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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[liversandhyenas]

Definitely, as long as you don't mind sparring with someone who can't move an arm very well.

[Looks like this injury is taking a while to heal, she still has her arm in a sling. She blames the lack of medicine]

[unfriendliest]

[ he tilts his head thoughtfully. ]

If you don't think it'll stop you.

[liversandhyenas]

[She adjusts her sling]

An injured hunter would have to rest until their injury is healed. In this place, though, I can't let myself be caught off-guard. I need to stay sharp in order to stay alive.

[That also may be a reason why it's not healing well, because she insists on not letting that arm stay still]

It won't stop me.

[unfriendliest]

[ under different circumstances, he wouldn't be interested in fighting an injured opponent when he's fully healthy. but kara has learned that healing is... difficult, in this place, so he'll accept it for now, giving grim eyes a curt nod and settling into a defensive position.

she can have the first move. ]

[liversandhyenas]

[Once Grim Eyes has her spear ready she starts. Grim Eyes is definitely the type to go on the offensive. Still, a warrior with a sword is someone to watch out for. She has to keep her distance.

So her move is to try to throw him to the floor. Grim Eyes swings the handle of the spear towards Kara's legs, intending to make him trip. It'd be much easier if she had both hands, so it's going slower than she'd like it to go]

[unfriendliest]

[ the slower speed gives him time to anticipate her movements, so kara manages to jump over the spear, opting to use the movement to get closer to her instead of jumping back like he would normally want to. distance gives a spear an advantage, though, so he has to close it if he wants to win.

and he isn't one to go easy on someone just because they're injured, something that's gotten him scolded and praised by turns. once he's dodged her swing, he'll come at her full force, with a slash aimed at the arm holding her spear. ]

[liversandhyenas]

[Good! Going easy on her even though she's injured would be quite insulting, hah!

The good thing of having a spear is that you have a good way to block blades. She raises her spear to block the blade, steps back, and throws the spear, blunt end first, aiming at his chest. Looks like she doesn't play fair, lunging after the spear at Kara, intending to use both the spear and herself to try to defeat him]

[unfriendliest]

[ haha that's new? he's sparred with spears before, but they don't? throw them at him?? weird.

thankfully kara has inhumanly good dodging skills, so he manages to evade it. the problem, after ward, is that grim eyes follows it. and though he's not holding back, he doesn't actually want to hurt her? so he uses the sheath in his left hand to strike her, just enough get her away so he has more time to regain his balance after that attack. ]

[liversandhyenas]

[It's reflex what makes her step back when the sheath is swung at her. She knows he has a sword, therefore when she saw something moving at her she moves to dodge, even if it means conceding terrain. Oh. It was just a sheath]

Good...you do have skill.

[Grabbing the spear from the ground she approaches, the pointy tip aiming at him. Now that she had seen just how quickly he reacted to frontal attacks, she had gone for the other option: approach slowly, watch out for attacks, and try to corner him against...

...hey, Grim Eyes, question: how do you corner someone when you're standing on castle grounds]

[unfriendliest]

[ that's the fun part! you don't.

so it's easy enough to circle around and dash in for another attack, this time a downward strike. ]

[liversandhyenas]

[It's hard to miss someone circling around and going for another strike, so Grim Eyes tries to twist herself and, in the midst of that, moves her bad arm too much. The jolt of pain distracts her, leaving herself open to the downward strike]

Gh!

[Uf, that hurts. Great. She may be a hunter, but she sure doesn't have high pain thresholds or anything. Hunched over and ashamed, she steps away]

[unfriendliest]

[ kara does actually know when to stop sometimes, thankfully. after that attack, he pulls back, eyeing her with a raised eyebrow. ]

Are you okay?

[ he doesn't sound too concerned - it's not hard to find your own limits when you're injured like that. ]

[liversandhyenas]

I'm fine! Get read-- [She has to stop for a moment to recover after another moment of pain. There's a reason why anyone who gets injured is told to rest and not allowed to come along until they're healed. She knew it, but she was just too worried about dying she kept pushing herself too much. No wonder she wasn't healing]

...I hate this.

[She lets the spear fall, surrendering. This is not going like how she thought it would]

[unfriendliest]

[ kara takes that as a sign to sheath his sword. ]

Even the strongest warriors need to rest.

[liversandhyenas]

Sure doesn't feel like one can rest when so many of us are dying.

[It's enough to make her worry, at least]

[unfriendliest]

Killing yourself by training too hard won't help.

[ he's one to talk ]

Magic doesn't require so much movement.