week four: mingle

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Week Four
22 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 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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[compendiem]

[ Hm..........

Minato gets down onto the ground and lies down so he can press the side of his face into the dirt and pat around inside the little gap underneath the wardrobe, maybe it fell down here and got lost. ]

[autocatalysis]

[ how many tags of not thinking about feelings will it take these teenagers to find the key, I wonder, except I can't possibly draw it out that long so-

it's not under the wardrobe. maybe this would be a lot easier if they just had a metal detector... speaking of, he should probably retrieve that knife, shouldn't he? there's a glint of something that catches the light a short distance away, in the corner of his eye, so maybe that's it?

or not, but hey. key. ]

Found it, I'm pretty sure.

[compendiem]

[ Oh, good. Minato sits up and trots over to where Julius is.

There it is. He lets Julius pick it up, because his everything hurts and he doesn't want to bend down. ]

[autocatalysis]

[ he does pick it up, because minato's been doing okay in not getting himself maimed in the last few minutes and julius isn't going to break that streak.

hm. now that he thinks about it, where would he be able to find some conductive wire... there was none for the taking in the last few gateways, but... anyways. ]

That's the key sorted, and that thing is back in the wardrobe. Outside of finding the knife that I tossed somewhere, that's all we had to do, right?

[compendiem]

Yeah, I think that's it. I'll report back that we got the key.

[ Since he'll be no good at finding things, and suspects he might accidentally step on the knife before he realizes where it is. ]

[autocatalysis]

Do that. I think I'll stick out here long enough to make sure no one ends up tripping over it or something similarly absurd, then catch up.

What do you think the point of getting these keys was, though?

[compendiem]

[ Minato shrugs ]

Sounds like a pain to collect all of them... especially those in the sky people have to chase down. We're probably just doing her dirty work for her.

[autocatalysis]

[ knife, knife, there's a knife somewhere around here... ah ha. ]

And what would she need a key for in the first place?

[compendiem]

To open stuff.

[ Minato doesn't know??? Julius...... ]

[autocatalysis]

Right, I don't know what I expected.

Anyway, let's get this key back to her and all this over with. [ ... ] Do you need the broom on your way back?

[compendiem]

I don't need it, but I was going to use it. Do you want to give it a try?

[autocatalysis]

No, I was just thinking it might be important to actually pick it up in case you wanted it. I can still walk.

[ I can't believe this entire week I haven't been able to get him onto a broom. ]

[compendiem]

[ Julius: "Do you want the broom? Not that I want it."
Minato: he totally wants it

He drags himself over to the broom and picks it up, drags himself to Julius and sets it down in front of him. ]

No need to be shy. Take it. You need this more than I do.

[ As he hobbles away, you're welcome. ]

1/2

[autocatalysis]

[ wh

minato he only has one injured leg to your injured everything, how does that follow as needing it more

oh hell no get back here-- ]

2/2

[autocatalysis]

[ floats the broom after minato. ]

Get on the broom. I'm not indulging your self-destructive tendencies today. You said before it could probably support the both of us; let's actually put that to the test.

[compendiem]

[ Minato has an injured foot while Julius has an injured leg?? The rest of Minato's everything doesn't count because they're not used to walking. ]

Oh... Okay. Front or back?

[ Who wants to hold onto who. Minato isn't shy about it either way. ]

[autocatalysis]

[ somehow 'he's had worse' doesn't seem like the right answer here. ]

You can decide. I'm not all that picky as long as you get on.

[compendiem]

Then, I'll be in front. So I can steer.

[ A better question is: who do you trust to drive, Minato or Julius? ]

[autocatalysis]

[ minato drives them over the lake and dumps them both in. what a great way to die.

anyway julius thinks that over for a while microsecond before deciding ]

Never mind, then. I'll be in front. Just makes sure to hold on to the key.

[compendiem]

[ Oh- but. ...Oh, okay. ]

I'll try not to drop it.

[ Julius should hold onto the key, tbh. Stick it in his shoe or something. ]

[autocatalysis]

[ not the kicked puppy look, he's weak. ]

... Would you be more confident holding the key, or steering?

[compendiem]

...Holding the key. But I'd like to steer.

[ He would drop the key and he would crash the broom, but the latter is still more fun. ]

[autocatalysis]

[ flashbacks to "he wasn't wearing a seatbelt"

hedges. ]

... Hand me the key and get in front, then. You can steer our way back.

[ the field isn't that long and hopefully he can still backseat drive enough to prevent disaster. what could possibly go wrong. ]

[compendiem]

[ (:

Minato hands Julius the key, and sits up front enough that Julius will have ample space behind him. ]

[autocatalysis]

[ the key is going in an inner pocket on the inside of his vest somewhere. whatever happens, it'll be secure, at least. in any case, he makes plenty enough room for Minato to get on, so here they go.

why does anyone let Minato do anything. ]