be used to substitutes for regular sports equipment instead — we’d just have to get creative.

[twinsightful]

True...when we had our sports day we changed a few events to improvise. I'm sure we could do the same here. Location is going to be the most important factor in all of this, too. If we don't have room, it doesn't matter what we've planned.

[stillstands]

I'd say we could use the beach, but that might alienate people after last week. Maybe one of the other elemental areas? There'll probably be some things there we can use, like the plants and trees in the earth area.

[twinsightful]

Maybe a stretch of the forest. We could do something like hide and seek or something simplistic. I think simple is what we need.

[stillstands]

Simple would be good. [ Oh... ] Or that one where you have to catch or protect an item hidden in the other team's side of the area? Capture the Flag, was it?

[twinsightful]

Yeah, I think so. I don't think I've ever played that one but it can't be that difficult to figure out. We would just need to find items.

[stillstands]

It has to be something that's easy to both spot, and to find, right? Maybe we could make something. Or pick a farm tool and mark it with a ribbon. Those would be about the size of a flag, I think.

[twinsightful]

A farm tool? We could probably make an actual flag. We have enough fabric to use. It just has to be something we can't lose very easily.

[stillstands]

Sew a whole flag? [ ... She's sat here still watching him make a bag, so. Y'know. ]

We could do. That's quite a lot for one game, though. [ Extra. That's the word she needs.

Extra. ]

[twinsightful]

Fine. Then small flags, like handkerchiefs. Those should be even easier.

[stillstands]

[ He’s set on the flags, huh? ]

Handkerchief flags then. Bright colours would make it easier to spot, but their size should make them easier to hide.