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.

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[compendiem]

i. anywhere
[ Minato smells like soap. This is a very important distinction I need to make, along with the fact that his wounds are properly redressed, he's wearing a clean white dress shirt with black pants, cat ears on his head and bracelet on his left wrist, and he had slept in his bed for the past two whole nights.

Why?

Three guesses why, and the first two don't count.

No matter where he is or what he's doing, a faint, high-pitched whistle follows him everywhere he goes and doesn't shut up. Most of the time, there's a cat at his heels as well, also screaming. Minato never stops to pick it up or pet it. They're getting along fine.

But also, any time he spots Kara in the distance, Minato turns around and walks the other way. ]

ii. portal
[ IT'S A CIRCUS...... fuck, he misses Hisoka.

It's bright and noisy and Minato wishes earmuffs wouldn't be a literal pain, but he ducks around the crowd looking around. He's not too interested in the costumes, lingers a bit longer than he should in front of the fireworks, and passes by the food without a second glance.

For the majority of the day (aka Monday bc heck if I ever know what happens on Tuesdays), Minato remains in the blimp, seated on the ground of the observation deck and leaning against the glass windows without a care whether it breaks on him or not, it's a nice view, and all the people are left down there. ]

wc.
[ Minato's gone back to wandering, so he can be found anywhere!! Not really doing anything important, just strolling around with his screaming cat. ]

[whitewalls]

a. i'm on a blimp motherfucker

[ naminé is a polite girl so the sheep lets her onto the blimp. but she wanders around the observation deck, and when the blimp starts moving up there's a moment where she looks vaguely concerned as she wonders if this is going to crash and blow up, which would be fair.

when it doesn't, though, she'll just enjoy the view. ]

b. (persona protag voice) fursona

[ or you can just see her wandering around in this.

yeah. ]

c. wildcard

[ or surprise me, like tsuru would want, ]

[televised]

gateway:

[So. Anyone who happens to be in the immediate vicinity will be able to witness as North takes one step into the gateway








and then immediately turns around to walk back out, covered in confetti and glitter. Might want to step out of the way if you happen to be standing right behind the nyoomba? It's fine. This is fine.]

the blimp (... also the gateway)

[LATER, ONCE SHE'S GOTTEN OVER THE GLITTER— Those aboard the blimp will find North in the observation desk, gazing through the glass with a rather subdued look on her face. A cat keeps winding itself around her legs, perfectly contently.

Anyone who approaches her will get a quick glance, before North looks back out the window.]

It's a nice view, right?

wildcard.

[Come up with your own scenario, or remix one of the above! You can hmu on plurk or discord if you want to hash something out.]

[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!

[stillstands]

i. gateway - entrance

[ there's not a lot to this, she just. sure did get a lot of confetti to the face, and is trying very hard to brush all the confetti out of her hair.

she's not very successful so far. ]

ii. gateway - tents

[ CIRCUS. She's never actually been to a circus before, and now she's trying to explore as many of the tents as she can, seeing what's available. She absolutely finds a big slice of cake in the sweets tent and eats that with little shame -- but the really unique tent is just... the ones with all the hats. Wow.

She examines the lot of them before selecting a unique looking one and trying it on. ]

What do you think?

iii. gateway - blimp

[ Miki's polite, so she's allowed on the blimp without being flung off the edge by her new robosheep friend. As much as she kinda wants to explore the whole blimp, the view from the observation deck is beautiful enough that she's happy to stay where she is -- leaning maybe a tiny bit too far for comfort over the edge to get a clear view of the ground below. ]

tents

[nonbelligerent]

[food!!]

Why not?

iii

[nonbelligerent]

[...

gently placing a hand on her shoulder to pull her back...]

[stillstands]

[ you can't make her stop, shessdad!!! ]

Hm?

[foodbin]

You know it isn't sardine flavored, right?

[omegathree]

I'm aware.

I enjoy cakes and other sweet pastries.

[nonbelligerent]

Be careful, Miki, if you want to be able to enjoy the view from where you currently are.

[foodbin]

Split it halfway, or are you particularly hungry?

b

[compendiem]

[ closes my eyes

Minato has no idea what to make of this... thing... but he stops in front of it, pauses for a second, and then gives the creature a short bow of the head. ]

Hello... Are you the mascot here?

gateway

[compendiem]

[ Minato would have liked to step out of the way, but unfortunatly, North turning around comes so unexpectedly, she smashes into his face that's already gotten quite the beating the week before, and his nose drips a bit of blood onto his clean white shirt.

He made it... two hours into the week without getting an injury. It's a new record. ]

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?

i

[compendiem]

[ Minato closes his eyes, because he had been coming in right after Miki, and she just brushes the confetti out of her hair and into his face, cool. ]

...Happy birthday, Miki.

[ That's all he can assume is why this is happening, glitter and confetti are celebration things. ]

[stillstands]

I won't fall, don't worry.

[ ha... ]

I've got a good grip.

[stillstands]

[ You look beautiful Minato, work it. ]

It's not my birthday though?

[compendiem]

...Maybe it's my birthday?

[ He doesn't look so sure, but ]

I did get birthday bread, so that could be it.

[ An entire portal celebrating his existence, he hates it already. ]

[stillstands]

...

You... don't know if it's your birthday or not?

[ MINATO??? ]

[compendiem]

...It's been years since it was my birthday.

[ How is he supposed to remember that, Miki, it was 17 years ago!!!! ]

[stillstands]

[ why is talking to you So Much All The Time? ]

You have a birthday every year... not just on the literal day you were born.

[compendiem]

[ One day people will just let him Not Talk, instead of trying to drag the reason out of him, it's best for everyone. ]

I don't celebrate it, and I've never needed to know it, so I don't know when it is... It's probably on a document somewhere, maybe.

[whitewalls]

[ oh it's minato

she shrugs?? ]