week five: mingle

[cyclists]

Week Five
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 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 would not grow complacent, but I also wonder if you all might enjoy the surprise."

When Lune finishes, Sol chimes in from their place at Lune's side.

"Maybe we can have another week like the last. It'd be nice, wouldn't it? Good luck out there."

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 see odd mirages and hear voices calling for them. Even though they might not realize it, these phantoms that will be haunting them will be their partner's most important person, calling for them to come home. Partners will only be able to see each other's illusions if they make physical contact.



Welcome to your week five 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 four private conversations were reported on the page. If you'll be taking anything from locations, please report that as well.

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[foodbin]

gateway, tents

[Though she wanders through the tents that contain clothing, jewelry, and even the one with fireworks... It's the food one she lingers in longest, though it's more to look at the size of some of the confections more than anything else. As she looks at one particularly large funnel cake:]

That... is bigger than my head. [A small laugh, and then, to anyone who might be nearby:] You want to give it a shot?

gateway, parade

[As the parade passes through the town, Emma has found a place to sit comfortably and watch them pass by. There's a small smile on her face as she looks at everyone pass by, and should she see anyone approach, she pats the spot next to her, beckoning them to sit.]

Did you have stuff like this where you're from?

wildcard

[She'll be wandering around the gateway for a while, so hit me up with any other prompt you'd like to play out!]

tents

[omegathree]

[He looks at the cake and then he looks at Emma before breaking into a smile.]

Absolutely!

[foodbin]

You know it isn't sardine flavored, right?

[omegathree]

I'm aware.

I enjoy cakes and other sweet pastries.

[foodbin]

Okay. Half and half, then?

tents

[nonbelligerent]

[food!!]

Why not?

[foodbin]

Split it halfway, or are you particularly hungry?

[nonbelligerent]

As a sura, it probably wouldn't be hard for me to finish the entire thing myself, so perhaps we should split it.

[foodbin]

Sure thing.

[As she starts to cut it:]

I guess they probably didn't have stuff like this where you're from.

parade

[compendiem]

[ tfw Emma is his boggart but Minato's still more wary of Kara than he is of her. He doesn't sit down when he sees her, mostly because he's pretty sure she'd want better company, but he answers her either way, a slow and hesitant ]

Probably... somewhere on earth. [ How wide a scale of "where you're from" is Emma looking for? ]

...I've never seen this stuff up close and in person, though. Have you?

[foodbin]

Just probably, huh?

[She laughs.]

Yeah. I was actually in Brazil during the Rio Carnival one year... It was pretty amazing.

[compendiem]

Oh. Was that when you were backpacking through South America? For fun...

[ He still feels like he understands nothing about Emma, but backpacking for fun is just something he can't wrap his mind around. ]

Was it anything like this?

[foodbin]

[She shakes her head.]

No. Much more people, much louder... Busier in general.

wc

[leaberator]

[ here they are, exploring the circus. of course, on any good outing, one must first nourish themselves, which is probably why lea's pulling emma by her hand towards that ]

C'mon, let's get some cotton candy.

[ axel eat a food that isn't pure sugar challenge ]

[foodbin]

[She laughs as he pulls her along, linking her fingers through his easily.]

As long as we split one. Those are huge.

[leaberator]

Isn't that the point?

[ that they're huge or to share? mysterious. hand in hand, they go and get that massive cotton candy. he looks positively giddy. ]

I haven't had this since I was a kid.

tents!

[televised]

[stares at the cake.

stares at emma.

gestures

at herself.]

I don't eat.

[foodbin]

Relax, I'm not going to shove a funnel cake down your mouth.

[Anyways, she pauses for a moment before, curiously:]

You don't, but - could you?

[televised]

... Why would I want to? There's nowhere for it to go.

[she's



not gonna open herself up to get rid of moldy food??]

parade

[forefall]

[ Four hesitates for a second before she takes the seat next to Emma. ]

No, there's nothing quite so grand or opulent like this. Unless you count troops of soldiers marching similar.

[foodbin]

[She laughs, though it's soft.]

That's... definitely not something I would compare to a parade, no. Unless your soldiers traveled via float.

[forefall]

[ A pause. ]

Do air ships count?

tents

[autocatalysis]

... I'm not sure if even the both of us working together will do much to make a dent in that.

[ yikes ]

[foodbin]

Not with that attitude.

[She's teasing, probably.]

[autocatalysis]

I've never seen this much junk food in one place in my life. So excuse me if it's all a little daunting.

[ does anyone buy one of those things and manage to finish them on their own? ]