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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more danger!!

[foodbin]

[Hm. She pauses as she sees Four, then tenses as she that she's running... And then freezes for a second when she sees the spider before she starts running as well, swearing under her breath.]

We really need to stop meeting like this! How is this even more terrifying than an angry moose?!

[forefall]

I was hoping this wouldn't ever happen to me again!

[ Running for her life isn't and will never be on her bucket list. ]

Spiders aren't supposed to be that size! I didn't do anything! I swear!

[ She tries to keep the fear from creeping into her voice. ]

I can ask other animals to try and distract it, but I don't know if that's a good idea.

[ They'd probably run away once they get within sight of the spider. ]

[foodbin]

Maybe you could give it a try just in case!

[forefall]

... Okay!

[ It's a bit more difficult to concentrate and run for your life at the same time. She could try to get the spider to stop with her powers, too, but what if she can't?

After a bit, half a dozen birds dart in to get the spider's attention. It does distract for a bit, but acromantula have a taste for human flesh. ]

[foodbin]

[While the birds are distracting it, a thin sheet of ice appears between the spider and them; rather than crash through it, it pauses right before, confused. As they keep going:]

You got anything else up your sleeve?

[forefall]

... Do you think unicorns run faster than spiders? Or those skeleton horses?

[ She's going to learn they're called thestrals someday.

It's not so much an idea up her sleeve, so much as an idea she sees ahead of them. ]

[foodbin]

[As she runs:]

I'm not exactly an expert on the comparative speeds of mythical creatures, Four!

[forefall]

We're going to become experts right now! Let's try to see if they'll let us ride them!

[ It's their best option right now. ]

[foodbin]

...Do you know if these are, like, strictly mythological unicorns? Because if so, we're about to have a big problem.

[Will Four know what she means? A mystery.]

[forefall]

I... I'm not sure? I've approached them with no problem.

[ She glances at Emma with a slightly puzzled look. ]

[foodbin]

[She looks at her, for a long moment.]

Yeah, I bet you have. Well - call some and we can see?

[forefall]

[ She has more than some inkling what Emma means, but she doesn't want to acknowledge it. The inkling is being ignored.

She calls two unicorns to them, and one of them approaches Four easily. Meanwhile.... ]

[foodbin]

[The other unicorn takes one look at Emma and then gallops away without a second thought.]

...See, that's about what I expected.

[forefall]

[ Four stares at the unicorn that runs away. She looks at the unicorn next to her, then to Emma.

Then back behind them where the spider has found its way over the ice and is gaining speed. ]

I don't want to talk about what that means!

[ For a second, she looks torn about what to do before she stares the spider down. It halts for a second before it seems to shake off something and resumes the chase. ]

... That didn't work either. Next plan!

[ She sends the unicorn away.

She doesn't have a next plan btw. ]

[foodbin]

Okay, okay, um...

[She pauses for a few moments, before a larger patch of ice appears beneath where the spider is running. It skids, sliding into-- a more jagged, edged piece of ice that she constructs between them. It's definitely bleeding from the place it collided with the low wall.]

Okay, run!