week four: mingle

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Week Four
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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.

"We've been asked to open another gateway for you guys, but...it's funny. It sort of feels like things have calmed down. The corruption's temporarily evened out and the universe is stabilized for now, but that doesn't mean we should stop looking. Take a look and see what you can find on the other side. You might even get to learn something new."

When Sol finishes, they turn to face Lune, allowing for the other to speak for themselves.

"A bit of reprieve of welcome, isn't it? Please take this time to recover, even as you make steps forward to continue your good work. Thank you, thank you."

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 be able to hear each other's thoughts whenever they look at one another! They may not hear every single thought that occurs, but the link will partners to hear thoughts as though their partner is speaking out loud. The more private the thought, the more likely the partner will pick up on it.



Welcome to your week three mingle! As a reminder, this is break week! This means no murders and no trial! Your normal schedule will resume next week. We will still be hosting a laid-back mini-event on Tuesday, however.

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

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[globs]

-- Oi! Don't throw books around!

[ or shout in the library, but hey, Cinnabar's shouting now, too. They were just coming in (and probably about to leave when they saw her sitting there), but her extreme reaction distracts them from fleeing from a social interaction. Books are to be taken care of...! ]

[stillstands]

[ She looks up immediately. Her face is kinda very pink. RIP. ]

That one deserved it!

[ Normally she’d agree, but not this time. ]

[globs]

[ why's she blushing... they give her a dubious look. ]

Did you find someone's diary or something?

[ in any case, they're walking over to pick it up like the responsible rock they are. ]

[stillstands]

[ God, imagine if this WAS a diary that’d be terrible. ]

No, it’s something someone recommended to me. Without really fully explaining the subject matter.

[globs]

[ Cinnabar HAS the book. They don't look in it, at least - they just take a peek at the cover. Hopefully, it's not too incriminating. ]

What's in here that's so bad...? It's just a book.

[ the gems mostly only keep books on history and botany and jellyfish care... ]

[stillstands]

[ It's not, lucky you Cinnaboo. ]

It... has some interesting subject matter that I wasn't aware of, let's just put it that way.

[globs]

What? About ties?

[ the cover is so innocuous... they flip open the book to a random page. ]

[stillstands]

...

...

... [ She just goes pink. ]

In a way... yeah, I guess.

[ Help. ]

[globs]

You guess?

[ as they read, their brow furrows. ]

"You are not just a pretty face. You've had six orgasms so far, and they all belong to me..."

[ WHAT DOES THIS MEAN??? ]

[stillstands]

[ CINNABAR.

CINNABAR NO!!! STOP!!!

She's making frantic motions at them and shhing. Like she's expecting someone to almost-teleport around the corner and torment her again. ]

[globs]

[ nothing personnel, kid.......... ]

I don't get it.

[ a beat. ]

... Wait. This is another human mating thing, isn't it? You're all so gross...

[stillstands]

I didn’t know that when someone told me to read it!!

[ CINNABAR.... ]

Not everyone enjoys these kinds of books.

[globs]

Someone's telling you to read it?

[ they still don't really get it, but they do think it's gross nonetheless!! They hold the book by one corner as if it's a dirty towel, walking back over to Miki to drop it in front of her on the table. ]

[stillstands]

[ RIP book get wrecked. ]</small. Milla did. She was very enthusiastic about recommending it.

[globs]

[ haha no html becci

cinnabar wrinkles their nose. ]

And you listened to her.

[stillstands]

[ SIB... WHY DO YOU MOCK THE SLEEPY ME WHO DOES HER BEST TO KEEP UPNWITH YOU EST/PSTers BEFORE SHE RESTS... 😭 ]

Yes? She was very excited about it. I didn’t think she’d be so openly into this sort of thing?

[globs]

You saw how she behaved the other week.

[ milla is dtf ]

[stillstands]

Yes, but that was abnormally strong from what we've seen of her. And she got really freaked out afterwards, so something was definitely off.

[ yes, but a reasonable amount of dtf, not the hunk'd kind ]

[globs]

She was cursed twice. Either way, it lines up with what we know.

[ sorry, Milla... ]

If you don't like it, then don't read it.

[stillstands]

I know... that’s why I was pushing [ throwing ] it away from myself.

[ and you BROUGHT IT BACK, CINNABAR... ]

[globs]

You and I have different definitions of "pushing."

[stillstands]

An action to get the book away from me, if you're going to be picky.

[globs]

... Even if you don't like it, you should treat it with respect. Sensei taught all of us that. I guess humans aren't as civilized.

[ resources are precious!! ]

[stillstands]

You can’t really paint us all with the same generalisation— we’re all pretty individual. Also that’s a bold statement to make when you’ve admitted you don’t really know much about us.

[globs]

I've been making a lot of observations while I'm here.

[ crossing their arms testily. ]